Author Topic: (Skyseas of Gensokyo) Nazrin Quest (Part 8) (Read 34261 times)

DracoOmega · « **Reply #390 on:** February 22, 2012, 08:58:47 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 22, 2012, 08:23:13 AM

>Do we know that name?
>If not, "Bad news?"

>It doesn't ring an obvious bell to you.
>"Go get Neu!" Murasa says to Miyuki, either failing to hear your question or ignoring it. Then without even waiting for an answer, turns and dashes back towards the wheelhouse. Miyuki runs in the opposite direction, towards the stairs and where you're standing. The expression on her face looks almost haunted.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #391 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:03:30 AM »

>Go get our gear. We might need it.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #392 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:07:42 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 22, 2012, 09:03:30 AM

>Go get our gear. We might need it.

>Without further comment, you turn and dash back down the steps and into your room.
>Stepping inside the door, you quickly round up your pack and any loose items and sling it back on. Outside, you can hear Miyuki's footsteps moving quickly down the hall, along with several others further away.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #393 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:08:40 AM »

>Inventory.
>Status check of self: Aches, new plague growth, fatigue.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #394 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:28:16 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 22, 2012, 09:08:40 AM

>Inventory.

>Kumokirimaru (worn at side)
>Prism Pendant (around neck)
>Seeker's Badge (pinned to chest)
>360 Val Razuan guilders
>Compass
>Traveling pack
>Traveling rations
>Canteen (full)
>Lockpicks
>4 kunai
>Picture of Sokrates
>Fuwafuwa Heart Droplet
>XR-30 intake flow regulator (heavily rusted)
>Antique Val Razuan 1 guilder coin
>Dowsing rods
>Tie-dyed umbrella
>Spool of baling twine
>Bottle of Kumokirimaru-imbued medicine
>Sachet of blessed soil
>List of physicians' contact addresses
>Pencil
>100 feet of rope
>2 glowsticks
>2 torches
>Small heatstone
>Basic grappling hook
>Blue ribbon

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 22, 2012, 09:08:40 AM

>Status check of self: Aches, new plague growth, fatigue.

>Despite the jostling and nausea of last night, you had a very sound sleep and feel in good shape; you have no notable aches, are not fatigued, and feel in overall better health than you did yesterday, even.
>Unfortunately, a quick check for new Blight growth gives a somewhat less spotless report. You suspect that each of the patches that had been visible yesterday have grown slightly, although it's sometimes a little hard to tell; the marks on your leg and torso have grown by no more than a millimeter or two, but the one on your right arm has cast its tendrils out by nearly a whole inch towards your elbow. And there are two new marks, one several inches to the right of the previous patch on your left leg, and another near your belly button. Both are quite tiny, the latter particularly so, but there's no mistaking what they are.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #395 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:48:03 AM »

>Anything in this room that could be put to use in a fight?

DracoOmega · « **Reply #396 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:51:04 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 22, 2012, 09:48:03 AM

>Anything in this room that could be put to use in a fight?

>Not very practically. The furniture is built into the ship itself, aside from the wooden chest you're using to store your clothes and that is too awkward and heavy to make a useful weapon. You suppose this leaves the pillow and bed sheets....

Oldmansour · « **Reply #397 on:** February 22, 2012, 10:22:00 AM »

>Produce a kunai.
>Head back up on deck.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #398 on:** February 22, 2012, 08:30:07 PM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 22, 2012, 10:22:00 AM

>Produce a kunai.
>Head back up on deck.

>You take a kunai in hand and head back up to the deck. Already there are more people moving about here and the atmosphere is tense. You can hear Neu and Miyuki making their way up the stairs behind you.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #399 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:45:59 PM »

> Get out of the way of the stairwell.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #400 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:46:35 PM »

Forgive me if this is me being captain obvious, but, Pirate Aya?

>"Bad news?"

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #401 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:54:14 PM »

Could be a traveling brothel.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #402 on:** February 22, 2012, 09:56:33 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 22, 2012, 09:45:59 PM

> Get out of the way of the stairwell.

>You move aside from the stairwell to let the other two pass.

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 22, 2012, 09:46:35 PM

>"Bad news?"

>"Very likely," Neu says as she walks past you without pausing. The look on her face is grimly serious. Miyuki hesitates a moment and turns to you with a condoling smile, halfhearted and shadowed by doubt.
>"Pirates," she says simply. Her tone is oddly hesitant.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #403 on:** February 22, 2012, 10:16:23 PM »

I liked my explanation better.

There's more diseases'n jus' scurvy to watch out fer on the high seas, yarr.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #404 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:21:54 AM »

> Give a small frown.
> "This wasn't in the brochure. How can I help?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #405 on:** February 23, 2012, 12:36:55 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 23, 2012, 12:21:54 AM

> Give a small frown.
> "This wasn't in the brochure. How can I help?"

