Author Topic: Sanae Quest (Part 4) (Read 83049 times)

日巫子 · « **Reply #450 on:** May 22, 2011, 01:57:57 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 01:54:49 AM

> Lamprey does sound interesting... Let's head there! Put away the newspapers and head to the Human Village.

> It's lamprey time! You put away the newspapers, leave the tavern and head out to the Human Village.
> After thirty minutes or so, you reach the Human Village. Not a single place is open, as expected of humans who are diurnal. However, you see some activity going on at the edge of the village, towards the Bamboo Forest. Some lights seem to be on over there, but you can't really see from here.

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Sect · « **Reply #451 on:** May 22, 2011, 01:59:08 AM »

> Head thataway.
> Recall what we know about the Bamboo Forest.

日巫子 · « **Reply #452 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:03:44 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 01:59:08 AM

> Head thataway.
> Recall what we know about the Bamboo Forest.

> You head for the light.
> You think back to what you know about the Bamboo Forest...or rather, the Bamboo Forest of the Lost. It's really easy to get lost in there, but apparently it's home to a lot of rabbits and some mad doctor...

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Sect · « **Reply #453 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:07:09 AM »

> Didn't we go there with Parsee last fall?
> ~~Don't~~ go into the light.

日巫子 · « **Reply #454 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:20:05 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 02:07:09 AM

> Didn't we go there with Parsee last fall?
> ~~Don't~~ go into the light.

> That's right, how could you forget that?
> ...Oh. That's right, Reimu. Oh god, push it out of your mind.
> You descend and land towards the light. Up ahead you see a small stand with a few people sitting at it. There's also another wooden bench set up, in case of more customers. As you get closer, you hear...singing? The winged girl working there is singing in a beautiful voice.
> "Sweets, lala sweets, lala deep red fruits, if it can't be harvested by hand, harvest it with a knife!"

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Sect · « **Reply #455 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:21:54 AM »

> Land nearby and approach the counter.
> "Excuse me, is this Mystia's?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #456 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:34:27 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 02:21:54 AM

> Land nearby and approach the counter.
> "Excuse me, is this Mystia's?"

> You land and approach the counter.
> When you get closer, you get a better view of the stand itself and the people there. The girl working it is definitely a youkai; she has soft, feathery-looking ears poking out of her pink hair, and sparrow wings coming out of her back. She's wearing a brown yukata with the sleeves rolled up and is singing as she flips lamprey on the grill. Sitting at the counter is a woman with long white hair, a charred shirt, and red pants with charms all over them. Next to her is a young woman with long, dark hair and a glaring antennae sticking up from it. Judging by how normal she looks, you assume she's from the Human Village. Other people lurking around include a little girl with cat ears and a forked tail, and a tall, red-haired woman carrying a scythe. Isn't that dangerous?!
> The stand itself has a paper on it, reading "Accepting ☼, ?, and ?."
> "...lala deep red fruits~ Ah, but isn't that a head~~?" The girl glances over at you. "Yeees, welcome~~"

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Sect · « **Reply #457 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:38:27 AM »

> Peer at the white haired woman. Doesn't she look familiar...?
> Sit down at the counter. "Ah, I'll try some of your lamprey, please~!"

日巫子 · « **Reply #458 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:43:25 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 02:38:27 AM

> Peer at the white haired woman. Doesn't she look familiar...?
> Sit down at the counter. "Ah, I'll try some of your lamprey, please~!"

> Huh...The white haired woman looks familiar.
> You take a seat at the counter and place your order. The girl fans out her wings and keeps flipping the lamprey on the grill.
> "That'll be 10 of whatever currency you have~" she sings.

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Sect · « **Reply #459 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:46:05 AM »

> Pay up.
> What an strange bunch of people here! Let's try making some small talk. "Wow, everyone's out late."

日巫子 · « **Reply #460 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:49:52 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 02:46:05 AM

> Pay up.
> What an strange bunch of people here! Let's try making some small talk. "Wow, everyone's out late."

> ?4830
> There sure are a lot of people here. You try starting a conversation up. It's not like it was quiet in the first place, what with the lamprey girl singing so much, but it wouldn't hurt to get acquainted with the others here.
> The cat girl's ears perk up. "You didn't see me out here, okay?" The woman with the scythe chuckles.

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Sect · « **Reply #461 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:54:56 AM »

> Smile. "Oh, is the lamprey so good that you're staying out past curfew?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #462 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:00:42 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 02:54:56 AM

> Smile. "Oh, is the lamprey so good that you're staying out past curfew?"

> The cat girl nods. "Yeah." She's actually holding a lot of lamprey in her hands right now. Must've gotten her hands on some of those coupons or something.

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Sect · « **Reply #463 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:04:53 AM »

> Giggle. "I'll bet, judging by how many of them you're eating right now."
> Look over at the white haired woman. "I don't suppose you're out past curfew, too? Say, haven't we met somewhere...?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #464 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:12:12 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 03:04:53 AM

> Giggle. "I'll bet, judging by how many of them you're eating right now."
> Look over at the white haired woman. "I don't suppose you're out past curfew, too? Say, haven't we met somewhere...?"

