Author Topic: Iku Quest Dos - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 55373 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #540 on:** October 13, 2010, 10:21:01 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 10:01:37 AM

>"Let's cross the bridge when we come to it, shall we? Or, rather, let's hope we never come to that bridge."
>Continue onward

>"If you say so," says Tenshi.
>Thankfully, it doesn't take too long to finish travelling through the forest. The world brightens around you enough to almost make your eyes hurt. The brown grasses and blue sky seem so vibrant you can almost imagine you're back home. To the Southeast, you can see Riverside University.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #541 on:** October 13, 2010, 10:22:26 AM »

>Head towards the edge of the mountain, a little away from habitation

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #542 on:** October 13, 2010, 10:50:30 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 10:22:26 AM

>Head towards the edge of the mountain, a little away from habitation

>You technically already are on the mountain, but the slope here isn't much more than a good hill. You skirt around the edge of kappa town, and approach the northern side of Youkai Mountain.
>The slope here is a great deal steeper than that of the western face of the mountain; you would actually have to use your hands to help ascend it. Here and there you can see an outcropping or overhang, but for the most part it is just dirt and rock with hardy vegetation every so often. To the north, you notice a rather lovely valley between the mountains.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #543 on:** October 13, 2010, 10:55:48 AM »

>Do we see any sign of a figure that might be Sanae anywhere?
>If not, keep skirting around the mountain towards the aforementioned valley, assuming that is also not among or next to the village

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #544 on:** October 13, 2010, 11:25:43 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 10:55:48 AM

>Do we see any sign of a figure that might be Sanae anywhere?
>If not, keep skirting around the mountain towards the aforementioned valley, assuming that is also not among or next to the village

>You aren't sure. There are a few tengu patrolling in the air.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #545 on:** October 13, 2010, 11:28:56 AM »

>Give the tengu a wide berth, and continue to skirt around the mountain. Try to keep a low profile
>Keep an eye out for anyone moving towards us

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #546 on:** October 13, 2010, 12:00:25 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 11:28:56 AM

>Give the tengu a wide berth, and continue to skirt around the mountain. Try to keep a low profile
>Keep an eye out for anyone moving towards us

>You continue to walk around the mountain, approaching the eastern slope. As you do, you notice someone very far in the distance leave the forest by air, and start toward the mountain.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #547 on:** October 13, 2010, 12:01:57 PM »

>Stop and observe them. Can we tell anything about them, or what part of the mountain they're headed towards?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #548 on:** October 13, 2010, 12:35:55 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 12:01:57 PM

>Stop and observe them. Can we tell anything about them, or what part of the mountain they're headed towards?

>You stop and watch this person. She is definitely heading toward the kappa village, and past it. But she doesn't fly any further, making wide sweeps around the area.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #549 on:** October 13, 2010, 12:38:21 PM »

>Move closer and see if we can observe anything identifying about the person

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #550 on:** October 13, 2010, 12:56:32 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 12:38:21 PM

>Move closer and see if we can observe anything identifying about the person

>You move a bit closer, circling back around to the northern slope, and become reasonably sure that her green hair and blue clothes suggest that she is Sanae.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #551 on:** October 13, 2010, 12:57:17 PM »

>Move towards her

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #552 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:04:05 PM »

>You continue to circle back toward the mountain, drawing close to the kappa village again. Soon, the green-haired figure notices you and starts toward you direction. You are soon very sure it's Sanae.
>As Sanae approaches, you hear Tenshi draw her weapon.
>"What are you doing here?" Sanae cries, "I told you to meet me at the edge of the mountain! The tengu are going to think you're up to something!"

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #553 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:10:21 PM »

>"I'm sorry, but I thought that we were at the edge of the mountain, back there. But then when you seemed to come no further than this, I wondered if I had misunderstood which edge you were implying."
>"Although frankly, after that display by the shrine earlier, I think the tengu are likely to think we're up to something in either case."
>"Has there been a misunderstanding?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #554 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:18:41 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 01:10:21 PM

>"I'm sorry, but I thought that we were at the edge of the mountain, back there. But then when you seemed to come no further than this, I wondered if I had misunderstood which edge you were implying."
>"Although frankly, after that display by the shrine earlier, I think the tengu are likely to think we're up to something in either case."
>"Has there been a misunderstanding?"

>"The edge of the mountain past Kappa town," says Sanae, "Otherwise Hina wouldn't chase off people before they get there. Look, let's just get out of here, okay? If Momiji sees you, there's going to be trouble more trouble."
>"There's been sort of a misunderstanding," she says. "It was really stupid of me to just bring you here. I'm sorry."

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #555 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:21:35 PM »

>"Ok, let's get moving."
>Follow Sanae out.
>"And can you tell me why Kanako is so upset? I'm somewhat surprised her reaction to this would be so severe."

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #556 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:22:46 PM »

> Do we know the degree of familiarity the Dragon has with Kanako and Suwako?
> Do we know if the Dragon would be averse to a visitor from the ground?

