Reimu Quest (Part 7)

[Hello Purvis]

>Pause and examine the ribbons.

[Sect]

> Man... if we can sell those gems, then we could live the easy life for a while...!

[日巫子]

>Pause and examine the ribbons.

> You hover in the water and watch the ribbons go by.  They're beautiful...It looks like they're being led by something, but you don't know what.  There are more of them nearby, too.

> Man... if we can sell those gems, then we could live the easy life for a while...!

> You may have had to trade away the last of your winnings to Patchouli, but there's no way you'd run out of gems if you gathered some from down here!  Kourin would definitely trade away items in exchange for these shiny things.  In fact, just selling them would land you with a big chunk of money.  This place is a gold mine.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's get a look at what's leading the other ones.

[日巫子]

>Let's get a look at what's leading the other ones.

> You look around at the other ribbons.  It doesn't look like any one thing is leading them, as they're all moving about in random directions.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Does this correct with anything we saw in Koishi's book?

[日巫子]

>Does this correct with anything we saw in Koishi's book?

> You're not sure.  You don't remember if you saw anything like this in her book or not.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Shine the light around a bit, see if we can find any more ribbons, or things they happen to be connected to.

[日巫子]

>Shine the light around a bit, see if we can find any more ribbons, or things they happen to be connected to.

> You shine the flashlight towards one of the ribbons.  You see it connected to what looks like a bulbous disk.  It reminds you a little of daifuku, except much bigger.
> Now that you've shone the light around, however, you see that these ribbons with disks are everywhere.  They seem to move without any purpose or rush, and it's captivating.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Huh.
>What kind of cloth do they seem to be made of?
>Are they doing anything other than floating?

[日巫子]

>Huh.
>What kind of cloth do they seem to be made of?
>Are they doing anything other than floating?

> Made out of silk, probably.  You can see more and more of them by the minute, but they don't seem to be doing anything.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Do they seem to be alive, or are they more like trash just floating around?
>Do they seem to be touching anything, or each other?

[日巫子]

>Do they seem to be alive, or are they more like trash just floating around?
>Do they seem to be touching anything, or each other?

> Trash wouldn't be this beautiful.  They must be alive.
> They aren't touching anything, but they do bump up against each other.  They aren't close enough to touch you.

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[Sect]

> Float up to one and reach out to touch the ribbon.

[Hello Purvis]

>Do they seem to react when bumping into each other?

[日巫子]

> Float up to one and reach out to touch the ribbon.

>Do they seem to react when bumping into each other?

> You swim over to one and touch it.  A painful stinging sensation runs up your arm, and it goes stiff.  For a moment, you can't move it, or even feel your fingertips, but once the ribbons have passed, you feel mobility return to you.
> These creatures do not seem to react to each other, or anything at all for that matter.  The one you touched didn't even react to you.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Try to muffle all cursing.
>How thick is the place with these things?

[日巫子]

>Try to muffle all cursing.
>How thick is the place with these things?

> You struggle to compose yourself.  These ribbon things are numerous enough that swimming anywhere else will result in unavoidable contact with them.  You're in a pinch, here!

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[Hello Purvis]

>Unavoidable, even for someone with our dodging talents?
>Produce gohei, see if prodding one with it results in any problems.

[日巫子]

>Unavoidable, even for someone with our dodging talents?
>Produce gohei, see if prodding one with it results in any problems.

> You then remember that you've spent the past 13 years dodging bullets.
> You poke one of the ribbon things with your gohei.  Nothing bad happens.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Assess this situation in terms of danmaku. We have a number of slowly moving hubs radiating out streamers in a relatively unintelligent fashion.  Liken this to some of the spellcards we've seen people throw at us over the years, and assess the general difficulty of getting through it.

[日巫子]

>Assess this situation in terms of danmaku. We have a number of slowly moving hubs radiating out streamers in a relatively unintelligent fashion.  Liken this to some of the spellcards we've seen people throw at us over the years, and assess the general difficulty of getting through it.

> You hold still and assess your surroundings.  The first thing that comes to mind is Orin's card Cursed Sprite "Zombie Faerie" card, where you had to circle around her undead faeries and the danmaku they were shooting out.  These things also remind you strongly of how Yoshika was behaving when you first battled Seiga.

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[Sect]

> Then we should have no problems, especially since they're not actively touching us. Let's graze on downwards to the bottom of the lake.

[日巫子]

> Then we should have no problems, especially since they're not actively touching us. Let's graze on downwards to the bottom of the lake.

> It's not like they're outright attacking you.
> You swim downwards, being careful to avoid the ribbons as you do so.  You try not to move too quickly, focusing only on the empty spaces in front of you.  Before you know it, you've broken through and have touched down on the bottom of the lake.  The surface and the ribbons stretch high above, and you are now sitting in a bed of jewels.  They emit soft glows of blue, purple, bronze, and gold, to name a few colors.  Oddly enough, you don't see any fish here.  They must be too small for you to notice them, especially when it's still dark like this.

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[Sect]

> Bronze? Look to see if any of those bronze glows are suspicious.

[日巫子]

> Bronze? Look to see if any of those bronze glows are suspicious.

> You try to pinpoint how the bronze glow feels to you.  Although it's stirred in with the other colors, it's easy to recognize.  It's the same color as the shards you've been collecting thus far.

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[Sect]

> Let's go see about collecting that glow, then.

[日巫子]

> Let's go see about collecting that glow, then.

> You reach out and try to touch the glow, but it is intangible.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's try to find what is making that glow.

[日巫子]

>Let's try to find what is making that glow.

> You look around at the pile of gems, looking for anything with a similar color as the glow.  You see some stones with a bronze color, but the shade is slightly off or they are actually gold.  It seems you'll have to do some digging for this.

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