Author Topic: Iku Quest N?nt? - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 42346 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #600 on:** February 03, 2011, 03:38:57 AM »

> "Even if that were possible for you, the next time you surprise her after you get out, she may just rip your shadow in half instead of taking it. I cannot imagine this to be a pleasant experience, given she threatened me with it once earlier."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #601 on:** February 03, 2011, 03:53:01 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 03:38:57 AM

> "Even if that were possible for you, the next time you surprise her after you get out, she may just rip your shadow in half instead of taking it. I cannot imagine this to be a pleasant experience, given she threatened me with it once earlier."

>"i dont see why she gets to tell me what to do when shes the one that got me already"

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #602 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:11:03 AM »

> Is she really writing lowercase Is? Seems like uppercase would be quicker, if she's going to be lazy.
> Sigh.
> "Okay, let's try something else. Nitori, how much leeway do the tengu give you to travel up and down the mountain?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #603 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:17:26 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 04:11:03 AM

> Is she really writing lowercase Is? Seems like uppercase would be quicker, if she's going to be lazy.
> Sigh.
> "Okay, let's try something else. Nitori, how much leeway do the tengu give you to travel up and down the mountain?"

>Who can ken the wily ways of the karakasa?
>You sigh and ask Nitori a question.
>"As long as there's not something going on, they let me come and go as I please," Nitori writes.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #604 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:22:03 AM »

> "I think this may mean less to you, then. For that, I apologize, but I don't really have anything else I can give. Now, Kogasa, out of curiosity, do you know where I am from?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #605 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:27:06 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 04:22:03 AM

> "I think this may mean less to you, then. For that, I apologize, but I don't really have anything else I can give. Now, Kogasa, out of curiosity, do you know where I am from?"

>"the sky place", writes Kogasa.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #606 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:27:43 AM »

> "Good. Have you ever been there before, when we were still high in the sky instead of where we are now?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #607 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:29:32 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 04:27:43 AM

> "Good. Have you ever been there before, when we were still high in the sky instead of where we are now?"

>"no", Kogasa writes.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #608 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:30:46 AM »

> "Once we're back where we belong, would you like to go there?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #609 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:36:11 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 04:30:46 AM

> "Once we're back where we belong, would you like to go there?"

She pauses for a moment, then writes, "why"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #610 on:** February 03, 2011, 04:50:23 AM »

> "Well, it's a new place to explore, which Maribel and Renko seem fond of. There's new people to meet, and things you can learn from each other. And, if I may say so myself, our peaches are delicious."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #611 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:11:30 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 04:50:23 AM

> "Well, it's a new place to explore, which Maribel and Renko seem fond of. There's new people to meet, and things you can learn from each other. And, if I may say so myself, our peaches are delicious."

>"that sounds nise" Kogasa writes.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #612 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:18:29 AM »

> "Well, I'll tell you what. If you agree to keep quiet about the poltergeist, I will put in a request with the tengu that you be allowed to travel up Youkai Mountain to visit us whenever you like. We have an island specifically designed for guests from Gensokyo to visit that you can get to if you fly straight up from the top of the mountain. I've made this offer to Maribel and Renko as well, so perhaps you could join them some time. And this offer goes for both of you, as much as Nitori doesn't need tengu permission to travel up and down the mountain."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #613 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:40:47 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 05:18:29 AM

> "Well, I'll tell you what. If you agree to keep quiet about the poltergeist, I will put in a request with the tengu that you be allowed to travel up Youkai Mountain to visit us whenever you like. We have an island specifically designed for guests from Gensokyo to visit that you can get to if you fly straight up from the top of the mountain. I've made this offer to Maribel and Renko as well, so perhaps you could join them some time. And this offer goes for both of you, as much as Nitori doesn't need tengu permission to travel up and down the mountain."

>"deal!!!" Kogasa writes.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #614 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:45:56 AM »

> Nod.
> "All right. Nitori, may I assume you're okay with this? I can't specifically recall an instance where you've visited Guest Island."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #615 on:** February 03, 2011, 05:57:20 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 05:45:56 AM

> Nod.
> "All right. Nitori, may I assume you're okay with this? I can't specifically recall an instance where you've visited Guest Island."

>Nitori nods.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #616 on:** February 03, 2011, 06:02:25 AM »

> "Excellent. Thank you both for your willingness to cooperate. It means a lot to me, and it means a lot to the poltergeist as well."
> "Now, I don't know exactly how this is going to work, or how long it will take. But, if you two should happen to suddenly be in Renko and Maribel's house, could you wait there until I arrive? I shouldn't be too long in getting there myself."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #617 on:** February 03, 2011, 06:12:40 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 06:02:25 AM

> "Excellent. Thank you both for your willingness to cooperate. It means a lot to me, and it means a lot to the poltergeist as well."
> "Now, I don't know exactly how this is going to work, or how long it will take. But, if you two should happen to suddenly be in Renko and Maribel's house, could you wait there until I arrive? I shouldn't be too long in getting there myself."

