Nitori Quest 2 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[It's Purvis!]

> "It most certainly is. Which is why I feel bad that I've already ruined the stellar folding job."
> Give a rueful smile.
> "The arts truly are wasted on me. But I'll do my best to mitigate the damage, at least. Anyway, we all set to continue on?"

>"I'm ready," Aoi says.
>"Yeah, let's get out of here," says Koa.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Alright. Non-battle stations, everyone!"
> Get back in the pilot seat and initiate the take-off sequence, following our most recent path calculations.

[It's Purvis!]

> "Alright. Non-battle stations, everyone!"
> Get back in the pilot seat and initiate the take-off sequence, following our most recent path calculations.

>Everyone gets into position, checks are made, and things are in order. With Orihime watching from a respectable distance, you take off and once more leave the surly bounds of the land behind for the quietness of space. The winds are calm, but you can pick up a little extra push from what there is.
>"So what's the plan now?" Aoi says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "To the Tsurube Otoshi Constellation, being as polite to Lady Hachi as we can as necessary."

[It's Purvis!]

> "To the Tsurube Otoshi Constellation, being as polite to Lady Hachi as we can as necessary."

>Aoi nods. "Okay. I'm sure we'll be fine if we just be respectful."
>"How tough can she be? She's a farming god," says Koa, who had explicitly opted out of any involvement only some minutes ago.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> We'll just kind of ignore that for the time being. With any luck, it won't matter in the end anyway.
> "And a war god. But ideally things won't come to blows. Worst-case scenario, she tells us up-front to sod off and we do."

[It's Purvis!]

> We'll just kind of ignore that for the time being. With any luck, it won't matter in the end anyway.
> "And a war god. But ideally things won't come to blows. Worst-case scenario, she tells us up-front to sod off and we do."

>"Right," Aoi says, as she settles into her position. "So, did any of you look into the river?"
>"No, why?" says Koa, as she stares out the window at the sails.
>"It really is sake!" the kappa says. "Just...it's really dilute. You'd have to go through a whole jug of it to start to feel anything. Not sure if it's any good for cooking."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh damn, I didn't even think to try. Some kappa I am, haha. Did you take some to keep?"

[It's Purvis!]

> "Oh damn, I didn't even think to try. Some kappa I am, haha. Did you take some to keep?"

>"Just a little bottle," Aoi says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Good grab. Now the million ☼ question is whether you should cook with it or sell it."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Good grab. Now the million ☼ question is whether you should cook with it or sell it."

>"I don't know," says Aoi. "I guess it'd be kind of valuable for being hard to get, but..."
>"I bet the Eientei people could get it," Koa says. "It's not that hard to get."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Maybe. I don't know that it's that easy, but maybe it is."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Maybe. I don't know that it's that easy, but maybe it is."

>"What I really wanted to know is if there were any fish in there," Aoi says. "But I wasn't brave enough to swim in it. I thought it would probably be fine, but I didn't want to risk it."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah, yeah, I didn't trust it for that myself. Probably for the best."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Ah, yeah, I didn't trust it for that myself. Probably for the best."

>"So what's the plan for this farmer god, anyways?" Koa says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Just to ask if she has any leads on the start missing from the Tsurube-Otoshi Constellation, since it's nearby."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Just to ask if she has any leads on the start missing from the Tsurube-Otoshi Constellation, since it's nearby."

>"Yeah, but how?" says Koa.
>By this point, Orihime's home is a distant dot.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Respectfully and non-aggressively."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Respectfully and non-aggressively."

>"I meant more "how" how," Koa says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "...I'm not sure what sort of answer you're looking for?"

[It's Purvis!]

> "...I'm not sure what sort of answer you're looking for?"

>"Something practical?" Koa says.
>"I think she means what method are we going to use to approach Lady Ojin," says Aoi. "Are we just going to land on her roof and shout greetings out the door?"
>"Yeah, that," says Koa.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh. That'll depend on what the layout of the land is. Something like what just happened with Lady Orihime would be ideal, though."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Oh. That'll depend on what the layout of the land is. Something like what just happened with Lady Orihime would be ideal, though."

>Koa nods, seeming satisfied with this.
>The voyage falls into...mostly comfortable silence. Aside from Koa kicking her feet every so often. Morning passes, lunchtime comes and goes with some Aoi making some simple onigiri. The winds pick up as the day moves on, giving you more speed than you expected.
>About mid afternoon, you note something curious; a band of tiny lights stretching along the sky, some distance below you. They don't seem to be stars, you think, but something like them? You are sure they would be too small and distant to see from Gensokyo.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "What the...?"
> If we can safely take our hands off the wheel, pull out our spyglass and get a better look at the lights.
> If we cannot safely take our hands off the wheel, pull out our spyglass with one hand, hold it up, and ask "Can one of you check out that string of lights down there?"

[It's Purvis!]

> "What the...?"
> If we can safely take our hands off the wheel, pull out our spyglass and get a better look at the lights.
> If we cannot safely take our hands off the wheel, pull out our spyglass with one hand, hold it up, and ask "Can one of you check out that string of lights down there?"

>While you don't want to take your hands off the controls for too long, it should be fine to do a little bit.
>You grab your spyglass and take a look. Huh, those look like little round rocks in space. You get the shine is just light reflecting off of them? You can't see much about them from here.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How much would we need to veer off course to pursue them?
> "Huh. Either of you know much about shiny space rocks?"

[It's Purvis!]

> How much would we need to veer off course to pursue them?
> "Huh. Either of you know much about shiny space rocks?"

>Considerably. It's hard to measure the distance, but you don't think you cold hit both in a day.
>"Uh. they're in space and they're rocky?" Koa says.
>"Not my field," says Aoi.

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[Kilgamayan]

> How difficult would it be to redo calculations if we went off-course for these rocks?

[It's Purvis!]

> How difficult would it be to redo calculations if we went off-course for these rocks?

>Not difficult, but time consuming given you're in mid flight.

>_

[Branneg Xy]

>Not difficult, but time consuming given you're in mid flight.

>_

// It would also depend on their speed and position... if it changes little then we may safely explore  them second after "the planned investigative trip"at the Tsurube Otoshi Constellation... but if more momentum is observed at work then, if we do not explore them firsgmtcwe risk losing their trajectory or needing a difficult maneuver and bugger time consumption... //


//If a good enough estimating observation is too uncertain...IMHO it could still be better to explore them first since from here we have sufficieng guarantee to. still reach them and then proceed to the Tsurube Otoshi Constellation in exchange by spending more than planned(more than a day) but still capable of later re-inserting back in an already planned flight-route //
 
> Put back the Spyglass back, keep well-steady on the commands, then with the othet hand Spyglass-Observe for  longer"The Floating Shiny Rocks"...

>... are they more if less still in their place, moving a litlle or more dynamncally?

> If needed, tuck back the Spyglass to again fully hold the commands before going  back to 1-hand steady on commands and 1 on Spyglass-observation.