Sakuya Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "You claim I am mean? You, who was insulting your alleged friends before I even arrived where, who tried to steal my name and then blame it on me, who called me a butt, who has taken pleasure in my misfortune, and who has insulted my appearance and intelligence, try to claim someone else is mean? Because from where I stand, it certainly seems like you who is the mean one."

[Hello Purvis]

> "You claim I am mean? You, who was insulting your alleged friends before I even arrived where, who tried to steal my name and then blame it on me, who called me a butt, who has taken pleasure in my misfortune, and who has insulted my appearance and intelligence, try to claim someone else is mean? Because from where I stand, it certainly seems like you who is the mean one."

>The cat-eared faerie just blows a raspberry at you. After a moment, the others join in.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Remove ourselves from time.
> Make our way to the cat-eared fairy and rotate her in mid-air until she is blowing her raspberry at her friends.
> Return to our original position and step back into time.

[Hello Purvis]

> Remove ourselves from time.
> Make our way to the cat-eared fairy and rotate her in mid-air until she is blowing her raspberry at her friends.
> Return to our original position and step back into time.

>You do so. It's a little difficult to move her, frozen objects have their own sort of inertia that needs to be overcome, which is noticeable in larger things. Then you let time resume.
>There are gasps, and the cat-eared faerie squeaks in surprise.
>"I can't believe you!" says the chubby faerie.
>"You purple traitor!" cries the suflower faerie.
>"Mutiny!" cries the cat-eared faerie. 
>The sunflower faerie throws her hands out, and danmaku starts to fly! The others join in moments later.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh my..."
> Let this play out. Let's see who wins!

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh my..."
> Let this play out. Let's see who wins!

>You observe for a moment. The danmaku is actually fairly thick, given the four of them and your proximity to them.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Back off a bit, so we don't get caught in the crossfire.

[AzyWng]

Well played, Kilga...

[Hello Purvis]

> Back off a bit, so we don't get caught in the crossfire.

>You back off a bit. The crossfire is still a problem, but nothing you cannot dodge around at this distance.
>Within a few moments, they start to move and break up, the general battle going love as each swoops around and under each other's shots. For faeries, you suppose they aren't half bad. Soon they disappear below the tree line.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Bah, I was hoping they'd shoot Cathead and ally themselves with me so we'd finally get some directional answers. Oh well, nothing to be done about it now.

> South!

[Hello Purvis]

>You head southward.
>The forest stretches out before you as far as you can see. After some minutes of flight, you catch sight of a small river that runs from southeast to northwest.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Head to this river and look up- and down-stream once we get to it.

[Hello Purvis]

> Head to this river and look up- and down-stream once we get to it.

>You approach the river without incident. It seems to be flowing from the east toward the west, making a slow, placid pace. Some distance down, you see something large and brown floating on the water; it doesn't seem to be natural? Nothing seems to be of interest upstream.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Pursue the large brown thing.

[Hello Purvis]

> Pursue the large brown thing.

>You approach it, and find that it seems to be a boat with a curiously-shaped prow, more broad the few boats you have seen in Gensokyo. A couple of people are in it, dangling fishing poles out into the water. Simple ones, by the look of them. Probably just dried wood or bamboo. The people themselves are wearing curious clothing, shorts-sleeved shirts accompanied by bulky-looking  dresses, and hood-like head-coverings, all in earth tones.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Land on the river bank and hail them when they come into range.

[Hello Purvis]

> Land on the river bank and hail them when they come into range.

>How do you plan to hail them?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Let's start off with a simple wave.

[Hello Purvis]

> Let's start off with a simple wave.

>The river flows past slowly, you note. The trees here are fairly thick, it would be a pain to make your way to through here on foot. Thinking on it, it is probably summer here, several months ahead of the early spring back home.
>You land on the the grassy bank, and find you need to anything to capture their attention. They are already watching you with open curiosity. Both of the fishers seem to be women, bearing a few care lines on their faces. Both seem to be in fairly good shape at a glance, with long, thin faces and sharp noses. Both seem to have blonde hair, though one is much closer to red. They...are human, you think? It's hard to tell with some youkai, but you're reasonably sure they are human. Their clothing is made of odd, coarse-looking cloth, but the dye work on it is quite good. You wave to them, and they wave back, more more quickly than the other.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Greetings! To whom do I owe this pleasure?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Greetings! To whom do I owe this pleasure?"

>"Hello, stranger," says the redder-haired woman in a curious, halting voice. It is as though she weren't a native speaker. "I am Cecily."
>"I'm Beatrice," the other says. "Try not to be loud, please? It will scare away the fish."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Lower our voice.
> "Ah, my apologies. My name is Sakuya. This may seem a bizarre question to ask, but...where am I?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Lower our voice.
> "Ah, my apologies. My name is Sakuya. This may seem a bizarre question to ask, but...where am I?"

>"You are just upriver from True Glorian," says Beatrice. The name sounds obviously foreign, and rolls of her tongue much better than anything else does. "It is not hard to get lost in the forest."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Blink, then hold a hand to the side of our head.
> "I...have never heard of such a place, I'm afraid."

[Hello Purvis]

> Blink, then hold a hand to the side of our head.
> "I...have never heard of such a place, I'm afraid."

>"We do try to keep to ourselves," says Cecily. "It is best to cause no trouble, when the Fair Folk are around."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "You mean the fairies? I have already that that pleasure as well. But...can you tell me if this land is Gensokyo or not?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "You mean the fairies? I have already that that pleasure as well. But...can you tell me if this land is Gensokyo or not?"

>"That does sound familiar," says Beatrice. "I think that is this the name of this country."
>"I am not so sure," says Cecily. "It could just be this forest? We do not see many people out this way, just an occasional Seelie."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "It is a grand land itself, hidden away here in Japan. More notable landmarks include the Scarlet Devil Mansion, the Hakurei Shrine, the Forest of Magic, the Bamboo Forest, and the Human Village, with a notable Buddhist population centered at the Myouren Temple."

[Hello Purvis]

> "It is a grand land itself, hidden away here in Japan. More notable landmarks include the Scarlet Devil Mansion, the Hakurei Shrine, the Forest of Magic, the Bamboo Forest, and the Human Village, with a notable Buddhist population centered at the Myouren Temple."

>"I have not heard of any of those," says Beatrice, frowning a little.
>"I do not know those names," Cecily says. "True Glorian is a Human Village. Is that what you mean?"

>_

[the old guy]

>"Not even Japan?"