Okuu Quest Next - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Rin Kagamine]

>"Hmm? Don't you have some explanations yourself? Sometimes you have to give to get. Why was Nue following us?"

(Delay command until other voices weigh in. But I think this is what is desired)

Oh god don't confront her do you want to get yourself killed we like being alive and Parsee would revive us just to kill us again

> "It's as the woman at the front desk says: A woman named Nue Houjuu left this money behind and I figured she would work here based on her bus pass.  I'm here to return it to her."
> Ponder asking to return it directly.

[Fightest]

Oh god don't confront her do you want to get yourself killed we like being alive and Parsee would revive us just to kill us again

> "It's as the woman at the front desk says: A woman named Nue Houjuu left this money behind and I figured she would work here based on her bus pass.  I'm here to return it to her."
> Ponder asking to return it directly.

> No, no, we're here to confront. UK has the right idea. We're not playing innocent any more, this Izayoi person looks reasonably high-up, and we really would like to know why we're being followed.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Hmm? Don't you have some explanations yourself? Sometimes you have to give to get. Why was Nue following us?"

> "It's as the woman at the front desk says: A woman named Nue Houjuu left this money behind and I figured she would work here based on her bus pass.  I'm here to return it to her."
> Ponder asking to return it directly.

> No, no, we're here to confront. UK has the right idea. We're not playing innocent any more, this Izayoi person looks reasonably high-up, and we really would like to know why we're being followed.

>You decide to be direct.
>There is a moment of tense silence. Finally, Sakuya says, "Who are you?"

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[Fightest]

>You decide to be direct.
>There is a moment of tense silence. Finally, Sakuya says, "Who are you?"

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> "I'd have thought you know, if you're having me followed. That suggests that you don't know. I am Utsuho, and I am just an ordinary citizen, although I've been having a bad day. I work for a maintenance shop, and I'm trying to get into university. Recently I found out I was being followed, and, when confronted, the person doing the following claimed that she was working for the Scarlets. If this rings no bells, then it is either a private project by the governor herself, which is worrying, or she is lying, in which case the governor is being slandered. Either way, I believe I'm in the right place to sort out the problem."
> Write down the above reasoning in notebook.

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'd have thought you know, if you're having me followed. That suggests that you don't know. I am Utsuho, and I am just an ordinary citizen, although I've been having a bad day. I work for a maintenance shop, and I'm trying to get into university. Recently I found out I was being followed, and, when confronted, the person doing the following claimed that she was working for the Scarlets. If this rings no bells, then it is either a private project by the governor herself, which is worrying, or she is lying, in which case the governor is being slandered. Either way, I believe I'm in the right place to sort out the problem."
> Write down the above reasoning in notebook.

>"Well, that is interesting," she says. "Unless this Houjuu person is a cop, she is most certainly lying to you. If we wished to have someone investigated, we have a police department for that sort of thing. And if she is one of our detectives, I am going to have to have her reprimanded for not paying attention to much more serious assignments. I have no idea who you are, or why anyone would want you followed. In particular, I have no idea why anyone working with the Governor or the Governor herself would want you followed, unless you are giving her or her family problems. And given I take such tasks personally, I don't believe that is the case. To my knowledge, the Governor has never gone behind my back on such things."
>She ponders for a moment. "Hm. Did she specify which of the Scarlet sisters would have been behind it? I suppose there is some small chance the younger sister, but unless you know her personally or have crossed one of her friends, I can't imagine she'd do anything. Nor could I imagine she'd take such a non-direct route, she is more likely to just hit you with a pipe, for better or worse..."

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[Fightest]

> "A third option that I will also entertain, and I mean no offense, is that you are lying to me to cover for something. However, for the sake of co-operation, I'm going to shelve that for the moment. Is it within your ability to check the city record for this Nue Houjuu, find out where she lives? You could then ask her personally why she's namedropping the Governor without permission."

[Hello Purvis]

> "A third option that I will also entertain, and I mean no offense, is that you are lying to me to cover for something. However, for the sake of co-operation, I'm going to shelve that for the moment. Is it within your ability to check the city record for this Nue Houjuu, find out where she lives? You could then ask her personally why she's namedropping the Governor without permission."

>"Let's keep entertainment to entertaining things, shall we?" Sakuya says. "And I will need to obtain some permission to get access to such records, but this should not be difficult to obtain. We shall see what proceeds from there. You understand that all I have on this is your own word. Is there anything else I should know?"

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[Fightest]

>"Let's keep entertainment to entertaining things, shall we?" Sakuya says. "And I will need to obtain some permission to get access to such records, but this should not be difficult to obtain. We shall see what proceeds from there. You understand that all I have on this is your own word. Is there anything else I should know?"

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> "There's the matter of Miss Hieda's - the principal of... Armistice High, was it? - her house being condemned. It's been professionally examined, and it's nowhere near the state where condemning it would even be a consideration."

