Sakuya Quest 4 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "I'm afraid I don't understand."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm afraid I don't understand."

>She blinks, and something about it just feels wrong.  "I intend to transfer them into fitting bodies as well, once I have perfected the design. Certainly this is obvious?"

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[Monarda]

>Put on a curious look.
>"So you intend to cheat death basically ? For all of you three ?"

[Kilgamayan]

> "How would you even get them back, anyway? The Yama confirmed having seen them both."

[Hello Purvis]

>Put on a curious look.
>"So you intend to cheat death basically ? For all of you three ?"

>"I already have," says Alice. "It's simply a question of design for the others."

> "How would you even get them back, anyway? The Yama confirmed having seen them both."

>"This would be part of why this kind of body is insufficient," says Alice. "Their states are too delicate."

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[Monarda]

>Frown.
>"Yes, i doubt that the Yama would allow such thing to happen like this, i myself had to visit her due to my... unorthodox situation."

[Hello Purvis]

>Frown.
>"Yes, i doubt that the Yama would allow such thing to happen like this, i myself had to visit her due to my... unorthodox situation."

>"Higan takes a dim view on magicians in general," says Alice. "Whether they approve is no concern to me."

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[Monarda]

>"A dangerous game.... but it`s not like i have any opinion on that, i have no right to interfere on your work, especially since i should be in this time."
>Have a mild look of enlightment.
>"Speaking of that, i almost forgot why i came here, i`ve come to acquire an object that dates to that moment in the past when i dissappeared, i suppose you might have something of the likes ?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"A dangerous game.... but it`s not like i have any opinion on that, i have no right to interfere on your work, especially since i should be in this time."
>Have a mild look of enlightment.
>"Speaking of that, i almost forgot why i came here, i`ve come to acquire an object that dates to that moment in the past when i dissappeared, i suppose you might have something of the likes ?"

>She shakes her head. "I take pains not to keep decaying objects here," says Alice. "All I have are some of my dolls, which I have no desire to part with."
>She steeples her fingers. "Why are you seeking such items? And more to the point, why are you here in this era?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "That is a good question. I am still not sure what party is responsible. All I know is that some outside force threw me forward in time on the day of the explosion in the library. I passed out while trying to rescue Keine Kamishirasawa from a falling bookcase, and woke up this morning in a forest far to the south of here. But I at least have a plan for returning to my proper time, which involves retrieving an item from my time."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That is a good question. I am still not sure what party is responsible. All I know is that some outside force threw me forward in time on the day of the explosion in the library. I passed out while trying to rescue Keine Kamishirasawa from a falling bookcase, and woke up this morning in a forest far to the south of here. But I at least have a plan for returning to my proper time, which involves retrieving an item from my time."

>"Curious," says Alice, frowning thoughtfully. "You can return home, then? Very curious indeed."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "At least, so Ran Yakumo tells me."

[Hello Purvis]

> "At least, so Ran Yakumo tells me."

>"Fascinating," says Alice. "Then I would ask a favor of you."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Certainly. If you wish me to deliver a message to your past selves, I would be glad to do so, as long as it would not disrupt the future too much."

[Monarda]

>Give her a confused look.
>"A favor ?  What would that be ?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Certainly. If you wish me to deliver a message to your past selves, I would be glad to do so, as long as it would not disrupt the future too much."

>Give her a confused look.
>"A favor ?  What would that be ?"

>"That would be the point," says Alice. "I would ask you to bring me a volume of my collated research. In turn, I will offer your whatever assistance I reasonably can."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Where would I find this research?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Where would I find this research?"

>"I keep several volumes prepared," says Alice. "To forestall disaster if one is damaged or stolen."

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[Kilgamayan]

> ...Is it possible that this Alice body is a doll's body?
> "And you keep them down here, I presume?"

[Hello Purvis]

> ...Is it possible that this Alice body is a doll's body?
> "And you keep them down here, I presume?"

>It seems entirely plausible.
>"Three of of them are here. Two are elsewhere. I replace those once every two years," she says. "Is my offer acceptable, then?"

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[Kilgamayan]

Hold up on accepting, I want to check one thing.

> How much do we know about a Magician's Club meeting thingy in our time?

[Hello Purvis]

> How much do we know about a Magician's Club meeting thingy in our time?

>You don't know a whole lot, but you know it tends to turn raucous, one way or another.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Do we know who is involved?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we know who is involved?

>Yes. You're well aware Alice is, or rather was, a part of it.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "May I add a stipulation? You may do as you wish with yourself, and, presumably, Marisa and Lady Patchouli. But given what has happened to their bloodline, I would prefer your past self not interfere with the outside world kids in this particular regard."

[Hello Purvis]

> "May I add a stipulation? You may do as you wish with yourself, and, presumably, Marisa and Lady Patchouli. But given what has happened to their bloodline, I would prefer your past self not interfere with the outside world kids in this particular regard."

>"I cannot promise what my past self might do," says Alice, "But I certainly had no interest in assisting them in such a manner in my lifetime."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "Then our agreement is made."

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "Then our agreement is made."

>She smiles, and it's hard not to be unnerved by the gesture despite what she clearly means by it. "Excellent. And how shall I assist you?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> What exactly were the requirements for the two remaining ingredients for our trip back home?

[Hello Purvis]

> What exactly were the requirements for the two remaining ingredients for our trip back home?

>One is to collect echoes from the place where the accident happened. In theory this should be done automatically when you are in the right place for a few moments. The other is an object that has existed between your era and this one; essentially an antique of some kind.

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