Yukari Quest V - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we think we could make a cut deep enough that any potential juice would come out with our nails?
>> If so, and in case our nails are too dirty, is there any other low-hanging fruit nearby?

>You suspect it shouldn't be hard to pierce the skin with your nails.
>There are other low-hanging fruit to be had, and your nails are really not in the best condition, it's been about two days since you've attended to your cleanliness at all.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> Pierce the fruit with one of our nails then.

[Hello Purvis]

> Pierce the fruit with one of our nails then.

>You poke your nails through the fruit, and find the inside is soft and kind of squishy, a bit more firm than a berry's, but only just. A bit of translucent reddish juice bubbles out, and you can detect a faint sort of spicy odor now.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> Can we compare the juice to anything we know?

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we compare the juice to anything we know?

>...The odor kind of reminds you of some of the spicer nightshades that people in the west use as food and seasoning, now that you think of it. However, you don't think that stuff tends to make red juice? You aren't sure, really. And you're quite certain they don't come like this.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> Compare juice to the fluid the roots gave out when we cut them.

I've got no clue if we should risk this, can somebody else make this decision please?

[Hello Purvis]

> Compare juice to the fluid the roots gave out when we cut them.

>The two are not very similar. The fruit's juice is red and watery. The stuff from the roots was clear and viscous. Nor does it give you a feeling like that roots' liquid did.

>_

[O4rfish]

>"I'm going to try this. If I'm not sick after a while, it should be safe for you to have some."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm going to try this. If I'm not sick after a while, it should be safe for you to have some."

>"Well, safe for a youkai, anyways," says Maribel.

>_

[O4rfish]

>Is it possible that the fruit could have a certain amount of poison which is high enough to severely harm a human but low enough that a youkai would not feel adverse effects from it?

>Inventory, specifically marked if it could be useful in interacting with the fruit such as cutting it open.

[Hello Purvis]

>Is it possible that the fruit could have a certain amount of poison which is high enough to severely harm a human but low enough that a youkai would not feel adverse effects from it?

>Inventory, specifically marked if it could be useful in interacting with the fruit such as cutting it open.

>You could imagine a few ways in which it could be harmful to a human but not a youkai, actually. There's a variety of different things that are a poisonous dosage to a human but tolerable to trivial for a youkai. As well, youkai are prone to different diseases than humans are, which various strongly between varying types of youkai. In particular, you are highly resistant to both things.
>Your inventory has not changed since the last time this was asked.

>_

[O4rfish]

>How hungry are we?

[Hello Purvis]

>How hungry are we?

>Very. You have had nothing to eat in a day and a half. You've gotten reasonably used to the hunger simply by distracting yourself with other things, lately.

>_

[O4rfish]

Well, I don't think we have a choice here.

[Mr. Sacchi]

Well...

> Grab another low-hanging fruit, take a deep breath and take a single bit from it.

Let's not eat the fruit we just pierced with our dirty nails, eh?

[Hello Purvis]

> Grab another low-hanging fruit, take a deep breath and take a single bit from it.

>You pick a less dirty fruit, polish it on your sleeve as best you can, and bite into it. The inside is pulpy and soft, and spicy. Very spicy, much more than you were anticipating! It's tolerably so, but you would really like some water to go with this. Despite this, you don't gag as you swallow it, and it settles into your stomach without any immediate problems. Finally having gotten something to eat, it's hard not to tear into this which much less dignity than you tend to reserve for yourself.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> Another bite, give it a few more seconds and check for any unusual reactions. Prepare for spicy.

[Hello Purvis]

> Another bite, give it a few more seconds and check for any unusual reactions. Prepare for spicy.

>You take another bite, perhaps a bit larger than would be polite. It's definitely spicy, but you're a little better prepared. Water would be very nice right now, though. You don't feel any bad reactions, save your stomach demanding you stop delaying.
>"Well?" says Maribel.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> "It's... really spicy, to say the least."
> "Though it seems safe, it would be better if we got some water to go with these fruits."

[Hello Purvis]

> "It's... really spicy, to say the least."
> "Though it seems safe, it would be better if we got some water to go with these fruits."

>"Huh," says Maribel. "Well...I'm going to try to hold off for a little longer. I don't like the look of them."

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> "Are you sure, deary?"
> Does storing food in gaps affect them in any way?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Are you sure, deary?"
> Does storing food in gaps affect them in any way?

>"Yeah. Flower petals was enough for now," she says.
>Generally, when you're going to store food you prefer to place it somewhere naturally cold if it is perishable; there are a few mountain caves that you favor. Otherwise, gap storage really doesn't have any more effect than putting food in a decent pantry.

[Mr. Sacchi]

> Can we open a gap to that endless water source from here? If not, is it too far away?
> Regardless, pick up as many fruits as we can, store in gap. Except the pierced one and the one we're eating, of course. Leave the pierced one on the floor.

[O4rfish]

>Leave the pierced one on the floor.

Do you want to get ants? Because that's how you get ants.

>About how many trees and fruit are here?

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we open a gap to that endless water source from here? If not, is it too far away?
> Regardless, pick up as many fruits as we can, store in gap. Except the pierced one and the one we're eating, of course. Leave the pierced one on the floor.

>You would need your astrolabe to do that.
>You pick all the easily obtainable fruit, though with a little effort it wouldn't be hard to get more.
>You obtain: Spicy Red Fruit x14

>About how many trees and fruit are here?

>There seem to be a score of trees, each bearing a couple dozen fruit.

>_

[Hello Purvis]

>"Doesn't look like there's a whole lot else around here," says Maribel, glancing around. "Well, at least nothing we can't find anywhere else."

>_

[Serela]

>Where haven't we already gone, again? I know there's places, but I forget. Places we've technically been in but not really explored would count. I'm already aware there may be more to do in color land, for that one.

[Mr. Sacchi]

I think top priority should get to endless-water-source and eat, before continuing to explore.

[Serela]

It's still something we need to know in the immediate future; we already have the fruits to eat and going back to the water is a trivial task.

[Hello Purvis]

>Where haven't we already gone, again? I know there's places, but I forget. Places we've technically been in but not really explored would count. I'm already aware there may be more to do in color land, for that one.

>There may be more to see in the color world.
>Within this world, this is the passage where you found the squared spiral sigils that you have yet to explore, due to feeling the presence of the roots. There is also a gap here you have yet to examine.
>There are two gaps you have yet to open, one over the water in the crystal palace and one in the wastelands where you found Maribel.
>There is an unknown amount of the mirrored corridor in the ruined city that you have yet to see, and an unknown amount of the ruined city, but you would need to find a way back there.
>There are several among the floating islands that you have yet to see. Maribel mentioned something about a Greek-style temple among them, but you would need to find a way back there.

>_