Author Topic: Nue Quest Alter Code 6: A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 39512 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #840 on:** October 02, 2011, 12:24:32 AM »

> "That might be true. Patchouli and Byakuren did say he'd need more than what we knew he had to pull this off..."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #841 on:** October 02, 2011, 12:39:47 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 02, 2011, 12:24:32 AM

> "That might be true. Patchouli and Byakuren did say he'd need more than what we knew he had to pull this off..."

>The shopkeeper nods. "Morichika's not a magician. His blood may be half youkai, but he's certainly inherited no talent like that. No, he's a salesman, through and through."

>_

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #842 on:** October 02, 2011, 01:23:13 AM »

>"A thief and a liar, too, although calling a salesman those things may be a bit redundant."
>"So perhaps there is a business deal here. The question then becomes, of course, that of who he's doing business with."

UncertainJakutten · « **Reply #843 on:** October 02, 2011, 01:24:23 AM »

Hrm...Guy, the first sounds a bit confrontational. Bear in mind you're talking to a salesman who's none too happy to see us.

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #844 on:** October 02, 2011, 02:36:56 AM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on October 02, 2011, 01:23:13 AM

>"A thief and a liar, too."
>"So perhaps there is a business deal here. The question then becomes, of course, that of who he's doing business with."

>Say this, then.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #845 on:** October 02, 2011, 03:04:08 AM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on October 02, 2011, 02:36:56 AM

>"A thief and a liar, too."
>"So perhaps there is a business deal here. The question then becomes, of course, that of who he's doing business with."

>"Never know him to be either," says the shopkeeper. "And, that'd be a question for him, I imagine. He didn't mention anything about it this morning."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #846 on:** October 02, 2011, 10:07:32 PM »

> "He was here this morning?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #847 on:** October 02, 2011, 11:14:11 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 02, 2011, 10:07:32 PM

> "He was here this morning?"

>"Hmph," says the shopkeeper. "I paid him a visit, after finding some items that would be of interest to him yesterday."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #848 on:** October 02, 2011, 11:32:30 PM »

> "Oh. Huh. I do remember seeing a Jacinth Tiger there...though not much of anything else that looked like it might have come from a charms shop."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #849 on:** October 02, 2011, 11:45:59 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 02, 2011, 11:32:30 PM

> "Oh. Huh. I do remember seeing a Jacinth Tiger there...though not much of anything else that looked like it might have come from a charms shop."

>He shakes his head. "The jeweler offered me some spellcards for a few small pieces last evening. I took them, since Morichika likes dealing in that kind of thing."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #850 on:** October 02, 2011, 11:49:24 PM »

Well, at least that more or less confirms it.

> "Aha. Makes me wonder how the jeweler came into a bunch of spellcards, though. Maybe they belonged to his little ghost girl?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #851 on:** October 02, 2011, 11:56:20 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 02, 2011, 11:49:24 PM

> "Aha. Makes me wonder how the jeweler came into a bunch of spellcards, though. Maybe they belonged to his little ghost girl?"

>"Or someone convinced him to trade yesterday," says the shopkeeper. "It wasn't my business who gave them to him."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #852 on:** October 03, 2011, 12:03:15 AM »

> "Yeah, I suppose that's true. Anyway, thanks for your help. Hopefully we'll be able to reverse what he did with everyone's money."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #853 on:** October 03, 2011, 12:06:06 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2011, 12:03:15 AM

> "Yeah, I suppose that's true. Anyway, thanks for your help. Hopefully we'll be able to reverse what he did with everyone's money."

>"Hmph," says the shopkeeper. "That all you need?"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #854 on:** October 03, 2011, 12:08:38 AM »

> "I think so, unless you have something to offer. I suspect you'll know when I succeed, just like everyone else."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #855 on:** October 03, 2011, 12:52:23 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2011, 12:08:38 AM

> "I think so, unless you have something to offer. I suspect you'll know when I succeed, just like everyone else."

>He uncrosses his arms, and rests his left hand over his right fist, as though he were about to crack his knuckles. "It's a hard pill to swallow, you telling me that Morichika did this. He's a salesman, born and bred, never one for causing trouble. Even managed to get the forest youkai to respect him, back in the old days when we were mostly at odds. I wouldn't know what to tell you that would help."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #856 on:** October 03, 2011, 12:58:11 AM »

> Frown.
> "Well...if it helps, he did it because he genuinely thinks he can make a better world by eradicating the current economy."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #857 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:12:14 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2011, 12:58:11 AM

> Frown.
> "Well...if it helps, he did it because he genuinely thinks he can make a better world by eradicating the current economy."

>"Hrmph. That does sound like him. A fine trader, but could never care much for money. That might have been part of what drove him toward the forest youkai."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #858 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:22:17 AM »

> "Figured. The Gensokyo he was trying to create had an economy 100% based around bartering."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #859 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:27:13 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2011, 01:22:17 AM

> "Figured. The Gensokyo he was trying to create had an economy 100% based around bartering."

>"That sounds like him," says the shopkeeper.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #860 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:29:22 AM »

> "Well, we do have him here now, like I said earlier. If you wanted to hear about this from him, I guess."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #861 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:38:05 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2011, 01:29:22 AM

> "Well, we do have him here now, like I said earlier. If you wanted to hear about this from him, I guess."

>"We will see," he says.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #862 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:42:27 AM »

> "All right. I'm gonna head back that way myself now, unless you have anything else."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #863 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:48:16 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2011, 01:42:27 AM

> "All right. I'm gonna head back that way myself now, unless you have anything else."

>"What I said the first time hasn't changed," says the shopkeeper.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #864 on:** October 03, 2011, 01:51:16 AM »

> Nod.
> "Sorry about this."
> Assuming the shopkeeper doesn't object, leave the store and head back to the temple.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #865 on:** October 03, 2011, 02:23:27 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2011, 01:51:16 AM

> Nod.
> "Sorry about this."
> Assuming the shopkeeper doesn't object, leave the store and head back to the temple.

>"Hmph," says the shopkeeper, allowing you to leave without any objection.
>It's a fairly quickly trip back to the Myouren Temple. The street that the Charms Shop opens out to the main northern road, just opposite of Shou's Clothes. You can see the Temple from there. And as you start to cross the road toward it, the intermittent raindrops finally give way to a light rain shower, which impels you toward the Temple's entrance with more speed than usual.
>Inside the front doors, you find yourself in the tiny entrance room, noting Mystia and Byakuren's shoes in the little alcove.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #866 on:** October 03, 2011, 02:33:32 AM »

> Take our own shoes off and place them as appropriate.
> Is there any obvious activity anywhere?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #867 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:03:21 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2011, 02:33:32 AM

> Take our own shoes off and place them as appropriate.
> Is there any obvious activity anywhere?

>You set your shoes aside, and listen for activity. After a moment, you think you can detect some faint voices on the second floor, on the southern side of the temple.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #868 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:09:52 AM »

> Make our way to the second floor.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #869 on:** October 03, 2011, 03:26:36 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on October 03, 2011, 03:09:52 AM

> Make our way to the second floor.

>You climb the nearby stairs, coming up close to the center of the second floor. You can hear a soft conversation going on down the hall and around the corner. There are a couple spare rooms there, as you recall.

>_