Nue Quest 4th Ignition: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Raise an eyebrow at Rika for a second, then shrug and turn back to Tewi.
> "Still, even if you didn't see one, when I shouted that I was at crossbow-point, what did you think I meant?"
> Who did Kisume say she had seen entering and leaving the underground it the time while we were asleep?

[DracoOmega]

>How unusual is it for someone to be unable to fly?

[Hello Purvis]

> Raise an eyebrow at Rika for a second, then shrug and turn back to Tewi.
> "Still, even if you didn't see one, when I shouted that I was at crossbow-point, what did you think I meant?"
> Who did Kisume say she had seen entering and leaving the underground it the time while we were asleep?

>Rika scowls a bit as you cock your eyebrow at her.
>"I probably didn't catch all of it, what with the hectic situation and all," says Tewi with a shrug.
>Kisume only mentioned seeing a rabbit.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "Wonderful. I guess the only other thing I can really think of is that I asked one of the folks that lives in the entrance to the underground about passers-through while I was asleep, and a rabbit in a pink dress was the only person they could produce."

[Hello Purvis]

>How unusual is it for someone to be unable to fly?

>Flight is rather unusual in humans, actually. Most of the ones that can are magicians or Shrine maidens; people who are special in some way.

> Frown.
> "Wonderful. I guess the only other thing I can really think of is that I asked one of the folks that lives in the entrance to the underground about passers-through while I was asleep, and a rabbit in a pink dress was the only person they could produce."

>"Doesn't mean it was just me," says Tewi. "Besides, you oughta be happy I don't have your spellcards. That little bucket stunt would have ruined them anyways."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "The person I asked doesn't miss much of anything."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The person I asked doesn't miss much of anything."

>"What, the little tsurube-otoshi?" says Tewi. "She's off drunk half the time, the way I hear it. And everyone knows the earth spider is all over the place."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Does Kisume really drink that much, in our experience?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does Kisume really drink that much, in our experience?

>You have no idea. You've not heard stories about. Then again, you've not heard anything beyond there being a bucket dropper mugging people.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Huh. Haven't heard stories like that myself."
> "Regardless, I hope all of this has been a better explanation of why we're here having this discussion right now than the one I first provided. Lots of lesser coincidences that pointed to you, each by themselves perhaps not enough to indict, but there were just too many of them strung together for me to ignore."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Huh. Haven't heard stories like that myself."
> "Regardless, I hope all of this has been a better explanation of why we're here having this discussion right now than the one I first provided. Lots of lesser coincidences that pointed to you, each by themselves perhaps not enough to indict, but there were just too many of them strung together for me to ignore."

>"I suppose," says Tewi. "Though I'm still baffled why you convinced yourself I was the one who did the jewel thing. I'm pretty awesome and all, but how would I even do something like that?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "Beats me. The problem with what happened is that no one knows how it happened. All a few of us have found is the book thing, and that it was some sort of manipulation of something similar to faith. Beyond that, no one seems to know. So, books aside, everyone's pretty much equal under the 'how' umbrella."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "Beats me. The problem with what happened is that no one knows how it happened. All a few of us have found is the book thing, and that it was some sort of manipulation of something similar to faith. Beyond that, no one seems to know. So, books aside, everyone's pretty much equal under the 'how' umbrella."

>She nods.
>"So, are we done here? Can I go get dried off and maybe get some sleep?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "I don't know. I'm out here not just because you're a major suspect, but because you're honestly the only suspect. In both cases. But you've refused to say anything really useful, only dropping vague hints about some unknown evil force that's out to get you for some unknown reason. I don't know if I want to go home with absolutely nothing. I do know I don't want to send Mystia home with absolutely nothing, since she was nice enough to join me."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "I don't know. I'm out here not just because you're a major suspect, but because you're honestly the only suspect. In both cases. But you've refused to say anything really useful, only dropping vague hints about some unknown evil force that's out to get you for some unknown reason. I don't know if I want to go home with absolutely nothing. I do know I don't want to send Mystia home with absolutely nothing, since she was nice enough to join me."

>"Yeah!" says Mystia. "How do we know you're not making it up?"
>"Okay, what'd I make up?" says Tewi. She looks toward you. "I sure don't have your spellcards, anyways, and if I'm the one who did this incident I'd like to see the proof, since this is the first I've heard of it."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I'm not necessarily looking for an admission of guilt on either charge. But I would feel a lot better about you if I knew anything meaningful about why you were really here, if it isn't for either of those reasons."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm not necessarily looking for an admission of guilt on either charge. But I would feel a lot better about you if I knew anything meaningful about why you were really here, if it isn't for either of those reasons."

>"I told you," says Tewi. "I needed to be elsewhere for awhile."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Which is why I said something meaningful. A who or a why or a where from, any would be good."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Which is why I said something meaningful. A who or a why or a where from, any would be good."

>"Like I said," says Tewi, "I got obligations. Sorry if they're inconvenient for you, but that doesn't change they're there."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Really. I would think someone this worried for their well-being would take whatever chance they could at eliminating the threat."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Really. I would think someone this worried for their well-being would take whatever chance they could at eliminating the threat."

>"Eientei couldn't deal with it," says Tewi. "And you can't deal with Eientei. Trust me, you're better off not knowing."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Why, will they come after me too the instant you tell me?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Why, will they come after me too the instant you tell me?"

>"More like, they'll come after me worse," says Tewi.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Jeez, who did she piss off?
> "Who says they'll find out when they can still do something about it?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Jeez, who did she piss off?
> "Who says they'll find out when they can still do something about it?"

>Whoever this is, she is most certainly wary about it.
>"Let's just say I have faith they will. And what would you do about it, anyways?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Give a slightly amused expression.
> "Won't know unless you tell me something I can work with."

[Hello Purvis]

> Give a slightly amused expression.
> "Won't know unless you tell me something I can work with."

>"Well that's confidence inspiring," says Tewi. "Can I get some sleep now?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown for a couple of seconds.
> "If your friends aren't around to hear it and get in trouble themselves, will you tell me then?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown for a couple of seconds.
> "If your friends aren't around to hear it and get in trouble themselves, will you tell me then?"

>"Still digs me in deeper," says Tewi. "I'd definitely need to hear what you'd be planning first. But yeah, let them go back to bed."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "You want me to plan for a problem and you give me absolutely no details about it? If I had a catch-all solution to everything like that, do you think I'd be here right now?"