Sakuya Quest 5 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "Some ghost that was not a real ghost. I've no idea what happened there."

>"I think I am recalling a bit more clearly now," says Yuyuko. "It was some outsider, for lack of better terms. A person dislocated from the world, so to speak? I think that's right."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "I don't really know more than what I've said."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "I don't really know more than what I've said."

>Yuyuko nods. "I'm trying to recall why," she says, as you leave the courtyard through a set of paper doors that have been left open, and enter a corridor that branches to the east, north, and south. Yuyuko leads you southward.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Even if you can't remember why, as I said earlier, remorse would be ideal. From you or your since-passed retainer, should she have ever said anything on the subject."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Even if you can't remember why, as I said earlier, remorse would be ideal. From you or your since-passed retainer, should she have ever said anything on the subject."

>"I don't think she ever did," says Yuyuko. "But it wasn't Youmu's way to talk about the things she did. She preferred to focus on the present. But for what it is worth, I'm sure there was a better way."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, I'm also quite sure there was."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh, I'm also quite sure there was."

>"I hope Midge didn't give you too hard of a time," says Yuyuko. "She's quite serious about thieves."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Frown deeper.
> "Please don't patronize me."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown deeper.
> "Please don't patronize me."

>"Oh, I didn't mean like that!" says Yuyuko. "I meant in the manner of a host."

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[Kilgamayan]

> What did we think of Youmu *before* she tried to kill Remilia?
> "I was disappointed to not be met at the stairs as I am accustomed."

[Hello Purvis]

> What did we think of Youmu *before* she tried to kill Remilia?
> "I was disappointed to not be met at the stairs as I am accustomed."

>She tried to be a loyal retainer, you suppose, but she her earnestness didn't make up for her lack of elegance.
>"We don't get too many guests these days," says Yuyuko. "For the better, perhaps? Thieves are a problem."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Unfortunately, I myself was also not planning on staying for longer than necessary."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Unfortunately, I myself was also not planning on staying for longer than necessary."

>"Ah, well I won't try to hold you up," says Yuyuko. "Though, if you could explain how you got here, I would be most delighted!"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "To make a long story short, I was throw forward in time nearly a millennium."

[Hello Purvis]

> "To make a long story short, I was throw forward in time nearly a millennium."

>"Ah, that makes sense," says Yuyuko.
>She pauses at a room in the hall, and slides the door open.

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[Yaersulf]

>"You may be the first person to act so nonchalantly upon hearing that."

[Hello Purvis]

>"You may be the first person to act so nonchalantly upon hearing that."

>"I can't imagine," says Yuyuko. "It certainly explains things neatly."

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[Yaersulf]

>"Most people are not so familiar with time travel, if they were though I imagine I would not have had to find someone as elusive as Ran Yakumo to help me."
>Step inside the room if we have not already.

[Monarda]

>"Well i'm also rather surprised you even remembered me immediately, after all this time."

[Serela]

Oh, that's our Yuyuko. <3 I can hardly imagine her reacting almost any other way than, "Oh, of course!"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Most people are not so familiar with time travel, if they were though I imagine I would not have had to find someone as elusive as Ran Yakumo to help me."
>Step inside the room if we have not already.

>"Mm, how strange of them," says Yuyuko.
>The room is full of various shades of red; red flooring, red panels on the walls, red curtains, furniture done in red. Yuyuko floats over to a red table and kneels down by it, gesturing for you to take the side to her right.

>"Well i'm also rather surprised you even remembered me immediately, after all this time."

>"One meets quite a number of people, so it is necessary to recall such things," Yuyuko says.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Head to where she has indicated and kneel down as appropriate.

[Hello Purvis]

> Head to where she has indicated and kneel down as appropriate.

>You do so, finding a nice red cushion for such.
>"Have you decided where you are staying?" says Yuyuko.

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[Serela]

>"Actually, I've been lead to believe by Ran Yakumo that I will be able to return to my time period before that's a problem. I've already obtained all but one thing she needs to remove the force keeping me in this era."

[Monarda]

>"Although having a backup in the form of that in case that doesn't go as well is a sound idea."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Actually, I've been lead to believe by Ran Yakumo that I will be able to return to my time period before that's a problem. I've already obtained all but one thing she needs to remove the force keeping me in this era."

>"Ah, lovely!" says Yuyuko.

>"Although having a backup in the form of that in case that doesn't go as well is a sound idea."

>"I'm sure you wouldn't wish to, but it would be simple for you to find room here," says Yuyuko.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "Indeed, it is out of the question. For multiple reasons."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Indeed, it is out of the question. For multiple reasons."

>She chuckles. A moment later, Midge enters the room, carrying two cups.
>"Oh you didn't have to bring those," says Yuyuko.
>"Yeah I did," says Midge, as she sets the cups in front of the two of you. "They were being too slow!"
>Yuyuko chuckles again. "Well, thank you. Now go play, dear."
>"Kay," says the child as she sauters out of the room.
>"I'm sure she'll actually be eavesdropping," Yuyuko says quietly.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Nod.
> Have a sip.

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> Have a sip.

>The tea is a simple green, brewed to standards you can appreciate.
>"I have no idea where she came from," Yuyuko continues. "She appeared about a year ago, barging in on me in the middle of my bath and demanding to know why there were so many ghosts here. I was quite shocked!"

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