Iku Quest Sechs - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hanged Hourai]

>Gauge Renko's visible uncomfortable-ness.

[Kilgamayan]

> "Are drain clogs common in the outside world? We do not have terribly complex drain systems here."

[Hello Purvis]

>Gauge Renko's visible uncomfortable-ness.

>She seems a little uncomfortable.

> "Are drain clogs common in the outside world? We do not have terribly complex drain systems here."

>She nods. "Moreso than here, anyways."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I see. I admit I am curious as to how the outside world's plumbing works if it requires such tools, but I think that matter can be delayed until today's more important tasks have been taken care of."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I see. I admit I am curious as to how the outside world's plumbing works if it requires such tools, but I think that matter can be delayed until today's more important tasks have been taken care of."

>She nods."Yeah. It's kind of out of my field, anyways."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Another time, then."
> "Anyway, here is what I propose. Tenshi and I will go to town to find Mystia and retrieve what we're looking for, then return here unless something else comes up while we're there. In the meantime, if you could ask Parsee and Utsuho if Yuugi could be convinced to return to the surface for today given the circumstances, that would be excellent. When we return here, we will then decide how best to search the forest given the people we will have. Does this sound acceptable?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Another time, then."
> "Anyway, here is what I propose. Tenshi and I will go to town to find Mystia and retrieve what we're looking for, then return here unless something else comes up while we're there. In the meantime, if you could ask Parsee and Utsuho if Yuugi could be convinced to return to the surface for today given the circumstances, that would be excellent. When we return here, we will then decide how best to search the forest given the people we will have. Does this sound acceptable?"

>Renko nods. "Sounds like it ought to work."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "All right then. And, as a final word of caution, should Marisa happen by, do not tell her you are working with me in any capacity. She brutalized the Eientei doctor into telling lies about who was responsible for Bhava-Agra's fall, lies that have implicated myself. She was willing to attack the Moriya Shrine after this simply because I had been there. I imagine you two will be okay - if she hasn't visited you by now, I imagine she won't at all - but be careful all the same. Be well, Renko. We'll be back soon."
> Assuming Renko doesn't object to our leaving, take flight and head toward the human village.

[Hello Purvis]

> "All right then. And, as a final word of caution, should Marisa happen by, do not tell her you are working with me in any capacity. She brutalized the Eientei doctor into telling lies about who was responsible for Bhava-Agra's fall, lies that have implicated myself. She was willing to attack the Moriya Shrine after this simply because I had been there. I imagine you two will be okay - if she hasn't visited you by now, I imagine she won't at all - but be careful all the same. Be well, Renko. We'll be back soon."
> Assuming Renko doesn't object to our leaving, take flight and head toward the human village.

>"She's a friend, I don't think we're going to have anything to worry about," says Renko.
>You depart, taking flight and heading northward. "Hey," Tenshi says after a few minutes, and gestures toward a lone person on the ground. You're a bit high up to be sure, but the presence of wings on her outside suggests it is Mystia. She seems to be carrying several baskets.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Ooh, good catch."
> Fly down a bit more to confirm it is indeed Mystia.
> Assuming it is, fly all the way down to the ground and greet her.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ooh, good catch."
> Fly down a bit more to confirm it is indeed Mystia.
> Assuming it is, fly all the way down to the ground and greet her.

>You descend and see it is Mystia, and fly down to meet her.
>She is indeed carrying a basket in each hand, and have several other looped over her arms. "Oh, hello there, you two!" says Mystia. "Aya hung around for hours, yesterday looking for you! She was pretty worried when you never showed up."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah, it's a bit of a story, and I feel bad about it, but we didn't have much of a choice in the matter."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yeah, it's a bit of a story, and I feel bad about it, but we didn't have much of a choice in the matter."

>"Well, she left me a note," Mystia says as she puts down a couple of her baskets and digs into a pocket. She then hands you a folded piece of paper."

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "Thank you."
> Read the note.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Thank you."
> Read the note.

>You obtain: Aya's Note.
>It reads: "Did some looking around. Word has it there's a blue-coated ghost running around the forest. Lots of people coming and going looking for the Brocken Spectre. Some rock near Marisa's house missing a shadow; investigated it, found nothing else special. Wasn't able to ask around SDM. Kogasa seems to have gotten much more dangerous lately; maybe a connection? Couldn't ask. Will return tomorrow afternoon. Owe you bigtime -Aya."

[Kilgamayan]

> Kogasa dangerous? That doesn't sound like her. And she's been incapacitated!
> Wait...what color was the poltergeist's normal danmaku?

[Kilgamayan]

Story time!

So tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I don't know what Purvis' schedule looks like, but Draco is V/LA for the holidays and I have church, church and more church to attend. This means that Christmas Eve afternoon will not be covered by either of us unless Draco manages to secure a laptop or something. For those of you that lurk because you're afraid you'll do something we'll shoot down, well, you shouldn't be afraid of that anyway, but tomorrow afternoon will be open season for any and all inputs from people that don't post as much as we do. I will likely lay down the ideas I have at the time just to make sure no one takes any actions that make them impossible, but after that it's all up to you guys for roughly seven hours.

So have at it!

(And seriously, have at it more than just tomorrow afternoon. This is a game for everyone, not just the two of us. Don't refrain from playing just because you think we'll disagree. Hell, we disagree with each other all the time! That's what discussion is for. Get in here and play.)

[Hello Purvis]

> Kogasa dangerous? That doesn't sound like her. And she's been incapacitated!
> Wait...what color was the poltergeist's normal danmaku?

>Quite. Perhaps she hadn't found out about that yet?
>It tended toward purple and blue, if you recall correctly.

Story time!

So tomorrow is Christmas Eve. I don't know what Purvis' schedule looks like, but Draco is V/LA for the holidays and I have church, church and more church to attend. This means that Christmas Eve afternoon will not be covered by either of us unless Draco manages to secure a laptop or something. For those of you that lurk because you're afraid you'll do something we'll shoot down, well, you shouldn't be afraid of that anyway, but tomorrow afternoon will be open season for any and all inputs from people that don't post as much as we do. I will likely lay down the ideas I have at the time just to make sure no one takes any actions that make them impossible, but after that it's all up to you guys for roughly seven hours.

So have at it!

(And seriously, have at it more than just tomorrow afternoon. This is a game for everyone, not just the two of us. Don't refrain from playing just because you think we'll disagree. Hell, we disagree with each other all the time! That's what discussion is for. Get in here and play.)

(They really do. Also they'd appreciate the idea, even bad ones)

[Kilgamayan]

> "Kogasa more dangerous? That sounds unusual. Maybe better at surprising people, but she's still ultimately harmless. Hmm..."
> Turn to Tenshi.
> "A thought occurs. Do you remember what happened to us yesterday, after we first talked to Minoriko but before we met up with Sanae for the final time?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Kogasa more dangerous? That sounds unusual. Maybe better at surprising people, but she's still ultimately harmless. Hmm..."
> Turn to Tenshi.
> "A thought occurs. Do you remember what happened to us yesterday, after we first talked to Minoriko but before we met up with Sanae for the final time?"

>"I guess she could be exaggerating," says Tenshi.
>"Oh, you mean when we wandered through Hina's forest?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yes, when we were attacked by those fairies. Do you remember anything odd about them?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yes, when we were attacked by those fairies. Do you remember anything odd about them?"

>"Not really," says Tenshi. "They were pretty much being faeries during an incident, right?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm. I remember noting that something felt out-of-the-ordinary about those fairies, but not being able to put my finger on it. Now I'm not so sure. Maybe there wasn't. And even if there was, maybe it was a side effect of being in Hina's part of the forest. It bothers me to think about it, though, because those fairies used purple bullets."
> "Let me think about this for a moment, because it's going to pick at me if I don't. Maybe there's something I'm forgetting..."
> How much of that fight do we remember?

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm. I remember noting that something felt out-of-the-ordinary about those fairies, but not being able to put my finger on it. Now I'm not so sure. Maybe there wasn't. And even if there was, maybe it was a side effect of being in Hina's part of the forest. It bothers me to think about it, though, because those fairies used purple bullets."
> "Let me think about this for a moment, because it's going to pick at me if I don't. Maybe there's something I'm forgetting..."
> How much of that fight do we remember?

>"I think it's just Hina's forest and them being from it," says Tenshi.
>You remember it fairly well, you think. You're relatively sure that those faeries were following you for awhile. Past the initial ambush, it wasn't too bad fighting them.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is following a target before ambushing them normal fairy behavior?
> Did those fairies cast shadows?

[Hello Purvis]

> Is following a target before ambushing them normal fairy behavior?
> Did those fairies cast shadows?

>It can be. Really it depends on the faeries themselves.
>You have no idea, you didn't even think to look for such a thing at the time.

[Kilgamayan]

> Agh! What was so unusual about them, then?
> Do fairies normally fire purple bullets?
> How much noise did they make? Did they talk a lot?

[Hello Purvis]

> Agh! What was so unusual about them, then?
> Do fairies normally fire purple bullets?
> How much noise did they make? Did they talk a lot?

>They were a little on the pale side, not quite so much as the Makai Faeries, but noticeably enough.
>Faeries tend toward all sorts of colors.
>You're not sure how talkative they were, it was a brief encounter, but they were pretty quietly while following you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Was Kogasa noticeably paler after having her shadow absorbed?

[Hello Purvis]

> Was Kogasa noticeably paler after having her shadow absorbed?

>Not that you saw.

>_