Iku Quest Edi'nayset: A Z-Machine Adventure.

[Kilgamayan]

> Mentally slap ourselves for not planning this properly.
> Where is the nearest visible village on the island?

[Hello Purvis]

> Mentally slap ourselves for not planning this properly.
> Where is the nearest visible village on the island?

>When you're in a hurry, sometimes things get overlooked. Oh for the times when you were just overseeing a harvest...
>None of them are really visible, but you know there is one close to the shore of the largest lake.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Head to that village. Keep an eye out for any non-Bhavagrans.

[Hello Purvis]

> Head to that village. Keep an eye out for any non-Bhavagrans.

>You make your way toward the village.
>As you do, you see one distinctly non-Bhava-Agran person standing on the lake shore. A smallish, bat-winged woman in a pink dress, carrying a parasol. There is no question that she is watching you.

>_

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Do we know who this is?

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we know who this is?

>You dealt with Remilia Scarlet before. As well, you saw her yesterday.

>_

[Thata no Guykoro]

>Detour over, land in front of Remilia.
>"Good day, miss Scarlet."

[Suwako Moriya]

Okay, since I'm going to be distracted on and off with commitments for the next couple of hours, I must stress the importance of civility. We're not here right now to fight anyone or take back the island. If Remilia taunts us about having conquered our stuff, roll with it.

EDIT: That being said.

> Begin building a charge.

Better safe than sorry. I'd prefer to use it for Solar Flare purposes only, though.

[Hello Purvis]

>Detour over, land in front of Remilia.
>"Good day, miss Scarlet."

>It is not really a detour at all, it seems Remilia has come from the village you are heading toward. You land in front of her and wish her a good day.
>"Ah, Miss Nagae, if we recall correctly," she says. "How kind of you to come pay us a visit eventually. We were just about to go and greet you personally. But as you apparently had the same thought, we decided it would be best to let you come to us. We expect you are wondering about your companion, are you not?"

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> Begin building a charge.
> "The Eldest Daughter's condition and whereabouts are a regular concern of mine, yes. I would be a terrible friend otherwise."

[Hello Purvis]

> Begin building a charge.
> "The Eldest Daughter's condition and whereabouts are a regular concern of mine, yes. I would be a terrible friend otherwise."

>You start to build up a charge.
>"You'll be pleased to know, then, that our recently-obtained subjects are taking very good care of her after she foolishly decided to attack our maid," says Remilia. "She will make a full recovery, we have been assured."

>_

[Thata no Guykoro]

>"She decided to attack your maid? I would like to know the full details of this, if you do not mind."

[Hello Purvis]

>"She decided to attack your maid? I would like to know the full details of this, if you do not mind."

>"It is a rather simple story," says Remilia. "She foolishly decided to help herself to our flag. When Sakuya went to disabuse her of this notion, she lashed out and things progressed from there much as you would expect. Of course, we note that you decided to inspect our flag before paying us any kind of visit as well, which we are certain you will agree is most impolite."

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "I can think of a great many things more impolite than inspecting a foreign object in my people's home."

[Hello Purvis]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "I can think of a great many things more impolite than inspecting a foreign object in my people's home."

>"We see no difficulty in placing our flag upon our holdings," says Remilia. "But we do see quite a difficulty in inviting oneself into our lands during a time of war and not bothering to present oneself to the authorities and demonstrate that one is not, in fact, trying to stir up trouble. But we shall be gracious and overlook this mistake on your part."

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

Give me a few moments, I think I know where to go from here.

[Suwako Moriya]

> "Well, I have to admit I was discounting the current state of affairs, since we were talking of impoliteness. I can think of little more impolite than invading innocent homes."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, I have to admit I was discounting the current state of affairs, since we were talking of impoliteness. I can think of little more impolite than invading innocent homes."

