Iku Quest Dos - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Can we readily tell what the new building is?

>Not at a glance. But you notice a small signboard beside it which you cannot read from a distance.

>Is there anyone at/around the new building?

>You can see some kappa milling about. A few seem to be working on the building itself, but as you take a look at the amount of scaffolding you can see from this angle it doesn't look like they are close to capacity.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Tenshi, do you know what this place is? You're here more often than I am..."
> Make our way to the signboard.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Tenshi, do you know what this place is? You're here more often than I am..."
> Make our way to the signboard.

>"I've heard the kappa were working on some kind of school," says Tenshi. "I guess this would be it?"
>You approach the signboard. It reads: "Riverside University," with "Now taking applicants!" written below. You can see the sign has been painted over several times. Hints of other names like Cucumber University and Overdrive University can be faintly seen underneath the thin layer of covering pain.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Giggle internally at 'Cucumber University'. Really, the kappa are so industrious as to build a school, and THAT was one of their name choices?
> "It appears to be, yeah."
> Is there any other information on the board?
> Do we have a consistent daily schedule, or does the Dragon call us whenever we are needed?

[Hello Purvis]

> Giggle internally at 'Cucumber University'. Really, the kappa are so industrious as to build a school, and THAT was one of their name choices?
> "It appears to be, yeah."
> Is there any other information on the board?
> Do we have a consistent daily schedule, or does the Dragon call us whenever we are needed?

>You get the feeling that there's been a lot of names by a lot of different people, judging by the handwriting differences.
>There is no other information that hasn't been painted over.
>You are more or less at The Dragon's beck and call. But largely, it is pretty consistent. Delegation keeps your workload from being very heavy, though.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>Offhand, what would be be expecting from a kappa school?
>... who around here could be any help in figuring out the Heavens falling, anyway?

[Kilgamayan]

> Would we have the time or the permission to take on a teaching position, should one be offered to us? It would be nice to spread The Aht of the Dahnce.

[Hello Purvis]

>Offhand, what would be be expecting from a kappa school?
>... who around here could be any help in figuring out the Heavens falling, anyway?

>You're not sure what to expect. But the feeling you get is that it would be chaotic.
>You do not know. Nitori is the only kappa you know of, by reputation.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Would we have the time or the permission to take on a teaching position, should one be offered to us? It would be nice to spread The Aht of the Dahnce.

[Hello Purvis]

> Would we have the time or the permission to take on a teaching position, should one be offered to us? It would be nice to spread The Aht of the Dahnce.

>You don't think it would be a problem, aside from possible schedule conflicts.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>And what do we know of Nitori?
>Do we know a Minoriko?

harvest goddess + bad peach harvest == potential helper

[Kilgamayan]

> Interesting. Perhaps something to look into in the future, then.
> "Hmm...this actually looks quite interesting. I wonder what the application and hiring process is like..."

[Hello Purvis]

>And what do we know of Nitori?
>Do we know a Minoriko?

>You know she has a reputation for wacky inventions, moreso than kappa in general, and being less reclusive than most of her people. By all accounts, she's pretty friendly.
>You are aware of the Aki Sisters.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Interesting. Perhaps something to look into in the future, then.
> "Hmm...this actually looks quite interesting. I wonder what the application and hiring process is like..."

[E-Nazrin]

>You are quite of the Aki Sisters.

>Quite what now? What do we know of them, precisely?

[Hello Purvis]

> Interesting. Perhaps something to look into in the future, then.
> "Hmm...this actually looks quite interesting. I wonder what the application and hiring process is like..."

>It may well be.
>Tenshi shrugs. "Looks kind of boring to me."

>Quite what now? What do we know of them, precisely?

>You know who they are, and have a decent idea of where they stay. You know that they don't maintain any large shrines as Kanako does, but tend to be well loved and respected by people as a whole. They seldom interact with things outside their forest.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> This probably wouldn't be up Tenshi's alley, would it? More rules, all that studying...
> Now's not a good time to file an app, anyway, we have more important things to worry about. And who knows if we'd get equal opportunity, with things the way they are now.
> Has it been enough time since Sanae left? We were supposed to go up after her and not wait for her to come back, right?

[E-Nazrin]

>"Tenshi, I don't suppose there's anyone you'd like to visit while we're here?"

