Nue Quest 8 - Pagan: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> 'I don't know if this would qualify as running away, but given leaving this place for good is out of the question, you're still welcome to visit from time to time and see it for yourself, if you like and your Queen okays it. I prefer my home, but I'm glad I at least had the chance to come here and see some new stuff."

[Hello Purvis]

> 'I don't know if this would qualify as running away, but given leaving this place for good is out of the question, you're still welcome to visit from time to time and see it for yourself, if you like and your Queen okays it. I prefer my home, but I'm glad I at least had the chance to come here and see some new stuff."

>Isolde gives another nod as Mamizou translates, then answers. "'I don't travel much,'" says Mamizou, "'But I'll keep that in mind, for some day. Maybe when all the ponds freeze.'"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "We have an ice fairy that could probably do that for you."

[Hello Purvis]

> "We have an ice fairy that could probably do that for you."

>Mamizou translates, and Isolde shakes her head and says something. "'No, that'd be bad,'" says Mamizou.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Turn to Mamizou with a sarcastically disapproving look.
> "Come on, you actually made her think I was serious?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn to Mamizou with a sarcastically disapproving look.
> "Come on, you actually made her think I was serious?"

>"Maybe it didn't carry over well?" says Mamizou with a shrug.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

>  Turn back to Isolde.
> "IS there anything else you'd like to know?"

[Hello Purvis]

>  Turn back to Isolde.
> "IS there anything else you'd like to know?"

>You ask Isolde if she wants to know more.
>"'Yes, but,'" says Mamizou after she speaks, "'I'm not quite sure what I want to ask...'"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm...you could ask about the rest of the bestiary, or the land itself, or the food, or whatever else."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm...you could ask about the rest of the bestiary, or the land itself, or the food, or whatever else."

>Mamizou translates for you. Isolde ponders for a moment, bringing up a slim hand to rub her chin. Then she speaks.
>"What are the kingdoms-or I supposes they'd be provinces-like?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "The oni village is big on honesty, antiques, alcohol, and fighting. Try to decieve them and you'll get your head caved in, but otherwise they can be a lot of fun to be around. The tengu are extremely territorial. Their village is made up of guard scouts that make sure you don't get in without a good reason, and journalists that tell everyone about what happens everywhere else. The kappa I don't know too much about, aside from the fact that they're very technologically inclined. They also built a university recently. The human village is about what you'd expect of a group of nonmagic humans in a magic land. There's a Buddhist temple there led by a youkai monk and her followers, and she's one of the most selfless people I know. I'm very lucky to be her friend."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The oni village is big on honesty, antiques, alcohol, and fighting. Try to decieve them and you'll get your head caved in, but otherwise they can be a lot of fun to be around. The tengu are extremely territorial. Their village is made up of guard scouts that make sure you don't get in without a good reason, and journalists that tell everyone about what happens everywhere else. The kappa I don't know too much about, aside from the fact that they're very technologically inclined. They also built a university recently. The human village is about what you'd expect of a group of nonmagic humans in a magic land. There's a Buddhist temple there led by a youkai monk and her followers, and she's one of the most selfless people I know. I'm very lucky to be her friend."