>"I hope you won't need to do anything," she says. "The captain's one of the best, and there's isn't much on the skies that can catch up with the Blue Maiden." The tone of the her voice belies the certainty of her words; you wonder if she's saying them as much for her benefit as your own.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #406 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:25:58 AM »

> "I hope I don't have to either, but it doesn't really answer the question."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #407 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:30:49 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 23, 2012, 01:25:58 AM

> "I hope I don't have to either, but it doesn't really answer the question."

>"I...." she pauses and glances back towards the sky. "You'll have to ask the captain. I need to get back to my watch, sorry."

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #408 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:36:52 AM »

> "Oh. Go ahead, then."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #409 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:40:43 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 23, 2012, 01:36:52 AM

> "Oh. Go ahead, then."

>She gives you a quick nod and dashes back over to the starboard rail, lifting a spyglass in the same direction that the apparent pirate ship was spotted earlier. You can feel the ship starting to turn in the opposite direction.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #410 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:44:29 AM »

> Can we see anything in that direction?
> Relative to where we're currently standing, where is the wheelhouse in comparison to the pirate ship direction?

DracoOmega · « **Reply #411 on:** February 23, 2012, 01:50:34 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 23, 2012, 01:44:29 AM

> Can we see anything in that direction?
> Relative to where we're currently standing, where is the wheelhouse in comparison to the pirate ship direction?

>Your line of sight in the direction Miyuki is looking is obscured at the moment by the deckhouse covering the stairs down. You'd need to move a little further aft to get a good look.
>Miyuki is standing by the starboard rail (forward a little and to your left), and looking about 30 degrees to the right of the bow. The wheelhouse is on a raised structure at the aft of the deck, essentially directly opposite the stairs down.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #412 on:** February 23, 2012, 02:41:12 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 22, 2012, 09:54:14 PM

Could be a traveling brothel.

I wish this answer was true, too. I really, really do. Then we'd have an Aya I'd like dealing with, as opposed to a parasite.

>Is there any place on deck where we could conceal ourselves from boarders?
>Have we noticed any kind of weaponry on this ship since we came aboard?

DracoOmega · « **Reply #413 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:10:21 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 23, 2012, 02:41:12 AM

>Is there any place on deck where we could conceal ourselves from boarders?
>Have we noticed any kind of weaponry on this ship since we came aboard?

>Both the deckhouse leading below deck, and the twin staircases heading up to the wheelhouse would provide concealment from people on the other side of them from you, however there are no places that would be fully out of view on the entire deck. The turbine support struts are on the side of being too individually small to hide a person entirely; even if someone were directly opposite, you could probably still be spotted through the gridwork.
>Aside from the pole that Chisato was idly brandishing on your first encounter, you have not; however, there are several storerooms on the ship that you never got a chance to look at, so it's possible they do have some stored away.

Oldmansour · « **Reply #414 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:28:16 AM »

>To the wheelhouse!

DracoOmega · « **Reply #415 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:43:19 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 23, 2012, 03:28:16 AM

>To the wheelhouse!

>You quickly make your way across the deck and up the stairs to the wheelhouse, as the ship swings wide of its original course and heads off towards a cluster of distant islets.
>"Are you honestly suggesting we try to outrun a Tengu vessel through the narrows?" you hear Neu say as you enter. She is leaning over a wooden table to the back of the wheelhouse and studiously examining a large chart spread out upon it.
>"If you've got a better idea," Murasa says, giving the wheel a turn to the left, "don't hold back now."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #416 on:** February 23, 2012, 03:53:42 AM »

Feel free to take over if you want, Kilga. Or anyone else. I don't really care for Aya at all, and I like pirates even less. You can only imagine how much I relish the idea of Pirate Aya.

>Stay out of the way for now.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #417 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:04:55 AM »

Crap, I still need to catch up through all the mushy stuff I only quarter-read while at KatsuCon. <_<

DracoOmega · « **Reply #418 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:19:19 AM »

Quote from: Sourfang, the Falling Star on February 23, 2012, 03:53:42 AM

>Stay out of the way for now.

>You stand aside of the doorway and keep a low profile.

>Neu takes a deep breath and lets it out as a sigh.
>"Then give me the tightest course around her that you can," Murasa says immediately, evidently taking this for an answer.
>Neu quickly scans along the chart in front of her, then deftly maneuvers a divider from point to point and starts calling out navigational coordinates. Murasa adjusts the wheel again, then leans towards a speaking tube beside her.
>"Make sure we're running hot, Ishi," she calls into the tube.
>"Like you need to tell me!" the kappa's voice echoes back, sounding just a little disgruntled.

>Murasa glances in your direction. "You got somethin' to say?"

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #419 on:** February 23, 2012, 04:23:44 AM »

> "How can I help?"