[Hello Purvis]

> This probably wouldn't be up Tenshi's alley, would it? More rules, all that studying...
> Now's not a good time to file an app, anyway, we have more important things to worry about. And who knows if we'd get equal opportunity, with things the way they are now.
> Has it been enough time since Sanae left? We were supposed to go up after her and not wait for her to come back, right?

>Tenshi has never struck you as being very interested in education. And especially not interested in all the attendant work that goes with it.
>You decide to put such ambitions aside for another time.
>It's been a few minutes. Hopefully she's at least tipped off the tengu patrols at this point. She did say to follow her, rather than wait to be fetched.

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>"Tenshi, I don't suppose there's anyone you'd like to visit while we're here?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Tenshi, I don't suppose there's anyone you'd like to visit while we're here?"

>How the fuck do you people keep doing this.
>"Not really," says Tenshi. "Might be neat to see what Nitori's working on right now, though."

>_

[E-Nazrin]

We can spare a few minutes.

So, humor Tenshi and risk the kappatori, or beg the harvest goddess for help?

[DracoOmega]

Well, Nitori's doors were closed, and every other quest we've gone here, they've been open. I assumed that meant she either wasn't around, or wasn't in the company headspace. ...although it occurs to me as I say this that there's another potential reason. I'm inclined towards Nitori, simply because she's the closer of the two and we don't want to keep Sanae waiting too long. Talking to Minoriko about our food supply problems is a great idea for later, though. Unless of course, Sanae comes looking for us while we're there, and there really is part of the jet project lying around inside the warehouse. >.>

[DracoOmega]

Actually, it occurs to me that if Nitori really is trying to me low-key about part of the jet while in construction, Tenshi is one of the people most likely to randomly blab that around Sanae when we see her a few moments later. Maybe it would be better to swing by after our meeting with the goddesses, rather than before? I say we go on to the shrine now, and swing back to Nitori's and the Aki's on our way back.

[DracoOmega]

Ok, it's been two hours now, so I'm just going to forge ahead. Given that it doesn't really seem to matter greatly what order we do these things in, doing anything is preferable to doing nothing. Feel free to object, if you wish, but it's better than standing around doing nothing.

>If we feel that a suitable length of time has passed since Sanae left: "Yes, I wouldn't mind having a look as well. I think we can swing back once our business at the shrine is finished. Let's head that way now and get it done with."
>Head towards the shrine

[E-Nazrin]

Ah, the wonders of out of character knowledge :V

I'm somewhat inclined to take that risk, since Mary told a lot of people already, and I don't think removing the surprise part would lose too much effect. Though Kanako might not be fond of it. But how would Iku know, after all?

I say visit and knock on the door - if she doesn't want visitors (or to hide what she's working on) then we'll leave her alone and hope Tenshi doesn't decide to wreck her shit for kicks later. That, and she might be off at the spectator's picnic, since it isn't every day you get to see the sky fall, engineering projects or no.

gah. Oh well :V

[Hello Purvis]

>If we feel that a suitable length of time has passed since Sanae left: "Yes, I wouldn't mind having a look as well. I think we can swing back once our business at the shrine is finished. Let's head that way now and get it done with."
>Head towards the shrine

>You don't know what would be suitable, but you think she should have had time to arrange things. 
>"Okay, fine," says Tenshi.
>You head up the mountainside, Tenshi following behind you. You pass by the waterfall, a familiar sight, and soar over steep trail. You see a few Tengu patrolling, but none give you any difficulty aside from sharp glances. Soon you reach the tengu village, with its tall narrow buildings, and continue on. The tengu you pass by seem to be studiously ignoring you.
>Soon enough, you reach the grounds of the Moriya Shrine. Few of the sounds of the surrounding town disturb it. A stone path leads up to the large shrine. Its timbers are stained and spotless, and the tiles of its sloping room surprisingly clean. Sanae stands by the path, clearly waiting for you, while you notice the insect youaki from before, wearing clothing like Sanae's is busy raking leaves.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Walk up to Sanae.
>"I hope we didn't keep you waiting."

[Hello Purvis]

>Walk up to Sanae.
>"I hope we didn't keep you waiting."

>"No, but..." she says, worrying at the edge of your sleeves. "Um...you both need to leave. Now. It was stupid of me to bring you..."

>_

[E-Nazrin]

>"... is Kanako upset?"

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