Nitori Quest - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Branneg Xy]

> "It is what it is."
> Let her finish writing that list of ingredients.

> While waiting do some observation about anything else peculiar,standing out,or just familiar .

[It's Purvis!]

> "It is what it is."
> Let her finish writing that list of ingredients.

> While waiting do some observation about anything else peculiar,standing out,or just familiar .

>You look around, but nothing else seems too out of place.
>Soon, she hands you a list. "There, that should do it. You may be able to buy most, if not all of this stuff from local magicians."
>You obtain: List of Ingredients

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Have a look at that list. Hopefully it's not too long...

[It's Purvis!]

> Have a look at that list. Hopefully it's not too long...

>There are eight items on it, and they all sound esoteric, to say the least.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Are there any we don't recognize?
> ...Are there any we DO recognize?
> Look back up at Totally Not Reisen.
> "Well. I can think of Marisa and Patchouli, but I get the feeling they don't fall under your definition of 'local'. Any recommendations for anyone here in town, and possibly directions for how to get to them?"

[It's Purvis!]

> Are there any we don't recognize?
> ...Are there any we DO recognize?
> Look back up at Totally Not Reisen.
> "Well. I can think of Marisa and Patchouli, but I get the feeling they don't fall under your definition of 'local'. Any recommendations for anyone here in town, and possibly directions for how to get to them?"

>This is outside your field. You recognize that it's asking for a kind of mushroom with one, a kind of dust in another...
>"Oh, that's about who I meant, really," she says. "They're local enough, no?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, okay. I thought there might be some here."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Oh, okay. I thought there might be some here."

>"I wouldn't know," she says. "There might be?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Inventory
> "Alright, I'm on it. How long did you say you'll be here?"

[It's Purvis!]

> Inventory
> "Alright, I'm on it. How long did you say you'll be here?"

>"I should be here til evening," she says.
>Your Inventory Contains:
>Kappa Cap
>A puffy green hat with a brim, favored by kappa everywhere.
>Utility Dress
>A dress with many pockets, handy for screws, nuts, bolts, washers, small tools, and more.
>Backpack
>Carries everything you need. Though you tend to keep it kind of light most times just to make it not be a burden
>Basic toolset
>A hammer, wrench, screwdriver, measuring tape, and small crowbar. Light, easy to carry.
>Bits and Bobs
>A small collection of nuts, bolts, screws, sprockets, springs, flanges, and so on. Handy bits to do handy things.
> Optics "Optical Camouflage"
> Flood "Ooze Flooding"
> Water Sign "Kappa's Pororoca"
> Kappa "Monster Cucumber"
>330☼
>This is 330☼
>Some Lose Scraps of Paper
>A handful of loose, cheap, reasonably clean and uncreased paper
>Pencil
>A cheap pencil. It does not work underwater.
>Useful Scrap
>You can use this to make a tube for your rocket!
>Large Black Tea Packet
>About five pounds of black tea
>Small Green Tea Packet
>Tea for your own use.
>List of Ingredients
>A list of eight items Reisen needs to make a medicine to make your hair grow.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Okay. Hopefully I'm not out that late. Back soon."
> Head back in the direction of the jewelry shop.

[It's Purvis!]

> "Okay. Hopefully I'm not out that late. Back soon."
> Head back in the direction of the jewelry shop.

>The medicine seller nods. "I'll try to wait for you."
>You make your way back to the jewelry store. Inside is as quite as before. The shopkeeper is back to working on her original project. This time, however, her eyes snap up toward the door the moment it opens. A delicate length of copper chain is coiled on the edge of the counter.
>"You're back," she says. "That will be 60☼."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Dang, you weren't kidding about getting it done quickly."
> Hand over the appropriate money.
> Then gently retrieve the chain.

[It's Purvis!]

> "Dang, you weren't kidding about getting it done quickly."
> Hand over the appropriate money.
> Then gently retrieve the chain.

>"It's not difficult," she says, as you count out the money. "It just takes some focus."
>You obtain: Copper Jewelry Chain

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Opinion of Hata no Kokoro

> "Well, thanks all the same. Before I get out of your hair, though, would you happen to know if there are any magicians in town?"

[It's Purvis!]

> Opinion of Hata no Kokoro

> "Well, thanks all the same. Before I get out of your hair, though, would you happen to know if there are any magicians in town?"

>Weird troublemaker. At least initially. She seems to have settled down, since? You've seen her dance at festivals, and she's quite good at it.
>"The closest I know is old man Kirisame across the road, but...you don't want to go there." the masked shopkeeper says. "Hm, well, I suppose the lady at Myouren Temple counts?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Mmm, I get the feeling she doesn't sell ingredients for stuff. But thank you for the info."
> "Also, before I leave, have you met Hata no Kokoro? You both have that whole mask thing going, after all."

