Murasa Quest - Go Get 'em, Captain!

[UnendingEmpire]

>No reflection? Is that because we've gone ghost?

No; you've seen your ghost form reflected in mirrors before.

>Oh, and leave the diary where it is.

Aye-aye, Captain.

[Nash Fais]

>Turn tangible and check if we can see our reflection.

[UnendingEmpire]

>Turn tangible and check if we can see our reflection.

You revert to your physical form and look at the mirror.  Still no reflection of yourself.

[Oldmansour]

>Look around for something very soft, and very light. Then toss it very lightly at the mirror.
>Do we have any ability to sense supernatural phenomenon?

[UnendingEmpire]

>Look around for something very soft, and very light. Then toss it very lightly at the mirror.

You check around for something that won't break the mirror.  The lightest thing you find is a crumpled up sheet of paper.  You toss it lightly against the mirror, but nothing special happens.

>Do we have any ability to sense supernatural phenomenon?

Nope.  You know Hijiri can, and you're pretty sure you heard somebody mention Ichirin can to a lesser extent, but you?  No.  Weird, right?

[Nash Fais]

>Grab the crumpled paper again and see if it has a reflection in the mirror.

[UnendingEmpire]

>Grab the crumpled paper again and see if it has a reflection in the mirror.

You pick up the paper again and check for a reflection.  Yup.  Everything in this room has a reflection except you.

I'm kinda hoping y'all figure out the mystery of the mirror, so I think this vague hint may be of assistance.  Or maybe it won't
The answer to figuring out how this mirror works may be a bit more obvious and idiotically redundant than you think...

The mirror's powers aren't necessary to find the pagoda though.  Might be really helpful if you don't blow too much time on it, of course...or maybe it won't.

[Failure McFailFace]

>Find another mirror.
>Put the second mirror in front of the first.

[Nash Fais]

>or maybe it only reflects non-youkai?

>"Hey Kyouko, come here for a sec, I want to show you something."

>Once she arrives, place both of us in front of the mirror.

[Oldmansour]

>Actually, do we think Kyouko can find her way here through the mess?
>If not, go back and guide her back to this room.

[UnendingEmpire]

Went ahead and changed up the post order again, for flow's sake.

>Actually, do we think Kyouko can find her way here through the mess?

Not really.

>If not, go back and guide her back to this room.

You go intangible once again, phasing through the floor beneath you and a few walls, eventually stumbling upon Kyouko.  The area you found her in is much tidier than the rest of the place; she must have been cleaning up.  Kyouko herself seems fixated with a cracked hand mirror she's holding.  The look on her face suggests she's the one who broke it.

>or maybe it only reflects non-youkai?

Believe me when I say even I'm not sure about the details.

>"Hey Kyouko, come here for a sec, I want to show you something."

"Huh?"  Not letting go of the mirror, Kyouko follows you through Marisa's house, back upstairs to Marisa's bedroom and the mysterious mirror.

>Once she arrives, place both of us in front of the mirror.

Both you and Kyouko place yourselves in front of the mirror.  Still no reflection.

>Find another mirror.

Your eye shifts to the broken mirror Kyouko's holding.  "Can I see that for a moment?"

"Go ahead," the yamabiko grinned, handing you the mirror.

>Put the second mirror in front of the first.

This passed me as kind of ambiguous as to how exactly it could be done.  I went with the route of "Turn around and hold out the small mirror so it goes small mirror - you - big mirror starting in front of you."
Turning your back to the big mirror and facing the two mirrors together, you take a look in the hand mirror at the large mirror.  Kyouko is more interested in how the big one's not reflecting her.  Still nothing from the big mirror, but at least this hand mirror reflects you like a mirror should, even if it is cracked.

[Tapsa]

>Does the big mirror reflect our anchor or ladle?


Edit:

Wait..

>Do we have any idea how to operate our digital camera?
>Even if we don't, try all the buttons on the camera one at a time until something happens. Buttons exist to be pressed!

[UnendingEmpire]

>Does the big mirror reflect our anchor or ladle?

No, nor does it reflect your clothes, or Kyouko's broom or clothes.  To put it in the best terms I can think of, as far as the mirror can tell, there's no sign you two even exist.

>Do we have any idea how to operate our digital camera?

Not really.

>Even if we don't, try all the buttons on the camera one at a time until something happens. Buttons exist to be pressed!

You begin pressing buttons all over the camera.  The first one you take causes the screen on the back to stop for a moment, followed by small letters reading "Photo saved."  It's just a picture of Marisa's bed though.  Nothing special.

[Failure McFailFace]

>Speak into the mirror. Maybe it's a hole.
>Touch the mirror. See above.
>If all else fails, turn intangible and walk through the mirror.

[Oldmansour]

>Don't touch the mirror yet, tangible or otherwise.

For all we know, it acts as a portal for humanoids.

[UnendingEmpire]

>Don't touch the mirror yet, tangible or otherwise.

Aye-aye, cap'n.

>Speak into the mirror. Maybe it's a hole.

You speak into the mirror, possibly hoping for a response.  Nothing.

>Touch the mirror. See above.

No good sir, you see above :3

>If all else fails, turn intangible and walk through the mirror.

