Yukari Quest - A Z-machine Adventure

[Oldmansour]

Isn't Aya still in jail or something?

[DracoOmega]

I... actually am not sure Aya's current situation, though she wasn't in jail the last time I recall her status. And if not her, there's always Hatate.

[Oldmansour]

Hatate would be the better choice. She never gets enough love.
Not that a visit by Yukari really qualifies as LOVE, I suppose, but still.

[DracoOmega]

Well, I didn't necessarily mean visiting in person, so much as dropping off the mysterious advertisement anonymously, though if people would rather deal with her/them more directly, that's probably also fine. It just feels somewhat more Yukari's style not to be more direct when slightly enigmatic will do.

[Oldmansour]

I'm inclined to agree with you there.

What I'd like to know is, why are we doing mahjhong instead of Sengoku Gensokyo? That would have been awesome.

[O4rfish]

Hm, this is getting more elaborate than I had anticipated. I guess Purvis (or at least Purvis' Yukari) doesn't enjoy the idea of an Old Maids Alliance.
For Reimu, we can tell her it's a tournament for all Gensokyo, and no location represents all of Gensokyo more than the Hakurei Shrine.
I think we're doing Mahjongg because it was mentioned, and because it has the illusion of letting everyone participate at the same level, unlike physical sports. I would prefer poker for various reasons, but it may be too late narratively to switch games.
Poker can have a different number of players: many for the earlier rounds, one-on-one for the later rounds. The rules of poker are simpler, and we can assume all the voices in her head know the rules.

[Kilgamayan]

Aya's jail sentence has ended; Tenma was keeping her there largely due to miscommunication with Eiki, and that was cleared up by the end of Iku Quest.

In regards to the game, I have the sneaking suspicion that you won't actually be playing it at any point (and I'm not sure how well-versed Purvis is, though I suppose there are enough people on this forum that know how to play that he could wing it with their advice), and mahjong probably fits a Olde Tyme Japanese Lande better than poker anyway.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

What I'd like to know is, why are we doing mahjhong instead of Sengoku Gensokyo? That would have been awesome.

Because as much fun as that may be, it's not likely Purvis would let us change the rules of Gensokyo like that.

[Kilgamayan]

There is also the very crucial point that, in this universe, the most important character in the most important Sengoku Gensokyo faction is not presently aligned with that faction, and that does not appear to be changing any time soon.

EDIT: What really should have happened here was an attempt to recreate Del Shirou's Tag Dream, if only for the chance to see this Tenshi and this Utsuho together.

[Hanzo K.]

Eh, mahjong's a personal appeal of mine, I'll admit. I simply threw it out there and folks just decided, "Hey, let's go for it!"
And we're a bit too late to change our minds now anyways, as Oarfish stated. 'In for a penny, in for a pound.' as they say.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

There is also the very crucial point that, in this universe, the most important character in the most important Sengoku Gensokyo faction is not presently aligned with that faction, and that does not appear to be changing any time soon.

Um... which character is that?

[Kilgamayan]

Identifying the character would be a spoiler.

[Kilgamayan]

(also someone should probably post a command before you get distracted further)

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Identifying the character would be a spoiler.

Then PM me (or spoiler-tag it), because I have no idea who you're talking about (and yes, I've completed SG).

[DracoOmega]

>"I think that if a few fliers advertising our game and its intriguing prize happened to simply show up on the proper doorsteps one day, word might well spread itself. And I think it could be quite amusing to watch them wonder what it meant."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I think that if a few fliers advertising our game and its intriguing prize happened to simply show up on the proper doorsteps one day, word might well spread itself. And I think it could be quite amusing to watch them wonder what it meant."

>"Be sure that I get one, too!" says Yuyuko. "I want to keep it."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Oh, most certainly. Is there anything you might like to see on it?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh, most certainly. Is there anything you might like to see on it?"

>"Oh, I would just love to see a puppy stealing a pie on it," says Yuyuko. clapping her hands together and smiling.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Perhaps it was better not to ask that question of her.
>Though if we did want to leave people guessing, that would probably do it.

[Hello Purvis]

>Perhaps it was better not to ask that question of her.
>Though if we did want to leave people guessing, that would probably do it.

>You imagine if you wanted to make it difficult for most people to comprehend, Yuyuko would be an excellent person to ask.

>_

[O4rfish]

>Hotate probably has enough clip art for this.

[Kilgamayan]

> What do we know of the...'relationship' between Shameimaru and Himekaidou?
> For that matter, do we have strong opinions on either of them?

[Hello Purvis]

>Hotate probably has enough clip art for this.

>You imagine any illustrator worth their salt could make this happen.

> What do we know of the...'relationship' between Shameimaru and Himekaidou?
> For that matter, do we have strong opinions on either of them?

>It's no secret that the two loathe each other. Hatate had difficulty competing with Aya, until Aya ran afoul of the law. Then Hatate had no difficulty whatsoever in rubbing in her success the last woman standing. Since Aya's release, the two have been bitter, though thus far nonviolent, rivals. On a good day, one will have some embarrassing gossip about the other featured in their publication.
>When it comes down to it, you think better of Aya. She has suffered for her art. Hatate seems to only care about coming out on top of their rivalry and living well.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Proposal: Split the work evenly between the two.

From a business standpoint, this will get the work done faster, and the drive of competition will also boost the quality of the end products. This will also give Yukari a close personal look at their talents, which she can keep in mind for future business deals (and even if she doesn't really care about it that much, the threat of this will almost certainly motivate them).

From a personal standpoint, this will most likely tweak both of their feathers, which could very well be good for a laugh.

This course of action will probably be more expensive than getting just one of them to do it, but I get the feeling money is no object to Yukari, and she'd be getting entertainment on top of a product for her extra payment.

[Hanzo K.]

Works for me! Then again, I can read this Yukari pretty easy, since just about everything she does is largely screwing around on her part. Chaotic Neutral to the extreme yo.

[DracoOmega]

Oh, are you thinking about actually contracting Aya and Hatate to MAKE the fliers? I guess I just had the idea of making something comparatively simple (or more possibly getting Ran to do so) and then just gap them onto a few people's doorsteps (including Aya and Hatate, though also other people's). And it seemed quite possible than an announcement of a grand tournament with a relic of a mighty onmyouji as the stakes would get the pair of the investigating and/or writing about it anyway, and news would trickle around Gensokyo on its own, quickly enough. After all, there's not really a rush on when we hold this, is there?

[Hanzo K.]

Well, that's why we leave the tourney date intentionally vague, so as to keep people in suspense!

[Kilgamayan]

Yakumo time is more valuable than to be spent mass producing fliers. Best  to farm it off to less important people that will do it faster and probably provide some good entertainment in the process.

[DracoOmega]

Well, 'mass produce' would involve perhaps producing many more than I had planned on (not that this is intrinsically bad, aside from time issues). I guess the main reason I saw not to just show up and ask them was to keep things a little more mysterious about who really was organizing this, but if you don't care to bother with that, I guess I see nothing wrong with trying to get them to do this grunt work.

[Hanzo K.]

Well, we can always draw up a basic outline one, the sort of thing that even Chen could do in a few minutes(and to one who has essentially infinite time, that's lesser than a drop in the bucket), and leave a mysterious letter with an enigmatic sender saying to refine this, and distribute it.