Author Topic: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)  (Read 45946 times)

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #480 on: November 18, 2011, 05:12:08 AM »
>"Someone's been digging for treasure, I bet."
>Have a look around the area, and check the trees.

>"What?" she asks, turning to you for a moment and then peering harder into the distance. You get the distinct impression she can't actually see what you're referring to, at least judging by the expression on her face.
>You start to move across the field towards the nearest cluster of dirt piles, examining any large trees you pass by along the way. As you suspected, the piles are indicative of a hole, roughly the same size as the one that was dug into Momoka's network. There doesn't appear to be anything of interest either in the hole or around it, nor any particular reason you can see why someone would dig a hole in that exact spot. It isn't very deep, either.
>Momoka stares at it with a sort of vague disapproval. "It's not a very good hole," she says quietly.
>You continue on to the next set of dirt piles, the mole youkai eventually trailing after you. This turns out to be much the same as the last. As you work your way across the field, you find about a half-dozen holes, some deeper than others, but none with any real clues as to their purpose or their builder - at least beyond what one might suspect simply from there being a series of random, apparently pointless holes scattered haphazardly about.
>As you move off towards the hill, a glint of light catches your eye from among the boughs of a particularly large tree. Peering at it more closely, it seems to be a reflection off a small window, mostly obscured by the foliage.

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Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #481 on: November 18, 2011, 06:00:21 AM »
>Gesture toward it, and assuming Momoka doesn't balk at the idea, approach it.

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #482 on: November 18, 2011, 07:28:44 AM »
>"When you were building this exit here, did you happen to notice any fairy's about? Or any other times you've been out this way?"

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #483 on: November 18, 2011, 09:58:03 PM »
>Gesture toward it, and assuming Momoka doesn't balk at the idea, approach it.

>You gesture towards the window. Momoka's eyes follow your gesture and she squints at the tree.
>"What is it?" she asks.

>"When you were building this exit here, did you happen to notice any fairy's about? Or any other times you've been out this way?"

>"Oh, there's often some out and about down here," she says, "But I tried to be discreet when I was putting the door in. What, is there one up in that tree now?"
>She adjusts her glasses and cranes her neck forward a little, as if an extra inch or two were supposed to make some difference at this range.

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Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #484 on: November 18, 2011, 11:26:09 PM »
>"There's a small window in there. Could be a fairy house."
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Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #485 on: November 18, 2011, 11:32:43 PM »
>"There's a small window in there. Could be a fairy house."

>"Oh. There is?" She peers closer, though you see no sign of recognition on her face.

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Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #486 on: November 19, 2011, 12:18:01 AM »
>"I'll go in for a closer look, so I can confirm that."
>Let's go up for a closer look, climbing the tree some if need be.
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Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #487 on: November 19, 2011, 01:04:59 AM »
>"I'll go in for a closer look, so I can confirm that."
>Let's go up for a closer look, climbing the tree some if need be.

>"Um, okay," she says. "But... why?"
>You approach the tree for a closer look. As you near the trunk, there is no longer any doubt that a small house is nestled among the sheltering boughs of the tree's center, blending in quite well despite its size; you can still only see snatches of wooden walls and a hint of a door between the leaves. The branches seem almost to grow around the walls of the house; it might well have been here for a large part of the tree's life.

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Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #488 on: November 19, 2011, 01:56:34 AM »
>"See?"
>Look around, see if we can find the front door.
>Do we smell anything interesting around here?

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #489 on: November 19, 2011, 02:24:58 AM »
>"See?"
>Look around, see if we can find the front door.
>Do we smell anything interesting around here?

>Momoka squints at the tree. "...maybe? My- my eyes aren't very good, I'm afraid." She gives you a little self-conscious smile.
>You circle around the tree. The front and apparently only door is not difficult to spot when you put your mind to it, though you'd need to climb up a ways to get at it.
>You can smell oak and fresh grass and flowers, and some sort of... banana loaf, you think. The floral scent you're smelling is from the meadow around you, you believe; it does not seem to quite match the one you detected in the tunnel, though there may be faint traces of that around the wider area you've been walking through.

