Iku Quest Dos - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "'Quick' or 'speedy'."
> "Or 'stuck', depending."

[Hello Purvis]

> "'Quick' or 'speedy'."
> "Or 'stuck', depending."

>She frowns at the page for a moment, then brightens. "That should do," she says as she resumes writing. "You going to stand in the antechamber all day, or are you going to come in here and tell me why Reimu's going to burn the town down?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, right."
> Enter the room Deva K is in proper.
> "Long story short, you know Bhava-Agra? Home of the celestials? It fell down. Really far. Part of it bounced off Sanae's mountain, I understand. No one knows why it fell, but Reimu thinks it's our fault anyway, and if she learns Tenshi is down here, well."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh, right."
> Enter the room Deva K is in proper.
> "Long story short, you know Bhava-Agra? Home of the celestials? It fell down. Really far. Part of it bounced off Sanae's mountain, I understand. No one knows why it fell, but Reimu thinks it's our fault anyway, and if she learns Tenshi is down here, well."

>You entry the room properly. It is quite large, with a ceiling that reaches up a few yards. The walls are covered with elaborate scrollwork, here and there touched with moss that you are certain is decorative. There are statues of various animals, which seem to have been carved from rock itself, set into wall sconces. Large sliding doors, covered with bright paintings, are set into the walls here and there, and you see balconied stairway leading deeper inside near the back. You think that you hear a fountain somewhere. The Deva sits in the middle of the room, writing away. You notice a box at her side which is filled with many sheets of paper. Obvious exits are West, North 1, North 2, South, South 2, and East
>"That sounds like a-" says Deva K, before she stops and looks up. "Wait. Did you say 'Sanae's mountain'? As in, Youkai Mountain?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

 > "Yes, the home of the tengu, the kappa and the Moriya Shrine."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yes, the home of the tengu, the kappa and the Moriya Shrine."

>The Deva sets her writing brush down.
>"Well, well, well," she says, looking toward the two of you with a toothy grin. "So the queen of the mountain finally came to pay her respects to the Devas, eh? Only took how many years?"
>"Um..." Sanae says, biting her lower lip a little. "I'm sorry?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Hasn't Sanae been in Gensokyo for not very long?
> Unless this means that Deva K's gonna...oh dear.
> "I didn't realize you had a history. Or does this have something to do with Suika?"
> Are we standing next to or ahead of Sanae? Shift a little bit ahead if the former, shift a little bit in front of her if the latter.

[Hello Purvis]

> Hasn't Sanae been in Gensokyo for not very long?
> Unless this means that Deva K's gonna...oh dear.
> "I didn't realize you had a history. Or does this have something to do with Suika?"
> Are we standing next to or ahead of Sanae? Shift a little bit ahead if the former, shift a little bit in front of her if the latter.

>Only a couple of years, as you understand it.
>...Oh dear.
>"Oh, not a history, none at all," says Deva K as she stands up. "Just they took over the mountain, and didn't even pay us any respects. Makes you think, you know?"
>You were standing beside Sanae, so you shift upward a bit.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I...wasn't aware, actually. And Suika doesn't seem too bothered by it, so it never occurred to me."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I...wasn't aware, actually. And Suika doesn't seem too bothered by it, so it never occurred to me."

>"Heh, about the only way you bother Suika is if you steal her gourd," says the Deva, as she picks up her sword. "But you know, it's nothing to get that worked up over, we did leave it behind and all. Still, makes you wonder, doesn't it?"
>Sanae takes a small step, but you note that she isn't retreating so much as falling into a good stance to dodge.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Oh hell.
> "...Whoa, wait. We're not seriously going to do that here and now, are we?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Oh hell.
> "...Whoa, wait. We're not seriously going to do that here and now, are we?"

