Sword Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "I'm afraid I don't really know what you mean. Was there something tangibly wrong with everything, or what?"

>"It wasn't something you could see, it was just something you knew," says Utsuho. "My unconscious mind was trying to assert itself, I think, and knew that things weren't right."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "Well, that's not very good either."
> Rub chin.
> "Hmm. I wonder if there's a way to meet halfway on this somehow?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "Well, that's not very good either."
> Rub chin.
> "Hmm. I wonder if there's a way to meet halfway on this somehow?"

>"Like what?" says Utsuho.

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "Well, the ultimate goal is to make the world so people no longer hate or fear the satori, right? If the tools exist to change all youkai into humans and reshape everyone's memories, maybe something smaller-scale could be done? Like, um, maybe just making it so everyone forgets satori are mind readers?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Well, the ultimate goal is to make the world so people no longer hate or fear the satori, right? If the tools exist to change all youkai into humans and reshape everyone's memories, maybe something smaller-scale could be done? Like, um, maybe just making it so everyone forgets satori are mind readers?"

>"The problem is, they'd figure it out again pretty soon," says Koishi. "That and Keine broke the crystal."

>_

[Suwako Moriya]

> "Oh...so that means no more mind shaping at all?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Oh...so that means no more mind shaping at all?"

>"At least that way," says Utsuho.
>"I tried to put it back together, but it wouldn't work." Koishi adds.
>"Wait, you did?!" Utsuho says, fixing a stare at the point in the air where Koishi's voice emanates from.
>"Of course I did," she says. "Why wouldn't I?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Does the stare look surprised or angry?

[Hello Purvis]

> Does the stare look surprised or angry?

>More the former.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "To be fair, I think most anyone would try, under the circumstances."

[Hello Purvis]

> "To be fair, I think most anyone would try, under the circumstances."

>"Yeah, I guess," says Utsuho. "Just never thought about it."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Anyway, if memory alteration isn't an option, what about the other half, where youkai were turned into humans?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Anyway, if memory alteration isn't an option, what about the other half, where youkai were turned into humans?"

>"I don't think that's possible," says Koishi. "Otherwise, I would have done it already."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Do you know how it was done the first time?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Do you know how it was done the first time?"

>"We changed history," says Koishi.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Did it require the crystal?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Did it require the crystal?"

>"Obviously," says Koishi. "Otherwise I would have tried to do it again."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Isn't it possible for humans to become youkai? Has the reverse ever been documented as possible?

[Hello Purvis]

> Isn't it possible for humans to become youkai? Has the reverse ever been documented as possible?

>Very possible. However, you cannot say you recall ever hearing the reverse happening. It is pretty universally accepted as being normally impossible as far as you know. As for abnormally possible, you don't know anything that would cause such.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Mmm. If Keine was able to undo everything, maybe she'd be able to redo just a tiny bit of it, even without the crystal."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Mmm. If Keine was able to undo everything, maybe she'd be able to redo just a tiny bit of it, even without the crystal."

>"I don't think so," says Utsuho. "From what I got, she can't usually rewrite history."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Make a frustrated face.
> "Is there any other important part of what happened back then that hasn't been mentioned yet? Something that's possibly reproducible?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Make a frustrated face.
> "Is there any other important part of what happened back then that hasn't been mentioned yet? Something that's possibly reproducible?"

>"Well, nothing I can think of," says Utsuho. "I mean, Keine kind of went out of her way to make sure it couldn't happen again."
>"The only reason it worked was because the Moriya Goddesses had the power and timeless perspective to use the crystal to start with," says Koishi, "and they needed me to help make sure everyone's memories matched up like we needed them to, and to make sure no one was left behind. Turns out I didn't do as good as I though with that first bit, though they dropped the ball too!"
>"Is there any reason we're dwelling on this?" says Utsuho. "I kinda don't wanna dig up the past any more than we need to."

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "I think the best place to investigate how to improve the satori's quality of life is to look at the time that came the closest to succeeding. The problem is that I obviously don't know anything about what happened, because it was several years ago and I apparently wasn't even myself."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "I think the best place to investigate how to improve the satori's quality of life is to look at the time that came the closest to succeeding. The problem is that I obviously don't know anything about what happened, because it was several years ago and I apparently wasn't even myself."

>"Heh, you definitely weren't," says Utsuho, smirking for a moment. "I...well, I know how we could improve Koishi's quality of life, but I doubt she'd be interested."
>"I don't want to go back," says Koishi.
>"If it's too much of a prison for you, I'll personally knock out as many walls as you want." Utsuho says.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shake head.
> "Even if Koishi did go back, that wouldn't solve the overall problem."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shake head.
> "Even if Koishi did go back, that wouldn't solve the overall problem."

>"Well, according to you I'll be dead in a week or so anyways, so I suppose that'll have to go unsolved." says Koishi.
>'Wait, what?" says Utsuho.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hey, now. I don't know when it will happen, and we're going to try to stop it anyway, right?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hey, now. I don't know when it will happen, and we're going to try to stop it anyway, right?"

>"What did I miss?" says Utsuho.
>Koishi doesn't reply.

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Koishi...has an aura of death surrounding her. It is how I was able to find her. My mistress is more qualified to speak on the subject, but I believe it likely means something has been building up within her over the course of time, something that will eventually kill her in a rather sudden way."