Nue Quest Vth Vanguard: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "That's what I'm thinking. Reimu or Marisa or Sanae will know better than me how to handle him once his ritual's disabled. All I know to do is disable it. Somehow."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That's what I'm thinking. Reimu or Marisa or Sanae will know better than me how to handle him once his ritual's disabled. All I know to do is disable it. Somehow."

>Byakuren nods. "Hopefully they'll know something."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "If nothing else, I'm confident Sanae's gods will have an idea. Insane or not, what he's doing appears to be founded on faith, and if anyone would know how to cut off that sort of flow, it'll be them."

[Hello Purvis]

> "If nothing else, I'm confident Sanae's gods will have an idea. Insane or not, what he's doing appears to be founded on faith, and if anyone would know how to cut off that sort of flow, it'll be them."

>"I suppose so," says Byakuren. "But would that treat the root of the problem?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Is such a thing even possible? How would you teach someone that the sky is blue if they've only ever seen it as green?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Is such a thing even possible? How would you teach someone that the sky is blue if they've only ever seen it as green?"

>"I don't know," she says. "Hopefully, we'll be able to do something to break his beliefs in the process of stopping him."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hopefully the apron plan will do it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hopefully the apron plan will do it."

>"One hopes," says Byakuren.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I'm not going to lie to you. Depending on how bad things get...we may have to temporarily put Rinnosuke himself down."

[E-Nazrin]

Dumb thought I've had for a while - it may be an option to ask someone else (trustworthy) to handle getting the sword back together. If we have to split up with Byakuren (say, to infiltrate the mountain in a more subtle fashion), that might be a good time killer for her.

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm not going to lie to you. Depending on how bad things get...we may have to temporarily put Rinnosuke himself down."

>She nods. "Yes, that is likely, Unfortunate, but likely. We'll just have to be careful not to do undue harm in the meantime."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Look away.
> "If he's lucky, I'll forget what happened to my cards."

[Hello Purvis]

> Look away.
> "If he's lucky, I'll forget what happened to my cards."

>Byakuren nods. "I suppose that is the most I could ask."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Continue on to Turtle House.

[Hello Purvis]

> Continue on to Turtle House.

>You continue past the lake near the gates of Scarlet Devil Manor, and fly along the road in silence. The faeries are still active, swooping,  diving, racing, and largely paying you no mind at all. If nothing else, it seems like they're having a good time.
>Soon you draw closer to Turtle House, and see someone working in the garden from a distance. Judging from the white blouse, you are reasonably sure it is Renko.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Fly toward Renko. Hail her if she looks up.

[Hello Purvis]

> Fly toward Renko. Hail her if she looks up.

>You approach, and nearly land before she looks over and notice you. "Oh, hey," she says, standing up and dusting off her hands. "You missed lunch." Despite her nonchalance, she seems a bit nervous, given the glances she's giving Byakuren.

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[Kilgamayan]

> ...Why would she be nervous about Byakuren?
> "Unfortunate, but we've got more important things on our plate right now than food. I'll make this quick; we've found everyone's missing money, and we've found a world-altering scheme that's literally insane to go along with it. So now we need your indirect help to stop it."

[Hello Purvis]

> ...Why would she be nervous about Byakuren?
> "Unfortunate, but we've got more important things on our plate right now than food. I'll make this quick; we've found everyone's missing money, and we've found a world-altering scheme that's literally insane to go along with it. So now we need your indirect help to stop it."

>You aren't sure. Perhaps it's just her general presence?
>"Um, okay?" says Renko. "What?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "We need help from a certain fairy. Which means we'll need your help keeping her as focused as possible, since you're much better at it than us."

[Hello Purvis]

> "We need help from a certain fairy. Which means we'll need your help keeping her as focused as possible, since you're much better at it than us."

>She nods. "Okay, that sounds reasonable."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Great. The fairy we need works with cold. I hear she lives near the lake."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Great. The fairy we need works with cold. I hear she lives near the lake."

>"Oh, Cirno?" says Renko. "I think I still have some pull with her. What do you need?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "We need an environmental disturbance in the basement of the antique shop here in the forest. The shopkeeper has stolen everyone's money, and he's working on some sort of ritual using it. He's set up magic defenses so he can't be reached directly, so we're thinking a drastic climate change will disrupt what he's doing."

[Hello Purvis]

> "We need an environmental disturbance in the basement of the antique shop here in the forest. The shopkeeper has stolen everyone's money, and he's working on some sort of ritual using it. He's set up magic defenses so he can't be reached directly, so we're thinking a drastic climate change will disrupt what he's doing."

>Renko frowns. "Him? It was him? Really?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Try to keep that on the down-low if possible. But yes. There's a bit of a story to the details; the short version is that he's so insane and so dedicated that his beliefs are beginning to alter reality to match what he thinks is real."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Try to keep that on the down-low if possible. But yes. There's a bit of a story to the details; the short version is that he's so insane and so dedicated that his beliefs are beginning to alter reality to match what he thinks is real."

>"...You can do that?" says Renko. "Heh, I knew he had to be up to something! He was way too suspicious, but no one else seemed to notice!"

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[Kilgamayan]

Silly Usami, of course you can alter reality through belief! You've already done it once yourself!

> "Yeah. I should probably ask, though - would Cirno object to having someone else present as a backup plan? I don't want to take any chances, and she's one of two people I want in on this. They won't need to work together, I just want both on-hand."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yeah. I should probably ask, though - would Cirno object to having someone else present as a backup plan? I don't want to take any chances, and she's one of two people I want in on this. They won't need to work together, I just want both on-hand."

>"Maybe," says Renko. "Depends on who it is and what you want her to do."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I want the fire woman from the bamboo forest around. If a sub-zero climate doesn't disrupt the shopkeeper, hopefully a blazing hot one will."