Author Topic: Reimu Quest (Part 9) (Read 36925 times)

日巫子 · « **Reply #750 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:13:40 AM »

Quote from: Chaos Purvis on April 18, 2014, 01:11:47 AM

>"You rather have me crash into you feet first at that speed?"

> Sanae sniffles, turns away from you, and starts to walk off down the road. Her wings bob up and down in time with her steps.

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Hello Purvis · « **Reply #751 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:18:12 AM »

>"It's a bit of a walk, and'll be faster to fly."
>Take to the air and head for that tunnel.

日巫子 · « **Reply #752 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:22:26 AM »

Quote from: Chaos Purvis on April 18, 2014, 01:18:12 AM

>"It's a bit of a walk, and'll be faster to fly."
>Take to the air and head for that tunnel.

> Rather than walking, you suggest flying instead. You lift off and fly down the road.
> It's a bit of a flight, and Sanae lags behind the entire time. She reaches the tunnel entrance a good minute after you do, but flies into it immediately.

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Hello Purvis · « **Reply #753 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:23:27 AM »

>Head inside and to the end.

Sect · « **Reply #754 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:25:25 AM »

> Wait, hold on a sec.
> Turn and check on Sanae's forehead. "You all right?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #755 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:31:21 AM »

Quote from: Chaos Purvis on April 18, 2014, 01:23:27 AM

>Head inside and to the end.

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 01:25:25 AM

> Wait, hold on a sec.
> Turn and check on Sanae's forehead. "You all right?"

> You follow Sanae into the tunnel, fly in front of her, and go to check her forehead. Still near the entrance of the tunnel, you have just enough light to see the extent of her injury. There's a small stream of blood trickling from her wound, which has been smeared across her face in an attempt to clean it off.
> "I'm fine," she says, but her expression says otherwise. She flies around you and keeps going.
> It goes on forever, and you fly, and fly...
> Eventually, you see Sanae's figure silhouetted against the blue light leading to the void. Sanae stops at the mouth of the tunnel and stands with the soles of her feet just over the edge. She looks out into sky, and at the glass sphere you saw the last time you were here. It's the same as last time, and no less disorienting.

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Hello Purvis · « **Reply #756 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:39:25 AM »

>"So, any idea what that is?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #757 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:43:48 AM »

Quote from: Chaos Purvis on April 18, 2014, 01:39:25 AM

>"So, any idea what that is?"

> "'S the edge again," Sanae says, and hops into the space. Her wings fan out and catch her, allowing her to hover in place for a few moments before gliding out into the open.

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Sect · « **Reply #758 on:** April 18, 2014, 01:59:40 AM »

> "What's the edge? You mean where we were before?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #759 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:00:11 AM »

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 01:59:40 AM

> "What's the edge?"

> "The edge of this world," says Sanae, and flies out further.

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Sect · « **Reply #760 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:00:59 AM »

> Catch up to her.

日巫子 · « **Reply #761 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:03:08 AM »

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 02:00:59 AM

> Catch up to her.

> You fly out to her. When you've reached her, she flaps her wings and glides further ahead of you.

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Sect · « **Reply #762 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:20:58 AM »

> "So any ideas?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #763 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:24:53 AM »

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 02:20:58 AM

> "So any ideas?"

> "I don't know," Sanae says. Her voice cracks.

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Sect · « **Reply #764 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:33:50 AM »

> "Then let's explore a bit." Start approaching the sphere.

日巫子 · « **Reply #765 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:36:40 AM »

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 02:33:50 AM

> "Then let's explore a bit." Start approaching the sphere.

> Sanae doesn't respond.
> You fly off towards the sphere, but it's so far away. You don't doubt it'll take you a long time to get there. You fly and fly, but it feels like you haven't gotten any closer.

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Sect · « **Reply #766 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:52:13 AM »

> Look back at Sanae. How far have we travelled from her, and what is she doing?

日巫子 · « **Reply #767 on:** April 18, 2014, 02:57:38 AM »

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 02:52:13 AM

> Look back at Sanae. How far have we travelled from her, and what is she doing?

> You look behind you. You've traveled some distance from Sanae, who is wandering away in some other direction.

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Sect · « **Reply #768 on:** April 18, 2014, 03:02:14 AM »

> Is our intuition telling us anything?

