Iku Quest Drei - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yes, but barely, and apparently it was no more than you folks have been able to accomplish yourself."
> To Utsuho: "By the way, when she returns to normal, if you're around and I'm not, please apologize to her on my behalf."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yes, but barely, and apparently it was no more than you folks have been able to accomplish yourself."
> To Utsuho: "By the way, when she returns to normal, if you're around and I'm not, please apologize to her on my behalf."

>"Yeah, it's not easy to get her to say much," says Yuugi.
>Utsuho nods. "Alright. I will."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "So what I gather from this is that it's not that she doesn't want to be responsive, it's that she can't. The ideal response to all my harassment would have been for her to jump up and throttle me, given how touchy I'm sure the subject was. That didn't happen, but she was aware enough to understand what I was saying to her and respond accordingly, which shows she still cares on some level."
> "Utsuho mentioned the possibility that she's simply been drained of energy. I admit I wonder how likely that is given she was capable of standing on her own power, but now that I think about it, Bhava-Agra didn't come all the way down, crashing into the ground. It fell a good distance and then stopped, aside from the island that bounced off the mountain. The islands still float somehow, just not nearly as high as they're supposed to. That would be consistent with Nitori's ability to stand without assistance."
> To Utsuho: "This also means I no longer think it worthwhile to pursue that...other idea."

[Hello Purvis]

> "So what I gather from this is that it's not that she doesn't want to be responsive, it's that she can't. The ideal response to all my harassment would have been for her to jump up and throttle me, given how touchy I'm sure the subject was. That didn't happen, but she was aware enough to understand what I was saying to her and respond accordingly, which shows she still cares on some level."
> "Utsuho mentioned the possibility that she's simply been drained of energy. I admit I wonder how likely that is given she was capable of standing on her own power, but now that I think about it, Bhava-Agra didn't come all the way down, crashing into the ground. It fell a good distance and then stopped, aside from the island that bounced off the mountain. The islands still float somehow, just not nearly as high as they're supposed to. That would be consistent with Nitori's ability to stand without assistance."
> To Utsuho: "This also means I no longer think it worthwhile to pursue that...other idea."

>The gathered underground dwellers nod along. "Yeah, you can get her to do really simple stuff," says Parsee. "Just, you have to walk her through most steps of it. And she's still kinda aware of where she is in some way,"
>"Means we don't gotta use a bedpan, for one thing," Yuugi says. "Because I'll help out with this, but ain't no way you're getting me into that..."
>"...What other idea?" Parsee asks as you finish.
>"We're not going to worry about it, Parsee," says Utsuho. "Just don't worry about it."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah, it's nothing important."
> "I think at this point my best bet may just be to wander around Gensokyo, looking for anything or anyone else exhibiting these abnormalities. And talk to Yukari about whatever that was a couple of months ago. The more instances of this we can find, the better a pattern we can follow."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yeah, it's nothing important."
> "I think at this point my best bet may just be to wander around Gensokyo, looking for anything or anyone else exhibiting these abnormalities. And talk to Yukari about whatever that was a couple of months ago. The more instances of this we can find, the better a pattern we can follow."

>"We've been meaning to go look around," says Utsuho. "Just, hands were a little full. And then the whole sky falling thing..."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Right, I understand. On both accounts. In fact, is there anything in particular you'd like me to look into while I'm out?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Right, I understand. On both accounts. In fact, is there anything in particular you'd like me to look into while I'm out?"

>"If you go underground, and want to roll a few mooks," says Yuugi, "I can give you a list and something for your time. Only I've been falling behind..."
>"Actually," says Utsuho, "We were kinda expecting Yamame over for lunch. She's a bit late, so I'm worried she ran into some kind of problem."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I think I could do a few shakedowns. I expect it will make Tenshi happy, at least, and who knows, maybe I'll find some good stress relief in it as well."
> "As for Yamame, I remember seeing her with the new kids this morning, when I first met them. I suspect they'd have the best chance of knowing where she is. I'd be glad to keep an eye out and try to find out what happened."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I think I could do a few shakedowns. I expect it will make Tenshi happy, at least, and who knows, maybe I'll find some good stress relief in it as well."
> "As for Yamame, I remember seeing her with the new kids this morning, when I first met them. I suspect they'd have the best chance of knowing where she is. I'd be glad to keep an eye out and try to find out what happened."

