Okuu Quest After - A Z-Machine Adventure

[DracoOmega]

>"It's a really long story, but I can say that someone is probably going to kill her, if I can't stop things first. And there's something you can do to help me with that. I need to see you in person."

[Hello Purvis]

>"It's a really long story, but I can say that someone is probably going to kill her, if I can't stop things first. And there's something you can do to help me with that. I need to see you in person."

>"What?"
>She is starting to sound irritated.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Look, I'm sure this sounds like a prank phone call or something, but it isn't, I swear. Could you at least take a look out on your balcony for a moment? I promise I'm not lying."
>Fly out, and try to get a look at the balconies, to see if we can see any movement there.

[Thaws]

>Tell Stargazer to head in the building first and look if the person inside feels familiar to her. It'd help if Keine is awakened first.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Look, I'm sure this sounds like a prank phone call or something, but it isn't, I swear. Could you at least take a look out on your balcony for a moment? I promise I'm not lying."
>Fly out, and try to get a look at the balconies, to see if we can see any movement there.

>"Why would I need to go to my balcony?" she says. "What kind of joke is this? Did Mokou put you up to this?"

>Tell Stargazer to head in the building first and look if the person inside feels familiar to her. It'd help if Keine is awakened first.

>While a good idea in theory, you'd need to know where to send her.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Mokou? I don't even know a Mokou. And can you please indulge me on this one? If this really is just a prank call, what's the harm of stepping out there, anyway? I assure you that there's a lot going on, and you're already move involved than you realize."

[Kilgamayan]

> "This involves Professor Okazaki as well. As far as I know, she's in as much danger as Professor Kawashiro, thanks to tonight's events at the Research Institute."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Mokou? I don't even know a Mokou. And can you please indulge me on this one? If this really is just a prank call, what's the harm of stepping out there, anyway? I assure you that there's a lot going on, and you're already move involved than you realize."

> "This involves Professor Okazaki as well. As far as I know, she's in as much danger as Professor Kawashiro, thanks to tonight's events at the Research Institute."

>"Fine," she says. "I'll go out. But so help me god, if you try anything, I'm pressing charges."
>You hear what sounds like a door sliding open in the background of the call.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Quickly find what balcony she's on

[Thaws]

>Have stargazer go to her first.

>We're wanted and supposedly a dangerous armed person, so don't show up yet.

[communist unity (comm-unity)]

> Would we be able to get into the building from the rooftop?

[Hello Purvis]

>Quickly find what balcony she's on

>Standing on top of the building, you really can't see th balconies very well from where you are.

>Have stargazer go to her first.

>We're wanted and supposedly a dangerous armed person, so don't show up yet.

>You send out Stargazer.
>She circles around the building, and you get a powerful, sudden wave of surprise from her, strong enough to make you start. Then you hear a brief scream on the phone. And then...you don't feel anything from Stargazer.

> Would we be able to get into the building from the rooftop?

>Not directly. There seems to be no roof access.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Fly off the roof and find Keine

[Kilgamayan]

> Fly in the direction Stargazer went, keeping close to the building, looking down at the third floor balconies.
> "Dean Keine, are you all right?"

[Kilgamayan]

>Fly off the roof and find Keine

> Make sure to not just do this blithely with no regard for stealth. Remember, the cops are still somewhat around.

[Kilgamayan]

> Where is the crystal? Do we still have it in our possession, or did Stargazer fly off with it?

[Hello Purvis]

> Fly in the direction Stargazer went, keeping close to the building, looking down at the third floor balconies.
> "Dean Keine, are you all right?"

>You try to follow Stargazer, looking toward the balconies. You can see a silver-haired woman crouched down on one of them.
>She seems too far away to hear you.

> Make sure to not just do this blithely with no regard for stealth. Remember, the cops are still somewhat around.

>You don't range out too far, and this is a good thing, a police cruiser has just turned onto this road!

> Where is the crystal? Do we still have it in our possession, or did Stargazer fly off with it?

>You still have the crystal. Stargazer seemed happy to let you hold it while she felt it.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Fly towards this balcony, cautiously
>Unless we think the police might be able see us from this angle, in which case, get back to the roof and let it pass by first

[Kilgamayan]

> Speak the same line to Keine through the phone.
> Watch the cruiser carefully. Crouch down to minimize obviousness; don't want them seeing us! Do NOT leave the roof!

[Hello Purvis]

>Fly towards this balcony, cautiously
>Unless we think the police might be able see us from this angle, in which case, get back to the roof and let it pass by first

>You're pretty sure the police would see something, so you get back to the roof.

> Speak the same line to Keine through the phone.
> Watch the cruiser carefully. Crouch down to minimize obviousness; don't want them seeing us! Do NOT leave the roof!

>You crouch down, and talk into the phone.
>"...What...where am I?" asks Keine. You think she's not actually holding the phone.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Are you ok? Do you remember who you are?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Are you ok? Do you remember who you are?"

>After a moment, you hear her talk again, this time much more clearly. "Who is this?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I usually go by Okuu in my household. We've never met before in the real Gensokyo. I live in the underground, near the Ancient City."
> Do NOT tell Keine our real name. She's surely seen it on the news. Who knows how she'd react.

[communist unity (comm-unity)]

> Has the police patrol passed by yet?

[Hello Purvis]

> "I usually go by Okuu in my household. We've never met before in the real Gensokyo. I live in the underground, near the Ancient City."
> Do NOT tell Keine our real name. She's surely seen it on the news. Who knows how she'd react.

>"You're from the Ancient City?" she asks. "Then, what's going on? Wait..."
>There's a pause.
>"Why do I remember being with you for the past few days?"

> Has the police patrol passed by yet?

>Not just yet.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Probably because your non-human aspect was tagging along with me for the last couple of days, after I found her."

[Kilgamayan]

> "A part of you was with me, a spirit of some sort. She had long green hair and red eyes. If I wasn't told by the harvest god you two were connected, I wouldn't have guessed; your hair doesn't look very green to me."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Probably because your non-human aspect was tagging along with me for the last couple of days, after I found her."

> "A part of you was with me, a spirit of some sort. She had long green hair and red eyes. If I wasn't told by the harvest god you two were connected, I wouldn't have guessed; your hair doesn't look very green to me."

>"Strange," she says. "Where are you? And, what's happened? Everything feels so weird. And my memories are all jumbled up."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I'm on the roof of your building, actually. I can fly down your way once the police pass by. And what's happened is a long story. In a nutshell, Kanako, Suwako, and Koishi used a jewel containing the essence of a hakutaku to remake the world. We're in the Gensokyo they created. There are very few of us who remember anything of our old lives. Most everyone is living as a normal human."

[Kasu]

> "You could say that the current Gensokyo we're on is an island in the Outside World."