Maribel Quest Adjoining: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm not sure a doctor would be the best one to ask considering all the magic invol-- wait. No, it would include that in Gensokyo, wouldn't it? Who should I talk to?"

>"There's that one at lives with the rabbits, I think?" She shrugs. "I don't know what's on the surface very well."

>"I suppose then, the more odd thing is why I'd be unconscious that long. Not why she wasn't."
>"Anyway, I probably should go say hi to Okuu. Let her know that I'm still in one piece and all. I'll see you around."
>Head into the city, and have a look around for Okuu

>"Personally," says Parsee, "I think the whole thing just took a whole lot out of you."
>"Yeah, she'd love to see you. Good luck finding her and stuff."
>You head into the city and begin to look around. The Ancient City, however, is rather large. There are quite a few places to look.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Wander the streets for a while. If Yuugi really is muscling people anything like she was the last time we walked through here, it might be rather noisy. Let's see if we can hear anything like that and go towards it.

[Hello Purvis]

>Wander the streets for a while. If Yuugi really is muscling people anything like she was the last time we walked through here, it might be rather noisy. Let's see if we can hear anything like that and go towards it.

>As it is, the city is already pretty noisy. The oni are pretty wakeful at the moment, and quite eager party. It's about like you remember it yesterday morning right now, with a fair number of revelers and muscians about.
>Which direction will you look?

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Loop around past that pawn shop we were at the other day, and then towards the Felt, keeping an eye and ear out.

[Hello Purvis]

>Loop around past that pawn shop we were at the other day, and then towards the Felt, keeping an eye and ear out.

>You head North then West past the pawn shop, and see that it is currently closed. Continuing west then a little bit south, you reach the neighborhood where The Felt is. Quite a few oni in their cocktail dresses, suits, and other atypical clothes are milling about, but you see no sign of Yuugi.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Poke our head in and look around, in case they finished up earlier than Parsee expected
>Assuming there's no sign of them inside, go head towards the market area, if there seems to be a centralized one at all

[E-Nazrin]

>There's a slim chance Satori might know. And she probably deserves an apology/explanation anyway.

And maybe advice about cooling Renko off.

[Hello Purvis]

>Poke our head in and look around, in case they finished up earlier than Parsee expected
>Assuming there's no sign of them inside, go head towards the market area, if there seems to be a centralized one at all

>You poke your head inside and look around. Much like yesterday, it's full of oni eating, drinking, and gambling. The dancefloor seems to be particularly busy. A few faeries, waiter types, you think, are congregated behind the bar, while numerous oni are in front of it. Looking around, you see no sign of Utsuho's distinctive cape and wings. But you do see a distinctive purple umbrella in the casino area.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Given that we don't have a lot of time to idle around if we want to get back in time, and may still have more wandering in our future, saying hi to Kogasa can probably wait
>Head out and go towards the market area

[Hello Purvis]

>Given that we don't have a lot of time to idle around if we want to get back in time, and may still have more wandering in our future, saying hi to Kogasa can probably wait
>Head out and go towards the market area

>You leave The Felt, and head out toward the Marketplace. You had passed through it before, but given what a busy kind of place it is, you feel pretty confident that they might show up here.
>Unfortunately, looking around, you see no trace of them around here. Or at least you see no trace of a distinctive set of wings and a cap-wait, there's one going around the corner near the main intersection.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Go follow it

[Hello Purvis]

>Go follow it

>You follow the bit of cape you saw disappear around the corner, and find Yuugi and Utsuho, walking down the street toward the pub district. They don't seem to have noticed you yet.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Catch up a bit
>"Hey, Okuu!"

[Suwako Moriya]

>Catch up a bit
>"Hey, Okuu!"

> Don't do this just yet. Remember the last time we tried to nose in on them?
> Check to see if they're talking or obviously doing something, first. Check their general demeanor, as well.

[DracoOmega]

> Don't do this just yet. Remember the last time we tried to nose in on them?

I hardly think letting Utsuho know we're still in one piece counts as nosing in on them, and that's essentially all we're here to do at the moment, as far as I know

[Suwako Moriya]

It's still the polite thing to do. <_<

[Hello Purvis]

>Catch up a bit
>"Hey, Okuu!"

