Maribel Quest Perpetuation: A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "Reimu will probably want an explanation. Possibly Marisa too, since we beat up two of her closest friends, one with her bracelet. We promised Kogasa a look. We could talk to Mystia and Tokiko again, but I guess they're not particularly necessary. Utsuho might be interested, too."
> "And then...I don't know how widespread this newspaper is, but if Reisen reads this, I'm sure she's going to want to know what's going on, and why the construct was still around, fighting people."

>"I think Reimu said she knows where to find us, if she needs an explanation. Who's Reisen, exactly?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Reisen's a moon rabbit. She was apparently the one that beat that golem thing the first time it appeared here. I recall Patchouli and Byakuren saying something about that...possibly others, but I'm not entirely sure. That thing used to house a great evil, though, and she got rid of it. I'm sure she's going to want to know why it was out and about again."
> "Oh, and she's also a hero to all fairies. Apparently they feared and loathed that thing while it was in their lake. When she took it out...well."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Reisen's a moon rabbit. She was apparently the one that beat that golem thing the first time it appeared here. I recall Patchouli and Byakuren saying something about that...possibly others, but I'm not entirely sure. That thing used to house a great evil, though, and she got rid of it. I'm sure she's going to want to know why it was out and about again."
> "Oh, and she's also a hero to all fairies. Apparently they feared and loathed that thing while it was in their lake. When she took it out...well."

>"Oh!" says Renko. "I know about her. Yeah, I heard them talk about a moon rabbit a couple of times. Doesn't she live deep in the bamboo forest, which is really easy to get lost in?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "She does, but I know a couple of people that might be able to get us there."
> "I also kinda want to visit there to ask about Kisume's bucket. She said a rabbit had gone by in the time frame when her bucket was stolen, and there are plenty of rabbits there."

[Hello Purvis]

> "She does, but I know a couple of people that might be able to get us there."
> "I also kinda want to visit there to ask about Kisume's bucket. She said a rabbit had gone by in the time frame when her bucket was stolen, and there are plenty of rabbits there."

>She nods. "Well...that's up to you. Though if they live in the middle of a maze forest, I don't think they'd get any kind of paper."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Something about the tengu tells me they're persistent and resourceful enough to get there if they want to. Even if they don't, though, she might hear about it on a trip to town. Byakuren apparently knows a lot about what happened, for one, and we're going to be the talk of the town for a while after this."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Something about the tengu tells me they're persistent and resourceful enough to get there if they want to. Even if they don't, though, she might hear about it on a trip to town. Byakuren apparently knows a lot about what happened, for one, and we're going to be the talk of the town for a while after this."

>She nods. "Yeah, but that'd probably take a few days."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Possibly. Reisen was out in the village last night, though, with a woman named Eirin. I don't know how commonly they make their way to the village, but they made it pretty obvious they can go back and forth pretty quickly."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Possibly. Reisen was out in the village last night, though, with a woman named Eirin. I don't know how commonly they make their way to the village, but they made it pretty obvious they can go back and forth pretty quickly."

>Renko nods. "Well, it's just to you. Just, I'm told that forest is the worst kind of maze."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I understand your concern, and I do appreciate you looking out for us."
> Take a Renko hand in ours.
> "But like I said, I know a couple of people that I've been told could get us through. How about this? We could ask them how feasible it is. If it sounds too dangerous, we can abandon the idea and just wait for Reisen to appear in the village."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I understand your concern, and I do appreciate you looking out for us."
> Take a Renko hand in ours.
> "But like I said, I know a couple of people that I've been told could get us through. How about this? We could ask them how feasible it is. If it sounds too dangerous, we can abandon the idea and just wait for Reisen to appear in the village."

>"That's why I said it's up to you, geez," says Renko. "If you know someone, okay."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I'm sorry, Renko. I didn't mean to be rude."
> "This can all wait until after we've seen the inside of our house, anyway."

[E-Nazrin]

>And maybe made use of it for that matter

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm sorry, Renko. I didn't mean to be rude."
> "This can all wait until after we've seen the inside of our house, anyway."

>"I know, love," she says.
>She nods.

>And maybe made use of it for that matter

>It's certainly plausible.

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[DracoOmega]

>Step inside and survey the interior

[Kilgamayan]

> "Shall we take a look, then?"
> Lead her to the front door.
> "Well, then, allow me to be the first to say...welcome home, Renko."
> Open our front door.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Shall we take a look, then?"
> Lead her to the front door.
> "Well, then, allow me to be the first to say...welcome home, Renko."
> Open our front door.

