Mystia 'Quest': Making a Living [Complete]

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle a little. "Well, looks like the chief's spoken, huh?"
>Shrug. "Ah well, hope you liked the food. I'm always open for business y'know."

[Raikaria]

>Chuckle a little. "Well, looks like the chief's spoken, huh?"
>Shrug. "Ah well, hope you liked the food. I'm always open for business y'know."

> Mokou grunts. "I guess I can give her ONE night off. I've died enough tonight anyway."

> "Yeah, yeah. I'm not the best with people and youkai." Mokou admits. "Farewell." she adds, before flying off to the bamboo forest.

> "I better go and make sure she dosen't get blown up by a trap or something. Not to mention I'm in this form... so I can't be in the village like this. Not yet at least." Keine says, before flying after the silver-haired woman.

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle a bit, then get the grill set up for the next customer.
>How's our supplies looking? Are we low on seasonings?

[Raikaria]

>Chuckle a bit, then get the grill set up for the next customer.
>How's our supplies looking? Are we low on seasonings?

> You set up the grill for the next customer.

> Your seasonings are starting to run a little low. This is a part-time thing for you anyway, when you have little else to do, and you generally find them as you're doing other stuff. You're not always at your cart, you still hang around with Wriggle and the others.

[Hanzo K.]

>Well, may as well set up the cart so people know we're gonna be off foraging and catching up with people!
>Maybe we'll go see Kogasa, since Wriggle's definitely not an option.

[Raikaria]

>Well, may as well set up the cart so people know we're gonna be off foraging and catching up with people!
>Maybe we'll go see Kogasa, since Wriggle's definitely not an option.

> The cart is clearly not open when you are not there.

> Kogasa is most likly at the Graveyard of Myouren Temple. There is not much there to forage, although she could be anywhere attempting to surprise someone. If you wish to hit two birds with one stone, you're most likly to run into Wriggle [Yuuka dependant] or Rumia, if she's around. You might run into fairies as well, but who cares about them except Cirno and Daiyousei?

> That said, you could also look outside your current home forest. There is a large forest at the foot of youkai mountain. You'd check the Forest of Magic, but you doubt plants there are good for people since they absorb and adapt to the maisma, which is toxic to humans.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's head for the forest at the foot of Youkai Mountain then! We're bound to find some neat ingredients!

[Raikaria]

>Let's head for the forest at the foot of Youkai Mountain then! We're bound to find some neat ingredients!

> You head to the floor of youkai mountain. As per the name, many youkai live on this mountain, largely the Kappa and Tengu, but there are others. In addittion, many gods live on the mountain, such as Kanako and Suwako, and it was also where the Four Devas used to rule the mountain ranges from.

> You see a familar plant which you use extract from as seasoning. However, you also notice another familar plant near it... Suzurain. Nowhere near the levels you saw during the Flower Veiwing Incident, but there is some of the highly toxic plant around.

[Hanzo K.]

>Yeah, we ain't using this batch. Too close to Suzuran. Maybe for the youkai who can actually handle it though.
>But still, let's keep looking around for more ingredients.

[Raikaria]

>Yeah, we ain't using this batch. Too close to Suzuran. Maybe for the youkai who can actually handle it though.
>But still, let's keep looking around for more ingredients.

> You are about to leave, when you hear something.

> "Are you really going to leave what you were looking for due to a flower nearby it?"


Medicine Melancholy
The Doll that acheived Independance

[Hanzo K.]

>"It's a nice flower, so I didn't want to disturb it. I guess I'll see you around."
>Let's get the heck outta here, top speed.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>If she objects again: "Well, um, Suzuran's poisonous to most people. I'm looking for seasoning for the food I cook for people, and I don't want to risk poisoning someone."

[Raikaria]

>"It's a nice flower, so I didn't want to disturb it. I guess I'll see you around."
>Let's get the heck outta here, top speed.

> "You are not going anywhere yet... I remember you, night sparrow. I wish to talk." Medicine says, with the small doll by her side blocking your way.

>If she objects again: "Well, um, Suzuran's poisonous to most people. I'm looking for seasoning for the food I cook for people, and I don't want to risk poisoning someone."

> "I know it is. Luckily, I can ensure that is not the case. I've changed since you last met me. When you last met me I had only just attained sentience. I am hundreds of times older and more mature now than when I had only just obtained sentience... and power."

[Hanzo K.]

>"So...uh....You aren't going to try poisoning everyone you meet now?"
>We may as well let her talk. "So...what did you want to talk about..?"

