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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #180 on: June 10, 2023, 02:27:55 AM »
> We'll be able to fit the tube and several pounds of black tea in our backpack, yes?
> How physically strong are we, anyway?

>You should be.
>You're about average strength, you think?

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #181 on: June 10, 2023, 02:30:17 AM »
> All right. Let's do this. We have a rocket to launch, a festival to get far away from, and maybe an opportunity to get to know Yua better to take advantage of. ...And maybe some breasts to grow. More.
> Lock up shop, and then head to and swim down to river to begin our shopping trip.
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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #182 on: June 10, 2023, 05:41:00 AM »
> All right. Let's do this. We have a rocket to launch, a festival to get far away from, and maybe an opportunity to get to know Yua better to take advantage of. ...And maybe some breasts to grow. More.
> Lock up shop, and then head to and swim down to river to begin our shopping trip.

>You decide to give the festival some berth this time, and head right to the river. Today it is flowing reasonably slowly, the rain having been scarce lately. Downstream will take you through the ravine, where it gets faster, then past the mountain and toward the north, taking you east of the Hakurei shrine and then meandering westward around the the nameless hill covered with lilies, then on toward the Sanzu river. If you are aiming for Kourindou, you would want to leave just outside of the ravine. If you want the human village, it is best to leave just before the Hakurei Shrine.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #183 on: June 10, 2023, 11:20:45 AM »
> Have we ever gone all the way to the Sanzu?
> Let's pop out just outside the ravine, and then aim for Kourindou on foot.
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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #184 on: June 10, 2023, 08:20:13 PM »
> Have we ever gone all the way to the Sanzu?
> Let's pop out just outside the ravine, and then aim for Kourindou on foot.

>You have not. It's well known that if you swim in there, you're not coming back. Something will get you.
>You follow the river as it follows down the mountainside and throw the ravine. The water is particularly clear today, which means there's little chance of a surprise crag or piece of junk in the water coming your way, allowing you let the flow carry you without worry, and makes dodging around the failed dam project all the easier. Soon the water slows and you step out a decide distance from the foot of Youkai Mountain.
>You find yourself at the south-eastern edge of the fields outside and around the human town and the forest where the Hakurei Shrine lies, not far from the edge of the Forest of Magic. You make your way quickly toward the Forest of Magic, seeking out the road that leads through it. Things are rather peaceful today, you can see distant farmers to the north tending to their fields. In the forest, you can hear faeries at play amidst the hum of insects and the chirping of birds.
>Soon you find your way onto the main road, the old dirt path that it is. Following it southward, you head into the forest. While a bit drier than you'd like, the cool shadows cast by the foliage is comforting. Soon, Kourindou is in sight, an old and kind of run down building, shaded by the forest, its front yard full of old furniture no one ever wants.

>_


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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #185 on: June 10, 2023, 09:47:08 PM »
> Anything or anyone interesting outside?
> Enter!
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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #186 on: June 11, 2023, 05:29:16 AM »
> Anything or anyone interesting outside?
> Enter!

>Not particularly, unless you're in the market for old, rain damaged furniture that needs restoration work.
>You head inside. The shelves are all tidy and full of various goods, as you would expect. A barrel full of paper rests by the back counter, covered with various writings and in varying conditions. A sign says that it is free; you presume people take it for kindling. A youkai in a buddhist nun's habit sits behind the counter, she waves as you enter. There is another person in the store, a familiar sight around the kappa village, one Utsuho Reiuji. She seems to have doffed her more flamboyant Yatagarasu garb, and is currently tinkering with a gray box set into a side window. That gray box has vexed you for a long time, it produces cold air somehow, but neither the old owner or the new ones would ever let you have a look at it. But it seems like that hell crow has the thing in several pieces now!

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #187 on: June 11, 2023, 10:33:32 AM »
> "Oh hey, finally going to town on that thing, huh?"
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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #188 on: June 11, 2023, 03:34:24 PM »
> "Oh hey, finally going to town on that thing, huh?"

>"Huh?" Utsuho says, looking up then over toward you. "Oh! Uh, yeah. It's been running kind of lousy, you know, so...I thought I'd have a look?"

