Author Topic: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.  (Read 67131 times)

atoms2ashes

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #120 on: May 04, 2010, 09:50:24 AM »
>Before visiting Nitori, search harbor for a certain "Boss Murasa".
>Once found, challenge to fight for no reason.
>Conclude she was a delinquent.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #121 on: May 04, 2010, 10:48:57 AM »
>Before visiting Nitori, search harbor for a certain "Boss Murasa".
>Once found, challenge to fight for no reason.
>Conclude she was a delinquent.

> That seems uncharacteristically provocative of us. We like to think we're a pretty nice person, don't we?

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #122 on: May 04, 2010, 11:10:34 AM »
> Erm...does "revenge" count as not being a nice person?
  > If so, sniff at saltwater oxygen for a while instead before visiting Nitori.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #123 on: May 04, 2010, 12:04:17 PM »
> Erm...does "revenge" count as not being a nice person?

> This voice does not recall a Boss Murasa slighting us. Surely we do not deal with such dangerous-sounding elements?

Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #124 on: May 04, 2010, 12:15:24 PM »
>If you missed the bus, head to warehouse to investigate the robbery.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #125 on: May 04, 2010, 06:54:40 PM »
> Get back on the bus and head for Nitori's.

>It'll be a little bit til the next bus comes.

>Before visiting Nitori, search harbor for a certain "Boss Murasa".
>Once found, challenge to fight for no reason.
>Conclude she was a delinquent.

>Who?

> That seems uncharacteristically provocative of us. We like to think we're a pretty nice person, don't we?

>Satori wouldn't like you just starting brawls, anyways.

> Erm...does "revenge" count as not being a nice person?
  > If so, sniff at saltwater oxygen for a while instead before visiting Nitori.

>What revenge?
>It's a really weird smell.

> This voice does not recall a Boss Murasa slighting us. Surely we do not deal with such dangerous-sounding elements?

>Boss who? You're pretty sure you're not tangled up in any sort of thing like that.

>If you missed the bus, head to warehouse to investigate the robbery.

>It'll be a bit until the next bus comes, so you decide to go investigate the warehouses. You quickly find one with crime scene tape around it it, and a few police milling about and taking photographs. A few people watch from the distance.

>_

Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #126 on: May 04, 2010, 07:16:00 PM »
>Is there anything that stands out or can be learned by simply observing the scene?
>Look around for any suspicious personals- old saying says that criminal always returns to the scene, after all.
>Casually ask bystanders for details of the case; do it in a way that doesn't catch attention of police though.
>Think about where on Gensokyo Isle one can acquire guns, and the country's stance on gun laws.
>Think about where on Gensokyo Isle one can acquire legal non-lethal weapons such as tasers, pepper spray, tear gas, mace etc.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #127 on: May 04, 2010, 10:04:15 PM »
> Munch on some sunflower seeds.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #128 on: May 04, 2010, 11:23:03 PM »
> Ponder who we know that might know about supernatural and just-plain-not-normal stuff.
> Ponder who we know that is open minded to many things, including the weird, and might listen to us about the world not being right in some way.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #129 on: May 04, 2010, 11:28:01 PM »
> Munch on some sunflower seeds.

Deliver Horatio one liner related to the crime, and then do this.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #130 on: May 05, 2010, 01:04:14 AM »
>Is there anything that stands out or can be learned by simply observing the scene?
>Look around for any suspicious personals- old saying says that criminal always returns to the scene, after all.
>Casually ask bystanders for details of the case; do it in a way that doesn't catch attention of police though.
>Think about where on Gensokyo Isle one can acquire guns, and the country's stance on gun laws.
>Think about where on Gensokyo Isle one can acquire legal non-lethal weapons such as tasers, pepper spray, tear gas, mace etc.

>You look around the scene. The warehouse seems normal to your eye. You don't see any signs of damage or the like. You suspect there is something conspicuously missing, though.
>The people here seem to be seadog types and clerks. You do note a small gray-haired woman in a nice-looking suit.
>What do you want to ask? How do you intend to avoid attention?
>Guns are very illegal, you don't know where you can get one.
>You might be able to find that kind of thing at that one pawnshop Uptown.

