Iku Quest Otto - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "I presumed you would. But would you miss them enough to not take this opportunity, were it offered to you?"

>"I'd just come back if I needed to," she says, "So sure I would."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "And if you were not allowed back?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "And if you were not allowed back?"

>"Then even better," she says, "I just get to beat a few of them up on the way there."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "As well as any tengu patrols you came across while ascending the mountain, presumably."

[Hello Purvis]

> "As well as any tengu patrols you came across while ascending the mountain, presumably."

>"Yeah," she says. "But that's no problem."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Sad frown.
> "I wonder if your mother would approve of such copious amounts of violence."

[Hello Purvis]

> Sad frown.
> "I wonder if your mother would approve of such copious amounts of violence."

>"Hey, what's she got to do with this?" asks Tenshi.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Have any celestials ever left Bhava-Agra for good before, either on their own or because they were kicked out?

[Hello Purvis]

> Have any celestials ever left Bhava-Agra for good before, either on their own or because they were kicked out?

>No in either case. There are two ways out; further enlightenment, or being claimed by a shikigami.

[Kilgamayan]

> You mean shinigami, I assume.
> So there's a realm above Bhava-Agra?

> "She has everything to do with it. I realize your desire to leave our home. I merely want to help you think the consequences all the way through. I ask you all these questions and tell you all these things not to nag you or tell you why I think you shouldn't go, but because you deserve to know. You deserve to be able to make the best-informed decision you possibly can."
> "The thing about it is...I don't know what it would be like for a celestial to up and leave. I can't recall it happening, ever. And if you left for Gensokyo, given the spiritual standings of the two realms...I would guess that you would not be allowed to return, unless you earned your way back in by Bhavagran standards, which I am sure you have little interest in doing. It is very possible that you would be flat-out exiled from Bhava-Agra. In order for you to return, you would have to fight through whatever tengu guards appear on the mountain, and then through whatever celestial guards are placed to stop you from returning. And then, if you made it through all those people and were able to return to your family, they would know of all the fighting you had to do to return to them. If that happened, do you think they would be pleased?"

[Hello Purvis]

> You mean shinigami, I assume.
> So there's a realm above Bhava-Agra?

> "She has everything to do with it. I realize your desire to leave our home. I merely want to help you think the consequences all the way through. I ask you all these questions and tell you all these things not to nag you or tell you why I think you shouldn't go, but because you deserve to know. You deserve to be able to make the best-informed decision you possibly can."
> "The thing about it is...I don't know what it would be like for a celestial to up and leave. I can't recall it happening, ever. And if you left for Gensokyo, given the spiritual standings of the two realms...I would guess that you would not be allowed to return, unless you earned your way back in by Bhavagran standards, which I am sure you have little interest in doing. It is very possible that you would be flat-out exiled from Bhava-Agra. In order for you to return, you would have to fight through whatever tengu guards appear on the mountain, and then through whatever celestial guards are placed to stop you from returning. And then, if you made it through all those people and were able to return to your family, they would know of all the fighting you had to do to return to them. If that happened, do you think they would be pleased?"

>Yeah those ones.
>You aren't really sure if it's a realm, or if there would be anything like existence here. Nirvana isn't very well defined.
>"Well, I never said I was going to leave," says Tenshi, frowning. "And, um, I'm pretty sure I can't anyways..."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "It is possible to leave, though the methods of which I am aware are not the methods we're discussing. But I am wondering if we could speak to The Dragon on this matter."

[Hello Purvis]

> "It is possible to leave, though the methods of which I am aware are not the methods we're discussing. But I am wondering if we could speak to The Dragon on this matter."

>"Maybe," says Tenshi.
>You wonder if The Dragon will have changed it's mind since this was last brought up?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> It was last brought up as a request from others to kick Tenshi out, wasn't it? This time it would be brought up as a request from Tenshi to leave. Perhaps that would be enough of a difference?
> "There's very little else I can think of.  And it pains me, since you so clearly want it. I wish I could do more to make you happy, Tenshi. I just don't know how."

[Hello Purvis]

> It was last brought up as a request from others to kick Tenshi out, wasn't it? This time it would be brought up as a request from Tenshi to leave. Perhaps that would be enough of a difference?
> "There's very little else I can think of.  And it pains me, since you so clearly want it. I wish I could do more to make you happy, Tenshi. I just don't know how."

>This is true. That might make the difference.
>She shrugs. "Don't worry about. I'll deal with them."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "But surely there must be something else I can do to make you happy, at least in the interim..."

[Hello Purvis]

> "But surely there must be something else I can do to make you happy, at least in the interim..."

>"You could get me off orchard duty," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> ...Is that really under our jurisdiction?
> What other tasks could Tenshi potentially do as part of her punishment?

[Hello Purvis]

> ...Is that really under our jurisdiction?
> What other tasks could Tenshi potentially do as part of her punishment?

>Theoretically, but it's kind of abusing power.
>She has all sorts of grunt work that she does and sometimes runs off on.

[Kilgamayan]

> Who handed down the original order, again?

> Fault a little bit.
> "Uh, I was expecting something a little...more elaborate than that. Well, um, what would you rather do instead?"

> Have we ever eaten/heard of a corn dog before?

[Hello Purvis]

> Who handed down the original order, again?

> Fault a little bit.
> "Uh, I was expecting something a little...more elaborate than that. Well, um, what would you rather do instead?"

> Have we ever eaten/heard of a corn dog before?

>It was a tribunal of Celestials that determined the final ruling. You worked closely with them and felt the decision was fair, at least at the time.
>"Not have to do a much of boring dirty work," she says.
>You have never eaten a dog of any kind.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Eh, it was still a fair decision. We may want Tenshi to be our friend, but what she did was still unpleasant, and no one is above the rules.
> How long is her punishment meant to last?

[Hello Purvis]

> Eh, it was still a fair decision. We may want Tenshi to be our friend, but what she did was still unpleasant, and no one is above the rules.
> How long is her punishment meant to last?

>Until it is deemed no longer necessary in a later tribunal, which is to be review the case each season. So far, no one has been impressed.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Does she know this? If not, is she permitted to know?
> How soon is it until the next review?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does she know this? If not, is she permitted to know?
> How soon is it until the next review?

>She does know, and the next one should be in a month and a half.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Was it this same tribunal that ruled she was not allowed possession of the sword?

[Hanged Hourai]

>Would it be abusing power if we moved the tribunal sooner? Or would we have to request one to be more cordial?

[Hello Purvis]

> Was it this same tribunal that ruled she was not allowed possession of the sword?

>Yes.

>Would it be abusing power if we moved the tribunal sooner? Or would we have to request one to be more cordial?

>You can't just have it moved. But, if you were to request it be moved up, it should be doable.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Bhava-Agra typically does not condone fighting, right?
> Does it have any dedicated self-defense training, in the event of disaster?

[Hello Purvis]

> Bhava-Agra typically does not condone fighting, right?
> Does it have any dedicated self-defense training, in the event of disaster?

>It does not. Dueling and such is allowed, but there's so little interest in it.
>It kinda does. People have to learn danmaku somewhere, and Tenshi had to learn how to use a blade without hacking her own hand off. But there isn't any consistently dedicated class, groups arise and dissolve as needs be.