Reisen Quest Still: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Whoa, whoa, calm down there. The last thing we want to do is go nuts. Not only would we lose Eirin, but we'd also attract Reimu's wrath.

>That's right, that's right. There's no need to be thinking about such things. But you could. You know you could. It's hard not to acknowledge that fact. But you don't have to do anything, if you don't want... Yes.
>You're starting to feel uncomfortable down here. Maybe getting back up with the rest of the world will help. Maybe talking with Patchouli, or Eirin. Maybe putting your mind back to your prior tasks...

>_

[Kasu]

> Exit tunnel.

[Hello Purvis]

> Exit tunnel.

>You get out of there. You just don't want to be down here anymore.
>Flying out of the tunnel, you nearly bang your head on the ceiling of the Shrine basement. But you feel a little better now.
>Sanae looks over from some thing in the basement she was fiddling with. "Wow, you like like hell," she says. "...Did you go into the river?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Stupidly, yes. I thought the final gem would be in a hard to reach place, given what I went through to get the third one. Paid the price for that."
> Point at ruined shoes.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Stupidly, yes. I thought the final gem would be in a hard to reach place, given what I went through to get the third one. Paid the price for that."
> Point at ruined shoes.

>Sanae looks at your shoes, and winces. "Ooo..."
>"Let's get you upstairs by the fire so you can dry out. How do you like your tea?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Shaken, not stirred."
> Gunwink Sanae.
> Reproduce the name of whatever tea we liked before.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Shaken, not stirred."
> Gunwink Sanae.

>Sanae laughs way more than what is appropriate for that comment. It wasn't that funny, was it?
>"C'mon, let's go."

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>follow Sanae and take the chance to warm up

[Hello Purvis]

>follow Sanae and take the chance to warm up

>Sanae leads you to a small sitting room with a fireplace merrily crackling, and bids you to sit in a rocking chair close to it. She then brings you a pot of cup of tea, with a small tin of milk, some sugar cubes, a small container of honey, and a large fluffy towel. In the meantime, you peel off you soaked stockings and set them to dry. Thankfully, the treatment from the Red Gem has taken them from being completely sodden to unpleasantly damp. Your shoes, however, are a lost cause. You'll have to replace them soonish, you imagine they'll start to fall apart after a couple more hours of wear.
>"I have things to do," says Sanae, as you put the towel to use, "Don't worry about cleaning up."
>With that, she leaves you to your own devices. You feel better now, that you're out of that cave, and into warmer surroundings. You feel more in control now. It should only take a few minutes to warm up and dry off.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>:yukkuri:
>do what little can be done to help shoes last the day
>quests, quest statuses
>inventory

[Hello Purvis]

>:yukkuri:
>do what little can be done to help shoes last the day
>quests, quest statuses
>inventory

>Feels good.
>There's not much to be done. It's really just a question of how much mileage you'll be able to get out of them before they give. Luckily, you have a few more pairs at home, presuming Tewi hasn't gotten to them.
>Your Current Quests Are:
>Revenge of the Buddha vs Yamato
>The Hakurei Shrine and Byakuren's group are having a nasty misunderstanding involving UFOs and spying. Word from many sources say they are heading north of human town, and south of Yuka's Fields. Rinnosuke had one for sale a while back, bought by a rabbit he didn't recognize.
>Prismrivers Comeback?
>Patchouli asked you to look into the Prismrivers reuniting. You've taken an active hand in getting them back together. They should all be playing at The Felt now.
>Alice's Hookup
>You've been recruited to help Alice find a special someone, or at least a friend. Results with Hina have been mixed, but they don't seem to hate each other.
>Mystery of the Rabbit
>There's been a rabbit breaking curfew and drinking. Perhaps even worse? You are certain it wasn't Tewi. You've narrowed it down to four suspects, Eirin has put Tewi in charge of looking for more details. There is a strong suspicion she is involved in the recent incident between Reimu and Byakuren.

