Kisume Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "Seems like the alternative is stumping around blindly, but if that's okay with you, then we can do it instead."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "Seems like the alternative is stumping around blindly, but if that's okay with you, then we can do it instead."

>She nods as she stands up and brushes the mud and loose leaves off of her knees. "Yeah, it seems more and more like a good idea the more I consider it."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Did you happen to catch which direction he fled in, or was he just gone?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Did you happen to catch which direction he fled in, or was he just gone?"

>She shakes her head. "He is an agile guy, I'll give him that."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "So where do we start?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "So where do we start?"

>"Well, Kanako-sama is definitely more trustworthy," says Sanae. "But we can't expect her to just drop everything and do it right now. So maybe Patchouli would be the way to go. Maybe both?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I don't know either of those people, so I'll trust your judgment on which is the better."
> What do we remember being told about the location of the red leather book Nazrin was looking for?

[Hello Purvis]

> "I don't know either of those people, so I'll trust your judgment on which is the better."
> What do we remember being told about the location of the red leather book Nazrin was looking for?

>"Kanako-sama is one of the goddesses I honor," she says. "We live on the peak of Youkai Mountain together. I am confident she can find this guy, but I'm not so sure she can do it right now. Patchouli lives over in the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and I know she's done a seeking thing once before, but I don't know the details."
>You have not really head anything definitive about the book.

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[Kilgamayan]

> We heard a rumor from Mokou, though. Can we recall it?
> "So Patchouli would be faster?"

[Hello Purvis]

> We heard a rumor from Mokou, though. Can we recall it?
> "So Patchouli would be faster?"

>Please pardon the spiders in the database: Mokou mentioned something about seeing a faerie around the lake with it.
>"If she's cooperative, it seems likely," says Sanae.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Then let's do that. Where is she?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Then let's do that. Where is she?"

>"I just told you, she lives at Scarlet Devil Mansion," says Sanae.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "I don't know where that is. I don't know where most anything up here is, unless I've actually been there in the last several hours."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "I don't know where that is. I don't know where most anything up here is, unless I've actually been there in the last several hours."

>"Oh," says Sanae. "Um, you know how to get to the main road?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "The one here in the forest? I should be able to find it again."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The one here in the forest? I should be able to find it again."

>"Just follow it south, and you'll see it across the lake," says Sanae. "In the meantime, I'll see what I can do. What do you think about meeting at Kourindou?"

[Kilgamayan]

> "That's the junk shop, right? I need to go back there eventually anyway, so that works. I'll need to detour back to the human village first to pick up a rabbit, though."
> "Will this Patchouli really be able to divine this guy's location from nothing at all? All we have is that shuriken, and seems you wanna hold on to it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That's the junk shop, right? I need to go back there eventually anyway, so that works. I'll need to detour back to the human village first to pick up a rabbit, though."
> "Will this Patchouli really be able to divine this guy's location from nothing at all? All we have is that shuriken, and seems you wanna hold on to it."

>"I guess if you want to make a detour, that'll be fine." says Sanae.
>"Umm...I don't honestly know," she says. "Maybe I should lend it to you just in case?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Couldn't hurt, unless you know you needit."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Couldn't hurt, unless you know you needit."

>"I don't need it," she says, as she hands it over to you.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Take it and stash it carefully.
> "Thanks. See you at the junk shop. If you can, let the mouse woman know I found the person that foun her rose, and I have a lead on her book. She'll know what I mean."

[Hello Purvis]

> Take it and stash it carefully.
> "Thanks. See you at the junk shop. If you can, let the mouse woman know I found the person that foun her rose, and I have a lead on her book. She'll know what I mean."

>You recieve: Gray Shuriken
>"Alright, I can do that," says Sanae.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "Later."
> Crest the canopy and look around for the main road.

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "Later."
> Crest the canopy and look around for the main road.

>"Later," she says back, as you rise over the forest and look around. You can see the road some distance to the west; and a lake not too far sound from there. To the southwest, you can see a large manor surrounded by a wall, sitting among the trees.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Head to the lake.

[Hello Purvis]

> Head to the lake.

>You make your way toward the lake.
>Approached from the air, the lake is a placid and calming blue, Its waters lightly ripple in the breeze. At its northward edge, the road going through the forest comes to an end. To the east, the forest comes fairly close to its waters, while a cabin rests not to far from the shore about midway around. To the west and southwest is long strip of clear land, before it gives way to the forest again.  To the south, you can see the mansion clearly, a large building painted pale red and built in an unfamiliar style; two winds extend from the main part of it. You can see some isolated faerie activity in a few spots around and above the lake.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Any sign of a fairy with a red leather book?

[Hello Purvis]

> Any sign of a fairy with a red leather book?

>Not that you can see. But it's hard to tell what the faeries are holding and using while flying above.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Make for the nearest group, then.

[Hello Purvis]

> Make for the nearest group, then.

>You head toward the nearest group of faeries, which is a pair of them sailing little bits of bark on  lake surface. One of them a slim girlish looking faerie wearing a white dress with a blue vest, and the other a small but older-looking faerie in a yellow sundress.
>"Are you a sailor?" the older-looking faerie asks, looking over as you draw close to them.

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