Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Yaersulf]

>Add Reisen to our mental list of candidates.
>Have we worked with Utsuho before?
>Would we trust Utsuho as a source of divine power?

[It's Purvis!]

> Where might we find a hose that is not the marketplace or 'some distance from here', then?

>It's more that you aren't just going to make that kind of trip on a lark. How do you plan to get there?

>Add Reisen to our mental list of candidates.
>Have we worked with Utsuho before?
>Would we trust Utsuho as a source of divine power?

>You might be able to use Reisen. Who can say if she'd be interested?
>You kind of have, when you putzed around the university. You have a weird kind of rapport with her.
>You don't think she counts. ...Does she? Surely not.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Oh, hmm.
> How close can we get swimming down the Genbu?
> Are air travel and foot travel options?
> ...Have we ever run errands for other kappa for monetary compensation? Say, something like 'Hey folks, I'm headed to X faraway place, if you have business there but don't want to travel I'll handle it for you for a totally not exorbitant fee'?

[Yaersulf]

>How much do we know of the source of Utsuho's power?

[It's Purvis!]

> Oh, hmm.
> How close can we get swimming down the Genbu?
> Are air travel and foot travel options?
> ...Have we ever run errands for other kappa for monetary compensation? Say, something like 'Hey folks, I'm headed to X faraway place, if you have business there but don't want to travel I'll handle it for you for a totally not exorbitant fee'?

>Going by water would get you past the foot of the mountain before you'd have to get out..
>They are.
>This is a service that can be provided. It's not glamourous or desirable work; you're an inventor, not a gopher; but it's work you can do.

>How much do we know of the source of Utsuho's power?

>Something something Moriyas something something Yatagarasu? You weren't worried about details when she was being a problem.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Assess Kogasa Tatara's co-pilot aptitude.

> Do we have the materials necessary to make a written-word sign on a stick that we can hold above our head?

[It's Purvis!]

> Assess Kogasa Tatara's co-pilot aptitude.

> Do we have the materials necessary to make a written-word sign on a stick that we can hold above our head?

>You don't know, really. You haven't interacted too much with her. Apparently she's popular in the Human Village, so she's probably not the worst?
>They're in the warehouse, but you do. You have an old stand or two if you wanted.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Mosey back into the warehouse, then, and construct a sign (to be placed on a stand since that's easier than us holding it) that says:
> "Headed to Kourindou"
> "Will courier or similar for a reasonable fee"
> "Should be back later today"
> "(Can't promise urgency)"
> spruced up as we see fit to stand out.
> Then grab the sign, a stand, a notepad (pocketed), something to write with (pocketed), and something small to tinker with while we wait (pocketed), bring them outside, find a decently visible place, and set our message up.

[It's Purvis!]

> Mosey back into the warehouse, then, and construct a sign (to be placed on a stand since that's easier than us holding it) that says:
> "Headed to Kourindou"
> "Will courier or similar for a reasonable fee"
> "Should be back later today"
> "(Can't promise urgency)"
> spruced up as we see fit to stand out.
> Then grab the sign, a stand, a notepad (pocketed), something to write with (pocketed), and something small to tinker with while we wait (pocketed), bring them outside, find a decently visible place, and set our message up.

>You head inside and whip up a quick sign. Do you want it to be a standalone sign, or a whole booth kind of stand where you can linger?
>You obtain: Some Lose Scraps of Paper
>You obtain: Pencil
>The best place to advertise this would probably be the market.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> If the "whole booth kind of sign" isn't too awkward to carry, set up, and take down, let's go with that. Otherwise, a standalone sign is fine.
> Head to the market once we're ready.

[It's Purvis!]

> If the "whole booth kind of sign" isn't too awkward to carry, set up, and take down, let's go with that. Otherwise, a standalone sign is fine.
> Head to the market once we're ready.

>You require repurpose your old mask-selling booth. It helpfully has lockable wheels and a handle, so it's reasonably easy to tug down toward the market. Reasonable easily, the roads are dirt, rough, and swampy. But you put on good tires with treads to get through it.
>As you draw closer to the market, you are sure there's an unusual amount of activity. And music? ...Did they decide to hold a festival? Did they decide to hold a festival and not tell you!?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> Look around for the source of the music while we push forward with just a little more haste.

[It's Purvis!]

> Frown.
> Look around for the source of the music while we push forward with just a little more haste.