>"We quite agree," says Remilia, grinning. "It is a shame you choose such a route. But I presume this is an indication you would like to negotiate your surrender? I feel we can be most generous with our terms."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Keep that charge coming.
> "Sadly, no. It is an indication that I wish to prove to you that Bhava-Agra's fall was not of its own doing, a fact for which I have been able to construct evidence for you to see yourself, if you, quite understandably, are unwilling to take my word for it."

[Hello Purvis]

> Keep that charge coming.
> "Sadly, no. It is an indication that I wish to prove to you that Bhava-Agra's fall was not of its own doing, a fact for which I have been able to construct evidence for you to see yourself, if you, quite understandably, are unwilling to take my word for it."

>You continue to charge.
>"Mmm. Sending your companion to steal our flag and assault our maid was a very poor first step to that, I think you'll agree."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I think you can hardly blame innocent people for fighting back when their land is taken from them by strange invaders. I will grant, however, that there were better ways to approach the situation on my part, so yes, I admit my own erring there. But ultimately it is good that you are already here, because the first piece of evidence can be found right here, below this island."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I think you can hardly blame innocent people for fighting back when their land is taken from them by strange invaders. I will grant, however, that there were better ways to approach the situation on my part, so yes, I admit my own erring there. But ultimately it is good that you are already here, because the first piece of evidence can be found right here, below this island."

>"And this would be?" says Remilia.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "The faint shadow it is casting. All of Bhava-Agra's islands are casting improper shadows. It is this shadow drain that caused the islands to fall in the first place. You may ask your librarian friend for further details into shadow magic, unless you are already well-versed in it yourself."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The faint shadow it is casting. All of Bhava-Agra's islands are casting improper shadows. It is this shadow drain that caused the islands to fall in the first place. You may ask your librarian friend for further details into shadow magic, unless you are already well-versed in it yourself."

>"We are well aware of the unusual shadows," says Remilia.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "That is good, it saves us some time inspecting them. But obviously this does nothing to disprove the theory, however...far-fetched it may be, that we took our own home's shadow in an attempt to invade Gensokyo in such a fashion where we could play innocent should our invasion fail. However, the one responsible for the shadow drain has struck elsewhere across Gensokyo. You may have heard of a large rock near Marisa's house that lacks a shadow, or perhaps of a shadowless row of trees somewhere in the main forest. More interesting than those, however, are the people that had their shadow taken, because they observed the shadow thief themselves."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That is good, it saves us some time inspecting them. But obviously this does nothing to disprove the theory, however...far-fetched it may be, that we took our own home's shadow in an attempt to invade Gensokyo in such a fashion where we could play innocent should our invasion fail. However, the one responsible for the shadow drain has struck elsewhere across Gensokyo. You may have heard of a large rock near Marisa's house that lacks a shadow, or perhaps of a shadowless row of trees somewhere in the main forest. More interesting than those, however, are the people that had their shadow taken, because they observed the shadow thief themselves."

>"Do go on," says Remilia.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I found two people that had their shadows taken by the party responsible for Bhava-Agra's fall, and have since managed to restore their shadows. Sadly, part of the agreement they made for getting their shadows back was that they would not talk about who the responsible party is, but they confirm that the responsible party is not Bhavagran in origin, and they have several other people that can serve witness to the fact that they were missing their shadows for a time."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I found two people that had their shadows taken by the party responsible for Bhava-Agra's fall, and have since managed to restore their shadows. Sadly, part of the agreement they made for getting their shadows back was that they would not talk about who the responsible party is, but they confirm that the responsible party is not Bhavagran in origin, and they have several other people that can serve witness to the fact that they were missing their shadows for a time."

>"And?" says Remilia.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "And we can go talk to them to confirm what I have told you, if you like. We have been meeting fairly regularly at a certain location for the past day or so, and I know of at least one group member who was still there last I checked, with the others planning on returning."

[Hello Purvis]

> "And we can go talk to them to confirm what I have told you, if you like. We have been meeting fairly regularly at a certain location for the past day or so, and I know of at least one group member who was still there last I checked, with the others planning on returning."

>"You understand, we hope, exactly how suspicious this is in regards to your timing," says Remilia. "How long have you known of this?"

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