>You Self-Appointed Goals are:
>Prove That I'm Not a Useless Rabbit, Good Only For My Sex Appeal
>People have been talking, you gotta do something about it. You've done well so far, you think.
>Invent a Base Six Pair of Pants
>You don't know what the faeries were talking about when they mentioned this, but it needs to exist. It has been theorized to involve either dice or headquarters.
>A Song for Eirin
>Eirin said she would like to hear a song from you, after learning Mystia was willing to give you some lessons.
>Your Inventory contains:
>Dress Suit w/ Stockings (Wore as clothes)
>Cresent Pin (Worn as accessory)
>Wave Sign: Mind Shaker
>Visionary Wave: Mind Blowing
>Lunatic Sign: Visionary Tuning (Significantly Expended.)
>Lunatic Gaze: Illusion Seeker
>Loafing Sign: Idling Wave (Partially Expended)
>Indolence: Mind Stopper
>Spread Sign: Invisible Full Moon
>Lunar Eyes: Tele-Mesmerism
>Pair of Tinted Glasses
>Beautiful Seashell
>Dark Blue Backpack
>Faerie Ribbon
>Bottle of Wind
>625☼
>Red Gem
>Silver Medal (Worn as accessory)
>Candid Friend
>Potion of Object Detection
>Opal Brooch
>Blue Gem
>Purple Gem
>Dirty Black Feather.
>Heal Plus ^tm potion
>Green Gem

>_

[Kasu]

> Once warmed up and dried off, head for the SDM.

[Hello Purvis]

> Once warmed up and dried off, head for the SDM.

>It doesn't take too long for you to feel refreshed; the tea helps, even if its a bit weak for your tastes. You replace your dry, if now badly in need of ironing, stockings, and do what you can about your shoes. They are still cold and unpleasant, but it would take hours for them to dry out.
>Sanae waves as you depart, while the wolf falls in step behind you.
>Along the way to the mansion, you pass by the Lake as per usual. You can't help but feel a bit a little interested in it, gazing upon its smooth icy surface and the little hole that you knocked into it earlier. There's got to be more to it than meets the eye.
>You reach the gates of Scarlet Devil Mansion without incident, the wolf settling down not too far from them as usual. "Oh, you got a new jewel," says Meiling, as she opens the gate for you.  "Looks nice and regal." You smile inwardly, regal is a very comfortable compliment.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>Keep yourself sane. The LAST thing we need to do is go power mad. Draw on the courage button to keep ourselves from being stupid.

[Serela]

>We are NOT regal, we are Reisen, and that's all. We're just another person in Gensokyo, a happy little moon bunny~
>Enter the SDM and go to the library to see Patchouli.

[Kasu]

> Ponder if this is the actual reason Maya hid the gems.

[UncertainJakutten]

>Find it ironic that in Patchy Quest we had to raise our self esteem and here we have to lower it

[E-Nazrin]

>speaking of which, try and leave one gem with Patchouli or something to see how effectively the temptation can be resisted

[Hello Purvis]

>Keep yourself sane. The LAST thing we need to do is go power mad. Draw on the courage button to keep ourselves from being stupid.

>it's not power mad, just acknowledging facts. Right?
>Sadly, this seems to be out of the ability of the Silver Medal.

>We are NOT regal, we are Reisen, and that's all. We're just another person in Gensokyo, a happy little moon bunny~
>Enter the SDM and go to the library to see Patchouli.

>Yes, that's true. Kaguya is the regal one. Very true.
>You head for the library again.

> Ponder if this is the actual reason Maya hid the gems.

>Perhaps. You don't think it's doing anything to you. It's only natural to acknowledge your newfound ability. Though maybe you were just a little too pleased with Meiling's kind words.
>You enter the library, passing by Koakuma as she reshelves some things. You notice the little blond girl you saw in the yard before is sitting at one of the tables, coloring. The Young Basset Hound is snuggled in her lap. It goes, "wuff," at you half-heartedly.
>Patchouli is still at her table, still pouring over books. She looks up as you approach, then nods and quietly gives you a thumbs up.

