Iku Quest Dos - A Z-Machine Adventure

[E-Nazrin]

>"Not like Remilia or Yuyuko or anyone else thought ahead, either," says Marisa. "I'm onto your conspiracies, though. Did you really think no one would suspect the Lunarians?"

I was right.

... well, half-right. It really doesn't seem like Tenshi was involved.

The obvious guess is that this is Mokou's house, but doesn't Tokiko live around here, too?

[WHMZakeri]

We managed to avoid the fight with Reimu by asking her to confirm Tenshi stole the Sword of Hisou (Sp?) from the shrine. It proved the Celestians weren't involved, but now that we have to worry about Tenshi's well being, it didn't seem like a good idea now.

Also, are we really going to make Mokou's house the site of our danmaku? Just because a fight is pointless doesn't mean we have to avoid it at all costs.

[Kilgamayan]

Well, no noise suggests Marisa didn't follow us here, which was half the goal of getting to an open area.

The other half was using the house as a shield - I wonder if Marisa will really start shooting up Mokou's home just to get to us. Mokou, who's very powerful, immortal and known to have a temper and cranky tendencies and use vulgar language.

[DracoOmega]

>Do there appear to be any scorch marks around the terrain surrounding the house where no bamboo grows? Or is the bamboo relatively close to the house?

I was right.

Remember, just because Marisa thinks they said they were involved doesn't mean they ACTUALLY did. You can see how little Marisa was willing to listen to us; I can think of multiple ways she could reach that conclusion without it actually being true.

[Hello Purvis]

>Do there appear to be any scorch marks around the terrain surrounding the house where no bamboo grows? Or is the bamboo relatively close to the house?

>You see no signs of scorch marks, but there is a bit of a clear area around the house.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Fortune favors the bold!

> Knock on the back door.

[Hello Purvis]

Fortune favors Diebold!

> Knock on the back door.

>You knock on the door.
>"Um, who is it?" comes a small and distant-sounding voice. It's a bit hard to hear.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "My name is Iku Nagae. I come from Bhava-Agra, the land of the celestials."

[Hello Purvis]

> "My name is Iku Nagae. I come from Bhava-Agra, the land of the celestials."

>There is a pause.
>"Those are a lot of strange words," the muffled voice answers at length, "Please go away."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Marisa has gone crazy. I can't go away!"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Marisa has gone crazy. I can't go away!"

>"She what? Then you need to really need to go away right now!"

>_

[WHMZakeri]

>"You would be so bold as to refuse shelter to a person in great need?"

[DracoOmega]

It's less about her being bold than being scared out of her wits. And in all fairness, what can she possibly do to shelter us?
My concern is that us talking will attract Marisa to our location. She can't see through the bamboo, but she can still hear. I'm be just as inclined to leave and go elsewhere, quickly.

[Kilgamayan]

I'd be content with asking her for somewhere else we can go and then leaving once we get info.

> Recall known information about a Fujiwara no Mokou.

[Hello Purvis]

>"You would be so bold as to refuse shelter to a person in great need?"

>"I don't want her here! She's too scary!"

>_

[WHMZakeri]

... :<
Can we, like, for just once in this entire game not outright reject everything Zakeri says?

[DracoOmega]

... :<
Can we, like, for just once in this entire game not outright reject everything Zakeri says?

Sorry, I'm not meaning to outright reject anything, just stating my evaluation of the situation. You do realize whose house this almost certainly is at this point, right?

> Recall known information about a Fujiwara no Mokou.

[Kilgamayan]

> "Then where can I go?"
> Recall known information about a Fujiwara no Mokou.

[WHMZakeri]

I know this case is a bad example, since nothing happened, but my ability to play this game seriously, and to have fun with this game are completely hampered. I understand you have ideas about how we should play, and that my ideas differ, but the end result of this appears to be that whenever I suggest something, or give out advice, I'm completely ignored, and whenever I try to imput a command, as long as the command affects the story outside of having Purvis give the group a pointless one-liner about how the action had no effect, someone will be there to jump in and go "No, redact that."

I apologize to Purvis for bringing this out in the middle of his game. I know he tries his hardest to make this game fun, and intriguing, and I appreciate his effort, but I feel like I'm just being completely shut out of the fun here. I just give up.

Again, I'm sorry, Purvis.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Then where can I go?"
> Recall known information about a Fujiwara no Mokou.

>"I don't know!"
>You know she is a kind of an aberration in the wheel of life, death, and reincarnation. Supposedly, she is quite powerful. You've seen her around human town, you think it was hear anyways, but you've never spoken to her. Supposedly she is close to the school teacher.

>_

[Hello Purvis]

...whenever I try to imput a command, as long as the command affects the story outside of having Purvis give the group a pointless one-liner about how the action had no effect

All I can say (and I have a poor memory for these things, so I'm taking your word that this is true), if I'm doing that repeatedly, it suggests that the actions suggested weren't well thought out or clashed terribly with something. This sais, I would ask you to stick it out a bit more.

[Kilgamayan]

I believe Zakeri's more frustrated with his fellow players than the parsing.

I get the distinct feeling Fightest is in the same boat.

[WHMZakeri]

All I can say (and I have a poor memory for these things, so I'm taking your word that this is true), if I'm doing that repeatedly, it suggests that the actions suggested weren't well thought out or clashed terribly with something. This sais, I would ask you to stick it out a bit more.

No, you haven't done anything, Purvis. That's why I went on 'bout how I know you're trying to make this fun.

[E-Nazrin]

Guys. This is Tokiko's house. Let's not get the poor girl involved. =V

All I can say (and I have a poor memory for these things, so I'm taking your word that this is true), if I'm doing that repeatedly, it suggests that the actions suggested weren't well thought out or clashed terribly with something. This sais, I would ask you to stick it out a bit more.

I'm going to presume this latest flareup is about this exchange:

>"You would be so bold as to refuse shelter to a person in great need?"

>"I don't want her here! She's too scary!"

Which makes me suggest that the action got an appropriate response from the person you're talking with but didn't achieve the goals you intended. Tokiko doesn't want to get involved, and there's not very much she can provide to help. It's not the noblest move, but it's understandable to reject the request, regardless of whether you sound entitled to it or not.

I know it hurts when things blow up in your face like that, but it happens.

>How loudly are we talking? Any idea how far it would carry into the forest?
>"Do you know the way to Eintei?"

[Kilgamayan]

Again, that's not what Zakeri is talking about. >_>

> "Or the way to anywhere else that might help?"

(Also yes we're aware it's Tokiko's place.)

[Hello Purvis]

>How loudly are we talking? Any idea how far it would carry into the forest?
>"Do you know the way to Eintei?"

>Not that loudly, thankfully.
>"No. But I think it's pretty deep in the bamboo."

> "Or the way to anywhere else that might help?"

>"Um...maybe you could hide at Mystia's?"
>There's a pause. "You're not going to go away, are you?"

>_

[Blitzer]

>How close is Marisa, anyways?

Nevermind, but this post can't be deleted.

[Kilgamayan]

> "I don't know where to go. Finding you was an accident."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I don't know where to go. Finding you was an accident."

 >There is a pause.
>"Well fine, get in here before she sees you!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Enter the door we knocked on and close it behind us once we're inside.