Kisume Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> That incredibly focused woman with the handbag, was she coming from this direction?

>She was.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh. Was that the woman that I just passed? Handbag, really determined?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh. Was that the woman that I just passed? Handbag, really determined?"

>"I think," says the woman with a shrug. "She had a handbag, but determined? Dunno about that. She was heading for kappa town, though. Purple dress, blonde?"

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Yep."

[Kilgamayan]

> "Maybe not determined, but focused, at least. Figured she had somewhere important to go."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yep."

>"That'd be her," says the woman.

> "Maybe not determined, but focused, at least. Figured she had somewhere important to go."

>"Well, yeah, she's teaching a class at the university," she says. "Dunno about that focused part, though. She's pretty relaxed about it usually."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "Whatever she's doing, she's focused on it enough that she didn't even bother making eye contact. Not that that's a problem if you got business, of course."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "Whatever she's doing, she's focused on it enough that she didn't even bother making eye contact. Not that that's a problem if you got business, of course."

>"Maybe she just didn't want to talk?" the woman says with a shrug.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Maybe. Her business, so whatever."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Maybe. Her business, so whatever."

>"I'll ask her about it when she gets home this afternoon," says the woman.

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

So, I just realized I can't read. I'M SORRY ABOUT BEING WRONG WITH THE RAN/MARIBEL THING ;_;.

[Kilgamayan]

> "Anyway, I need to continue the hunt for Mokou. Thanks for the info."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Anyway, I need to continue the hunt for Mokou. Thanks for the info."

>"No problem," she says. "Good luck finding her, maybe Mystia might have seen her if you have a hard time?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Where can I find Mystia?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Where can I find Mystia?"

>"She runs a lamprey stands not too from here," says the woman. "It's kind of hard to find, you have to walk along the road and look for the path heading east, before you get to where the road curves. It's just a little path, almost impossible to find once everything greens up.  Once you get onto that, it'll take you right there."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "And what does she look like?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "And what does she look like?"

>"She's a night sparrow," says the woman. "You can't miss her, has pink hair, wears a brown dress, wings. "

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Sounds good to me. Thanks again."
> Glance over at the fairies.
> "And good luck with...that."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Sounds good to me. Thanks again."
> Glance over at the fairies.
> "And good luck with...that."

>"You're welcome," she says. "And don't worry, faeries are a bunch of little sweeties as long as you're nice to them and don't mind when they go off the rails."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Maybe. Catch you later."
> Head back to the road and follow it into the forest, looking for paths to the east.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Maybe. Catch you later."
> Head back to the road and follow it into the forest, looking for paths to the east.

>"Okay, see you later" says the woman, "But really, don't take faeries lightly or you'll regret it."
>You depart on those words, and make your way back to the road and follow it into the forest. Bouncing along the road, you keep your eyes to the east, looking through the greening grass and budding brush for anything like a trail. It takes you a few minutes before you find what appears to be a deer trail leading eastward. You would have hopped right past it if you hadn't known to look for it here.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Head east down this trail!

[Hello Purvis]

> Head east down this trail!

>You make your way eastward. The foliage is thick enough that you cannot comfortably bounce through it, so you take to hovering instead. The path isn't hard to see, at least, but you imagine it would give many people a hard time to walk through it, moreso once the spring growth takes hold and obscures it. The trees are fairly dense here, often times too much to fly between, thankfully the path avoids those kinds of tight squeezes. Up ahead, you soon find a small stand sitting in the middle of the forest. A curtain in front obscures it, but you think you can hear sounds of activity. Further back, where it would normally be obscured by the trees in the growing season, you see a house with a peaked roof, made of daub and wattle.  Obvious exits are east and west.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Bounce on up to the stand.

[Hello Purvis]

> Bounce on up to the stand.

>You make your way toward the stand, and move around the curtain. The stand itself is fairly simply in design, just a grill and a counter, with racks for various condiments and utensils. At the counter is a youkai wearing a black dress with blue trim, with red wings extending from her back and a rather impressive chest. Her hair is white, save for a blue tuft in front, and her eyes red  She was reading a book, but puts it aside as you float in through the curtain. "Good morning," she says, "What would you like today?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hi. I'm actually looking for someone. Do you know a woman named Mokou?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hi. I'm actually looking for someone. Do you know a woman named Mokou?"

>"Oh, her," says the youkai. "Yes, I've met her before. She's a bit frightening, don't you think?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "I don't know. I've never met her."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "I don't know. I've never met her."

>"Oh, I see," says the youkai. "Well, it's nothing to worry about. She comes here every so often and she really isn't that bad. But I've never seen you here before."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "That's because I've never been here before. I live underground, near the Ancient City."