Okuu Quest Thereafter - A Z-Machine Adventure

[DracoOmega]

>Does the wall of blue danmaku exist only on either side of us, or are we also surrounded above and below?
>Shift out of line of the 3rd line of knives. Try to shift AWAY from the walls if possible, so that we don't get ourselves hemmed in

>"Do you really think that all you have to do is beat me, and everything will be alright, again?"

[Doll.S CUBE]

> Keep on charging as you dodge

> "What gave you the right to do what you did, huh, I mean Gensokyo wasn't even your responsibility!!"

[Hello Purvis]

>Does the wall of blue danmaku exist only on either side of us, or are we also surrounded above and below?
>Shift out of line of the 3rd line of knives. Try to shift AWAY from the walls if possible, so that we don't get ourselves hemmed in

>"Do you really think that all you have to do is beat me, and everything will be alright, again?"

>It extends some yards above and below, but you are not closed off.  However, you expect it is made to deal with height changes.
>You are not too close to one of the walls yet, but if you can't get around these knives...
>"You're the most crucial step, but no. There will be other work to be done."

> Keep on charging as you dodge
> "What gave you the right to do what you did, huh, I mean Gensokyo wasn't even your responsibility!!"

>Charged to 30%
>"That which gives you the right to try and resist me," says Sanae as she sends and fourth and fifth line of knives at you.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Try dodging them by shifting vertically this time

>"But did you even ask anyone if they wanted this? None of us has the right to reshape Gensokyo to our own wishes. Even I learned that lesson, already!"

>Do we have the capability of launching any lesser danmaku while still charging this shot?

[Doll.S CUBE]

> How much charge do we need to make the Ball of Plasma, say, 11 - 12 feet big?

[Hello Purvis]

>Try dodging them by shifting vertically this time

>"But did you even ask anyone if they wanted this? None of us has the right to reshape Gensokyo to our own wishes. Even I learned that lesson, already!"

>Do we have the capability of launching any lesser danmaku while still charging this shot?

>You shift upwards, and find that start to scatter vertically. One of them cuts your leg a little. It does seem to be made to compensate for altitude
>"I wouldn't compare wishing to turn Gensokyo into an uninhabitable blaze to this," Sanae answers, sending another line of knives at you
>You could, but the charging would be dramatically slower
>Charged to 40%. You now have enough charged for one large shot. There are two lines of knives coming at you, and Sanae is likely preparing another.

> How much charge do we need to make the Ball of Plasma, say, 11 - 12 feet big?

>40%

>_

[Doll.S CUBE]

> "But it was still the same selfish desire that we wish to remake Gensokyo into our own vision"

> Okay, at 45% start shooting bullets back and when it reaches 50% implement Plan A

[DracoOmega]

>"Yes, but did you even ask anyone if this is what they wanted? Or did you just decide this is what you and your gods wanted, and that was enough? Weren't some of these people your friends? Do you think Reimu would have approved of any of this?"

>How much of the corridor between us would the shot cover, now?

>Shift out of the predicted path of the new knives

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yes, but did you even ask anyone if this is what they wanted? Or did you just decide this is what you and your gods wanted, and that was enough? Weren't some of these people your friends? Do you think Reimu would have approved of any of this?"

>How much of the corridor between us would the shot cover, now?

>Shift out of the predicted path of the new knives

>You shift away from the next two lines of knives.
>You have enough to dodge two, maybe three more attacks. Unfortunately, the sides of the wall are not straight, rather they are curved. They shift toward Sanae; as it stands you are stuck in a cul de sac, and may get hit from behind.
>"Do they ask before the rains fall, or does that blessing merely come?" asks Sanae. "Do you ask before giving a gift to your friends, or just do it?"
>Charged to 60%

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"A gift? This is a gift? You took away our LIVES!"
>If we're getting pinned, we may not be able to afford much more delay. Launch a spread of lesser danmaku at Sanae. Doesn't need to be too well aimed, but try to at least restrict her open room, and force her to move. And then launch the large shot at her while the space around her is less open.

