Author Topic: Keine Quest (Part 3): Broken History (Read 55487 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #660 on:** August 25, 2010, 02:37:23 AM »

>"We'll check the fissure first. I'm in no hurry to go back to that grove."
>To the fissure!

DracoOmega · « **Reply #661 on:** August 25, 2010, 02:48:16 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 02:37:23 AM

>"We'll check the fissure first. I'm in no hurry to go back to that grove."
>To the fissure!

>"Very well," Ran says.
>You fly towards the fissure indicated on the map. This one turns out to be a fair bit easier to spot than the last one, although it's still quite small; roughly a large as a house. The energy in it does seem to be a bit more active than the most of the ones you've seen, outside of the fissure you were attacked in. Ran repeats the trick with the glass butterfly.
>"Well, it's not as good as I hoped," Ran says, "but better than I feared. I think we're making progress, at any rate. Still, with what we have, I may need to spend a little bit of time analyzing it, and we don't have a great opening point. The fissures at the shrine and by our house are too faint to use for more than a reference point. The one where you were attacked is still actively connected to wherever it leads, but twisted. This one is rather weak."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #662 on:** August 25, 2010, 02:56:48 AM »

>"Well, there's nothing better on the map. I suppose we should go to the grove."
>Groveward. Don't enter.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #663 on:** August 25, 2010, 03:00:15 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 02:56:48 AM

>"Well, there's nothing better on the map. I suppose we should go to the grove."
>Groveward. Don't enter.

>Ran nods. "Very well."
>You take off towards the grove where you nearly fell asleep twice and land at what you feel is a safe distance away.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #664 on:** August 25, 2010, 03:13:04 AM »

>"There it is. I'm not sure if I should approach it or not. The last time I did, something in there tried to force me asleep again. Were it not for Mokou, I wouldn't hav been able to resist. It didn't bother with her or Rumia, though. I don't know if you would be safe or not."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #665 on:** August 25, 2010, 03:18:49 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 03:13:04 AM

>"There it is. I'm not sure if I should approach it or not. The last time I did, something in there tried to force me asleep again. Were it not for Mokou, I wouldn't hav been able to resist. It didn't bother with her or Rumia, though. I don't know if you would be safe or not."

>"I'm prepared to risk it if you are," Ran says. "Are you hoping to find whatever creature you met the first time you were here?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #666 on:** August 25, 2010, 03:46:16 AM »

>"I'm hoping I never have to meet it again. The problem is, I have no idea how it attacked me. I didn't see it or anything. That said...Mokou, you know what to do. I don't intend to run this time."

>_

DracoOmega · « **Reply #667 on:** August 25, 2010, 03:47:32 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 03:46:16 AM

>"I'm hoping I never have to meet it again. The problem is, I have no idea how it attacked me. I didn't see it or anything. That said...Mokou, you know what to do. I don't intend to run this time."

>Mokou sighs and shakes her head. "Better not make me do that a second time," she mutters.
>"Well, what are you hoping to find here, then?" Ran asks.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #668 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:04:13 AM »

>To Mokou. "You'll have to take that up with them. And, if they're behind this, I encourage you to."
>To Ran. "I am hoping what you've been tracking and what are going on here are related things, and you can get enough of a reading to make a useful observation."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #669 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:09:05 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 04:04:13 AM

>To Mokou. "You'll have to take that up with them. And, if they're behind this, I encourage you to."
>To Ran. "I am hoping what you've been tracking and what are going on here are related things, and you can get enough of a reading to make a useful observation."

>"If I lay eyes on whatever it is, you better believe I will," Mokou says.
>"Even if the being who created the fissures is in here," Ran says, "I don't think that would help with what I was doing. Well, outside from the obvious method of simply forcing them to take us where we want to go."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #670 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:30:08 AM »

>"Maybe. I don't know, given I woke up here in an entirely different timeline, it has to have something connected to all this. But, alright."
>Check the map.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #671 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:32:54 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 04:30:08 AM

>"Maybe. I don't know, given I woke up here in an entirely different timeline, it has to have something connected to all this. But, alright."

>"It's up to you," Ran says. "I'm not adverse to looking. But if you expect that this will provide information I can use to stabilize our transit, I'm skeptical, that's all."

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 04:30:08 AM

>Check the map.

>You've already identified the largest and most recent fissures. Is there something specific you wish to examine it for?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #672 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:38:08 AM »

>Look for the largest one we have yet to examine, regardless of age, and the most recent one that's on a scale similiar to the house-sized one.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #673 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:41:55 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 04:38:08 AM

>Look for the largest one we have yet to examine, regardless of age, and the most recent one that's on a scale similiar to the house-sized one.

