Sana☆Jana Adventure (Intermission: JANAQUEST)

[Jana]

> What does Time magic of 3 do?
>If it results in slowing down time, run circles around Jan and Trance for fun.

>The parser really missed you! ;_;
> It does allow in a slightly better time slowdown! You dash around Jan and Trance a little bit, eliciting a chuckle from each.

>Are both the paths wide enough for mama leech?
>If so, North.
>If not: South

>The change in wideness doesn't seem to be very significant, so you all decide to head north anyway.

>As you move on, you can immediately note that the cavern is very dry. There is not even water dripping from the ceiling. Sana handles the torch again, but you don't see anything of interest for a good hundred meters or so.
>However, you eventually stumble across something, literally. Jana stubs her toe and trips! After being helped up, you discover what appears to be a chunk of rock embedded into the ground. Oddly, it is a completely different color from the cavern stone, but it looks as if it is part of the cave.

[Hello Purvis]

Tranjasaside

>Apply observations and geological knowledges to it!

Sanaside
>Contact team science! "Hey, we found this weird rock in the floor."
>Describe!

[Jana]

Tranjasaside

>Apply observations and geological knowledges to it!

> :V You think you might recognize this coloration of rock from some time ago, when you were traveling. This looks like a cobblestone from the town beneath the Rurosaka Shrine.
> Now that you think about it, you recognize it too, since you've visited Ruro in the past.
> :3 You haven't been to that area in too long a time, but you trust Trance and Sana's judgment.

Sanaside
>Contact team science! "Hey, we found this weird rock in the floor."
>Describe!

> You manage to chip it a little bit and send the sample to Arashi, triangles, and MJP for analysis. A few moments later, you hear triangles's voice in your ear. "I think Trance is right, but how did that end up here? Keep an eye open and tell us if you see anything else like that."

[Hello Purvis]

Sanaside
>To Team Science: "Why's it all fused to the floor?"

Janaside
>Continue to puzzle this stone!

Tranceside
>Keep a wary eye out, lest some boogers try to slip up on us.

[Sana]

> Make up ridiculous reasons for this stone to be here. Like ALIENS!

[Jana]

Sanaside
>To Team Science: "Why's it all fused to the floor?"

Janaside
>Continue to puzzle this stone!

Tranceside
>Keep a wary eye out, lest some boogers try to slip up on us.

> Make up ridiculous reasons for this stone to be here. Like ALIENS!

 > "I wish I could say," comes triangles's voice in your ear. "But hopefully, you'll find out without more trouble."
>"...Maybe those weird youkai are aliens?"

> :3 You continue to puzzle, but you don't think you're going to get anywhere.

> :V You keep a lookout while Sana and Jana are occupied. You don't see anything out of the ordi- Wait a second.

>Trance finds another cobblestone just a bit up ahead. As you continue looking forward, the cobblestones seem more and more common, until the cave floor eventually seems to be paved in them!

[E-Nazrin]

>Omniside: Report. Follow in stealths!

[Sana]

> Flip out!
> Er, wait. Report back, then flip out!

[Jana]

>Omniside: Report. Follow in stealths!

> Flip out!
> Er, wait. Report back, then flip out!

>The three of you continue walking down the cobblestone street. Sana starts panicking a little, but a hand on each of her shoulders calms her down enough to let her talk to the base team for a while. Arashi's voice comes into all three of your earpieces. "Keep an eye open for anything else out of place... I don't know if they stole this from their original locations or re-created it from scratch, but it might be possible to get come clues.

> You panic yourself right into a street sign! Jana helps you up while Trance reports the find. The sign itself is a blank white square...

[Hello Purvis]

Allside
>Keep going.

Janaside
>Comforting shoulder pat on Sana. Consider being fresh!

[E-Nazrin]

>Genderbender: Do blank white signs remind thee of anyone or anything?
>Ryouga v0.7: Maybe the sign has a hidden message?

