Maribel Quest More - A Z-Machine Adventure

[DracoOmega]

>"I... just wanted to make sure, since you talked about how it depended on your own attachment to the world, and all."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I... just wanted to make sure, since you talked about how it depended on your own attachment to the world, and all."

>She gives a single nod.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Do you ever talk to anyone else? Do you ever wander in closer, where other people can see you?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Do you ever talk to anyone else? Do you ever wander in closer, where other people can see you?"

>"This one once live among others. They were important, but also distractions from this one's purpose. This one doesn't know where they are now."

[DracoOmega]

>"Do you... have any desires, besides waiting for the end?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Do you... have any desires, besides waiting for the end?"

>She shakes her head once. "This one seeks to eliminate desires. It may be said this one desires that, but it seems to be foolish to say that."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"But didn't you already say that you desired the end?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"But didn't you already say that you desired the end?"

>She shakes her head once. "This one does not desire, this one waits to fulfill this one's role."

[DracoOmega]

>"How did it end up being your role, though?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"How did it end up being your role, though?"

>"This one was born into it," she says, tilting her head curiously.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I admit that's not a role I would want to fulfill, myself."
>Try gathering up the essence of the Netherworld with our jar

[Hello Purvis]

>"I admit that's not a role I would want to fulfill, myself."
>Try gathering up the essence of the Netherworld with our jar

>"Perhaps, but it is not your role. It is this one's role."
>You turn to try to gather the essence into the jar. Oh! There's your guide. It seems to have been cowering behind you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Wow, we have a hell of an excuse to go back to the mansion now.

[DracoOmega]

>"Well, is there anything else I can do for you?"
>Gather up the essence

[Hello Purvis]

> Wow, we have a hell of an excuse to go back to the mansion now.

>That you do. You can't imagine even Renko would disapprove of it.

>"Well, is there anything else I can do for you?"
>Gather up the essence

>You ask, but get no reply.
>You stick a few handfuls of the Essence into the jar.
>You obtain: Essence of the Netherworld.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>To alt-Flandre: "Well, I should be on my way now."
>To phantom: "Can you show me the way back?"
>Follow the phantom

[Hello Purvis]

>To alt-Flandre: "Well, I should be on my way now."
>To phantom: "Can you show me the way back?"
>Follow the phantom

>You turn to address the woman who looks like Flandre, and find she is gone without a trace.
>The phantom begins to fly to your right, slowly like before. You follow it out.
>You can still see the occasional movement in the mist, but nothing seems to come after you. Still you stay wary. Perhaps this is for the best, as you look to the side at one point, and see Mystia flying beside you!

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Mystia!?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Mystia!?"

>She looks over at you, her smile beaming. "I can't wait for you to become one of us!" she says.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>".....what?!"

[Hello Purvis]

>".....what?!"

>"Aren't you happy about it?" she asks, frowning just a little. "You shouldn't feel like that."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"No, I mean... is that really you? What are you doing here?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"No, I mean... is that really you? What are you doing here?"

>"I just am!" she says. "Are you upset?"

[DracoOmega]

>"No, I just... this is a very strange place to meet someone you know."
>"And you.... really are Mystia?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"No, I just... this is a very strange place to meet someone you know."
>"And you.... really are Mystia?"

>"Don't you think that's a rude thing to ask?" Mystia says. "I thought you learned that lesson already."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I'm, uh... not sure what you mean. And, what do you mean 'already'?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm, uh... not sure what you mean. And, what do you mean 'already'?"

>"It's very rude to insinuate someone is a fake!" Mystia says. "You should have learned that lesson already, don't you think?"

[DracoOmega]

>"And how exactly would you know about that?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"And how exactly would you know about that?"

>"Why wouldn't I know about it?" She asks.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Well, because no one else was there at the time, and I never told you. Those seem like pretty good reasons to me."