>The most recent one of comparable size you can find is 2 years old, towards the other end of the bamboo forest. The largest one you have yet to examine, aside from the one under the lake, is a little ways north of Yukari's house. However, it doesn't appear to be marked as much larger than the one you're already at, and is a fair bit older.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #674 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:45:31 AM »

>Show the map to Ran. "Which do you think is most likely?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #675 on:** August 25, 2010, 04:47:23 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 04:45:31 AM

>Show the map to Ran. "Which do you think is most likely?"

>"It really would be nice if that one was more accessible," she says, looking at the map, "but after that, I think this one might be best." She points to the fissure on the other end of the bamboo forest.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #676 on:** August 25, 2010, 05:21:12 AM »

>Nod.
>"Regardless, we're here now. Let's see if you can find anything."
>"If anyone starts to feel unusually tired, announce it immediately so we can do something about it."
>Into the forest once more.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #677 on:** August 25, 2010, 05:27:29 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 05:21:12 AM

>Nod.
>"Regardless, we're here now. Let's see if you can find anything."
>"If anyone starts to feel unusually tired, announce it immediately so we can do something about it."
>Into the forest once more.

>"Well, we can look," Ran says. "And fair warning. Make sure to do ask she asks, Chen."
>"Got it," Chen replies.

>You move back into the forest. No drowsiness hits you immediately, nor does it seem to even after you've spent a minute or two moving deeper into the trees. You see no sign of anyone's presence, either.
>Ran tilts her head to the side. "I... think I sensed something, just then."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #678 on:** August 25, 2010, 05:44:55 AM »

>"What did you feel?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #679 on:** August 25, 2010, 05:47:53 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 05:44:55 AM

>"What did you feel?"

>"Something's presence." She turns her head to the other side, her brow furrowing. "I... think I lost it again."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #680 on:** August 25, 2010, 06:03:28 AM »

>Nod.
>Keep going.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #681 on:** August 25, 2010, 06:07:26 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 06:03:28 AM

>Nod.
>Keep going.

>You continue to walk through the forest. Ran's head darts to one side or the other occasionally, like she'd heard or seen something, but she makes no further comment.
>You spend a few more minutes looking around, but don't see anything of note, or feel more drowsy than you'd expect to be at this time.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #682 on:** August 25, 2010, 06:18:55 AM »

>Can we find the spot where we woke up?
>"Something bothering you, Ran?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #683 on:** August 25, 2010, 06:22:23 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 06:18:55 AM

>Can we find the spot where we woke up?
>"Something bothering you, Ran?"

>You think you can get fairly close, but the forest is unfamiliar and the place you woke up indistinct. You probably couldn't be entirely certain.
>Ran frowns. "Every now and then I can sense just a hint of that presence I did earlier. I don't really know what it is. I think it may be following us, though."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #684 on:** August 25, 2010, 06:27:02 AM »

>"Hmm. Stay wary, I'll try something."
>Check the very recent history of this place.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #685 on:** August 25, 2010, 06:29:55 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 06:27:02 AM

>"Hmm. Stay wary, I'll try something."
>Check the very recent history of this place.

>Ran nods, and look around the terrain.
>You find much the same as you did when you tried this earlier. You get a vague impression of a wispy presence that's been back and forth through here recently. You're certain it is not like the youkai you originally encountered here, although it's quite reminiscent of it.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #686 on:** August 25, 2010, 06:34:22 AM »

>"There's something here, all right. A kind of wispy presence, it keeps fading in and out."
>Hold still a bit. See if we can sense it return or not.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #687 on:** August 25, 2010, 06:36:19 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 06:34:22 AM

>"There's something here, all right. A kind of wispy presence, it keeps fading in and out."
>Hold still a bit. See if we can sense it return or not.

>"That would seem to agree with my own senses," Ran says.
>You can't really detect its presence actively, so you wouldn't be able to tell exactly where it is, or if it has shifted in or out. You can meanly tell that it has spent time wandering around here lately. You wait a little, but don't notice any other activity.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #688 on:** August 25, 2010, 07:34:38 AM »

>"Whatever it is, it's not going to show itself, and doesn't seem to be trying anything. Can you detect anything at all about it, Ran?"

DracoOmega · « **Reply #689 on:** August 25, 2010, 07:37:59 AM »

Quote from: Zombie Purvis on August 25, 2010, 07:34:38 AM

>"Whatever it is, it's not going to show itself, and doesn't seem to be trying anything. Can you detect anything at all about it, Ran?"

>"I can barely detect it at all, most of the time," she says. "But what I do sense is... almost ethereal, like a fragment of a dream. I don't know if it's entirely here, to be honest. Or perhaps it's just doing that to hide itself?"