Sword Quest X - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> Miko: "Certainly not, but I am acutely aware of how much we have imposed upon you already, and I am also not sure when you will be back."
> Youmu: Give Yoshika a wave in greeting. "Hello. Do you happen to know where the pink-and-blue ghost lady and her blonde friend have gone?"

>Miko: "Well, I don't intend to stay much longer than I need to," says Reimu. "So unless there's a good reason otherwise, I'm going home as soon as I'm done with Meira here."
>Youmu: "Oh, that's eeeeeasy!" says Yoshika. "They went out that door oveeeeer there!" She looks toward the entrance you had just came through a couple moments ago.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Miko: Nod. "Very well. In that case, I will take Tojiko with me, and leave Futo in your care. My thanks again for your hospitality."
> Youmu: "I see. Did they say where they were going?"
> Youmu: What is back in that direction beyond the gate? All of Hakugyokurou?

[Hello Purvis]

> Miko: Nod. "Very well. In that case, I will take Tojiko with me, and leave Futo in your care. My thanks again for your hospitality."
> Youmu: "I see. Did they say where they were going?"
> Youmu: What is back in that direction beyond the gate? All of Hakugyokurou?

>Miko: Reimu nods, as she starts to make some talismans. "It's no problem. I'll be honest, they're some of the better guests I'd had lately."
>Youmu: It's the main exit from this garden, so pretty much anywhere you wanted to go. Yoshika frowns, then shakes her head. "Nuuuh, I don't thiiiink so. They just asked how I waaaaas after I woke up."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Miko: Smile. "Ah, splendid. That makes me glad to hear."
> Youmu: "Really? They didn't say anything else around you?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Miko: Smile. "Ah, splendid. That makes me glad to hear."
> Youmu: "Really? They didn't say anything else around you?"

>Miko: Reimu nods, as she makes a talisman. You think Byakuren chuckles just a tad.
>Youmu: "Nuh,"  she says. "I think I fell asleeeeep?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Miko: Pull the key back out and study it some more.
> Youmu: Frown. "Very well. Thank you for this information."
> Youmu: Head back to the group.

[Hello Purvis]

> Miko: Pull the key back out and study it some more.
> Youmu: Frown. "Very well. Thank you for this information."
> Youmu: Head back to the group.

>Miko: You study the key, but it doesn't yield up any more information in its mundanity.
>Youmu: "You're welcooooooome!" says Yoshika, as you return to the group.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: "Well, that did not yield much extra information. Yuyuko-sama and Yukari-sama could be anywhere past here."
> Miko: "Is your mistress not chasing after your companions from the underground?"
> Youmu: Nod. "I intend to ask around with the ghosts, to see if anyone has an idea to where they went. Will you all be okay here until we get back?"
> Miko: "After dealing with that infernal tree, I have little issue with not going anywhere right now."

[Hello Purvis]

> Youmu: "Well, that did not yield much extra information. Yuyuko-sama and Yukari-sama could be anywhere past here."
> Miko: "Is your mistress not chasing after your companions from the underground?"
> Youmu: Nod. "I intend to ask around with the ghosts, to see if anyone has an idea to where they went. Will you all be okay here until we get back?"
> Miko: "After dealing with that infernal tree, I have little issue with not going anywhere right now."

>"Go sit down somewhere," says Reimu. "I don't need you all hovering over my shoulder while I try to do this, anyways. Bad enough with all the ghosts around."
>"Perhaps I should take my leave?" says Byakuren. "It seems everything is well in hand."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: Did Yuyuko actually want to meet with her players?

[Hello Purvis]

> Youmu: Did Yuyuko actually want to meet with her players?

>Youmu: You imagine she would like to.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: Shift uncomfortably. "Well, I was hoping to find Yuyuko-sama before any of you left, in regards to her planned theatrical performance."

[Hello Purvis]

> Youmu: Shift uncomfortably. "Well, I was hoping to find Yuyuko-sama before any of you left, in regards to her planned theatrical performance."

>Byakuren nods. "Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to wait around for that. Let's all get out of Miss Hakurei's way, shall we?"
>"Please," says Reimu.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Miko: Gently push ourselves off the tree.
> Youmu: "Very well. This way."
> Youmu: Take our guests to a nearby sitting room.
> Miko: Follow!

[Hello Purvis]

> Miko: Gently push ourselves off the tree.
> Youmu: "Very well. This way."
> Youmu: Take our guests to a nearby sitting room.
> Miko: Follow!

