Sword Quest VI - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> How much further North can we go until we leave town entirely?

>You are pretty much there.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "I have a little bit of time. My investigative path is notably shorter than hers. But I will not press the issue if you do not want me to."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "I have a little bit of time. My investigative path is notably shorter than hers. But I will not press the issue if you do not want me to."

>She waves a hand. "You best get searching."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Very well."
> Give the ghost a short bow.
> "Farewell until we meet again."
> Head back south through town toward the upper-class district.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Very well."
> Give the ghost a short bow.
> "Farewell until we meet again."
> Head back south through town toward the upper-class district.

>"Have a good'un." she says.
>You make your way to the wealthier part of town, where the houses are larger and have a little bit of space between them. The roads here are empty, save for the odd person tending to their business.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Might as well start wandering the roads.

[Hello Purvis]

> Might as well start wandering the roads.

>You start wandering the roads. Here and there you see the odd housekeeper or what you assume to be a resident, but none of them seem to have much interest in you. As you draw close to the house you tried to corner Koishi in, you see a young woman with purple hair wearing a green and yellow top, with a long red skirt. She looks at you curiously.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Have we seen this girl before?

[Hello Purvis]

> Have we seen this girl before?

>Maybe? You don't think so, though.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Give her a wave and a small smile.
> "Good day, miss."

[Hello Purvis]

> Give her a wave and a small smile.
> "Good day, miss."

>"Hello," she says. "Were you around here earlier this morning?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I was, yes. I hope I did not give you cause for alarm."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I was, yes. I hope I did not give you cause for alarm."

>"...Did you break into my house?" she says, frowning.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look a bit sheepish.
> "...Technically, that was the doing of the person I was chasing. But I apologize for the intrusion nonetheless."

[Hello Purvis]

> Look a bit sheepish.
> "...Technically, that was the doing of the person I was chasing. But I apologize for the intrusion nonetheless."

>"So you did break into my house!" she says. "Why? What'd you take?"

>_

[Yaersulf]

>Did we take anything?

[Hello Purvis]

>Did we take anything?

>Not that you recall.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Wave our hands defensively in front of us.
> "Nothing! I did not take anything! Like I said, I was chasing someone!"

[Hello Purvis]

> Wave our hands defensively in front of us.
> "Nothing! I did not take anything! Like I said, I was chasing someone!"

>"The neighbors only saw you," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "The person I was chasing has the ability to make the people around her not see her. I only thought to check the house I assume is yours because I saw the door sliding shut, when it was already closed the first time I passed it."

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "The person I was chasing has the ability to make the people around her not see her. I only thought to check the house I assume is yours because I saw the door sliding shut, when it was already closed the first time I passed it."

>"Go on," she says.

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "I entered the house and saw a piece of clothing enter the kitchen. When I followed it in there, the person had vanished again, so I pretended to leave the house and took watch up against the ceiling above the kitchen door. While the person remained invisible, they had an aura of death about them, and I was able to sense them leaving the house through the same door we used to enter it, despite the door itself not moving. In the interest of not losing what little sense I had of their presence, I left the house myself and continued pursuit."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I entered the house and saw a piece of clothing enter the kitchen. When I followed it in there, the person had vanished again, so I pretended to leave the house and took watch up against the ceiling above the kitchen door. While the person remained invisible, they had an aura of death about them, and I was able to sense them leaving the house through the same door we used to enter it, despite the door itself not moving. In the interest of not losing what little sense I had of their presence, I left the house myself and continued pursuit."

>"And who is this mysterious invader?" says the purple-haired woman.

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "A satori from the underground."
> Frown.
> "I...would rather not name them, out of concerns for their privacy."

[Hello Purvis]

> "A satori from the underground."
> Frown.
> "I...would rather not name them, out of concerns for their privacy."

>"It's the lost Komeiji, isn't it?" she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Blink.
> "...Um..."
> Lower voice.
> "...How do you know this?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Blink.
> "...Um..."
> Lower voice.
> "...How do you know this?"

>"I chronicle these things," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Does that sound familiar at all?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does that sound familiar at all?

>Not really.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I see. Well, yes, it was her."