Reimu Quest (Part 5)

[Hello Purvis]

>Let him up.
>"Sorry about that, li'l guy."

[日巫子]

>Let him up.
>"Sorry about that, li'l guy."

> You remove your foot from the mouse.  It squeaks at you some more before scuttling off, disappearing below some loose boards in the deck.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Assess the boat for good places to wander.

[日巫子]

>Assess the boat for good places to wander.

> You look around the deck.  It looks like the side with the steering wheel would give you a good view of the ocean.
> You hear more squeaking.

> _

[Sect]

> Did we step on another mouser? They shouldn't be underfoot!
> "Hey, Nazrin!"

[日巫子]

> Did we step on another mouser? They shouldn't be underfoot!
> "Hey, Nazrin!"

> No.  You don't see any mice.
> There's a rattling, and then a trapdoor opens on deck.  The mouse herself pops out and rests her elbows on the deck.  There are mice in her hair, on her shoulders, in her sleeves...
> "Yeah?  Red-white?"

> _

[Sect]

> "Grey."

Not quite clear on why we're looking for the Grey Mauser. Purv, your show.

[日巫子]

> "Grey."

> Nazrin raises an eyebrow at you.  "My guys told me you were here."
> She holds up one of the mice.

> _

[Sect]

Oh, right, now I remember.

> "Yeah. Sorry for stepping on you, little guy."
> Look back up at Nazrin. "Anyways, well, before I get to the meat of the thing, did you guys ever find Seiga or wake up her zombie?"

[日巫子]

> "Yeah. Sorry for stepping on you, little guy."
> Look back up at Nazrin. "Anyways, well, before I get to the meat of the thing, did you guys ever find Seiga or wake up her zombie?"

> The mouse squeaks at you.
> "Just the zomb'," Nazrin says.  "But no one's been able to go near her.  She's been kind of violent."

> _

[Sect]

> "Need me to quiet her down?"
> Is there any way we could, dunno, fake her head talisman thing?

[日巫子]

> "Need me to quiet her down?"
> Is there any way we could, dunno, fake her head talisman thing?

> "That'd be swell."  Although she doesn't sound too enthusiastic when she says this.

> _

[Sect]

> Is there any way we could, dunno, fake her head talisman thing?

[日巫子]

> Is there any way we could, dunno, fake her head talisman thing?

> If you knew what to write on it.  However, all of your encounters with zombie girl have been fights, so it's not like you've had a chance to read what's normally written on it.

> _

[Sect]

> Well, it controls her, right? So putting something like "sit quietly" or something might work, right?

[日巫子]

> Well, it controls her, right? So putting something like "sit quietly" or something might work, right?

> "Sounds good to me.  The problem would be getting it on her."

> _

[Sect]

> "Just distract her with bacon or something. Can you grab me an ink brush and ink stone? I'd use crayons but the oni miko wanted them back."

[日巫子]

> "Just distract her with bacon or something. Can you grab me an ink brush and ink stone? I'd use crayons but the oni miko wanted them back."

> "Oni mi...?  If you say so."  Nazrin pushes the trap door open the rest of the way.  "Wanna come on down?"

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Enter.
>"Also, while we're talking about doing things, can you do me a favor and dowse out a person for me?"

[日巫子]

>Enter.
>"Also, while we're talking about doing things, can you do me a favor and dowse out a person for me?"

> You drop down below the deck.  It's very dark here, so dark you can hardly see.  There are only a few lamps on the walls that light your path.  Nazrin takes one of them and starts walking down the narrow hall, her footsteps echoing.
> "What's in it for me?" she asks.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Dry land."

[日巫子]

>"Dry land."

> "I was thinking more instant gratification, but that works too."  Nazrin shrugs.  "This way."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Follow dat murine!

[日巫子]

>Follow dat murine!

> You follow Nazrin into the bowels of the ship.  It seems she's leading you through some backdoor route, because it has none of the shimmer and shine you'd expect out of the Palaquin.  It's dark and dank, and as you traverse deeper through the tunnels you start to notice marks in the walls.  It looks like they were slashed, torn, or bitten.  At the end of the hallway lies a door.  From inside you hear gnashing sounds and the occasional thud.

> _

[O4rfish]

edit: nevermind, I realize what this is now.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Geez."

[日巫子]

>"Geez."

> "We shut her down here until we could figure out what to do with her," Nazrin explains.  "And to keep her away from the humans.  It's only been...what...an hour since then?"

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Okay, I'm going to need some stuff to write the charm with, and something really chewy and hard to swallow quickly to distract her with."
>From our prior observations, does Yoshika seem to be the kind of jiangshi that can only move at 90 angles?

[日巫子]

>"Okay, I'm going to need some stuff to write the charm with, and something really chewy and hard to swallow quickly to distract her with."
>From our prior observations, does Yoshika seem to be the kind of jiangshi that can only move at 90 angles?

> "Right."  Nazrin extracts a dozen mice from beneath her capelet and sets them on the floor.  "You heard her."
> The mice chitter and scuttle back down the hall.
> Yoshika is pretty stiff, and can't make a lot of complicated movements unless Seiga is controlling her.

> _

[Sect]

> Can our talismans be used as her forehead seal? In fact, if the idea doesn't pan out can we just wrap her in sealing talismans until she can't move an inch?