Iku Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, a lambda? That's the child of a sheepda. But why would you name a pattern after that? Are you using its woolda to create some clothing?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Aren't they cute little fluffy animals?"

> "Oh, a lambda? That's the child of a sheepda. But why would you name a pattern after that? Are you using its woolda to create some clothing?"

>You try to distract them a bit.
>"Do you have any?" asks another of the faeries, this one fairly tall. Two of the others look suspiciously toward her, then toward you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I thought you did. Isn't that why you were calling for that pattern?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "I thought you did. Isn't that why you were calling for that pattern?"

>"What, no!" says the tall faerie, "This is some kind of trick!"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"A trick? I thought you wanted to go look for lambas? They're really fluffy, you know."

[Hello Purvis]

>"A trick? I thought you wanted to go look for lambas? They're really fluffy, you know."

>"See! A trick!" says the tall faerie.
>"Or a stroke of genius!" says the green-haired faerie. "Where are are they!?"
>"Maybe we should still get her, just in case..." says the brown-skinned faerie.
>"That sounds like a good idea!"
>"Which?"

>_

[E-Nazrin]

Suggest: "Witch? Where? Did you see Marisa?"

[DracoOmega]

>Frown
>"But if you stay here much longer, the lambdas will get away..."

[Hello Purvis]

>Frown
>"But if you stay here much longer, the lambdas will get away..."

>"Damn you, woman!" cries the green-haired faerie. "Where are they!?"
>The others look somewhat bewildered, frowning between themselves, some giving suspicious looks.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Are there domesticated sheep in Gensokyo?
>No matter: "I think the best place to look for them is over that way."
>Point in the general direction of a farm. Preferably not in a direction that will cause the fairies to immediately exit the forest into Reimu's path, if they all go that way.

[Hello Purvis]

>Are there domesticated sheep in Gensokyo?
>No matter: "I think the best place to look for them is over that way."
>Point in the general direction of a farm. Preferably not in a direction that will cause the fairies to immediately exit the forest into Reimu's path, if they all go that way.

>You don't know for sure. If there are, they would be highly uncommon.
>The farms are northward, close to the village, which is the direction that Reimu is coming from.

>_

[Kasu]

>You don't know for sure. If there are, they would be highly uncommon.
>The farms are northward, close to the village, which is the direction that Reimu is coming from.

>_

> Point to the south instead.

[Hello Purvis]

> Point to the south instead.

>You point them South.
>"AAaaaaah!" cries the green faerie, who dashes off in that direction, before the tall one grabs her by the arm.
>"Wait!" she says, looking at you, "That's where the lake is! Are you trying to make fun of us because we're faeries?"

>_

[WHMZakeri]

>Briefly ponder why we decided to lie so blantantly.
>gauge Reimu's reaction. Has she seen us yet? Is she still heading this way?

[Hello Purvis]

>Briefly ponder why we decided to lie so blantantly.
>gauge Reimu's reaction. Has she seen us yet? Is she still heading this way?

>Perhaps you panicked?
>Glancing up, you see she is passing overhead. You don't think she is descending.

>_

[WHMZakeri]

>"Oops! You're right. I must have gotten the directions mixed up!"
>Point north.
>"It's actually that way."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oops! You're right. I must have gotten the directions mixed up!"
>Point north.
>"It's actually that way."

>You are met with a bunch of suspicious looks.
>"This smells like another one of your tricks!" says the brown-skinned faerie.

[DracoOmega]

>"If I was just trying to trick you, don't you think I could do a better job than pointing at the lake? I just got turned around inside the trees here. If there's any still around to be found, I'm certain this is the most likely direction to find them."

[Hello Purvis]

>"If I was just trying to trick you, don't you think I could do a better job than pointing at the lake? I just got turned around inside the trees here. If there's any still around to be found, I'm certain this is the most likely direction to find them."

>"What if it's a double blind reacharound trick, huh!?" asks the brown-skinned faerie, putting her hands on her hips and giving you a glare.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Frown
>"Well, that would be a problem, wouldn't it?"
>"But if you already know they're not there..."
>Point to where we pointed the first time
>"That means there's only one other place to check, doesn't it? That makes it easy."

[Hello Purvis]

>Frown
>"Well, that would be a problem, wouldn't it?"
>"But if you already know they're not there..."
>Point to where we pointed the first time
>"That means there's only one other place to check, doesn't it? That makes it easy."

>You make your case, with proper gestures.
>"I suppose that makes sense..." says the brown-skinned faerie, frowning. "But-"
>"Come on!" shouts the little green-haired faerie.
>The rest seem to be conflicted.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Well, if they're not there when you go looking, you can always come back. So what's there to lose?"
>Can we discretely see if Reimu has passed by, yet?

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, if they're not there when you go looking, you can always come back. So what's there to lose?"
>Can we discretely see if Reimu has passed by, yet?

>"But what if we can't!" says the tall faerie. "The sky could fall on us!"
>You can see she has passed by.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Well, I guess you just have to decide what's more important to you."
>"In any event, I should probably continue on my way. Have a nice day!"
>Continue to Maribel and Renko's
>Double-check that Reimu is safely past once we exit

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, I guess you just have to decide what's more important to you."
>"In any event, I should probably continue on my way. Have a nice day!"
>Continue to Maribel and Renko's
>Double-check that Reimu is safely past once we exit

>"Hey!" says the tall faerie.
>"Wait! That was an intruder!" shouts the brown-skinned faerie.
>"Get her!"
>You hear danmaku behind you as you turn to leave.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Sigh
>Turn around
>Move to dodge anything currently coming our way
>"How am I an intruder if I'm leaving? Besides, do you really have time to waste on me?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Sigh
>Turn around
>Move to dodge anything currently coming our way
>"How am I an intruder if I'm leaving? Besides, do you really have time to waste on me?"

>You turn around just in time to see a fairly large cloud of bullets coming at you. It may be better to slip between them than around them.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Slip in-between the bullets
>Find the most aggressive fairy and tag it with a bolt of danmaku lightning

[Hello Purvis]

>Slip in-between the bullets
>Find the most aggressive fairy and tag it with a bolt of danmaku lightning

>You slip between the bullets, and peg the brown-skinned faerie with some lightning; dropping her to the ground, twitching.
>The others start to surround you, throwing out curving lines of bullets.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Back up a little and try to shift so that we're not entirely surrounded, while moving out of the path of these new bullets
>Send out a cluster of seeking lightning sparks ahead of us, towards the group of fairies closest to each other