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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #60 on: July 10, 2013, 02:27:17 PM »
>We are wearing "tengu" geta, right? How tall are they?
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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #61 on: July 10, 2013, 02:38:07 PM »
>We are wearing "tengu" geta, right? How tall are they?

>Three and one quarters inch.

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #62 on: July 10, 2013, 03:12:56 PM »
>"No problem. You ready to head out?"
>Where did we hear about Aya being?

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #63 on: July 10, 2013, 03:25:53 PM »
>"No problem. You ready to head out?"
>Where did we hear about Aya being?

>Momiji nods.
>If memory serves, when you spoke to Momiji after the Night of Rage, she said that Aya was going to find Reimu to get the story. Or possibly Marisa, whichever she could find first.

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #64 on: July 10, 2013, 04:10:54 PM »
Maybe we should head to Aya's house first fir clues.
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #65 on: July 10, 2013, 04:31:50 PM »
That is the most logical starting point, yes. I don't want to leave until no one has anything left to do here, though.
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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #66 on: July 10, 2013, 05:06:51 PM »
>Let's head toward Casa de Aya

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #67 on: July 10, 2013, 06:18:37 PM »
>Let's head toward Casa de Aya

>Momiji closes and locks her door behind her, and then the two of you take to the air and head back towards Crow Tengu territory, en route to Aya's pad.
>"I suggest we check with Kochiya-san." Momiji advises. "Anything big enough to make Aya miss a headline would probably be something the Moriya miko would get involved in. Assuming that's what happened."
« Last Edit: July 13, 2013, 09:15:49 AM by Sourtori »

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #68 on: July 10, 2013, 07:07:27 PM »
> Is the Moriya Shrine in this direction?
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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #69 on: July 10, 2013, 07:20:06 PM »
> If the shrine isn't in this direction tell Momiji that we'll check with her after we check out Aya's place.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #70 on: July 11, 2013, 05:49:22 AM »
> Is the Moriya Shrine in this direction?

>It is not. In a straight line, the Moriya shrine lies to the northeast from here.

> If the shrine isn't in this direction tell Momiji that we'll check with her after we check out Aya's place.

>"Ah, you mean to see if she left any notes or things to indicate where she might have gone beyond the... I believe the term is 'usual suspects'?"

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #71 on: July 11, 2013, 07:06:13 AM »
>"Yeah. Have you guys rummaged through the place already?"

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #72 on: July 11, 2013, 08:36:47 AM »
>"Yeah. Have you guys rummaged through the place already?"

>"Not that I know of. To be honest, I don't know that people have really thought about this the same way you have. Aya's papers have been a fixture for centuries. One almost takes it for granted, so it may not have occured to anyone else that she could miss this one, for whatever reason."

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #73 on: July 11, 2013, 11:55:37 AM »
>How old is Hatachan?
>"Well, part of being a journalist is having a nose for what's newsworthy."
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #74 on: July 11, 2013, 12:32:22 PM »
>How old is Hatachan?
>"Well, part of being a journalist is having a nose for what's newsworthy."

>Eternally 17.
>Ninty seven years of age. Still relatively young for a Crow Tengu.
>"That's true, isn't it." Momiji says with a smile. "Aya's said the same thing. Being a journalist, it's only natural you'd think a bit differently than others."
« Last Edit: July 13, 2013, 09:15:29 AM by Sourtori »

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #75 on: July 11, 2013, 02:07:49 PM »
>What are non-journalist crow tengu like?
>Examine house.
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #76 on: July 11, 2013, 03:03:06 PM »
>"So let's go have a look! It'll even look nice and totally not-at-all-suspicious with you there to oversee it!"
>Heh heh HEH.
>Depart for Ayahaus

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #77 on: July 13, 2013, 03:13:49 AM »
>To Aya's~!

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #78 on: July 13, 2013, 01:39:45 PM »
>What are non-journalist crow tengu like?

>One common trait among all Crow tengu, journalist or no, is, for lack of a better term, curiousity. The Crows ask all the questions, are almost always interested in what their neighbors are up to. This instict also, paradoxically, leads most Crow tengu to try and be very secretive, or at least attempt to be. The average Crow wants to know what her fellow tengu are up to, but don't necessarily want to let them know what they're up to. That doesn't mean every Crow is like that, of course, but it is more common than not.
>All Crows have a sense of pride, but not to quite the same point of arrogance that the Dai-tengu possess. Well, not normally, anyway. And they have a sense of competition born from their curiousity. It's a game for your kind: how to get something out of the other guy, without giving up too much yourself.

>"So let's go have a look! It'll even look nice and totally not-at-all-suspicious with you there to oversee it!"
>Heh heh HEH.
>Depart for Ayahaus
>To Aya's~!

>Momiji gives you a arched, tolerant look but keeps her opinion to herself.

>With her in tow, you make your way back into Crow territory and onto Aya's. Momiji's cruising speed isn't quite as high as yours, so the return trip takes a few minutes longer. Which is fine, as it gives you the chance to chat with your temporary partner in crime. She refreshes your memory as to the sleeping tengu you... uh, heard, earlier today. Her name is Toriyasu, she is indeed one of the border guards along with Momiji, and she fancies herself an expert cocktail creator. She isn't, Momiji assures you. She is, however, an expert at creating the worst hangovers you can imagine, which is largely why Momiji herself is very clear headed this morning. She knew better.
>You also take another picture of that odd square thing you saw on the way here, and ask Momiji if she knows what it is. She doesn't, but she mirrors your thought that it looks like something a kappa would build, especially given the wires she can see connecting it to the building it is built on top of. You resolve to ask the next kappa you see here in town about it. Or visit the owner of the building when you have the chance, whichever comes first.

