Sword Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Kilgamayan]

> "Incredible...and your architecture is the same as our was?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Incredible...and your architecture is the same as our was?"

>"There's some similarities," she says.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "You did not mention those other rabbits as being from the moon. Are they natives, then?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "You did not mention those other rabbits as being from the moon. Are they natives, then?"

>"Yeah," says Reisen. "Rabbits have gathered here for a long time; the Princess and Eirin know how to appreciate them. Well, usually."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Has this issue never arisen before? In all the time this place has been here, that seems rather unusual."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Has this issue never arisen before? In all the time this place has been here, that seems rather unusual."

>"This particularly one? I'm told the last time it happened was before I came here," says Reisen. "Which probably has some bearing on why it was forbidden."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Ah, so it is an issue that was resolved once before. Perhaps it is worth investigating what happened back then as a first step toward a new resolution."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah, so it is an issue that was resolved once before. Perhaps it is worth investigating what happened back then as a first step toward a new resolution."

>"I've not been able to get the whole story," she says. "Tewi, she's the eldest here, won't say a thing about it. Most of the rest are too young to remember it. So I've only been able to get bits and pieces, just that something happened and a wall or a floor or something fell."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Frown.
> "Curious. Why would she not speak of what happened before? Does she not support the rabbit cause?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown.
> "Curious. Why would she not speak of what happened before? Does she not support the rabbit cause?"

>"Oh, I suspect it's just the opposite," says Reisen. "She figures silence is better."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm. I suppose silence could be advantageous, in the sense that it adds an aura of mystery to the past, and offers the opposition no opportunity to point at something she says and use it to further their argument."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm. I suppose silence could be advantageous, in the sense that it adds an aura of mystery to the past, and offers the opposition no opportunity to point at something she says and use it to further their argument."

>"Exactly," says Reisen.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Did we ever have to deal with such a large amount of concentrated civil unrest, particularly within our home?

[Hello Purvis]

> Did we ever have to deal with such a large amount of concentrated civil unrest, particularly within our home?

>There were some small uprisings. Nothing major, easily quelled. The last real such event was the war between the Soga and the Mononobe clans, which concluded when you were 13.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Could Futo and Tojiko returned to Senkai on their own? Or do they need us to do that?

> Sigh.
> "Well. This certainly is a complicated situation you are all facing. It sounds like negotiations and compromise are going to be necessary...have talks begun in any meaningful capacity?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Could Futo and Tojiko returned to Senkai on their own? Or do they need us to do that?

> Sigh.
> "Well. This certainly is a complicated situation you are all facing. It sounds like negotiations and compromise are going to be necessary...have talks begun in any meaningful capacity?"

>They can, though Tojiko often struggles with it and finds it easier for someone to hold the proverbial door open for her.
>"Not yet," says Reisen. "It's too soon right now; it would seem desperate if we did it, and they'd seem the same way."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "That makes sense. Ah! I don't suppose you have had any other visitors this day, have you?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "That makes sense. Ah! I don't suppose you have had any other visitors this day, have you?"

>"You would be the first," says Reisen.

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[Kilgamayan]

> In which direction did we estimate Futo and Tojiko were traveling from Marisa's house?
> In which direction did we ourselves travel to get from Marisa's house to the first guide boulder?

[Hello Purvis]

> In which direction did we estimate Futo and Tojiko were traveling from Marisa's house?
> In which direction did we ourselves travel to get from Marisa's house to the first guide boulder?

>You suspected they were going west, which is the way you went to get to the first boulder.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Assuming Futo and Tojiko passed by the mouse youkai's shop, and then passed by Marisa's house, what other options were there for directions in which to travel after leaving Marisa's house?

[Hello Purvis]

> Assuming Futo and Tojiko passed by the mouse youkai's shop, and then passed by Marisa's house, what other options were there for directions in which to travel after leaving Marisa's house?

>You suppose they could have gone further southward? Perhaps toward the lake, but not so far as Scarlet Devil Mansion?

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Interesting. I am also pursuing my two companions, but if they have not arrived here, then I am suddenly at a loss for where they may have gone."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Interesting. I am also pursuing my two companions, but if they have not arrived here, then I am suddenly at a loss for where they may have gone."

>"I'm afraid I haven't been leaving much lately, so I couldn't tell you," says Reisen.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "How well do you know the general geography of the land outside of this forest of bamboo?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "How well do you know the general geography of the land outside of this forest of bamboo?"

>"Reasonably well," she says. "I can tell you how to get to most places, anyways."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "It is less a matter of getting to a specific place as learning what specific places are worth going to. I have tracked my companions going from the Human Village to the curio shop in the forest to the Kirisame residence, and from there, I came here. However, they have not been here, and they have not been to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Is there anywhere else notable they may have gone?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "It is less a matter of getting to a specific place as learning what specific places are worth going to. I have tracked my companions going from the Human Village to the curio shop in the forest to the Kirisame residence, and from there, I came here. However, they have not been here, and they have not been to the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Is there anywhere else notable they may have gone?"

>"Hmmm," says Reisen, pursing her lips. "From Marisa's house, eh? Well... If they went Southward, they may be around the Lake. Alice lives near there. They might have just gotten lost in the bamboo, too. If that's the case, it might be awhile before they are heard from. Oh, I guess they might have tried to go to Mokou's house, but the way there isn't marked, so they would be as good as lost... There's some other people who live out there, but I don't know them very well. People in the Bamboo Forest tend to keep to themselves."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Could they have returned to Senkai from anywhere, or is there a specific location we prefer?

[Hello Purvis]

> Could they have returned to Senkai from anywhere, or is there a specific location we prefer?

>You suppose that they could have. However, it seems unlikely they would go to a forest full of faeries and youkai in order to perform an act that is fairly concentration and effort intensive.

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