Iku Quest N?nt? - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>"You think she'd be able to locate them again, once they returned to their proper places? I would think, at the very least, this would mean barging through Tengu lands as a hostile invasion force, something I cannot imagine going over well at all."

>"Wouldn't she just make Patchouli do it?" says Tenshi, frowning.

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[DracoOmega]

>"She may be able to find them, perhaps. But someone would need to go and attempt to set foot on the islands again, would they not? And I can't imagine that would be Patchouli. Unless you were thinking of something else?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"She may be able to find them, perhaps. But someone would need to go and attempt to set foot on the islands again, would they not? And I can't imagine that would be Patchouli. Unless you were thinking of something else?"

>"Well, if she finds them," says Tenshi, "It's just a trick of going up in the right place, isn't it?"

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[DracoOmega]

>Wasn't it previously established that this generally didn't work, due to the way the barrier between the two realms worked?

[Hello Purvis]

>Wasn't it previously established that this generally didn't work, due to the way the barrier between the two realms worked?

>In a sense. Rather, it's just really hard for people on the surface to know where any island is at any given time, so it's very likely flying straight up will just find a patch of empty sky.

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[DracoOmega]

>Even if it did, once you reached the proper height to have passed into Bhava-Agra, rather than Gensokyo, and thus were capable of seeing the islands at all, wouldn't you be able to see something in the distance, in some direction? Maybe not a specific island, but an island, nonetheless. Enough not to miss the realm entirely.

[Hello Purvis]

>Even if it did, once you reached the proper height to have passed into Bhava-Agra, rather than Gensokyo, and thus were capable of seeing the islands at all, wouldn't you be able to see something in the distance, in some direction? Maybe not a specific island, but an island, nonetheless. Enough not to miss the realm entirely.

>Depends on where you go up. As you found when deprived of landmarks, a lot of Bhava-Agra is empty air.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, as I found in that shadow void, navigating our home without landmarks is much easier said than done. When Patchouli helped me find you, all she could tell me was that you were underground. If all Patchouli can tell Remilia is that the celestials are high in the sky, it will be very easy to miss them. I suppose I should thus be thankful for the inefficient nature of Patchouli's tracker spell, even if it required a small dust-up underground on Sanae's part before I managed to find you."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, as I found in that shadow void, navigating our home without landmarks is much easier said than done. When Patchouli helped me find you, all she could tell me was that you were underground. If all Patchouli can tell Remilia is that the celestials are high in the sky, it will be very easy to miss them. I suppose I should thus be thankful for the inefficient nature of Patchouli's tracker spell, even if it required a small dust-up underground on Sanae's part before I managed to find you."

>"Oh, okay," says Tenshi.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Besides, if Remilia does get angry enough to try to come up to us and pick another fight to regain her maids..."
> Point at Tenshi.
> "...Our people may very well be better prepared for battle."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Besides, if Remilia does get angry enough to try to come up to us and pick another fight to regain her maids..."
> Point at Tenshi.
> "...Our people may very well be better prepared for battle."

>"I suppose I could kick around the vampire, too," says Tenshi, with a little chuckle.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "I'm sure you'd love the opportunity, should it be presented. But, in addition to that, the issue you raise is another reason why it may be worth Bhava-Agra's while to have some advanced combat lessons. So not only would you be there to repel her, those around you would be qualified to assist."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm sure you'd love the opportunity, should it be presented. But, in addition to that, the issue you raise is another reason why it may be worth Bhava-Agra's while to have some advanced combat lessons. So not only would you be there to repel her, those around you would be qualified to assist."

>"Maybe," she says. "I dunno. I can't see them getting over themselves enough to actually learn anything from me. Maybe if you did it, it would work."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "What if I told them to listen to you?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "What if I told them to listen to you?"

>"They'd probably just find ways to listen without really listening," says Tenshi. "You know, like the "I'm not touching you, can't get mad" thing."

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[UncertainJakutten]

>"And if they weren't listening, it would probably quite obviously show in their technique. And as their instructor you could basically call them out on it without fear of repercussion. The very nature of the class forces them to listen."

[Hello Purvis]

>"And if they weren't listening, it would probably quite obviously show in their technique. And as their instructor you could basically call them out on it without fear of repercussion. The very nature of the class forces them to listen."

>"Maybe," says Tenshi. "I'll think about it. Not sure how I'd even start, though."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah, I have an idea. Perhaps periodic tests should be worked into the curriculum, ones I can oversee to monitor the progress of your students. That way, I can continue to keep an eye on you, as I am sure will still be required of me, and if they do not listen to you, they will also be answering to me."
> "As for starting up...perhaps a talk with the teacher in the human village is in order, at some point in the future?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah, I have an idea. Perhaps periodic tests should be worked into the curriculum, ones I can oversee to monitor the progress of your students. That way, if they do not listen to you, they will be answering to me."
> "As for starting up...perhaps a talk with the teacher in the human village is in order?"

>"That could work," says Tenshi. "As long as you don't mind failing all of 'em."
>"Maybe," she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "It can be something we consider over the course of the day."
> Frown.
> "But if we do decide it's worth asking her, we will need to get you cleaned up first. Your hair is a mess from that fight."

[Hello Purvis]

> "It can be something we consider over the course of the day."
> Frown.
> "But if we do decide it's worth asking her, we will need to get you cleaned up first. Your hair is a mess from that fight."

>"Oh, right," she says, frowning. "Sorry, wasn't thinking about that."

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[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

Purvis, when you're done and makin' another part of this, please make a detailed short version. I wanna join in your party <3

[Kilgamayan]

> "Understandably so, there were more important things on your mind. Still, I think one of our first stops after we deal with Reimu should be back home, so we can clean you up."

Smoku: Game's always open for anyone to join in, as long as you're willing to do some backlog readin' to get caught up on current events.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

Smoku: Game's always open for anyone to join in, as long as you're willing to do some backlog readin' to get caught up on current events.

Ok. gonna have some readin.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Understandably so, there were more important things on your mind. Still, I think one of our first stops after we deal with Reimu should be back home, so we can clean you up."

>"Right, sure," says Tenshi. She glances over at the others. "Maybe we should skip out, deal with Reimu after they've settled down?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Do we have a spare comb in our room?
> "Hmm, that's not a bad idea. Let's confirm it with them, just to be sure."
> Stand up and try to flag down Parsee.

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we have a spare comb in our room?
> "Hmm, that's not a bad idea. Let's confirm it with them, just to be sure."
> Stand up and try to flag down Parsee.

>You should have a comb or two.
>You gesture toward Parsee. After a moment, you catch her eye, and she approaches. "Yeah, what?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Would you folks like some time to yourselves, before we head off to Reimu's? Tenshi needs a little bit of cleaning up after her victory over the mansion gatekeeper, and we were thinking about taking care of that while things here are settling down. It sounds like lunch may be in order here soon anyway, if Kogasa is any indication. We could even ask Reimu if she'd like to come here, though I obviously can't guarantee anything on that front."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Would you folks like some time to yourselves, before we head off to Reimu's? Tenshi needs a little bit of cleaning up after her victory over the mansion gatekeeper, and we were thinking about taking care of that while things here are settling down. It sounds like lunch may be in order here soon anyway, if Kogasa is any indication. We could even ask Reimu if she'd like to come here, though I obviously can't guarantee anything on that front."

>"Sure, knock yourself out," says Parsee.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "Alright, then. We'll be back in a bit, everyone."
> Assuming there is no objection to our leaving, head out and fly off to the Dragon Palace with Tenshi in tow.