Yukari Quest III - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Tap our cheek with a finger in thought.
> "Hmm. Any piece, you say. What if the piece I'm interested in isn't jewelry?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Tap our cheek with a finger in thought.
> "Hmm. Any piece, you say. What if the piece I'm interested in isn't jewelry?"

>"Then you went to the wrong store," she says. "All we have is jewelry. There's a charm shop across the street, if that's what you want."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Give a low giggle.
> "Oh, you still have much to learn in the art of social subtlety. The person standing in front of me shows me that I am indeed in the correct store, for it is that person whom I wish to see."

[Hello Purvis]

> Give a low giggle.
> "Oh, you still have much to learn in the art of social subtlety. The person standing in front of me shows me that I am indeed in the correct store, for it is that person whom I wish to see."

>"Oh," says the poltergeist. Then her voice takes on a guarded quality. "Why?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Wave a hand dismissively.
> "You know very well I understand your...concerns, shall we say. I am not here to pry. I have other, more personal business than that."

[Hello Purvis]

> Wave a hand dismissively.
> "You know very well I understand your...concerns, shall we say. I am not here to pry. I have other, more personal business than that."

>"What do you want?" she says, her voice still guarded.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Give a small smirk.
> "I merely wish to know when and where we first met."

[Hello Purvis]

> Give a small smirk.
> "I merely wish to know when and where we first met."

>"No," she says. "If you don't remember, that's all the better."

>_

[O4rfish]

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh my. I see Nagae has yet to teach you of the concept of gratitute."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh my. I see Nagae has yet to teach you of the concept of gratitute."

>"That is one thing, and this is another," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Then I will say I have most certainly not forgotten. Rather, I ask because I have reason believe you have forgotten. Or, more accurately, you don't know."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Then I will say I have most certainly not forgotten. Rather, I ask because I have reason believe you have forgotten. Or, more accurately, you don't know."

>"Is this some kind of trick?" she says. "I would rather get back to finishing this ring setting."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "Dear, if I simply wanted information about you that I already knew, I would simply ask Nagae or perhaps Hinanai instead of trying to pull teeth with you. Your answers specifically to my questions are what is important. Those answers are bigger than either of us. I promise you I only intend to ask things that I already know; with no one else around, you have nothing to lose."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "Dear, if I simply wanted information about you that I already knew, I would simply ask Nagae or perhaps Hinanai instead of trying to pull teeth with you. Your answers specifically to my questions are what is important. Those answers are bigger than either of us. I promise you I only intend to ask things that I already know; with no one else around, you have nothing to lose."

>A few moments of silence hang in the air, then she sighs. "I'll whisper it to you. Only once."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "Only once is necessary."
> Bend down on one knee so she doesn't have to strain herself reaching our ear.

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "Only once is necessary."
> Bend down on one knee so she doesn't have to strain herself reaching our ear.

>You bend down so the short poltergeist doesn't have to clamber onto the counter or something silly like that.
>"Iku brought me to your house," she says softly. "I hid under her skirt, so you didn't see me at the time. I was terrified."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> Tone our voice down a little bit so we don't shout in her face.
> "Okay. Since you answered, I will give you a choice: I can reciprocate and tell you at least partially why I asked, or I can simply leave and you can continue your work."

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> Tone our voice down a little bit so we don't shout in her face.
> "Okay. Since you answered, I will give you a choice: I can reciprocate and tell you at least partially why I asked, or I can simply leave and you can continue your work."

>"Is it something important?" she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "It certainly is to me, though not on a personal level. It may or may not be to you; I don't know you well enough to answer that."

[Hello Purvis]

> "It certainly is to me, though not on a personal level. It may or may not be to you; I don't know you well enough to answer that."

>She shrugs. "You might as well."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Very well."
> Take a noticable breath.
> "I have reason to believe that this Gensokyo is not the real Gensokyo. That its people are not its real people. That you...might not be the real you."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Very well."
> Take a noticable breath.
> "I have reason to believe that this Gensokyo is not the real Gensokyo. That its people are not its real people. That you...might not be the real you."

>"What?" she says, "Is this some kind of joke?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Do you think I would ask you about yourself as a joke?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Do you think I would ask you about yourself as a joke?"

>"Yes," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "Even with all the trouble Nagae and I went through for you?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "Even with all the trouble Nagae and I went through for you?"

>"I don't remember you going through all that much trouble," she says. "But I do know that you like to make light of people. So I assume you're joking; it seems more likely than thinking you've lost your mind."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Okay, I think I'm all set here. Is there any 2hu left anyone else wants to interrogate, or are we set to resume exploring the unknown?

> Which gaps in the non-Genfauxkyo areas have we yet to explore?

[Hello Purvis]

>Thus far, you have not explored the gap in the statue room in the caverns, or really even examined it. You haven't used the one in the unstable room in the caverns, but you know that it connects to one in the field of fronds. You haven't really seen where the gap near where you awoke leads; your last attempt did not work so well. The last one you haven't explored is an unfixed one near where you found the piece of Materia Prima, you would need to find your vice grips to use it safely.

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we have the tools necessary to stabilize the gap in the unstable room?