[Sana]

> Ease up on the flipping out.
> If you're allowed to, doodle on the white sign. It's like a nice clean sheet of paper waiting to be drawn on!

[Jana]

Allside
>Keep going.

Janaside
>Comforting shoulder pat on Sana. Consider being fresh!

> Ease up on the flipping out.
> If you're allowed to, doodle on the white sign. It's like a nice clean sheet of paper waiting to be drawn on!

> :3 You tell Sana to chill out, max, and relax all cool. She gives a blank stare in response... But at least she's calm now!
> You scrape out the design of a simple fedora on the sign using a rock. Now it's a hat sign!
>The three of you continue. More white signs appear at various points, all identical.

>Genderbender: Do blank white signs remind thee of anyone or anything?
>Ryouga v0.7: Maybe the sign has a hidden message?

> :V They do, actually. You haven't seen her in sometime, but you recall that Exit J. mouse lived near the Rurosaka Shrine. However, you never found out about how her power and signs were explicitly related.
>With this many signs, it's hard to figure out if their placement means anything.

[Hello Purvis]

>Are we still in a tunnel, or has it flared out to a chamber.

Janaside
>If it's flared out, check the ceiling height. If it allows for flight and bat's eye view, fly up and see if you can find a pattern to the signs

Sanaside
>If not, play connect the dots with the signs in your head, and see if they  make any pictures.

[E-Nazrin]

>Futahime: Mark other signs uniquely, like Sana did, to help make sure there isn't some sort of illusion/teleport maze involved in this mess.

[Sana]

> Keep drawing hats on signs. They're classy!

[Jana]

>Are we still in a tunnel, or has it flared out to a chamber.

>You are still in a tunnel.

Janaside
>If it's flared out, check the ceiling height. If it allows for flight and bat's eye view, fly up and see if you can find a pattern to the signs

Sanaside
>If not, play connect the dots with the signs in your head, and see if they  make any pictures.

> You try and connect the signs in your head, but it just looks like a funny zig-zag line. But you soon notice that the pattern repeats itself every so often... Every 11 signs, in fact. It is worth noting that the vast majority of the signs are on your right side, with only one on the left out of all eleven. The ones on the right side are varying distances from the wall, with the distances as follows:

>Sign 1 - 2 feet
>Sign 2 - 3 feet, 1 foot from Sign 1
>Sign 3 - 2 feet, 9 inches from Sign 2
>Sign 4 - 2 feet, 1 foot from Sign 3
>Sign 5 - 1 foot, 3 inches from Sign 4
>Sign 6 - 8 feet (1 foot from the left-side wall), 4 inches from Sign 5
>Sign 7 - 0 feet (against the right-side wall), 4 inches from Sign 6
>Sign 8 - 2 feet, 4 inches from Sign 7
>Sign 9 - 2 feet, 1 foot from Sign 8
>Sign 10 - 3 feet 3 inches, 1 foot 3 inches from Sign 9
>Sign 11 - 2 feet, 6 inches from Sign 10
>The pattern repeats itself after several feet between each Sign 11 and Sign 1. With so many signs, you're having trouble visualizing it the pattern as a whole...

>Futahime: Mark other signs uniquely, like Sana did, to help make sure there isn't some sort of illusion/teleport maze involved in this mess.

> :V You draw a sword on one sign, and then a pen on another. Nothing seems to happen.

> Keep drawing hats on signs. They're classy!

> You draw a bowler hat on a sign! Jan see what you and Trance are doing, so she draws a musical note on another sign. Nothing seems to happen.

[Sana]

> WHY ARE THERE SO MANY SIGNS

[Jana]

> WHY ARE THERE SO MANY SIGNS

> You can't figure it out. You need a better way to visualize this pattern.

[E-Nazrin]

>Smartsside: Where would the twelfth sign be in the pattern, if there is one? Also, report.
>Omnisexual: Does the 11th sign after a changed one change at all? In either direction? And what could this Mouse girl have to do with anything, if she's involved?
>Gildward: See about getting a view from above, or drawing a to-scale image from above on one of the signs.
>Hotsprings: Maybe we can just ignore them and move on?

