Kisume Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Take it.
> "Seems par for the course."

>She nods. "Thank you, I've just not had time lately to get away from here long enough to track down a guide and visit for myself. This is very helpful of you. Is there anything else you'd like?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look thoughtful for a moment.
> "...Actually, I might. You wanted me to bring the reply back, right?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Look thoughtful for a moment.
> "...Actually, I might. You wanted me to bring the reply back, right?"

>She nods. "Yes, if you can. Or at least tell me if Yagokoro won't bother to look at it."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Okay. In that case..."
> Reach down into the bucket and unwrap and grab the kitchen knife, then stop with a look of dawning realization.
> "Oh."
> Look back up at Kyouko.
> "This isn't a threat, okay? I just don't want to travel around all over the place with this bouncing around loose."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Okay. In that case..."
> Reach down into the bucket and unwrap and grab the kitchen knife, then stop with a look of dawning realization.
> "Oh."
> Look back up at Kyouko.
> "This isn't a threat, okay? I just don't want to travel around all over the place with this bouncing around loose."

>You withdraw the Dull Kitchen Knife, making a quick explanation to Kyouko.
>"I wouldn't want to travel around all over the place with this bouncing around loose either," says Kyouko, who seems a lot less worked up now..
>"I assume you'd like me to keep it, then?" says the hooded woman.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah, please. Feel free to use if it you need to for whatever reason, I cleaned it before I came here. As long as it's clean when I get it back."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yeah, please. Feel free to use if it you need to for whatever reason, I cleaned it before I came here. As long as it's clean when I get it back."

>"I'll put it somewhere clean," says the hooded woman.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Great."
> Hand the knife over.
> "If some grand disaster befalls us or whatever and I end up back home without coming back here to pick it up after a few days, give it to Nue and tell her I'm taking her up on her offer."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Great."
> Hand the knife over.
> "If some grand disaster befalls us or whatever and I end up back home without coming back here to pick it up after a few days, give it to Nue and tell her I'm taking her up on her offer."

>You give her your Dull Kitchen Knife.
>"Well, alright," says the hooded woman.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Just in case, y'know? I expect I'll be back."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Just in case, y'know? I expect I'll be back."

>The hooded woman nods. "I understand."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I think that's it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I think that's it."

>"Alright," says the hooded woman. "Feel free to come back whenever you like."
>"Whenever you like!" Kyouko says. "Won't be another mistake, I promise!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Can do. Later."
> Hop on back the way we came toward the place we saw earlier with the sake cup sign outside.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Can do. Later."
> Hop on back the way we came toward the place we saw earlier with the sake cup sign outside.

>You depart!
>Making your way back toward the pub, you note the town is getting a little more lively, you note some of the house rows have opened their front doors, and hear general sounds of morning life from them. The sun has risen a bit more, and a couple more people seem to be active. A few more roosters crow, and you can hear a dog barking somewhere. Reaching the pub, you find the door is half open. You can hear a broom sweeping inside.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Enter.

[Hello Purvis]

> Enter.

>You walk inside the pub. Inside, you see several large round tables with chairs stacked on top of them. Booths line the wall to your left, while smaller tables are placed near the others. A bar run along the rear portion of the right wall, while a door behind it in the rear wall leads into the back. The floors are are bare wooden planks, while the walls are empty save for the occasional sconce for a candle or a lamp. A mid-sized woman with long blue hair and a blue dress with an apron trimmed in various colors sweeps the floor in the corner, humming to herself. Otherwise the establishment is empty.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Human or youkai?
> She look familiar?

[Hello Purvis]

> Human or youkai?
> She look familiar?

>You think she is neither.
>She seems...very vaguely familiar. You might have seen her before.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Wait, how did we walk in?
> "Hello?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Wait, how did we walk in?
> "Hello?"

>Fuck your language conventions.
>The woman starts, then looks toward you. "We're not open yet!" she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh. Well, I'm not actually here for standard business. I need some info, and I'm hoping you'd have it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh. Well, I'm not actually here for standard business. I need some info, and I'm hoping you'd have it."

>"Yeah, what?" she says, leaning on her broom.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "You know anything about silver-haired, darkish-skilled farmer humans?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "You know anything about silver-haired, darkish-skilled farmer humans?"

>"Maybe?" she says, frowning. "What about them?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "One was running around the Ancient City several hours ago. He caused as much chaos as you'd expect any human running around an oni village would cause. Didn't seem to take anything, but he was good enough to not get caught. We wanna know what's up with him."

[Hello Purvis]

> "One was running around the Ancient City several hours ago. He caused as much chaos as you'd expect any human running around an oni village would cause. Didn't seem to take anything, but he was good enough to not get caught. We wanna know what's up with him."

>"Wow," she says, raising an eye and grimacing, "Are you sure you weren't having any weird dreams or something, because there's no one around here who could pull that off."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah, I know it's super weird. It'd be a really weird dream, though, because we all saw him, and a whole bunch of oni tried their damnedest to get him."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yeah, I know it's super weird. It'd be a really weird dream, though, because we all saw him, and a whole bunch of oni tried their damnedest to get him."

>"That's pretty ridiculous," says the blue-haired woman. "I've never heard of anybody around here who'd do that."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Damn. Well, if it wouldn't be much of a bother, could you see if any customers know anything about the guy as the day progresses?"