Reimu Quest (Part 9)

[日巫子]

> Look inside the caf?.

> You look through the windows of the cafe, and see shadowy figures crowded inside.  They're seated at the tables and counter, milling around the room, too.  If there weren't so many people inside it'd look cozy.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's head inside.

[日巫子]

>Let's head inside.

> You go inside.  The bells on the door ring, announcing your presence, but no one looks your way.  A few shadowy figures walk right through you on their way across the room.
> In any case, this place has a nice design.  There's a floral-patterned wallpaper on the walls, and tapestries and photos of nature hung up on the walls.  Dried flowers have been collected in a vase on the counter next to the cash register, and next to that, there's a display case full of pastries.  There's also a menu on the back wall showing all the drinks available.  It's an assortment of coffees and teas, and even soups and sandwiches.  The sound of patrons talking and clinking silverware is muffled and distant.

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[Sect]

> Look around and through doors to see if we see anyone non-Shadowy.

[日巫子]

> Look around and through doors to see if we see anyone non-Shadowy.

> You look around the cafe, and then over the counter and through the kitchen door.  Everyone's a shadow.
> Outside, the rain pours down harder than ever.  All you can see outside is a grey curtain of rain.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Do they seem to be eating shadowy food? Or nothing at all?

[日巫子]

>Do they seem to be eating shadowy food? Or nothing at all?

> They seem to be eating actual food, with actual utensils.  Only the people are shadowy.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Find a shadow dining alone, and when he or she is not attending to their drink, pick it up and move it. See if they react to this.

[日巫子]

>Find a shadow dining alone, and when he or she is not attending to their drink, pick it up and move it. See if they react to this.

> You approach a shadow, sitting by the window with a book.  While they're turning the page, you take their coffee and move it to the other side of the table.  The shadow reaches out, picks it up, and brings it to where you assume their mouth is.  The table is admittedly quite small.

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[Sect]

> So we can interact with them, but they don't notice. Hm.

9?

[日巫子]

> So we can interact with them, but they don't notice. Hm.

> It would seem that way.
> Outside, you see the rain is letting up.  You can see as far as the stone wall on the other side of the street now.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Move it again, but this time put it out of reach.

9, sect?

[日巫子]

>Move it again, but this time put it out of reach.

> You take the coffee and go put it on a table other end of the room.  The shadow reading the book doesn't react.
> As you're walking over with the coffee, you notice that the rain has almost entirely let up.  Not only that, but you think you see something across the street.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Focus on that something!

[日巫子]

>Focus on that something!

> You look outside.  There appears to be something drawn on the wall on the other side of the road.

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[Sect]

"9" is the key used to pinch your cheek in Yume Nikki.

> If we can't see it from here, then exit the store to take a closer look.

[Hello Purvis]

>Was that there before?

[日巫子]

> If we can't see it from here, then exit the store to take a closer look.

>Was that there before?

> You go outside and walk across the street to take a closer look.  Someone has drawn a mural on the wall in what appears to be chalk.  You're sure if it was here before, you would have noticed it.  It appears to be a drawing of two overlapping circles--one of which has lines coming from it--intersected by a gap and surrounded by crude drawings of wings.



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[Hello Purvis]

>Leave the cafe and get a closer look at it. Do we feel anything from it?

[日巫子]

>Leave the cafe and get a closer look at it. Do we feel anything from it?

> Having left the cafe and walking closer to the mural, you're now able to get a closer look.  You feel drawn to it, although you don't know how it got there.

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[Sect]

> Those dandelions! It must be the work of Yuuka!

... Actually, that's probably not a terrible theory.

> Commit the drawing to memory. We should redraw it when we wake up.

So. I think the idea behind the drawing is that Yukari puts up some sort of gap barrier between the two worlds. Not sure how the wings are connected (unless Sariel is involved) and not sure why one of the worlds have little light beams. Question is, who left it here? Is it Yukari trying to provide a peace offering, or maybe someone's subconscious providing it for us?

[日巫子]

> Those dandelions! It must be the work of Yuuka!
> Commit the drawing to memory. We should redraw it when we wake up.

> Yuuukaaaaaaa!!!
> You stare at the mural long and hard, until you're certain you've remembered everything in it.  You keep staring at it for a little longer, just to be sure.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Touch one of the wings. Let's say upper right?

[日巫子]

>Touch one of the wings. Let's say upper right?

> You touch the upper right wing.  Even though it's chalk, it feels soft.

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[Hello Purvis]

>No you fool, that's not Yuuka! These are dandelions telling us to never give up and pierce the heavens with our gohei!
>Trace a finger along the drawing. Try to concentrate and see if we can determine anything mystical about it. Maybe also see if we can determine what it feels like.

[日巫子]

>No you fool, that's not Yuuka! These are dandelions telling us to never give up and pierce the heavens with our gohei!
>Trace a finger along the drawing. Try to concentrate and see if we can determine anything mystical about it. Maybe also see if we can determine what it feels like.

> Just pretend there's a TTGL reference here.
> You trace the drawing.  The wings, of course, are soft.  The circles feel cold, but the lines coming from the one on the left feel warm--almost hot.  The gap is the only part of the drawing that feels like chalk, and leaves dust on your fingertip.  When you trace it and the point where the circles overlap, you feel sparks run through you.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Do the sparks hurt? Do they feel good? Familiar? Can we determine anything about them.


One thing we could do is check between the spheres, assuming we find nothing here.

[日巫子]

>Do the sparks hurt? Do they feel good? Familiar? Can we determine anything about them.

> They tickle.  It reminds you of this candy you've had once, where it starts popping once you've put it in your mouth.  It's a way different sensation than being shocked by that thing that attacked you and Ran in the gapspace.

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[Sect]

We WERE in the place between the spheres.

> Remember the distinct sensations each part of the drawing gives us.
> Examine the dandelions. We know you're up to no good!

[Hello Purvis]

Yes, and that was before we start getting weird symbol-maps that might be suggesting something has changed there.

>Can we tie that  popping sensation to anything else we've experienced?