Vendor Quest! Gensokyo's New Shopkeeper!

[Hanged Hourai]

>This done, hustle back to Keinehaus.

>When you try to re-enter the village, you find the main path blocked by three big guys armed with sharp farming tools.
>They have not seen you, and you keep your distance away from them.

[Hello Purvis]

>Take a non-main path.

[Hanged Hourai]

>Take a non-main path.

>You take the non-main path into the village by walking around to the side of the village.
>This takes a while, and the sun is starting to drop.

[Hello Purvis]

>Do some running, then!
>Toward Keinehaus!

[Hanged Hourai]

>Do some running, then!
>Toward Keinehaus!

>You try to run to Keine's house, but your running makes you very conspicuous.
>As a result, you are noticed by several large men who intercept you.
>"We have orders to not let you in the village today."
>The sun is dropping even further.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

Oh, damn... Purvis, this is wild... We gotta run for reinforcements, this ain't possible alone.

>How long it would take to get our money and then run to Marisa?

[Kasu]

>How long it would take to get our money and then run to Marisa?

Something tells me that this'll take too long.  We're gonna have to improvise soon.

[Hanged Hourai]

>How long it would take to get our money and then run to Marisa?

>It would be night before you even get to Marisa's.

[Hello Purvis]

Alright gang, we have a few options.

A. We fight it out. Which, unless we're secretly also Youmu, we're gonna get owned.
B. Pull a runner, and Benny hill this shit til we lose them.
C. Bribery
D. Lie like madman.
E. Impassioned appeal to their humanity.

Honestly, D looks like the option. If nothing else, it won't take more time than any other option. And if it works, we might get some helper big guys.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

... how about trick Mokou into helping us?
She's pretty confused, so we might just pull it a bit further

[Hello Purvis]

Can we access Mokou? The way it seems, she's in town.

[Hanged Hourai]

Can we access Mokou? The way it seems, she's in town.

Mokou lives in the forest near the village, not inside.

[Hello Purvis]

So what do you think, Smoku? Try to get Mokou's help, or try to appeal to their basic humanity?

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

So what do you think, Smoku? Try to get Mokou's help, or try to appeal to their basic humanity?

I vote Mokou's help.

[Hello Purvis]

Only problem is it'll cost us more time. Talking it through won't take more than five, ten minutes.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

if you got a good idea of the talking then be my guest ^^

[Hello Purvis]

>Sigh, raise hands a bit in surrender.
>"I won't cause you any trouble, don't worry. But I wanna know. Do you know why I was tossed out? "

[Hanged Hourai]

>Sigh, raise hands a bit in surrender.
>"I won't cause you any trouble, don't worry. But I wanna know. Do you know why I was tossed out? "

>Two of them take you by your shoulder and start escorting you out.
>"Dunno, this is just what we were told to do."
>KABOOM!
>As soon as he finishes his sentence, a large explosion sounds from the town square.
>All of the large dudes are distracted.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Fire! Get the buckets!"

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Fire! Get the buckets!"

>"You still aren't going anywhere."
>All of the dudes run off, while one still stays behind to hold your shoulder.

[Hello Purvis]

>"You know why I was forced out? Because I asked if the thief was going to get a trial. That's it."

[Hanged Hourai]

>"You know why I was forced out? Because I asked if the thief was going to get a trial. That's it."

>"Yeahhhh. I don't care. Now come on."
>He starts pushing you back to the village entrance.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Why not? Doesn't it bother you that justice is tossed aside so easily? I mean, what happens when it's you or someone you love tomorrow? And, you know what they want to do to her, right?"

Smoku: Think we can slug him in the kidney if he keeps giving us trouble?

[Hanged Hourai]

>"Why not? Doesn't it bother you that justice is tossed aside so easily? I mean, what happens when it's you or someone you love tomorrow? And, you know what they want to do to her, right?"

>"Shut your trap."
>With that, he pushes you down face first into the dirt road.
>"I'm not paid to listen to you blab on."

[Hello Purvis]

>Stand up and brush self off. 
>What's he doing?

[Hanged Hourai]

>Stand up and brush self off. 
>What's he doing?

>Crossing his arms and giving you a very annoyed/bored stare.

[Hello Purvis]

>"What are you going to do when that's your best friend in this kind of situation?"
>If he tries something violent, punch him in the dick. Then it's party time >=[

[Hanged Hourai]

>"What are you going to do when that's your best friend in this kind of situation?"
>If he tries something violent, punch him in the dick. Then it's party time >=[

>He grabs you shoulder and starts pushing again.
>Do you wish to proceed with party time?

[Hello Purvis]

>PUNCH 'EM IN THE DICK! PUNCH 'EM IN THE DICK! MOTHERFUCKERS TALK SHIT YOU GOTTA PUNCH 'EM IN THE DICK!
>Presuming this causes him to double over, deck him right in the nose next. Splatter it good, and make his vision go blurry.
>Likely these things will drop his jaw. Uppercut it next and make his teeth sing.
>We'll play it by ear from there.

[Hanged Hourai]

>PUNCH 'EM IN THE DICK! PUNCH 'EM IN THE DICK! MOTHERFUCKERS TALK SHIT YOU GOTTA PUNCH 'EM IN THE DICK!
>Presuming this causes him to double over, deck him right in the nose next. Splatter it good, and make his vision go blurry.
>Likely these things will drop his jaw. Uppercut it next and make his teeth sing.
>We'll play it by ear from there.

>You punch him and he does double over.
>You sock his nose and make it bleed.
>And you do get a chance to uppercut.
>He falls backwards, hands on face and privates, moaning in pain.
>For a big guy, he was kinda a glass jaw.
>And you do still have that magic doll, although that wouldn't have been as fun.