Sakuya Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "Is your wolf friend visiting any time soon? It might not be a bad idea to start fresh with her as well."

>"Well, she's not supposed to," says the mermaid, "But sometimes she does anyways, if she ends up straying out this far."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "Why is she not supposed to?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "Why is she not supposed to?"

>"Well, usually we make arrangements and stuff, so I know when to expect her," says the mermaid. "Is that strange?"

>_

[UncertainJakutten]

>"Oh, no, that's not strange.  There is a lot of value to good planning."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh, no, that's not strange.  There is a lot of value to good planning."

>"Ah, good," she says. "I was worried for a moment."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Rather, I was wondering if you or her or both of you had a head of household that set boundaries as to where you are and are not allowed to go and who you are and are not allowed to visit."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Rather, I was wondering if you or her or both of you had a head of household that set boundaries as to where you are and are not allowed to go and who you are and are not allowed to visit."

>"I am the head of my household!" she says, "How else would I preside over my kingdom?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "And she is head of hers?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "And she is head of hers?"

>"She doesn't have one," says Wakasagihime. "Or if she does, she never said anything. I hope she's not hiding that she's from a noble family from me!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "The error was mine, then."

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "The error was mine, then."

>Start to admit your fault, and get halfway through it before you hear a muffled explosion from the direction of Scarlet Devil Mansion.
>"Huh?" says the mermaid, looking back.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look back at our home! Is there any obvious damage?
> What is Meiling doing?

[Hello Purvis]

> Look back at our home! Is there any obvious damage?
> What is Meiling doing?

>The mansion is intact, but you think you can see a plume of black smoke starting to arise from it.
>You can't see her from this distance.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look back to Wakasagihime.
> "Pardon my rudeness, but I must go. We can speak again some other time. Farewell!"
> Hightail it back to the gate!

[Hello Purvis]

> Look back to Wakasagihime.
> "Pardon my rudeness, but I must go. We can speak again some other time. Farewell!"
> Hightail it back to the gate!

>You head back for the gate at full speed! You don't even hear Wakasagihime's reply.
>Drawing closer, you can see Meiling is not at her post. You also see there is a fair amount of smoke rising from the rear of the mansion; that would be the Library.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Should Meiling have vacated her post in order to investigate this happenstance, given we were further away and Patchy is presumably the source of the source of the explosion?
> Close the gate behind us (and lock it if possible), and dart back inside.

[Hello Purvis]

> Should Meiling have vacated her post in order to investigate this happenstance, given we were further away and Patchy is presumably the source of the source of the explosion?
> Close the gate behind us (and lock it if possible), and dart back inside.

>It's not really clear.
>You close the gates behind you and head inside!
>The front room is a scene of panic. There are maids everywhere, voices are babbling all at once. You quickly pick out Mistress, who is shouting instructions at them and getting them organized. While she does not have your talents wrangling faeries day to day (which was her task before you came), her presence and force of personality does the job in an emergency. Some smoke pours out the open library doors. Off to the side, you see Patchouli, laying unconscious, while Koakuma hovers over her.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

One more try at prodding Sakuya's past.

> Have we, Sakuya Izayoi, worked all our lives at the Scarlet Devil Mansion? Or at least in Remilia Scarlet's service?

And now, for the task at hand.

> Does it seem like Mistress needs aid in dealing with the maids?
> Can we see the Young Mistress or Meiling anywhere?
> From our position, how bad does Patchouli look?

[Hello Purvis]

> Have we, Sakuya Izayoi, worked all our lives at the Scarlet Devil Mansion? Or at least in Remilia Scarlet's service?
> Does it seem like Mistress needs aid in dealing with the maids?
> Can we see the Young Mistress or Meiling anywhere?
> From our position, how bad does Patchouli look?

>Sakuya is the name that Mistress gave you. The person and the name before that is no more.
>You don't immediately see that Mistress needs assistance.
>You do not see either Meiling nor the Young Mistress.
>Patchouli is clearly unconscious, and seems to have some burns.

>_

[Monarda]

It is no use trying to explore our past right now. Try again with a Magatama and some evidence.

>"To the two of them: "Mistress ! Patchouli ! What happened around here ?!?"

