Author Topic: Iku Quest Deka: A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 42499 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #780 on:** February 28, 2011, 12:42:08 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 12:36:12 AM

> Slowly stand up and walk back to where Chen was.

>You walk back to Renko's Home.
>Looking around, you find Chen crouched on the roof. "Hi Miss Iku Person!" she calls.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #781 on:** February 28, 2011, 12:47:08 AM »

> "Hello."
> Fly up to the roof and hand Chen the letter.
> "Give this to Miss Yukari. Be sure not to read it, it is very private. When Miss Yukari has written a response, return here, and drop her letter off at my friend's meeting place, near the river."
> Give Chen proper directions to the poltergeist meeting place.
> "If I am there, you can give it to me. Otherwise, leave it under something, so it does not blow away, such as a rock. Then, return to this house and wait a while for her to write a response, which will also be left at that meeting place. Can you do all this?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #782 on:** February 28, 2011, 12:54:03 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 12:47:08 AM

> "Hello."
> Fly up to the roof and hand Chen the letter.
> "Give this to Miss Yukari. Be sure not to read it, it is very private. When Miss Yukari has written a response, return here, and drop her letter off at my friend's meeting place, near the river."
> Give Chen proper directions to the poltergeist meeting place.
> "If I am there, you can give it to me. Otherwise, leave it under something, so it does not blow away, such as a rock. Then, return to this house and wait a while for her to write a response, which will also be left at that meeting place. Can you do all this?"

>"You got it!" says Chen as she takes the letter, and zooms off toward the Yakumo household.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #783 on:** February 28, 2011, 12:57:52 AM »

> Head back to the poltergeist meeting place.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #784 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:05:39 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 12:57:52 AM

> Head back to the poltergeist meeting place.

>You return to the meeting spot, and find it empty.
>After a moment, the poltergeist peeks around a different tree than before. "I didn't think you were going to come back so soon," she says. "Did you forget something?"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #785 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:07:47 AM »

> "No. I just have nothing left to do."
> Sit down against the same tree as before.
> "I have failed my people."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #786 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:08:48 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 01:07:47 AM

> "No. I just have nothing left to do."
> Sit down against the same tree as before.
> "I have failed my people."

>"Huh?" she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #787 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:11:21 AM »

> Sit down against the same tree as before and stare at the ground a few feet in front of us.
> "I have done everything I can. Everything I have thought possible to do. And I am left in a situation that is completely out of my hands, where the fate of my people and my home rests on the whims of others. I have no way of knowing how long the process will take, no way of expediting it, and not even a way to guarantee that it will work out favorably for my people. There is nothing left for me to do. I am powerless to restore my home to where it belongs. I have failed."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #788 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:21:39 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 01:11:21 AM

> Sit down against the same tree as before and stare at the ground a few feet in front of us.
> "I have done everything I can. Everything I have thought possible to do. And I am left in a situation that is completely out of my hands, where the fate of my people and my home rests on the whims of others. I have no way of knowing how long the process will take, no way of expediting it, and not even a way to guarantee that it will work out favorably for my people. There is nothing left for me to do. I am powerless to restore my home to where it belongs. I have failed."

>"So have I," she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #789 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:24:14 AM »

> "Yours is a life-or-death situation. You had no choice. Your hand was forced. My situation is not life-or-death. I am simply a failure."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #790 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:34:37 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 01:24:14 AM

> "Yours is a life-or-death situation. You had no choice. Your hand was forced. My situation is not life-or-death. I am simply a failure."

>"Don't say things like that," says the poltergeist, frowning.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #791 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:40:10 AM »

> "There is nothing else to say. I was tasked with restoring my home, I have put forth my best effort to doing so, and my home still sits lifeless, ruined and defeated. If something occurs to save it, it will not be my doing, it will have been someone else's. I do not know how to see that as anything other than abject failure."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #792 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:45:10 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 01:40:10 AM

> "There is nothing else to say. I was tasked with restoring my home, I have put forth my best effort to doing so, and my home still sits lifeless, ruined and defeated. If something occurs to save it, it will not be my doing, it will have been someone else's. I do not know how to see that as anything other than abject failure."

