Iku Quest On Iki - A Z-Machine Adventure

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Assuming no objection from the Dragon, perform the proper farewells and exit the chamber.

[Hello Purvis]

>Assuming no objection from the Dragon, perform the proper farewells and exit the chamber.

>Sensing that you feel you are done, The Dragon allows you to leave. This is rather tricky, given your position in the infinite sky of it's presence, but you are able to find your way out buy closing your eyes, taking a measured turn, and heading forward until you feel solid ground brushing at your feet.
>You return to the main hall.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

>Do Bhava-Agra's kitchens normally stock fish?

[Hello Purvis]

>Do Bhava-Agra's kitchens normally stock fish?

>No. Meat of any kind is exceedingly rare in Bhava-Agra.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

Drat.

> Head back outside the Dragon Palace. Keep an eye out for Yuuka or her short blonde friend as we go.
> How close are we to the island where Reimu was stationed?
> In which direction is that island?
> In which direction is the island where Tenshi rests?

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Okay SO rough outline of ideas as they come to me.

Immediately obvious and important issues

- Sign Remilia's treaty with whoever (Suika? Satori if she can drag herself topside?) acting as a third party
- Get Ann Polter to give up the shadow and embrace social networking

Various other issues of varying degrees of importance

- Get back to Tenshi, make sure she's all right, tell her we did "it" again, and generally interact and see where things go (hopefully they go all the way)
- Get in touch with Patchouli, let her know that we wish to offer a dance concert for the SDM, free of charge, with Juniper thrown in if she can get the time off to rehearse
- Get in touch with Reimu, let her know things have settled down (and throw in some good words on Remilia's behalf; if The Dragon's opinion is any indication I will feel bad that we threw Remilia a loaded deal)
- Get Lady Hinanai's opinion on Tenshi possessing the sword
- Get a pantyshot of Aya
- Get Aya back in jail somehow (if Ann Polter goes happy on us before either of these happen, we can kill two tengu with one stone by snagging Aya's shadow, taking the picture and leading her body into jail before returning her soul to herself)
- Get Chen a fish
- Give Yuugi her list back, or at least let her know we can no longer do the deed

[Hello Purvis]

> Head back outside the Dragon Palace. Keep an eye out for Yuuka or her short blonde friend as we go.
> How close are we to the island where Reimu was stationed?
> In which direction is that island?
> In which direction is the island where Tenshi rests?

>You depart, keeping an eye out for Yuka. As you reach the edge of the main pavilion, you see her some distance to the west, by the wall.
>You are some distance from the town that Reimu is guarding, it is to the southwest.
>The isle that Tenshi is on is to the south some distance.

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

The third party is for the vote, not the treaty-signing (although having the third party present for that may be a good idea).

As I see it, the first order of business is to come to an agreement with Remilia on who the third party will be. We'll try for Suika first, then ask about having Satori do it if Remilia says no to Suika (and the Dragon agreed to that plan, so don't be trying to tell me that's not the right way to go about it). After that, we'll go to Suika/Satori and ask for her cooperation. If we end up needing to ask Satori, we can find Nue while we're underground; if it's Suika, we'll return to Remilia first. Either way, we should find Nue. Yes, the Dragon said that giving Shuuei a truly perfect disguise would only be a temporary solution, but that's all it needs to be (the idea is that Shuuei will get less uncomfortable of interacting as she does it more, eventually going from Nue-assisted disguise to the outfit from Yukari to, hopefully, no disguise at all).

>What do we know about the events of Undefined Fantastic Object, especially in regards to why the vault fragtments looked like UFOs?

[Kilgamayan]

Remilia seems personally finished with us for the time being. I suspect we could arrange for such a third party with Patchouli and Remilia would not object to whatever decision at which we arrived.

Given this, I'd be inclined to make our next stop Reimu, if only so the incident solvers can learn that they can go back into standby mode. It'll get us some brownie points with them and our endorsement of Remilia will hopefully get her some brownie points with them, and possibly us some with her since we went and did it immediately.

> What does Yuuka appear to be doing?

[Hello Purvis]

>What do we know about the events of Undefined Fantastic Object, especially in regards to why the vault fragtments looked like UFOs?

>You know a bit about it, mostly from Tenshi who tried to board the floating ship and got repulsed by Ran. You've heard that Byakuren's people were behind that. You know about the parts of the floating arc as well, they were disguised, and a set of false ones led to some tension between Reimu and the Myouren Shrine. Tenshi was the one who found the false UFO near the Hakurei shrine that started that whole mess.

> What does Yuuka appear to be doing?

>She is too distant to easily tell what she's doing.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Where is the entrance to the underground from here?

[Hello Purvis]

> Where is the entrance to the underground from here?

>Fairly far out to the southeast.

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Yeah, when I said 'Remilia', I kind of meant 'Remilia or a representative'.

>Do we know anything about Nue's connection to the UFOs?

Yeah, so it's probably pretty obvious where I'm going with this; knowing the information we have about the incident is just going to determine exactly what we need to ask Nue, since we obviously don't need to ask about something we already know (and if we don't know that Nue had a connection to the UFOs, I've got a set of questions that can get around that, so don't worry)..