>Just before Aya's manor comes into view, Momija announces "Someone's beaten you to the punch. I just saw someone's wing in one of the windows of Aya's place. And it wasn't Aya's."

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #79 on: July 13, 2013, 02:09:48 PM »
> "A thief, huh? Could you tell anything about them?"
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[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
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[22:28:39] <Edible> Mafia would be a much easier game if we were playing "spot the asshole"

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #80 on: July 13, 2013, 02:17:50 PM »
> Head to the house quietly in an attempt to get the drop on them.

Apparently, Thomas the Tank Engine isn't one to take crap from anyone.

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #81 on: July 13, 2013, 03:34:54 PM »
> "A thief, huh? Could you tell anything about them?"

>"It was a Dai-tengu wing, but I don't know who it belongs to."
>That's a complication. Journalistic instincts or no, you'd hate to get involved in a Dai-tengu issue unless you were invited. That's almost the definition of 'more trouble than it's worth'.

> Head to the house quietly in an attempt to get the drop on them.

>In order to evade the eyes of the interloper, you drop down closer to ground level and circle around, approaching Aya's manor from the south side, as that side has the fewest windows.
>Aya's place is really a nice place. It comfortably occupies that middle ground between being really high class and being middle class. Higher than a Crow tengu normally would be, but not so high as to compete with the Dai tengu. All the windows on the south face of the building are closed and have their shades drawn, and the two doors, one on either floor, are closed as well. Momiji must have seen this intruder through another window.

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #82 on: July 13, 2013, 03:50:08 PM »
>Are there any visual signs of intrusion? Can we hear anything?

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #83 on: July 13, 2013, 03:51:42 PM »
>Are there any visual signs of intrusion? Can we hear anything?

>Not on this side of the building, at least. And whoever's inside isn't doing anything that your ears can detect.

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #84 on: July 13, 2013, 03:59:46 PM »
>What sorts of buildings are around Aya's house? In particular, which house people that are likely to see anything?
>Related to this, what sorts of hiding spots are there?

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #85 on: July 13, 2013, 04:29:56 PM »
>What is a dai-tengu? Are we one? Is Moemiji?
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #86 on: July 14, 2013, 07:37:13 PM »
>What is a dai-tengu? Are we one? Is Moemiji?

>The Dai-tengu are the elite sub-race of Tengu, the ruling class. If the Tengu were to be likened to a military, they would be the generals, though perhaps the comparison to royalty would work better. They tend to be the tallest of Tengu, and have the largest wings. Their status is more than just tradition; they tend to be faster than Crow Tengu, smarter than Long-Nose tengu (who would be the bureaucrats and merchants of society), stronger than the White Wolf tengu, and more magically gifted than the Yamabushi tengu (the spellcasters and priests).

>You are of the Crow Tengu, the upper-middle caste of Tengu society. Crow Tengu are the quick, nimble ones, gifted with great speed and greater curiosity. Of all Tengu castes, it it the Crows who are most likely to get along well with non-tengu. They also create the best wines.

>Momiji is a member of the White Wolf caste of Tengu, towards the lower part of society. They are the soldiers and the workers. They tend the fields, patrol the borders, and are most often used to do the work upper castes consider beneath them. But they are also the tengu with the greatest physical strength, and very gifted weaponsmiths and metal-workers. Most of the buildings you'll see when you look in any direction was built by a White Wolf, though not necessarily designed by one. They are also the best tengu at brewing beers and malt liquor.

>What sorts of buildings are around Aya's house? In particular, which house people that are likely to see anything?
>Related to this, what sorts of hiding spots are there?

>This being a higher-class neighborhood, there is some separation between the buildings on either side. On your left is a bakery, on your right is a pizzeria. Which makes for some very nice smells around here on any number of days, though not today, as neither building appear to be active just yet. If there are no smells coming from either building, that probably means you're in no danger of being observed from either location.
>Another manor house, similar in construction to Aya's, lies behind you. You haven't heard any activity from that direction, but it's possible someone could be awake there, and there are windows facing this way from which you could be observed.

>Aya's back yard has a pair of maple trees to either side of you, both a respectable eighteen feet tall. All of their leaves have fallen now, with only a scant few remaining in evidence on the ground. There is also a large piece of machinery to your northeast, which is you recall was supposed to be a prototype printing press invented by Nitori. Aya wasn't forthcoming with the details, but what you do know is that it didn't quite work as expected. Which is why Aya banished it to her backyard if and until it starting working right.

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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #87 on: July 14, 2013, 08:18:12 PM »
>I assume Aya is a Crow tengu. Do we know approximate ratios between the castes?

Also: Kappa and Tengu = Kroot and Tau.
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Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #88 on: July 14, 2013, 08:20:58 PM »
>I assume Aya is a Crow tengu. Do we know approximate ratios between the castes?

Also: Kappa and Tengu = Kroot and Tau.

>Aya is indeed a Crow Tengu.

>Do you mean 'ratio' in terms of population?

I'm afraid I don't get the reference.

Re: Hatate Quest
« Reply #89 on: July 14, 2013, 08:26:28 PM »
> 'Investigate' Aya's house. Make sure to borrow as much stuff as possible.