>You offer to deal with a few problems. "Really?" says Yuugi. "Didn't expect you'd go for that. Gimme a minute to get a list and stuff."
>You tell Utsuho about your earlier sighting of Yamame. "That's not surprising," says Parsee. "But she was supposed to come here once she was done with all that."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Interesting. I wonder if she got hit with the same thing Nitori did between now and then? Or maybe she became preoccupied with something else. I saw Renko alone fairly recently, and she seemed in a hurry to do something private. Yamame might have become involved in whatever that is."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Interesting. I wonder if she got hit with the same thing Nitori did between now and then? Or maybe she became preoccupied with something else. I saw Renko alone fairly recently, and she seemed in a hurry to do something private. Yamame might have become involved in whatever that is."

>"It's possible," says Utsuho. "Just you'd think she would tell us. But I guess she can be scatterbrained at times."
>"Hey, if you get a newspaper," says Parsee, "Let me have it when you're done."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Can do."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Can do."

>"Anything else you need?" asks Utsuho, as Yuugi locates a scrap of paper and gets to work.

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[Kilgamayan]

Anything else we need?

[Marokuu]

We asked them about the spectre so I guess we're done?

[Kilgamayan]

Also just so all the other players know AUSA is going to keep me occupied until late Sunday night (i.e. Monday-morning-Sunday-night). I have no particular unpublicized plans at this point, so don't be afraid of ruining anything. As stated in dialogue, I suspect Tenshi will be willing to help out the shakedown process.

I also wonder mildly about that cold Reisen has - if we happen to see Eirin again, ask her a bit more about it.

[Marokuu]

Welp here goes then

>"Actually do you know if Nitori reacts to pain? Not suggesting that you try it out of course but has there been any accidents?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Actually do you know if Nitori reacts to pain? Not suggesting that you try it out of course but has there been any accidents?"

>"Not much," says Yuugi. "Kinda slugged her in the gut a little bit. Knocked the breath out of her, kinda jarred her into focus for a moment. but didn't last. Think Parsee said you could talk to her and get her that aware if you worked at it."
>Parsee nods.

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[Marokuu]

>"Yes I did seem to get some reaction out of her by trying for a bit"
>"Well I'm going to head out now, I hope we can solve this as soon as possible"
>Take Yuugi's note if we didn't already
>Where did we leave Tenshi?

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yes I did seem to get some reaction out of her by trying for a bit"
>"Well I'm going to head out now, I hope we can solve this as soon as possible"
>Take Yuugi's note if we didn't already
>Where did we leave Tenshi?

>"Yeah, I'm kinda getting tired of not being able to keep a proper eye on the bridge," says Parsee as you tell her you're going to head out.
>You take the list from Yuugi as she finishes it.
>You obtain: Yuugi's Hitlist
>You aren't exactly sure where Tenshi would be; she mentioned that she might try to scare up some cucumbers before the two of you parted.

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[Marokuu]

>Excuse ourselves and leave
>Have a look at the list
>head for wherever you might be able to shake down some cucumbers

[Hello Purvis]

>Excuse ourselves and leave
>Have a look at the list
>head for wherever you might be able to shake down some cucumbers

>You excuse yourself and find your way out of the warehouse, taking care not to trip over anything.
>You check the list. It reads:
>"Makoto the Street Ear: Getting into things she don't need to get into. Bust her up where people can see.  Naria: East Street Queen; been getting ideas; bust her up wherever. Chii the Brewer: Looks funny. Bust her up where people can see, make sure the know it's from me."
>Looking around, you can see most of the houses have a cucumber patch, but they seem to have already been picked. You call there was a market along the river banks as well.

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[Marokuu]

>Move towards the market

[Suwako Moriya]

> Keep an eye out for Tenshi and any other notable figures.

[Hello Purvis]

>Move towards the market

>You head toward the riverside. There are a few kappa milling about here, and a couple stands, all against the river, open. They seem to deal primarily in fish and underwater plants. Things are moderately quiet.

> Keep an eye out for Tenshi and any other notable figures.

>Looking around, you see no sign of Tenshi, but you do notice the nekomata you saw this morning in the island melee over human town. She is at one of the fish stands.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Does she look familiar otherwise?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does she look familiar otherwise?

>You don't really know her. You think you've seen her around human town once or twice.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Move over to her.

[Hello Purvis]

> Move over to her.

>You approach the Nekomata.
>Her ears flick, and she looks over and notices you. "Um, hello..."

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