Maribel Quest Perpetuation: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Neat place, huh?"
> Not a bad idea. Let's look around and see what interesting stuff we can find. In particular, it might be worth looking for Kisume's home.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Neat place, huh?"
> Not a bad idea. Let's look around and see what interesting stuff we can find. In particular, it might be worth looking for Kisume's home.

>Renko nods. "Never been in a cave until yesterday," she says, as she peers around the stalagmites.
>Looking around the chamber, you don't find much of interest at first, aside from bits of web and rock formations, until you find a tunnel in the ceiling masked by stalactites. It's difficult to see unless you're standing under it.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Walk underneath it and look up. If we happen to see a body up there, though, back away a bit, so they're out of our line of vision.

[DracoOmega]

>Renko nods. "Never been in a cave until today," she says, as she peers around the stalagmites.

>Ponder if all the excitement of this morning has affected Renko's memory of coming down here yesterday

[Hello Purvis]

> Walk underneath it and look up. If we happen to see a body up there, though, back away a bit, so they're out of our line of vision.

>You walk underneath and look up. It is about seven or so feet across, leading upward, and inclining northward. You don't seen anyone in it, but you do note some webs along it.

>Ponder if all the excitement of this morning has affected Renko's memory of coming down here yesterday

> =[

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[DracoOmega]

>Wait around a few more minutes and see if Yamame shows up

[Kilgamayan]

> Keep an eye on the ceiling tunnel for any activity while waiting.

[Hello Purvis]

>Wait around a few more minutes and see if Yamame shows up

> Keep an eye on the ceiling tunnel for any activity while waiting.

>You wait around a bit longer, keeping a wary on that tunnel. During this time, Renko gets tired of looking around, and wraps her arms around you from behind and holds you for little bit.
>Soon, Yamame flies into the cavern from the tunnel outside. She doesn't stop, saying, "Just a minute, buddy!" and flying up through the tunnel in the ceiling; Renko scarcely has time to let you go before Yamame's gone again.
>Another half minute passes, before Yamame pokes her head out of that tunnel. "Just putting some stuff away and junk," she says, before descending to the ground in front of you, no more than a foot away.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Reach around behind us and pat Renko on the back of the head.
> "You all set, then, Yamame?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Reach around behind us and pat Renko on the back of the head.
> "You all set, then, Yamame?"

>You reach around and pat Renko on the back of the head. It's a well meant gesture, at least.
>"Yep, let's get movin'," she says.

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[DracoOmega]

>"Good enough."
>Head for the Ancient City

[Kilgamayan]

> Be sure to talk things out along the way.
> "So how much of the details of the dream do you remember? You said you remembered you and Utsuho were friends. Do you know what common interests you shared?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Good enough."
>Head for the Ancient City

>You start for the city.

> Be sure to talk things out along the way.
> "So how much of the details of the dream do you remember? You said you remembered you and Utsuho were friends. Do you know what common interests you shared?"

>"We played these weird games a lot, on the window things I told you about? I think they were a lot of fun. And we went to places, ate at all kinds of places, went to parties. I think we might have went to a school, too."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Games, huh? Do you remember what any of them were like, or what they were about?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Games, huh? Do you remember what any of them were like, or what they were about?"

>She shakes her heads. "Nope. Can't keep all the bits straight anymore, buddy...Too weird to remember right, get it?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah, I understand. I'm asking you these things, though, because I found I remembered details easier when Utsuho asked me about them and made me think about them. I'm hoping the same will happen with you."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yeah, I understand. I'm asking you these things, though, because I found I remembered details easier when Utsuho asked me about them and made me think about them. I'm hoping the same will happen with you."

>Yamame shakes. "It's not really coming back, buddy..."

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[DracoOmega]

>"Oh, that's too bad. Maybe the reason I could start to remember it more easily is because I was from the outside world in the first place. Even if my memories of Gensokyo Isle itself are fuzzy, at least have a context from my previous experiences to place the things I saw there in."
>"I imagine those 'window things' you're talking about are televisions, for example. You were probably playing video games."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Oh, that's too bad. Maybe the reason I could start to remember it more easily is because I was from the outside world in the first place. Even if my memories of Gensokyo Isle itself are fuzzy, at least have a context from my previous experiences to place the things I saw there in."
>"I imagine those 'window things' you're talking about are televisions, for example. You were probably playing video games."

>She nods as you explain things. Then she says, "That sure is a whole bunch of weird words, there."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Mmm. I wonder if hearing it from Utsuho might help more than hearing it from me."
> "I realize there's only so much in the ways of finer detail I can ask of you. Maybe we can come back to that stuff later. What do you remember about Utsuho as a person?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Mmm. I wonder if hearing it from Utsuho might help more than hearing it from me."
> "I realize there's only so much in the ways of finer detail I can ask of you. Maybe we can come back to that stuff later. What do you remember about Utsuho as a person?"

>Yamame nods, as the three of you reach the intersection of the main road the the tunnel toward the bat cave.
>"Um, really relaxed. Like, just wanted to have fun. Had money and stuff too, which was pretty good. Um....she'd help out with things, too. And I think we were together for a long time, yeah."

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[DracoOmega]

>"What do you know of her from here, anyway, out of curiosity?"

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm. You mentioned school earlier, and now this. Maybe you had gone through a lot of school with her?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"What do you know of her from here, anyway, out of curiosity?"

>"Uh. She kinda tried to set everything on fire. But then got better."

> "Hmm. You mentioned school earlier, and now this. Maybe you had gone through a lot of school with her?"

>"Maybe," says Yamame. "Kinda don't know how schools work, buddy."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm, okay."
> Something else to revisit.

(Unless someone thinks they can whip up a reasonably understandable description of a school.)

> "Well, I can tell you that she's still pretty relaxed these days, unless she's forced to not be. I also met her in The Felt, so I'm willing to be she's still all for having fun."
> "You mentioned she was good for money. What kinds of things did you two get with it? Aside from food, of course."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm, okay."
> Something else to revisit.
> "Well, I can tell you that she's still pretty relaxed these days, unless she's forced to not be. I also met her in The Felt, so I'm willing to be she's still all for having fun."
> "You mentioned she was good for money. What kinds of things did you two get with it? Aside from food, of course."

>You're finding you're going to have to revisit a lot.
>"Um, stuff. Like...games! Yeah, you had to get 'em separate. And, I think clothes sometimes? Uh...probably some other things..."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Wow, you two must have been really into those games."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Wow, you two must have been really into those games."

>"Pretty sure we were, buddy," says Yamame with a nod.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "What kinds of things did she help out with? Around-the-house stuff, or building things, or what?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "What kinds of things did she help out with? Around-the-house stuff, or building things, or what?"

>"Around the house things, I think," says Yamame, frowning. "Maybe some other bigger things? Don't really remember too well."

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