[Mr. Sacchi]

So, it's reasonable enough to assume that Sakuya killed someone (or multiple someones) and vilifies herself for it, a sentiment which doesn't seem to be shared by her old peers (the "mourned and honored" part implies that either they thought highly of her for it, or simply did not know about it). After which either she found Remilia or vice-versa, and Remilia gave her a new life, new home and new name as her maidservant, and that she knew of her time-manipulation before all of this happened.

The above is just a reminder to myself of my current thought process, although anyone else may feel free to weigh in on my conclusions. Needless to say, Sakuya's past is one of my favorite mysteries in the touhouverse, and I'm certainly very eager to find out Purvis' take on it.

Anyway.

> Have we ever had huge emergencies like this before? If so, what is normally expected of us in these cases?
> In fact, has Patchy ever blown herself up in an experiment before?
> Rough estimation of the number of maids in the current vicinity.

[AzyWng]

>Who takes care if injuries in the event someone gets hurt?

[Hello Purvis]

>"To the two of them: "Mistress ! Patchouli ! What happened around here ?!?"

>"There was an explosion!" Remilia says, "What are you standing around for? Go find them!"
>Patchouli, being unconscious, has little to contribute.

> Have we ever had huge emergencies like this before? If so, what is normally expected of us in these cases?
> In fact, has Patchy ever blown herself up in an experiment before?
> Rough estimation of the number of maids in the current vicinity.

>Not during your time, at least. You aren't sure what is precisely expected, outside of what Remilia is shouting at you.
>Explosions are less uncommon than you would like, but this one seems particularly bad. Usually she is more careful than that.
>There seems to be a couple dozen listening to Remilia, and maybe half again that many panicking and running around, or trying to hide.

>Who takes care if injuries in the event someone gets hurt?

>Generally, Youkai will get better over time. As for you, or for things they cannot easily recover from, generally Eientei is called.

>_

[Monarda]

>"Find who ?!? Is it Miss Keine ?"
>Orient the fairies to calm down.
>How did we get aware of our Time-Bending powers and who taught us to control it ?

[Mr. Sacchi]

>Orient the fairies to calm down.

> If Remilia doesn't look like she'll need help with the maids any time soon and she gives us the positive on the above question, run inside the library instead, covering our nose and mouth against the smoke.

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> Can the Young Mistress cause so much destruction? And has she done so before?

[Hello Purvis]

>"Find who ?!? Is it Miss Keine ?"
>Orient the fairies to calm down.
>How did we get aware of our Time-Bending powers and who taught us to control it ?

> If Remilia doesn't look like she'll need help with the maids any time soon and she gives us the positive on the above question, run inside the library instead, covering our nose and mouth against the smoke.

>"Yes!" Remilia shouts, before returning her attention to shouting at the maids. You think she has them in hand in the short term.
>You discovered them in your old life, with the assistance of the pocket watch. You taught yourself how to control them. Thus, you are also very hesitant to experiment.

>_

[Mr. Sacchi]

> "Alright!"

> Run inside the library, covering our mouth and nose against the smoke in the process. Once we're inside, quickly assess the situation, assuming we have cleared through the smoke.
>> While doing so, steal a quick glance at patchouli and briefly assess her current status.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Alright!"

> Run inside the library, covering our mouth and nose against the smoke in the process. Once we're inside, quickly assess the situation, assuming we have cleared through the smoke.
>> While doing so, steal a quick glance at patchouli and briefly assess her current status.

>You run in, covering your mouth.
>The smoke, thankfully, is not very thick. You suspect there is a fire or two somewhere, but it shouldn't be too large or raging out of control. What does catch your attention is how many of the shelves have fallen over. Usually, they are neatly arranged in kind of a spiderweb-like pattern with the tables in the center, but now books and shelves have fallen seemingly at random. As you enter, you can hear another shelf collapsing somewhere. Others still stand, while others still have fallen against each other and precariously hold one of the other up.
>You are not able to tell anything new about Patchouli.

>_

[Monarda]

>"Is there anybody here ?!?!"
>Take a look around and wait for a reply.
>If there is none, continue to search, if there is one, quickly follow the voice.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Is there anybody here ?!?!"
>Take a look around and wait for a reply.
>If there is none, continue to search, if there is one, quickly follow the voice.

>"I'm here!" comes the voice of Meiling, some where to the right and ahead.
>Looking around, it seems the left side has less fallen shelves. There seems to smoke raising from the far side of the library.

>_