>"Stop that," she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #793 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:46:45 AM »

> Look up at the poltergeist.
> "And do what instead?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #794 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:56:48 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 01:46:45 AM

> Look up at the poltergeist.
> "And do what instead?"

>"I don't know," she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #795 on:** February 28, 2011, 01:59:30 AM »

> Look back down at the ground.
> "Then you might as well take my shadow now, like I offered it to you this morning. Maybe you'll get more use out of me than my people did."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #796 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:01:26 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 01:59:30 AM

> Look back down at the ground.
> "Then you might as well take my shadow now, like I offered it to you this morning. Maybe you'll get more use out of me than my people did."

>"I don't want to," she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #797 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:08:11 AM »

> "Why not?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #798 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:14:03 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 02:08:11 AM

> "Why not?"

>"I just don't, okay?" she says in a tone that invites no argument.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #799 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:15:30 AM »

> Clutch our knees to our chest again.
> "So I can't even give myself up properly. Just one more thing I've failed at."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #800 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:17:11 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 02:15:30 AM

> Clutch our knees to our chest again.
> "So I can't even give myself up properly. Just one more thing I've failed at."

>"I said stop it," she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #801 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:21:19 AM »

> Look back up at the poltergeist.
> "And what will happen if I don't?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #802 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:29:22 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 02:21:19 AM

> Look back up at the poltergeist.
> "And what will happen if I don't?"

>"I'll...be really irritated with you, alright!?"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #803 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:40:58 AM »

> Stare at her for a couple of seconds, then crack a small smile.
> "Well...maybe you're right. I guess I did succeed at one thing."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #804 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:42:22 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 02:40:58 AM

> Stare at her for a couple of seconds, then crack a small smile.
> "Well...maybe you're right. I guess I did succeed at one thing."

>"See?" she says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #805 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:43:27 AM »

> Nod.
> "Yeah."
> Smile a little more.
> "I found the one who hid herself at all costs, who retched at the idea of socialization, who stole the shadows of those that discovered her to keep them silent forever, and who was willing to risk ultimate death for her isolationist ideals...and I got her to care about me."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #806 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:52:02 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 02:43:27 AM

> Nod.
> "Yeah."
> Smile a little more.
> "I found the one who hid herself at all costs, who retched at the idea of socialization, who stole the shadows of those that discovered her to keep them silent forever, and who was willing to risk ultimate death for her isolationist ideals...and I got her to care about me."

>She doesn't say anything.
>After a moment, she says, "Well...maybe. I don't know."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #807 on:** February 28, 2011, 02:58:50 AM »

> "Well, you have your system for information now, don't you? Lady Yakumo's messenger knows where to deliver her messages and where to pick them up. You have your writing equipment, and you know what you've been feeling and what you want to say and what you don't want to say. You don't need me for any of that. You could rip my shadow in half, or take it for yourself, and everything you've ever told me wouldn't matter anymore, because I wouldn't matter anymore. Your secrets would be safe again. You'd have your life-saving information, and no one would be around to collect the price you needed to pay to get it. You'd be completely in the clear."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #808 on:** February 28, 2011, 03:29:24 AM »

Quote from: Yamameko no Naku Roda ni on February 28, 2011, 02:58:50 AM

> "Well, you have your system for information now, don't you? Lady Yakumo's messenger knows where to deliver her messages and where to pick them up. You have your writing equipment, and you know what you've been feeling and what you want to say and what you don't want to say. You don't need me for any of that. You could rip my shadow in half, or take it for yourself, and everything you've ever told me wouldn't matter anymore, because I wouldn't matter anymore. Your secrets would be safe again. You'd have your life-saving information, and no one would be around to collect the price you needed to pay to get it. You'd be completely in the clear."

>"That's not true..." she says, frowning.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #809 on:** February 28, 2011, 03:30:17 AM »

> "What part of it isn't true?"