Author Topic: Keine Quest (Part 5): Broken History (Read 55159 times)

DracoOmega · « **Reply #720 on:** September 18, 2010, 04:30:45 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 04:03:57 AM

>"We'll forgive it this time, due to the circumstances. Are you alright?"

>"Yes. No. I mean-" she pauses. "Something horrible's happened to my sister! I felt it! I-" she shakes her head, fear and desperation on her face again. "She's... She felt... I don't know."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #721 on:** September 18, 2010, 04:39:47 AM »

>"Take a moment, and collect your thoughts."
>Look around. Do we see the others.
>What is this place like, anyways?

DracoOmega · « **Reply #722 on:** September 18, 2010, 04:46:52 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 04:39:47 AM

>"Take a moment, and collect your thoughts."
>Look around. Do we see the others.
>What is this place like, anyways?

>Mugetsu nods weakly as she tries to steady herself.
>You look around, and see Mokou and Ran a few feet from you. They seem to be stirring a little.
>You appear to be in the fissure where you fell asleep. You think you may simply have woken up again.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #723 on:** September 18, 2010, 05:02:13 AM »

>Sit up.
>Take Mugetsu's hand and give it a squeeze. "Don't worry, we're here. You'll be alright."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #724 on:** September 18, 2010, 05:15:42 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 05:02:13 AM

>Sit up.
>Take Mugetsu's hand and give it a squeeze. "Don't worry, we're here. You'll be alright."

>You sit up, and take Mugetsu's hand in yours.
>"I- I think I know what the shadow was," she says. "I mean, I don't, but I- Well, she's... It was part of her, or some part of it was part of her. I felt it, twisted and shattered. Something's broken. It's all broken. I don't even know what I'm supposed to do."
>Mokou pulls herself up and stumbles over to you, an irritated frown on her face. "What was that all about?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #725 on:** September 18, 2010, 05:22:33 AM »

>Hold up a hand toward Mokou, then gesture for us to sit with us.
>"What's all broken? Do you mean Gengetsu?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #726 on:** September 18, 2010, 05:31:15 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 05:22:33 AM

>Hold up a hand toward Mokou, then gesture for us to sit with us.
>"What's all broken? Do you mean Gengetsu?"

>You gesture to Mokou. She frowns, but takes a seat on the ground next to you.
>"I... I don't know. Maybe. I mean-" She pauses, and tries to steady herself. "What reached out to you was a fragment. Some part of her that was grasping desperately at whatever passed by. Maybe she sensed some of herself on you? I don't know. I don't even know how that's her, but there was a part of her in it. When my hand was in there, I felt something reach out to me. There are fragments and voices in there that feel like hers, but twisted, scattered, confused. Trapped. It hurt."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #727 on:** September 18, 2010, 05:34:16 AM »

>Shake head. "Poor thing. How did it hurt?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #728 on:** September 18, 2010, 05:37:36 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 05:34:16 AM

>Shake head. "Poor thing. How did it hurt?"

>"She's lost. In pain. She pulled at me. I'm sure she didn't mean it. But I can't pull her back. I don't know how... I don't think she could even understand me. If it was anyone else, they would never know it was her. But I'm sure. Somewhere inside there is a part of my sister."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #729 on:** September 18, 2010, 05:42:08 AM »

>"Did you feel anything else?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #730 on:** September 18, 2010, 05:48:52 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 05:42:08 AM

>"Did you feel anything else?"

>Mugetsu shakes her head. "It's confusing in there. Everything feels strange. I don't think I would be able to recognize anything else."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #731 on:** September 18, 2010, 06:06:59 AM »

>Nod.
>"Did you feel only one part of Gengetsu, or did you feel several?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #732 on:** September 18, 2010, 06:28:20 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 06:06:59 AM

>Nod.
>"Did you feel only one part of Gengetsu, or did you feel several?"

>"It... seemed to come from more than one direction, I think," Mugetsu says. "But there was such a tangle of thoughts and feelings and echoes I... don't really know."
>"What're you getting at?" Mokou asks you.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #733 on:** September 18, 2010, 06:47:21 AM »

>"I don't know yet, Mokou. But if we're going to get an eyewitness account of the incident, I guess we're going to have to find some way to put her back together."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #734 on:** September 18, 2010, 07:04:21 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 06:47:21 AM

>"I don't know yet, Mokou. But if we're going to get an eyewitness account of the incident, I guess we're going to have to find some way to put her back together."

