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

[Kilgamayan]

> How long ago were Nitori and Kogasa's shadows restored? A couple of hours ago?

[Hello Purvis]

> How long ago were Nitori and Kogasa's shadows restored? A couple of hours ago?

>No more than three or four. Maybe a bit over four, you've been running around a lot.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "The affected had their shadows restored about four hours ago. I apologize for not coming to you with this information sooner, but there have been other matters I have had to address. Given how suspicious the timing admittedly is, however, I will say that one of the witnesses to the shadowlessness of one of the affected is Yuugi Hoshiguma, whom I imagine you would rather not accuse of lying. I know I would certainly rather avoid it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The affected had their shadows restored about four hours ago. I apologize for not coming to you with this information sooner, but there have been other matters I have had to address. Given how suspicious the timing admittedly is, however, I will say that one of the witnesses to the shadowlessness of one of the affected is Yuugi Hoshiguma, whom I imagine you would rather not accuse of lying. I know I would certainly rather avoid it."

>"Hmm, yes," says Remilia. "Rather, we find it interesting that the only attempt made to communicate with us at all was yesterday, in which you cannot deny we were most accommodating. Yet in that time there have been two more attacks on us. Then, with the second one thwarted, you finally come to us with this story. We are sure you can understand how it is all most suspicious."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Two more? I can only think of what just recently transpired. When was the other?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Two more? I can only think of what just recently transpired. When was the other?"

>"It would be when your companion attacked our chief of security," says Remilia. "As we understand, you were in attendance for this event."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, that. As I recall, that was a duel agreed upon by your chief of security, one for which she had shown enthusiasm yesterday. Had she not agreed to the duel, it would not have taken place. For all that it means to say so now."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh, that. As I recall, that was a duel agreed upon by your chief of security, one for which she had shown enthusiasm yesterday. Had she not agreed to the duel, it would not have taken place. For all that it means to say so now."

>"Perhaps so," says Remilia. "But we feel it is very strange that you were able to attend a duel against one of our own, yet were not able to find the time to inform us of these things sooner."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Was that duel before or after Nitori and Kogasa's shadows were restored?

[UncertainJakutten]

It was, I'm pretty sure. Since you were convincing the poultrygeist about things.

[Kilgamayan]

I think it was before as well, for that very reason, but I want to be sure.

[Hello Purvis]

> Was that duel before or after Nitori and Kogasa's shadows were restored?

>A little before.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "That duel took place a little bit before the shadows of the affected were restored, a point in time at which I did not have sufficient evidence to come to you. Your librarian friend can attest that I was with her for most of the fight, learning important information from her."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That duel took place a little bit before the shadows of the affected were restored, a point in time at which I did not have sufficient evidence to come to you. Your librarian friend can attest that I was with her for most of the fight, learning important information from her."

>"Mmm. We will most definitely have to have a long chat with Patchouli," says Remilia. "And you did have sufficient suspicion, did you not? We were we not informed, during your bouts of sending that uncouth girl to cause trouble? As well, what would this evidence be, precisely?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I had more than sufficient suspicion because I know we are innocent, but my day yesterday was a very long series of one Gensokyo native after another thinking my people and myself harbingers of war and refusing to listen to my protests to the contrary. It would have made no sense for me to approach anyone that doubted me without solid evidence to support my cause, such as testimony from trustworthy Gensokyo individuals that my people were not to blame."
> "As for the evidence, it is in the affected Gensokyo natives who saw the perpetrator themselves, and, with their shadows restored, can now speak for themselves and testify that the perpetrator was not a Bhavagran native. As I mentioned before, we were all to meet at a certain location after scattering to go on a search for Reimu, whom we had not seen all day. I am a bit loathe to mention it, as I am aware of your house's history with them, but our meeting place is the Turtle House near the woods, where the two girls from the outside world live."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I had more than sufficient suspicion because I know we are innocent, but my day yesterday was a very long series of one Gensokyo native after another thinking my people and myself harbingers of war and refusing to listen to my protests to the contrary. It would have made no sense for me to approach anyone that doubted me without solid evidence to support my cause, such as testimony from trustworthy Gensokyo individuals that my people were not to blame."
> "As for the evidence, it is in the affected Gensokyo natives who saw the perpetrator themselves, and, with their shadows restored, can now speak for themselves and testify that the perpetrator was not a Bhavagran native. As I mentioned before, we were all to meet at a certain location after scattering to go on a search for Reimu, whom we had not seen all day. I am a bit loathe to mention it, as I am aware of your house's history with them, but our meeting place is the Turtle House near the woods, where the two girls from the outside world live."

>"I see," says Remilia in a tone that says otherwise and suggests she is not pleased with that.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I can understand why you may not be pleased with that house and its residents, and my sympathies are extended for the unfortunate coincidence, but that potential dissonance was not at the front of my mind when helping to set things up yesterday. Regardless, the affected people were the kappa Nitori Kawashiro and the karakasa Kogasa Tatara. They are the ones that can confirm the perpetrator of our home's fall was not Bhavagran in origin. The ones that paid witness to their shadowlessness, aside from the two outside world girls, are the youkai Parsee Mizuhashi and the hell raven Utsuho Reiuzi. Yuugi Hoshiguma can also confirm that Nitori was missing her shadow, though I am not sure if she ever saw Kogasa for herself. Utsuho and Yuugi are currently tending to affairs underground, I believe, but the rest should be convening at the Turtle House."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I can understand why you may not be pleased with that house and its residents, and my sympathies are extended for the unfortunate coincidence, but that potential dissonance was not at the front of my mind when helping to set things up yesterday. Regardless, the affected people were the kappa Nitori Kawashiro and the karakasa Kogasa Tatara. They are the ones that can confirm the perpetrator of our home's fall was not Bhavagran in origin. The ones that paid witness to their shadowlessness, aside from the two outside world girls, are the youkai Parsee Mizuhashi and the hell raven Utsuho Reiuzi. Yuugi Hoshiguma can also confirm that Nitori was missing her shadow, though I am not sure if she ever saw Kogasa for herself. Utsuho and Yuugi are currently tending to affairs underground, I believe, but the rest should be convening at the Turtle House."