[Hello Purvis]

> "There's the matter of Miss Hieda's - the principal of... Armistice High, was it? - her house being condemned. It's been professionally examined, and it's nowhere near the state where condemning it would even be a consideration."

>"That would be Commissioner Tenma's problem," says Sakuya. "I would recommend you make an appointment with him."

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[Fightest]

>"That would be Commissioner Tenma's problem," says Sakuya. "I would recommend you make an appointment with him."

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> "I will do so, thank you very much. Beyond that, I have nothing of urgency. Thank you very much for your time."
> Get up to leave, pause a bit to try to check if we do, indeed, have nothing more to say.

[Hello Purvis]

> "I will do so, thank you very much. Beyond that, I have nothing of urgency. Thank you very much for your time."
> Get up to leave, pause a bit to try to check if we do, indeed, have nothing more to say.

>"I'm glad this could be sorted with minimal difficulty," says Sakuya.
>You can't think of anything, immediately.

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[Rin Kagamine]

> "What about this money?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "What about this money?"

>"It doesn't belong to me or anyone under my supervision," says Sakuya. "If you would like me to pass it along to the police department, it would be no issue to do so, as I need to speak with them in any event."

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[Kasu]

> Glance at Parsee to see if she thinks we should keep the money.

[Hello Purvis]

> Glance at Parsee to see if she thinks we should keep the money.

>She makes a pocketing gesture.

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[Kasu]

> "I think we'll take care of the money for now.  Thank you for your cooperation in the previous matter."
> If all is well, bid Sakuya farewell and head back into the lobby.
> Arrange an appointment with Commissioner Tenma at the desk.

[Hello Purvis]

> "I think we'll take care of the money for now.  Thank you for your cooperation in the previous matter."
> If all is well, bid Sakuya farewell and head back into the lobby.
> Arrange an appointment with Commissioner Tenma at the desk.

>"Very well," says Sakuya. "We'll contact you should any results in your interest come about."
>You head back toward the lobby. "So, who do you think is lying?" asks Parsee.
>At the front desk, you arrange for an appointment with the Commissioner. After checking over some things, she asks, "Would tomorrow morning at ten be acceptable for you?"

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[Seian Verian]

> To Parsee: "I'm not sure. I don't think I really know enough about the Scarlets, or that Nue gal to say which... Do you have any idea? Either way, we might want to see if we can find more help, in both finding out what's going on and dealing with whatever comes of it."
> To receptionist/whatever: "Yes, that should work." if we don't actually have any other plans for that time.

[Hello Purvis]

> To Parsee: "I'm not sure. I don't think I really know enough about the Scarlets, or that Nue gal to say which... Do you have any idea? Either way, we might want to see if we can find more help, in both finding out what's going on and dealing with whatever comes of it."
> To receptionist/whatever: "Yes, that should work." if we don't actually have any other plans for that time.

>"Yeah, it's hard to say. Neither of them seem all that trustworthy..."
>You have no actual plans tomorrow, but you'll have to be at work by noon, unless you find a way to get out of it. "All set," she says.

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[Seian Verian]

> Talk to Parsee as we walk out
> "Do you have any friends that might be able to investigate either Nue or the Scarlets? And do you know anything about Tenma by the way? Since having that before I go to talk with him might be helpful, if there is actually something going on."
> Pause for a moment
> "Come to think of it, I wonder... Would it be possible that Nue only thinks she's working for the Scarlets? If she was approached by some contact who claimed to be working for them, maybe it was actually Tenma... I mean, I already knew that something definitely seemed to be going on around them... Of course, that still leaves the possibility open that Nue herself was lying either way, but... Eh, whatever. Maybe I'm thinking too far into this."

[Hello Purvis]

> Talk to Parsee as we walk out
> "Do you have any friends that might be able to investigate either Nue or the Scarlets? And do you know anything about Tenma by the way? Since having that before I go to talk with him might be helpful, if there is actually something going on."
> Pause for a moment
> "Come to think of it, I wonder... Would it be possible that Nue only thinks she's working for the Scarlets? If she was approached by some contact who claimed to be working for them, maybe it was actually Tenma... I mean, I already knew that something definitely seemed to be going on around them... Of course, that still leaves the possibility open that Nue herself was lying either way, but... Eh, whatever. Maybe I'm thinking too far into this."

>"Actually, you're thinking just like you should be," says Parsee. "This is wheels within wheels business we're dealing with. But for now, I'm going to assume that is Nue was lying, she was protecting her employers. And, really, the same for Miss Izayoi."
>"As for Tenma, he's a bureaucrat. I've heard he's quite charming, personally. No real interesting stories, just the usual ones of kickbacks here and favors for friends there. Usual unsubstantiated corruption stuff. I figure it's at least half true."
>"So, what now?"

