Kosuzu Quest - a bibliophile's adventures

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>"Wait wait wait, don't shoot!"
>"It's a book Marisa brought over, she didn't know what it was, so she asked me to help identify it. That's when this happened. Please, don't shoot!"

//Were you expecting a gun?

>Reimu takes a look at the strange book.
>"Marisa, where did..." She then turns toward, and asks Marisa.

>That's when a blinding flash erupted from the book, blanketing all of the surroundings in whiteness...

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>You didn't pass out, that's for sure...
>But after the flash has faded away, you now find yourself in a void of black, all alone.

//Useless trivia: I pretty much used a modified version of the intro of the fangame Touhou Double Focus for the scene just now.  :V

[AzyWng]

// I always imagine Reimu "shooting" the needles/talismans.

>Look around.
>"Uh, Reimu? Marisa?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

// I always imagine Reimu "shooting" the needles/talismans.

>Look around.
>"Uh, Reimu? Marisa?"

>You look around in the void, then calls out for Reimu and Marisa.
>No response...

[AzyWng]

>Reach out with our hands to confirm we haven't just gone blind and deaf.
>Whatever the result, try walking forward.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Reach out with our hands to confirm we haven't just gone blind and deaf.
>Whatever the result, try walking forward.

>You extend your hands forward.
>You can see your hands just fine, so you're definitely not blind.
>You start walking forward.

>Still nothing in sight...

[AzyWng]

>Try to listen for anything odd.
>If nothing can be heard, keep walking until we hit something.
>If we don't hit anything for a solid minute, start running.
>In just one direction. Now's not the time for going in circles. That's what we do once we panic.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Try to listen for anything odd.
>If nothing can be heard, keep walking until we hit something.
>If we don't hit anything for a solid minute, start running.
>In just one direction. Now's not the time for going in circles. That's what we do once we panic.

>Its just complete silence...
>You keep walking forward.
>You didn't hit anything after a minute of walking, so you start running in the same direction.

>Though it wasn't very long before you ran yourself off solid ground...
>...As in, you're no longer standing on any grounds.
>You found yourself now plummeting downwards.

[AzyWng]

>Can we fly?
>If so, try to slow our fall.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Can we fly?
>If so, try to slow our fall.

>No, you can't fly.

>After falling for about half a minute, you find that the black void is being replaced by a clear blue sky.
>You also see what looked like a colored version of the meadow you saw in the illustration before the blinding flash...
>...And you're plummeting right toward it...

[R. P. Genocraft]

>Start freaking out
>Try to look if there's any water or anything that might be safer to fall on down there.

[AzyWng]

>How fast are we falling, anyway? Is everything a blur?

[Raikaria]

> Consider viability of using apron as a parachute.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Consider viability of using apron as a parachute.

//This is the most crazy option I've ever seen in any CYOAs  :]
//So crazy I don't even know how to respond to it  :V

[AzyWng]

>Well, one step to figuring out the question is:
>How long would it take for us to try that?
>Would we hit the ground before then?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

//Oh, snap. I missed two responses in the previous update... :X

>Start freaking out
>Try to look if there's any water or anything that might be safer to fall on down there.

>You don't see anything down there that could cushion your fall.

>How fast are we falling, anyway? Is everything a blur?

>You can still see your surroundings, but still fast enough to go splat when you hit solid ground.

>Well, one step to figuring out the question is:
>How long would it take for us to try that?
>Would we hit the ground before then?

//The apron-as-parachute question? Eh... :derp:

>It would take you just a few seconds to take off your apron and hold it above yourself, and it looks like it would take a while before you hit the ground. So that's more than enough time.

>Although you don't need to do that, since you suddenly stopped falling at breakneck speed, and instead is now floating gently downwards.

//I pretty much did this just to get out of the awkward response you came out with. Sorry... :V
//And also sorry for missing your posts, GenoCraft...

[AzyWng]

>Take a closer look at your surroundings, especially where you're going to land.
>Keep an eye out in particular for roads and other signs of civilization.
>Watch out for any animals or people, too.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Take a closer look at your surroundings, especially where you're going to land.
>Keep an eye out in particular for roads and other signs of civilization.
>Watch out for any animals or people, too.

>You look at your surroundings.
>It looks just like the illustration including having the settlement off the distance. You can't see any inhabitants of the settlement from here, though.

>You do, however, notice Reimu not too far away, also floating gently downwards, only that she appears to be upside down...

[AzyWng]

>Examine Reimu.
>If she doesn't look too upset, call out to her.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Examine Reimu.
>If she doesn't look too upset, call out to her.

>Reimu doesn't look upset, just a bit annoyed with being upside down (and probably unable to right herself up).
>You call out to her.

>Reimu, still frowning about her current position, waves at you.
>"Kosuzu, are you all right?"

[AzyWng]

>"I was about to slam into the ground and die, but it looks like it's going to be a soft landing for me after all. Things are OK."
>"How's things on your end?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>"I was about to slam into the ground and die, but it looks like it's going to be a soft landing for me after all. Things are OK."
>"How's things on your end?"

>"I'm upside down, as you can see..." Reimu answers with a frown, and crosses her arms.

[AzyWng]

>How much longer until we land?
>"Huh. You didn't first wind up in a black void, did you?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>How much longer until we land?
>"Huh. You didn't first wind up in a black void, did you?"

>Its hard to tell, honestly...

>"I did. Then I'm here, upside down and unable to right myself up..." Reimu shrugs. "By the way, have you seen Marisa?"

[AzyWng]

>"You know..."
>Look around for anyone else, Marisa in particular.
>Tell Reimu if we see anyone, especially Marisa.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>"You know..."
>Look around for anyone else, Marisa in particular.
>Tell Reimu if we see anyone, especially Marisa.

>You look around for any signs of Marisa.
>Well, it seems that the witch is nowhere to be...

>"Sorry to keep y'all waitin'!"
>Oh, there's Marisa. She just zipped past you on her flying broomstick.
>"Ya guys all right?" Marisa asks as she stops in between you and Reimu.
>"Couldn't be better, other than that I can't seem to right myself back up." Reimu answers. "And don't you dare look under my skirt..."

[AzyWng]

>"Any idea where we are?"
>"Also, how did you regain control of your flight when Reimu didn't?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>"Any idea where we are?"
>"Also, how did you regain control of your flight when Reimu didn't?"

>Marisa scratches her head.
>"Beats me." The witch answers you. "Maybe 'cause I'm riding a broom?"

//Sorry for the crappy response. I got really disappointed with FS chapter 52. Like seriously, did ZUN drink too little beer this time?

[AzyWng]

>How close are we to the ground, anyway?
>"So what do we do now? Any ideas on how to get out of here?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>How close are we to the ground, anyway?
>"So what do we do now? Any ideas on how to get out of here?"

>You look straight below to gauge how far you are to the ground.
>As it turns out, you are already close enough to the ground that you can see the grasses and wildflowers growing out of it. You're not close enough to touch it, though.
>And that's it. You and Reimu just stopped falling altogether, being kept floating at roughly five feet above ground - not descending even another inch - by...magic, perhaps?

>"Hey, when did we reach the ground so soon?" Marisa wonders out loud.
>The witch attempts to land on the ground. She first dismounts from the flying broomstick, and then...was kept floating five feet above the ground by the same strange phenomenon.
>"Anyone care to 'splain what's goin' on 'ere?"

[AzyWng]

>"I don't think anyone else has showed up yet..."
> Check for anyone else and revise our statement as needed.
> Try to will ourselves down to the ground.
> Failing that, imagine us falling down to the ground from where we are.