Sakuya Quest 6 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "The corner you mentioned would have been around here, but unfortunately, that is about the best I can do."
> Does the vegetation look pointy or poison-ivy-greasy at all?

>"Aaaaah..." she says, looking around.
>It seems to be leafy for the most part. Nothing seems particularly dangerous.

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> Start trying to simply push the vegetation out of the way, so we can have a better look in front of us and at the ground. (Don't smack Dreamy while doing this, though.)

[Hello Purvis]

> Start trying to simply push the vegetation out of the way, so we can have a better look in front of us and at the ground. (Don't smack Dreamy while doing this, though.)

>You start to search around, and soon find a few moss-covered hunks of what look like weathered stone blocks.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Aha."
> Clear away more of the plant life.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Aha."
> Clear away more of the plant life.

>You clear a bit more away, and soon find a bit more in a straight line from the pieces you had just found.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Follow that line! (But not so carelessly that we get smacked in the head by more plantlife.)

[Hello Purvis]

> Follow that line! (But not so carelessly that we get smacked in the head by more plantlife.)

>Following it, you are reasonably sure this used to be the foundation of the outer wall of the mansion itself. Soon you come to a fairly sizable bush growing along where the corner would have been.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Here, Dreamy. This is the corner you were talking about."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Here, Dreamy. This is the corner you were talking about."

>She frowns at the bush. "Maybe?"

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[Serela]

>Search around the bush.
>"So what kind of a place was the stash in...? A hole in the ground? A tree, perhaps?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Search around the bush.
>"So what kind of a place was the stash in...? A hole in the ground? A tree, perhaps?"

>"She had a spot in the wallpaper she pulled back," Dreamy says, as you look around. You can see bits of stone foundation within the  bush. "And there was a hole, with a box..."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I see. Impressive that I never noticed."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I see. Impressive that I never noticed."

>"You weren't there," she says.
>Poking around the bushes a bit more, you are pretty sure this is indeed what is left that that particular corner stone.

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[Serela]

>Further investigate the foundation within the bush. A hole in the stone, perhaps...?

[Hello Purvis]

>Further investigate the foundation within the bush. A hole in the stone, perhaps...?

>You do so, and you find what looks like it could be a hole near the base of it; it seems to be partially buried.

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[Monarda]

>Start digging it out.
>"I think i found it."
>Make a mental note to find said fairy and sternly lecture her that any attempts to steal treasure from the Mansion will be hashly punished, once we go back that is.

[Hello Purvis]

>Start digging it out.
>"I think i found it."
>Make a mental note to find said fairy and sternly lecture her that any attempts to steal treasure from the Mansion will be hashly punished, once we go back that is.

>You dig a little, and find a fair deal of rotten wood shards. Then after a few inches, your shovel hits something solid.

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[Monarda]

>"I found something i think."
>Dig away the remaining dirt covering it by hand and examine what we just hit.

[Hello Purvis]

>"I found something i think."
>Dig away the remaining dirt covering it by hand and examine what we just hit.

>You do so and find a wooden box, amidst a fair amount of mostly-rotten wood debris. The box has been stained and treated, unlike the rest, and seems to be...serviceable shape.

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[Monarda]

>"Huh..."
>Open it.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Huh..."
>Open it.

>You open it, and find that while the wood has kind of survived, the hinged have not, and tear the lid off of the box.
>Inside, you can a piece of green glass, a wooden yoyo, a bent fork, and a sake bearer hina doll. "Ooooo..." says Dreamy, kneeling by the edge of the hole and leaning close to the box.

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[the old guy]

>Do any of these objects seem familar to us?
>"Please don't touch, Dreamy."

[Monarda]

>"Hmm..."
>Huh... maybe we don't need to give her that harsh of a lecture...

[Hello Purvis]

>Do any of these objects seem familar to us?
>"Please don't touch, Dreamy."

>The fork is likely to have been taken from the manor's stock of tableware.
>"Yeep!" the faerie cries, drawing back.

>"Hmm..."
>Huh... maybe we don't need to give her that harsh of a lecture...

>Who knows why she was hiding most of this stuff?

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[Kilgamayan]

> Do we have anywhere to store the box to take it with us?

[Monarda]

>"Dreamy, would you be able to tell me why did she hide these things ?"

[Serela]

>Well, at least we can be reasonably sure these satisfy our quota for something old!

...it's been so long.
>Do we have anything left on the list of things we need for Ran?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we have anywhere to store the box to take it with us?

>No. your hands have been full of digging equipment recently.

>"Dreamy, would you be able to tell me why did she hide these things ?"

>"So they didn't get taken," she says.

>Well, at least we can be reasonably sure these satisfy our quota for something old!
>Do we have anything left on the list of things we need for Ran?

>Assuming they were made before you left, at least.
>Assuming these fit the bill, you should have everything.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Of course. Well, this appears to be exactly what I need. Thank you for your assistance, Dreamy."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Of course. Well, this appears to be exactly what I need. Thank you for your assistance, Dreamy."

>"So I can't have it, then?" she says.

>_