Maribel Quest Latterly - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah, the mansion is kinda dumb, but that doesn't stop the other faeries from being meanies. Their friends asked me to look for them. I made a promise to them, you know? It's important!"

>She bites her lip for a moment. "Okay. But no brute squads. Super double zeta promise."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I promise! Mega triple zeta promise!"

[Kilgamayan]

> "Okay, I promise I will not round up all of my friends to come with me to go see Dai."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I promise! Mega triple zeta promise!"

> "Okay, I promise I will not round up all of my friends to come with me to go see Dai."

>"That's not what I said! No deal!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Sorry! Super double zeta promise, no brute squads."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Sorry! Super double zeta promise, no brute squads."

>"Okay. Good. And don't try to calling it something different, either."
>"Dai's place is that way." she points westward. "Way past the lake. Um. I'd give you some advice, but you're gonna get beat up if you go there. So don't go there."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Why would they want to beat me up for saying hi, anyway?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Why would they want to beat me up for saying hi, anyway?"

>"Because you're not supposed to be there," she says. "It's just like with the big red green lady at the mansion."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"What? Did the big red green lady try to go there earlier, or something?"
>"And who IS supposed to be there? Other than Dai?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"What? Did the big red green lady try to go there earlier, or something?"
>"And who IS supposed to be there? Other than Dai?"

>"No, but if you try to go into the mansion the big red green lady will kick you really hard then you fall into the lake."
>"Um, Dai's probably there, unless she's not, and her crew. She has a crew." The faerie nods. "There's a lot of them, but they probably come in go. But I'd bed there'd be a real party there."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"A party? Awww.... that sounds fun. I wish I was invited..."

[Hello Purvis]

>"A party? Awww.... that sounds fun. I wish I was invited..."

>She looks away. "Well no one ever lets us come to your festivals, so it's only fair."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Aww.... never? That's kinda mean, too."
>But eminently sensible
>"A bunch of faeries by the lake let me play tag with them earlier. That was fun."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Aww.... never? That's kinda mean, too."
>But eminently sensible
>"A bunch of faeries by the lake let me play tag with them earlier. That was fun."

>"I know!"
>You really cannot blame anyone for barring faeries as a whole from events from what you've seen.
>"How many home runs did you get?"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>If we have any clue at all how many times we tagged someone, say so. Otherwise: "21!"

[Hello Purvis]

>If we have any clue at all how many times we tagged someone, say so. Otherwise: "21!"

>You quickly lost count and stopped caring, so you say 21. "That's insane!" she says. "You'll win the world's cup with those skills!"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Smile
>"Thanks. Have to train hard, though!"

>"And is there no way at all I could go visit Dai without being beaten up? I just want to say hi..."

[Hello Purvis]

>Smile
>"Thanks. Have to train hard, though!"

>"And is there no way at all I could go visit Dai without being beaten up? I just want to say hi..."

>You grin and reply to her compliments. "You'll make your mother proud!" she says back.
>You ask her about just seeing Dai. "You could try to join her. But I don't think she's interested in anyone who isn't a faerie right now. Maybe you can catch her when she goes somewhere? But I dunno how you'd do that..."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Well, the lake faeries recruited me for tag, and I helped my team a whole bunch! Maybe there's something I could help Dai with, too? Something that a human might be good at?"

>"What kind of places does she go, anyway?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, the lake faeries recruited me for tag, and I helped my team a whole bunch! Maybe there's something I could help Dai with, too? Something that a human might be good at?"

>"What kind of places does she go, anyway?"

>"I dunno," says Lemon Drop. "I mean, she's not very interested in human things."
>"Wherever she wants, really. She doesn't leave the forest often, though."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Oh well. I'll just be cautious. And thanks for all your help."
>Head west

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh well. I'll just be cautious. And thanks for all your help."
>Head west

>"You'll be sorry!"
>You head westward and cross the bridge again. There are many things to the west of here. Which one will you be venturing to?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Lemon Drop said Daiyousei was 'way past the lake', right? What's out in the west beyond a lake?

[Hello Purvis]

> Lemon Drop said Daiyousei was 'way past the lake', right? What's out in the west beyond a lake?

>You rememeber seeing a lean-to on the western edge of the lake, and you're pretty sure that is as far west as you have been. Tokiko, though, seemed to have no desire to continue on in that direction.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Head back to the lean-to

[Hello Purvis]

>Head back to the lean-to

>You pick your way back toward the lake, hovering over underbrush when you can, and soon emerge not too far north of that cabin with the blonde woman and her giant. Afterward, it is an easy trip to the western portion of the lake where the lean-to was. You see that you tag partners have since moved on while heading there.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Try heading cautiously west of here
>Keep an eye out for any signs of faeries. If they really don't want us here, we're in no shape to fend off a whole crowd of them....

[Kilgamayan]

> How close is Mystia's stand to where we are now, and in what direction is it?

[Hello Purvis]

>Try heading cautiously west of here
>Keep an eye out for any signs of faeries. If they really don't want us here, we're in no shape to fend off a whole crowd of them....

>You poke around the western edge of the forest by the lake, and soon find a spot where the brush isn't prohibitively thick.
>You notice a small faerie lounging then boughs of a tree a little ways into the western forest, watching you with silent interest.

> How close is Mystia's stand to where we are now, and in what direction is it?

>You're a pretty good distance from it. It's to the Northeast, if your directions are right, near the northern edge of the forest.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Okay. Do we want to try to enlist Mystia's help? We promised no goon squads, but it should be little effort to argue that one person isn't a squad.