Yukari Quest III - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

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

>Not permanently. But you may be able to slip through once or twice before it collapses completely as things are.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

I'm willing to risk it. We have literally zero leads elsewhere.

[O4rfish]

The one in unstable room leads to wheatfern plains though. Shouldn't we look at the one in statue room?

[Kilgamayan]

I'm saying I want to go from the plains to the caverns. We don't have a way back into the caverns otherwise, and everything left that's interesting is there.

[O4rfish]

Ah, I didn't recall that aspect of our flowchart. Yeah, let's say goodbye to Yuyu Hakusho first, to tie off the loose end of this world. Or ... since we're here, why not ask Kaguya or Mokou to step through the gap to backstageland?

[Kilgamayan]

We'd have to give them a good reason to do so, and I can't think of one off the top of my head.

[Kilgamayan]

 >"Very well. If this is what you wish to believe, my business here has concluded. Feel free to return to yours."
> Open and step through a gap back to Yuyuko.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Very well. If this is what you wish to believe, my business here has concluded. Feel free to return to yours."
> Open and step through a gap back to Yuyuko.

>She nods. "Either way, have a nice day."
>You open a gap, and step through the the rooftop where Yuyuko still lies. She deesn't bother to look over, instead saying, "Welcome back. Did you learn anything?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Only what further irritance feels like. I'm positive this Gensokyo itself is fake, but the people...I'm not so sure."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Only what further irritance feels like. I'm positive this Gensokyo itself is fake, but the people...I'm not so sure."

>"Oh?" says Yuyuko. "How is that?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I investigated two people for whom it would be extremely hard, if not impossible, to create believable clones. The first one made me seriously doubt that she was the real deal, but the second one...I still haven't decided about."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I investigated two people for whom it would be extremely hard, if not impossible, to create believable clones. The first one made me seriously doubt that she was the real deal, but the second one...I still haven't decided about."

>"Is the second one me?" says Yuyuko.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "No, it's another Gensokyo native. I...don't know if I could really bring myself to seriously consider the idea of you not being you."

[Hello Purvis]

> "No, it's another Gensokyo native. I...don't know if I could really bring myself to seriously consider the idea of you not being you."

>"I don't see why not?" says Yuyuko. "I've considered it."

>_

[Yaersulf]

>"Well if you aren't you you're certainly doing a good job of pretending to be you."

[O4rfish]

>"You'll probably understand when I say that your elegant and flippant surface layers are relatively easy to replicate, while your devious self would take much longer to fathom and validate. It's easier to just assume you are as close to being you as you can be."
>"I am en route to try different paths behind the gaps, and so I wanted to let you know of my decision. If ... if you see me again, tell her I'm sorry about Ran and Reimu."

[Hello Purvis]

>"You'll probably understand when I say that your elegant and flippant surface layers are relatively easy to replicate, while your devious self would take much longer to fathom and validate. It's easier to just assume you are as close to being you as you can be."
>"I am en route to try different paths behind the gaps, and so I wanted to let you know of my decision. If ... if you see me again, tell her I'm sorry about Ran and Reimu."

>"Ah, so serious," says Yuyuko. "Well, I'll try to do that. Do try to be a bit more confident, though."

[Yaersulf]

>"If you're real, I hope to see you again soon. If you're fake then, no offense, I hope to never have to see you again. In either case farewell."

[Hello Purvis]

>"If you're real, I hope to see you again soon. If you're fake then, no offense, I hope to never have to see you again. In either case farewell."

>"You mustn't be so cold, Yukari," says Yuyuko. "While I would be rather put out to be a fake, I think it is better to look on the bright side, don't you? At least things worked out rather nicely for me? I think I should be grateful to whatever counterfeiter made me."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Smile.
> "I suppose that is a better way to look at things."

[Hello Purvis]

> Smile.
> "I suppose that is a better way to look at things."

>"I think so," says Yuyuko. "Though I do hope whomever did it got me right, should it be the case."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I'll be sure to pass your concerns on to whoever did this before I rip their head clear off their neck."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'll be sure to pass your concerns on to whoever did this before I rip their head clear off their neck."

>"What if it were you?" she says. "I think I'd prefer your head to stay where it is, if you don't mind."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Then I will make a fake me and rip that head off."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Then I will make a fake me and rip that head off."

>"One can't argue with that," says Yuyuko.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Give Yuyuko a hug.
> "If you never see me again, you were the best fake best friend I've ever had."

[Hello Purvis]

> Give Yuyuko a hug.
> "If you never see me again, you were the best fake best friend I've ever had."

>You kneel down and give her a hug, which she returns warmly.
>"Of course I am. But do you think I am real, though? I'm most curious."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Any doubts I have about you are only because of the environment."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Any doubts I have about you are only because of the environment."

>She laughs. "Evasive as always, aren't you?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Wink.
> "I haven't the foggiest idea what you mean."