>Mokou frowns. "You have any idea how to do that?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #735 on:** September 18, 2010, 07:19:14 AM »

>"Not a one. Hopefully just getting all together would do that."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #736 on:** September 18, 2010, 07:35:24 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 07:19:14 AM

>"Not a one. Hopefully just getting all together would do that."

>"Well, this is your show," Mokou says. "What do we do now?"
>"I don't really understand," Mugetsu says, "but I don't think we can put it back together like that. I think these are fragments of her casting out through dream in all directions. I don't know how they've been given form. But I don't think any of them are the real her."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #737 on:** September 18, 2010, 07:56:39 AM »

>Nod.
>"Would that suggest she's still out there? Whole?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #738 on:** September 18, 2010, 08:06:02 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 07:56:39 AM

>Nod.
>"Would that suggest she's still out there? Whole?"

>"I don't know," Mugetsu says. "Maybe. Some part of her is trapped. Maybe they all are."
>"I still have a hard time believing that whatever these things are dwell in that space," Ran says. "It seems more likely that they're drawn through it, attracted to something on the other side. Maybe that first shadow was just trying to escape. I'm not sure from where. Or even how they're being projected across it."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #739 on:** September 18, 2010, 08:21:27 AM »

>"If they're attracted to something on the other side, what would stop them from reaching it?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #740 on:** September 18, 2010, 09:09:27 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 08:21:27 AM

>"If they're attracted to something on the other side, what would stop them from reaching it?"

>"That's a good question," Ran says.
>"I don't think they can reach that far on their own," Mugetsu adds. "I think that's why it tried to use you to get out. I think she would have done the same to me. I... don't think she recognized me. Well, she recognized something familiar, but... she wasn't coherent enough to know who I was."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #741 on:** September 18, 2010, 09:12:20 AM »

>"So I guess we're just going to have to drag her out of there."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #742 on:** September 18, 2010, 09:16:18 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 09:12:20 AM

>"So I guess we're just going to have to drag her out of there."

>Mokou frowns. "That... didn't go so well last time."
>"And what would we do, even if that succeeded?" Ran asks. "From what you said, she was barely able to communicate or understand you, and was instinctively hostile."
>"I... don't think that will help her," Mugetsu says.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #743 on:** September 18, 2010, 09:21:16 AM »

>"Then what? We just leave her in there?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #744 on:** September 18, 2010, 09:30:52 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 09:21:16 AM

>"Then what? We just leave her in there?"

>Mugetsu shakes her head. "I think Ran's right. I think she's reaching out through something. What is that connected to?"
>"Kyoto," Ran says.
>Mugetsu shakes her head again. "No. That's not it. It's connected to something else. I could feel it on the edge of awareness."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #745 on:** September 18, 2010, 09:48:48 AM »

>"I knew it, Kyoto wasn't it! That's why the land never showed up there. Then, where?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #746 on:** September 18, 2010, 10:03:29 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 09:48:48 AM

>"I knew it, Kyoto wasn't it! That's why the land never showed up there. Then, where?"

>"No, I'm still quite certain that is where this physically leads," Ran says. "What do you mean, Mugetsu?"
>"Besides," Mokou says, "wasn't that Maribel person connected to the same energy as these fissures?"
>Ran nods. "Indeed she was. ...unless that's what you're referring to?"
>"...I don't know," Mugetsu says. "Maybe."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #747 on:** September 18, 2010, 10:27:36 AM »

>"Referring to what? Maribel?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #748 on:** September 18, 2010, 10:37:44 AM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on September 18, 2010, 10:27:36 AM

>"Referring to what? Maribel?"

>Ran frowns thoughtfully. "Think of it this way for a moment. Maribel's dreams projected a reality into this world, correct? Something else at least connected to her has projected a physical path between them as well. What if those are not... entirely separate? Mugetsu and Gengetsu can enter someone's dreams. What if Gengetsu entered Maribel's... and something happened along that path?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #749 on:** September 18, 2010, 10:45:01 AM »

>Nod. "I suppose, then, it's back to the outside."