Keine Quest (Part 5): Broken History

[DracoOmega]

>"...That sounds like an absolutely wonderful idea. What else can you tell me? And, let's be on our way before something else happens."
>Consider Renko.
>"Did you bring your own car here?"

>"Not much, I don't think," Reimu says. "She has a sister. Same deal, but a little weaker, I think. No wings, either. I hadn't actually seen them around Gensokyo after I fought with them. I didn't think they left their own realm."
>You take another look at Renko. She seems a little less emotional than she did earlier, although quite preoccupied. She's currently scrutinizing the wall in great detail.
>Renko looks at you and shakes her head. "I don't have a car. I took the bus here. I've... kinda been here all day."

[Hello Purvis]

>Nod to Renko. "Well, I feel bad about telling you some of this, and just leaving you here to be confused and left further in the dark. Would you like to come along with us, and be just confused until we get back to the gate? That wouldn't be a problem, would it Reimu?"

[DracoOmega]

>Nod to Renko. "Well, I feel bad about telling you some of this, and just leaving you here to be confused and left further in the dark. Would you like to come along with us, and be just confused until we get back to the gate? That wouldn't be a problem, would it Reimu?"

>Reimu shrugs. "Eh, if she doesn't mind squeezing in around all the junk the back, sure why not?"
>"I've got room in my car if you guys don't," Marisa offers.
>Renko looks back to Maribel. "Well... I can't come through anyway, can I?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"It...wouldn't be wise, unless Ran can whip out a miracle."

[DracoOmega]

>"It...wouldn't be wise, unless Ran can whip out a miracle."

>Ran shakes her head. "Unless one of us remains, no one else can travel through the rift safely."
>"Well, if there's nothing I can do to help," Renko says. "I think I should stay here with Mary. Until visiting hours are over and they kick me out, anyway."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Very well. Oh! Do you have one of those phone things with you?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Very well. Oh! Do you have one of those phone things with you?"

>"Yeah," she says. "Want the number?"
>"Yeah, give it to me," Reimu says, pulling out her own phone. Renko relays a number and you see Reimu press a few buttons on her own phone. "Got it," she says.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Right, let's go. Ran, isn't where you appeared closer?"
>Pause.
>"Oh, does anyone have a phone book? Patchouli wants one."

[DracoOmega]

>"Right, let's go. Ran, isn't where you appeared closer?"
>Pause.
>"Oh, does anyone have a phone book? Patchouli wants one."

>"I think it might be, yes."
>Marisa bursts into laughter when you mention Patchouli's interest in a phone book. "Yeah, I've got one at home," she says. "I figure all of us do. They just hand you out a new one each year, and you can pick them up from the phone company for almost nothing. You think you'll be back this way again? I could go fetch mine." She laughs again. "I'm sure it bug the hell out of Patchy to get a book from me of all people. You make sure to tell her who it's from, got it?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I don't know if we will. And, I'll be sure to tell her."

[DracoOmega]

>"I don't know if we will. And, I'll be sure to tell her."

>"Well, if you're not sure you're coming back," Marisa says, "you want to wait for me to fetch one? Actually... there's probably one around here somewhere that we can grab."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Is there? I wouldn't know where to look."

[DracoOmega]

>"Is there? I wouldn't know where to look."

>"You're not supposed to take those, you know," Reimu says, frowning at Marisa.
>Marisa just shrugs. "Or you can wait for me to swing by my place. Your call."

[Hello Purvis]

>"If phone books are so easy to come by, I think it won't be a problem to save time and get one here."

[DracoOmega]

>"If phone books are so easy to come by, I think it won't be a problem to save time and get one here."

>"See?" Marisa turns to Reimu and grins. Reimu scowls at her.
>"Let's just get going, ok?" she says. "The sooner you're shipped off, the sooner I can go home."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Which home?"
>Make to leave.
>"Hope our next meeting is under happier circumstances, Renko."

[DracoOmega]

>"Which home?"
>Make to leave.
>"Hope our next meeting is under happier circumstances, Renko."

>"I meant the one here," Reimu says. "You know, go flop on the couch and forget about all this? ...I don't know what I want to do about the other one."
>You start to head out of the room.
>"Me too," Renko replies. "And... whether you succeed or not... thank you very much for trying. I'd... like to see this Gensokyo of yours sometime, if I could. Together with Mary."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Once all is said and done, someone is going to owe me some favors. We'll see if they can be parleyed into getting you over there afterward."

[DracoOmega]

>"Once all is said and done, someone is going to owe me some favors. We'll see if they can be parleyed into getting you over there afterward."

>Renko nods. "Good luck. With everything."

[Hello Purvis]

>Wave and depart.

[DracoOmega]

>Wave and depart.

>You wave to Renko and leave the room, heading back the way you came in. Along the way, you pass a counter of some sort, with a bell and a phone, as well as several papers and files spread out behind it. It is currently unoccupied, although you see someone in a small room behind the counter leafing through some papers, their back to you. Marisa glances surreptitiously around the counter as she walks past, then reaches behind it and grabs a large book, barely breaking her stride. You can see her grinning the moment she's out of sight of it. She turns to you and whispers. "Got it!" Reimu sighs.
>The rest of the trip is uneventful. You take the elevator down, this time better prepared for it, and exit the hospital. You reach Reimu's car shortly thereafter.
>"Here you go," Marisa says, and hands you the phone book. It's a little worn looking; the cover is bent and creased and some of the pages are warped.
>"So," Reimu asks, "You go back there, wake Maribel's other self up ....however that's supposed to work.... and then what? Come back here, talk to her, hope you can figure out what to do next?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"That seems to be the plan. If this Gengetsu person is involved, possibly take your methodology to heart and to her face."
>"In fact, tell me about that little Mugenkan she made? Where was the entrance?"

[DracoOmega]

>"That seems to be the plan. If this Gengetsu person is involved, possibly take your methodology to heart and to her face."
>"In fact, tell me about that little Mugenkan she made? Where was the entrance?"

>Marisa laughs. Reimu shrugs. "Hey, it works most of the time," she says.
>"Oh no," Reimu says, "Mugenkan was Yuka's place. Or at least it was. I don't think she spends much time in there anymore after we woke her up. There's a border between waking and dream past the hills in the southwest. I'm not sure how much of that Yuka did, and how much was there already. As for Gengetsu's, it's kind of in the general area. I, uh, don't think I could say exactly where unless I was walking around there myself."

[Hello Purvis]

>Does that general area coincide with where we saw Maribel that night, at all?

[DracoOmega]

>Does that general area coincide with where we saw Maribel that night, at all?

>Not even close. The area Reimu mentions is, as best you can tell from the description, fairly close to the Garden of the Sun. Perhaps a little further southeast. The grove near the village is significantly north of there, and further east.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Nowhere near where I saw Maribel. Oh well, that just means she probably doesn't have a home advantage."

[DracoOmega]

>"Nowhere near where I saw Maribel. Oh well, that just means she probably doesn't have a home advantage."

>Marisa grins. "You guys make sure you blast her once for me, ok?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"If it comes to that, I'll have a whole lot to give to her."

[DracoOmega]

>"If it comes to that, I'll have a whole lot to give to her."

>Marisa chuckles. "Even better. Anyhow, if you folks are done here, I'm heading home. Been a long day today even before all this. Still kinda sorry I never got to break out the old tricks again, but what can you do." She shrugs.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Until next time."
>Follow Reimu to the car.