日巫子 · « **Reply #769 on:** April 18, 2014, 03:05:54 AM »

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 03:02:14 AM

> Is our intuition telling us anything?

> It's not telling you anything.
> Meanwhile, Sanae is drifting further away from you.

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Sect · « **Reply #770 on:** April 18, 2014, 03:09:59 AM »

> Sigh, and drift back to Sanae. "Hey, don't space out on me now. Any ideas on what we can do here?"

We're kind of jerky towards Sanae. :<

日巫子 · « **Reply #771 on:** April 18, 2014, 03:13:49 AM »

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 03:09:59 AM

> Sigh, and drift back to Sanae. "Hey, don't space out on me now. Any ideas on what we can do here?"

> With a sigh, you return to Sanae. Her shoulders are hunched, and her wings are folded in a protective shield over her face.
> "Figure it out yourself," she says in a small voice, and then hiccups.

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Sect · « **Reply #772 on:** April 18, 2014, 03:32:13 AM »

And this is why we don't use Sanae as a landing mat.

> Float in front of her, eye level so we're not looking down at her. "Hey. What's wrong? Uh, aside from landing on top of you?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #773 on:** April 18, 2014, 03:34:56 AM »

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 03:32:13 AM

> Float in front of her, eye level so we're not looking down at her. "Hey. What's wrong? Uh, aside from landing on top of you?"

> You fly around so that you're hovering in front of her.
> "I sh-shouldn't have brought you here. You just make a m-mess every time you're here," she says, and chokes back a sob.

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Sect · « **Reply #774 on:** April 18, 2014, 03:47:16 AM »

> Deadpan: "Don't hold back now. Tell me how you really feel."

日巫子 · « **Reply #775 on:** April 18, 2014, 04:00:03 AM »

Quote from: Genesect on April 18, 2014, 03:47:16 AM

> Deadpan: "Don't hold back now. Tell me how you really feel."

> "Like I s-s-said, you just make a mess every time you're here," Sanae says. "You just barge in here, wake me up, then chase me around and expect me to do all this stuff f-for you without even asking how I feel about any of this."
> Sanae moves her wings from her face. Her cheeks are stained with tears and the smeared blood she tried to wipe away from the wound on her forehead. Her face scrunches up as she holds back another sob.
> "I could do anything I wanted here to fix this mess but in the end it's all just a dream, Reimu, how am I s-supposed to do anything when I don't even know how to cross the boundary between d-dream and reality? Making this stupid place and letting you in here was such a mistake. I sh-shouldn't have done any of it, and I'm s-such an idiot for letting you in here and thinking you'd care...!"
> She goes to rub the tears from her eyes as she lets out a loud wail.

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Sect · « **Reply #776 on:** April 18, 2014, 04:39:09 AM »

I'm really not sure how to go from here: she has a point in that we've basically abused her and dragged her along while only giving her the barest of information. We haven't even fully explained the details of what exactly is going on between Gensokyo and her dreamworld, and haven't told her what the suggested solutions to the problem are, only making her do things without having a clue as to why she's doing them.

Basically, we're being Yukari.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #777 on:** April 18, 2014, 05:29:53 AM »

Hey, that's not fair. Yukari did actually give you solutions, you just didn't like them.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #778 on:** April 18, 2014, 09:42:05 AM »

>"Sanae, if I didn't care, I wouldn't be here. Yukari wants you, in her words, "removed from the picture". That's how she wants to fix this. The reason I'm asking you these things is despite all you said, you still know a whole lot more about this place than I do."
>"But you're right, I am putting a lot on your shoulders. I'm sorry, okay?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #779 on:** April 18, 2014, 12:16:09 PM »

Quote from: Chaos Purvis on April 18, 2014, 09:42:05 AM

>"Sanae, if I didn't care, I wouldn't be here. Yukari wants you, in her words, "removed from the picture". That's how she wants to fix this. The reason I'm asking you these things is despite all you said, you still know a whole lot more about this place than I do."
>"But you're right, I am putting a lot on your shoulders. I'm sorry, okay?"

> Sanae keeps sniffling and rubbing at her eyes. "Wh-wh-why? Isn't there s-some other way b-besides th-that? Why w-wouldn't you t-tell me that right away?"

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