Nue Quest 4th Ignition: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>"Because I don't think there was a lot of poofing going on, this time. The gem thing hit everyone, near as I can tell,  but I'm the only person I've talked to who lost their spellcards too. Nothing weird in their place, either. Just plain ordinary gone. I get one unusual visitor just before they show up missing, in a city of of the most non-thieves you're ever going to find anywhere. Tell me what you'd think."

>"I'd wonder who else was there," says Tewi. "Rather than just blaming me."

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[DracoOmega]

>"And why were you running away from me if you'd had nothing to hide, hmm? If you hadn't stolen them, you'd have no reason to even know they'd been taken at all, and certainly no reason to think I suspected you'd taken them. So why'd you bolt?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"And why were you running away from me if you'd had nothing to hide, hmm? If you hadn't stolen them, you'd have no reason to even know they'd been taken at all, and certainly no reason to think I suspected you'd taken them. So why'd you bolt?"

>"Who said I was running from you?" says Tewi. "I sure didn't."

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[DracoOmega]

>"Then who were you running from? Mystia? I'd only said we wanted to talk. Everyone had stood down. You still bolted."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Then who were you running from? Mystia? I'd only said we wanted to talk. Everyone had stood down. You still bolted."

>She shakes her head. "Obligated not to say."

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[DracoOmega]

>"Well, there's a short list of people who showed up when you ran away. I can't imagine it was any of the people who live here, given that you were taking shelter with them in the first place."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, there's a short list of people who showed up when you ran away. I can't imagine it was any of the people who live here, given that you were taking shelter with them in the first place."

>"And?" says Tewi.

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[DracoOmega]

>"Ok, let me ask you straight up, then: are you saying that you weren't running away from either me or Mystia or anyone who lives here, for that matter?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Ok, let me ask you straight up, then: are you saying that you weren't running away from either me or Mystia or anyone who lives here, for that matter?"

>"No," she says. "And frankly, I've established my innocence. If you don't have something solid, I don't really feel the need to answer anything else."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, there is also the fact that you have easy access to one of two, maybe three libraries that are large enough to have pulled this off."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, there is also the fact that you have easy access to one of two, maybe three libraries that are large enough to have pulled this off."

>"Yeah, but you have access to all the liquor in the Ancient City," says Tewi.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "While I may have access to a lot of liquor, that does nothing for me in terms the resources needed to pull this off. Motives mean nothing in the face of simply not having the means to execute. I don't have access to the amount of books that this required. You do."

[Hello Purvis]

> "While I may have access to a lot of liquor, that does nothing for me in terms the resources needed to pull this off. Motives mean nothing in the face of simply not having the means to execute. I don't have access to the amount of books that this required. You do."

>"I dunno," says Tewi, "Because you have to be around a whole lot of drink to say I did it because I can access...how many libraries and think it means something? Two or three? I didn't know Eientei had more than one. Maybe you should be looking at Patchouli? I hear her's is much more impressive."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "The process involved either the transformation or the outright sacrifice of a lot of books. I don't immediately remember if we figured out which, but either way, they ceased being books. Patchouli is probably the last person in Gensokyo that would take a lot of books and make them into things that are not books."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The process involved either the transformation or the outright sacrifice of a lot of books. I don't immediately remember if we figured out which, but either way, they ceased being books. Patchouli is probably the last person in Gensokyo that would take a lot of books and make them into things that are not books."

>"Huh," says Tewi. "Well, you're probably right on that account. So, why would I go and stab the Princess in the back by doing that to our library? You have to think about these kinds of things, you know, before you just start breaking into people's houses in the middle of the night and throwing accusations around."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "I don't know why you'd do such a thing, but I also don't know why you wouldn't tell Eirin you'd be gone longer than normal, and you still didn't."

[Blitzer]

>Do we know of satori who exploit their powers for money?

(Satori can't be the only satori underground.)

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "I don't know why you'd do such a thing, but I also don't know why you wouldn't tell Eirin you'd be gone longer than normal, and you still didn't."

>"Well, believe it or not," says Tewi, "Eirin's not my mom. Sometimes it's not feasible to keep them up to date on every little thing."

>Do we know of satori who exploit their powers for money?

>If there were such a satori, she would not be anywhere near the Ancient City. You've never heard of such a person. Frankly, you don't think she'd last very long, either.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Every little thing? You're so worried about someone that's chasing you for some reason that you hide from them out here and that's 'a little thing' and not worth telling your family about? What if you got caught? How would they be able to find you without having any idea where you were?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Every little thing? You're so worried about someone that's chasing you for some reason that you hide from them out here and that's 'a little thing' and not worth telling your family about? What if you got caught? How would they be able to find you without having any idea where you were?"

>She frowns. "Okay, maybe I said that wrong. But it's not like there's a bunch of reliable messengers out this way who know how to get back..."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "This is true, but them knowing where you're going is still better than them knowing nothing at all. If we could stumble upon this place through nothing but fairy advice, I bet they could find it too."

[Hello Purvis]

> "This is true, but them knowing where you're going is still better than them knowing nothing at all. If we could stumble upon this place through nothing but fairy advice, I bet they could find it too."

>"Maybe," says Tewi. She shrugs. "But it's not like there are many better options other than hiding in the middle of nowhere and trying to rough it."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "You could have stayed at home, which is hidden fairly well in its own right, and with all due respect to the people that live here, I'm pretty sure your home packs far more of a defensive punch. Especially if those gems Reisen used to fend Mokou off aren't just one-time deals."

[Hello Purvis]

> "You could have stayed at home, which is hidden fairly well in its own right, and with all due respect to the people that live here, I'm pretty sure your home packs far more of a defensive punch. Especially if those gems Reisen used to fend Mokou off aren't just one-time deals."

>She shakes her head. "Trust me, I thought of that. If it was you I was worried about, I would have just gone there. But this...there's nothing they can do about it."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "That again, huh? Well, you've reminded me of something else anyway. Why did you run after Mystia stood down?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "That again, huh? Well, you've reminded me of something else anyway. Why did you run after Mystia stood down?"

>"Because I thought you were working with...you know," says Tewi, "As a kind of distraction. Or maybe a brute squad."

[Kilgamayan]

> "Even with your friends present? And with a crossbow aimed at my back?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Even with your friends present? And with a crossbow aimed at my back?"

>"I didn't see no crossbow," says Tewi.
>"You kinda left me on the ground, remember?" says Rika from the stairs.
>"And I didn't come here because it was a fortress" Tewi continues. " I would have just went home, remember? I came here because I didn't think many people would know about it, and the faeries would be too busy being shot up by the Red White to notice me on the way."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Turn our head toward the stairs as best we can.
> "Actually, I assumed you had followed me up until after she ran."

> What do we know of, and think of, 'heretics'?

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn our head toward the stairs as best we can.
> "Actually, I assumed you had followed me up until after she ran."

> What do we know of, and think of, 'heretics'?

>"I don't fly," says Rika, crossing her arms from her perch on the stairs. "All I could do was cover you from the ground."
>You know of them dimly; apparently they are people who deny magic, and managed to take over the outer world.

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