Kisume Quest IV - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Is there a visible main entrance to the building?

>You see a door on the southern side of the building, with a small bell beside it

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Go over to the door and ring the bell.

[Hello Purvis]

> Go over to the door and ring the bell.

>You walk over to the bell and ring it.
>After a few moments, you conclude that either no one is there, or no one has heard it.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Anyone in the immediate vicinity?

[Hello Purvis]

> Anyone in the immediate vicinity?

>You look around, and you see the green-haired youkai is still at her table, looking perfectly unperturbed by the goings on, while fussing over a small plant.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> ...Anyone else?

[Hello Purvis]

> ...Anyone else?

>Looking around, you can see the blacksmith is hard at work in her smithy, hammering some metal thing. There are a couple people moving about, and you think there are a couple of shops open, still.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm..."
> Head for the nearest person or open shop that isn't the green-haired youkai woman.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm..."
> Head for the nearest person or open shop that isn't the green-haired youkai woman.

>You head toward a middle-aged woman in faded green clothes, carrying a few bolts of cloth and walking brisking down the street, her hair covered entirely by her headclothe and her eyes turned upward. She notices you approach and slows, looking between you and Kasen. "Um, yes?" she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Do you know where Keine the teacher lives?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Do you know where Keine the teacher lives?"

>"I think you just came from it," says the middle-aged woman, nodding toward the building you had just left.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "She lives in the schoolhouse? ...Huh."

[Hello Purvis]

> "She lives in the schoolhouse? ...Huh."

>"She lives on the upper floor, I think," says the woman with a shrug. "But if you need her right now, she's probably escorting the children home."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Shoot, and she's not going to want that interrupted to head to the temple graveyard."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Shoot, and she's not going to want that interrupted to head to the temple graveyard."

>"I'd reckon not," says the middle-aged woman. "Do you need to know anything else?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "No, that's it. Thanks."

[Hello Purvis]

> "No, that's it. Thanks."

>The woman nods, and bustles off with her cloth, casting another look toward the ghosts floating overhead.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Turn to Kasen.
> "Well, I'm out of ideas. You know of anyone around, or should we just go there?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn to Kasen.
> "Well, I'm out of ideas. You know of anyone around, or should we just go there?"

>"I think, if we're going to go, we should go," says Kasen. "My only question is how likely we are to catch our culprit there."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "That woman said her master told her to keep people out. Out of what, I don't know, but there's gotta be something there."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That woman said her master told her to keep people out. Out of what, I don't know, but there's gotta be something there."

>She nods. "I wonder... Rather than trying to breach their defenses, maybe we could compel the guardian you've met beforehand to share what she knows? You've gotten away once, and the threat of Reimu or Sanae might be enough to make her consider the benefits of helping us."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Fine by me."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Fine by me."

>Kasen nods. "There may be some merit in luring her away, or forcing her away, as well."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Should be doable. She's stupid enough to fool."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Should be doable. She's stupid enough to fool."

>"So how do we do it, then? You are the one who has met her, and I don't make it a point to hang around graveyards, personally."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I should be able to get her attention long enough for you to slip past. I have some of her stuff."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I should be able to get her attention long enough for you to slip past. I have some of her stuff."

>"I could likely catch her from behind," says Kasen. "You wouldn't happen to have anything I could gag her with, would you?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Inventory
> Is the Dirty Handkerchief usable as a gag?

[Hello Purvis]

> Inventory
> Is the Dirty Handkerchief usable as a gag?

>You inventory contains:
>Dirty White Robe
>Your garment of choice
>Spare Dirty White Robe
>In case the other one gets intolerably dirty
>Wooden Bucket
>Your home, your bed, your life. You keep all of your stuff there!
>Length of Rusty Rebar
>When danmaku isn't enough...
>Sack
>It used to hold some rice, but you've eaten it all. Currently holding Whitecap Mushroom x15
>Wooden Chopsticks
>These are simple and clean eating utensils
>Dirty Tattered Blanket
>A way to keep warm, a way to dry off, and a cushion! What more could you ask for?
>Small Iron Pot
>You cooking companion, when you actually have something to cook.
>Dirty Iron Knife
>Made with real metal!
>Horror "Well-bucket-dropping Monster" (Half expended)
>Your spellcard, it rains death from above! You've...not had a lot of luck with it.
>Whitecap Mushroom x15
>These can be eaten!
>Small Piece of Granite
>An oblong, inch-long piece of sparkly granite.
>Apple Gourd x2
>A gourd with delicious paste inside.
>Stalk of Cave Wheat
>A stem with edible seed pods that can be made into flour
>Kasha Paw Leaves x5
>Leaves with rounded edges that can be used for spice.
>Broad Leaf x2
>Tough until boiled; perfect for soups and stews of all kinds.
>Salt Crystal x2
>Fist-sized natural formations of salt.
>Old Wok
>A cooking pot shaped like a flat cone.
>Empty Glass Bottle
>It has a cork.
>Sword Hilt
>Shaped like a metallic disk with a hole in it.
>Tightrope Walker?s Scarf
>A long, silken, yellow scarf. It is in fairly good condition for living on a cave floor for who knows how long.
>Blank Spellcard
>Just ready to be inscribed with all sorts of chaos.
>Bottle of Shouchu
>It is 43 years old!
>Music Sign: Year's End Procession
>A spellcard you have captured, featuring a danmaku attack well beyond your abilities.
>Bunch of Grapes
>Surprisingly ripe and fresh! You?ve eaten one of them.
>Sheet of Used Paper x10
>They are covered with foreign or uninteresting words.
> 88☼
>This is 88☼
>Wad of Old Papers
>These wadded papers seem to have some poems written on them.
>Disk-shaped Rock
>This is a long, flat rock. It would be perfect for skipping across water.
>Small Stone Figurine
>A small figurine of a bird. The bottom is is rough and broken, suggesting the figurine came from a larger thing.
>Filthy Handkerchief.
>This handkerchief needs to be washed badly. You do not want to use it at all.
>You could probably use it as a gag, but it certainly wouldn't win you any sympathy from the victim.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown and delicately pull out the handkerchief.
> "We could use this, I guess. As cruel as it might be. Maybe stuffing it in her mouth would teach her to keep better care of it."