Yukari Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> insight: is this place a manifestation of our psyche or something similar?
> take a deep breath and head back to the crystal palace.
> proceed to the room with the gap that we needed our pliers for.

>That may be plausible, at least for some of what you've seen recently. The fact that the food didn't seem to nourish you, and much of what and who you've tried to take from Gensokyo doesn't seem to have been able to persist beyond Gensokyo. However, your robe, and the pliers, have persisted, so perhaps they aren't simple manifestations? More information may be needed. Outside of that gap, you aren't so sure this reasoning would apply. If nothing else, the roots have hurt you, and the water slaked your thirst.
>You have one insight point left.
>The gap you found in the crystal palace would not benefit from the pliers, you would need your vice grips to use it safely. There is, however, a very disparate gap where the fold is particularly thick.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

Alright... So I feel like I just wasted an insight point.

And I got absolutely no idea what to do from here on out.

Anybody mind stepping in?

[Hello Purvis]

>As you linger, trying to decide whether what you've seen is real or not, you don't find any sign of Reimu or Ran forthcoming. You suspect you're either going to have to find out what happened, or establish they were never there at all. Alternately, you could try to see if they appeared elsewhere, or try to seek out new areas.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>Ok, let's go back to the area we started last time. Um, what is along the path to there?

[Hello Purvis]

>Ok, let's go back to the area we started last time. Um, what is along the path to there?

>Presuming you mean where you awoke, you would have to trace a path to the far side of the fold, get through the gap there and hope the not to cause a collapse on the other side, and then make your way back across the chasm to the narrow tunnel that you have to crawl through, and reenter that.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>One step at a time I guess.
>Can we adequetely trace a path to the far side of the fold?
>If so, do so.

[Hello Purvis]

>One step at a time I guess.
>Can we adequetely trace a path to the far side of the fold?
>If so, do so.

>So it seems.
>Having made the trip by foot once, you feel you can easily follow the path back. You may be able to make use of some shortcuts as well, as the fold itself hardly moves in a straight line, but it does carry some risk of getting lost.

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Wait up a sec.
>Go back through the gap to Gensokyo and grab a rock, then come back through and continue what we were doing.

[Hello Purvis]

>Wait up a sec.
>Go back through the gap to Gensokyo and grab a rock, then come back through and continue what we were doing.

>You go back through and grab a nearby rock, one about fist-sized and perfect for just about every need that you might have for a rock.
>Returning through the gap, you find it has vanished.

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Okay, awesome, one of three things has happened.
>1. We just killed two incredibly important people.
>2. These people are instead lost in this strange world.
>3. We just killed two incredibly convincing fakes.
>Return to Gensokyo and attempt to gauge to the best of our power how "real" it is. If possible that is.

[Hello Purvis]

>Okay, awesome, one of three things has happened.
>1. We just killed two incredibly important people.
>2. These people are instead lost in this strange world.
>3. We just killed two incredibly convincing fakes.
>Return to Gensokyo and attempt to gauge to the best of our power how "real" it is. If possible that is.

>This is an accurate summary of events. You are trying very hard not to focus too much on the first one. However ephemeral human life may be, you wouldn't begin to take Reimu's that lightly; let alone someone as important as Ran.
>You step back through the gap into Genoskyo, determined to solve this once and for all. Normally, if you had your magnify glass, you could just peer at its borders and determine what is real and what is illusion, but that option is closed to you at the moment. However, there are likely other ways to determine whether or not this place is real...

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Hmmm, for now let's gap over to our house and see if Ran is spontaneously there again.

[Hello Purvis]

>Hmmm, for now let's gap over to our house and see if Ran is spontaneously there again.

>You return to your home, and walk inside to find it empty. There note that Ran left is still there, as are the dirty dishes that no one cleaned off the table.

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Could examining a living person in this Gensokyo provide insight into whether it is real?

[Hello Purvis]

>Could examining a living person in this Gensokyo provide insight into whether it is real?

>It may. You imagine, if it were an illusion, dependent upon the kind of illusion you're dealing with.

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Well, then, let's pay a visit to someone convenient, i.e Maribel.

[Hello Purvis]

>Well, then, let's pay a visit to someone convenient, i.e Maribel.

>How do you intend to get there, and what level of manners do you intend to show while entering, if any?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Hold up. We haven't checked enough things.

> Gap ourselves back to the gap where we lost Ran and Reimu.
> Pick up a rock, grip it tightly, and step through that gap back to the field of fronds.

[Hello Purvis]

> Gap ourselves back to the gap where we lost Ran and Reimu.
> Pick up a rock, grip it tightly, and step through that gap back to the field of fronds.

>You return to the gap to the field of fronds, grab a rock, and hold it tightly.
>Opening the gap again, you step through it, and end up clenching your fingers together in a slightly painful jumble as you emerge on the other side.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> So the rock has vanished?
> Could we tell the exact point in the process of stepping through that it did so?

[Hello Purvis]

> So the rock has vanished?
> Could we tell the exact point in the process of stepping through that it did so?

>The rock has indeed vanished, you see no sign of it.
>You believe it did so the moment your hand entered the gap.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we have rope at home?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we have rope at home?

>You don't have any proper rope, but the curtains in your space do have strips of cloth holding them open that may serve as such for some purposes.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Did the gap close behind us automatically?
> Pick up a frond with our hand that didn't hold the rock.
> Head back through the gap to Gensokyo without unclenching our former-rock hand.
> Once we're back in Gensokyo, inspect the immediate vicinity for objects we could reasonably tie a rope to for support.

[Hello Purvis]

> Did the gap close behind us automatically?
> Pick up a frond with our hand that didn't hold the rock.
> Head back through the gap to Gensokyo without unclenching our former-rock hand.
> Once we're back in Gensokyo, inspect the immediate vicinity for objects we could reasonably tie a rope to for support.

>It is still open, as presumably you had a few more things to try.
>You pluck a frond from the ground, and leave your hand clenched, and return to Gensokyo.
>Your clenched hand is still clenched upon returning, while the frond seems to be unchanged.
>Looking around, you see a nearby tree that ought to serve as a decent anchor.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Unclench our for mer rock hand, it's done its job.
> Gap-return to our room, grab an aforementioned strip of cloth, gap-return here, tie one end of the cloth to the aforementioned tree, grab the other end and head back through the gap to the field of frons.

[Hello Purvis]

> Unclench our for mer rock hand, it's done its job.
> Gap-return to our room, grab an aforementioned strip of cloth, gap-return here, tie one end of the cloth to the aforementioned tree, grab the other end and head back through the gap to the field of frons.

>You release your first, and open another gap to your room to grab the cloth holding your curtains open, and then return and tie it to a small tree near the gap.
>You step back through into the field of fronds, and find your hand is empty. There is no sign of the cloth.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Step back into Gensokyo. Is the cloth still tied to the tree?

[Hello Purvis]

> Step back into Gensokyo. Is the cloth still tied to the tree?

>You step back into Gensokyo, and find the cloth is gone. There is, instead, what seems to be the last traces of a grayish mist fading into the air.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What on Earth...
> We were watching where we were going when we entered the frond field,yes? Which means we weren't watching the cloth?