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #189 on: June 11, 2023, 04:27:31 PM »
> Internally eye twitch that they didn't let us do this.
> "Right, of course."
> Distract ourselves by browsing the contents of the store.
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[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> fire truck YEAH

Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #190 on: June 12, 2023, 02:26:00 AM »
> Internally eye twitch that they didn't let us do this.
> "Right, of course."
> Distract ourselves by browsing the contents of the store.

>It really is kind of annoying. Not even another kappa, just her. What does she know about those things, anyways?
>The store contains
>Black-feathered arrow
>Glass Shield
>Goose Feather
>Small Ruby
>Black Music Box
>Thick Length of Chain
>Crystal Orb
>The selection seems unusually slim today...

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #191 on: June 12, 2023, 02:28:40 AM »
> That thick length of chain wouldn't work as a jeweler's/watch chain, would it?

> "Huh. Slow supply day or busy sales day?"
« Last Edit: June 12, 2023, 02:33:50 AM by Kilgamayan »
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[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
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[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> fire truck YEAH

Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #192 on: June 12, 2023, 03:48:48 AM »
> That thick length of chain wouldn't work as a jeweler's/watch chain, would it?

> "Huh. Slow supply day or busy sales day?"

>Not for anything other than an avant garde piece.
>"Busy day," says the shopkeep, Ichirin. "Sakuya came through this morning and cleaned us out."

>_

Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #193 on: June 12, 2023, 06:15:43 AM »
>Examine the chain more closely.
>Examine the music box.
>Ponder the orb.

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #194 on: June 12, 2023, 02:56:25 PM »
> "Well, shoot. In that case, not to ask one merchant for help with finding other merchants, but would you happen to know where I could get black tea, jeweler's chains, tires, and engine-compatible tubes? Presumably not all in one place, though I sure wouldn't complain if somewhere did have them all."
> Provide a rough size estimate for the tube as needed.

> Examine the small ruby while we're here, because why not.
« Last Edit: June 12, 2023, 03:02:21 PM by Kilgamayan »
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[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> fire truck YEAH

Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #195 on: June 12, 2023, 04:06:58 PM »
>Examine the chain more closely.
>Examine the music box.
>Ponder the orb.

>It is a thick length of chain, suitable for lifting or restraining very heavy objects.
>Ah, you have this one! It is a small black box with an opening one of the ends, wherein you can see some strange dark brown tape. No one knows how these work, but with the right machine you can make them play music. They are all foreign in origin, no one really can read there. Or at least no one who cares to. This one depicts 5 dark-skinned men with dark hair in spotless white suits (...not unlike Raiko, now that you think of it) standing on what you assumed is a darkened stage, surrounded by a kind of red starburst. The letters are bright and colorful, common for music boxes.
>Looking closer, you think this "crystal" is glass, colored pale blue. There are curious shapes and distortions inside, which you presume are artifacts of making the orb. It is about palm sized.

> "Well, shoot. In that case, not to ask one merchant for help with finding other merchants, but would you happen to know where I could get black tea, jeweler's chains, tires, and engine-compatible tubes? Presumably not all in one place, though I sure wouldn't complain if somewhere did have them all."
> Provide a rough size estimate for the tube as needed.

> Examine the small ruby while we're here, because why not.

>Glancing at the ruby, it seems very nice. You don't know much about gems, but it is about the size of a sunflower seed, and has as sort of trapezoid-looking cut.
>"Well, there's a jeweler in town," says Ichirin. "They might be able to help you with the chain. And maybe the tube? Or there's the blacksmith. As for tires...oh! You mean the weird bouncy outside world ones? There's a a few of them out back, I think.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #196 on: June 12, 2023, 04:33:19 PM »
> Nod.
> "Great, thanks. You don't mind if I take a look at them, do you?'
> "Anything notable about this gem?"
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[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
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[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> fire truck YEAH

Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #197 on: June 12, 2023, 11:15:52 PM »
> Nod.
> "Great, thanks. You don't mind if I take a look at them, do you?'
> "Anything notable about this gem?"


>"Go right ahead. Oh, actually...thinking on it, I am pretty sure there was a tube kind of like what you wanted among the stuff Sakuya bought. Maybe you can convince them to part with it?
>"Nope, it's just a pretty ruby," she says.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #198 on: June 12, 2023, 11:20:26 PM »
Intentionally not leaving just yet in case Yaersulf wants to follow up on the cassette tape and/or the oooooooooooooooooooorb. (This follow-up could even take place before Nitori heads back outside!)

