Nue Quest 4th Ignition: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "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?"

>"You sure tried to talk like you had one," says Tewi. "But yeah, this is more than you can handle, like I said. Best for you just to go home and forget everything."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Turn around back to the stairwell.
> "I've no idea how long this will take. You should all probably go back to bed. Two of you, at least."

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn around back to the stairwell.
> "I've no idea how long this will take. You should all probably go back to bed. Two of you, at least."

>"We'll be in the sitting room," says Rikako.
>"Yeah, just call if something happens," says Rika, "Either of you."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Right."
> When they leave, turn to Mystia.
> "You should probably join them. If Tewi is telling the truth, and there really is something major going on, I don't want to risk your safety by getting you mixed up in it."
> Grin.
> "And if she's lying, I'll make sure you get first crack."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Right."
> When they leave, turn to Mystia.
> "You should probably join them. If Tewi is telling the truth, and there really is something major going on, I don't want to risk your safety by getting you mixed up in it."
> Grin.
> "And if she's lying, I'll make sure you get first crack."

>"...Alright," says Mystia, frowning. Then it turns to a scowl. "Don't let her sucker you, though! We all know she's lying!"
>"Prove it," says Tewi. "You're just mad you didn't have the scapegoat you thought you did."
>"I'll give you a proving," says Mystia, as she reaches into her dress pocket, "We'll see how big you talk when you can't see!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Don't let her get to you. Here, take this."
> Pull out our remaining bottle of wine and give it to Mystia.
> "You can entertain yourself and our 'hosts' with that."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Don't let her get to you. Here, take this."
> Pull out our remaining bottle of wine and give it to Mystia.
> "You can entertain yourself and our 'hosts' with that."

>You offer Mystia the Bottle of Cherry Wine. She looks at it for a moment, then takes it. "Thanks. I'll be upstairs."
>With that, she heads toward the stairs, and climbs them after giving Tewi a sharp look.
>Tewi, in the meantime, wrings out her dress.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"So... just the two of us, now. Give me something I can work with here."

[Hello Purvis]

>"So... just the two of us, now. Give me something I can work with here."

>"Like I said," says Tewi, "I'd definitely need to know what you're planning before I can dig myself deeper."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"And like I said, how am I supposed to have a plan without barely knowing the first thing about... whatever this is?"
>"Frankly, how much deeper do you think you're going to get? You're already in hiding, you don't think your own home can protect you. What're you planning to do? Do you even have a plan besides hope whatever it is goes away?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"And like I said, how am I supposed to have a plan without barely knowing the first thing about... whatever this is?"
>"Frankly, how much deeper do you think you're going to get? You're already in hiding, you don't think your own home can protect you. What're you planning to do? Do you even have a plan besides hope whatever it is goes away?"

>"That's pretty much the plan, yeah." says Tewi, frowning. "At least until I can come up with something."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Two heads are better than one, notwithstanding whatever you might think of mine at the moment."
>"Y'see, I may not be feeling terribly altruistic towards you at the moment, but your alibi both for being in my place, and for running from us here depends on this bit of info you're not sharing with me. You say I'll only get myself in trouble if I knew it, but I've committed myself to getting to the bottom of this whole business, and if that's what it takes to do it, then that's what I'm going to do. Won't be the first time I've had someone after my head."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Two heads are better than one, notwithstanding whatever you might think of mine at the moment."
>"Y'see, I may not be feeling terribly altruistic towards you at the moment, but your alibi both for being in my place, and for running from us here depends on this bit of info you're not sharing with me. You say I'll only get myself in trouble if I knew it, but I've committed myself to getting to the bottom of this whole business, and if that's what it takes to do it, then that's what I'm going to do. Won't be the first time I've had someone after my head."

>She frowns and closes her eyes. "Maybe. I'll think about it."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Just remember, unless you think whoever this is can hear you right now, no one is going to know anything you say down here but me."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Just remember, unless you think whoever this is can hear you right now, no one is going to know anything you say down here but me."

>"I wouldn't be so certain about it," says Tewi, and she stands and shakes out some water from her dress.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Who else is down here, then?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Who else is down here, then?"

>She shakes her head. "They don't necessarily need to be here to know if a term of the agreement's been broken," says Tewi.

[Kilgamayan]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "How does that work?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "How does that work?"

>"That'd be definitely saying too much," says Tewi.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Oh boy, it's one of these things!

> "Why would you even make such an agreement in the first place, then? This sounds like one of the dumbest things anyone could possibly do to themselves."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Why would you even make such an agreement in the first place, then? This sounds like one of the dumbest things anyone could possibly do to themselves."

>"Didn't have a choice," says Tewi, turning her hands upward. "I owed a favor."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Putting yourself in a position to owe this kind of person a favor still seems pretty stupid to me."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Putting yourself in a position to owe this kind of person a favor still seems pretty stupid to me."

>"Seemed harmless at the time," says Tewi. "I'm not the only one, either. Heh, most people probably don't even know it."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"I see."
>Fortunately, it may be possible to get the info without her having to say anything.
>"Well, let's look at this a different way, then. You're acting very suspicious, and I don't really have a reason to believe that you're innocent in all of this. However, I do happen to know of a way for you to proove your innocence."
>"I happen to know someone who can read minds. State your innocence before her, and she'll know the truth of it."
>And if we mention that tewi's hiding something, she'll think about it and Satori can see what it is, too.

[Hello Purvis]

>"I see."
>Fortunately, it may be possible to get the info without her having to say anything.
>"Well, let's look at this a different way, then. You're acting very suspicious, and I don't really have a reason to believe that you're innocent in all of this. However, I do happen to know of a way for you to proove your innocence."
>"I happen to know someone who can read minds. State your innocence before her, and she'll know the truth of it."
>And if we mention that tewi's hiding something, she'll think about it and Satori can see what it is, too.

>Tewi shakes her head. "It'd still count as letting the cat out of the bag. Besides, we both know Satori wouldn't go for that."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "You put me in a very difficult position, then. I have already informed Reimu of the money problem, and she wants whatever information she can get, including information regarding suspects. I will probably have to report this to her."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "You put me in a very difficult position, then. I have already informed Reimu of the money problem, and she wants whatever information she can get, including information regarding suspects. I will probably have to report this to her."

>"That'd be a bad thing for Reimu," says Tewi.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "You think you can take her?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "You think you can take her?"

>"Probably not," says Tewi. "But then she'd go after them, and well...yeah."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Who said anything about them? I'd only be reporting you for the jewelry business. Reimu won't care about your personal business, she only wants everyone's money returned."