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we know anything about Nue's connection to the UFOs?

>You're aware she had something to do with them, and suspect she's why they looked like they do. You've never really investigated, the whole thing seemed harmless enough.

>_

[Shadoweh]

> Give parser a hug and a number in exchange for Chocolate Roses
> Has Tenshi ever been with us at the same time as we've passed Yuka?

[Hello Purvis]

> Give parser a hug and a number in exchange for Chocolate Roses
> Has Tenshi ever been with us at the same time as we've passed Yuka?

>Ah bless. Also the picture was updated.
>No. She distinctly took the long way around the time all three of you were here.

>_

[Shadoweh]

That pic. I died. Again. The hat is so..
And I suspected this for awhile. Tenshi kicked those flowers in the face. That's probably why she took the sword in the first place. Maybe we can just keep avoiding it if we put the islands back?

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>You're aware she had something to do with them, and suspect she's why they looked like they do. You've never really investigated, the whole thing seemed harmless enough.

Okay, that's good. Makes things easier.

Right, so to Reimu first?

[Kilgamayan]

Yeah, let's get a move on.

> Take flight and head toward the island where we last saw Reimu, keeping an eye out for her.

[Hello Purvis]

> Take flight and head toward the island where we last saw Reimu, keeping an eye out for her.

>You head southwest.
>Passing by the village at a distance, you don't see anything particularly amiss. Your course also takes you past a sizable island covered with a number of hills and covered with forests about as thick as those in the Forest of Magic. You've never really had business here yourself, but you recognize it as a place that the faeries of Bhava-Agra have largely claimed for themselves. Giving it a glance, it seems to be in good order. If you're not mistaken, you're pretty sure this is where Sanae was stationed. You don't see any signs of her from the air, but it would not be hard to hide under that forest canopy.
>Continuing on, you pass over the plains between the town and the forests, fly over the bamboo forest, and soon find the town in the distance. Looking around, you can see figure clad in red and white in the making her way toward you.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Hail her and let her approach.

[Hello Purvis]

> Hail her and let her approach.

>You wave as she approaches.
>Reimu draws close and hovers in front of you, her arms crossed. "Nothing much as been happening here," says Reimu. "How are things?"

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "Surprisingly well. Bhava-Agra and Volatilis Scarlet Regnum have reached a verbal agreement regarding the resolution of the current situation. Remilia has returned to her home to draw up a proper treaty. To address your concerns specifically, there will be no further Volatilis Scarlet Regnum expansion into Bhavagran territory unless Remilia decides to break our verbal agreement, and I trust she will not do so."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Surprisingly well. Bhava-Agra and Volatilis Scarlet Regnum have reached a verbal agreement regarding the resolution of the current situation. Remilia has returned to her home to draw up a proper treaty. To address your concerns specifically, there will be no further Volatilis Scarlet Regnum expansion into Bhavagran territory unless Remilia decides to break our verbal agreement, and I trust she will not do so."

>"Volatile Scarlet what?" says Reimu, quirking her previously neutral expression. "Anyways, if Remilia gave her word with this, you can probably trust it. Though I suppose she might abuse wiggle room, she does that sometimes." Reimu shrugs.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I made our agreement as airtight as I could possibly think to. She now knows Bhava-Agra is innocent in regards to a potential invasion, so if she decides to expand further, it will be into territory known to be innocent, and will not reflect well on her at all as a result. In regards to the territories already occupied, they will be given a choice as to with whom they wish to ally, and they will be forever permitted to change their mind on that decision regardless of what it is. I will be mindful should she decide to abuse wiggle room, but I am satisfied that there is very little of it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I made our agreement as airtight as I could possibly think to. She now knows Bhava-Agra is innocent in regards to a potential invasion, so if she decides to expand further, it will be into territory known to be innocent, and will not reflect well on her at all as a result. In regards to the territories already occupied, they will be given a choice as to with whom they wish to ally, and they will be forever permitted to change their mind on that decision regardless of what it is. I will be mindful should she decide to abuse wiggle room, but I am satisfied that there is very little of it."

>"Huh, okay," says Reimu. "I'm going home, then."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yes, please feel free to do so. Your fairy friend was quite distraught without you. Will you be informing Marisa and Sanae of these events as well, or do I need to do that?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Yes, please feel free to do so. Your fairy friend was quite distraught without you. Will you be informing Marisa and Sanae of these events as well, or do I need to do that?"

>"I found her flipping out in front of the blacksmith's earlier, she's back home fixing some clothes...probably. And yeah, I'll tell them."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "All right. Be well, Reimu. And please do keep in mind...Remilia was actually far more polite in our negotiations than I was, to the point where I would be remiss if I did not put in a good word for her when discussing them."

[Hello Purvis]

> "All right. Be well, Reimu. And please do keep in mind...Remilia was actually far more polite in our negotiations than I was, to the point where I would be remiss if I did not put in a good word for her when discussing them."

>"Oh, she can be perfectly polite while biting the head off a puppy," says Reimu, as she starts to head northward, waving languidly.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug.
> Well, we tried...
> Take flight and head back to the island where Tenshi was resting.