Iku Quest Cztery: A Z-Machine Adventure

[DracoOmega]

Well, I thought we'd just wander around, looking for another fairy. Trying to pick up that old trail we were tracing is probably pointless, but it at least gives us a direction to walk in, while we hope to find someone to speak with.

[Kilgamayan]

I guess that could work.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, I'd say we pick up where we left off. What happened was unfortunate, but Yamame's right that if one fairy was talking about odd shadows, it's quite possible that other fairies around here have heard something as well. They are rather chatty, after all. I see nothing better than to keep wandering in hoping of finding someone else to ask."

>Tenshi nods, and idly pockets something. "Yeah, but there's a good chance most of them haven't calmed down yet. Oh well, shouldn't be too hard to find more."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Yes, hopefully."
>Try to head back in the direction of that tree / trail that we were following earlier, as best we can remember the direction
>Keep an eye out for any sign of fairies

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yes, hopefully."
>Try to head back in the direction of that tree / trail that we were following earlier, as best we can remember the direction
>Keep an eye out for any sign of fairies

>You depart, Tenshi following behind, trying to retrace your steps from before. This quickly becomes a futile effort, you were simply too busy trying not to get left behind by your guides to really not the terrain.
>It does not take long to you to find another faerie, however. You come to part of the forest where mushrooms grow between the trees, and find moderately tall strawberry blonde faerie in a red and white dress picking a few, regarding them with a critical eye.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Approach
>"Good afternoon."

[Hello Purvis]

>Approach
>"Good afternoon."

>"Ah!" cries the faerie, jumping and whirling on you. "You'll never take me alive!"
>Despite this, she does nothing more threatening then clutch her basket of mushrooms with both hands.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I'm sorry if I frightened you. I just wanted to ask you a question or two, that's all."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm sorry if I frightened you. I just wanted to ask you a question or two, that's all."

>"I don't know anything about a missing basket!" she says.
>She doesn't seem quite so tense as before.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Well, that makes two of us, actually."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, that makes two of us, actually."

>"Right, yeah. Exactly." says the fearie, nodding with enough force to send the pigtails at the sides of her head swaying wildly.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I don't suppose you've heard anything about odd shadows?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I don't suppose you've heard anything about odd shadows?"

>"What do you mean by that?" she asks.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Like shadows that don't look quite right, for example. I'd heard there was talk of something like that around here; I didn't know if you might have heard it, too. Or see something odd, even."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Like shadows that don't look quite right, for example. I'd heard there was talk of something like that around here; I didn't know if you might have heard it, too. Or see something odd, even."

>In practically the blink of an eye, the faerie has dropped her mushroom basic, zoomed through the air toward you, and grabs you by the front of your shirt.
>"Who told you about the tree?!" she shouts, inches from your face. "Who!? Was it Star?! Huh!"
>Despite this, you have some difficulty being intimidated, given you are a bit more than twice as tall as she is.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Um, no one, actually. But we've been having shadow problems of our own. Someone overheard some fairies say something about odd shadows here, so I came to investigate. I don't know which fairies they were, I'm afraid, before you ask again."
>"Could you tell me what exactly is wrong with this tree's shadow? Any information you can share would be appreciated, and I'd like to do what I can to help you, in turn."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Um, no one, actually. But we've been having shadow problems of our own. Someone overheard some fairies say something about odd shadows here, so I came to investigate. I don't know which fairies they were, I'm afraid, before you ask again."
>"Could you tell me what exactly is wrong with this tree's shadow? Any information you can share would be appreciated, and I'd like to do what I can to help you, in turn."

>"Oh, so it wasn't Star?" says the faerie. She lets you go and floats back to her basket. You can almost detect an aura of sheepishness about her. "Um. It doesn't have one anymore."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"At all? Not even a faint one?"
>"When did this happen?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"At all? Not even a faint one?"
>"When did this happen?"

>She shakes her head. "Nope! It's not there!"
>"Uh..." she frowns for a moment. "A couple weeks ago is when we saw it."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"That's... much earlier than the others...."
>"Did it disappear entirely overnight, or something? No one saw it happen, did they?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"That's... much earlier than the others...."
>"Did it disappear entirely overnight, or something? No one saw it happen, did they?"

>"I think it did," says the faerie. Then she shakes her head. "And nope."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Have you seen anything else like that, in all the time since?  Any other things without shadows? Or any shadows that look wrong?"
>"Or anything else unusual at all, around the forest."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Have you seen anything else like that, in all the time since?  Any other things without shadows? Or any shadows that look wrong?"
>"Or anything else unusual at all, around the forest."

>"Umm," says the faerie. "There's been a much of weird people and Other Dai running around lately."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Other Dai?"
>"And what kind of weird people?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Other Dai?"
>"And what kind of weird people?"

>"Yeah, Other Dai! She's like Dai, but the other one." The faerie frowns. "She has the hat, you know? And did the thing with mansion."
>"All kinds of weird people who don't live here! They walk around in groups and stuff. Been trying to think of a good way to get them..."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I don't suppose those are people looking for the Brochen Specter, perhaps?"
>"What do you know about that, anyway?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I don't suppose those are people looking for the Brochen Specter, perhaps?"
>"What do you know about that, anyway?"

>"Oh, that's what they're doing!" says the faerie. "Huh, I never thought of it that way."
>"Um, I know Cirno and her friends are gonna catch it. I hope I get to ride on it when they do!"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Do you have any idea what it is? Do you know if anyone has seen it?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Do you have any idea what it is? Do you know if anyone has seen it?"

>"It's supposed to be some really big youkai! Or a metal doll, maybe? All kinds of people think they've seen it, though."

>_

[Marokuu]

>"A metal doll, that's a new one"
>Have we heard about anything involving metal dolls? or anyone that might have heard about it?