Keine Quest (Part 4): Broken History

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, it's a little different for you. But I think it's quite nice, myself."

[DracoOmega]

>"Well, it's a little different for you. But I think it's quite nice, myself."

>"Yeah, this is pretty good stuff," Mokou says, between bites.
>"I agree wholeheartedly," Ran adds.
>"Sakuya is very talented," Remilia agrees. "At a great many things."
>Rumia stares at her soup curiously, then picks the bowl up and tips it up to her lips. After a moment, she returns it to the table with a satisfied look on her face.

[Hello Purvis]

>Well, that's not too bad for Rumia.
>"Does Patchouli typically not join you for dinner?"

[DracoOmega]

>Well, that's not too bad for Rumia.
>"Does Patchouli typically not join you for dinner?"

>At least she's not making a mess of the place
>"Patchouli eats when she chooses to," Remilia says. "Sometimes, with us. Often, not. Sometimes, not at all. She gets consumed by her own tasks for days or weeks at a time, mostly. But she is as she is."

[Hello Purvis]

>"As long as she does sometimes, then I suppose it is alright."

[DracoOmega]

>"As long as she does sometimes, then I suppose it is alright."

>"Her absence is by her choice," Reimila replies. "No ours. Would that she would come up for air a little more often."
>"Youkai of her nature don't actually require food," Sakuya says. "Sometimes she simply can't be bothered to eat for days or weeks at a time. I've long since stopped thinking it was a slight against my cooking."
>Remilia laughs. "Oh, I think it would be quite impossible to slight your cooking. Don't you agree?" She turns to you.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Not without also being dishonest, in any event."

[DracoOmega]

>"Not without also being dishonest, in any event."

>"You see?" Remilia says to Sakuya. Sakuya just nods politely.

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm a little envious of you, Lady Scarlet, for having this all to yourself. I can only imagine what a hit a restaurant run by Sakuya would be."

[DracoOmega]

>"I'm a little envious of you, Lady Scarlet, for having this all to yourself. I can only imagine what a hit a restaurant run by Sakuya would be."

>Remilia grins. "I'm afraid I could never bear to part with her."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Actually, it's rather a shame the village is so far away. It would be really interesting if you opened the house to the public, say, once a month and let people come and browse the galleries and sample the wonderful food here. Obviously, nothing as fancy as what you've offered us here, but...well, frankly, I suspect Sakuya could mix rice and tofu alone and somehow create a feast."

[DracoOmega]

>"Actually, it's rather a shame the village is so far away. It would be really interesting if you opened the house to the public, say, once a month and let people come and browse the galleries and sample the wonderful food here. Obviously, nothing as fancy as what you've offered us here, but...well, frankly, I suspect Sakuya could mix rice and tofu alone and somehow create a feast."

>"I have little experience preparing eastern-style foods," Sakuya says.
>"Oh, nonsense," Remilia responds. "I'm sure you'd do a far better job than any of them would, regardless." She pauses thoughtfully. "Though that is an interesting idea you propose. Some of the artworks really do deserve to be admired by a wider audience."

[E-Nazrin]

>"Such as yourself?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"It'd be a little difficult to people to come, but some posters around town ought to attract attention. Is there a good road? I tend to fly most of the time."

[DracoOmega]

>"Such as yourself?"

>"I'll have you know," Remilia says imperiously, "that my taste in fine art is of the highest caliber."

>"It'd be a little difficult to people to come, but some posters around town ought to attract attention. Is there a good road? I tend to fly most of the time."

>"There isn't," Sakuya says. "There's little reason for people to come this way from the mountain anymore."
>Remilia scowls. "Kanako pampers them with everything they think they need, and they've all flocked to her."

[E-Nazrin]

>Schadenfreude.
>Yama.
>Guilt.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yes, we've had our clashes with her. I thought that perhaps you filled your pantry from there, though, and would use a land route for this. But I guess it's just as easy to fly if you bring enough people along to carry everything."

[DracoOmega]

>Schadenfreude.
>Yama.
>Guilt.

>You're reminded of your rather satisfying victory over Kanako this afternoon.
>And the ensuing lectures over how you perhaps shouldn't be so eager to enjoy that.
>Perhaps you really shouldn't....

>"Yes, we've had our clashes with her. I thought that perhaps you filled your pantry from there, though, and would use a land route for this. But I guess it's just as easy to fly if you bring enough people along to carry everything."

>Remilia flashes a grin. "Clashes? Do tell."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Do you know of the Hell Raven, from two years ago?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Do you know of the Hell Raven, from two years ago?"

>"It does sound vaguely familiar," Remilia says. "What about her?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Kanako was keeping her isolated in a glass tube under her mountain, using her to power everything there. Kanao was convinced she would do it again while ensuring, if she ever got free, that she'd have every reason to do it again. In the end, the Yama had to get involved to end it, and her own priestess had to make the first right actions."

[DracoOmega]

>"Kanako was keeping her isolated in a glass tube under her mountain, using her to power everything there. Kanao was convinced she would do it again while ensuring, if she ever got free, that she'd have every reason to do it again. In the end, the Yama had to get involved to end it, and her own priestess had to make the first right actions."

>Remilia laughs. "So Kanako got brought down off her pedestal by the Yama herself?" She grins rather unnervingly. "Oh, would that I had been there to see it."

[Hello Purvis]

>"She refused to listen to the Yama, at first. It was her priestess who let the hell raven, Utsuho go free. Kanako had to remove the last bounds herself, but only after Sanae had talked her into it."

[DracoOmega]

>"She refused to listen to the Yama, at first. It was her priestess who let the hell raven, Utsuho go free. Kanako had to remove the last bounds herself, but only after Sanae had talked her into it."

>"Even better!" Remilia says. "By her own priestess's hand. I think it's entirely appropriate that fate should never allow one to grow too comfortable in their pride, wouldn't you agree?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I was more incensed by what she was doing and the hypocrisy than her being comfortable."

[DracoOmega]

>"I was more incensed by what she was doing and the hypocrisy than her being comfortable."

>"Yes, well," Remilia's grin vanishes. "I suppose you're entitled to their own opinion."
>You notice that Rumia has cut her meat up into uneven squares and is currently building a leaning tower of veal out of them.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Of course, Kanako's pride was at the heart of her injustice, thinking she understood Utsuho's nature, when she knew nothing of her."
>Try not to smile too much at the veal tower, or at least discreetly hide it.

[DracoOmega]

>"Of course, Kanako's pride was at the heart of her injustice, thinking she understood Utsuho's nature, when she knew nothing of her."
>Try not to smile too much at the veal tower, or at least discreetly hide it.

>Remilia nods. "Yes, she does think she has all the answers, doesn't she? Such an insufferable woman."
>You do your best to hide your amusement at Rumia's creation. She does very little to hide her own enthusiasm, however, placing the last piece on top with a triumphant "Tada!". You hear Mokou groan and put a hand on her forehead. Sakuya's expression is practiced neutrality; she continues to eat without apparently taking notice.
>The tower starts to teeter, and with a scared little yelp, Rumia lunges her head towards it, catching the falling tower's summit in her... mouth. When her head draws back, the tower has become somewhat shorter. You can hear her chewing.

[Hello Purvis]

>Okay, now it's time to stifle a chuckle.

[DracoOmega]

>Okay, now it's time to stifle a chuckle.

>You stifle a chuckle in Rumia's direction. Mokou lets one out as well. Chen turns to look, but appears to have missed the show entirely. She casts a confused look towards some of the other occupants. Remilia frowns somewhat severely, although you think you can almost see a twinge of a smile tug at Sakuya's face.