>They are, they are absolutely having a festival! When was this decided?! And more importantly, why weren't you involved with that? Not that you would have the slightest interest, but it's the principal of the thing!
>Don't really have to look around to find out, you'd recognize the chaotic and distinctive rhythms of The Prismrivers. Though you don't remember that particular kind of drum in there usual sound...

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Who would have the authority to make this sort of decision? We're gonna give 'em so many pieces of our mind...!
> Urgh, whatever! Let's just get ourselves set up somewhere decent. We can be properly grouchy about this once that's done.
> Try to see where that drum's coming from while doing so.

[It's Purvis!]

> Who would have the authority to make this sort of decision? We're gonna give 'em so many pieces of our mind...!
> Urgh, whatever! Let's just get ourselves set up somewhere decent. We can be properly grouchy about this once that's done.
> Try to see where that drum's coming from while doing so.

>It would have been done collectively, like all village decisions are.
>The easiest places to set up with be along the outskirts of the market, but that also means little traffic. You could try to set up further in, but that means it will be harder to find a space to squeeze in.
>As you approach the market, you see a stage has been set up along one edge of it. The Prismrivers are there, playing away. Behind them is a much taller woman with short red hair, wearing a white jacket and skirt, playing on a drumset that has at least some outside world instruments(?) built into it.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Outside World music stuffs? Get closer so we can get a better look.

[It's Purvis!]

> Outside World music stuffs? Get closer so we can get a better look.

>The market is rather crowded, and towing booth behind you doesn't make it too easy to proceed. But you do manage to make your way closer. Whatever she has mounted on top of those drums aren't drums, they're flat disks that make otherwordly sounds when hit.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Now that we're closer - is she hot?

[It's Purvis!]

> Now that we're closer - is she hot?

>...Absolutely.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Oh no she's hot
> uh
>
> er
> Are we at a place we can reasonably drop anchor and set our booth up, or are we too in the way of everyone else?

[It's Purvis!]

> Oh no she's hot
> uh
>
> er
> Are we at a place we can reasonably drop anchor and set our booth up, or are we too in the way of everyone else?

>Dangit...
>You recenter yourself. Looking around, you can try to squeeze in between a crepes stand and a brazed cucumber stand. Squeeze in being quite literal, there is just enough room and you would almost surely be in the way, and vice versa. There's a spot between two houses, further away, that might work if you don't mind blocking off the people who are using it as a way to pass through. And there's spots on the outskirts.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Pick whichever of the first two options gives us a better view of the redhead.

[It's Purvis!]

> Pick whichever of the first two options gives us a better view of the redhead.

>That would be the first.
>You squeeze your stand in between the two others, with barely enough space for a finger between either. The crepes seller, a tall turquoise-haired kappa you really don't know, gives you some dirty looks, but customers keep her occupied. The other is too busy to really notice, a shorter kappa with short dark hair and glasses that you think you kind of recognize as a friend of a neighbor's.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Set up the sign we made.
> Then get to watching the pretty redhead while waiting for folks to show up.

[It's Purvis!]

> Set up the sign we made.
> Then get to watching the pretty redhead while waiting for folks to show up.

>You set up the sign and wait. The crepes shop is doing quite well. Well enough the owner nearly elbows you accidentally a few times. The braised cucumbers don't seem to be doing as well, but you think it is competing with too many other stands.
>As for your service, there don't seem to be any immediate takers, So you watch the Prismrivers play. Lunasa is as subdued as always, only slightly swaying to the turn as she plays. Merlin dances all over the stage in contrast, trumpeting away. Lyrica is stuck to her keyboard, which she has mounted on the stage, but she makes up for it by adding seemingly random footwork as she plays. The redhaired youkai matches their intensity, moving her hands and arms intricately as she plays.
>"Hey," says the dark-haired kappa after a few minutes. "What're you selling, anyways?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Answer while still looking at the drummer.
> "Courier service. Need anything in the Kourindou area?"

[It's Purvis!]

> Answer while still looking at the drummer.
> "Courier service. Need anything in the Kourindou area?"

>"Uh," she says, "Like what?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Carrying messages, buying or selling something, anything that's not urgent or labor-intensive. I should be back in this area later today."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Carrying messages, buying or selling something, anything that's not urgent or labor-intensive. I should be back in this area later today."

>"What if you can't get or do the thing?" she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Are we okay offering warranties/money-back guarantees?