Author Topic: Maribel Quest Continuation: A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 73583 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #870 on:** August 30, 2010, 04:34:31 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2010, 04:25:58 AM

> "All right. And thank you for everything, especially...well. At the very least, if my friend is to be believed, it'll be worth it, and I believe her."

>"Well, that's more than I usually get," says Reimu, smiling a bit. "You're welcome."
>With that, she takes to the air, Plum Flower being dislodged by the motion, but quickly recovering and following Reimu, orbiting around her.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #871 on:** August 30, 2010, 04:45:14 AM »

>Head towards the Scarlet Devil Mansion

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #872 on:** August 30, 2010, 04:47:31 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 30, 2010, 04:45:14 AM

>Head towards the Scarlet Devil Mansion

>You head toward Scarlet Devil Mansion.
>It is a rather easy trip, but along the way, you notice there are a couple small groups of faeries flying over the lake.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #873 on:** August 30, 2010, 04:54:54 AM »

> Are they milling about and generally being fairies, or are they headed for the mansion?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #874 on:** August 30, 2010, 04:58:37 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2010, 04:54:54 AM

> Are they milling about and generally being fairies, or are they headed for the mansion?

>Milling about and generally being faeries.

>_

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #875 on:** August 30, 2010, 05:02:31 AM »

For god's sake don't be hostile with Sakuya.

>Proceed.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #876 on:** August 30, 2010, 05:03:11 AM »

Quote from: YukarE-mouse on August 30, 2010, 05:02:31 AM

>Proceed.

> Be careful about this. Give the lake a decent berth, so you don't attract any fairy attention.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #877 on:** August 30, 2010, 05:08:15 AM »

Quote from: YukarE-mouse on August 30, 2010, 05:02:31 AM

>Proceed.

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2010, 05:03:11 AM

> Be careful about this. Give the lake a decent berth, so you don't attract any fairy attention.

>You quickly realize these are mutually exclusive. The gate is not far from the lakeshore.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #878 on:** August 30, 2010, 05:16:22 AM »

> Well shoot.

Change of plans!

> Let's head back to the kappa village instead, then.
> How much time do we have left in the day?

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #879 on:** August 30, 2010, 05:17:43 AM »

>Would it be possible to take the long way around so the time spent near the lake(shore) is minimized?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #880 on:** August 30, 2010, 05:24:37 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2010, 05:16:22 AM

> Well shoot.
> Let's head back to the kappa village instead, then.
> How much time do we have left in the day?

Quote from: YukarE-mouse on August 30, 2010, 05:17:43 AM

>Would it be possible to take the long way around so the time spent near the lake(shore) is minimized?

>What a pain. You wonder if Renko is doing this intentionally to monitor traffic?
>You are pretty sure it's about an hour til sunset.
>You could take a long way around, but you still have a chance of being seen at the gate.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #881 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:05:33 AM »

>Head for the kappa village

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #882 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:12:01 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 30, 2010, 06:05:33 AM

>Head for the kappa village

>You head for the kappa village!
>This time, you aren't given any trouble as you fly over the forest at the base of Youkai Mountain, and soon each the outskirts of the Kappa Village. From above, you can see many people milling about the build site on the northern side of the river; while the river itself seems to have a lot of activity.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #883 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:15:42 AM »

>Does the activity around the river seem at all interesting or unusual? Or is it just people going about their business?
>Assuming nothing notable, head for Nitori's warehouse.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #884 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:21:16 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 30, 2010, 06:15:42 AM

>Does the activity around the river seem at all interesting or unusual? Or is it just people going about their business?
>Assuming nothing notable, head for Nitori's warehouse.

