Author Topic: Murasa Quest Continues - A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 745148 times)

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #540 on:** August 21, 2020, 06:49:51 AM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 21, 2020, 06:42:37 AM

>"Is it all some massive illusion then? Or some kind of ghost Gensokyo?"

>"Yes, but no," Patchouli says. "Those would leave traces." She frowns. "I may have to look deeper. Or wider..."

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #541 on:** August 21, 2020, 10:10:14 PM »

>"Is there something I can do to help with that?"

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #542 on:** August 21, 2020, 10:24:07 PM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 21, 2020, 10:10:14 PM

>"Is there something I can do to help with that?"

>"No," she says simply.

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #543 on:** August 21, 2020, 11:01:32 PM »

>"Alright, I'll leave you to it then. Did I remember to tell you about the Mahjong?"

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #544 on:** August 22, 2020, 02:55:17 AM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 21, 2020, 11:01:32 PM

>"Alright, I'll leave you to it then. Did I remember to tell you about the Mahjong?"

>"I think you mentioned it, but I wasn't really paying attention," says Patchouli.
>"Guess your words...vanished into thin air," says Koakuma.

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #545 on:** August 22, 2020, 05:27:46 AM »

>"Sanae wanted me to relay the message that they've got themselves a nice mahjong set and they'd be happy for you to visit and play with them."
>Turn to Koakuma.
>"Thanks for the running commentary by the way."

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #546 on:** August 22, 2020, 05:46:30 AM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 22, 2020, 05:27:46 AM

>"Sanae wanted me to relay the message that they've got themselves a nice mahjong set and they'd be happy for you to visit and play with them."
>Turn to Koakuma.
>"Thanks for the running commentary by the way."

>"...That might be interesting..." Patchouli says.
>Koakuma grins. "Wouldn't want you to...get lost on us."

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #547 on:** August 22, 2020, 06:22:46 AM »

>Turn back to Patchouli.
>"I've gone and talked myself into letting them teach me how to play, so who knows, might end up across the table from each other at some point."
>"Now, I'll get out of your rigging. I'm going to go bug Yukari I think."

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #548 on:** August 22, 2020, 06:26:46 AM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 22, 2020, 06:22:46 AM

>Turn back to Patchouli.
>"I've gone and talked myself into letting them teach me how to play, so who knows, might end up across the table from each other at some point."
>"Now, I'll get out of your rigging. I'm going to go bug Yukari I think."

>"Brave of you," says Patchouli. "She doesn't like to be bothered."

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #549 on:** August 22, 2020, 06:33:05 AM »

>"I already managed it once today and came out in one piece, so hopefully my luck holds."

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #550 on:** August 22, 2020, 07:05:36 AM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 22, 2020, 06:33:05 AM

>"I already managed it once today and came out in one piece, so hopefully my luck holds."

>"Well, I don't expect I'll have anything for you by the-huh..."

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #551 on:** August 22, 2020, 10:07:03 AM »

>Look around for the cause of the 'huh'.

Branneg Xy · « **Reply #552 on:** August 22, 2020, 01:45:57 PM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 22, 2020, 10:07:03 AM

>Look around for the cause of the 'huh'.

> Did we actually tey our hands in confronting and taking back ,both There andHere samples from that Ocean Floor,and the Gensokyo's " Ghostly Projections ".

> Patiently look out for this unexpected 'uh' opportunity,which could be a Godsend, but also make sure to take this opportunity for a small inquiry whether "That Test&Sampling" could Bear Good Fruits.

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #553 on:** August 22, 2020, 02:24:31 PM »

> What do we know about the familiar?
> How 'pure' are we expected to be as part as the Myouren Temple?

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #554 on:** August 22, 2020, 05:56:38 PM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 22, 2020, 10:07:03 AM

>Look around for the cause of the 'huh'.

>Nothing seems to be awry

Quote from: Branneg Xy on August 22, 2020, 01:45:57 PM

> Did we actually tey our hands in confronting and taking back ,both There andHere samples from that Ocean Floor,and the Gensokyo's " Ghostly Projections ".

> Patiently look out for this unexpected 'uh' opportunity,which could be a Godsend, but also make sure to take this opportunity for a small inquiry whether "That Test&Sampling" could Bear Good Fruits.

