Nitori Quest 2 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[It's Purvis!]

> Continue on home.

>It doesn't take long to return home, having covered most of the trip while in conversation, and you're relieved to find there are no new surprises awaiting you this time.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Alright, let's get back to what we were doing."
> Resume course-plotting, with a path through the area with the missing Daitengu Constellation star in mind.

[It's Purvis!]

> "Alright, let's get back to what we were doing."
> Resume course-plotting, with a path through the area with the missing Daitengu Constellation star in mind.

>It would be easy enough to go straight through to the Daitengu Constellation, it is something of a middling trip. Your other options include:
>The Sake Way: Middling Trip; The runs through the night sky, and is known to be the abode of some celestial gods.
>The Sun: Close, but you doubt there's anything of note up there now.
>The Moon: Distant, very probably a terrible idea
>A Tengu star: These roam over the night sky rather than following a fixed path. Difficult to chart a course to, poorly understood.
>A Different constellation: There's a lot of these. Specify distance wanted, a particular youkai, or a particular feature desired.
>A Detested Star: These come and go at regular intervals; humans know them as comets. Extremely challenging to intercept, and probably not a great idea. Detested stars tend to interfere with the celestial tapestry that youkai are connected to, and no one likes that.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Would any of these routes take us to the missing star, or just the one heading straight through the constellation?
> Are any of the non-permanent options currently visible anywhere?
> Do we know the names of any of the gods in The Sake Way?

[It's Purvis!]

> Would any of these routes take us to the missing star, or just the one heading straight through the constellation?
> Are any of the non-permanent options currently visible anywhere?
> Do we know the names of any of the gods in The Sake Way?

>None of them really go directly there.
>You catch site of a detested star. The tengu stars are generally visible, just they move through the night in regular patterns.
>Not really.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Hmm. How feasible would it be to try The Sake Way for a while, maybe chatting up some gods while we're there, and then heading over to the Daitengu Constellation after?

[degradingwindow]

> Is Koakuma still with us? If so, what is she doing? Could she contribute to our course plotting considering that she has knowledge from the SDM Library?

[It's Purvis!]

> Hmm. How feasible would it be to try The Sake Way for a while, maybe chatting up some gods while we're there, and then heading over to the Daitengu Constellation after?

>That should be extremely feasible. The next question is when you want to launch.

> Is Koakuma still with us? If so, what is she doing? Could she contribute to our course plotting considering that she has knowledge from the SDM Library?

>Koa seems to have invited herself in to linger around the workshop, currently sprawled out in one of your chairs. You have no idea if she'd be good at this, it involves a fair amount of arithmetic, getting the angles right and everything.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is a daytime launch workable? We do still have Aoi and Aya to account for.

[It's Purvis!]

> Is a daytime launch workable? We do still have Aoi and Aya to account for.

>You can launch whenever, you just have to to account for it.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Let's say a mid-morning launch tomorrow, then.

[It's Purvis!]

> Let's say a mid-morning launch tomorrow, then.

>This is fairly easy to do, especially since the Sake Way is a comparatively large target.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Let's go with that plan, then, and work on the calculations accordingly.

[It's Purvis!]

> Let's go with that plan, then, and work on the calculations accordingly.

>Being a fairly simple thing to do, you get the calculations done quickly and get preliminary things set up.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Okay, what's left? Just the final mechanical stuff?
> What time is it, roughly?

[It's Purvis!]

> Okay, what's left? Just the final mechanical stuff?
> What time is it, roughly?

>You just need to make and install the last parts.
>It is getting reasonably late in the evening; most humans would be in bed by now, or at least thinking about it.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How long would it take to make and install the last parts?

[It's Purvis!]

> How long would it take to make and install the last parts?

>A couple of hours.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Does it sound like the festival is still ongoing?

[It's Purvis!]

> Does it sound like the festival is still ongoing?

>Definitely. It'll go all night.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Probably a good idea to let Aoi know about all this before she packs up for the night...
> Glance over at Koa to double-check what she's up to.

[It's Purvis!]

> Probably a good idea to let Aoi know about all this before she packs up for the night...
> Glance over at Koa to double-check what she's up to.

>Koa is sprawled out on the chair, staring off into space.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hey. I'm gonna let Aoi know about the whole star thing. You want to come with?"

[It's Purvis!]

> "Hey. I'm gonna let Aoi know about the whole star thing. You want to come with?"

>"Yeah, sure," she says, slowly rising up from the chair.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Alright, this way. And hey, you'll get to see the festival day this way."
> Trundle back out and toward where Aoi's booth was standing.

[It's Purvis!]

> "Alright, this way. And hey, you'll get to see the festival day this way."
> Trundle back out and toward where Aoi's booth was standing.

>"I dunno if I got a whole festival in me now," she says, as she follows you out. "We've run around a whole lot today."
>You make your way back down to the festival. The Prismrivers are onstage again, playing a surprisingly calm and ambient song for themselves. The crepes stand is still active, with a long line. Aoi, however, is in the process of taking her stand apart as you approach.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> 'We' sure have!
> "Hey there! Need any help?"

[It's Purvis!]

> 'We' sure have!
> "Hey there! Need any help?"

>"Oh hey!" Aoi says, as Koa wanders over to the crepes stand line. "No need for that, I just about got it. Something happen?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah. Some stars are just flat-out missing, so plans have been sort-of-changed to account for that."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Yeah. Some stars are just flat-out missing, so plans have been sort-of-changed to account for that."

>"...What?"

>_