[Jana]

>Smartsside: Where would the twelfth sign be in the pattern, if there is one? Also, report.
>Omnisexual: Does the 11th sign after a changed one change at all? In either direction? And what could this Mouse girl have to do with anything, if she's involved?
>Gildward: See about getting a view from above, or drawing a to-scale image from above on one of the signs.
>Hotsprings: Maybe we can just ignore them and move on?

> You think the twelfth sign in the pattern would just be the first sign in a new repetition of the pattern. After telling Arashi of what you've found, she asks MJP to try drawing the pattern as described. You'll need to wait a little.
> :V You try drawing on another sign, indicated by Sana. A picture of a crown does nothing. You also know too little about Miss Mouse, so you don't really know.
> :3 You try to view from above, but the tunnel ceiling isn't high enough. You do think you have a better idea of how this pattern works, though.

>You could ignore the signs. They don't actually say anything, nor is drawing on them giving you any new effects.

[E-Nazrin]

>Limit Break: Remove a sign and see what happens. Maybe send it to SCIENCE! Or use it as a bludgeon.
>Spoony Bard: Could this pattern be some sort of magic ritual setup?

[Jana]

>Limit Break: Remove a sign and see what happens. Maybe send it to SCIENCE! Or use it as a bludgeon.
>Spoony Bard: Could this pattern be some sort of magic ritual setup?

> You start lifting a sign! Jan and Trance see what you're trying to do and move to help you out. With a bit of heave-hoing, the three of you manage to pull a sign from the ground!
>Other than the small hole int he cobblestones from where the sign used to be, nothing seems to have changed.

> :3 The magic circles you're used to tend to use circles. While it is possible that the pattern of signs is part of a larger array, Sana's map doesn't show much of a way for this to be part of a circle... Or any other shape, for that matter.

> You hear Arashi's voice in your ear! "MJP finished drawing out the pattern... I think you should try it yourself. It looks like a medical thing, doesn't it?" You hear triangles's voice, a bit further-away-sounding. "It looks like a heartbeat diagram."
>You draw the pattern on a sign, repeating it a bit. It does look familiar somehow.

[E-Nazrin]

>Weird.
>In light of this information, put the sign back, for the moment.
>Joanna: Was there any pattern similar to this back at the stuff around the mommaleech? Like, on the machinery or anything?

[Sana]

> Try pulling out more signs?

[Jana]

>Weird.
>In light of this information, put the sign back, for the moment.
>Joanna: Was there any pattern similar to this back at the stuff around the mommaleech? Like, on the machinery or anything?

>Indeed.
> The sign doesn't seem to want to stay in the ground anymore, so you lean it against the tunnel wall.
> :3 You don't recall seeing any sort of readouts on the machinery.

> Try pulling out more signs?

> Since putting the sign back didn't work, you try to pull out more! The three of you only pull out 4 more signs before getting too tired, and it doesn't seem to have done anything anyway.

[E-Nazrin]

>Screw it. Send a sign to SCIENCE! and move on.

[Sana]

>Screw it. Send a sign to SCIENCE! and move on.

Seconding this notion.

[Jana]

>Screw it. Send a sign to SCIENCE! and move on.

Seconding this notion.

> You get a blank sign and manage to pry off the sign face so you can send it through the machine thingy. Just in case it changes anything, you send one with a top ht drawn on it too!
>You hear MJP's voice. "Hey, these signs are the kind they use for 'Do Not Enter' signs... Except they're blank."

[E-Nazrin]

>Sauna: "So do they mean 'enter' instead?"
>Rockstar: Ponder putting a sign on our queen's hips and following through with that.
>sord: Or maybe they're just incredibly old and faded? Or the message is written in some ink that doesn't show up for our eyesight?