Seija Quest

[Tom]

> Whoa, whoa, whoa! Chase after her and get up under and inside her robe before she gets too far away!

> You chase after and manage to jump back into the one of the folds in her robe, this time finding a single spell card in that particular fold.

> Shinmyoumaru seems to wander around for quite some time looking for Alice before sitting down again
> Taking a quick look out you see many giant Mahjong tiles and the Netherworld princess sitting across from the Youkai you know as Yukari, who's fully concentrated on solving the last two layers in her stack.  Across from the two you spot Alice, watching intently while occasionally writing what seem to be notes.

[Kilgamayan]

> Are we actually under Shinmyoumaru's robe, in that we we entered the inside of it from below the bottom? Or did we simply jump into a pocket or something similar?
> If we ended up in a pocket (or something similar), is there a way to maneuver ourselves through the robe to be inside it (so that we could see the flesh of her legs), or is our path to the inside totally blocked off by the fabric?

[Tom]

> Are we actually under Shinmyoumaru's robe, in that we we entered the inside of it from below the bottom? Or did we simply jump into a pocket or something similar?
> If we ended up in a pocket (or something similar), is there a way to maneuver ourselves through the robe to be inside it (so that we could see the flesh of her legs), or is our path to the inside totally blocked off by the fabric?

> It's more like an unintentional pocket.  You doubt there's there's a way inside otherwise she wouldn't keep anything in there as it'd fall out

[Kilgamayan]

> How close are we to the bottom hem of her robe, then?

[Tom]

> How close are we to the bottom hem of her robe, then?

> With Shinmyoumaru sitting down you're pretty close to the bottom

[Kilgamayan]

> Take a quick peek around to make sure no one is looking our way. (Hopefully we're under a table or something to make hiding easier!)
> If no one seems to be looking our way. Scramble out of the fold and zip our way under the bottom hem of her robe, so we're properly underneath-inside it.

[Tom]

> Take a quick peek around to make sure no one is looking our way. (Hopefully we're under a table or something to make hiding easier!)

> You're sitting the steps leading up to the Hakurei Shrine. While there's no table it's fairly dark and everyone's focused on on mahjong.

> If no one seems to be looking our way. Scramble out of the fold and zip our way under the bottom hem of her robe, so we're properly underneath-inside it.

> You find a moment and slide out of the fold, climb down a few steps and hide at the bottom of Shinmyoumaru's robe

[Kilgamayan]

> Take a general look around, to get an idea of what we're going to be dealing with for a while.
> Is there anywhere on the inside layer of the fabric of this robe where we look like we could more easily secure ourselves to it, if/when Shinmyoumaru starts walking again?

[Tom]

> Take a general look around, to get an idea of what we're going to be dealing with for a while.

> Taking look around you see the netherworld princess to your left, who has finished solving her stack of mahjong tiles and to your right you see the Youkai known as Yukari who's about halfway through the last two layers in her stack.  Across from Shinmyoumaru Alice is watching their game while occasionally drawing or taking notes in her notebook.  You doubt anyone other than them would be able to spot you as you're all sitting a couple steps down from the hill's summit.

> Is there anywhere on the inside layer of the fabric of this robe where we look like we could more easily secure ourselves to it, if/when Shinmyoumaru starts walking again?

> There is not

[Kilgamayan]

> How close is Alice at present?
> Is there anything in the way of cover between our current hiding place and Alice?

[Tom]

> How close is Alice at present?

> If you were at your normal size you'd say a couple steps away

> Is there anything in the way of cover between our current hiding place and Alice?

> Well you'd want to stay clear of the netherworld princess as she's somewhat translucent and slightly illuminates the area around her, but you could certainly use the youkai for cover.  Another thing that comes to mind is the stairs themselves, if you climb a few steps down and crawl close to the inner corner of the step you doubt you'd be seen.

