Iku Quest On Iki - A Z-Machine Adventure

[UncertainJakutten]

>"Would you be able to teach me in a way that would allow me to convey the knowledge to her?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Would you be able to teach me in a way that would allow me to convey the knowledge to her?"

>Nue laughs as she starts to fill up a glass. "No, you kind of have to be born into it."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"I will have to consult her on the matter, then."
>"Would you need to actually see her body, or could she remain in her concealing clothing?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I will have to consult her on the matter, then."
>"Would you need to actually see her body, or could she remain in her concealing clothing?"

>"It'll just be an illusion," says Nue. "A good one, but an illusions nonetheless."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Forgive me, but I'm not sure how that relates to whether or not she would be able to remain in her concealing clothing while to instructed her."
>"Anyways, that does bring up an issue. Just how... complete of an illusion would it be? From what I understand, the UFO illusion was very complete, not even being revealed when people grabbed the objects. Would it be similarly complete on a person? And how difficult would it be for one to see through it, or even realize that there's an illusion in the first place?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Forgive me, but I'm not sure how that relates to whether or not she would be able to remain in her concealing clothing while to instructed her."
>"Anyways, that does bring up an issue. Just how... complete of an illusion would it be? From what I understand, the UFO illusion was very complete, not even being revealed when people grabbed the objects. Would it be similarly complete on a person? And how difficult would it be for one to see through it, or even realize that there's an illusion in the first place?"

>"I don't know why you'd have to remove clothes for an illusion," says Nue, frowning at you a little. "Anyways, depends on what we do. The more like her shape it is, the harder it'll be the see through. The reason the UFOs worked so well was that they were small, and the vault pieces were in shapes that worked well with it. Like, if I made her hair look longer, it'd be a problem if someone tried to pull her by it."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"I understand how the clothing question may seem odd, but my friend will no doubt want that specific assurance."
>"The illusion would, I think, keep her body shape. There are many ways she could be made to look like a completely different person without making such alterations, are there not? You're the expert in this area, though, so I'll ask you directly: could you make her look like a completely different person without increasing the illusion's suceptability to detection?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"I understand how the clothing question may seem odd, but my friend will no doubt want that specific assurance."
>"The illusion would, I think, keep her body shape. There are many ways she could be made to look like a completely different person without making such alterations, are there not? You're the expert in this area, though, so I'll ask you directly: could you make her look like a completely different person without increasing the illusion's suceptability to detection?"

>"The more differences I make, the more susceptible she's going to be," says Nue. "But some things are harder to pick up. Colors are easy, for instance."

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[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"That makes sense."
>"All right, then. What I want is for my friend to be unrecognizable when the illusion is active. Given that, how undetectable could you possibly make it? I understand that perfection is impossible, but how many people would actually be able to see through or even detect an illusion such as that?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"That makes sense."
>"All right, then. What I want is for my friend to be unrecognizable when the illusion is active. Given that, how undetectable could you possibly make it? I understand that perfection is impossible, but how many people would actually be able to see through or even detect an illusion such as that?"

>"I'd have to see what I'm working with," says Nue. "Some people are just be easier to hide. That said, most people aren't going to just see through it, they'd have to do something to the illusion that makes it not work, like pull on hair that's not there and such. Though, someone like Byakuren might see through it if she had a reason to try to."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"So it would be quite secure, then? Excellent."
>"Now, I do have a bit of a confession to make. You see, I haven't spoken with my friend regarding this idea. I wanted to see if it was indeed possible first, which would seem to be the case. Before we make any final arrangements, I must go and see if she agrees. As far as payment goes, that gives you time to consider what you would like from me."
>"Also, does it matter to you who my friend is? I realize this may sound like an odd question, but she would, I think, be much more at ease regarding your presence if it doesn't matter to you who she is."

[Suwako Moriya]

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[Hello Purvis]

>"So it would be quite secure, then? Excellent."
>"Now, I do have a bit of a confession to make. You see, I haven't spoken with my friend regarding this idea. I wanted to see if it was indeed possible first, which would seem to be the case. Before we make any final arrangements, I must go and see if she agrees. As far as payment goes, that gives you time to consider what you would like from me."
>"Also, does it matter to you who my friend is? I realize this may sound like an odd question, but she would, I think, be much more at ease regarding your presence if it doesn't matter to you who she is."