>Youmu: You lead the others away, nothing a pair of portly ghosts making their way past with a bucket of water and a jar of salt in hand. You lead them to a nearby sitting room, which is currently not in use, but features enough comfortable-looking chairs for everyone.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: Gesture to the room. "This should do, I think."
> Miko: Flop down in one of the comfortable-looking chairs with as much dignity as possible.

[Hello Purvis]

> Youmu: Gesture to the room. "This should do, I think."
> Miko: Flop down in one of the comfortable-looking chairs with as much dignity as possible.

>Miko you flop down in one of the chairs, doing your best not to flop at all. Ah, this is the stuff...
>Byakuren makes her way in, and has a seat in one of the corners. Kotohime looks inside.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: "Please, make yourselves at home. I will try not to be gone long."
> Youmu: Look to Kotohime. "Will you be staying here, or coming with me?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Youmu: "Please, make yourselves at home. I will try not to be gone long."
> Youmu: Look to Kotohime. "Will you be staying here, or coming with me?"

>"Certainly," says Byakuren.
>Kotohime nods. "I want to come with."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: Nod. "Very well. Let's go."
> Youmu: Make our way to the nearest ghost that isn't busy carrying stuff for Reimu.
> Miko: Take our key back out, if we don't already have it out.

[Hello Purvis]

> Youmu: Nod. "Very well. Let's go."
> Youmu: Make our way to the nearest ghost that isn't busy carrying stuff for Reimu.
> Miko: Take our key back out, if we don't already have it out.

>Youmu: You and Kotohime approach a ghost who is simply loitering and waiting Reimu from a distance, a tall gangly woman.
>Miko: You examine the key some more, but it doesn't seem as though it's going to reveal anything new to you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: "Pardon me, miss? Have you seen Lady Saigyouji or Lady Yakumo recently?"
> Miko: Oh goodie, what a reward for our hard work this situation is.
> Miko: Look to Byakuren and hold the key up for emphasis. "Would you like a look? I admit I have not yet tried a full-blown study, but at least, on the surface, there are no discernible issues. I am not sure what the mountain dancer may have noticed."

[Hello Purvis]

> Youmu: "Pardon me, miss? Have you seen Lady Saigyouji or Lady Yakumo recently?"
> Miko: Oh goodie, what a reward for our hard work this situation is.
> Miko: Look to Byakuren and hold the key up for emphasis. "Would you like a look? I admit I have not yet tried a full-blown study, but at least, on the surface, there are no discernible issues. I am not sure what the mountain dancer may have noticed."

>Youmu: "I think they're leading that search in the eastern palace?" says the ghost.
>Miko: You hold up the key. Byakuren frowns at it, then says, "I don't sense anything unusual about it at a glance. But I'm sure that if you cannot find anything, then I could not either."

>_-

[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: "I see. Thank you!"
> Youmu: Make our way to the eastern palace.

> Miko: "Mmm. Let me try something a little more in-depth, then."
> Miko: Take the minutes necessary to give the key a proper scan.

[Hello Purvis]

> Youmu: "I see. Thank you!"
> Youmu: Make our way to the eastern palace.

> Miko: "Mmm. Let me try something a little more in-depth, then."
> Miko: Take the minutes necessary to give the key a proper scan.

>Youmu: You make your way toward the eastern wing of Hakugyokurou, Kotohime following closely behind. It doesn't take long before you note groups of ghosts looking around in an organized fashion, looking through the halls with unusual interest.
>Miko: You examine the key in more detail, and confirm it is a perfectly mundane key.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Miko: Does our minutes-long studying ability we've used a couple of times today only work on living things?

[Hello Purvis]

> Miko: Does our minutes-long studying ability we've used a couple of times today only work on living things?

>Realistically, yes. In theory, it works on anything that has desires, which are nearly always alive.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: Call out to the nearest group, using appropriate indoor voice volume. "Hoy! Are you all searching for the living ones from Gensokyo's underground?"
> Miko: Slump back in our chair with a slight air of dejection. "Nothing. How vexing."

[Hello Purvis]

> Youmu: Call out to the nearest group, using appropriate indoor voice volume. "Hoy! Are you all searching for the living ones from Gensokyo's underground?"
> Miko: Slump back in our chair with a slight air of dejection. "Nothing. How vexing."

>Youmu: One of the ghosts, a board woman with long hair, looks up at you and nods.
>Miko: "Perhaps it merely is a key?" Byakuren says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Youmu: "Great. Do you happen to know where Lady Saigyouji is searching, or has otherwise gone?"
> Miko. "Mmm. The mountain dancer did suggest that the doom was likely related to that which this key opens. It does seem likely that, doom aside, there is nothing extraordinary about it."