>"Just found an r floating among the zeroes, so to speak," Patchouli says.

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 22, 2020, 02:24:31 PM

> What do we know about the familiar?
> How 'pure' are we expected to be as part as the Myouren Temple?

>You know that Koakuma is a troublemaker kept on a tight leash, but never tight enough. She's not malicious, so to speak, but she loves to cause problems for fun. Or just tease people.
>You are expected to maintain all proper behaviors. ...In practice, you all do your best. Usually. Most of the time.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #555 on:** August 22, 2020, 06:18:14 PM »

> Are we aware of Koakuma's more...provocative tendencies?

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #556 on:** August 22, 2020, 06:44:29 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on August 22, 2020, 06:18:14 PM

> Are we aware of Koakuma's more...provocative tendencies?

>Very. She is behaving right now.

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #557 on:** August 22, 2020, 09:54:39 PM »

>"So uh, what's this 'r' mean?"

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #558 on:** August 22, 2020, 10:21:46 PM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 22, 2020, 09:54:39 PM

>"So uh, what's this 'r' mean?"

>"I'm contemplating it," says Patchouli. "It's not any sort of distortion you've drawn in by accident. But it means something is there."

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #559 on:** August 22, 2020, 10:23:50 PM »

>"I don't suppose you can tell where it would be so I can go investigate it when I go back over there?"

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #560 on:** August 22, 2020, 10:25:44 PM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 22, 2020, 10:23:50 PM

>"I don't suppose you can tell where it would be so I can go investigate it when I go back over there?"

>"Not at this point," she says. "I wouldn't guarantee it at all."

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #561 on:** August 23, 2020, 02:20:03 AM »

>"Can you tell what kind of thing it is? Or just that something's there?"

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #562 on:** August 23, 2020, 03:18:27 AM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 23, 2020, 02:20:03 AM

>"Can you tell what kind of thing it is? Or just that something's there?"

>"I have no idea what it is yet," says Patchouli. "But it means whatever you saw, something about it is real enough."

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #563 on:** August 23, 2020, 03:46:30 AM »

>"Maybe it's whatever that ominous presence that both Stargazer and I can feel there is."

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #564 on:** August 23, 2020, 04:56:07 AM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 23, 2020, 03:46:30 AM

>"Maybe it's whatever that ominous presence that both Stargazer and I can feel there is."

>"It's not impossible," says Patchouli. "But I am not committing to it right now."

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #565 on:** August 23, 2020, 09:55:12 AM »

>"Well if it turns out to be some ancient evil after all and I really need to know about it, leave a message at the temple. Thanks for all your help."
>Leave the library.

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #566 on:** August 23, 2020, 06:16:16 PM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 23, 2020, 09:55:12 AM

>"Well if it turns out to be some ancient evil after all and I really need to know about it, leave a message at the temple. Thanks for all your help."
>Leave the library.

>"Of course," Patchouli says.
>"Don't disappear on us for so long, next time!" Koakuma calls as you leave.
>You and Tojiko depart the library. "I think we've learned something from that?" she says.

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #567 on:** August 23, 2020, 09:50:30 PM »

>"Yeah, most of what's in there apparently isn't real. I think that presence is the key to all this. There must be a way to work out what it is. Maybe it has something to do with why Stargazer and I are the ones who get pulled over there."
>Leave the mansion.
>Wave to Meiling.

It's Purvis! · « **Reply #568 on:** August 23, 2020, 09:56:22 PM »

Quote from: Yaersulf on August 23, 2020, 09:50:30 PM

>"Yeah, most of what's in there apparently isn't real. I think that presence is the key to all this. There must be a way to work out what it is. Maybe it has something to do with why Stargazer and I are the ones who get pulled over there."
>Leave the mansion.
>Wave to Meiling.

>"I have to agree pretty strongly with all of that," says Tojiko, as the two of you walk through the gates. You wave to Meiling. She waves back, if a bit sheepishly. "But it does lead me to wonder. We know where it pulled you from. Where did it pull her?"

>_

Yaersulf · « **Reply #569 on:** August 23, 2020, 10:12:28 PM »

>"Stargazer where was the last place you remember being before ending up in that watery world? Was it Gensokyo?"