Iku Quest Sechs - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Suwako Moriya]

The plunger could be an amusing purchase. The trumpet and strings card could be useful for getting PrismReznor help. Beyond that, ask Tenshi what catches her eye?

[DracoOmega]

Trumpet and strings card, perhaps, but I imagine that's going to take a reasonable bit more capital on our part, and I don't want to trade in TWO of our cards (or more for the trumpet, potentially)

And aren't we already getting Tenshi something?

>"Is the fan itself perfectly mundane, then?"
>"Would the spellcard I mentioned be sufficient to purchase both the red gem and the grey box?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Did we ask Rinnosuke about the iron key? If not, ask about it.

>"Ah, that key has been here as long as I can remember," he says.

Trumpet and strings card, perhaps, but I imagine that's going to take a reasonable bit more capital on our part, and I don't want to trade in TWO of our cards (or more for the trumpet, potentially)
>"Is the fan itself perfectly mundane, then?"
>"Would the spellcard I mentioned be sufficient to purchase both the red gem and the grey box?"

>"Perfectly," he says. "and yes it would. You could get another small item, as well."

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[Hanged Hourai]

>"Do you have any idea as to what the key goes to or how you came across it?"
>Recall what Rinnosuke said about the "javelin" last time we were here. Does he seem to know its purpose?

[Hello Purvis]

>"Do you have any idea as to what the key goes to or how you came across it?"
>Recall what Rinnosuke said about the "javelin" last time we were here. Does he seem to know its purpose?

>"It's been here for a very long time," says Rinnosuke. "To be honest, I don't remember how I acquired it. I have no idea what it goes to."
>He said it was an outside artifact. You have the feeling, if he knows the use of it, he's being tight-lipped about it.

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[Hanged Hourai]

What do you guys think, the card for the gem, grey box and plunger? Or trade out the plunger for the key?

Also:

>"Where or how did you acquire this mysterious grey box?"

[DracoOmega]

I don't see that we have any potential use for either the plunger or the key, but since a couple people seem to find the plunger amusing, and I have nothing else I'm strongly attached to, I suppose I wouldn't object.

[Suwako Moriya]

The key's been there since Patchy Quest and we have enough on our plate as it is. We can grab it next quest to see where it goes.

My vote is for the plunger.

[DracoOmega]

>"Would that spellcard for the red gem, grey box, and this curious javelin be an equitable trade?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Would that spellcard for the red gem, grey box, and this curious javelin be an equitable trade?"

>Rinnosuke nods.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Very good."
>Make the trade

>"I was also wondering what you may know about a poltergeist that's been spotted around the forest recently. Short white hair, and a fancy blue coat?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Very good."
>Make the trade

>"I was also wondering what you may know about a poltergeist that's been spotted around the forest recently. Short white hair, and a fancy blue coat?"

>You obtain: Red Glass
>You obtain: Plunger
>You obtain: Gray Box.
>"Yes, I do remember seeing a young lady of the sort around previously," says Rinnosuke. "A few days ago, I saw her staring in through the window there."
>He gestures toward the window to the west.
>"She was some distance away, but I was quite certain she was looking into the store. I imagine she must be quite young, s I left her be. Then last night, I saw her run past the story in quite a hurry."

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[Hanged Hourai]

>"Do you have a good idea which way she went?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Do you have a good idea which way she went?"

>"Southward, I believe," says Rinnosuke.

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[Hanged Hourai]

>What lies southward of here?

[Hello Purvis]

>What lies southward of here?

>Marisa's House is somewhere to the south, as is Alice's and the Misty Lake. Past that would be Scarlet Devil Mansion. YOu suspect there is more i you go southeast or southwest; such as the faerie homes to the southeast or the hot springs and the entrance Underground. Southwest, more to the west, is Eientei.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "This was late last night?"
> "Was she carrying anything?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "This was late last night?"
> "Was she carrying anything?"

>"Not that late," he says. "And I do not believe so."

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "Hmm...how did she look as she hurried by? Scared? Angry? Happy?"

[DracoOmega]

>Would the area where we found her originally have been south of here?

[Suwako Moriya]

Wait a minute. Why didn't we take the string from Momizi and bring it to Patchouli?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm...how did she look as she hurried by? Scared? Angry? Happy?"

>"I couldn't tell," says Rinnosuke.

>Would the area where we found her originally have been south of here?

>Southwest.

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[DracoOmega]

Wait a minute. Why didn't we take the string from Momizi and bring it to Patchouli?

I considered it at the time, but if an entire dress was barely enough to work, I can't imagine that a single thread would have been useful for anything.
...of course, I suppose we could have asked, anyway. But that's why I never bothered.

>Does knowing she went south actually eliminate any considerable part of the forest?
>"Would this have been closer to due south? Or maybe more east or westward? I realize that it may have been hard to tell."

[Suwako Moriya]

> "Did she see you see her either time you saw her? What was her reaction if so?"

[Hanged Hourai]

Can't Nazrin find anything if she has a good enough description of it?
And we have a picture...
 

[Hello Purvis]

> "Did she see you see her either time you saw her? What was her reaction if so?"

>"She might have seen me the first time," Rinnosuke says, "But I don't believe she knows I saw her. The second time, I doubt she was paying attention."

>Does knowing she went south actually eliminate any considerable part of the forest?
>"Would this have been closer to due south? Or maybe more east or westward? I realize that it may have been hard to tell."

>Not really, given you're still fairly on the north end.
>"I want to say more westward," says Rinnosuke, "But you appreciate that such is harder to judge."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Of course."
>Where was the spot we last saw the spectre, in relation to here?

Can't Nazrin find anything if she has a good enough description of it?
And we have a picture...
 

I'm not sure quite how good this particular Nazrin's tracking abilities are. The topic hasn't come up much. I know that she failed to find a UFO that she saw fly past her only a few minutes before, in Reisen Quest.

>Do we know anything about Nazrin's tracking abilities?

[Hello Purvis]

>"Of course."
>Where was the spot we last saw the spectre, in relation to here?
>Do we know anything about Nazrin's tracking abilities?

>You last saw her northeast of here, on the road to Youkai Mountain.
>You know Nazrin is a dowser. You have no idea how reliable she is.

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[DracoOmega]

Well, I don't think there's much more we can milk that for, right now. Feel free to stop me, if you have a different idea.

>"Well, thank you very much for your assistance. It's the most contemporaneous information we have so far. Have a good day, Rinnosuke."
>Exit Kourindou

>Smile
>Give the red gem to Tenshi
>"Merry Christmas, Tenshi!"
>"I believe I made you a promise?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, thank you very much for your assistance. It's the most contemporaneous information we have so far. Have a good day, Rinnosuke."
>Exit Kourindou

>Smile
>Give the red gem to Tenshi
>"Merry Christmas, Tenshi!"
>"I believe I made you a promise?"

>"You as well, Miss Nagae," says Rinnosuke as you leave.
>You had Tenshi the Red Gem with a smile.
>"Wow, this is so much better than the five minutes of Virtue of Wind God I got for Kanakomas!
>"Thanks," she says, as she takes it into her hands and looks at it. "That was nice of you!"

>_