> Snap our fingers once in acknowledgment (rather than frustration).
> "Good to know, thanks. I'll probably swing by there, then. Okay, be right back."
> Head back outside and have a look at the tires
« Last Edit: June 12, 2023, 11:23:13 PM by Kilgamayan »
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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #199 on: June 12, 2023, 11:25:35 PM »
I actually wanna talk to Utsuho and see if we can get ourselves some divine power that way. If it's not gonna blow up our ship of course >w<

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #200 on: June 12, 2023, 11:33:53 PM »
That also works! I suspect she is in sufficient control at this point in the story that it will not explode us, but I suppose the possibility is there.
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[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #201 on: June 13, 2023, 01:50:19 AM »
> Snap our fingers once in acknowledgment (rather than frustration).
> "Good to know, thanks. I'll probably swing by there, then. Okay, be right back."
> Head back outside and have a look at the tires

>Good thing she doesn't seem to try to hide who bought what like the previous management did!
>"Sure thing," Ichirin says.
>You step out and head around the back. Here is where the real junk lives. busted up pieces of metal, weird outside world things that are in advanced states of disrepair, outright scrap, and a few rubber tires in various states of wear; most with stagnant water trapped inside them.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #202 on: June 13, 2023, 02:34:50 AM »
> Anything usable in the scrap?
> Take handwritten notes on the tires that are present, specifically noting size and wear. If we have measuring tape with us, use it to record diameters specifically.
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[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
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[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> fire truck YEAH

Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #203 on: June 13, 2023, 06:13:36 PM »
> Anything usable in the scrap?
> Take handwritten notes on the tires that are present, specifically noting size and wear. If we have measuring tape with us, use it to record diameters specifically.

>You glance at the scrap. There might be some good things in this, actually? Are you looking for anything in particular?
>You take some notes and measurements on the tires. Most of them are pretty worn; you don't really know how tires from Outside get this worn, but they always seem to. It shouldn't be a real problem.

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #204 on: June 13, 2023, 06:14:50 PM »
> Add a general "Various States Of Wear" note to our tire data. (That is, literally write that phrase down as-is. We don't need to spend time classifying each tire's state of wear.)

> Do we have any projects currently going other than the rocket?
> If so, are we missing parts for any of those projects?
> If so, check around for those things.
[22:40:12] <Drake> "guys i donwloaded esod but its not workan"
[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> fire truck YEAH

Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #205 on: June 13, 2023, 06:35:24 PM »
> Add a general "Various States Of Wear" note to our tire data. (That is, literally write that phrase down as-is. We don't need to spend time classifying each tire's state of wear.)

> Do we have any projects currently going other than the rocket?
> If so, are we missing parts for any of those projects?
> If so, check around for those things.

>Nothing on the front burner. There's any number of projects on the back burner. None of them are really to the point where parts would be missing yet.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #206 on: June 13, 2023, 06:40:58 PM »
> ...Well, we're probably not going to find anything as delicate as watchmaker materials or as comestible as tea here...
> ...Sift through the scrap a bit, looking for anything that could serve as an engine tube.
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[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> fire truck YEAH

Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #207 on: June 14, 2023, 05:19:18 AM »
> ...Well, we're probably not going to find anything as delicate as watchmaker materials or as comestible as tea here...
> ...Sift through the scrap a bit, looking for anything that could serve as an engine tube.

>Your suspicions are correct, you don't find either.
>Nor do you find an engine tube. By and large, this scrap has stuff that is either too weak or too low a melting point to make a decant part. However, you do find some scrap melt that would work as a the base for such a tube.

>_

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Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #208 on: June 14, 2023, 10:53:02 AM »
> Take it! (But don't pocket it yet, we haven't paid for it.)
> Would this scrap melt be part of building out own tube, or do we still need to get a full-fledged tube and this scrap melt will just enhance it once we do?
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[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> fire truck YEAH

Re: Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure
« Reply #209 on: June 14, 2023, 07:53:50 PM »
> Take it! (But don't pocket it yet, we haven't paid for it.)
> Would this scrap melt be part of building out own tube, or do we still need to get a full-fledged tube and this scrap melt will just enhance it once we do?

>You obtain: Useful Scrap
>This should be useful for making a tube.

>_