Kisume Quest III - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "All right. So avoiding setting a bad precedent is the main issue here, yes? How often do fairies drop things here that someone else comes along and confirms are stolen goods?"

>Reisen nods.  "Yes, it's kind of hard to keep things running when one rabbit gets time off, then suddenly everyone else is shirking or agitating to get one too, and it can take weeks to settle when it gets bad."
>"Faeries drop stuff all the time," says Miyu. "I think this is the first time anyone's really come looking for it up here, though."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Is there anyone else in the room?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is there anyone else in the room?

>When entering you noted around twenty rabbits here, working at various tasks. Looking around, you note a few are obviously listening in.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm. I dunno...I wonder how 'time-off'-y returning a stolen object really is. Sounds more like an errand to me. Especially given it would probably be pretty bad for this house if word got out that one of its inhabitants found an object stolen from the good people of the temple and refused to return it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm. I dunno...I wonder how 'time-off'-y returning a stolen object really is. Sounds more like an errand to me. Especially given it would probably be pretty bad for this house if word got out that one of its inhabitants found an object stolen from the good people of the temple and refused to return it."

>"We wouldn't want to shame the Princess," says Reisen.
>"More like they already shamed themselves," says Miyu, smirking. "Who gets their stuff stolen by faeries then complains when someone else finds it?"
>"Just about everyone, by my estimates," Reisen says, frowning.
>"Sounds to me like they should have done a better job keeping faeries away, then."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "The temple's not going to complain, that's not how they do. But that's not going to stop other people passing their own judgments on this house through your actions."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The temple's not going to complain, that's not how they do. But that's not going to stop other people passing their own judgments on this house through your actions."

>"Eh, maybe..." says Miyu. "But it's not like I'm unwilling. I'm just trying to get the day off."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Dunno about the whole day, but getting part of the day to head out and run an errand combined with whatever you might get from the mouse woman AND having word spread about you returning that thing seems like a pretty sweet deal to me."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Dunno about the whole day, but getting part of the day to head out and run an errand combined with whatever you might get from the mouse woman AND having word spread about you returning that thing seems like a pretty sweet deal to me."

"I don't know where you're getting the idea I'm just going to give it back," says Miyu. "Because I'm not. I did a whole lot more to earn it than someone just sitting in a shop all day."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Where did I say you were just giving it back?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Where did I say you were just giving it back?"

>"The part where you were talking about returning it like it was a done deal and me going there is just fulfilling the bargain," says Miyu.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "So you missed the part where I talked about what you might get in return."

[Hello Purvis]

> "So you missed the part where I talked about what you might get in return."

>"Sorry, I was distracted by all the other parts where you both were just assuming I'd go along with this and not even give me time to do it."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "And where did I say you'd be given no time to do it?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "And where did I say you'd be given no time to do it?"

>"Where did you say otherwise?" says Miyu. "Because she's sure saying it and I don't hear you disagreeing with the idea very much."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "You don't hear that because you interrupted my explanation before I could get talking about how I will need to be there at the shop with you, but I need to go back to the human village first, which would increase the time you spent away from here by a good margin."

[Hello Purvis]

> "You don't hear that because you interrupted my explanation before I could get talking about how I will need to be there at the shop with you, but I need to go back to the human village first, which would increase the time you spent away from here by a good margin."

>"Alright, go on," says Miyu.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I need to see the jeweler, the celestial at the bar, and the temple again. All those things will take some time, and all of them need to be done before I return to the junk shop."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I need to see the jeweler, the celestial at the bar, and the temple again. All those things will take some time, and all of them need to be done before I return to the junk shop."

>"Eh, maybe," says Miyu.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I'll need to be at the temple for a couple of things, in fact. And I don't particularly care how you would spend your time during all that, assuming you're there."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'll need to be at the temple for a couple of things, in fact. And I don't particularly care how you would spend your time during all that, assuming you're there."

>"Mmm, I suppose that's something," says Miyu. "But I'm not making any promises."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "I can't promise any more than that. I'm not in charge here."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "I can't promise any more than that. I'm not in charge here."

>"I suppose it's fine," says Reisen, her tone sounding like she's suppressing a sigh. "Just try to make some arrangements, alright?"
>"We'll see what they have to offer," Miyu say.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "There's some pretty neat stuff there. There's an outside-world box of some kind, a gold rod, a large magic shield, a magic arrow, things like that."

[Hello Purvis]

> "There's some pretty neat stuff there. There's an outside-world box of some kind, a gold rod, a large magic shield, a magic arrow, things like that."

>"I suppose I can look," says Miyu.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Turn back to Reisen.
> "That's about all they need, unless another rabbit happened into a fairy that dropped a large candle."

[Hello Purvis]

> Turn back to Reisen.
> "That's about all they need, unless another rabbit happened into a fairy that dropped a large candle."

>"I've not heard about anything like that," says Reisen.
>Miyu shakes her head.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "And the only other thing that got lifted was a red leather book, and that was seen near a lake to the east...all right, then. Oh! I don't suppose anyone has run across a small green snake? Less than a foot long?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "And the only other thing that got lifted was a red leather book, and that was seen near a lake to the east...all right, then. Oh! I don't suppose anyone has run across a small green snake? Less than a foot long?"

>"I've not seen any snakes," says Miyu with a shrug.
>"I don't think they typically rouse for a couple days or so," Reisen says. "It may be better to ask Eirin about that."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "This one's apparently a pet, so who knows what it might be doing."