>It is interested in so much as there seem to be a lot of kappa around the river. From what you can tell, there's a fair amount of activity going on around the banks, and more of it in the river itself. You don't know what is going on, but you think you see a couple of stands.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #885 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:22:49 AM »

>Go have a closer look

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #886 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:23:42 AM »

> Kappa festival! Oh boy oh boy oh boy

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #887 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:27:44 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 30, 2010, 06:22:49 AM

>Go have a closer look

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2010, 06:23:42 AM

> Kappa festival! Oh boy oh boy oh boy

>You swoop down for a closer look, finding yourself hoping for a festival!
>It seems a little too sedate for a festival. From above, it seems the stands are all dealing in fish. Glancing into the river, you see a kappa pop out of the water with a fish in hand, and swim over to one of the stands. You can see a fair number of other youkai among the crowd of people buying.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #888 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:30:57 AM »

>Browse around for a moment to get a sense of the prices. Always good to have some idea what our currency's value is around here
>Head to Nitori's warehouse

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #889 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:43:34 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 30, 2010, 06:30:57 AM

>Browse around for a moment to get a sense of the prices. Always good to have some idea what our currency's value is around here
>Head to Nitori's warehouse

>You look around a bit.
>Admittedly, you don't know much about fish that isn't prepackaged and labeled. You seem some prices as low as 2-3☼, while others are as high as 30☼. The average seems to run from 8-15☼.
>After a brief look-around, and marveling at all the varieties of blue hair you see among the kappa, you head to Nitori's warehouse. You find the bay door is open, and Nitori heating a rice-cooking pot with what looks oddly like a welding torch.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #890 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:44:51 AM »

> "Hello again."

Goinna bed. Draco, if you're not sure what we want from this conversation, you can let me take it when I get up.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #891 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:46:21 AM »

>"You always cook your rice with a blowtorch?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #892 on:** August 30, 2010, 06:56:58 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 30, 2010, 06:44:51 AM

> "Hello again."

>"Oh, hey there!" says Nitori as she glances over.

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 30, 2010, 06:46:21 AM

>"You always cook your rice with a blowtorch?"

>"Not always," she says. "Just...most of the time."

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #893 on:** August 30, 2010, 07:08:44 AM »

>"Couldn't temperatures like that actually damage the pot?"

>"In any case, I wanted to let you know I delivered your letter. I also had a couple other things I wanted to ask you about."
>"This is going to sound kind of odd to start with, but bear with me for a moment: what do you feel about science, and what place do you think it has in a world like Gensokyo?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #894 on:** August 30, 2010, 07:13:29 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 30, 2010, 07:08:44 AM

>"Couldn't temperatures like that actually damage the pot?"

>"In any case, I wanted to let you know I delivered your letter. I also had a couple other things I wanted to ask you about."
>"This is going to sound kind of odd to start with, but bear with me for a moment: what do you feel about science, and what place do you think it has in a world like Gensokyo?"

>"Naw, I turn it low."
>"You did?" She grins. "Thanks! And sure, ask away."
>"Science?" asks Nitori, pursing her lips. "I leave that stuff to the heretics. I prefer good solid engineering, myself."

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #895 on:** August 30, 2010, 07:16:50 AM »

>"Heretics? What do you mean? Isn't engineering BUILT on science?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #896 on:** August 30, 2010, 07:26:56 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 30, 2010, 07:16:50 AM

>"Heretics? What do you mean? Isn't engineering BUILT on science?"

>"Oh hell no," says Nitori. "Engineering's build on how the world works. The heretics just whine about how it shouldn't work."

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #897 on:** August 30, 2010, 07:28:05 AM »

>"Maybe you could explain that in a little more detail...."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #898 on:** August 30, 2010, 07:39:06 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on August 30, 2010, 07:28:05 AM

>"Maybe you could explain that in a little more detail...."

>"Okay," says Nitori, as she sets the blowtorch aside. "You've met Patchouli or Alice or the like, right? Imagine them, but worse. That's your basic heretic. They're religious fanatics. but instead of following a good honest god, or a nice creed like Buddhism, they try to make up laws about how things work and then won't stop proselytizing if you give them half a chance. And if you start poking holes in those laws of their's, they get really annoying."

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #899 on:** August 30, 2010, 07:44:38 AM »

>"But science is, by definition, a reflection of empirical data. Things that can be tested and reproduced, and from which you can determine rules about how things work. If a scientific law can be shown to be false by an actual phenomenon, then the law must be adjusted to compensate for this. Science is not about belief, but about reality. Science that does not match up with reality is simply just plain wrong."
>"Or... does the term mean something different in Gensokyo?"