>"It'd be nice if we stepped outside," says Deva K.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"With all due respect, if, as you say, you relinquished the mountain of your own accord in the past, wouldn't the respect any newcomer would owe be to the inhabitants who ruled there when they arrived? And as far as I understand, the Tengu and Kappa have been treated with such. When you left, it became their mountain, did it not?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"With all due respect, if, as you say, you relinquished the mountain of your own accord in the past, wouldn't the respect any newcomer would owe be to the inhabitants who ruled there when they arrived? And as far as I understand, the Tengu and Kappa have been treated with such. When you left, it became their mountain, did it not?"

>"Yeah, but that's not the point," says Deva K, as she walks around the table and starts to approach. "Like I said, that's nothing to get worked up over. But, you know what is worth getting worked up over?" She smirks. "Whether the new queen can hold a candle to the old queen."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Well, at least she still seems friendly. By oni terms.
>"Ah, I see. But mightn't your challenge be more properly taken up with Kanako, in that case?"

[Kilgamayan]

Man Sanae's going to be so pissed at us :ohdear:

And here I was hoping for a chance to ship them. >_> <_<

[Hello Purvis]

>Well, at least she still seems friendly. By oni terms.
>"Ah, I see. But mightn't your challenge be more properly taken up with Kanako, in that case?"

>"She didn't come down here, did she?" says the oni, as she approaches Sanae.
>Sanae looks like she is about to say something, then decides otherwise.
>"Oh, right," says Deva K, "You wanted to know about what's her name, right?"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"I did, yes. Very much so."

[Hello Purvis]

>"I did, yes. Very much so."

>"Last I heard from the streetears," she says, as she motions for you and Sanae to move toward the stairs, "She was going somewhere near the east side of the warehouse district, not far from the slags. I don't think she's moved from there, someone would have said something. Got to keep an eye on thief types."

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Move up the stairs
>"Thank you very much. I don't suppose you have any idea what she was doing there?"
>Do we know what the slags are?

[Hello Purvis]

>Move up the stairs
>"Thank you very much. I don't suppose you have any idea what she was doing there?"
>Do we know what the slags are?

>You let the oni shoo you back up the stairs.
>"Just roving around. Maybe looking for something? Don't know what she expects to find there."
>You do. It's the southeast corner of the city; it burned down some time ago, and has been ceded to the evil spirits.

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[DracoOmega]

>"Thank you again. I admit I'm as unsure of her aims as you are. It's part of the reason why it's important I find her quickly, given the circumstances."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Thank you again. I admit I'm as unsure of her aims as you are. It's part of the reason why it's important I find her quickly, given the circumstances."

>You emerge outside into the street again, a moment later you hear the sword being drawn. The thin oni watching the door looks over toward you, eyebrows raised.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>How are the two positioned?
>How does Sanae seem to be reacting to this?

[Hello Purvis]

>How are the two positioned?
>How does Sanae seem to be reacting to this?

>They're both still on the stairs.
>She takes to the air, nearly slamming into you as she moves forward to get away from the oni.
>Deva K laughs heartily, as shots follow the priestess out.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Back away and give them some room

[Hello Purvis]

>Back away and give them some room

>You back away, as more bullets fire.
>"Go find her!" Sanae shouts, as she flies over the top of the building and produces a spellcard. "I'll meet you at the bridge!"

>_

[DracoOmega]

>"Thank you! And good luck! I have faith in you!"
>Quickly proceed towards the area Deva K indicated.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Thank you! And good luck! I have faith in you!"
>Quickly proceed towards the area Deva K indicated.

>You say your goodbyes as the air starts to get uncomfortably thick with bullets.
>You follow the directions, skirting around the edge of the warehouse district, and approaching the burned out region of the city.
>There is a line of mostly intact homes near the edge of the slags, though still in an obvious state of disrepair and really not worth living in. You imagine that they've been abandoned for some years. There certainly doesn't seem to be much activity. To the east, there is little left in the way of standing structures, just fire-gutted wreckage. You can see a few evil spirits floating around them idly, but it doesn't seem like they have any presence around the rundown houses.

>_

[DracoOmega]

>Start to search around the area for any sign of Tenshi.
>Try to avoid parts with evil spirits for now.