Yukari Quest VII - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Mr. Sacchi]

Which brings me to ask, anybody think that telling this incident to The Dragon is a priority? It has been stated (on thread 1 IIRC) that we never talk to him unless it's really important.

[Kilgamayan]

> "I suppose that could be true."

Eh, I don't think we need an audience with The Dragon. It could be worth passing a word or two along with Iku next time we see her, but that's about it.

[Hello Purvis]

> "I suppose that could be true."

>"That feels more...right to me?" says Shizuha. "Well, a lot more right than it just somehow continuing to exist even though it shouldn't."
>"Forgotten gods usually don't leave ghosts, though," says Suwako.
>"Perhaps not, but I don't have anything better to suggest," Shizuha says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Has there ever been a collection of things forgotten on this scale before? Maybe the 'rules' are different for extreme circumstances.

[Hello Purvis]

> Has there ever been a collection of things forgotten on this scale before? Maybe the 'rules' are different for extreme circumstances.

>The universe is a wide and vast place. While you can't think of anything that you can verify has been forgotten on this scale, it wouldn't surprise you to learn it's happened before. Vanished without a trace, perhaps, but you can't say you've heard of a mass loss of memory like this. Then again, if it were forgotten, would you be able to hear about it?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> So it's possible that this is a unique enough circumstance that the 'rules' we know don't necessarily apply?
> How much do we know about the consciousness that was in that construct of Reisen's, or the history behind it?

[Hello Purvis]

> So it's possible that this is a unique enough circumstance that the 'rules' we know don't necessarily apply?
> How much do we know about the consciousness that was in that construct of Reisen's, or the history behind it?

>If, indeed, there are are.
>You are fairly well apprised of it, after speaking with Reisen.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How much did she really know about what it was, though, or how it came to be?

[Hello Purvis]

> How much did she really know about what it was, though, or how it came to be?

>How much does anyone know about anything, really?
>You're pretty sure she didn't spare any details that she did know, though. She told you what she saw on the walls of the sunken shrine.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Then let's start with something simple. Was it a deity, a youkai, a ghost, or something else entirely?

[Hello Purvis]

> Then let's start with something simple. Was it a deity, a youkai, a ghost, or something else entirely?

>Entirely different. As you understand, it was some...shadow of presence of a being from entirely outside of reality. Not exactly that being itself, but rather something that came to existence from its power being invoked and drawn, something like a descendant or avatar, perhaps?

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "It may also simply be that, whatever the entity was, reality's rules didn't apply to it."

[Hello Purvis]

> "It may also simply be that, whatever the entity was, reality's rules didn't apply to it."

>"That is something to keep in mind," says Minoriko. "Whatever became of that forgotten god originally, it's clear that something weird had happened."
>"I'm more worried about whether it'll happen again, myself," says Suwako.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "That is a possible concern, yes. But at the very least, I do not think any other entity will have access to a massive volume of memories, like this one did."

[Hello Purvis]

> "That is a possible concern, yes. But at the very least, I do not think any other entity will have access to a massive volume of memories, like this one did."

>"I shall share in your optimism, then," says Kanako.
>"I don't suppose you know what happened to all these component pieces after you destroyed the thing?" says Shizuha.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we?

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we?

>Aside from scattered and reduced back to whatever base components there were, not really. You imagine that some aspects broke down completely.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "They have been reduced to their base pieces. Beyond that, I cannot really say. It seems quite possible that some parts have been destroyed completely."

[Hello Purvis]

> "They have been reduced to their base pieces. Beyond that, I cannot really say. It seems quite possible that some parts have been destroyed completely."

>"Well, that's promising," says Suwako. "At least in the worst case, it wouldn't have all the original parts."
>"Is there anything else that you need to inform us about?" Kanako says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Tap chin thoughtfully.
> "Hmm...I don't believe so, unless any of you are curious about the finer details of the entity's world. Or if any of you are particularly musically inclined, given one of my other souvenirs."

[Hello Purvis]

> Tap chin thoughtfully.
> "Hmm...I don't believe so, unless any of you are curious about the finer details of the entity's world. Or if any of you are particularly musically inclined, given one of my other souvenirs."

>"Musically inclined?" says Minoriko.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Pull out the incomplete music bubble.
> "An oddly interesting side project of sorts. I found several pieces of this scattered throughout the entity's world and fused them together. It is nearly complete, but I was unable to find the last piece. I went back there once after placing Maribel in Reimu's care, in a vain attempt to look for it. Given the crumbling conditions present everywhere I went, I suspect I would be unable to return there to continue looking for it now, so now I must consider the possibility of manufacturing the missing piece myself."

[Hello Purvis]

> Pull out the incomplete music bubble.
> "An oddly interesting side project of sorts. I found several pieces of this scattered throughout the entity's world and fused them together. It is nearly complete, but I was unable to find the last piece. I went back there once after placing Maribel in Reimu's care, in a vain attempt to look for it. Given the crumbling conditions present everywhere I went, I suspect I would be unable to return there to continue looking for it now, so now I must consider the possibility of manufacturing the missing piece myself."

>You produce the sourceless music, which begins to fill the shrine grounds with its incomplete song.
>"Odd," says Kanako.
>"Don't you think it kind of feels like that primal substance she showed us?" Shizuha says to her sister, who frowns and visibly seems to ponder.
>"Maybe," Minoriko says at length.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> That's an interesting observation. Do they feel,similar?

[Hello Purvis]

> That's an interesting observation. Do they feel,similar?

>You never really took the time to evaluate the materia prima in great details; what you felt already was enough, but you suppose there may be some similarities.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm. An interesting idea.'
> Pull out the large piece of Materia Prima again and compare the two.

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm. An interesting idea.'
> Pull out the large piece of Materia Prima again and compare the two.

>You with the largest of your Materia Prima fragments and compare it to the disembodied music. After a moment, you think you can see a kind of similarity in the music to the emanations of power that the materia prima gives off. Not in the sense of potential, but rather in the sense of its unshaped nature. The music does seem to have an aspect of orderliness that has arisen from within itself, though. You get the feeling the music may be a byproduct of the Materia Prima.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Perhaps the music was created from this."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Perhaps the music was created from this."

>"That seems reasonable," says Kanako. "I suppose the question that would follow may not have an answer."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Unfortunately."
> Put the Materia Prime away.
> "I will ask our resident musicians for ideas, but I suspect I may have to simply luck into the final piece, wherever it may appear after that world is no more."