>Step inside and survey the interior

>"Let's," she says.
>You lead Renko to the door, open it for her, and welcome her home. She chuckles. "Thanks, love," she says.
>You step inside and look around. You hardly recognize the place now, the floors are clean and everything seems so much brighter now without all the dust. It's also quite empty. It is a little difficult to think of it as yours, in some ways, but it certainly seems more inviting than that office block did when you first obtained it.

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[DracoOmega]

>"Wow, even better than I was expecting, to be honest."
>Go check out the formerly haunted and bloody room upstairs

[Hello Purvis]

>"Wow, even better than I was expecting, to be honest."
>Go check out the formerly haunted and bloody room upstairs

>"Well, some of them used to work for the mansion, right?" says Renko, "So they'd have to be good at it. Makes a world of difference though, doesn't it."
>You gather up your courage and lead Renko upstairs. You find the door to that room is still open. You take a breath and head inside.
>It is clean and vacant. Literally nothing of the furnishings remains here. Not even the curtains. Still, the memory of what you saw here and what was in here doesn't go away that easily. The room is very different, but still you shiver a bit.

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[DracoOmega]

>"Well, it'll take a little while for this room to feel normal, I think, but at least it looks normal."
>There was another bedroom, correct? Or at least another room suitable to be used as a bedroom, now that they're all blank slates?

[E-Nazrin]

>"We'll... have to make use of this room somehow, still."
>We're not going to follow Koishi's claims that easily... that fear needs to be addressed. And someone's been killed almost anywhere, at some point... right?

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, it'll take a little while for this room to feel normal, I think, but at least it looks normal."
>There was another bedroom, correct? Or at least another room suitable to be used as a bedroom, now that they're all blank slates?

>Renko nods, frowning at it.
>There was one downstairs, just past the stairway and closet.

>"We'll... have to make use of this room somehow, still."
>We're not going to follow Koishi's claims that easily... that fear needs to be addressed. And someone's been killed almost anywhere, at some point... right?

>"Yeah...but I think we can save it for last or something," says Renko. "And it'd have to be something...I dunno, cheery."
>You really don't want to give Koishi the satisfaction, but you've not been attacked by ghosts elsewhere...

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[Kilgamayan]

> What was the other room on this floor, again?

[Hello Purvis]

> What was the other room on this floor, again?

>You think it was a bedroom, but you could do just about anything with it.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah. I think it's workable."
> "So we have two rooms up here, this one and that other one that could be a variety of things, maybe a bedroom. What do we have to work with downstairs?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yeah. I think it's workable."
> "So we have two rooms up here, this one and that other one that could be a variety of things, maybe a bedroom. What do we have to work with downstairs?"

>"There's the front room, the kitchen, that one past the stairs, and I think another one connected to that, judging by the shape of the house. Oh, and a pantry in the kitchen, if I saw right."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Let's go check it out, then, just to be sure."
> Go back downstairs, investigate this room 'past the stairs' and the potential other room connected to it.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Let's go check it out, then, just to be sure."
> Go back downstairs, investigate this room 'past the stairs' and the potential other room connected to it.

>"Right," says Renko.
>You head back downstairs into and turn westward, entering into another room. Like the room in front, it has two sets of windows; one on each wall toward the outside, but is otherwise empty. There is a door hanging open on the northern wall, leading to another similar room.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, it's a decent amount of space...I guess the main optional thing that comes to mind is the potential need for a guest bedroom. Do you think we'll get visitors often enough to warrant one? It could be nice to have, but it would take up an entire room."
> Man, we're really gonna miss indoor plumbing.
> Though...interesting that we haven't needed yet. In any capacity. Must be something magic in the air. Crazy Gensokyo and its not following any rules whatsoever. First physics, and now biology.
> ...wait, biology rules not applying? That...that could open some doors.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, it's a decent amount of space...I guess the main optional thing that comes to mind is the potential need for a guest bedroom. Do you think we'll get visitors often enough to warrant one? It could be nice to have, but it would take up an entire room."
> Man, we're really gonna miss indoor plumbing.
> Though...interesting that we haven't needed yet. In any capacity. Must be something magic in the air. Crazy Gensokyo and its not following any rules whatsoever. First physics, and now biology.
> ...wait, biology rules not applying? That...that could open some doors.

>"I guess it wouldn't hurt," says Renko. "At least, we could get an extra futon for them."
>You really are going to miss it. And yes, it's necessary. Just off camera because it's uninteresting.

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