[Doll.S CUBE]

> "Yes but what your doing is rearranging entire live, Is it really a gift if the person would not want it? Just face it, your doing this for an entirely selfish reason"

(Why did you ignore me )

>How much charge do we need to implement Plan A

[Hello Purvis]

>"A gift? This is a gift? You took away our LIVES!"
>If we're getting pinned, we may not be able to afford much more delay. Launch a spread of lesser danmaku at Sanae. Doesn't need to be too well aimed, but try to at least restrict her open room, and force her to move. And then launch the large shot at her while the space around her is less open.

>"Shouldn't you consider more than yourself before saying those kinds of things?"
>You're not pinned yet, but you will be soon.
>You make another sunburst spray. Speedy as it is, Sanae is easily able to weave away from, but it moves her closer to one of the walls. YOu then create a huge shot and sent it flying at her quickly. She tries to move away, but you've not aimed it direct at her, but rather to pin her. She is not able to fully escape, and vanishes for a moment as it passes by. The spellcard breaks, leaving the skies empty.
>Charged to 23%

> "Yes but what your doing is rearranging entire live, Is it really a gift if the person would not want it? Just face it, your doing this for an entirely selfish reason"
>How much charge do we need to implement Plan A

>"You assume no one wants it," Sanae says. "Perhaps you only say these things because you're on the verge of losing yourself to the power again?"
>She draws out another spellcard

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I will not lose myself to my power again! This isn't even about power. This is about truth!"
>"You speak as though someone DID want this. Was it you? Did you miss the outside world that much that you would recreate Gensokyo in its image?"

>How far away from her are we at the moment?

[Doll.S CUBE]

> Prepare to dodge incoming wave

[Hello Purvis]

>"I will not lose myself to my power again! This isn't even about power. This is about truth!"
>"You speak as though someone DID want this. Was it you? Did you miss the outside world that much that you would recreate Gensokyo in its image?"

>How far away from her are we at the moment?

>"So you claim. But isn't that all you really lost?"
>"Why pretend I haven't benefited from it? I just wonder why you are."
>She's some yards away.

> Prepare to dodge incoming wave

>You prepare to dodge, but she hasn't declared the card yet.
>Charged to 33%

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Ok, I'll admit that I missed my power. But that was far from the only thing I lost. I lost memories of an entire life that I had lived! Do you have any idea what that's like? Oh, wait, I guess you don't, because you didn't seal your past like you did to the rest of us! Isn't that even more selfish of you? Not only change our world, but make sure that you're the only one that even remembers what you took from us!"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Ok, I'll admit that I missed my power. But that was far from the only thing I lost. I lost memories of an entire life that I had lived! Do you have any idea what that's like? Oh, wait, I guess you don't, because you didn't seal your past like you did to the rest of us! Isn't that even more selfish of you? Not only change our world, but make sure that you're the only one that even remembers what you took from us!"

>"That wasn't my decision, to be honest," says Sanae, as she moves in closer. "And I am sorry you lost them, but there was no other way to do it. How could you expect anyone to achieve anything they wanted with the past weighing them down? And you know well the weight of the past weighing you down."
>Charged to 43%

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"You don't move forward by resetting your past. You move forward by learning from it. I've made more stupid mistakes than most people, I ought to know."
>"And if it wasn't your call, whose was it? Kanako?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"You don't move forward by resetting your past. You move forward by learning from it. I've made more stupid mistakes than most people, I ought to know."
>"And if it wasn't your call, whose was it? Kanako?"

