Author Topic: Nue Quest: A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 43361 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #90 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:26:07 AM »

Quote from: Rin Kagamine on May 19, 2011, 12:19:28 AM

> Do we have a bag we can carry with us today? We may come across several things!

>You have all kinds of crazy crap in your wardrobe. You have backpacks (though your wings don't like those), purses, bags, a doctor's bag, even a briefcase you picked up from Kourindou on a lark.

>_

Sect · « **Reply #91 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:29:35 AM »

Good point, though I'm halfway wondering if that tip that the oni's giving us is "hey dog, I saw one of your buddies come in with a bunch of gems and walked out with your money, might wanna get on that buddy :V"...

So, how will we pay for the info, then? We did make the deal with her. Also, we are NOT telling her that someone replaced all of our money with gems: we can do without the embarrassment, even if it's juicy enough to qualify as payment.

Rin Kagamine · « **Reply #92 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:29:55 AM »

> Keep the gems in the cash box for now, we'll get a bag after we deal with the oni
> What's the name of our pub anyway?
> Has the name ever changed?
> How many of each gem do we have?

I really think there's something to the gems so I'd prefer not to part with any of them. I've got no idea how to approach offering an alternative though so if we let one go it should be one of the cheap ones.

Rin Kagamine · « **Reply #93 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:32:20 AM »

> What kind of stock does the pub have besides liquor? Do we have food and such?

We can offer her a trade of more liquor or food in exchange for payment, or we could offer our services to complete an errand as an alternative to cash/gems.

Sect · « **Reply #94 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:33:06 AM »

I don't think there's anything to the gems other than them being gems, and that's why I asked about the rose quartz. Unfortunately, if we pay with gems then we'll probably have to give her more gems than we want. So, let's try giving her booze: food might work, but I don't think she needs us running errands for her, considering her line of work. Not less there's some rats in her basement that need killin'.

> How much booze is left in the bottle we served the oni from? About how much would it be worth?

communist unity (comm-unity) · « **Reply #95 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:36:05 AM »

> I called a Nue Quest ages ago, parser. GIve me my precognition cookies.
> From a simple glance, can we tell if the money was the only thing stolen?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #96 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:39:52 AM »

Quote from: Rin Kagamine on May 19, 2011, 12:29:55 AM

> Keep the gems in the cash box for now, we'll get a bag after we deal with the oni
> What's the name of our pub anyway?
> Has the name ever changed?
> How many of each gem do we have?

>You leave them in the box for now.
>It is presently the Rose and Weasel
>You sure do! Whenever you need to replace the sign, you change the name.
>There seem to be ten rose quartzes, you've not counted the others, but it seems like a couple dozen.

Quote from: Rin Kagamine on May 19, 2011, 12:32:20 AM

> What kind of stock does the pub have besides liquor? Do we have food and such?

>You do have food, but your serving of such is sporadic. You have considered getting a cook to help out with that and make meals a regular feature.

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 19, 2011, 12:33:06 AM

> How much booze is left in the bottle we served the oni from? About how much would it be worth?

>The bottle is about half full, you'd say it's worth 50☼, but given you're the one who made it, you could probably haggle it up.

Quote from: cranialCrustacean on May 19, 2011, 12:36:05 AM

> I called a Nue Quest ages ago, parser. GIve me my precognition cookies.
> From a simple glance, can we tell if the money was the only thing stolen?

>You should already know where I have put them.
>You don't notice anything else missing at a glance around in the back room, and nothing stood out earlier.

>_

Rin Kagamine · « **Reply #97 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:53:08 AM »

> The bottle in it's half-full state is worth 50, or the bottle if it were full is worth 50?

I say we try offering the bottle regardless.

Kasu · « **Reply #98 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:56:51 AM »

Quote from: Rin Kagamine on May 19, 2011, 12:53:08 AM

> The bottle in it's half-full state is worth 50, or the bottle if it were full is worth 50?

I say we try offering the bottle regardless.

Agreed.

Sect · « **Reply #99 on:** May 19, 2011, 12:58:22 AM »

> How much did it cost to make the bottle of booze?

Depending on that answer and the one previous, I'd be up for it.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #100 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:06:13 AM »

Quote from: Rin Kagamine on May 19, 2011, 12:53:08 AM

> The bottle in it's half-full state is worth 50, or the bottle if it were full is worth 50?

>It is worth 50☼ now.

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 19, 2011, 12:58:22 AM

> How much did it cost to make the bottle of booze?

>You don't properly recall; you cut deals all the time. The real cost is in the preparation and the time taken to make it.

>_

Sect · « **Reply #101 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:11:58 AM »

> How many more bottles do we have of it, and is it a particularly popular drink?

Yeah, in retrospect it wasn't very fair to ask that question earlier, especially if Purvis doesn't know the answer. If we don't have many bottles of it, and it's popular, then we should try another bottle.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #102 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:17:15 AM »

Quote from: Twelve Parsects on May 19, 2011, 01:11:58 AM

> How many more bottles do we have of it, and is it a particularly popular drink?

>You have couple bottles of it, and more presently brewing that should be ready in a few weeks. It's not exceedingly popular, but some use it as a special occasion drink.

>_

Sect · « **Reply #103 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:20:09 AM »

Well, I'm sold on trying to use it. We're losing out on the deal, but what can you do?

E-Nazrin · « **Reply #104 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:23:38 AM »

So someone's turning our currency into items of useless-rarity value instead?

I didn't know Ron Paul was a youkai.

EDIT: And to be useful,

>Do we know of anyone who could pull off something like this?
>At a glance, how do the values of the gems left behind compare to the amounts of ☼ they replaced?
>Is there anywhere we left money that wasn't substituted for gems?