>Find it ironic that in Patchy Quest we had to raise our self esteem and here we have to lower it

>There are other ironies abound as well~

>speaking of which, try and leave one gem with Patchouli or something to see how effectively the temptation can be resisted

>You don't think you can do this. You can't make the gems move more than twenty or so yards from you.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>You don't think you can do this. You can't make the gems move more than twenty or so yards from you.

>There's only so far you can trust yourself with such power without testing its surrender, if only temporarily. Think the gems would follow if just left behind?
>acknowledge girl with basset hound
>greet Patchu

[Hello Purvis]

>There's only so far you can trust yourself with such power without testing its surrender, if only temporarily. Think the gems would follow if just left behind?
>acknowledge girl with basset hound
>greet Patchu

>You think they probably would follow you. You're not sure what would happen if they were restrained, but you don't think it would be very pleasant at all.
>"Hi!" she says, looking up and waving at you before going back to her coloring.
>Patchouli nods in acknowledgment. "Well, how bad was it? How do you feel?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I...think I might know why these were hidden. They're very powerful. If you know what I mean."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I...think I might know why these were hidden. They're very powerful. If you know what I mean."

>She nods. "They did allow for an untrained human to defend the village quite successfully, I am not surprised that they are powerful. You seem to have a handle on them, though." She frowns and looks at the gems. "Hmm. That is interesting. You recall that I mentioned that they had a secondary function, as a key? Now that you have them all and I can see the whole enchantment, I think it is more accurate to say that it is less of a key and more of a lockpick, so to speak."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "What else do they do? All I'm getting is the rush of power, which I'm doing my best to beat back."

[Hello Purvis]

> "What else do they do? All I'm getting is the rush of power, which I'm doing my best to beat back."

>"Ah, don't fight that," says Patchouli. "It'll just prey on you. Accept it, then accept the world as you wish it. Otherwise it'll bother you when you least want it to. Trust me."
>"As for that other function. My original thought was that they served as a key to something or other. Likely a thing that the gems' maker created. But, it seems more like something made to break a magical lock. If I'm not mistaken, I don't think that is an original function of the gems. Now that I can see it all, it looks like a function added later on."

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>"I suppose it isn't having such power that worries me as much as acting like a jerk due to that."
>"... then again... I guess there isn't much I have to complain about aside from some of the pranks the rabbits pull, anyway..."
>shake head
>"More importantly, what sort of purpose would the ability to break magical locks like that serve? What sort of 'magical locks' would that be useful on?"
>wonder why Ran was so interested in this...

[Hello Purvis]

>"I suppose it isn't having such power that worries me as much as acting like a jerk due to that."
>"... then again... I guess there isn't much I have to complain about aside from some of the pranks the rabbits pull, anyway..."
>shake head
>"More importantly, what sort of purpose would the ability to break magical locks like that serve? What sort of 'magical locks' would that be useful on?"
>wonder why Ran was so interested in this...

>"You'll be fine, I think," says Patchouli. "Just don't deny that it's there. It is a part of you now, after all."
>"Lockpick is something of a crude term," Patchouli says. "Lockpicks can break any lock. This seems to be designed to break a specific one, so I suppose a duplicate key may be a better term. As for the thing it was made to break, I cannot tell you. I am not sure if it even exists in Gensokyo. But if the gems are present, I would not rule it out."
>She seemed to just be genuinely curious. You wonder if the gems would have accepted her if she tried to use them?

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>forward story about the apparition, with a point about its unnatural appearance and possible connections to the afterlife and/or some sort of dolls

[UncertainJakutten]

>Accept that the power is pretty fucking awesome, but remain mindful of lessons in humility. Just because we can kick anyones ass and know it doesn't mean we have to be a jerk. We're pretty cool, and knowing that ourselves is good enough.

[Chaore]

>Besides. Being ungodly strong never stopped anyone from losing a danmaku match. Even Reimu gets hit by a fairy now and then. We're strong, but not infallible.
>On subject of acceptance, wonder what the requirements the gems had were?
>Also ponder asking Remilia if they could alter their own fate to be 'found' by those they picked, such as yourself. It seems plausible, given how quick you found them all.