Reimu Quest (Part 11)

[Hello Purvis]

>Touch one of the wing designs lightly.

[日巫子]

>Touch one of the wing designs lightly.

> You touch one of the wing designs, and a chill goes down your spine.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Good job. Can you detect any others?"

[日巫子]

>"Good job. Can you detect any others?"

> Compass doesn't make any sound but perks up, looking around in all directions.  She hops off the bike seat and flies up to rest on your shoulder.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Is that a yes?"
>Pet the birdie.

[日巫子]

>"Is that a yes?"
>Pet the birdie.

> Compass makes a clicking sound and nuzzles against your cheek.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"I can't tell what you mean, I'm afraid. Let's stay with two caws for yes, and one for no. And three for maybe."

[日巫子]

>"I can't tell what you mean, I'm afraid. Let's stay with two caws for yes, and one for no. And three for maybe."

> Compass caws three times.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Are we too close to this one for you to tell?"

[日巫子]

>"Are we too close to this one for you to tell?"

> Compass caws once.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Mmm. Okay."
>Let's try to conjure up a pen and a nice sheet of paper.

[日巫子]

>"Mmm. Okay."
>Let's try to conjure up a pen and a nice sheet of paper.

> You concentrate, and summon a single sheet of paper and a pen.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Quickly write a message that says: "I think I found another thing like that mural. Tell this crow when you're ready and she'll bring you to me."
>Roll up the message and offer it to Compass. "I want you to go find Sanae, give her this message, then lead her here when she tells you she's ready, okay."

[日巫子]

>Quickly write a message that says: "I think I found another thing like that mural. Tell this crow when you're ready and she'll bring you to me."
>Roll up the message and offer it to Compass. "I want you to go find Sanae, give her this message, then lead her here when she tells you she's ready, okay."

> You write a message to Sanae explaining the situation, and hand it off to Compass.
> Compass takes the message in her talons, lifts off your shoulder, and flies away.  Hopefully, she's as good of a messenger as she is a compass.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Nothing else for it. Might as well collapse back into bed and watch the clouds for a bit.

[日巫子]

>Nothing else for it. Might as well collapse back into bed and watch the clouds for a bit.

> You return to bed and watch the sky.  The clouds waft across the sky in a way that almost makes you fall asleep again.  Some time passes as you doze in and out of sleep, too drowsy to wonder how you can fall asleep when you're already asleep.
> Your rest is cut short when you are jolted into alertness by a brief rattling sound.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Sit up and glance toward the rattling.

[日巫子]

>Sit up and glance toward the rattling.

> You sit up and look around.  There's a woman with long, light blue hair picking up the bike from the ground and setting it upright.  She's wearing long pants and a plain tank top, which seems like typical clothes around these parts, but the visible bluish tint on her pale skin tells you that something's amiss.  She is currently facing away from you, so she either hasn't noticed you or is too busy with the bike to pay attention to the strange girl in the bed in the middle of the road.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Does this person look familiar at all?

[日巫子]

>Does this person look familiar at all?

> Yes.  It feels so jarring, seeing her without wings and in such normal-looking clothes.  The longer you look at her, the more aware you become of the sound of your blood rushing through your ears.



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[Hello Purvis]

>"Hey, you. Did you make that chalk mural ealier?"

[日巫子]

>"Hey, you. Did you make that chalk mural ealier?"

> The woman looks over her shoulder and stares at you.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Well?"

[日巫子]

>"Well?"

> The woman turns around all the way, drops the bike, and starts walking towards you.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Hop to our feet. Don't be threatening about it, but try to get a good read of her face and such. And be wary if she's up to something.

[日巫子]

>Hop to our feet. Don't be threatening about it, but try to get a good read of her face and such. And be wary if she's up to something.

> You leap out of bed.  She continues to approach, wearing a wide-eyed expression.  She looks confused and in shock all at once.
> Before you know it, she's less than a foot from you.  When she takes her final step, she lunges out and grabs the front of your shirt.  She lets go almost after a few moments, and steps back to a polite distance.
> "You're just an astral projection," she says in a flat voice.  She sounds like she hasn't spoken in years.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"And you're going to get exterminated if you try that again! What's the big idea?!"

[日巫子]

>"And you're going to get exterminated if you try that again! What's the big idea?!"

> "I thought I finally found you," the woman says.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Found who? And why?"

[日巫子]

>"Found who? And why?"

> "You," she says.  "Has it been so long that you no longer recognize me?"

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