You go intangible and float your way through the mirror.  All that really happened was you went through the wall behind it and wound up outside again.  You can see the light of a torch down the path from Marisa's house approaching from out here, though.

For all we know, it acts as a portal for humanoids.

If you plan to find out, you may want to do it quickly.  Seems like someone's headed your way.

[Nash Fais]

> How long before the person reaches the house?

[Failure McFailFace]

>Can people see you when intangible (Kyouko saw you do it)
>"We're going to test a theory out about the mirror..."
>Hold Kyouko's hand and touch the mirror.

[UnendingEmpire]

> How long before the person reaches the house?

From the looks of things, not long at all.  You may want to consider jumping out the window with Kyouko to avoid being caught.

>"We're going to test a theory out about the mirror..."

Is that so?

>Hold Kyouko's hand and touch the mirror.

Going back inside via the wall, you go tangible once more and hold Kyouko's hand.  You then touch the mirror...to absolutely no effect whatsoever.  So much for that theory of yours.

[O4rfish]

>Hold the small mirror in front of us, as if trying to disguise as Kanako, and point self at large mirror while slightly moving the small mirror to different angles. What kinds of things can we see in the large mirror's image of the small mirror?

[Nash Fais]

>"Okay... you know what? forget about this"

>"We need to get out of here right now. I saw someone coming this way when I passed through the mirror."

>Did we lock the front door?

>if not, then "Kyouko, go out through the window and hide behind a tree or something, I need to go back and lock the front door"

>Become intangible again and go back to the front door and lock it.

>Then we go through the window and hide with Kyouko.

[Failure McFailFace]

>"Did you bring the candles?"
>Look carefully at the person. Who is it?
>It's probably too dark to see by now.

[UnendingEmpire]

>Hold the small mirror in front of us, as if trying to disguise as Kanako, and point self at large mirror while slightly moving the small mirror to different angles. What kinds of things can we see in the large mirror's image of the small mirror?

At first, nothing.  Then, in the image of the small mirror, a woman appears.  She's certainly not you; you've never seen her before.  As though the two mirror images were somehow connected, she climbs out of the small mirror's image in the large mirror and increases in size to occupy the majority of it.  She even speaks.

"So, you figured it out, huh?  If only Marisa had thought of holding two mirrors toward each other, she and I both would be having far more interesting days.  I already know why you're here, pirate, and the treasure you're looking for isn't here.  Nothing happens in this house without my knowing.  Despite what you may think, though, you'll be best off sticking around a while longer."

>Everything else

In light of the recent breakthrough and the currently-anonymous mirror lady's advice, I'll let you reconsider if you want.

[Failure McFailFace]

Hmm, I have no idea how to handle this.

The person outside is about to come in, we have a mirror-lady that just appeared who says to stay here for a little bit more, and it's already too dark to see without candles or some other light source.

>"Who are you?"
>"Do you know who's outside right now?" Who knows who the person outside is. It might be Marisa, and she might Master Spark us in the face.

[Nash Fais]

>I cancel everything I said above.

>"Why are you inside the mirror"?

[UnendingEmpire]

>"Who are you?"

"Until I get out of this damn mirror, I'm nobody.  Names aren't important right now; what is important is I know what you want, and more importantly, you just might be able to help me get what I want."

>"Do you know who's outside right now?" Who knows who the person outside is. It might be Marisa, and she might Master Spark us in the face.

"I only know what goes on in this house.  The moment you step outside, I don't know a thing."

>I cancel everything I said above.

Good call, more likely than not.

>"Why are you inside the mirror"?

"Let's just say I was allegedly something of a troublemaker, and that rotten-to-her-prissy-little-core Reimu sealed me up at her shrine once upon a time.  I got into this mirror by expending all my mana, but as long as I'm in here I'm not getting any back, so I'm ashamedly stuck here."

[Nash Fais]

> "How do we know we can trust you and not just stab us in the back?"

[Tapsa]

The situation is kind of awkward. Since we brought Kyouko inside with us, we can't just noclip through the wall and go outside as soon as we hear footsteps approaching this room. And Kyouko doesn't strike me as a stealthy person.

Even though the mirror lady doesn't know who's outside, it's most definitely Marisa if we hear the lock mechanisms getting unlocked one after another. However, there's one important detail..



>...did we lock the front door after letting Kyouko in?

>Ask mirror lady if we can't remember 100%: "The front door's locked, right?"

>Is there a loud sound when we turn intangible? And do we emit ambient light while we are intangible? We DO turn green...

[UnendingEmpire]

> "How do we know we can trust you and not just stab us in the back?"

"You don't.  It's a matter of mutual trust and benefit."

>...did we lock the front door after letting Kyouko in?

Doesn't seem that way.

>Ask mirror lady if we can't remember 100%: "The front door's locked, right?"

"You forgot to lock it."

>Is there a loud sound when we turn intangible? And do we emit ambient light while we are intangible? We DO turn green...

You do emit an ambient light, but the transition is pretty soundless.

Speaking of noises, you hear the sound of the door shutting and the numerous locking mechanisms locking back up again.  You also hear a voice - sounds enough like Marisa - but you can't quite make out what she's saying.

[Nash Fais]

>"Was it Marisa who entered the house? If so, did you understand what she said?"