Author Topic: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 3) (Read 48591 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #30 on:** June 21, 2011, 07:23:20 PM »

>Start looking around for mice haunts.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #31 on:** June 21, 2011, 07:38:58 PM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 21, 2011, 07:23:20 PM

>Start looking around for mice haunts.

>You start looking around for signs of mice. It doesn't take you too long to locate a small burrow, sheltered under a rock a short distance from the river.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #32 on:** June 21, 2011, 08:32:39 PM »

>Approach quietly.
>"Anybody home in there?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #33 on:** June 21, 2011, 08:50:22 PM »

Quote from: Sourfang on June 21, 2011, 08:32:39 PM

>Approach quietly.
>"Anybody home in there?"

>You approach the burrow and squeak a disarming greeting into it. There is no reply. Of course, there's also a good chance that if the occupant is inside, it's currently asleep - mice tend to be nocturnal, particularly so in the wilder areas. You could probably roust it if you tried to.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #34 on:** June 21, 2011, 08:51:47 PM »

>What sort of foodstuffs does we have onhand?
>"Hey, wake up."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #35 on:** June 21, 2011, 08:56:56 PM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 21, 2011, 08:51:47 PM

>What sort of foodstuffs does we have onhand?
>"Hey, wake up."

>Given that you polished off the last of the pie with Honey yesterday, all you have left are your traveling rations: mostly beef jerky, hard cheese, and dry crackers.
>You attempt to wake up the occupant. Eventually you get a tired sort of 'Huh?' from inside the burrow.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #36 on:** June 21, 2011, 08:58:40 PM »

>Tear off a bit of cracker and leave it by the burrow.
>"Hey, sorry to wake you. But I need to know some things."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #37 on:** June 21, 2011, 09:04:42 PM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 21, 2011, 08:58:40 PM

>Tear off a bit of cracker and leave it by the burrow.
>"Hey, sorry to wake you. But I need to know some things."

>You tear off a piece of a cracker and leave it by the burrow.
>"Is there trouble?" he asks, poking his head out slightly. "Ahh! You're huge! So many huge things!"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #38 on:** June 21, 2011, 09:15:23 PM »

>"Trouble for the bigjobs. I'm fixing it, and they give me food. You can have some, too."
>Let him sniff at the cracker bits.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #39 on:** June 21, 2011, 09:19:16 PM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 21, 2011, 09:15:23 PM

>"Trouble for the bigjobs. I'm fixing it, and they give me food. You can have some, too."
>Let him sniff at the cracker bits.

>"Lots of scary things lately!"
>He sniffs at the cracker bits for a moment, then moves up and starts to nibble on them.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #40 on:** June 21, 2011, 09:38:05 PM »

>"What kind of scary things, friend?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #41 on:** June 21, 2011, 09:47:34 PM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 21, 2011, 09:38:05 PM

>"What kind of scary things, friend?"

>"Big scary things," he says, between nibbles. "Big scary things that grab the big not-scary things."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #42 on:** June 21, 2011, 10:17:25 PM »

>"What did they look like, besides big?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #43 on:** June 21, 2011, 10:37:49 PM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 21, 2011, 10:17:25 PM

>"What did they look like, besides big?"

>"Fast. Shorter than the not-scary things."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #44 on:** June 21, 2011, 10:48:50 PM »

>"Did they look like me?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #45 on:** June 21, 2011, 10:52:10 PM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 21, 2011, 10:48:50 PM

>"Did they look like me?"

>"Nope. You don't move like they do. You smell like mouse. They smelled like bad things. Things you're not supposed to eat."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #46 on:** June 21, 2011, 11:34:47 PM »

>"What were the not bad big things? The moo jobs?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #47 on:** June 21, 2011, 11:48:13 PM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 21, 2011, 11:34:47 PM

>"What were the not bad big things? The moo jobs?"

>You try to pin down if the big not-scary things were cows. This is just a little tricky, since mice tend not to distinguish too specifically among creatures that are of little concern to them, but from his responses, you're reasonably certain that's what he means.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #48 on:** June 21, 2011, 11:52:43 PM »

>"What were the bad things doing to them? And how many bad things were there?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #49 on:** June 21, 2011, 11:58:54 PM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 21, 2011, 11:52:43 PM

>"What were the bad things doing to them? And how many bad things were there?"

>"They crawled on them and did something weird and took them away. More than one big scary thing."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #50 on:** June 22, 2011, 12:18:16 AM »

I'm tellin' yalls, it's Them.

>"Do you have any friends who've watched them?"

Kasu · « **Reply #51 on:** June 22, 2011, 12:34:17 AM »

> Do we know of any feral youkai that may act like this?
> "So there were more than one?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #52 on:** June 22, 2011, 01:04:34 AM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 22, 2011, 12:18:16 AM

>"Do you have any friends who've watched them?"

>"Not sure," he says.

Quote from: Kasu on June 22, 2011, 12:34:17 AM

> Do we know of any feral youkai that may act like this?
> "So there were more than one?"

>You don't specifically know of any, but it wouldn't be outside the realm of possibility for one to prey upon cattle. It isn't a traditional problem around these parts, but new youkai can be born under all kinds of circumstances. Now, several of them working together on the other hand is a bit more unusual...
>It squeaks an affirmation. "More than one. Sometimes together, sometimes not."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #53 on:** June 22, 2011, 02:10:32 AM »

>Stroke his back, if we think he'd like that. "Where do your friends live?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #54 on:** June 22, 2011, 02:26:00 AM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 22, 2011, 02:10:32 AM

>Stroke his back, if we think he'd like that. "Where do your friends live?"

>A wild mouse is likely unaccustomed to being touched like that, so refrain for the moment. Besides, he's still busily munching away on the cracker.
>"Around. There's a mouse on the other side of that little hill."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #55 on:** June 22, 2011, 02:33:29 AM »

>"Thanks, friend. Sorry to have woke you up."
>Presuming he has nothing shocking to say, go check for that other mouse.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #56 on:** June 22, 2011, 02:42:36 AM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 22, 2011, 02:33:29 AM

>"Thanks, friend. Sorry to have woke you up."
>Presuming he has nothing shocking to say, go check for that other mouse.

>"Food is good. No danger is good. It's all ok."
>You walk over towards the small hill behind you - really, it's more of a bump - and search around for another burrow. This one is a little better concealed than the last, but it still doesn't take you long to locate it when you apply yourself.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #57 on:** June 22, 2011, 02:54:35 AM »

>Kneel down beside it. "Hello in there! Can you come out for a bit?"
>Prepare another cracker.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #58 on:** June 22, 2011, 03:02:58 AM »

Quote from: It's Purvis! on June 22, 2011, 02:54:35 AM

>Kneel down beside it. "Hello in there! Can you come out for a bit?"
>Prepare another cracker.

>You kneel down and call out to the mouse, while readying another cracker.
>After a moment, it pokes its head out. "What's going on?" it asks, somewhat skittishly.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #59 on:** June 22, 2011, 03:18:39 AM »

>"Just some questions about the big bad things that came through here. Can you tell me about them?"