[Branneg Xy]

> "Mmm, I get the feeling she doesn't sell ingredients for stuff. But thank you for the info."
> "Also, before I leave, have you met Hata no Kokoro? You both have that whole mask thing going, after all."

>Weird troublemaker. At least initially. She seems to have settled down, since? You've seen her dance at festivals, and she's quite good at it.
>"The closest I know is old man Kirisame across the road, but...you don't want to go there." the masked shopkeeper says. "Hm, well, I suppose the lady at Myouren Temple counts?"

>_

> Correct ourselves,after she has has about Hata no Kokoro, tht this is the last inquiry before we areabout to leave and let her be professionally in peace at her trade  ...
  by modality of warranted tact & tuned-on-her perceptivity  with tact and willing availability to describe for us...
bout her "sufficiently experienceful" hints on Old man's Kirisame and nearly opposed,or with such difficulty, business to his Trade... they have piqued (some parts) interest ,in order to be more perceptively around eventual uselessness,blunders or...well... pieces of floundering around...., so more bettermeant cognizant & familiar & perceptive without ,,,,
 
>... ask with tact and for as much she is willingly available and open regarding an appraisal on  Old man Kirisame's business,position,""living marks ...

> more precisily marks of trade ,especcially him and them being ' closer but not quite for magician in this town',relatedto  and standing, seemingly mixed reputation , relations or contacts with some or more importance be they hindering or helpful or mixed and variable, her veiled but Sensible and Experienced and to steer clear of his business & professionally...around them and similar to what she...the younger masked lady-shopkeer at this side-pharmacy""...is forward to supply...

[It's Purvis!]

> "Mmm, I get the feeling she doesn't sell ingredients for stuff. But thank you for the info."
> "Also, before I leave, have you met Hata no Kokoro? You both have that whole mask thing going, after all."

>"I could not guess what she gets up to," the masked jeweler says to your first statement.
>"I...am aware of her," she says as you ask about Kokoro. "We have not met, no. I've seen her from a distance, performing. I doubt she knows of me."

> Correct ourselves,after she has has about Hata no Kokoro, tht this is the last inquiry before we areabout to leave and let her be professionally in peace at her trade  ...
  by modality of warranted tact & tuned-on-her perceptivity  with tact and willing availability to describe for us...
bout her "sufficiently experienceful" hints on Old man's Kirisame and nearly opposed,or with such difficulty, business to his Trade... they have piqued (some parts) interest ,in order to be more perceptively around eventual uselessness,blunders or...well... pieces of floundering around...., so more bettermeant cognizant & familiar & perceptive without ,,,,
 
>... ask with tact and for as much she is willingly available and open regarding an appraisal on  Old man Kirisame's business,position,""living marks ...

> more precisily marks of trade ,especcially him and them being ' closer but not quite for magician in this town',relatedto  and standing, seemingly mixed reputation , relations or contacts with some or more importance be they hindering or helpful or mixed and variable, her veiled but Sensible and Experienced and to steer clear of his business & professionally...around them and similar to what she...the younger masked lady-shopkeer at this side-pharmacy""...is forward to supply...

>"Kirisame is very traditional about youkai," she say. The euphemism being rather obvious to you; he does not trust youkai. Which a human should not, of course. But still... "I am not certain, but I do not think he is a magician in the sense that, say, the younger Kirisame is. Perhaps not at all? I do not fully understand what he does. I avoid him. It is better that way."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm. Shame all around, but it can't be helped. Anyway, thanks again. Good business to you."
> Exit the jeweler's shop.
> Exhale and steel ourselves for some more traveling.
> Then exit the village on foot, taking flight once we've left and heading toward Marisa's pad.

[It's Purvis!]

> "Hmm. Shame all around, but it can't be helped. Anyway, thanks again. Good business to you."
> Exit the jeweler's shop.
> Exhale and steel ourselves for some more traveling.
> Then exit the village on foot, taking flight once we've left and heading toward Marisa's pad.

>You leave the village, quickly hustling past a few different drinking establishments, the school, a few shops and housing rows... Leaving the village, you exhale a breath you didn't really know you were holding. You're used to humans, you're really are! But sometimes being around a lot of them can be...draining and a bit harrowing.
>Taking to the air, you zip back toward the Forest of Magic. Marisa's house, thankfully, is more or less on the way toward Kourindou, and reasonably easy to spot from the air. Landing in the front yard, littered with various knicknacks, weights of various sizes, and equipment for more various kinds of exercise (which you wouldn't even recognize as such if you didn't know Marisa), what seems to be a large, overturned wagon, only partially intact. The house itself is comfortably run down, curtains over all the windows, a peaked roof and a western style door. You note what seems to hornet's nest just below a window on the hear side of the house.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Keep a wary eye on that hornet's nest.
> Go up to the front door and knock.