>"That's not the only way you can be bound, Utsuho," Sanae says, still drawing close. "You need to stop thinking only of yourself, and look how others have benefited. And you should stop denying how you yourself have. I'll ask you one more time, because you've tried to be honest with me. This isn't some sinister domination plot. If it were so, do you really think we'd only be some no-name shrine in the middle of the ocean? Come with me. Put the past behind you, and embrace what you can have here. There's a whole world out there now."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I'm not saying you made this place so that you could rule it. But no matter how much you think it was for other's good, it was still selfish to impose it on everyone."
>"As for others. Yes, perhaps there are some who would be happier with this life, even if they had the power to choose between them. But I'm sure there are others who would do whatever they could to restore their old lives, if they only knew what was taken from them."
>"And I'm not sure I go could back, either way, now. There's a lot of people who want me dead. How long do you think I would last if I were ordinary again?"

[Doll.S CUBE]

> Whats our charge now?

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm not saying you made this place so that you could rule it. But no matter how much you think it was for other's good, it was still selfish to impose it on everyone."
>"As for others. Yes, perhaps there are some who would be happier with this life, even if they had the power to choose between them. But I'm sure there are others who would do whatever they could to restore their old lives, if they only knew what was taken from them."
>"And I'm not sure I go could back, either way, now. There's a lot of people who want me dead. How long do you think I would last if I were ordinary again?"

>"And is it any less selfish to take it away from them, now that they have it? As for your old life, we can make arrangements. You would be surprised what Koishi can make people forget with a little help."
>Sanae is within normal speaking distance of you now, no more than a a couple yards away.
>Charged to 63%

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Koishi? Is she involved in this, too?"
>Be careful for any sudden moves on her part, now that she's this close. It's hard to tell if she's just being friendly, or planning something.
>Move backwards slowly, but don't put too much distance between us.

>"And is there any way to ask them? To see what they truly would think? What choice they would make if they'd been given any?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Koishi? Is she involved in this, too?"
>Be careful for any sudden moves on her part, now that she's this close. It's hard to tell if she's just being friendly, or planning something.
>Move backwards slowly, but don't put too much distance between us.

>"And is there any way to ask them? To see what they truly would think? What choice they would make if they'd been given any?"

>"Would I have said so otherwise?" says Sanae. "She lives without a third eye now, as carefree as she always wanted to be."
>She doesn't make any sudden moves, but she keeps pace with you.
>"Not really, no. But the evidence speaks for itself, I think. Now, I think we've said all that needs to be said. Shall we be off?"
>Charged to 73%

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"But if she doesn't have her third eye, either, how could she access her powers?"
>"Evidence? And what evidence would that be? That the world is still running? That doesn't answer my question at all."
>"And where would you have me go?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"But if she doesn't have her third eye, either, how could she access her powers?"
>"Evidence? And what evidence would that be? That the world is still running? That doesn't answer my question at all."
>"And where would you have me go?"

>"She underwent the sealing." says Sanae. "Admittedly, it is kind of breaking the deal to bring it back, but she understands."
>"I'm talking about the contentment of the people around us."
>"To the Moriya Shrine," says Sanae. "As well, I'll need your control rod, as a show of trust. Before you ask, if we wanted to do anything particularly harmful we would have just waited until you went to sleep."
>Charged to 83%.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"She understands? Was she part of the original plan from the beginning?"
>"Do you want me to go with you so that you can just seal me again? You know I don't want that."
>"And as for not doing something while I slept... I'm not convinced you ever thought I'd get this far. If you had, wouldn't you have intervened earlier?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"She understands? Was she part of the original plan from the beginning?"
>"Do you want me to go with you so that you can just seal me again? You know I don't want that."
>"And as for not doing something while I slept... I'm not convinced you ever thought I'd get this far. If you had, wouldn't you have intervened earlier?"

>"Perhaps you can convince Yasaka-sama to let you keep your memories," says Sanae, "Though honestly, by your own admission they'd probably only hold you back at this point. And you're right, we didn't think you'd get this far. Now, will you hand over the rod and come quietly, please?"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"No, I will not disarm myself. You have lied to me in the most profound possible way. I'm just not willing to extend that kind of trust to you at the moment. I still wish to speak with her, but I am not willing to put myself at your mercy, and believe you will not take advantage of it."

[Doll.S CUBE]

> Current Charge

> Did we stop fighting her?