>She nods as Mamizou translates, then answers. "'It sounds like it has all kinds of things,'" Mamizou translates. "'I could probably ask you about it all day if I wanted.'"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, unfortunately, we don't have all day, but I think I may visit here from time to time if I can, as much as I know Sir Kay would rather I not. But I can at least mention the other important places and people, while I'm thinking of them."
> "There is a land of spiritually enlightened people that floats high in the sky, so high it can't be seen from the ground. They're a very pious and moralistic people, with one notable exception that probably acts more like me than is good for her standing in that place. They have their own higher power that I've never met, though I have met that power's messenger. She's another incredibly selfless person, and a hell of a dancer too."
> "Beyond that, there is also a mansion near a large lake that is run by a couple of vampire sisters, and there's a mansion deep in a maze-like forest that is home to many rabbit youkai, as well as a couple of people from the moon. I've no idea how exactly they got here, but here they are."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, unfortunately, we don't have all day, but I think I may visit here from time to time if I can, as much as I know Sir Kay would rather I not. But I can at least mention the other important places and people, while I'm thinking of them."
> "There is a land of spiritually enlightened people that floats high in the sky, so high it can't be seen from the ground. They're a very pious and moralistic people, with one notable exception that probably acts more like me than is good for her standing in that place. They have their own higher power that I've never met, though I have met that power's messenger. She's another incredibly selfless person, and a hell of a dancer too."
> "Beyond that, there is also a mansion near a large lake that is run by a couple of vampire sisters, and there's a mansion deep in a maze-like forest that is home to many rabbit youkai, as well as a couple of people from the moon. I've no idea how exactly they got here, but here they are."

>Isolde nods along as you describe things and Mamizou translates. "'Yes, please do come back,'" Mamizou says as she responds.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "I'll be sure to."
> Turn to Mamizou.
> "Think it's about time to check in on Weyland?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "I'll be sure to."
> Turn to Mamizou.
> "Think it's about time to check in on Weyland?"

>"I think it wouldn't hurt to check," says Mamizou, before she translates your words to Isolde.
>The water sprite smiles a bit, and says a couple words in response, the second of which you catch as "you". "'Thank you,'" Mamizou says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Smile and give a short bow.
> "You're welcome, and thanks for your info as well."

[Hello Purvis]

> Smile and give a short bow.
> "You're welcome, and thanks for your info as well."

>You bow to Isolde and thank her. She raises a hand from the water and makes little dismissive wave as Mamizou translates, and replies. "She says, 'Think nothing of it'," says the tanuki.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Turn to Mamizou.
> "Shall we?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn to Mamizou.
> "Shall we?"

>"We shall," says Mamizou.
>She waves to Isolde, and says something in the native language, which Isolde repeats.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Give Isolde a wave.
> "See you later."
> Pick the wood back up.

[Hello Purvis]

> Give Isolde a wave.
> "See you later."
> Pick the wood back up.

>You wave and say your goodbyes. Mamizou translates them for you, then translates her response as she waves back: "'Fare well!'"
>You pick up the Block of Mahogany.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Head back out of the forest.

[Hello Purvis]

> Head back out of the forest.

>You make your way back out.
>"I suppose it couldn't be called much of a conversation," says Mamizou, "But initial curiosities and such..."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I'm surprised it went on as long as it did after she declined the invitation. I didn't have anything particularly prepared beyond that."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Though a little small talk never hurts when you're waiting for something."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm surprised it went on as long as it did after she declined the invitation. I didn't have anything particularly prepared beyond that."

>Mamizou chuckles.

>"Though a little small talk never hurts when you're waiting for something."

>"Quite so," says the tanuki. "And yes, Isolde certainly was curious. Or perhaps it is better to say that she was baffled into curiosity."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I guess if this place were my life as long as I could remember, I'd probably be baffled by Gensokyo too. Hell, I live there and it still baffles me sometimes, what with destroying and replacing the sun, the sky falling down, and insane merchants mass-stealing money through pseudofaith."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I guess if this place were my life as long as I could remember, I'd probably be baffled by Gensokyo too. Hell, I live there and it still baffles me sometimes, what with destroying and replacing the sun, the sky falling down, and insane merchants mass-stealing money through pseudofaith."

>"I'm sorry?" says Mamizou.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "All of those things have happened since I arrived there, though I'll admit my specific knowledge of each varies. But yes, we had the sun destroyed and then replaced, we had the home of the enlightened I mentioned earlier come crashing down to the ground, and now we have the money dealie that I'm trying to fix. And I'm sure this is hardly the entire history of Gensokyo incidents, given we have people dedicated to the job of resolving them."