Yukari Quest VI - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Yaersulf]

>Open a gap in front of one them so that she appears in front of us.
>"I just want to ask you a quick question, then I'll leave you alone."

[Hello Purvis]

>Open a gap in front of one them so that she appears in front of us.
>"I just want to ask you a quick question, then I'll leave you alone."

>As two of the faeries scatter; and the one in white crouches down and pulls her hat over her face; open a gap in front of the one in blue, redirecting her to appear in front of you. She doesn't seem to notice; possibly because she is running with her eyes closed; and runs right into you with enough force to nearly make you stagger back. She herself bounces off of your leg and lands on the ground.
>"Uh," she says.

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[Yaersulf]

>"Have you noticed anything strange about your tree recently?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Have you noticed anything strange about your tree recently?"

>"There's some weird tough lady who can make you run into her when you're trying to run away from her hanging around it!" the faerie says.
>"And who called us super weak!" Adds the faerie in white, looking up from her crouch long enough to shoot you a dirty look, before pulling the brim of her hat over her face again.

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[Yaersulf]

>"Well if you're going to be like that then I'll have to have a look for myself."
>Approach tree.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well if you're going to be like that then I'll have to have a look for myself."
>Approach tree.

>You step around the faerie.
>"Hey don't go in our house!" the faerie in white cries.
>At a glance, the tree seems like any other tree. It is rather large and impressive, but nothing particularly stands out about it.

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[Mr. Sacchi]

> Run the magnifying glass on it, without actually taking it out, of course.

[Hello Purvis]

> Run the magnifying glass on it, without actually taking it out, of course.

>You take a closer look at it. All of its borders seem intact and as you would expect. It is a perfectly ordinary faerie dwelling.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is this the same tree that got hit with lightning before the fairies moved in?

[O4rfish]

>The white one was closer than her sisters to being a youkai, yes? Has she progressed any further since we last encountered them?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is this the same tree that got hit with lightning before the fairies moved in?

>Yes.

>The white one was closer than her sisters to being a youkai, yes? Has she progressed any further since we last encountered them?

>Buh?

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is the shimenawa still on the tree?
> Is the fairy in red still visible? If not, do we know where she went well enough to open a gap to bring her back here?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is the shimenawa still on the tree?
> Is the fairy in red still visible? If not, do we know where she went well enough to open a gap to bring her back here?

>The shimenawa was removed some time ago.
>She has fled into the forest. You don't know it intimately enough to know where she went. But finding her shouldn't be hard.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Open a few spy gaps to check for her in the nearby vicinity to find her.

[Hello Purvis]

> Open a few spy gaps to check for her in the nearby vicinity to find her.

>You open a couple of spy gaps, and find her almost instantly. She's run more or less exactly in a straight line from here.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is she still running, or has she stopped moving?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is she still running, or has she stopped moving?

>She is still running.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Open a gap right in front of her to bring her back here. Brace for a second impact.

[O4rfish]

>It was something we noticed that one time.

"You are the first? because you are the closest to a youkai."
-Yukari talking to unconscious Luna Child in Eastern and Little Nature Deity: Fairy of the Moon

[Hello Purvis]

> Open a gap right in front of her to bring her back here. Brace for a second impact.

>You open another gap, and the faerie charges straight through it, bouncing off of you and landing on her dark-haired friend.
>"Ow, my head..." the one in red mumbles.
>"Get off me!" says the one in blue, as she weakly tries to push her companion off.

>It was something we noticed that one time.

>You were being poetic at the time.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "There. We wouldn't want you to miss out on your share of popcorn."

[Hello Purvis]

> "There. We wouldn't want you to miss out on your share of popcorn."

>"Waaaah..." the faerie in red says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Have a pleasant evening. Do be sure to return that bowl to its owner when you're done."
> Return to the front of the shrine.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Have a pleasant evening. Do be sure to return that bowl to its owner when you're done."
> Return to the front of the shrine.

>"Its our bowl!" the faerie in white pipes up, and you turn and walk away.
>Returning to the shrine, you emerge from the forest just in time to see Ran disappearing through the front door.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah, there we are. The mystery of the music will have to wait, I suppose."
> Regather our music bubble, then head inside.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah, there we are. The mystery of the music will have to wait, I suppose."
> Regather our music bubble, then head inside.

>You regather the bubble, and head inside to see that Reimu, Renko, and Maribel have gathered around the table, having tea while Maribel tears into a piece of dried fish. Ran seems to have take over the counter, and appears to be chopping up a fish at the moment.
>"There you are," says Reimu. "I thought you ran off into the forest."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "You thought correctly. But my business there is concluded."

[Hello Purvis]

> "You thought correctly. But my business there is concluded."

>"So what's keeping you?" she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Do you think me so rude that I would begin eating before addressing your concerns? I know how much you worry about me, after all."
> Sit down and have some real, actual food.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Do you think me so rude that I would begin eating before addressing your concerns? I know how much you worry about me, after all."
> Sit down and have some real, actual food.

>"I'm pretty sure if you did any thinking, we wouldn't get into half the messes that we do."
>You have a seat, and Ran hands you some dried fish. Frankly, after everything you've been through over the past couple of days, it tastes heavenly. You are happy to let Maribel claim the lion's share, while you simple nibble on it. Soon, Ran places some sashimi on the table, and some leftover rice that was likely Reimu's, prompting the other two to have a second dinner themselves. Ran gets started frying other pieces of fish, while Reimu says, "Now, if we could get to the topic at hand?"

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