Sword Quest II - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

>Provide 'bandages'.
>"Are you experienced with this kind of thing?"

>You pass over your socks. She takes them them in hand, and starts to clean the wounds with one.
>"I am Doctor's student, after all," says Reisen. "Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, but with this kind of improvising..."

>_

[Yaersulf]

>"Sometimes one just has to make do, especially in the case of medicine."
>Allow her to finish treating the wound.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Sometimes one just has to make do, especially in the case of medicine."
>Allow her to finish treating the wound.

>"Quite," she says, as she starts to bind the wounds. It takes her a moment, before she says, "There, done. The punctures are nasty, but they're reasonably small."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Take the trap, wipe the fresh blood off on the grass, and then wrap it in our dirty blouse and store it away.
> "I will hang on to this, in the hopes of returning it to the huntress later."

[Hello Purvis]

> Take the trap, wipe the fresh blood off on the grass, and then wrap it in our dirty blouse and store it away.
> "I will hang on to this, in the hopes of returning it to the huntress later."

>You clean off the trap, and then place it in your bag.
>You obtain: Steel Trap
>"No problem there," says Reisen. "Better than some faerie finding it. We ready to move on?"

>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "I imagine that if my friends were in the area, they would have heard this commotion and come to investigate. So yes, I believe we can continue on."

[Hello Purvis]

> "I imagine that if my friends were in the area, they would have heard this commotion and come to investigate. So yes, I believe we can continue on."

>"Alright," she says, "Where are we going now?"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Where did we decide would be the best place to gather information about the mahjong tournament? The Human Village, or elsewhere?

[Hello Purvis]

> Where did we decide would be the best place to gather information about the mahjong tournament? The Human Village, or elsewhere?

>The Hakurei Shrine is probably the best place to look, as this is where it is being held.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "At this point, my search for my friends is ostensibly blind. I do want to stop by the Hakurei Shrine to look into this tournament I have heard about, but that is less pressing. Since you were kind enough to join me, I think it is only fair we travel to your destination next."

[Hello Purvis]

> "At this point, my search for my friends is ostensibly blind. I do want to stop by the Hakurei Shrine to look into this tournament I have heard about, but that is less pressing. Since you were kind enough to join me, I think it is only fair we travel to your destination next."

>She nods.
>"Well, I'm headed to find a good earth spider to back up our case, so that'll take me underground. I think you wanted to talk with some other forest residents about your runaway friends? That would certainly be on my way."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Which forest residents did we have in mind?
> Do we know where the entrance to the Underground is?

[Hello Purvis]

> Which forest residents did we have in mind?
> Do we know where the entrance to the Underground is?

>You recall that Alice lives on the lake.
>You do not.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "That would do nicely. I believe you have a better grasp of the area than I do, however; may I request you lead the way?"

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "That would do nicely. I believe you have a better grasp of the area than I do, however; may I request you lead the way?"

>"This way," Reisen says, as she starts heading into the bamboo, walking past you.
>Following her, it's practically impossible to tell one place from another. The plants all the look the same, and you swear that they shift when you look away for more than a moment, just enough to make you question your memory. A couple times you see a faerie draw near, flying some yards overhead and watching the two of you curiously, then darting away when she notices that you've noticed her. Still, you cut a more or less straight course, and after a few minutes you note the bamboo ahead is much less thick than before. Then you see other plantlife, some light underbrush and thick trees.
>"A bit further south than I thought," says Reisen, "But we're here!"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Are there any houses nearby?

[Hello Purvis]

> Are there any houses nearby?

>None that you can see.

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[Kilgamayan]

> What about anything that looks like an underground entrance?

[Hello Purvis]

> What about anything that looks like an underground entrance?

>Nothing of the sort.
>"So, where did you want to go first?" says Reisen.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Hmm...where are the three locations I mentioned relative to our current position?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Hmm...where are the three locations I mentioned relative to our current position?"

>"I must have been spacing out," says Reisen. "Which three?"

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "Ah, apologies. The underground entrance, Miss Alice's house, and the Hakurei Shrine."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Ah, apologies. The underground entrance, Miss Alice's house, and the Hakurei Shrine."

>"Okay," says Reisen. "The first two should be more or less ahead. Alice's house is by the lake, you can't miss it even from the air. If you're going underground, it's at the edge of the forest, there's a cave on the side of a cliff. It may be a little tricky to find. As for the Hakurei Shrine, you want to go Northeast, it's east of the village, along the trail in the woods. You can probably see it from the air once you get close."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "If we go ahead, which of those first two will we run across first?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "If we go ahead, which of those first two will we run across first?"

>"Almost definitely Alice's house," Reisen says. "Unless we've come out at a much weirder place than I thought, it'll be practically on the way."

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[Yaersulf]

>"Well, we may as well stop there on the way then. Lead the way, if you will."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, we may as well stop there on the way then. Lead the way, if you will."

>Reisen nods, and takes to the air.
>Following her, you can see the lake is to the east and a bit to the south. Reisen angles toward it, giving wide berth to several swarms of faeries over the woods. "They're starting to get antsy," she mutters.
>As you draw closer to the lake, you can clearly see the cabin on the eastern shore, not terribly far from the walls of Scarlet Devil Mansion. "That's odd," Reisen says. "Look over there, around her house."
>She points toward the cabin. Looking a bit more closely, you can see small...somethings or others circling around it on the ground, perhaps a dozen of them.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Curious. What are those things?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Curious. What are those things?"

>"Dolls," says Reisen. "That's the kind of magic that Alice specializes in, making dolls move. But, usually they aren't just patrolling..."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Really? How fascinating. What are they usually doing, then?"