Kisume Quest III - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> What were the other locations up north, other than Higan, where the silver-haired human could have gone?
> "Well, I was headed back to the human village after this anyway, so I guess that works out."

>You've heard about a flower garden that Yuuka calls home, an abandoned Lunarian installation, and Hakugyokurou.
>"What do you need with her, anyway?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Got a message to deliver. I hear I can leave it with the bartender celestial, though, so I may just do that."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Don't suppose you've run into someone who really doesn't want you to see her? She's the one who asked me to deliver the message, and about the snake. Was very insistant that I not see her at all. Kinda strange, really."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Got a message to deliver. I hear I can leave it with the bartender celestial, though, so I may just do that."

>"Oh yeah, the two of them are pretty close," says Mokou. "Both from from Bhava-Agra."

>"Don't suppose you've run into someone who really doesn't want you to see her? She's the one who asked me to deliver the message, and about the snake. Was very insistant that I not see her at all. Kinda strange, really."

>"Kind of,"  says Mokou, as you note a bit of a frown on the side of her face you can see. "There's some kid who runs around the village sometimes, always wearing a noh mask and a raincloak. She gets real antsy when you ask about the mask. Seems like she's Iku's pet, so there's a good chance we're thinking of the same person."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Sounds like they probably are."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Sounds like they probably are."

>She nods. "There you go, then. ...Don't remember her name off the top of my head. Works with the jeweler, though, so you can ask him."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Huh. That's good to know. Explains a couple of smaller things."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Huh. That's good to know. Explains a couple of smaller things."

>"Does it? That's good."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm...do you know how to get to some place called Hakugyokurou?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm...do you know how to get to some place called Hakugyokurou?"

>"Vaguely," she says. "Someplace in the northeast mountains. About the only people who really know the way are people who have been there. The Shrine Maiden has, I know that for sure."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, right, the red-white. I still need to run into her."
> Do we recall which direction out of the human village we were told the Hakurei Shrine was in?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh, right, the red-white. I still need to run into her."
> Do we recall which direction out of the human village we were told the Hakurei Shrine was in?

>You do. The green-haired youkai who was setting up a plant stand said that her shrine was to the east of the village, along a road leading in that direction toward a distant forest.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Hwere are we currently in relation to the human village?
> "She's what, east of the village?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Hwere are we currently in relation to the human village?
> "She's what, east of the village?"

>You are southward of it right now.
>"Yep," says Mokou. "Just follow the road east and it'll get you there, though it ain't much of a road by then."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I also heard about a possible Lunarian base to the north. Know where that is?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "I also heard about a possible Lunarian base to the north. Know where that is?"

>"Somewhere between the town and Yuuka's fields," says Mokou. "It's hidden underground. Someone in Eientei ought to know, they're the ones who found it. Though they might not tell you."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I hope they do. It's a possible hiding place for that farmer-lookin' guy."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I hope they do. It's a possible hiding place for that farmer-lookin' guy."

>"Don't think he'd hide out at his home?" says Mokou.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "If anyone knew anything about the guy, that's where I'd be looking. But he's some kinda nutjob, running all around the Ancient City for who knows what reason, so just about anything is possible. Met a bird that said she saw him headed north recently. There's a green-haired youkai in the village selling plants who I think is the flower youkai, and she knew nothing about him, so I want to check out Hakugyokurou and that base, since I hear they're also in that direction."

[Hello Purvis]

> "If anyone knew anything about the guy, that's where I'd be looking. But he's some kinda nutjob, running all around the Ancient City for who knows what reason, so just about anything is possible. Met a bird that said she saw him headed north recently. There's a green-haired youkai in the village selling plants who I think is the flower youkai, and she knew nothing about him, so I want to check out Hakugyokurou and that base, since I hear they're also in that direction."

>"Huh," says Mokou. "Well, I heard from one of the townsfolk that they saw someone weird around the graveyard. Might be your guy, if he's doing all that crazy stuff."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Did we see a graveyard at any point?

[Hello Purvis]

> Did we see a graveyard at any point?

>You...think you might have glimpsed one behind the temple? You weren't paying attention, Kyouko was too busy threatening you with the mopping of your life.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Maybe. I'll check it out when I go back there. The temple folks hadn't seen the guy, though, nor the bar celestial, so I dunno."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Maybe. I'll check it out when I go back there. The temple folks hadn't seen the guy, though, nor the bar celestial, so I dunno."

>Mokou chuckles.  "Always a downside to people minding their own business."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm. A bit unrelated, but have you seen a red leather book or a red crystal rose around?"
> What did Tokiko recommend grabbing while in this forest? Bamboo shoots?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm. A bit unrelated, but have you seen a red leather book or a red crystal rose around?"
> What did Tokiko recommend grabbing while in this forest? Bamboo shoots?

>"Maybe," says Mokou. "Might've seen some faerie playing with a book over by the lake when I was out scouting good rocks yesterday."
>She did. You've seen a couple thus far.

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[Kilgamayan]

> How hard have they looked to pick?
> Have we ever eaten bamboo?

[Hello Purvis]

> How hard have they looked to pick?
> Have we ever eaten bamboo?

>The don't seem too hard to pick, you'd probably have to work your knife a bit to cut them off the ground.
>Not recently, but you've had things with bamboo shoots before. It's a bit hard to come by underground, but was quite common in Higan.

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[Kilgamayan]

> But we would have to stop and work at it, rather than yank it out of the ground as we pass.
> "Shame this place is such a maze. I probably won't be able to remember the spots of any bamboo shoots we run across for picking later."

[Hello Purvis]

> But we would have to stop and work at it, rather than yank it out of the ground as we pass.
> "Shame this place is such a maze. I probably won't be able to remember the spots of any bamboo shoots we run across for picking later."

>"They're gonna be everywhere," says Mokou. "Shouldn't be hard to run into a few just by picking a spot. But I'm guessing you want me to slow down and let you get a few?"

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