Sakuya Quest 4 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah. Well, yes, the Mistress was quite real."

[Monarda]

>"Well, i should say she is real, since she still lives from what i have heard...."

[Serela]

>"...but even I haven't the slightest idea as to where she may be."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah. Well, yes, the Mistress was quite real."

>"Fascinating," says Juza.

>"Well, i should say she is real, since she still lives from what i have heard...."

>"...but even I haven't the slightest idea as to where she may be."

>Juza nods.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Mmm, I don't suppose your records had anything to say about her whereabouts?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Mmm, I don't suppose your records had anything to say about her whereabouts?"

>"My records didn't make it clear that she was real at all," says Juza.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah. Mmm. I suppose that makes sense, from your original question. Regardless, as I said, my goal is to return to my proper time. I already have secured a theoretical method and two-thirds of the...'ingredients', shall we say, necessary to make it work, so it is my hope that it will not be too long before I succeed. With that being said, my offer to you, should it be possible, is to come with me."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah. Mmm. I suppose that makes sense, from your original question. Regardless, as I said, my goal is to return to my proper time. I already have secured a theoretical method and two-thirds of the...'ingredients', shall we say, necessary to make it work, so it is my hope that it will not be too long before I succeed. With that being said, my offer to you, should it be possible, is to come with me."

>"What?" she says, her voice growing sharper.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Only if you wish it, of course. Please do not mistake my intentions. I find you quite interesting, both your demeanor and your talent. I feel it would be a shame for our only encounter to be what it was, before I whisked myself back to my own time for us to never meet again."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Only if you wish it, of course. Please do not mistake my intentions. I find you quite interesting, both your demeanor and your talent. I feel it would be a shame for our only encounter to be what it was, before I whisked myself back to my own time for us to never meet again."

>"Why?" she says; some of the sharpness bleeding from her voice.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm? What do you mean, 'why'? I just told you. If it does not suit you, then that will be that. I certainly won't hold it against you."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm? What do you mean, 'why'? I just told you. If it does not suit you, then that will be that. I certainly won't hold it against you."

>"No, I mean why are you offering this?" says Juza. "This isn't something a person just does at random."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, for me, I am sure you can understand the benefit of introducing a skilled warrior with knowledge of the future to an already-powerful household. As for you, I admit I am making some optimistic assumptions here, and obviously I do not have much knowledge of your life here, but unless things have changed drastically in the past near-thousand years, it is my experience that leaders referred to as 'The Warlord' do not rise to power through benevolence."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, for me, I am sure you can understand the benefit of introducing a skilled warrior with knowledge of the future to an already-powerful household. As for you, I admit I am making some optimistic assumptions here, and obviously I do not have much knowledge of your life here, but unless things have changed drastically in the past near-thousand years, it is my experience that leaders referred to as 'The Warlord' do not rise to power through benevolence."

>"Are you seriously expecting me to simply betray Lord Teru?" says Juza.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "Frankly, I'm not expecting it. I did say I would not be surprised at all of you were not interested."
> Gesture up an down at ourselves.
> "There are few who appreciate loyalty to one's master more than myself. But again, the worst that will happen to me is that you will say no, and then we will return you to where we found you once I'm done here. Unless you wish to leave on your own, I suppose. So there is no reason for me not to ask."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Frankly, I'm not expecting it. I did say I would not be surprised at all of you were not interested."
> Gesture up an down at ourselves.
> "There are few who appreciate loyalty to one's master more than myself. But again, the worst that will happen to me is that you will say no, and then we will return you to where we found you once I'm done here. Unless you wish to leave on your own, I suppose. So there is no reason for me not to ask."

>"It's rather insulting," says Juza, "Which is an excellent reason to mind what you ask." She does not sound particularly angry, but perhaps she is hiding it well.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "Oh, I can certainly appreciate the sentiment. I would very likely feel the same way, were I to be asked this same question. But, to be frank, I have heard basically nothing good about your Lord since arriving here. And given your orders were apparently to acquire whatever ancient records of powerful magic you could find, and stealth and secrecy were so important to this mission that you attacked me almost on sight, it certainly seems like those sentiments about your Lord are founded at least somewhat in reality."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh, I can certainly appreciate the sentiment. I would very likely feel the same way, were I to be asked this same question. But, to be frank, I have heard basically nothing good about your Lord since arriving here. And given your orders were apparently to acquire whatever ancient records of powerful magic you could find, and stealth and secrecy were so important to this mission that you attacked me almost on sight, it certainly seems like those sentiments about your Lord are founded at least somewhat in reality."

>"I can only imagine what sort of monster your Scarlet Devil must be, to have such a boorish servant," Juza says flatly.

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[Monarda]

//Please don`t tell me you`re gonna let that slide by, she insulted our mistress !

[Suwako Moriya]

//We have a job to do, we've already humiliated her once, and she would have outright declined the offer by this point if she were truly uninterested. We've certainly provided her multiple opportunities to do so. Besides, we did kind of insult her Lord first, even if our logic was reasonable.

> "My apologies if I have offended. But surely you are aware of how you choosing combat before diplomacy reflects on your Lord?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "My apologies if I have offended. But surely you are aware of how you choosing combat before diplomacy reflects on your Lord?"

>"Secrecy is paramount," says Juza. "It was best to silence you quickly."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I figured as much. But that is a fairly large reason why I have reached the conclusions I have about your Lord's motives, and thus why I have made this offer to you."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I figured as much. But that is a fairly large reason why I have reached the conclusions I have about your Lord's motives, and thus why I have made this offer to you."

>"You should listen to people who know something about what they profess about, instead," says Juza. She stands, a bit slowly. "You've shamed me and then in victory you have shamed yourself."

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "Mmm. Then perhaps you could enlighten me as to why secrecy was so important? Surely a search would be more successful with more searchers, for one thing."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Mmm. Then perhaps you could enlighten me as to why secrecy was so important? Surely a search would be more successful with more searchers, for one thing."

>"I'll leave it for you to ponder," Juza says. "Given your efforts thus far, I am confident there is no worry in you understanding."

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Frown.
> "I have already told you what I think it means, though, and you have suggested I am wrong. There is certainly something to be said for keeping one's finding strictly for one's homeland, but that alone doesn't really warrant combat, does it? You could have simply told me you were on a personal camping excursion on vacation from your job and I doubt I would have thought twice about it."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "I have already told you what I think it means, though, and you have suggested I am wrong. There is certainly something to be said for keeping one's finding strictly for one's homeland, but that alone doesn't really warrant combat, does it? You could have simply told me you were on a personal camping excursion on vacation from your job and I doubt I would have thought twice about it."

>"And the excavations were just a coincidence, yes," says Juza. "And certainly I could expect you not to run your mouth about finding some odd person in the the middle of the Forest of Magic at random."

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Did we notice any excavations before finding Juza?
> "Certainly it was at least worth an attempt at a conversation? I would like to think I did not look terribly aggressive upon my arrival."

[Hello Purvis]

> Did we notice any excavations before finding Juza?
> "Certainly it was at least worth an attempt at a conversation? I would like to think I did not look terribly aggressive upon my arrival."

>Not really, but there was one right off to the side. Just you were occupied at the time.
>"No one had any reason to be there," says Juza. "What was I to expect?"

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Shrug.
> "Who knows? But the worst that would have come from a conversation attempt is what ended up happening anyway, I'd say."