Kisume Quest V - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Really? Our tuna look a lot different from this."
> Might as well have a bite.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Really? Our tuna look a lot different from this."
> Might as well have a bite.

>"Eh, probably has something to do with how they made it," says Chiyuri, as she starts to wheel you down the hall again.
>You have a bite, and find that it does taste kind of like tuna. There's some odd flavorings to it, and something else mixed in with it, a firm sort of vegetable thing. It's not bad, if a bit exotic. Glancing down at it, you note the tuna has a line of little sliced black fruits along the top.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we recognize the fruit?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we recognize the fruit?

>You do not, otherwise you'd would have considered them something a bit more specific than fruit.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Make sure we've swallowed before speaking.
> "What're the black fruits?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Make sure we've swallowed before speaking.
> "What're the black fruits?"

>"Olives," she says. "They're all we had ready. They're good for you!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Have we heard of 'olives' before?
> Take another bite.

[Hello Purvis]

> Have we heard of 'olives' before?
> Take another bite.

>You have never heard of them. But they aren't bad.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Meals on wheels, then! Let's eat while Chiyuri takes us wherever.

[Hello Purvis]

> Meals on wheels, then! Let's eat while Chiyuri takes us wherever.

>You decide to enjoy the trip and your meal.  Chiyuri wheels you through the halls, which seem slightly familiar, and you emerge in the back in the drab white room with the shuttered doors along the far wall and the large white machines connected to large pipes. Ruukoto is here, and one of the doors are open.  Ruukoto is carrying a load of folded laundry toward the open rear of the vehicle that brought you here. Through the door, in you can see other squat and squarish buildings with their strange lights on, illuminating stone and glass fronts. In the distance, you can see the outlines of much larger buildings, with lights like stars adorning them.
>"Any last questions while you finish before we load you up?" says Ruukoto.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "A curiosity, I guess. What are you three going to do after all this?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "A curiosity, I guess. What are you three going to do after all this?"

>"That depends on how well things go," says Chiyuri, glancing out the door. "Worse comes to worst, we might end up having to follow you back anyways, or destroy the Model Seven after getting you home.  Hopefully, we don't get caught, and suspicion falls on VIVIT. Even better is that we actually do manage to do something about the Emperor, upon which all the planning becomes moot and hopefully we won't be fugitives anymore."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, if it comes to it, it could be nice to freak out the bridge princess a little bit by introducing her to people from outside Gensokyo that already know her for unknown reasons."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, if it comes to it, it could be nice to freak out the bridge princess a little bit by introducing her to people from outside Gensokyo that already know her for unknown reasons."

>"I suppose there's some bright sides, aren't there?" says Chiyuri.  "But yeah, if we do this right, they'll never see us. At least not enough to catch us. It'd be a pain if we had to abandon this place, but we have another safehouse that's kind of ready if we need it."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is Yumemi visibly present?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is Yumemi visibly present?

>She is not.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Where are our hair bobbles?

[Hello Purvis]

> Where are our hair bobbles?

>You have them inhand with the rest of the stuff you're carrying. You'll need a place for all that soon.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What else is in our hands, besides the plate?
> "How likely are they to search the bucket if they can see cleaning supplies poking out of it?"

[Hello Purvis]

> What else is in our hands, besides the plate?
> "How likely are they to search the bucket if they can see cleaning supplies poking out of it?"

>It's more your lap at this point. You have the Bottle of Dye Remover, the Incomplete Palace Map,  your Hair Bobbles, and the Translator.  You think that Chiyuri intended to give you some other thing, too, before you were interrupted by that buzzing.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Which buzzing was that again?

[Hello Purvis]

> Which buzzing was that again?

>You have no idea what it was, but it seemed to signify to Chiyuri that it was about time to go.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "How likely are they to search the bucket if they can see cleaning supplies poking out of it?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "How likely are they to search the bucket if they can see cleaning supplies poking out of it?"

>"Depends on where you're at," says Chiyuri. "But as long as you're in the lower floors and are with Ruukoto, I don't think anyone will ask too much if you're not being suspicious. Once you get past that, well, we'll probably be into the making stuff up part of the plan and you won't be so worried about that."

>_

[O4rfish]

>"All right, let's go."
>transfer stuff from lap to bucket

[Kilgamayan]

> But give back the plate first.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Also, was there something else you were going to give me?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"All right, let's go."
>transfer stuff from lap to bucket

> But give back the plate first.

>You hand back the plate and finish off the last bites of your meal, Then you start transferring things to the bucket behind you.

>"Also, was there something else you were going to give me?"

>"There was?" says Chiyuri. She frowns, then says, "Oh, right! We're going to get in touch with you."
>She takes the translator in hand. "Okay, see this?" She points to a button near the earpiece. "That's the button you use to turn the communicator on and off." She presses it and holds it close to the side of your head. You can hear a soft sort of crackly noise. "That sound means it's on. No sound means it's off. Now, when you want to talk to us, you put your finger on the button below it. That'll tune it into our communicator. And remember, only one side will be able to talk at once, so if you got your finger on that button we can't talk to you. So be sure to let go when you're done. You just talk into the mouthpiece like usual, and we'll hear it. Okay? Now, try not to have it on the when there are people around, they might hear it too. You got that?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Will post in this when I get home, sorry Purvis.

[Kilgamayan]

> Take the translator back.
> "Will I talk to you in your language?"