Nue Quest 8 - Pagan: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Turn back to Rika.
> "Good luck. Try not to make her more irritated."
> Return the towel if we haven't yet, beckon to Mamizou, then leave the house.

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn back to Rika.
> "Good luck. Try not to make her more irritated."
> Return the towel if we haven't yet, beckon to Mamizou, then leave the house.

>"Oh, we're gonna make her think twice," says Rika, as you hand her back the towel.
>Heading outside, Mamizou opens the umbrella again and says, "That was charming."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

>  "Like I said, it's not normally like that here."
> Crest the canopy again.

[Hello Purvis]

>  "Like I said, it's not normally like that here."
> Crest the canopy again.

>"I should hope not," says Mamizou.
>You fly above the forest again, taking advantage of the relatively light tree cover.
>Looking around, while the rain dutifully undoes all the benefits the towel had done, you can see that the skies appear to be peaceful and cloudy. Looking around, you can see Scarlet Devil Mansion some distance away, and a few faeries here and there flying over the canopy.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Did we retrieve our mahogany before leaving?

[Hello Purvis]

> Did we retrieve our mahogany before leaving?

>You didn't lug it all the way here just to forget about it.  You have it in your hands.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Fly toward the Scarlet Devil Mansion while talking.
> "So those humans were a couple of heretics. They basically find the concept of magic insulting, which, above everything else bizarre about the philosophy, is bizarre considering they live fairly happily with a poltergeist."

[Hello Purvis]

> Fly toward the Scarlet Devil Mansion while talking.
> "So those humans were a couple of heretics. They basically find the concept of magic insulting, which, above everything else bizarre about the philosophy, is bizarre considering they live fairly happily with a poltergeist."

>Mamizou follows along as you fly toward the mansion and explain.
>"Heretics?" says Mamizou. "Well, I suppose it would be strange to live among faeries and youkai and deny there is magic. I must say, though, they were not happy when you mentioned meeting that woman. And, you said she was the gap youkai, as in The Gap Youkai I am thinking of?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "The very same. Truth be told, if she's going to be irritated with me, I'm perfectly content for it to not be anything more than that."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The very same. Truth be told, if she's going to be irritated with me, I'm perfectly content for it to not be anything more than that."

>"Yes," says Mamizou, "let us hope if she does decide to vent her ire on those two people we just left, it will be enough to sate her..."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Eh, they'll be fine. If she actually hated them, we wouldn't have been standing in front of them just now."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Eh, they'll be fine. If she actually hated them, we wouldn't have been standing in front of them just now."

>"I imagine so," says Mamizou. "One hopes they won't dig themselves in too deeply. If I may change the subject, that is a rather large house ahead of us, I imagine it has some significance?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah. We won't be at it for too long, because it's not the place where I can finally unload this block of wood, but we should say to the people at the gate regardless. They're a bit more well-adjusted than who we just left."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yeah. We won't be at it for too long, because it's not the place where I can finally unload this block of wood, but we should say to the people at the gate regardless. They're a bit more well-adjusted than who we just left."

>Mamizou nods. "A closer look will be enough for now."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "We wouldn't be able to get much more than that anyway. You'll see when we get there."
> Continue on to the SDMansion.

[Hello Purvis]

> "We wouldn't be able to get much more than that anyway. You'll see when we get there."
> Continue on to the SDMansion.

>"I expect I shall," says Mamizou.
>You fly toward the mansion, soon approaching it from the south and going around to reach the gates. You note that only Miss Hong is there now, still in her straw cloak. She waves as you approach.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Swoop on down, landing at a respectful conversational distance.
> "Hey, where'd Little Miss Wings go?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Swoop on down, landing at a respectful conversational distance.
> "Hey, where'd Little Miss Wings go?"

>You land a decent distance away.
>"The Young Mistress is having a nap right now," says Meiling. "She's been pushing it way past her bedtime lately, Probably been getting too much sun, too."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "That's a shame. And here I had brought a new friend for her to meet."
> Tilt our head toward Mamizou while still looking at Miss Hong.
> "This is Mamizou. She and I go back a long way."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That's a shame. And here I had brought a new friend for her to meet."
> Tilt our head toward Mamizou while still looking at Miss Hong.
> "This is Mamizou. She and I go back a long way."

>Miss Hong smirks. "She was about to fall asleep on her feet, but you'd never get her to admit it. And she's not learned enough about the business to know how to sleep on her feet, so she wouldn't have appreciated the meeting anyways."
>She bows her head toward Mamizou.  "Good to meet you. I'm Meiling."
>"Charmed," says Mamizou, bowing back.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Meiling, could you give Mamizou a brief lowdown about the mansion here?"

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>While Meiling's talking, restore our wings and eye color before we forget again.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Meiling, could you give Mamizou a brief lowdown about the mansion here?"

>While Meiling's talking, restore our wings and eye color before we forget again.

>"Oh sure," says Meiling. She turns to Mamizou and clears her throat. "What you're looking at here is the Scarlet Devil's Mansion, home to Lady Remilia Scarlet. Inside, you'll find one of the most extensive libraries anywhere in the Mistress' private collection, as well as several galleries filled with all sorts of artworks, some by the Mistress' own hand. If you turn your attention a bit to the east there, you can see the statue garden, which..."
>As Meiling goes into minor details about the mansion, you take the time to properly restore your wings and correct eye color. This takes a minute or so to complete. and when you are done, you find Meiling has stopped explaining and is looking at you. "Ahem," she says, "As I was saying, the mansion also serves as the seat of Volatilis Scarlet Regnum. At it's height,We held two of the provinces of Bhava-Agra, but we let them free themselves through popular vote. One of the provinces, however, still has a Governor-General appointed by Mistress Scarlet, and keeps important ties with us and still flies our flag. And that about wraps up the quick explanation."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Turn to Mamizou.
> "Bhava-Agra is the sky lands of the enlightened I mentioned earlier. Anyway, as you can see, much more well-adjusted."

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn to Mamizou.
> "Bhava-Agra is the sky lands of the enlightened I mentioned earlier. Anyway, as you can see, much more well-adjusted."

>Mamizou nods. "Well, there hasn't been any panic or alarms yet. Which would be more fitting here, given we have a person who is actually involved in security."
>"Huh?" says Meiling.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh. We just came from the heretics' house. They're flipping their shit right now because the gap youkai is in the area. Ended up not staying very long. Shame, too, I wanted to introduce Mamizou to their pots-and-pans ghost."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh. We just came from the heretics' house. They're flipping their shit right now because the gap youkai is in the area. Ended up not staying very long. Shame, too, I wanted to introduce Mamizou to their pots-and-pans ghost."

>"Huh, didn't know there were any heretics around," says Meiling with a shrug. "And heh, I remember back when we had a ghost who would always got into the pots and pans. Used to give all the maids a real hard time. Sakuya chased her out pretty much first thing when Mistress hired her on."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Wonder if it's the same one. Was yours a blonde in a maid uniform?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Wonder if it's the same one. Was yours a blonde in a maid uniform?"

>"Yeah," says Meiling.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Might just be, then. I'll ask her next time I see her."
> "Is Patchouli still over at the shopkeep's place?"