Iku Quest Drei - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "All right, let's head to the stand."
> Head toward the lamprey stand via flight.
> Along the way: "Um...if I may ask...when will you want to replace the peaches on your hat?"

>You fly in the general direction of the stand, approaching the Forest of  Magic. You know the stand is somewhere in the northeastern part of the woods, and not too terribly far from the road. It would also be moderately close to the forested isle that the Tenshi's younger sister is on.
>As you gt closer, you ask Tenshi about her hat. "Eh, I'll get to it sooner or later," she says.
>You reach the proper area, noticing the aforementioned isle is not too far away. You also notice an small island, about ten yards across, that seems to have quite a few faeries flying over it, firing danmaku and causing a general ruckus.

>_

[Marokuu]

>do the fairies seem like they are causing a specific ruckus or are they just being fairies?

[Hello Purvis]

>do the fairies seem like they are causing a specific ruckus or are they just being fairies?

>It seems like they are fighting. So it could be either way, really. You are fairly sure they're all Gensokyoan faeries.

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "Hey Tenshi, do you mind if I investigate that fight? You can come with if you like, but I'd understand if you didn't want to."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hey Tenshi, do you mind if I investigate that fight? You can come with if you like, but I'd understand if you didn't want to."

>"Naw, go ahead," says Tenshi. "But I'd be ready to get sucked into it, if I were you."

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> Clench fist.
> "Truth be told, I could use some stress relief. I'll just pretend whoever I have to fight is that stupid muscle-bound oaf."
> Unclench fist.
> "Anyway. I hope whatever this fight about will be a self-contained thing, and I can simply meet back up with you at the lamprey grill. If it isn't, I'll do my best to get back to the grill to meet you anyway, to let youk now where I have to go. Sound good?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Clench fist.
> "Truth be told, I could use some stress relief. I'll just pretend whoever I have to fight is that stupid muscle-bound oaf."
> Unclench fist.
> "Anyway. I hope whatever this fight about will be a self-contained thing, and I can simply meet back up with you at the lamprey grill. If it isn't, I'll do my best to get back to the grill to meet you anyway, to let youk now where I have to go. Sound good?"

>You vent your frustrations a bit. Tenshi chuckles. "I won't say anything if you won't."
>"Okay, I'll wait for you at the stand," says Tenshi.

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "All right then. See you later."
> Head up to the fairy war island.

[Hello Purvis]

> "All right then. See you later."
> Head up to the fairy war island.

>"See ya there," says Tenshi, as she descends toward the forest.
>You head toward the faerie battle. There are a few dozen of them, flying and swooping and shooting at each other, and shouting some rather silly and nasty things at each other. The island itself is not really special, just a small grassy plain with a few largish rocks..

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[Kilgamayan]

> Are there any fairies around that do not appear to be taking part in the battle?
> Examine the rocks a little more closely, if we can from where we are floating. Is there anything strange or unique about them?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are there any fairies around that do not appear to be taking part in the battle?
> Examine the rocks a little more closely, if we can from where we are floating. Is there anything strange or unique about them?

>They all seem to be involved.
>You look at the rocks more closely. They seem to be quite unremarkable.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Fly around the circumference of the island to see if there's anything on it that the fairies might be fighting over.

[Hello Purvis]

> Fly around the circumference of the island to see if there's anything on it that the fairies might be fighting over.

>You fly around the island, having to stop once or twice to let an errant bullet go past.
>You can see nothing particularly interesting or valuable about it.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Are they damaging the island?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are they damaging the island?

>It doesn't appear that they are.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug shoulders.
> Head back, toward the lamprey stand.

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug shoulders.
> Head back, toward the lamprey stand.

>You decide that you have no idea what they're fighting over, and leave the faeries alone to their angry shouting and invectives.
>You follow Tenshi's path toward the stand, quietly happy she showed you exactly where it is. Descending through the closely woven boughs is a bit unpleasant, but you pull it off without hurting yourself.
>The stand is in the middle of the forest, a decently-sized wooden establishment with enough seats for five people. Though a curtain mostly obscures your view, you can see Tenshi's skirt from below it. Fallen leaves are thick on the ground, more than ankle deep. The trees have exhausted a lot of their reserves, but still had some more leaves to give before exhausting themselves. To the east a a few yards, you can see a fairly sizable daub and wattle house, mostly certainly Mystia's. You can distantly hear the faeries scuffling over the sound of sizzling meat, while the odor in the air is absolutely delicious.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Enter stand.

[Hello Purvis]

> Enter stand.

>You step through the curtain.
>It is warm and comfortable in here; and feels a bit cramped. Tenshi occupies the left-most seat, while Mystia is scraping something off the grill.
>"-real problem is when a leaf drifts in, lands on the grill, and catches fire," says Mystia to Tenshi, then she looks over to you. "Come on in, make yourself comfortable. It's 5☼ for a small, and 10☼ for a large."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Thanks."
> Take the seat next to Tenshi.
> Fish out 5☼ and put it on any available space that's not the grill.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Thanks."
> Take the seat next to Tenshi.
> Fish out 5☼ and put it on any available space that's not the grill.

>You take out five ☼ and place it on the counter. "Lamprey, Snapper, or Bream?" asks Mystia.
>"So what was going on?" asks Tenshi. "That didn't take you long."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Which of those three sounds the best to us?

[Hello Purvis]

> Which of those three sounds the best to us?

>You're especially experienced with these kind of things. But you've had good experiences with snapper.

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[Kilgamayan]

> To Mystia: "Snapper, please."
> To Tenshi: "No clue. Fairies being fairies, as far as I could tell. Fighting over God-knows-what, and nothing special about the island they were on."

[Hello Purvis]

> To Mystia: "Snapper, please."
> To Tenshi: "No clue. Fairies being fairies, as far as I could tell. Fighting over God-knows-what, and nothing special about the island they were on."

>She nods, and reaches under the counter.
>Tenshi nods.
>"That?" says Mystia, "They're arguing over the Brocken Spectre. I think they've been at it a good hour now."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Recall known information on this 'Brocken Spectre'.

[Hello Purvis]

> Recall known information on this 'Brocken Spectre'.

>You don't know much. Apparently it was some kind of thing in the forest a while back.

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[Marokuu]

>"What is this 'broken spectre' thing anyway? I've heard it was some thing in the forest but no details"

[Hello Purvis]

>"What is this 'broken spectre' thing anyway? I've heard it was some thing in the forest but no details"

>"Brocken Spectre," says Mystia, waving a finger. "It's some legendary giant that's supposed to be running around the forest. The paper did an story on it, right before the faeries took out Scarlet Devil Mansion, and there was a lot of excitement over it. People used to see it around the mountains, a while back, but it vanished for a long time. Then it was seen in the forest a couple months ago. A bunch of people have gotten into trying to find it lately; the paper runs a regular article on it now."
>"See, we thought it was a wild youkai, right?" says Tenshi. "But it turns out that it was just some thing they made for a kappa fair. But, then it turns out that apparently it was something else entirely and the hunt started up again."
>"Been good for business," says Mystia.
>"Yeah," Tenshi says with a nod.

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[DracoOmega]

>"So, anyone have their pet theories as to what it really is?"
>"And any idea what might have gotten all those faeries so riled up about it this time? Did someone think they spotted something?"