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #490 on: November 19, 2011, 03:09:05 AM »
>"There's definately a little house up there."
>No furthur sign of the scent of the wine from back in the tunnel?
>Any outward indication that someone's home?

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #491 on: November 19, 2011, 03:32:46 AM »
>"There's definately a little house up there."
>No furthur sign of the scent of the wine from back in the tunnel?
>Any outward indication that someone's home?

>"I... think I can make it out," Momoka says.
>Not as far as you can tell.
>There's no obvious indication that anyone's home, but neither is there the opposite; you still can't see the house particularly clearly.

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #492 on: November 19, 2011, 03:35:44 AM »
>Would we be able to distinguish the metal in the wine crate from the metal in the house's construction?

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #493 on: November 19, 2011, 03:39:37 AM »
>Would we be able to distinguish the metal in the wine crate from the metal in the house's construction?

>You might be able to distinguish metal in the house's structure from metal inside the house, but you wouldn't be able to tell a nail holding a table together from one holding a box together.

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #494 on: November 19, 2011, 04:01:27 AM »
>"Well, may as well see if anyone's home."
>Call up, "Hello up there!"

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #495 on: November 19, 2011, 04:42:43 AM »
>"Well, may as well see if anyone's home."
>Call up, "Hello up there!"

>"Um, I guess so?" Momoka says tentatively.
>You call out to the tree. A few moments you hear the sound of something sliding against wood and a small voice calls back: "Hello down there!"

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #496 on: November 19, 2011, 05:05:44 AM »
>Can we see the speaker?

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #497 on: November 19, 2011, 05:07:06 AM »
>Can we see the speaker?

>No, although she is definitely speaking from the direction of the house.

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #498 on: November 19, 2011, 05:28:24 AM »
>"Beautiful day out, isn't it?"
>"This might sound a bit strange, but, have any of your neighbors been doing some digging around here?"

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #499 on: November 19, 2011, 07:37:09 AM »
>"Beautiful day out, isn't it?"
>"This might sound a bit strange, but, have any of your neighbors been doing some digging around here?"

>"Beaming Dandelion was digging for buried treasure!" the voice responds.

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Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #500 on: November 19, 2011, 07:56:57 AM »
>Quietly to Momoka, "See?"
>To the speaker above: "Did she find any?"

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #501 on: November 19, 2011, 08:10:08 AM »
>Quietly to Momoka, "See?"
>To the speaker above: "Did she find any?"

>Momoka frowns a little. "Oh dear..."
>"Uhh.... don't know!" comes the reply.

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #502 on: November 19, 2011, 08:21:05 AM »
>Look about for another fairyhearth nearby.
>If none present themselves, "She live 'round here?"

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #503 on: November 19, 2011, 09:32:26 AM »
>Look about for another fairyhearth nearby.
>If none present themselves, "She live 'round here?"

>While you have no doubt there are more around in the general area, you don't see any other fairy dwellings at the moment.
>"Yup!" the voice says. "Over thataway!"

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #504 on: November 19, 2011, 09:46:26 AM »
>We can't see which direction she's indicating, can we?

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #505 on: November 19, 2011, 09:48:15 AM »
>We can't see which direction she's indicating, can we?

>Most certainly not; you still can't even see the fairy at all.

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #506 on: November 19, 2011, 09:50:39 AM »
>Figured.
>Extend a hand outward in any direction. "Thisaway?"

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #507 on: November 19, 2011, 09:54:39 AM »
>Figured.
>Extend a hand outward in any direction. "Thisaway?"

>"No, thataway!" comes the emphatic reply. "Thisaway is where Sleepy Ficus lives, silly."

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #508 on: November 19, 2011, 10:02:24 AM »
>Facepalm. Alorns! Fairys....
>"Right. Silly me."
>"Mind pointing me thataway? Seems to have slipped my mind."

Re: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 6)
« Reply #509 on: November 19, 2011, 10:13:47 AM »
>Facepalm. Alorns! Fairys....
>"Right. Silly me."
>"Mind pointing me thataway? Seems to have slipped my mind."

>You facepalm. Fairies aren't exactly the most level-headed of informants...
>"I am pointing, silly," she replies. You hear a little giggle. "See? Thataway."