Keine Quest: The Broken and the Lost

[Hello Purvis]

> We should probably make some questions that Cirno could probably answer, we don't want to make it look like we chose those questions for her to be wrong about

>Ain't our fault little punk don't study.
>"Not at all, I've been teaching it for ages."
>"Fourth question: Who began the Yuan Dynasty in China?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Not at all, I've been teaching it for ages."

>"You teach boring stuff, then."

>"Fourth question: Who began the Yuan Dynasty in China?"

>"China's got a die-nasty in her? That sounds.... painful."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm talking about the nation, dear. And it's Kublai Khan."
>"Fifth question: When did Kyoto serve as the capital?"

[DracoOmega]

>"I'm talking about the nation, dear. And it's Kublai Khan."

>"Bah, who are all these people?"

>"Fifth question: When did Kyoto serve as the capital?"

>"Uh.... 1837!" she answers defiantly.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Technically correct, but I was looking for a range of dates. We'll give you half credit."
>If she looks like she's about to try something funny, give her a headbutt.
>"Sixth Question: Why was the capital moved to Kyoto in the first place?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Technically correct, but I was looking for a range of dates. We'll give you half credit."

>Cirno beams and make a triumphant motion with her arm. "Y'see?"

>If she looks like she's about to try something funny, give her a headbutt.

>She's ranged between smug, irritated, concentrated, and confused during most of this, but she doesn't seem ready to blast you just yet, anyway. You prepare to dish out a swift cranial reprisal if she tries anything.

>"Sixth Question: Why was the capital moved to Kyoto in the first place?"

>"Why does anyone move anywhere? Old place was too hot."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Rather, it was because the Emperor wanted to get away from the influence of the Buddhist clergy. You're down to the last one, Cirno."
>"Question seven: What conflict escalated into the Ōnin War?

[DracoOmega]

>"Rather, it was because the Emperor wanted to get away from the influence of the Buddhist clergy. You're down to the last one, Cirno."

>"Ha, I'm not worried! I'm sure you're all out of the trick ones, now."

>"Question seven: What conflict escalated into the Ōnin War?

>"The Oni War? Aren't they always fighting, anyway? Ha, I get it! This is another trick question. It was probably a bar brawl or something."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Unfortunately, no. It was over who would take of the Ashikage Shogunate, a retired monk named heir or the prior shogun's infant son born after the monk was named."
>Despair over the state of historical knowledge in kids these days.

[DracoOmega]

>"Unfortunately, no. It was over who would take of the Ashikage Shogunate, a retired monk named heir or the prior shogun's infant son born after the monk was named."

>"Bah, who wants to know boring stuff like that, anyway?" Cirno does her best to look indifferent.

>Despair over the state of historical knowledge in kids these days.

>You indulge yourself in a sigh about the state of general eduction around here. It doesn't help that Cirno doesn't seem to care, either. Where are these people's priorities?

[Hello Purvis]

>"Actually, that done with. Tell me, what did happen to the lake? Rumia gave me a secondhand description, but no doubt you'd know more."

[DracoOmega]

>"Actually, that done with. Tell me, what did happen to the lake? Rumia gave me a secondhand description, but no doubt you'd know more."

>"Huh. Well, I was actually tryin' to sleep, when it happened. Woke up to this giant shattering noise. There was this crazy purple light coming up from the bottom of the lake. Felt like even the air was shakin'. After a few minutes, it just stopped, and there was this huge whirlpool, and the water just started going down. Don't know much else than that. No one else would tell me a bloody thing, even when I tried to freeze them."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Did you ever look at the bottom of the lake?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Did you ever look at the bottom of the lake?"

>"Tried to. Too deep to see down there. And... I can't swim." She's doing her best to look as though swimming were beneath her.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Tried to. Too deep to see down there. And... I can't swim." She's doing her best to look as though swimming were beneath her.

>"It sounds like the water is still there, just a cavern or such was exposed and flooded."

[DracoOmega]

>"It sounds like the water is still there, just a cavern or such was exposed and flooded."

>She chews this over thoughtfully. "Hey, I hadn't thought about that! Maybe you're not so dumb after all."
>"Hey, don't call the quiz lady dumb!" Rumia interjects.
>"I said she WASN'T dumb, loudmouth. Geeze..."

[Hello Purvis]

>"We all have our moments, I'm sure. What about the lake water itself? Has it been affected at all? Or anything living in it?"

[DracoOmega]

>"We all have our moments, I'm sure. What about the lake water itself? Has it been affected at all? Or anything living in it?"

>"Uh, looks more or less the same to me."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Uh, looks more or less the same to me."

>"Does it taste the same? Has anything funny happened to anyone drinking it?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Does it taste the same? Has anything funny happened to anyone drinking it?"

>"Uh, I hadn't seen anything odd. Still freezes the same as always."

[Hello Purvis]

>Frown, but leave it that that.
>Keep going!
>Is this, to our knowledge, supposed to be a major faerie hangout, or just Cirno's haunt?

[DracoOmega]

>Frown, but leave it that that.
>Keep going!
>Is this, to our knowledge, supposed to be a major faerie hangout, or just Cirno's haunt?

>It does have a reputation as a bit of a faerie haunt, but they come and go as they please. You don't see any others at the moment, but they might be off causing trouble elsewhere, or sleeping. Cirno supposedly has a certain degree of authority among the faeries, but you're not sure how much that counts for with such a spastic and fickle bunch.

[Hello Purvis]

>"None of the other faeries have mentioned anything weird?"

[DracoOmega]

>"None of the other faeries have mentioned anything weird?"

>"Oh, half of what they say is weird. Nothing you'd care about, though."

[E-Nazrin]

>"I might, actually. I haven't heard much of what's been going on at the lake for a while, and rumors are somewhere to start in order to find out."
>Swimming skill? Else, mental note to see about recruiting a kappa.
>Given the exodus to Kanako's shrine and Suwako's powers over creating earth... could they? Would they?

[Hello Purvis]

>How close are we to the mansion now?

[DracoOmega]

>"I might, actually. I haven't heard much of what's been going on at the lake for a while, and rumors are somewhere to start in order to find out."

>"Eh, just faerie junk. They're easily amused. Not like me."

>Swimming skill? Else, mental note to see about recruiting a kappa.

>You're a competent enough swimmer, but you still can't breath underwater. It might be hard to get down far enough to see anything useful. And it would probably be very cold. Probably shouldn't be a problem for a kappa, though.

>Given the exodus to Kanako's shrine and Suwako's powers over creating earth... could they? Would they?

>Could they? Well, Suwako probably COULD, at any rate. As for whether she WOULD, you really can't be sure. She was pretty friendly and non-interventionist in your own timeline, but who knows what else might have changed here. You make a note to look into the possibility, though.

>How close are we to the mansion now?

>It's probably about 15 minutes or so away, at this point. You've covered most of the distance between it and the village.

[Hello Purvis]

>"That purple blast, did it do anything else that you know of? Did anyone else see it?"

[DracoOmega]

>"That purple blast, did it do anything else that you know of? Did anyone else see it?"

>"Eh, some of the other faeries probably saw it. They'd just tell you the same thing I just did, though. If you could even convince them to talk sense for long enough."

[Hello Purvis]

>"One last question, then. Have you seen, or heard anything about, a youaki with wings that makes people near her fall asleep?
>How many wings was it? One pair? Multiple?