> Munch on some sunflower seeds.

>Mmmm, salty~

> Ponder who we know that might know about supernatural and just-plain-not-normal stuff.
> Ponder who we know that is open minded to many things, including the weird, and might listen to us about the world not being right in some way.

>You don't know anyone into weird things like that, but you think you saw something about a local conspiracy theorist when you were investigating conspiracy theories earlier.
>You...might be able to approach Satori. Maybe. She is your mom, after all. You'd be more likely to pity you than sneer at you, at least.

Deliver Horatio one liner related to the crime, and then do this.

>You have no shades! Or The Who music available.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #131 on: May 05, 2010, 01:44:40 AM »
> Ask Grey Haired Lady if she knows what's going on
Wotters gonna' wot


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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #132 on: May 05, 2010, 01:48:46 AM »
>Wonder if Satori dyed her hair. Wonder if the bus driver dyed her hair too. I mean who has natural-born teal/purple hair!? The world seems wrong.  :V

>Did Satori named us and Orin when she adopted us? Because, it's such a weird coincidence we had a kanji for crow in our name and we love crows, Orin had a kanji for cat in her name and she love cats.

>Greet gray-haired women in a nick-looking suit.

>"Hey uh, why's there such a large crowd here?"

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #133 on: May 05, 2010, 01:58:32 AM »
>Wonder if Satori dyed her hair. Wonder if the bus driver dyed her hair too. I mean who has natural-born teal/purple hair!? The world seems wrong.  :V

>Did Satori named us and Orin when she adopted us? Because, it's such a weird coincidence we had a kanji for crow in our name and we love crows, Orin had a kanji for cat in her name and she love cats.

>Greet gray-haired women in a nick-looking suit.

>"Hey uh, why's there such a large crowd here?"

>Of course not. There's all kinds of hair like that out there.
>You...don't know, actually. You've actually never thought about that, you always assumed Utsuho was your birth name.

> Ask Grey Haired Lady if she knows what's going on

>"Who wants to know?" Asks the Gray-haired woman, giving you a sidelong look


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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #134 on: May 05, 2010, 02:10:34 AM »
>Does this gray-haired woman look at all similar to Satori?
<mauvecow> see this is how evil works in reality, it just wears you down with bureaucracy until you don't care anymore

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #135 on: May 05, 2010, 02:13:21 AM »
>Does this gray-haired woman look at all similar to Satori?

>Only insomuch as they are both short women. So not at all, really.  She seems to be sizing you up, now.

>_

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #136 on: May 05, 2010, 02:50:43 AM »
>We know how Koishi looks like and can recognize her, right?

>"I'm just curious."

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #137 on: May 05, 2010, 02:58:00 AM »
>We know how Koishi looks like and can recognize her, right?

>"I'm just curious."

>You would. She's pretty distinctive.
>She frowns and gives you a hard look. Finally, she says, "I got robbed out of a few million worth of goods. Happy now?"

>_

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #138 on: May 05, 2010, 03:08:16 AM »
>Ahhh, I missed the blurb on Koishi from earlier. S'what happens when I read three pages at once.
>"Oh, that really sucks!"
<mauvecow> see this is how evil works in reality, it just wears you down with bureaucracy until you don't care anymore

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #139 on: May 05, 2010, 03:12:37 AM »
>Ahhh, I missed the blurb on Koishi from earlier. S'what happens when I read three pages at once.
>"Oh, that really sucks!"

"Yeah that was a mouthful," says the gray-haired woman. "Got any other pearls of wisdom that maybe I ought to be writing down?"

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #140 on: May 05, 2010, 03:12:53 AM »
>Ponder how to cheer up old lady.
>Ponder if Yamame has a romantic interest.
>Ponder if self has forgotten about Miss Hieda.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #141 on: May 05, 2010, 03:18:39 AM »
>Ponder how to cheer up old lady.
>Ponder if Yamame has a romantic interest.
>Ponder if self has forgotten about Miss Hieda.

>You get the feeling she wants some revenge being robbed. Or maybe she just doesn't take setbacks well?
>You don't think so.
>...Oh crap!

