Nitori Quest 3 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> Look back out to Lamplighter.
> "We're gonna keep on going on our mission, then. Anything I can do for you in the event I can return?"

[It's Purvis!]

> Look back out to Lamplighter.
> "We're gonna keep on going on our mission, then. Anything I can do for you in the event I can return?"

>"Uh, wouldn't mind if you brought dinner?" Lamplighter says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look slightly taken aback.
> "...I...will see what I can do in that regard."

[It's Purvis!]

> Look slightly taken aback.
> "...I...will see what I can do in that regard."

>She grins. "Thanks!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Anyway, you have a good'un."
> Close the door and get back to our seat.

[It's Purvis!]

> "Anyway, you have a good'un."
> Close the door and get back to our seat.

>"Ciao!" Lamplighter says as you close the door.
>"So we're in agreement she's crazy, right?" says Koa.
>"She's nice!" Aoi says.
>"She can be both things!"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I think she just doesn't know better and her employer is taking advantage of that. That bank thing, though...I guess we really shouldn't assume anything about anywhere we go or anyone we meet out here."
> Get to work on re-working out how to get to Lady Ojin Hachi from our current location, based on our previous calculations.

[It's Purvis!]

> "I think she just doesn't know better and her employer is taking advantage of that. That bank thing, though...I guess we really shouldn't assume anything about anywhere we go or anyone we meet out here."
> Get to work on re-working out how to get to Lady Ojin Hachi from our current location, based on our previous calculations.

>You set to work plotting the course. By and large, you don't need to do too much.
>"It's weird she thought we had a condemned star in here," Aoi says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What's a condemned star, again? Is that different from a detested star?

[It's Purvis!]

> What's a condemned star, again? Is that different from a detested star?

>They are the same thing. It's the difference between shooting star and wishing star.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "...I mean, there's no delicate way to put this, she lives by herself on a rock that I could probably fit in my workshop, with no apparent regular contact with anyone despite having both parents and an employer. She may just not have experience with...most things we're all used to."

[It's Purvis!]

> "...I mean, there's no delicate way to put this, she lives by herself on a rock that I could probably fit in my workshop, with no apparent regular contact with anyone despite having both parents and an employer. She may just not have experience with...most things we're all used to."

>"Barking mad," Koa says, nodding to you.
>"Well at least she saw the stars were gone?" Aoi says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah, that was potentially useful information. I don't know what we can do with it just yet, but I'd rather have it than not."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Yeah, that was potentially useful information. I don't know what we can do with it just yet, but I'd rather have it than not."

>"I guess it means we can count on her to see things," says Aoi. "At least some of the time. As nice as Lady Orihime was, she doesn't seem like she has much a mind for anything but her work."
>"And Hikoboshi!" Koa says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Chuckle.
> "Very true."
> Finish up those calculations.

[It's Purvis!]

> Chuckle.
> "Very true."
> Finish up those calculations.

>You finish up those calculations. It should be reasonably smooth sailing, presuming nothing bad happens.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Alrighty, let's get back on track. Sorry for the delay, folks."
> Resume our previously-planned course!

[It's Purvis!]

> "Alrighty, let's get back on track. Sorry for the delay, folks."
> Resume our previously-planned course!

>"I think it's fine," says Aoi.
>"Not like we knew anything about those planets, anyways," Koa says.
>Resuming your previous course, you head for the Tsuribe-Otoshi Constellation. The course is fairly smooth, the winds favorable. Still, the detour has cost you time, and the skies darken more and more as you continue on. Your crewmates keep to their tasks, Koa obviously bored out of her mind but keeping her complaints to herself. At one point Aoi sets to work cooking up a small but simple dinner, cucumbers stuff with rice and flakes of dried fish; something nice and easy to eat while steering.
>Eventually, you begin to see vast fields of what seem to be rice and millet in the distance, planted in orderly rows along paddies.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Keep an eye out for (a) a residence, and (b) somewhere relatively close to that residence that is a reasonable place to land that does not squish or otherwise damage any crops. We don't want to give off a bad first impression!

[It's Purvis!]

> Keep an eye out for (a) a residence, and (b) somewhere relatively close to that residence that is a reasonable place to land that does not squish or otherwise damage any crops. We don't want to give off a bad first impression!

>You travel row after row of of various crops; you pick out rice, cucumbers, wasabi, eggplants, daikons at a glance. Soon, you catch size of a sizable palace in the distance, only a few parts of it lit up in the evening.
>"Hey, there's swords stabbed into the edge of each of those rows of crops," Koa says, looking out the window.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Have a look ourselves. Do the weapons appear to be arranged threateningly or agriculturally?

[It's Purvis!]

> Have a look ourselves. Do the weapons appear to be arranged threateningly or agriculturally?

>It's a bit hard to see, but you catch glimpses; swords stabbed blade-first into the ground at the head of each row. You...aren't sure why it's like or what purpose it may serve. A warning?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well. That's...ominous."
> Maybe, uh, find somewhere a tiny bit further away from both the crops and the palace to touch down than previously intended.

[It's Purvis!]

> "Well. That's...ominous."
> Maybe, uh, find somewhere a tiny bit further away from both the crops and the palace to touch down than previously intended.

>Looking around, there is not a lot of land that isn't taken up by fields of some kind. You do manage to spot a place not too far from the palace. Judging by the archery targets and straw mannequins set up, it is some kind of practice field for soldiers. 

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How feasible would it be to keep the rocket stationary in the air and float/rappel down to the ground?

[It's Purvis!]

> How feasible would it be to keep the rocket stationary in the air and float/rappel down to the ground?

>Best you can do is keep someone in the pilot's seat circling overhead. Otherwise you'll need to land.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Mmm...I don't know that we have anywhere we could reasonably land without it being on top of something."

[It's Purvis!]

> "Mmm...I don't know that we have anywhere we could reasonably land without it being on top of something."

>"That field with the dummies is pretty empty," Koa says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "It, but I was hoping for something more, uh...not her immediate property?"

[It's Purvis!]

> "It, but I was hoping for something more, uh...not her immediate property?"

>"I don't see anything," Koa says, "But I guess we can fly around a bit if you wanna risk it?"

>_