>"I'd hope so," says Nue.
>She frowns as you explain things. "Well, it's sure not going to be cheap. I don't have many of them to start with, and they take forever to make."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Consider the possibility of offering the gemstone. Which is more important to us, the stone or helping Shuuei?

[Hello Purvis]

>Consider the possibility of offering the gemstone. Which is more important to us, the stone or helping Shuuei?

>Maybe you could...It might be possible to get it back later. But isn't that also kind of turning against the thought of the thing? Mmmm...

>_

[Shadoweh]

> Realize we have a bunch of other things in our inventory and repitoire to offer and stop considering offering something we already decided to keep.

[Hello Purvis]

> Realize we have a bunch of other things in our inventory and repitoire to offer and stop considering offering something we already decided to keep.

>The amethyst isn't everything you have, at least...

>_

[Shadoweh]

> "I'm considering what I have to offer that might interest you. Do you wish material value, skills that I could use on your behalf, something more exotic then monetary, or do you have a favorite thing you collect?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm considering what I have to offer that might interest you. Do you wish material value, skills that I could use on your behalf, something more exotic then monetary, or do you have a favorite thing you collect?"

>"I don't need much in the way of services," says Nue. "And, I'm not much of a collector. Something exotic might be nice, but really I'm looking to get something worth what I'm putting into it."

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[Shadoweh]

Gotta run, people who want only monies are so anti-Iku :< We might want to just show her everything we've got minus the Shuuei pic.

> "There's truly nothing you collect because it interests you? I'm surprised. As a creator of things that can't be identified would you be interested in something no one has ever seen?"
> Do we think any of our possessions at home are worth more then the amethyst?

[Hello Purvis]

Gotta run, people who want only monies are so anti-Iku :< We might want to just show her everything we've got minus the Shuuei pic.

> "There's truly nothing you collect because it interests you? I'm surprised. As a creator of things that can't be identified would you be interested in something no one has ever seen?"
> Do we think any of our possessions at home are worth more then the amethyst?

>"I might," says Nue. "What've you got?"
>Aya's Camera certainly is. You imagine your spellcards ought to be, too.

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[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Let me show you what I have, then. Perhaps you'll find something that interests you."
>Begin taking out our items (leaving out the amethyst and the pictures). Start with the sand vial.
>Upon taking out the vial: "This vial contains one grain of sand from each continent in the outside world."
>Take out the plant next.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Let me show you what I have, then. Perhaps you'll find something that interests you."
>Begin taking out our items (leaving out the amethyst and the pictures). Start with the sand vial.
>Upon taking out the vial: "This vial contains one grain of sand from each continent in the outside world."
>Take out the plant next.

>You begin to take out items and show them to Nue, while she assures an oni at the bar she'll get to them soon, while serving the drinks she readied.
>"That sounds kind of nice," says Nue as she looks at the vial, "But it's not really useful to me, is it?"

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Take out the plant, then the stuffed platypus, then the plunger.

[Hello Purvis]

>Take out the plant, then the stuffed platypus, then the plunger.

>You take out a few more items. "The plant's nice," says Nue, "But it's not really worth the what you're asking. The toy is cute, but not even close. And...I don't even know what that thing is."
>She pokes the plunger curiously.
>"But it better be really impressive."

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[Sect]

Man guys when are you going to offer your body :V

> Consider the plunger. "I... am unsure, myself. I was told that is an outside world tool, used in drainage systems."
> When the parser said "and a couple of wall scrolls that art likely worth much", did it mean that the wall scrolls are or aren't worth much?

[Hello Purvis]

> Consider the plunger. "I... am unsure, myself. I was told that is an outside world tool, used in drainage systems."
> When the parser said "and a couple of wall scrolls that art likely worth much", did it mean that the wall scrolls are or aren't worth much?

>"Not very useful here, then," says Nue.
>They are not worth much.

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[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Take out the spellcards next.
>Consider the camera. It's not ours; doesn't that mean we shouldn't offer it?

[Sect]

>Consider the camera. It's not ours; doesn't that mean we shouldn't offer it?

> Of course not: not matter our opinion of Aya, it's not our place to offer her possessions as payment.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Just checking. I agree with you on this one.