>_

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #142 on: May 05, 2010, 03:28:21 AM »
>Jot down in notepad to perhaps help find the criminal.
>Continue to Nitori's House.
>Make mental reminder of Miss Hieda's needs.

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #143 on: May 05, 2010, 03:31:56 AM »
>Jot down in notepad to perhaps help find the criminal.
>Continue to Nitori's House.
>Make mental reminder of Miss Hieda's needs.

>You jot down a note to consider looking into this heist.
>You return to the bus station. It shouldn't be too long til the next one comes.
>Can't forget about poor Miss Hieda!

>_

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #144 on: May 05, 2010, 03:38:42 AM »
You all do realize that was probably Remilia or Sakuya, right?
>Would we recognize Remilia or Sakuya on sight?


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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #145 on: May 05, 2010, 04:58:56 AM »
You all do realize that was probably Remilia or Sakuya, right?
But the Scarlet family basically rules this place being the governor and all that, I doubt Sakuya would be standing here complaining.

Youmu's also gray-haired, could it be her?

>Get on bus when it arrives.

Edit : >Go back to crime scene so we can chat with gray-haired woman.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2010, 11:44:41 AM by Thaws »

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #146 on: May 05, 2010, 10:57:44 AM »
pretty sure it's Nazrin guys

> Tell Miss Grey-hair that you'd like to do anything  you can to assist the investigation

> ask if she knows anyone who might have done it, perhaps any enemies
Wotters gonna' wot


Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #147 on: May 05, 2010, 12:36:33 PM »
To Other Voices: I don't think the condemned business is going to be concluded anytime soon, so we should try to methodically visit all places and get as much detail for every events before trying to actively solve them. We always somehow ended up with shit-ton of quests on our hands before we started doing them, so I don't think it will be that much of a problem. And it is quite obvious 'what is wrong?!' approach is not going to work until we delve into event relating to it.

pretty sure it's Nazrin guys

> Tell Miss Grey-hair that you'd like to do anything  you can to assist the investigation

> ask if she knows anyone who might have done it, perhaps any enemies

>Ask this in proper tone so that she doesn't go "oh shyt random stranger wtf are you doing this for"

>Before she gets potentially wary of us, casually look her clothing to see anything that could help us identify her occupation & identity etc.
>If she accepts our proposal to help: Ask where the packages are from, where the packages were headed, when the packages arrived at the warehouse, contents of the package.

Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #148 on: May 05, 2010, 12:39:00 PM »
Huh, looks like double posted. Better use this resourcefully.

>Ventuswings: Did you read the other Z-Machine Quest threads before posting here or something? If you did, then you have my commendation~

>Anyway, do what Ventus said. The fellar's got a good head on his shoulders.
The ones preceeding this Z-Machine Quest, at least. It wasn't that hard because it was surprisingly fun to read. (Especially Barren Path- my evil evil nature found all the insanity going down there very enjoyable.)

Anyway, thank you. I am quite bad at negotiating though, so I'll try to slack off at that junction.  :3

> Question is, why are we helping random strangers off the street when we have things closer to home to worry about?
> That said: where would Commissioner Tenma be likely to be found during work hours?
Honestly I expect the grey-haired women to reject us like Miss Hieda did, but we managed to gain another quest and information about victim of the thievery already from taking this little detour so I feel fine. The day is young anyway; I don't think Miss Hieda quest is time-restricted since I suppose government will give Miss Hieda sometime to leave, so I was thinking info gathering would do well as our current priority. Hmm.

>Is Nitori qualified to check Miss Hieda's house?
>If the grey-haired woman ends up leaving instead of talking to us, ask the bystanders who that woman was.
« Last Edit: May 05, 2010, 01:54:51 PM by ventuswings »

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Re: Okuu Quest : A Z-Machine Adventure.
« Reply #149 on: May 05, 2010, 12:45:29 PM »
>Ventuswings: Did you read the other Z-Machine Quest threads before posting here or something? If you did, then you have my commendation~

>Anyway, do what Ventus said. The fellar's got a good head on his shoulders.