> The cat girl grins and bites the head off of one of the lampreys for emphasis. Man, her teeth are sharp.
> You glance at the white haired woman. She looks familiar...
> "Likewise. I don't have a curfew." She finishes off her lamprey, reaches into her pocket, and slams a few coins on the counter. "Seconds."
> The lamprey girl ruffles her wings; the woman interrupted her while she was singing again. "All riiight." She swiftly grabs the coins and returns to the grill, where she sings as she flips lamprey.
> After a few moments, she hands you and the white-haired woman one lamprey each. "Here you go!"

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Sect · « **Reply #465 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:14:38 AM »

> Look at it, then take a big chomp into it!

日巫子 · « **Reply #466 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:23:13 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 03:14:38 AM

> Look at it, then take a big chomp into it!

> You look at it.
> And then you take a big bite out of it! It makes a satisfying crunching sound. Ahh, it's so good.

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Sect · « **Reply #467 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:26:09 AM »

> "Mmm, delicious~♥!"
> To the white haired woman: "Maybe you came to our shrine on New Year's? The Moriya Shrine on Youkai Mountain?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #468 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:28:38 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 03:26:09 AM

> "Mmm, delicious~♥!"
> To the white haired woman: "Maybe you came to our shrine on New Year's? The Moriya Shrine on Youkai Mountain?"

> The lamprey girl makes a positively birdlike trilling sound as she continues to sing.
> You ask the white haired woman if she came to the Moriya Shrine on New Year's. She shakes her head.
> "Nope. It was the Myouren Temple."

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Sect · « **Reply #469 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:32:02 AM »

> Disappointment! Don't we ever get humans to come to our shrine?
> "Aw... don't tell me everyone around here went to the temple or the Hakurei shrine..."

日巫子 · « **Reply #470 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:35:32 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 03:32:02 AM

> Disappointment! Don't we ever get humans to come to our shrine?
> "Aw... don't tell me everyone around here went to the temple or the Hakurei shrine..."

> disappointment
> The shrine's at the top of the tallest mountain in Gensokyo, which also happens to be inhabited by youkai...Not many humans would be too inclined to make the trip when there's a temple right in the village.
> "I definitely didn't see anyone leave for the mountain," the white haired woman says.

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Sect · « **Reply #471 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:42:43 AM »

> Sulk. Grilled lamprey, only you understand our pain.

Blitzer · « **Reply #472 on:** May 22, 2011, 04:14:03 AM »

>Who usually comes to our shrine, anyways? Tengu and kappa?

日巫子 · « **Reply #473 on:** May 22, 2011, 12:08:12 PM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 03:42:43 AM

> Sulk. Grilled lamprey, only you understand our pain.

> This is horrible. Only grilled lamprey can understand you.

Quote from: Salvatore Blitzer on May 22, 2011, 04:14:03 AM

>Who usually comes to our shrine, anyways? Tengu and kappa?

> It's usually just tengu and kappa, as those are the types of youkai that primarily inhabit the mountain. You're pretty sure you've gotten visits from Hina andn possibly the Aki sisters before, though, as well as the odd non-tengu/kappa.

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Sect · « **Reply #474 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:32:01 PM »

Feel free to chat everyone up, guys: I can't really think of a good way to start a conversation with Chen, Komachi, or ahoge-girl.

> Do we have festivals at our shrine, with games, merchants, snack shops, et cetera?
> "... This is really tasty. How long have you been cooking this, Miss?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #475 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:41:21 PM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 02:32:01 PM

> Do we have festivals at our shrine, with games, merchants, snack shops, et cetera?
> "... This is really tasty. How long have you been cooking this, Miss?"

> Yes, it involved collaborating with the kappa to get it set up.
> "A loooong time!" the lamprey girl sings.

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Sect · « **Reply #476 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:44:51 PM »

> "Next time the Moriya Shrine has a festival, you should come and cook! I can even make sure you have a spot reserved! Let's see..."
> When's the next festival going to be?
> Munch munch munch.

日巫子 · « **Reply #477 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:47:50 PM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 02:44:51 PM

> "Next time the Moriya Shrine has a festival, you should come and cook! I can even make sure you have a spot reserved! Let's see..."
> When's the next festival going to be?
> Munch munch munch.

> "Ohh, sounds great!"
> As you eat, you think ahead to the next festival. It's the spring equinox, so it's going to be very lively.

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Sect · « **Reply #478 on:** May 22, 2011, 02:49:39 PM »

> "Let's see, it'll be in the spring, so there'll be lots of tengu and kappa around... you could make big bucks, probably. Oh, but it'd be a bit of a trip getting there, from here to Youkai Mountain..."
> It'd be rough, trying to lug the cart there...

日巫子 · « **Reply #479 on:** May 22, 2011, 03:10:22 PM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 22, 2011, 02:49:39 PM

> "Let's see, it'll be in the spring, so there'll be lots of tengu and kappa around... you could make big bucks, probably. Oh, but it'd be a bit of a trip getting there, from here to Youkai Mountain..."
> It'd be rough, trying to lug the cart there...

> "But there will be a lot of people there~? I've pushed this cart all the way to the Sanzu River before!"
> The only obstacle would be the cart...She seems confident, though.

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