Maribel Quest Continuation: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin]

> Make haste exit-ward!
> If necessary/possible, shoot the door open.

[Hello Purvis]

>Finish off the stunned one
>Continue out of the house

>You finish off the stunned wisp, and make your way into the living room.
>"So that's three," Renko says, looking around.

> Hey, some players enjoy the feel of snowbanks.

>While snow banks can be enjoyable, having withdrawn your hand, it is chilled to the bone and stiff. You find yourself flexing your fingers to get them warm again.

> Make haste exit-ward!
> If necessary/possible, shoot the door open.

>You head for the door!
>As it opens inward, you cannot really shoot it open.

>_

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How much open space do we have in the living room? It may actually be suitable for our open-area-battle purposes.

[DracoOmega]

>This may be a good place to get a ghost for Nitori, if we had the means to capture one. Might be best not to wipe them all out at the moment
>Continue for the exit

[Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin]

> Do we even know how to capture one?
> That aside, what's the utility of open-area battle as opposed to flight?

[DracoOmega]

> Do we even know how to capture one?

>Nitori mentioned a bottle with charms on it to prevent it from escaping. Reimu may know how.

[Hello Purvis]

> How much open space do we have in the living room? It may actually be suitable for our open-area-battle purposes.

>It's fairly open in here. If you moved the chairs out of the way, all you should have to worry about is tripping over the bookcase.

>This may be a good place to get a ghost for Nitori, if we had the means to capture one. Might be best not to wipe them all out at the moment
>Continue for the exit

>Given how cold these things are, they may well be the ghosts Nitori was talking about!
>You reach the door without incident. "I don't see 'em anywhere," says Renko.

> Do we even know how to capture one?
> That aside, what's the utility of open-area battle as opposed to flight?

>Nitori mentioned a bottle with charms on it to prevent it from escaping. Reimu may know how.

>You answer your own question.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Exit the house and put a decent distance between us and it, assuming no more attacks

[Hello Purvis]

>Exit the house and put a decent distance between us and it, assuming no more attacks

>You reach down to open the door, and oh god it's so cold! It's running up your arm!

[DracoOmega]

>Jerk hand away
>Take a step back
>The door is cold? Or is there a wisp about to come out the door? Get ready to dodge/shoot if that's the case
>Are there windows nearby?

[Hello Purvis]

>Jerk hand away
>Take a step back
>The door is cold? Or is there a wisp about to come out the door? Get ready to dodge/shoot if that's the case
>Are there windows nearby?

>You jerk your hand away and step back; your arm still freezing. As you do, you see a wisp of white emerge from it as you jerk away, and then try to slip back into your arm.
>You are far too disturbed by this to really contemplate anything else except getting it out of there.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Back away as quickly as we can
>Try to shoot at it with our other hand

[Kilgamayan]

> "Zoiks!"

[Hello Purvis]

>Back away as quickly as we can
>Try to shoot at it with our other hand

>You back away as quickly as you can. As you jerk your arm back, you reveal the wisp entirely. It starts to chase you!
>You nearly collide with Renko as back away. Then she fires a stream of bullets in front of it. catching it and causing it to collapse like the others. She quickly finishes it off.
>Your right arm is terribly cold and sore right now. So is your torso, but it is not so bad as before.
>"That's four," says Renko. "Two for each of us. You okay, Mary?"

> "Zoiks!"

>You try to say this, but a renewed burst of teeth chattering ruins it.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Not really....."
>Go try to open the door again.
>"If you think there's only one more, you might want to save it for the moment. I'll explain later."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Not really....."
>Go try to open the door again.
>"If you think there's only one more, you might want to save it for the moment. I'll explain later."

>You manage to gasp the first part out and open the door, this time without incident.
>You try to say the second part, but your chattering teeth just ruin it.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Get the hell out of there

[Hello Purvis]

>You quickly get out of there, and oh god that sun feels so good right now, you wish it were a hundred and ten degrees right now.
>Renko follows you out, slamming the door behind her. "What'd it do to you, Mary? You need help?"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"F- frozen...."
>Get a safe distance away from the house
>If we're really still freezing, try to borrow a little body warmth from Renko for our arm or other affected areas.

