Sakuya Quest 9 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> What did Aya tell us about her already?

>You got the feeling she was something of a private figure, her name is Sanmei and she is an adviser and close friend of the Warlord herself. She apparently tends to send out familiars to gather information.

>"Anything that may be helpful to understand how they think, how did she get to that position and her persona."
>Do we recall her species ?

>Her species was never mentioned, but the picture that you saw and the general implication suggests that she was human.
>"Well, Sanmei is kind of a mystery," says Ao. "I mean, not really, but it's hard to tell what's she thinking. She doesn't make announcements or anything, and she doesn't speak up in court much. Most of the time, she speaks with the daimyo in private."
>"I think she inherited her position when her predecessor retired, some years back," says Aka. "Oh, if you see a bit of paper fluttering around in the air, it's probably one of her familiars. She has hundreds of the things going around and reporting back to her."
>"Kinda jealous," says Ao. "Even if they probably don't take pictures."

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[Monarda]

>"So she has paper familiars all over the place huh... i suppose i will need to keep an eye for those, is she an human from what i assume or another species ?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"So she has paper familiars all over the place huh... i suppose i will need to keep an eye for those, is she an human from what i assume or another species ?"

>"She's human," says Ao. "I think the highest ranking youkai is the general."
>"There's the minister of agriculture," says Aka. "And some of the advisers."
>"I don't think that outranks a general," says Ao.
>"Of course they do! Generals only do things sometimes! The rest work all the time!"
>"I don't think it's like that..." says Ao.

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[Monarda]

>"The general ?"
>Did we hear about said person ?

[Hello Purvis]

>"The general ?"
>Did we hear about said person ?

>Ao nods. "A cow youkai named Irastume."
>You recall Aya making a passing mention of such a figure.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Do we recall seeing any such paper?

[Monarda]

>"Would you mind talking more about her ?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we recall seeing any such paper?

>Not that you noticed.

>"Would you mind talking more about her ?"

>"Like what?" says Aka.

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[Monarda]

>"How the general acts, if a invasion is going to happen soon then we should look to know how their commander thinks."

[Hello Purvis]

>"How the general acts, if a invasion is going to happen soon then we should look to know how their commander thinks."

>"Have you ever met an oni? She's a lot like that." says Aka.
>"I think it's because of the horns," Ao says.
>"What I mean is, she's very forthright," Aka says. "Even a bit rude sometimes. Generally friendly, though, from what we've seen. She's served the Teru family for ages."

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Do we know of a Tojiko no Iratsume from history studies?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we know of a Tojiko no Iratsume from history studies?

>You do not.

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[Suwako Moriya]

Just to be clear, I have no intention of involving myself with Haihan's affairs at this point. I intend to head back to Mitsu once this conversation ends, so that we may return to familiar lands and then search Apex for Seiga and/or the Netherworld for Yuyuko.

[Monarda]

Well glad to hear so.

[Suwako Moriya]

I say that largely because I don't think we need to delve too much into information on Mikoto's advisers. :V

> "Interesting. How long as the Teru line been around, then?"

[Monarda]

Curiousity. :V
Also because i have an feeling it might be helpful to know so in the future.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Interesting. How long as the Teru line been around, then?"

>"Few centuries, at least," says Ao.
>"I think they were the founders of Haihan," Kyouko adds.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "Hmm. Stopping such ambition preemptively may be difficult, then."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm. Stopping such ambition preemptively may be difficult, then."

>"I don't know if they even existed back in the really old days," says Kyouko. "I don't think so, anyways."

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "The name is not familar, no. Regrettably, I fear I must allow history to play that one out."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The name is not familar, no. Regrettably, I fear I must allow history to play that one out."

>"Someone will handle it," says Ao. "We're getting the news out and stuff."

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "That is true, I suppose."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That is true, I suppose."

>"Or you could!" says Kyouko, "Since you took care of Hitarashi and Fatima so easily."

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[Monarda]

>"Well... i suppose... but in the meanwhile i do not have any plans for dealing with the daimyo unless she strikes."

[Suwako Moriya]

> "That task is better served for a full-time incident solver, I feel, rather than a retired part-timer such as myself."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well... i suppose... but in the meanwhile i do not have any plans for dealing with the daimyo unless she strikes."

> "That task is better served for a full-time incident solver, I feel, rather than a retired part-timer such as myself."

>Kyouko chuckles. "That's fair."

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "To be honest, once this conversation had ended, I had intended to return to Lady Yasaka's flying chariot and its operator."

[Hello Purvis]

> "To be honest, once this conversation had ended, I had intended to return to Lady Yasaka's flying chariot and its operator."

>"Oh, you have Sachiko's thing?" says Ao.
>"I told you that I saw it land earlier," says Aka.

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[Monarda]

>Nod.
>"I was allowed usage of it for traveling across this vastly bigger Gensokyo."

[Hello Purvis]

>Nod.
>"I was allowed usage of it for traveling across this vastly bigger Gensokyo."

>"I guess you're a bigger deal than you seem like," says Aka.

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