Sword Quest XI - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh, hey, wait. What about Eientei, and all their rabbits? Or perhaps the Myouren Temple?"

>Koishi looks toward you, and ponders. "They don't like strangers staying at Eientei. The Myouren Temple is kind of...overbearing."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> She didn't happen to change her facial expression while doing so, did she?
> "What do you mean?"

[Hello Purvis]

> She didn't happen to change her facial expression while doing so, did she?
> "What do you mean?"

>A bit, but her smile didn't waver.
>"They're...bossy," she says. "I don't think we'd get along."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "How about the Moriya Shrine, then? Or the Scarlet Devil Mansion, as much as you would probably have to disavow all knowledge of us."

[Hello Purvis]

> "How about the Moriya Shrine, then? Or the Scarlet Devil Mansion, as much as you would probably have to disavow all knowledge of us."

>"I don't think they would want me around," says Koishi. "After all, I see the things they don't want me to see."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "That doesn't leave very many options, you realize."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That doesn't leave very many options, you realize."

>She nods.
>"Probably why we're in this mess in the first place," says Parsee.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, it seems to me that if there are no likely possibilities, the next thing to try is the unlikely possibilities."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, it seems to me that if there are no likely possibilities, the next thing to try is the unlikely possibilities."

>"Oh, do tell!" says Yuyuko.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> "I think we've already gone over several of them."
> Look to Koishi.
> "Though I suppose it's worth first asking if there's anywhere that you would like to go."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug.
> "I think we've already gone over several of them."
> Look to Koishi.
> "Though I suppose it's worth first asking if there's anywhere that you would like to go."

>"I'm not sure," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, is there anyone that you find interesting, or entertaining, or enjoyable to be around?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, is there anyone that you find interesting, or entertaining, or enjoyable to be around?"

>"...I don't have much in the way of friends," Koishi says after a moment of silence.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "Sorry, I didn't mean it that way. But what about anyone that doesn't know you very well? I mean, I didn't know you very well this morning, and look where we are now."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "Sorry, I didn't mean it that way. But what about anyone that doesn't know you very well? I mean, I didn't know you very well this morning, and look where we are now."

>"There's lots of people who don't know me," says Koishi. "The problem is when they do get to know me. You don't really know me at all, you still feel you can keep things to yourself. But I see it all. It won't be long before you understand that, and then you'll understand that you'll have thoughts and feelings you don't want to have, and I'll know. You'll get embarrassed. You'll get uncomfortable. You won't want me around as it happens more and more. Maybe you won't hate me, but you'll wish I wasn't around, that I didn't know the things you don't want anyone to know."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "You mean you don't know those things already? I kind of figured it was an all-at-once sort of deal."

[Hello Purvis]

> "You mean you don't know those things already? I kind of figured it was an all-at-once sort of deal."

>"It's complicated," she says.  "Some things are very easy to see, some leak out. Some I have to see as they happen."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Then what about living by yourself, but planning small amounts of regular interaction with a variety of people?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Then what about living by yourself, but planning small amounts of regular interaction with a variety of people?"

>"Would that be enough?" says Utsuho.
>"Actually," says Parsee, "Can she even be alone right now? The whole deal was that she's cut off large part of her brain, right? And she needs other people to fill in those gaps?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, yes. This would be more a long-term solution than an immediate action to take."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, yes. This would be more a long-term solution than an immediate action to take."

>"I guess I could do something like that..." says Koishi.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "In the meantime, though, we'll need to find someone for you to follow around tomorrow, if you're that adamant about not being in the same area as Yukari-sama."

[Hello Purvis]

> "In the meantime, though, we'll need to find someone for you to follow around tomorrow, if you're that adamant about not being in the same area as Yukari-sama."

>"I suppose we could do that," says Utsuho.
>"Doesn't really fix the short term problem, though," Parsee says. "I mean, we can't just follow her around all the time."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "The same could be said of anybody, though."

[Hello Purvis]

> "The same could be said of anybody, though."

>"Yeah," says Parsee.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "So...what now, then?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "So...what now, then?"

>"I don't know..." says Koishi.
>"Why don't you come back with us for tonight, Koishi?" says Utsuho. "If it's too bad, it's not like anyone could stop you from leaving again."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Let's see where this goes, at least a little bit.

[Hello Purvis]

> Let's see where this goes, at least a little bit.

>"I don't wanna go back to that prison," says Koishi. "Heh, Satori couldn't even escape it now."
>"Yeah, but you could," says Parsee. "It's not much of a prison if you waltz in and out whenever you want."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Have a look over at Yuyuko with a quizzical expression.