>Nitori nods again. Kogasa writes, "ok"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #618 on:** February 03, 2011, 06:22:23 AM »

> "All right then."
> Stand back up.
> "Because I'm sure you'd be curious otherwise, what we're all about to do is the agreed-upon signal for the poltergeist to return me to Gensokyo. Sit tight, and hopefully we will meet again soon."
> Look up and wave our arms overhead, like we're trying to get the attention of something passing by in the sky.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #619 on:** February 03, 2011, 06:53:30 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 06:22:23 AM

> "All right then."
> Stand back up.
> "Because I'm sure you'd be curious otherwise, what we're all about to do is the agreed-upon signal for the poltergeist to return me to Gensokyo. Sit tight, and hopefully we will meet again soon."
> Look up and wave our arms overhead, like we're trying to get the attention of something passing by in the sky.

>You stand up, explain what you're doing, then begin to wave your arms toward the sky.
>About a minute passes. Your arms are starting to get rather tired, when the light seems to change around you. The purple yet not purple sky lightens, while the indistinct forms of trees and the like begin to appear around you. Proper color returns to the world, lightening in a way that you cannot really express with words. The dirt under your feet shifts and softens as grass manifests there. Soon there is no sign of the shadowy island, and the world begins to brighten, though the ground remains dark. The sounds of birds and insects come to you quickly, and everything looks normal after a moment.
>Looking around, you do not see the poltergeist anywhere, but you suspect she's not terribly far away, given the shadow covering the ground.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #620 on:** February 03, 2011, 06:54:55 AM »

> Wow. That was pretty neat.
> Check around the ground. Are there any tracks visible?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #621 on:** February 03, 2011, 06:56:52 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 06:54:55 AM

> Wow. That was pretty neat.
> Check where she was standing. Are there any tracks visible?

>Looking around, you find you've appeared someplace different than where you began. The forest seems significantly less dense here.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #622 on:** February 03, 2011, 06:59:40 AM »

> So no tracks, then. Well, shoot.
> Crest the canopy. Check for a potential center of the giant shadow, as well as where we are in relation to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Stop if we hear any voices, though.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #623 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:18:30 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 06:59:40 AM

> So no tracks, then. Well, shoot.
> Crest the canopy. Check for a potential center of the giant shadow, as well as where we are in relation to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Stop if we hear any voices, though.

>You take to the air.
>Looking down, your really can't see a shadow on the forest floor through the trees very effectively, at least not well enough to determine what might be the center of the shadow.
>Looking around, you see Scarlet Devil Mansion some distance to the south, certainly further away than it was when you stopped to speak with the poltergeist. To the north some distance, you can see the Island that Remilia claimed sometime this morning floating serenely, giving you an idea of where Kourindou is. You think you are in the western half of the forest.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #624 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:22:09 AM »

> Head south, toward that edge of the forest.
> Once we get to the edge of the forest, land and see if we can pick out roughly where we first entered it.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #625 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:28:31 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on February 03, 2011, 07:22:09 AM

> Head south, toward that edge of the forest.
> Once we get to the edge of the forest, land and see if we can pick out roughly where we first entered it.

>You fly toward the southern edge of the forest, and quickly start to pick out where you entered it the last time. As you do, a faerie, barely the size of your hands and clad in green, bursts from the foliage and cries, "You gotta help me!" at the top of her lungs as she barrels toward you.

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #626 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:34:18 AM »

>"What is it?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #627 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:45:07 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on February 03, 2011, 07:34:18 AM

>"What is it?"

>She pulls up at the last moment, coming dangerously close to smacking you in the jaw with her head. You can see she is a tiny faerie, probably a little smaller than your hand with green hair. Her face is a mask of grief. "You gotta help me! You just gotta! I can't find the shrine! Where's the shrine! Reimu needs me!"

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #628 on:** February 03, 2011, 07:46:44 AM »

>"Can't find the shrine? What do you mean? Did something happen to it?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #629 on:** February 03, 2011, 08:08:01 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on February 03, 2011, 07:46:44 AM

>"Can't find the shrine? What do you mean? Did something happen to it?"

>You did not think her face could fall any further. "Something happened to the shrine?! Reimu needs me more than ever! You gotta tell me where to find her!"

>_