[It's Purvis!]

> Keep a wary eye on that hornet's nest.
> Go up to the front door and knock.

>You go to the door and knock, keeping an eye on the hornets. They don't seem to take offense to you, at least not yet.
>"Just a minute!" Marisa calls from inside.
>A moment later, she appears at the door, grinning down at you while wearing a somewhat singed apron. "Oh, hey, don't usually see you out this way," she says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look up at her in response.
> "Don't usually come out this way. But I've come into an interesting opportunity."
> Hold the list of ingredients out (and up).
> "I need as many of these items that you can sell me."

[Branneg Xy]

> Look up at her in response.
> "Don't usually come out this way. But I've come into an interesting opportunity."
> Hold the list of ingredients out (and up).
> "I need as many of these items that you can sell me."

> What are the ingredients on not-Reisen's list?

> Remind ourselves it is very uncertain if an extra quantity of ingredients could actually boost the hair-growing medicine,so...do not splurge,also because we are bigger projects in store.

> " I am also hoping a relative quantity-in-bulk-order to both net me a fair discount and to net you a fair compensation ".

> Wink.

> After she responds to our  requestsand our hint, also ask Marisa if before our arrival she attempting any experimental breakthrough.

[It's Purvis!]

> Look up at her in response.
> "Don't usually come out this way. But I've come into an interesting opportunity."
> Hold the list of ingredients out (and up).
> "I need as many of these items that you can sell me."

> What are the ingredients on not-Reisen's list?

> Remind ourselves it is very uncertain if an extra quantity of ingredients could actually boost the hair-growing medicine,so...do not splurge,also because we are bigger projects in store.

> " I am also hoping a relative quantity-in-bulk-order to both net me a fair discount and to net you a fair compensation ".

> Wink.

> After she responds to our  requestsand our hint, also ask Marisa if before our arrival she attempting any experimental breakthrough.

>The list has a bunch of odd items on it, most of it out of your range of knowledge, really.
>"Oh wow, a customer," Marisa says, "Haven't had one of those for ages!"
>She takes the list and looks it over with a thoughtful frown. "Hmm, yeah. I can get you most of this stuff."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Great. How much'll it run me for what you have and info on where to get the rest?"

[It's Purvis!]

> "Great. How much'll it run me for what you have and info on where to get the rest?"

>"The only thing I can't get you is sulfurous ash," she says. "You might get lucky if Patchy or Alice or Renko has some? Otherwise, you'll wanna be talking to someone from underground probably. Um, give me a moment to price the rest of this out... What do you need all this junk for, anyways?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> ...Huh, she didn't mention her relative in the Human Village...

> Do we have any sort of acquaintanceship with Alice? If so, how good or not-good is it?
> Given we've been to one of the locations involved and proooooobably? know the locations of the other two, mentally map out the most sensible route from here that hits up all of Casa de Margatroid, Casa de Usami, and Casa de Scarlet.
> Mentally lament the fact that, if Patchouli does end up being our source of that ash, we probably can't sabotage the mansion's rocket efforts in good conscie- uh, good moral-feeling.

> "A concoction that a medicine peddler in human town that definitely isn't a moon rabbit in disguise is making for me."
> Grimace at the mention of the underground.
> "Though I don't very much fancy a trip to OniLand. I stayed up here while you went down there for a reason."

[It's Purvis!]

> ...Huh, she didn't mention her relative in the Human Village...

> Do we have any sort of acquaintanceship with Alice? If so, how good or not-good is it?
> Given we've been to one of the locations involved and proooooobably? know the locations of the other two, mentally map out the most sensible route from here that hits up all of Casa de Margatroid, Casa de Usami, and Casa de Scarlet.
> Mentally lament the fact that, if Patchouli does end up being our source of that ash, we probably can't sabotage the mansion's rocket efforts in good conscie- uh, good moral-feeling.

> "A concoction that a medicine peddler in human town that definitely isn't a moon rabbit in disguise is making for me."
> Grimace at the mention of the underground.
> "Though I don't very much fancy a trip to OniLand. I stayed up here while you went down there for a reason."

>She did not mention her relative at all! You've not probed into it, but word is they do not get along.
>Not really. You've seen her at festivals? She might has been at once of your stalls.
>By air, they are essentially in a triangle, and you can start with about any of them. Alice and SDM are deeper into the forest, Renko is outside of it.
>You would probably get in a lot of trouble if you tried. But, possibly worth it?
>"Oh, are you sick or something?" Marisa says, frowning. "And, it'd be nice if you didn't have to risk going underground, huh?"

>_