Seija Quest 4

[Kilgamayan]

> "...Yeah, maybe I should tackle this after we're done in the library."
> Blink.
> "...Or maybe 'we' could tackle it? I assume you have more experience with hair this long than I do."

[Tom]

> "...Yeah, maybe I should tackle this after we're done in the library."
> Blink.
> "...Or maybe 'we' could tackle it? I assume you have more experience with hair this long than I do."

> A little worried she reminds "Let's not get sidetracked, you never know when whoever's behind this could strike again!"

[Kilgamayan]

> Does she look 'worried' in a "oh no this incredibly hot oni woman is coming on to me and I don't know how to handle it" way or in a "who knows where or how the villain will strike next" way?
> "Of course. Library?"

[Tom]

> Does she look 'worried' in a "oh no this incredibly hot oni woman is coming on to me and I don't know how to handle it" way or in a "who knows where or how the villain will strike next" way?
> "Of course. Library?"

> Kind of hard to gauge, maybe both but more likely the latter.
> You follow Sanae to the library, where you find the three golden statues you saw last night. The morning's additional light reveals the scattered coins and posessions are arranged in a near perfect ring around Mokou and Shinmyoumaru.

[Kilgamayan]

> 'Three' golden statues? Did Yakumo get moved in here?

[Tom]

> 'Three' golden statues? Did Yakumo get moved in here?

> You moved Yakumo to the inn yesterday so that she would attract less attention from the village residents.

[Kilgamayan]

//Apologies, I thought Yakumo was simply out in the foyer/main lobby. My mistake!

> Based on how the two new statues are posed, does it seem like they were perhaps reading something?
> Based on how the two new statues are posed, does it appear they were caught completely unawares?

> Point out the near-perfection of the circle of objects to Sanae.
> Then give the room a thorough look-over, without yet disrupting anything.

[Tom]

//Apologies, I thought Yakumo was simply out in the foyer/main lobby. My mistake!

> Based on how the two new statues are posed, does it seem like they were perhaps reading something?
> Based on how the two new statues are posed, does it appear they were caught completely unawares?

> Point out the near-perfection of the circle of objects to Sanae.
> Then give the room a thorough look-over, without yet disrupting anything.

// No worries, it's been a few hundred posts since then!

> They're both sorta looking downward, so you'd say there's a good chance they were reading or examining something.
> It very much does, like they didn't even have the chance to get startled?

> Sanae asks while examining the rings closely "Could these be ...all their posessions? Like everything they had on them at the time?"
> Otherwise the room looks undisturbed, there's no signs of a scuffle or danmaku duel.

[Kilgamayan]

> "There's definitely stuff in here that looks like the Princess's belongings. Is there anyone that can verify if the rest is Mokou's?"
> "There's also something that bothers me about this. They look completely unaware of what's about to happen to them. Surely they'd at least look up from what they're doing if someone stepped through the doorway?"

[Tom]

> "There's definitely stuff in here that looks like the Princess's belongings. Is there anyone that can verify if the rest is Mokou's?"
> "There's also something that bothers me about this. They look completely unaware of what's about to happen to them. Surely they'd at least look up from what they're doing if someone stepped through the doorway?"

> Sanae thinks for a moment "Uhh there is someone, but they're not exactly on good terms with Mokou..."
> Looking at the doorway "So it must've been an ambush! The culprit was already waiting for them inside the study!"

[Kilgamayan]

> Is that ghost from yesterday here?

[Tom]

> Is that ghost from yesterday here?

> She is not.

[Kilgamayan]

> "Who was in here other than the ghost woman?"

[Tom]

> "Who was in here other than the ghost woman?"

> Sanae thinks "I mean it wasn't locked so anyone could've come in here? It's not known when miss Saigyouji left, so the room might've been empty for a while."

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "In that case, we should consider why they might have been targeted. Before we split yesterday evening, the Princess said she was going to read 'something interesting she found on alchemy'. Given their poses, I can definitely imagine those two were reading something when they got got."

[Tom]

> Nod.
> "In that case, we should consider why they might have been targeted. Before we split yesterday evening, the Princess said she was going to read 'something interesting she found on alchemy'. Given their poses, I can definitely imagine those two were reading something when they got got."

> Sanae agrees "But who would've known she had found a lead? Also why would Mokou be involved? As far as I know she just fills in for Keine occasionally at the front desk?"

[Kilgamayan]

> "Those, I'm not sure about. Mokou may have simply caught wind of what was going on and looked into it out of curiosity, but that's just a guess."

[Branneg Xy]

> Nod.
> "In that case, we should consider why they might have been targeted. Before we split yesterday evening, the Princess said she was going to read 'something interesting she found on alchemy'. Given their poses, I can definitely imagine those two were reading something when they got got."

> Sanae agrees "But who would've known she had found a lead? Also why would Mokou be involved? As far as I know she just fills in for Keine occasionally at the front desk?"

> "Those, I'm not sure about. Mokou may have simply caught wind of what was going on and looked into it out of curiosity, but that's just a guess."

> Point out that it is too coincidential with theboth of them reading and. the earlier mentioned, and openly to bootalchemy book also because of...

>... no such book is among their possessions even though they were reading...

>... together with the key to the Library having been "too coincidenceally and conveniently stolen" to put a further impediment about a potential alchemy-transmutation-book breakthrough...