[Raikaria]

>"So...uh....You aren't going to try poisoning everyone you meet now?"
>We may as well let her talk. "So...what did you want to talk about..?"

> "Remember how Utusho was reported to be mad with power during the underground incident? I was too. However, the Yama came by, beat me up, and snapped me out of it, after the flower incident. Since then, however, I've not had much of a purpose." Medicine says.

> "I remember I wasn't nice to you back then. I apologise. Now, if you recall, I control poision. It turns out, that dosen't just mean createing, or infecting others with poisions. It also means removeing them, and even createing antivenoms. Put simply, I can ensure there is no Suzurain venom in those plants. I'll do this in exchange for information about someone. A favor for a favor, the currency of Gensokyo."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "So who are you wanting to know about? I hear quite a bit while I'm running my cart."

[Raikaria]

>Nod. "So who are you wanting to know about? I hear quite a bit while I'm running my cart."

> "I wish to know where to find the flower youkai, Kanzami."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Oh her? She's got this huge Sunflower garden out there,"
>Point in the direction of the garden. "Wriggle's probably already visiting there though, and I dunno how she'll react to having a second visitor. Just about everyone's on pins and needles when they try to deal with her y'know. I'd be careful if I were you."

[Raikaria]

>"Oh her? She's got this huge Sunflower garden out there,"
>Point in the direction of the garden. "Wriggle's probably already visiting there though, and I dunno how she'll react to having a second visitor. Just about everyone's on pins and needles when they try to deal with her y'know. I'd be careful if I were you."

> You point in the approximate direction of the Garden of the Sun, or, more precisely, the direction Wriggle always flies in when she goes there. You've never been there yourself.

> "Wriggle? Well, having you explain that would be a second favor. Don't worry, I've heard all about her, she'll quickly get bored when she realises I'm a doll, and thus cannot feel pain." Medicine says.

> "Now then, it's my turn." Medicine declares, before adding "Unless you want the poision to move through you, please move from between me and the Suzurain. when I do this, the poison takes the most direct route, I've not mastered this power yet, so I can't move the venom around objects... or people."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod, and move away a good enough distance. "Well, hopefully things work out for you. I hear she really goes ape when someone damages one of her flowers."

[Raikaria]

>Nod, and move away a good enough distance. "Well, hopefully things work out for you. I hear she really goes ape when someone damages one of her flowers."

> You move so you are not between Medicine and the plants.

> The doll glows with a purple aura, and so do the plants, not just the Suzurain. The aura then settles around several plants, again, not just the Suzurain plants, before mist floats out of them, bound by the purple aura, and they all fly towards Medicine, who catches the cloud of collected poision in her hand.

> It's gone when she opens her hand.

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod, and get to gathering the ingredients! "Thanks for the help! Hope things work out for ya!"

[Raikaria]

>Nod, and get to gathering the ingredients! "Thanks for the help! Hope things work out for ya!"

> Medicine nods, and flys off in the direction you pointed.

> You gather the plants you use for seasoning. Of course, you also decided to come here to look for some new plants for seasonings.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's look around more then! Maybe we'll find something else to use!

[Raikaria]

>Let's look around more then! Maybe we'll find something else to use!

> You find several more plants, but you're not too sure what they are, or if they are suitiable. When you were gathering in your home forest, Wriggle, being connected with the insects locally, and thus, knowing all about the flora, was able to tell you which plants would be good.

> You figure you'll need to find a local to help you identify these plants. You doubt Medicine would have known, as she's young, and was wandering about to find Yuuka. Speaking of, she would naturally know, but you know better than to bug her.

> The Kappa and Tengu might know, but they don't live in this forest, they live higher up, where there are less plants, and different ones anyway. Sanae might know too. There's always the option of finding someone who lives in this forest too.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's go find a Tengu then! We're both Bird Youkai after all!

[Raikaria]

>Let's go find a Tengu then! We're both Bird Youkai after all!

> You remember how to find the Tengu Village, you search the forest for the river, which, if you follow upstream, will lead to a waterfall, near which the Tengu Village is.

> Of course, this would make you pass right through the Kappa Village anyway, but the Kappa are generally busybodies anyway, although more open.

> However, as you leave the forest, and start heading upstream, you notice something out of the corner of your eye, which dashes away with incredible speed. It certainly wasn't Aya, as the figure didn't fly, but actually ran.

[Hanzo K.]

>"...What the..?"
>Follow it!

[Raikaria]

>"...What the..?"
>Follow it!

> You follow the figure, but quickly lose sight of it. It seemed to be heading to the Tengu village, but it was no crow.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's head for the Tengu Village then! Maybe we'll catch up to it!