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #557 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:24:29 PM »

Also we might not want to act like Tenshi's not there. Probably worth at least acknowledging that she's ready to slice and dice.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #558 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:28:41 PM »

Or hell, if it's my idea, I might as well do it. <_<

> To Tenshi: "Please don't. She's not going to attack us again, and she still has my spellcards."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #559 on:** October 13, 2010, 01:52:29 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 01:21:35 PM

>"Ok, let's get moving."
>Follow Sanae out.
>"And can you tell me why Kanako is so upset? I'm somewhat surprised her reaction to this would be so severe."

>You follow her, as she walks toward the Kappa village.
>"Because now Reimu and Marisa are probably going to think that the Moriya Shrine is in on it," Sanae says. "As well as anyone else who already suspects you're up to something, which is a lot of people."

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 13, 2010, 01:22:46 PM

> Do we know the degree of familiarity the Dragon has with Kanako and Suwako?
> Do we know if the Dragon would be averse to a visitor from the ground?

>All three of them predate you by a lot. They've never interacted as far as you know, but you can't imagine they aren't very familiar with each other.
>If The Dragon wishes for a visitor, it will tell you.

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 13, 2010, 01:28:41 PM

> To Tenshi: "Please don't. She's not going to attack us again, and she still has my spellcards."

>"I've not done anything yet," says Tenshi, "Just making sure she knows I'm not gonna run a second time."

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #560 on:** October 13, 2010, 02:00:16 PM »

>"They would think you were involved, simply because I visited you? I've visited a great many places today."
>"For that matter, you've even had one of the islands crash into your own mountain. That doesn't exactly paint you as especially culpable. Although perhaps I should have learned my lesson about Reimu being entirely rational at the moment..."
>"In any event, had Kanako learned anything new?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #561 on:** October 13, 2010, 02:29:08 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 02:00:16 PM

>"They would think you were involved, simply because I visited you? I've visited a great many places today."
>"For that matter, you've even had one of the islands crash into your own mountain. That doesn't exactly paint you as especially culpable. Although perhaps I should have learned my lesson about Reimu being entirely rational at the moment..."
>"In any event, had Kanako learned anything new?"

>"Yes. But most of them don't quite have Kanako-sama's connection to the winds or her history."
>"Perhaps, but not everything goes according to plan, they say." Sanae answers. "Alternately, it might well be argued to be part of the plan."
>"No, she hadn't learned anything new. But...she did notice something. Have you looked below any of the islands? The really big ones?"

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #562 on:** October 13, 2010, 02:31:46 PM »

>Was the orchard island directly over the human village? Or just very close to it? If not, what was directly below it?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #563 on:** October 13, 2010, 02:38:40 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 02:31:46 PM

>Was the orchard island directly over the human village? Or just very close to it? If not, what was directly below it?

>It was over the village, and you didn't notice anything especially unusual. At the same time, you were preoccupied. And you want to say you felt there was something odd about it...

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #564 on:** October 13, 2010, 02:41:17 PM »

>Odd? In what way? That the island itself felt odd? Looked odd? Can we qualify this any?
>"Well, the human village itself was below one of the larger ones. Aside from that, I'm not sure what you're getting at. What did Kanako notice?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #565 on:** October 13, 2010, 02:43:40 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 02:41:17 PM

>Odd? In what way? That the island itself felt odd? Looked odd? Can we qualify this any?
>"Well, the human village itself was below one of the larger ones. Aside from that, I'm not sure what you're getting at. What did Kanako notice?"

>You want to say it was visual. That's about all you can remember.
>Sanae nods. "They're not casting proper shadows."

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #566 on:** October 13, 2010, 02:44:58 PM »

>"...what?"
>Does that match up with our mental image, when we stop to think about it?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #567 on:** October 13, 2010, 02:52:25 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 02:44:58 PM

>"...what?"
>Does that match up with our mental image, when we stop to think about it?

>Sanae nods. "I didn't notice myself. But I wasn't really paying attention to things like that."
>Maybe? You didn't really stop to take note of that, either. But you suppose the village wasn't that shady...

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #568 on:** October 13, 2010, 03:00:24 PM »

Quote from: Diamonds Purvis on October 13, 2010, 02:52:25 PM

>Sanae nods. "I didn't notice myself. But I wasn't really paying attention to things like that."
>Maybe? You didn't really stop to take note of that, either. But you suppose the village wasn't that shady...

>"I was similarly preoccupied when I was at the village, trying to disarm a battle and then being ambushed by Reimu. However, now that you mention it, the village really didn't seem as dark as you'd expect with something that size over it."
>"Did she have any idea why this might be the case?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #569 on:** October 13, 2010, 03:05:10 PM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on October 13, 2010, 03:00:24 PM

>"I was similarly preoccupied when I was at the village, trying to disarm a battle and then being ambushed by Reimu. However, now that you mention it, the village really didn't seem as dark as you'd expect with something that size over it."
>"Did she have any idea why this might be the case?"

>"She doesn't really know," says Sanae with a shrug.

>_