>"Yes, that would be a very unfortunate choice of ally in the wake of current events," says Remilia. "Let us consider a hypothetical. Let us presume it is all as you say. What would you wish to have follow?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Ideally, this entire incident will end with my people and their homes restored to their proper place in the heavens."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ideally, this entire incident will end with my people and their homes restored to their proper place in the heavens."

>"I see," she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I suppose I should extend you the same question, given the circumstances. Since you have yet to have a chance to confirm what I have told you, I can only ask you to presume what I am saying is true. Presuming my story is true, what would you desire follow from it?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "I suppose I should extend you the same question, given the circumstances. Since you have yet to have a chance to confirm what I have told you, I can only ask you to presume what I am saying is true. Presuming my story is true, what would you desire follow from it?"

>"We shall be frank," says Remilia. "Despite your words, we have seen a woeful lack of diplomacy from Bhava-Agra, and several further attacks in the place of such when we have been most accommodating to the former. Did we not let you examine our prisoners as a courtesy, with no preconditions? Of course we did. We, frankly, have several grievances that must be addressed if what you are saying is true. Should it not be so, then we have quite a few more on top of that."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "List your grievances, then, and I will try to address them as best I can."

[Hello Purvis]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "List your grievances, then, and I will try to address them as best I can."

>"We have," she says. "Despite our efforts to be accommodating, you have taken aggressive actions against us twice and still hold a claim of innocence. You have not informed us of this situation, when we can agree that it would be a priority to do so. These actions, against your claim of innocence, do not satisfy us. In short, we would like to know what do you intend to do about it?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I am not sure what else to tell you. I told you yesterday that I would return when I had found proof. You claimed you did not believe it to exist. Now I am back, with the evidence I have to offer, which I feel is very substantial, and you tell me I did not inform you of the situation. If you wanted constant updates into my search, then I apologize for that, but I did not promise any such thing, and various other unexpected things have sprung up between the last time we met and now."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I am not sure what else to tell you. I told you yesterday that I would return when I had found proof. You claimed you did not believe it to exist. Now I am back, with the evidence I have to offer, which I feel is very substantial, and you tell me I did not inform you of the situation. If you wanted constant updates into my search, then I apologize for that, but I did not promise any such thing, and various other unexpected things have sprung up between the last time we met and now."

>"We are very confused about why basic courtesy would have to be promised," says Remilia, giving you a look. "By all means, elaborate on this idea."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "Did I not do so already? Various other unexpected things happened that forced me to deal with them. In my efforts to find the perpetrator, I nearly had my own shadow stolen, then, after a lengthy and exhausting duel, was cast away into a shadow void prison, which eventually unceremoniously dumped me into Makai, which had its own gauntlet of issues. I have also had to find a way to restore the shadows to the people missing them, rescue another person from being sold at an auction as a slave, rescue my bladed companion when nearly everyone assumed she was the one responsible for the fall of the islands, fend off all three major incident solvers, perform a task for the harvest goddess in the hopes that she will be able to help our destroyed crops and orchards, and gather information from the perpetrator as to how and why they did, not to mention perform various other tasks with them for both their benefit and mine. Amidst all of these things, as well as gathering the promised evidence, I have not been able to give you the status updates you apparently desired."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "Did I not do so already? Various other unexpected things happened that forced me to deal with them. In my efforts to find the perpetrator, I nearly had my own shadow stolen, then, after a lengthy and exhausting duel, was cast away into a shadow void prison, which eventually unceremoniously dumped me into Makai, which had its own gauntlet of issues. I have also had to find a way to restore the shadows to the people missing them, rescue another person from being sold at an auction as a slave, rescue my bladed companion when nearly everyone assumed she was the one responsible for the fall of the islands, fend off all three major incident solvers, perform a task for the harvest goddess in the hopes that she will be able to help our destroyed crops and orchards, and gather information from the perpetrator as to how and why they did, not to mention perform various other tasks with them for both their benefit and mine. Amidst all of these things, as well as gathering the promised evidence, I have not been able to give you the status updates you apparently desired."

>"We note that you were perfect fine with using your agents to attack us," says Remilia, "Yet not to serve basic diplomacy? You will not be surprised to learn we grow more dubious."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Are you really that upset that Bhavagrans have attacked you after you attacked them?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Are you really that upset that Bhavagrans have attacked you after you attacked them?"

>"We are perplexed that you claim innocence," says Remilia, "And did little to follow it up, as though your words alone were enough and we should kneel to them in spite of actions and actions lacking that suggest the contrary. We merely ask how you intend to satisfy this, and it seems that there is little intention to do so; that we are merely to ignore these insults, while we give to you all that you wish. It seems, rather, you would rather not have a settlement that is not perfectly in your favor, and we are waiting eagerly for you to show otherwise."

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