[Kilgamayan]

> Wait, so is Shinmyoumaru sitting at the mahjong table with the other three women?

[Tom]

> Wait, so is Shinmyoumaru sitting at the mahjong table with the other three women?

> There is no table, you're all sitting in the steps leading up to the shrine's red gate

[Kilgamayan]

> Take the approach of climbing a few steps down and crawling close to the inner corner of the step, then.

[Tom]

> Take the approach of climbing a few steps down and crawling close to the inner corner of the step, then.

> You climb down the hugging the inner corner of the step manage to make it across to Alice's side.

[Kilgamayan]

> Briefly check in again, to see (a) if we caught anyone's attention, and (b) where Alice's attention is directed now.

[Tom]

> Briefly check in again, to see (a) if we caught anyone's attention, and (b) where Alice's attention is directed now.

> You stand up to quickly check your surroundings
> Alice is busy drawing in her notebook, Yukari is down to the last layer and nearly finished and the ghost lady is waiting in anticipation
> You don't see any signs of them noticing you

[Kilgamayan]

> Scoot back up toward Alice, aiming for getting entirely underneath her dress. Make sure to not touch her if we can possibly avoid it.

[Tom]

> Scoot back up toward Alice, aiming for getting entirely underneath her dress. Make sure to not touch her if we can possibly avoid it.

> With Alice sitting at an angle on the stairs you manage to slip under the dress by climbing a few steps near her feet

[Kilgamayan]

> Float up a bit so we're completely off the ground, and someone would have to actively be peeking up Alice's dress to see us.
> Then look around and take stock of our surroundings, of our new fabric hideaway that will be our home for the next several hours.

[Tom]

> Float up a bit so we're completely off the ground, and someone would have to actively be peeking up Alice's dress to see us.

> You float up slightly off the ground

> Then look around and take stock of our surroundings, of our new fabric hideaway that will be our home for the next several hours.

> Like Shinmyoumaru's dress there's no good places to hold so you'll have to hover the entire time increasing your chances or inadvertently bumping into Alice and getting found out...

[Kilgamayan]

> Could we grip the fabric of the inside of the dress at all, maybe?
> Alternatively, is Alice wearing anything else under here we could possibly hold onto without risking touching her, like some sort of ribbon?

[Tom]

> Could we grip the fabric of the inside of the dress at all, maybe?

> She'd certainly notice something tugging her dress

> Alternatively, is Alice wearing anything else under here we could possibly hold onto without risking touching her, like some sort of ribbon?

> You see nothing of such

[Kilgamayan]

> What if we gripped onto a part of the dress near the bottom hem, where her dress is at its loosest, and we're very liable to not touch her if we don't try to do so? Do we think she would notice even that?

[Tom]

> What if we gripped onto a part of the dress near the bottom hem, where her dress is at its loosest, and we're very liable to not touch her if we don't try to do so? Do we think she would notice even that?

> Without being able to see where she's going you'd be unable to sync your flying speed and orientation as to not tug her dress

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we weigh enough to have our extra weight be noticeable if we just held on for the ride as she flew somewhere?

[Tom]

> Do we weigh enough to have our extra weight be noticeable if we just held on for the ride as she flew somewhere?

> You estimate you weigh almost as much as one of her dolls, and she's certainly accustomed to them tugging on her dress to get her attention

[Kilgamayan]

> Well, shoot.
> Look around our hiding place once again, this time searching for any spare doll outfiits Alice may have on her person.

[Tom]

> Well, shoot.
> Look around our hiding place once again, this time searching for any spare doll outfiits Alice may have on her person.

> You don't find any spare doll outfits in your hiding place.  Speaking of puppets you remember occasionally seeing lesser dolls wander the perimeter of the shrine keeping a watchful eye.

[Kilgamayan]

> Staying otherwise hidden under Alice's dress (turning ourselves upside-down if need be), take a peek out from under the bottom hem to see if we can spot any dolls on patrol.