Sakuya Quest 15 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "I imagine you are wearing it at present, yes? And yet here it is in my hands."

>"So you got another mask," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I would be glad to show it to you for you to inspect yourself, but I do not want to risk walking in on you in a state of undress. ...Any more than I already have, anyway."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I would be glad to show it to you for you to inspect yourself, but I do not want to risk walking in on you in a state of undress. ...Any more than I already have, anyway."

>"Don't worry about that," she says. "And fine, let me see it."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Walk around the screen in search of Shuuei.

[Hello Purvis]

> Walk around the screen in search of Shuuei.

>You walk around and find she is laying on the Futon, more or less where you left her, looking not too much better than she did just after Yuuka blasted her. She gives you a dark look, you an see it through the holes in her mask. "Why are you here, anyways? To taunt me with more lies?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Your blood is soon to be on my hands. I returned to try to prevent that."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Your blood is soon to be on my hands. I returned to try to prevent that."

>"Nonsense isn't any better than lies," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I was pulled across time to the future a second time. You were no longer there, or anywhere. I came to learn that, after what happened earlier today, you vanished for some time, managed to sneak into the Hakurei maiden's stash of seals, and then returned to make a scene here in town about your nonexistent stalker. You then applied those seals to yourself, destroying yourself."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I was pulled across time to the future a second time. You were no longer there, or anywhere. I came to learn that, after what happened earlier today, you vanished for some time, managed to sneak into the Hakurei maiden's stash of seals, and then returned to make a scene here in town about your nonexistent stalker. You then applied those seals to yourself, destroying yourself."

>"...Why are you doing this?" she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Because I would rather you not end yourself. That is the only important thing now."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Because I would rather you not end yourself. That is the only important thing now."

>"No." she says. "Why are you doing this? All these obvious lies, all this taunting? Why are you spying on me?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.

[Serela]

>"If I knew you would react like this... I wouldn't have given you the letter in the first place." Frown. "And I'm deeply sorry for that. I honestly don't know what was written inside."
>Attempt to hand her the mask; otherwise, show it off for her.
>"Look; this is your mask, from one thousand years in the future. Since you were... no longer around, this is the best proof I was able to manage of my trip."

[Kilgamayan]

I mean, my decision to not actually say anything was an intentional, tactical one, but sure okay. <_<

EDIT: Let's clean it up some, though.

>"And I'm deeply sorry for that. I honestly don't know what was written inside."

> Don't say this part.

>"Look; this is your mask, from one thousand years in the future. Since you were... no longer around, this is the best proof I was able to manage of my trip."

> After this, say "You are welcome to believe in it, or not. At this point, it does not really matter."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.

>Accusatory silence hangs in the air.

>"If I knew you would react like this... I wouldn't have given you the letter in the first place." Frown. "And I'm deeply sorry for that. I honestly don't know what was written inside."
>Attempt to hand her the mask; otherwise, show it off for her.
>"Look; this is your mask, from one thousand years in the future. Since you were... no longer around, this is the best proof I was able to manage of my trip."

> Don't say this part.
> After this, say "You are welcome to believe in it, or not. At this point, it does not really matter."

>"It's just a mask," she says. "It's not unique, we both know this. They're used in dramas."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "As you wish."

[Hello Purvis]

> "As you wish."

>"What I wish is for you to drop this farce and tell me why," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Sigh.
> "I hope Miss Nagae can talk some sense into you."

[Hello Purvis]

> Sigh.
> "I hope Miss Nagae can talk some sense into you."

>"Don't drag her into this," she says. "Just tell me!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "The wheels are already turning on her involvement. I imagine she will visit you some time soon, if Miss Yakumo has anything to say about it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The wheels are already turning on her involvement. I imagine she will visit you some time soon, if Miss Yakumo has anything to say about it."

>"Good, maybe she'll shock some answers out of you," Shuuei says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "In that case, I'll leave you to rest and wait for her. She knows where and how to find me if either of you need anything further."

[Hello Purvis]

> "In that case, I'll leave you to rest and wait for her. She knows where and how to find me if either of you need anything further."

>"You know exactly what I need," she says. "Who's been spying on me? Why?!"

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> What color are our eyes?
> If they are not red, can we changed them to red at will?
> "I am surprised that you have not yet accepted that I will not be answering that question to your satisfaction."
> Frown.
> "Are you always this suspicious and hostile toward people that do you favors?"

[Hello Purvis]

> What color are our eyes?
> If they are not red, can we changed them to red at will?
> "I am surprised that you have not yet accepted that I will not be answering that question to your satisfaction."
> Frown.
> "Are you always this suspicious and hostile toward people that do you favors?"

>You cannot change them to red. They were brown, which easily looked red in the right light, when you were younger, but have darkened toward grey, and then blue, as you've gotten older.
>"Why shouldn't I be suspicious and hostile toward someone who's taunting me with something awful like this?" she says.

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "I do not see what is so awful about delivering messages, unless your future self is trying to play a practical joke on your present self with the contents of that letter."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I do not see what is so awful about delivering messages, unless your future self is trying to play a practical joke on your present self with the contents of that letter."

>"There is no future self!" she says. "Stop lying and tell me the truth!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "See, there it is again. Such a needlessly nasty attitude. Everyone else I have delivered messages to has appreciated it, even if some of them were not happy about the contents. Why is it that you are so radically different?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "See, there it is again. Such a needlessly nasty attitude. Everyone else I have delivered messages to has appreciated it, even if some of them were not happy about the contents. Why is it that you are so radically different?"

>T-they know too much!" she says, her voice growing more tense. "They know everything! Things no one should know!"
>She chokes back a sudden sob.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Did that dead woman ever kill anyone?
> Raise an eyebrow and lose the frown.
> "What on Earth are you talking about? They all got different messages."