Maribel Quest Perpetuation: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Ponder known locations of food sales.
> How much money do we have?

>You know of Mystia's stand and the Tavern. As well as the food stalls in the Ancient City marketplace.
>You have 65☼

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "That's kind of disappointing. She has something special if she's there at all, she should be taking full advantage of it."
> "Anyway, how does grilled lamprey sound? I wouldn't mind a chance to see how Mystia and Tokiko are doing."

[DracoOmega]

>"And trust me, it tastes better than it probably sounds."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That's kind of disappointing. She has something special if she's there at all, she should be taking full advantage of it."
> "Anyway, how does grilled lamprey sound? I wouldn't mind a chance to see how Mystia and Tokiko are doing."

>"Yeah, but it's hard to get a faerie to sit straight for that long," says Renko. "I'm amazed she goes at all"
>"Huh. Could be interesting..."

>"And trust me, it tastes better than it probably sounds."

>"Heh. Alright. Let's give it a try."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Good enough. Let's go."
>Head to Mystia's

[Hello Purvis]

>"Good enough. Let's go."
>Head to Mystia's

>You make your way towards Mystia's. As it is concealed in the forest, you have to retrace the first path you blazed when you first came to the surface. Like before, there are many faeries, but they are more active than before, flying around, laughing and talking and playing. A few say "Hi Other Dai!" as the two of you make your way through. You notice Star Sapphire as well, talking with a few other faeries. She waves at you with a half-eaten loaf of French bread, which still manages to be an appreciable fraction of her height.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Wave back
>"Hey there!"

[Kilgamayan]

> We reached the stand and there are a lot of fairies? And Mystia doesn't seem perturbed by this?

[Hello Purvis]

>Wave back
>"Hey there!"

>"Hello!" she says. "You get anything good?"

> We reached the stand and there are a lot of fairies? And Mystia doesn't seem perturbed by this?

>You haven't gotten there yet.

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[DracoOmega]

>"What, from the mansion, you mean? I'm afraid we were too busy fighting that giant angry mechanical thing."

[Hello Purvis]

>"What, from the mansion, you mean? I'm afraid we were too busy fighting that giant angry mechanical thing."

>"Oh. I heard about that. I'm glad you're okay, it's bad news..."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"No kidding. It was scary... I'm pretty sure we've got it for good this time, though."

[Hello Purvis]

>"No kidding. It was scary... I'm pretty sure we've got it for good this time, though."

>"It didn't go back into the lake, did it?" asks Star, frowning. "That'd make Cirno really angry. You wouldn't like her when she's angry at all..."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"No, it's not going back to the lake, don't worry. But no one will be able to put it back together again, either."

[Hello Purvis]

>"No, it's not going back to the lake, don't worry. But no one will be able to put it back together again, either."

>"Oh good," says Star.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Anyway, you have a good day now. You guys totally earned it."
>Wave goodbye
>Continue to Mystia's

[Hello Purvis]

>"Anyway, you have a good day now. You guys totally earned it."
>Wave goodbye
>Continue to Mystia's

>"You too!" says Star, waving her bread and laughing as you depart.
>You continue on toward Mystia's Stand, getting a few more greetings from the faeries here as you progress.
>Soon enough, you leave them behind and approach Mystia's house. Walking around it, though the thicker trees, you see Mystia at the stand, you think she's serving a customer. Walking around the house, you see Tokiko is laying on the roof of Mystia's house.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Does Tokiko appear to be asleep, or just lounging?
>If the latter, go up and say hi to her. Given her skittishness, may as well make sure we approach from the front.

[Hello Purvis]

>Does Tokiko appear to be asleep, or just lounging?
>If the latter, go up and say hi to her. Given her skittishness, may as well make sure we approach from the front.

>She seems to be reading, so the latter case.
>You hover over to her and say hello. "Oh, it's you," she says. "Hi! This Egypt place is weird. Is it imaginary too?"
>"Who's this?" Renko asks, hovering behind you and giving Tokiko a curious look.

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[DracoOmega]

>"No, no, Egypt's quite real. It's in the outside world, but it definitely exists."
>"And this would be Tokiko. Tokiko, meet Renko."

[Hello Purvis]

>"No, no, Egypt's quite real. It's in the outside world, but it definitely exists."
>"And this would be Tokiko. Tokiko, meet Renko."

>"I don't think that's fair," says Tokiko, frowning, "if Egypt gets to be real and Ratty and Mole and Mr Toad don't..."
>Renko seems to be a little dismayed by Tokiko's last comment. But she shrugs it off and says, "It's a pleasure to meet you."
>"You don't seem very scary," says Tokiko, smiling.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Seems someone else corrected her on that already, then...
>"I'm glad you think so."
>"How've you been since I saw you last, anyway?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Seems someone else corrected her on that already, then...
>"I'm glad you think so."
>"How've you been since I saw you last, anyway?"

>Indeed.
>"I guess that's a good thing," says Renko.
>"Okay, I think," says Tokiko. "Did you know about those things that Mystia sleeps on? They're really soft, and don't shift so much like leaves do."

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[DracoOmega]

>"Beds? Oh, of course. I, uh, just didn't think to mention them. Sometimes it's hard to tell what you know, and what you don't know."
>"Have you been hanging around here most of the time since?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Beds? Oh, of course. I, uh, just didn't think to mention them. Sometimes it's hard to tell what you know, and what you don't know."
>"Have you been hanging around here most of the time since?"

>"Oh, those are common?" asks Tokiko. "I see..."
>She nods. "Mystia has been very kind. But I really should go home soon."

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[DracoOmega]

>"Pretty much all humans have beds. I'd assume most youkai do, too. We probably ought to see about finding you one at some point. ...of course, we kinda need one ourselves, too, now that I think about it. We both just arrived here, so we don't actually have any furniture of our own, yet."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Pretty much all humans have beds. I'd assume most youkai do, too. We probably ought to see about finding you one at some point. ...of course, we kinda need one ourselves, too, now that I think about it. We both just arrived here, so we don't actually have any furniture of our own, yet."

>"We have a futon," says Renko."It's...about all we have, but we have one."
>Tokiko nods. "That'd be nice."

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[DracoOmega]

>"Oh yeah, I kinda forgot about that. Did the fairies get that one for you?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh yeah, I kinda forgot about that. Did the fairies get that one for you?"

>"Yep," says Renko. She looks away. "...it's probably better not to ask too many questions about it why faeries would have a human-sized bed."

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[DracoOmega]

>"Yeah, I figured as much..."
>"Anyway Tokiko, we're going to go get something to eat. Glad to see things have been well for you here."
>Head down to Mystia's stand