[Kilgamayan]

>If we're really still freezing, try to borrow a little body warmth from Renko for our arm or other affected areas.

> Sounds like an excuse for a hug if I ever heard one!

[Hello Purvis]

>"F- frozen...."
>Get a safe distance away from the house
>If we're really still freezing, try to borrow a little body warmth from Renko for our arm or other affected areas.

> Sounds like an excuse for a hug if I ever heard one!

>You move some distance from the house. Your arm and torso are still very chilly.
>To combat this, you decide it is time for hugs. Renko seems a little confused, but happy to accept at first. Until she actually touches you and jerks away. "Ah! You feel like a side of meat out of deep freezer!" She herself is almost uncomfortably hot against your afflicted areas.
>You think your teeth are done chattering, though you're still breathing quickly.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Sorry... but you try being something that could have come out of a deep freezer."
>Keep warming up, just the same
>"I wonder what the heck happened there? I mean, all the blood and stuff. And would those wisps mean multiple dead people at some point? You'd think in a place like Gensokyo, someone would have exorcised the ghosts already by now."

[Kilgamayan]

> Hug arm close to body in an attempt to warm things back up.
> "Let's leave the last one alive, Nitori will want it."
> Inventory

[Hello Purvis]

>"Sorry... but you try being something that could have come out of a deep freezer."
>Keep warming up, just the same
>"I wonder what the heck happened there? I mean, all the blood and stuff. And would those wisps mean multiple dead people at some point? You'd think in a place like Gensokyo, someone would have exorcised the ghosts already by now."

>"Oh, come here." she says, taking your arm and hugging it close to herself. Her own heat quickly makes this painful for you!
>"I dunno," says Renko. "I thought it was kind of weird there weren't any mouse tracks in there, and that the faeries left it alone. And...the way that the stuff was broken and shredded? I don't think it was human..."

> Hug arm close to body in an attempt to warm things back up.
> "Let's leave the last one alive, Nitori will want it."
> Inventory

>Renko has you covered, there. Still, you wish you had a warm bath right now, even if it would hurt...
>"Okay. Did you get any others I didn't see? I got two of them, and I saw you get two."
>Your Inventory Contains
>Mop Hat
>Red Robe
>White Hakama
>Branch
>Floating Stone
>Ingredient List
>Ring of Rhythm
>Striped Mushroom Potion of Enhancement
>Starlight Incantation Slip.
>Purple Messenger Bag
>Blue Silk Flower
>92☼
>Bottle of Irritated Bull Sake
>Emerald Necklace
>Star Armlet
>Purple Dress
>Wound Sign: Pain Flow Endlessly. (Captured)
>Kakashi Spirit News
>Frilly Dark Dress (Worn as Clothing)

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[DracoOmega]

>"Well, maybe Marisa will know. She does live kinda nearby, after all. We'll have to ask when we get there."
>Once we feel warm enough to walk, continue towards Marisa's

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, maybe Marisa will know. She does live kinda nearby, after all. We'll have to ask when we get there."
>Once we feel warm enough to walk, continue towards Marisa's

>After a little bit, you begin to feel...mostly alright. There's still a lingering chill, you think you're going to need a good hot bath, or a nice sit down by a fire, and something good and hot to drink before that goes away.
>You carry on toward Marisa's. After a bit of a walk, you reach the road to the forest again.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Continue on to Marisa's house
>"You know, I've been meaning to ask you. Why'd you seem so uncomfortable about how Alice would react to you missing the appointment? I mean, I understand someone being a bit put out by being late, but... I don't know; you seemed more worried than that."

[Hello Purvis]

>Continue on to Marisa's house
>"You know, I've been meaning to ask you. Why'd you seem so uncomfortable about how Alice would react to you missing the appointment? I mean, I understand someone being a bit put out by being late, but... I don't know; you seemed more worried than that."

>You continue down the road, soon entering the forest proper. You can see Kourindou up ahead.
>"Well, um...It's just, I kind of don't want to let her down. She's not really the sort who takes it well, I don't think."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I can understand that. But, this whole thing was your idea in the first place, wasn't it?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I can understand that. But, this whole thing was your idea in the first place, wasn't it?"

>"Yeah, but she's given me a lot of support. And she's pretty into the idea herself."

>_