>You are Nazrin, a newly inducted member of the Seeker's Guild, and you are dying.
>While investigating a series of cattle disappearances around the village of Easthaven several days ago, you uncovered a nest of giant spiders. Your subsequent investigation of their lair had dire and lasting consequences when a wild spider youkai, furious with you for killing a dozen of her kin, infected you with a supernaturally virulent disease. You narrowly escaped death that very day due to the sheltering power of Kumokirimaru and Minoriko's creative thinking. Still, she was unable to halt the progression of the disease and insists that you have no more than a week or two to live. Determined that you will survive this ordeal, you have set out in search of a cure.
>After unsuccessfully scouring Braston for a means to overcome this Blight, you have decided that your best hope for answers lies in Val Razua, the intellectual capital of Gensokyo. Perhaps someone there can give you the answers that Braston could not. To that end, you arranged for transport on the Blue Maiden, an unusually sleek and speedy cargo transport commanded by a Captain Murasa. After a frustrating afternoon spent trying to locate their stolen export permit, you were finally cleared for departure at dusk, and are now several minutes outside the city. The open skies await!
>You are currently on the deck of the Blue Maiden, conversing with Murasa about food and bedding.
> "Will I know Miyuki when I see her, or should I be watchful of any particular person?
>"She's probably the only one down there at the moment," Murasa replies, "but if not, she's the one with lilac hair. She's the closest thing this ship's got to a cook, though pretty much all of us pull double-duty on something or other."