> Don't do this just yet. Remember the last time we tried to nose in on them?
> Check to see if they're talking or obviously doing something, first. Check their general demeanor, as well.

>You consider dashing in, but remember last time.
>They seem to be walking together, not really talking or doing anything special. It's hard to read a person's demeanor from behind, but you don't see any especial tenseness or anything.

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

Okay, should be good to go, then. Do your thing.

[DracoOmega]

>Walk up to them
>"Hey, Okuu!"

[Hello Purvis]

>Walk up to them
>"Hey, Okuu!"

>You catch up to them, and call out Utsuho's name.
>She looks back, as does Yuugi. "Oh, hey Maribel," says Utsuho. "Good to see you're still in one piece. Everything alright?"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Yeah, I'm good. I just came down here to check on something and Parsee said you were worried about me, so I thought I'd come let you know I'm ok. I'm... sorry for disappearing on you last night. I ended up spending the night with Renko, on the surface. I hope I didn't worry you too much."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah, I'm good. I just came down here to check on something and Parsee said you were worried about me, so I thought I'd come let you know I'm ok. I'm... sorry for disappearing on you last night. I ended up spending the night with Renko, on the surface. I hope I didn't worry you too much."

>Utsuho nods. "Speaking of that, Satori made me change the sheets and empty out the basin after you two. Thanks a lot..."
>Yuugi snorts.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>Blush.
>What sort of snort?

[DracoOmega]

>"Yeah, well..."
>"Oh, did I tell you that I spoke with Kanako about that jet project, and she said she'd be on board with it?"
>"I talked to Nitori about it, too. She said she'd be willing to lend a hand with it if we could round up some more people for the heavy-lifting."

[communist unity (comm-unity)]

> "Oh, sorry about that! I guess I'll have to repay that by cleaning up after you one of these days."

[Hello Purvis]

>Blush.
>What sort of snort?

>You blush. It's really one of those days...
>The kind that's almost a laugh.

> "Oh, sorry about that! I guess I'll have to repay that by cleaning up after you one of these days."

>"Yeah, well..."
>"Oh, did I tell you that I spoke with Kanako about that jet project, and she said she'd be on board with it?"
>"I talked to Nitori about it, too. She said she'd be willing to lend a hand with it if we could round up some more people for the heavy-lifting."

>"Yeah, yeah," Utsuho says.
>Yuugi cackles loudly. Utsuho gives her a brief glance.
>You try to change the subject. "They are?" Utsuho asks, "Well, that's a good thing. Oh! Speaking of that, Orin said that Sanae came asking for you last night."
>"What project?" asks Yuugi.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"...wait, Sanae did!? Did she leave a message or anything? You have any idea what time she showed up?"
>To Yuugi: "Well, the general idea is to build a real working jet plane, like in the outside world. In case you don't remember enough about the dream for it to ring a bell, think of it as a large metal vehicle that flies people through the air much, much faster than anyone here ever could on their own."

[Hello Purvis]

>"...wait, Sanae did!? Did she leave a message or anything? You have any idea what time she showed up?"
>To Yuugi: "Well, the general idea is to build a real working jet plane, like in the outside world. In case you don't remember enough about the dream for it to ring a bell, think of it as a large metal vehicle that flies people through the air much, much faster than anyone here ever could on their own."

>"Just sometime last night," says Utsuho. "The rest of us were out doing stuff, so we weren't around for it. No messages, just she was looking for you."
>"Huh," says Yuugi, "Sounds kinda like a waste of time. It any good at danmaku?"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>To Utsuho: "Oh dear... I was actually expecting her. Kanako said she'd send her to find me, but I'd assumed she hadn't left yet since we never met. ...I wonder if that was while I was in the Netherworld..."
>To Yuugi: "Well, it's pretty important to someone. And fighter jets from the outside are actually pretty excellent at their version of danmaku. They can hit targets from miles away and level entire buildings if someone wanted them to."
>No need to point out to her that we weren't necessarily planning to attach missiles to this one.

[E-Nazrin]

>Briefly shudder at the thought of the jet getting loaded with Okuu-nukes.

We SHOULD be asking to keep the jet part a secret so Sanae gets surprised, right?