Meira Quest

[Sect]

> "So you made friends with her...?"
> Eye Kouyoshi's tail. Does it look fluffy?

[日巫子]

> "So you made friends with her...?"
> Eye Kouyoshi's tail. Does it look fluffy?

> "Sort of...?  She just kept thinking I was a member of her family or someone who lived in the village."
> You size up Kouyoshi's tail.  It looks very fluffy.

> _

[Sect]

> "Ah... well you look like my cousin..."
> wrap our arms around Kouyoshi's tail and use it as a pillow.

[日巫子]

> "Ah... well you look like my cousin..."
> wrap our arms around Kouyoshi's tail and use it as a pillow.

> "Yeah."
> You cuddle up against Kouyoshi's tail.  It's so sooooft, you could fall asleep right here if you wanted to.
> Kouyoshi jumps a little when you first touch her tail, perhaps out of surprise, but then she relaxes and holds her hands out over the grate, as if catching the heat.

> _

[Sect]

> Bury our face into her tail and slip off into a nap.
> Don't cry in our sleep.

[日巫子]

> Bury our face into her tail and slip off into a nap.
> Don't cry in our sleep.

> You let yourself nod off, you are not going to cry in your sleep you are not going to cry in your sleep...
> Your dreams are very fragmented.  You first dream that when you came home, the village wasn't burning after all, and you instead had dinner with your family and went to bed after going back to release the frog into the creek.  As you're going to your room to go to bed, however, everything suddenlygoesupinflamestakingyouwithit....l....t...l.....s......ry....i........n..a....wait...come back...
> ...
> You awaken to the sound of water hitting metal.  There is very little light, and you can hear the faint sound of rainfall coming from outside.  You're still curled up against Kouyoshi's tail; you think the tanuki herself is lying on her side.

> _

[Sect]

> Wipe our eyes. We didn't cry, no we didn't.
> Let go of Kouyoshi's tail and feel around for our katana. Where did we leave it...?

[日巫子]

> Wipe our eyes. We didn't cry, no we didn't.
> Let go of Kouyoshi's tail and feel around for our katana. Where did we leave it...?

> You did not cry, you did not cry even though you're wiping your eyes right now.
> You release Kouyoshi's tail and sit up, feeling around for your katana.  You feel the handle of it a few inches away from you.
> Now that you're sitting up, you can see a small bit of light coming from the hole in the ceiling, and water dripping down into a metal pan which is sitting on top of the grate.

> _

[Sect]

> Carefully crawl to the entrance of the cave without waking Kouyoshi and poke our head out.

[日巫子]

> Carefully crawl to the entrance of the cave without waking Kouyoshi and poke our head out.

> Moving silently so as not to wake up Kouyoshi, you crawl up through the tunnel leading above ground and move the lid out of the way.
> It's gloomy and overcast outside, and raining.  The forest seems to look more lush this way.  There's a gentle rumbling of thunder somewhere in the distance.

> _

[Sect]

> Make sure we have our katana, and climb out of the hole so we can look around.

[日巫子]

> Make sure we have our katana, and climb out of the hole so we can look around.

> Katana in hand, you climb out of the hole beneath the tree.  Water immediately starts soaking through your hair and clothes, but you have a look around anyway.  In this part of the forest, the trees are even taller and closer together than they were near the village.  There's an uprooted tree stump a few feet away with fungus growing on it, roots bare and all.

> _

[Sect]

> Look up into the raining sky. With this much rain, maybe the fire in the village is gone...
> Can we remember how to get back to the village from here?

[日巫子]

> Look up into the raining sky. With this much rain, maybe the fire in the village is gone...
> Can we remember how to get back to the village from here?

> You look up at the sky, blinking away the water as it hits your face.  The fire at the village has to be gone at this point...
> You don't know how to return to the village from here.

> _

[Sect]

> Climb back into the hole and close it behind us.
> Crawl over to Kouyoshi and pat her. "Kouyoshi, Kouyoshi, it's morning."

[日巫子]

> Climb back into the hole and close it behind us.
> Crawl over to Kouyoshi and pat her. "Kouyoshi, Kouyoshi, it's morning."

> You retreat back into the hole, covering it with the lid as you go.
> You then crawl back to where Kouyoshi is sleeping and try waking her up.  She grumbles a little and curls up tighter.

> _

[Sect]

> Pout, and move around to her front. Shake her a little. "Kou-yo-shi. Morn-ing."

[日巫子]

> Pout, and move around to her front. Shake her a little. "Kou-yo-shi. Morn-ing."

> Why doesn't she wake up...?
> You move in front of her and keep shaking.  She half-heartedly tries to wave you away before letting her arm flop back down, and her eyes open a crack.
> "Ugh...wha...?"  She squints up at you blearily.

> _

[Sect]

> "Kouyoshi, it's morning. Wake up, wake up!"
> Get ready to nudge her awake again if she goes back to sleep, we got work to do, like finding that other human village, finding people who survived the youkai attack, finding out who that kitsune is so we can revenge our family, and learn how to use our family sword so we can do revenging!

[日巫子]

> "Kouyoshi, it's morning. Wake up, wake up!"
> Get ready to nudge her awake again if she goes back to sleep, we got work to do, like finding that other human village, finding people who survived the youkai attack, finding out who that kitsune is so we can revenge our family, and learn how to use our family sword so we can do revenging!

> You keep shaking Kouyoshi until she finally sits up and pushes you away.
> There's so much to do today, you have to find out if there are more humans out there, and people who survived the fire, and getting revenge on the kitsune and figuring out how to use the sword.  How are you going to fit that all in one day?!
> "I'm up, I'm up..."  Kouyoshi yawns loudly.

> _

[Sect]

> "What are we going to do today? We have a lot of stuff to do!"

[日巫子]

> "What are we going to do today? We have a lot of stuff to do!"

> Kouyoshi adjusts her hat and stretches her arms.  "Hm...oh, yeah, we were going to see if there was another human settlement around, or at least somewhere for you to go...We never really set anything in stone last night."

> _

[Sect]

> Nod. "But it has to be somewhere with strong people, like youkai hunters or magicians so I can learn how to fight that kitsune and the rest of its youkai friends."

[日巫子]

> Nod. "But it has to be somewhere with strong people, like youkai hunters or magicians so I can learn how to fight that kitsune and the rest of its youkai friends."

> Wherever you go, it can't be with a bunch of weaklings!
> "Got it.  We're looking for strong people."  Kouyoshi stands up and straightens out her robes.  "But first, breakfast."

> _

[Sect]

> Oh, yeah, breakfast would be good.
> Scamper over to where those jars are and peek inside one of them.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

>"Yay Breakfast!"

>Wave your arms up and down with a smile on your face.

[日巫子]

>"Yay Breakfast!"

>Wave your arms up and down with a smile on your face.

> You express your excitement over food, and Kouyoshi smirks a little.

> Oh, yeah, breakfast would be good.
> Scamper over to where those jars are and peek inside one of them.

> Of course, humans need to eat.
> You head over to the sealed jars and peek inside the nearest one.  Almost at once you feel a cool mist hit your face.  When you look at the contents, you see frozen fish.

> _

[Sect]

> "Wow... how did you freeze the fish?"
> Pull one out and look at it.

[日巫子]

> "Wow... how did you freeze the fish?"
> Pull one out and look at it.

> "I picked up some freezing charms from random youkai in the forest," Kouyoshi says.  "As in, I badgered them into giving it to me since it looked like they had some spares.  That was about a hundred years ago and they're still good."
> You pull out a fish.  It's completely in tact, beady eyes and all.  Looks like any other normal salmon.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

Don't believe her lies!