Reimu Quest (Part 9)

[Hello Purvis]

>"Any easy way I can find you if I need you? We looked at what I really wanted you to, so I won't drag you around if you don't want to. At least not until something comes up."

[日巫子]

>"Any easy way I can find you if I need you? We looked at what I really wanted you to, so I won't drag you around if you don't want to. At least not until something comes up."

> "No.  Don't come looking for me," Sanae says, quickening her pace.

> _

[Sect]

> Shout out at her back. "Hey! One last thing! Where's your Keine at?"

[日巫子]

> Shout out at her back. "Hey! One last thing! Where's your Keine at?"

> "I don't know!" Sanae shouts back, and then breaks into a run.

> _

[Sect]

> "... Thanks."
> Well. Let's head to that village we saw Orin and Okuu at.

[日巫子]

> "... Thanks."
> Well. Let's head to that village we saw Orin and Okuu at.

> The wind blows, and Sanae has disappeared into the woods on the side of the road.
> You fly off towards the town you found Orin and Okuu, noting that the slide Sanae conjured is gone.
> It's a long flight, longer than you remember.  As you pass over the rippling fields of wheat, the wind grows a bit stronger.  However, you do eventually make it to the streets.  You land on an empty road, with houses all around you.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Have a look around. Do things seem to be normal, more or less?
>Try to recall what we can about the layout of this place.

[日巫子]

>Have a look around. Do things seem to be normal, more or less?
>Try to recall what we can about the layout of this place.

> You guess so.  It's just...empty.  You don't even hear anything.
> You didn't pay much attention to this part of town, so you don't remember how it was set up.  So much has happened, in fact, that you've pushed the dream world to the back of your mind and forgot about the details.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we recognize anything here?

[Sect]

> Let's search for some kind of concentration of people. There's got to be someone around here.

[日巫子]

>Do we recognize anything here?

> No.

> Let's search for some kind of concentration of people. There's got to be someone around here.

> You start to wander around, in search of people.  The wind blows and clouds roll over the sun, but after a lot of walking, all you see is the occasional ghostly figure.  Shadowy forms with arms and legs, plodding through the streets and in and out of houses.  You feel alone.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Do the shadowy figures seem to be doing anything that would suggest daily hustle and bustle?

[日巫子]

>Do the shadowy figures seem to be doing anything that would suggest daily hustle and bustle?

> It would seem that way.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Keep going wandering and taking in the scenery. However, in addition to the things we've been looking for, keep an eye open for a shadowy figure that strikes us as interesting or unusual.

[日巫子]

>Keep going wandering and taking in the scenery. However, in addition to the things we've been looking for, keep an eye open for a shadowy figure that strikes us as interesting or unusual.

> You keep wandering through the streets.  Everything seems the same to you.  None of the shadowy figures are doing anything that seems out of the ordinary, either.
> Eventually, you start to feel your legs hurting.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Approach the next one we see that isn't disappearing into a house, and try to whisper "You're dreaming" into his or her ear; or roughly where their ear would be.

[日巫子]

>Approach the next one we see that isn't disappearing into a house, and try to whisper "You're dreaming" into his or her ear; or roughly where their ear would be.

> You approach the nearest shadowy figure and whisper to them that they're dreaming.  They walk right through you.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh well."
>How much of this place have we covered by now? Does anything seem familiar?

[日巫子]

>"Oh well."
>How much of this place have we covered by now? Does anything seem familiar?

> You think you've traveled quite a bit, but you don't recognize anything here.
> In the sky, you hear a distant rumble.

> _

[Sect]

> Take a look. Is a storm brewing?

[日巫子]

> Take a look. Is a storm brewing?

> You look up at the sky.  The clouds are broiling like a pot left on the stove too long.

> _

[Sect]

> Take one last look around for anyone resembling a not shadow before the... storm, we suppose, hits.

[日巫子]

> Take one last look around for anyone resembling a not shadow before the... storm, we suppose, hits.

> You look around, but all the shadowy figures seem to be fleeing indoors.  Thunder rumbles and wind blows.  You start seeing dark specks appear on the pavement, each one appearing with a small pap sound.

> _

[Sect]

> Is there some sort of public building we can jump into?

[日巫子]

> Is there some sort of public building we can jump into?

> There's a small cafe nearby you could take shelter in.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Let's head toward that cafe briskly, but not head inside quite yet. Is there an awning or some such we could stand under?

[日巫子]

>Let's head toward that cafe briskly, but not head inside quite yet. Is there an awning or some such we could stand under?

> You make your way down the street as more rain starts to fall.  There is an awning you could take shelter under; it covers some tables and chairs that have been set up outside.
> You see lightening streak across the sky as you walk.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Take shelter under the awning, and observe the storm for a moment. Does it seem to be perfectly mundane?

[日巫子]

>Take shelter under the awning, and observe the storm for a moment. Does it seem to be perfectly mundane?

> You duck under the awning just as it starts to come down.  The rain falls in slate-grey sheets, punctuated by thunder and flashes of lightening.  It's just another summer storm to you.

> _

[Sect]

> Look inside the caf?.