Kisume Quest VII - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Nothing to be done about it now. Remove the translator, setting it in our bucket, and let Sariel approach.

[Hello Purvis]

> Nothing to be done about it now. Remove the translator, setting it in our bucket, and let Sariel approach.

>You remove the translator and let Sariel approach. For how calmly she is moving, she is also quite speedy and it doesn't take her long to reach her. Her face is serene, and she keeps her hands folded in front of her. "I was hoping to catch you," she says. "Would you spare me a few moments?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Exchange looks with Kasen.
> "Keep eyes and ears peeled."
> Look back to Sariel.
> "Start with how you got here in the first place."

[Hello Purvis]

> Exchange looks with Kasen.
> "Keep eyes and ears peeled."
> Look back to Sariel.
> "Start with how you got here in the first place."

>You exchange looks with Kasen, whose thin frown gives you the impression she is fairly lost. She nods as you give her your warning.
>"I am surprised you don't already know the answer to that question," says Sariel. "Is it not necessary for a reaper to reach the world that they serve?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "So you just walked here?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "So you just walked here?"

>"Not quite so simple, but you may think of it that way," says Sariel.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "If you're going to be vague and waste time, I'd rather just go see Canus."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "If you're going to be vague and waste time, I'd rather just go see Canus."

>"I prefer to think I am brushing over that which bears little significance," says Sariel. "You are aware of how I am here, do the fine mechanics of it hold any real meaning?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Yes. But if you're going to be this stubborn about it, they can wait. Why were you looking for us?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yes. But if you're going to be this stubborn about it, they can wait. Why were you looking for us?"

>"I was not seeking the both of you, merely you," says Sariel. "I wish to speak with you about our situation. Preferably, we would do so in private, but I imagine you have no desire to do this?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Point at our firearm injury.
> "I'm not going anywhere by myself. This is private enough."

[Hello Purvis]

> Point at our firearm injury.
> "I'm not going anywhere by myself. This is private enough."

>"There is only one person who can ask me to leave at this point in time," says Kasen.
>"As you wish," says Sariel. "Let me ask you plainly, then, why are you here?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Got drugged and abducted by Sombraluz and his VIVIT."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Got drugged and abducted by Sombraluz and his VIVIT."

>"Yes, that is what I've been told," says Sariel. "But I am referring to the true reasons that you, and one who practices the tao strongly enough to deny death, came here."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "We want to go home with zero chance of ever being preceded or followed by invaders."

[Hello Purvis]

> "We want to go home with zero chance of ever being preceded or followed by invaders."

>For a moment, you think perhaps you see her serene expression falter. Or perhaps you are just imagining it. "So, you are saying that you truly did not come of your own will?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, I freely made the decision to try to stop all possibilities of an invasion, if that's what you mean. If not, I have no idea what you're getting at."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, I freely made the decision to try to stop all possibilities of an invasion, if that's what you mean. If not, I have no idea what you're getting at."

>"I have the feeling you are starting to talk past me," says Sariel. "Let us move on, instead. Why have you decided this?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Because I like being in charge of myself, and I'm willing to bet most of Gensokyo feels the same way."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Because I like being in charge of myself, and I'm willing to bet most of Gensokyo feels the same way."

>"This is your only concern?" says Sariel.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I imagine most of Gensokyo, including myself, also likes not being killed."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I imagine most of Gensokyo, including myself, also likes not being killed."

>"I personally have no desire to see Gensokyo stained with blood," says Kasen.
>"This is so," says Sariel, who doesn't seem to acknowledge Kasen's words much. "But they generally don't like it at any time that it happens. Yet it always must."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Inevitability isn't an excuse to exacerbate the process."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Inevitability isn't an excuse to exacerbate the process."

>"Not for its own sake, perhaps," says Sariel. "But I doubt you've become a friend of Higan lately."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Of course not. But we both know an invasion wouldn't be that simple."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Of course not. But we both know an invasion wouldn't be that simple."

>"That isn't a problem," says Sariel. "It would be best if it were not simple."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Take a quick look behind us before looking at Sariel again.
> "Best for who?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Take a quick look behind us before looking at Sariel again.
> "Best for who?"

>You glance back. The hall is still empty behind you; or at least empty of anything threatening.
>"Best for you and I and everyone else," says Sariel. "Let them both expend each other."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Why is death on all sides good for me?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Why is death on all sides good for me?"

>"Is it not obvious?" says Sariel. "This world shall learn a powerful lesson that will remain for the entirety of its history. And Higan shall be crippled, perhaps even broken."

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