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #105 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:35:24 AM »

> Do we have pockets?
> Where did we leave the bottle we're currently mulling over?

Rin Kagamine · « **Reply #106 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:37:51 AM »

> Go back out to the oni at the counter.
> "Sorry to say, but my morning is really not going my way so far. Can I offer you the rest of that bottle in lieu of cash for your information?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #107 on:** May 19, 2011, 01:57:09 AM »

Quote from: IronE-Nazrin on May 19, 2011, 01:23:38 AM

>Do we know of anyone who could pull off something like this?
>At a glance, how do the values of the gems left behind compare to the amounts of ☼ they replaced?
>Is there anywhere we left money that wasn't substituted for gems?

>You'd have to have someone with a lot of wealth, very good at taking other's wealth, and a marginally good sneak's person. You suspect there are several that fit that bill.
>You don't know with your main cash box, but it seems so with petty cash box.
>Just possibly some loose change upstairs that would take forever to track down.

Quote from: Kilgamayan on May 19, 2011, 01:35:24 AM

> Do we have pockets?
> Where did we leave the bottle we're currently mulling over?

>You do have some pockets.
>It's in the front, room, sitting with the rest of your opened bottles and display stock.

Quote from: Rin Kagamine on May 19, 2011, 01:37:51 AM

> Go back out to the oni at the counter.
> "Sorry to say, but my morning is really not going my way so far. Can I offer you the rest of that bottle in lieu of cash for your information?"

>"Wha's wrong?" says the oni, frowning.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #108 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:02:11 AM »

I suppose I'll put up the obvious question; why are we worried about embarrassment from admitting we were cleaned out again? We live in a city full of people that consider it a nigh unforgivable sin to be deceitful and we've supposedly been paying someone protection money. Getting "robbed" (if we even want to call it that - I get the feeling there's a lot more to it than that) is more a reflection on the thief than us.

> Do we lock our doors and windows before we head to bed?

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #109 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:03:46 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on May 19, 2011, 02:02:11 AM

> Do we lock our doors and windows before we head to bed?

>You live in a city full of oni. Locks are not going to stop any of them if they decide they need to be inside. However, they are typically very good at stopping sneaky sorts.

>_

Rin Kagamine · « **Reply #110 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:05:18 AM »

> We've still got our cash box on us, right?
> "Well, seems like someone decided that my funds should be a little less useful"
> Show off one of the pink quartz gems.
> "They took all my cash and replaced it with these gems. I'm looking around back there to see if they took everything else, but once we're square over here I'm going to go talk to Kay about this and let her know. No way she's going to be happy about this either."

Sect · « **Reply #111 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:05:57 AM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on May 19, 2011, 02:02:11 AM

why are we worried about embarrassment from admitting we were cleaned out again?

"Again"?

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #112 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:07:18 AM »

It was brought up once, but I didn't really see too much of a reason for it when it was proposed at the time, so I figured I'd ask for it to be repeated. :C

Rin Kagamine · « **Reply #113 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:16:15 AM »

As to why, I more just wanted this oni to leave and bring it up to K first.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #114 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:24:15 AM »

Quote from: Rin Kagamine on May 19, 2011, 02:05:18 AM

> We've still got our cash box on us, right?
> "Well, seems like someone decided that my funds should be a little less useful"
> Show off one of the pink quartz gems.
> "They took all my cash and replaced it with these gems. I'm looking around back there to see if they took everything else, but once we're square over here I'm going to go talk to K about this and let her know. No way she's going to be happy about this either."

>You show her the results of your petty cash box.
>"...Well ain't that a thing," she says, frowning deeply. "Zoggin' burglars. Roit, you're paid up, this is what I know. Last night, some rabbit type in a pink dress invited herself in, said she was a friend of your's, y'see? Figured you'd be up around this time. Came back out after a few minutes an' left. Didn't seem like she took anything..."
>She shakes her head. "If y'like, I'll report it m'self."

>_

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #115 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:27:51 AM »

>Do we know of anyone who could appraise these gemstones? Not for monetary value, for any sort of magic they may have or any enchantments or anything like that?
>"I'll report it. This is my issue."
>Make a note to check with other taverns' owners to see if anything similar has happened to them.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #116 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:28:20 AM »

> ...Is that Tewi?

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #117 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:31:41 AM »

>"Also, important lesson: don't let people in just because they say they know me. Come get me and let me be the judge of that."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #118 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:39:13 AM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on May 19, 2011, 02:27:51 AM

>Do we know of anyone who could appraise these gemstones? Not for monetary value, for any sort of magic they may have or any enchantments or anything like that?
>"I'll report it. This is my issue."
>Make a note to check with other taverns' owners to see if anything similar has happened to them.

>You suspect Rinnosuke or any magician worth their salt could do it.
>The oni nods.
>It may be a good idea to check with others...

Quote from: Kilgamayan on May 19, 2011, 02:28:20 AM

> ...Is that Tewi?

>You do recall stories of a rabbit by that name. Maybe you met her before? There were an awful lot of rabbits when you visited Eientei for that expo. You don't know her personally, though maybe she knows you.

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on May 19, 2011, 02:31:41 AM

>"Also, important lesson: don't let people in just because they say they know me. Come get me and let me be the judge of that."

>"What, you pal around with surface types," says the oni with a shrug. "And s'not like she came out carrying anything. Couldn't have slipped it all in that dress, I don't think..."

>_

GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #119 on:** May 19, 2011, 02:42:50 AM »

>"Still, letting random people in just because they say they know me isn't a smart move. Just remember that, okay?"