Seija Quest 4

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hey, you're Yakumo's friend, right? We've found evidence that she might have been holding something when this happened. Possibly something heavy enough to leave a small dent in the ground when it fell. Can you think of anything she might carry the way she's posed?"

[Tom]

> "Hey, you're Yakumo's friend, right? We've found evidence that she might have been holding something when this happened. Possibly something heavy enough to leave a small dent in the ground when it fell. Can you think of anything she might carry the way she's posed?"

> "I... might lack the experience needed to give a good answer" she warns before attempting to pick up a lantern on the table, her hands phasing right through it.
> After a moment studying the pose "A guess would be something large but not heavy enough to really require both hands, considering Yukari went nowhere without her parasol. Yet something valuable enough to pilfer, as she was found empty handed..."

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm..."
> Now that there's no crowd, get up close to the statue and look it over for anything of potential significance we might have missed earlier. Maybe her facial expression or body posture suggests something new about the moment this happened?

[Tom]

> "Hmm..."
> Now that there's no crowd, get up close to the statue and look it over for anything of potential significance we might have missed earlier. Maybe her facial expression or body posture suggests something new about the moment this happened?

> You walk up to the statue to examine it closely. Her expression almost looks like one of surprise, making you wonder if she had a chance to counterattack or even realize she's being ambushed.

[Kilgamayan]

> Where is she looking? Up, down, or straight ahead?
> Do her clothes have any pockets we can go through? Or is she solid and unmoving all along her surface?

[Tom]

> Where is she looking? Up, down, or straight ahead?
> Do her clothes have any pockets we can go through? Or is she solid and unmoving all along her surface?

> She's looking slightly downwards, just over her hands.
> All the places she'd store things look strangely empty.

[Kilgamayan]

> Given how she's positioning her arms and hands, and the dent in the ground below them that we spotted outside, would it make sense for her to have been carrying that travel case of textbooks?

[Tom]

> Given how she's positioning her arms and hands, and the dent in the ground below them that we spotted outside, would it make sense for her to have been carrying that travel case of textbooks?

> You feel it's unlikely, with the travel case being too big to fit between her hands unless she was carrying it vertically, which would look really goofy besides being awkward. It's plausible for the mark on the ground to have been made by the case though, if it landed on it's corner first.

[Kilgamayan]

> What about the dark red metallic case, or the Yin-yang orb?

[Tom]

> What about the dark red metallic case, or the Yin-yang orb?

> You doubt the dark red case would fit nicely, the Yin-yang orb on the other hand might.

[Kilgamayan]

> And would the orb have made that dent?

[Tom]

> And would the orb have made that dent?

> You really doubt it. So on the one hand you have the case whose shape possibly produces such a dent, and on the other hand the orb which probably fits in her hands but doesn't match the imprint.

[Kilgamayan]

> "...Those Yin-yang orbs she has. What do they do?"

[Tom]

> "...Those Yin-yang orbs she has. What do they do?"

> She shows you the orb and comments "At first I thought it was a danmaku familiar, you know the kind that leaves bullet trails or summons rings. Finding the second one though reminded me of an old incident where Reimu and Yukari teamed up to investigate the great underground, and used orbs to communicate. Could these be two of them?"

[Kilgamayan]

> Did we leave both orbs back in Yakumo's room?
> Where did Reimu get off to, again?

[Tom]

> Did we leave both orbs back in Yakumo's room?
> Where did Reimu get off to, again?

> There's the one with Sanae and the other you found still in the room.
> She was inspecting the statue until you brought it in, then agreeing to investigate with Sanae you visited Akyuu's estate. Upon returning everyone except Yuyuko and Keine had left, probably off investigating on their own.

[Kilgamayan]

> "We'd need to flag the red-white down and ask her, I imagine. Though I was thinking of doing that anyway, given we have a pretty short list of suspects that fit the likely motive."

[Tom]

> "We'd need to flag the red-white down and ask her, I imagine. Though I was thinking of doing that anyway, given we have a pretty short list of suspects that fit the likely motive."

> "Have you found anything we could use to bring her back?" the ghost asks.

[Kilgamayan]

> "Not yet. At least, not that we're aware of. The things we've found have lent themselves more to the who and why than the how."

[Tom]

> "Not yet. At least, not that we're aware of. The things we've found have lent themselves more to the who and why than the how."

> Somewhat disappointed she wishes you luck and explains "I'll be staying in the village as long as it takes to bring Yukari back."

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod with a pondering look.
> "...While you're here, where's your samurai subordinate?"

[Tom]

> Nod with a pondering look.
> "...While you're here, where's your samurai subordinate?"

> The ghost explains "Tending to the gardens around our home in my absence."

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod while getting up close to the statue.
> "And you have difficulty being corporeal?"

[Tom]

> Nod while getting up close to the statue.
> "And you have difficulty being corporeal?"

> Looks like gold, weighs as much as gold, which means... it's probably made of gold. Makes you wonder how those ancient societies which are said to have built golden statues of their deities moved these darn things.
> She admits "Such is the nature of ghosts..."

[Kilgamayan]

> "Once this situation is resolved, would you like me to try to change that for you?"

[Tom]

> "Once this situation is resolved, would you like me to try to change that for you?"

> With a curious tone "What do you mean?"

[Kilgamayan]

> How large is Yakumo's chest relative to the likes of ourselves, Sanae, and Patchouli?

> "I can't promise anything, but I might be able to make you corporeal, at least temporarily. It's something to think about while I try something else with your friend here."
> Wrap our arms securely around the statue of Yakumo, and go back into Flipping From Inanimate To Animate Mode, so we can see her core and those sigils again.

[Tom]

> How large is Yakumo's chest relative to the likes of ourselves, Sanae, and Patchouli?

> "I can't promise anything, but I might be able to make you corporeal, at least temporarily. It's something to think about while I try something else with your friend here."
> Wrap our arms securely around the statue of Yakumo, and go back into Flipping From Inanimate To Animate Mode, so we can see her core and those sigils again.

> You'd guess about the same, though it's difficult to tell on the statue.

> She nods "I wish you the best of luck."
> Everything seems to stop as you focus on the statue and notice the rotating sigils once more.

[Kilgamayan]

> Keeping our grip on the statue and bracing ourselves for the possibility of sudden rapid movement, will the sigils to stop rotating.

[Tom]

> Keeping our grip on the statue and bracing ourselves for the possibility of sudden rapid movement, will the sigils to stop rotating.

> Stopping the sigils sends you spinning unpredictably, only you notice that the statue's outline remains fixed. Your outline is merely passing through it unobstructed.