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[Seian Verian]

>"I'm... Not sure. I'm really not used to this kind of stuff. I don't know how to prepare for if things go wrong, I don't know how to find out more to make it less likely that things will go wrong... I just know that we're in some deep stuff here and if I do even one thing wrong, I'm probably screwed."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm... Not sure. I'm really not used to this kind of stuff. I don't know how to prepare for if things go wrong, I don't know how to find out more to make it less likely that things will go wrong... I just know that we're in some deep stuff here and if I do even one thing wrong, I'm probably screwed."

>Parsee nods. "As much as I hate to say it, Nue have been onto something with getting some contacts with the criminal element. I admit, I never really thought those bikers were more than a bunch of drunken idiots who can't keep their hands to themselves. And, there's still that ghost you saw, right?"

[Seian Verian]

> "Yeah. Let's try and see about those bikers first, because I think that might be more important. It's not like that ghost really has anything to do with anything that can really affect me... As far as I know... But yeah, talking to them seems like the best option."
> Would telling anyone else we know about any of this stuff be more likely to help things, or just serve to worry them?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yeah. Let's try and see about those bikers first, because I think that might be more important. It's not like that ghost really has anything to do with anything that can really affect me... As far as I know... But yeah, talking to them seems like the best option."
> Would telling anyone else we know about any of this stuff be more likely to help things, or just serve to worry them?

>Parsee nods.
>"I'll...sit that one out, if you don't need me for something."
>You consider who you could tell.
>Satori would either indulge you, or become extremely worried for your health and sanity. You cannot imagine she would approve of getting involved with bikers. But you know she'll be delighted with news of facing the admissions test. The fact you were followed would definitely worry her.
>You already know Orin's in it for you, even if she did put you on a blind date and not tell you. You're not sure how she'll react to the ghost story, but you want to think she'll give you the benefit of a doubt. You don't think she'll be happy about you getting mixed up with criminal types. You expect that being followed will make her fearful.
>Nitori will probably write off a lot of it as you being crazy, but maybe if you presented it to her the right way, she'd be understanding. You have no idea how she'll react to you being followed, but she'll certainly scoff at the ghost story.
>You don't know if Yamame would believe you or not. She's hard to predict like that. You want to think she'll give you the benefit of a doubt, being your friend. But she'd probably worry for the same reason. She might be willing to accept the ghost story, she's a bit superstitious.

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[Seian Verian]

> "Ah, I see... If you don't want to go, I guess that's fine then. I guess I'll try to figure out how to deal with it on my own."
> Would any of them likely be helpful with any of this? This is the important part. We already told Orin about stuff feeling wrong, it might be best not to tell anyone else about any of these problems without reason. At least not right now. Although, the situation with being followed might be relevant. We don't know just what we're dealing with here, so it might be possible that whoever sent Nue might try to strike at our family if they have some sort of grudge against us for some unknown reason.
> "Either way... I think I'll do it a bit later. There are some people I want to talk to first..."

[Kasu]

> Try to remember if the Moriya Shrine is having a feast tonight.  It may help us find some more info.
> "Its all good.  I know that you don't wanna get mixed up with them."
> Estimate of current time.
> Ponder whether we should head home for the night.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah, I see... If you don't want to go, I guess that's fine then. I guess I'll try to figure out how to deal with it on my own."
> Would any of them likely be helpful with any of this? This is the important part. We already told Orin about stuff feeling wrong, it might be best not to tell anyone else about any of these problems without reason. At least not right now. Although, the situation with being followed might be relevant. We don't know just what we're dealing with here, so it might be possible that whoever sent Nue might try to strike at our family if they have some sort of grudge against us for some unknown reason.
> "Either way... I think I'll do it a bit later. There are some people I want to talk to first..."

>"Yeah. Just bad experiences."
>You don't know who would be helpful. Yamame might be willing to help, but you don't know what she'd do, exactly. She's just a normal person like you...well, like you were. You have no idea if your family or friends are in danger. It's possible.
>"Oh, anyone I know?"

> Try to remember if the Moriya Shrine is having a feast tonight.  It may help us find some more info.
> "Its all good.  I know that you don't wanna get mixed up with them."
> Estimate of current time.
> Ponder whether we should head home for the night.

>You remember there was an advertisement for one, but you can't recall when. You're pretty sure it's not tonight. At the same time, you are Downtown, it shouldn't take too long to check.
>"Thanks. It's just that they've been a huge pain in the ass for a long time. Especially that big blonde one."
>You think it is around 6:30 or so. Give or take.
>You could. But it's still fairly early.

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[Seian Verian]

> "Um, you know Orin, right? I was going to talk to her and mo- Er, Satori. We don't really know what we're dealing with, so it might be best to warn them that something could happen, just in case. Or maybe I'm just developing paranoia on top of all this..."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Um, you know Orin, right? I was going to talk to her and mo- Er, Satori. We don't really know what we're dealing with, so it might be best to warn them that something could happen, just in case. Or maybe I'm just developing paranoia on top of all this..."

>"You gotta remember the mantra," says Parsee, "It's not paranoid when it's actually happening. And, um, if you're worried about something happening at your place, I guess it would be okay if you slept on my couch."

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