Sakuya Quest 5 - A Z-Machine Adventure

[Hello Purvis]

> "...They very well could be. Huh."
> Look back to Tatsumaro.
> "These look like the glasses of a merchant named Rinnosuke Morichika. In my time, he is recovering from...certain difficulties at what is now the Hijiri Temple. A shame I could not tell you who made them, though."

>She nods. "I recall these belonged to a sick man, but I don't recall the details."

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[Suwako Moriya]

> How familiar are we with the details of what was up with Rinnosuke? (Presumably we're well aware of what he did to the countryside.)

[Hello Purvis]

> How familiar are we with the details of what was up with Rinnosuke? (Presumably we're well aware of what he did to the countryside.)

>You don't understand it at all, but you know the details.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> What are the details we know of his condition, then?

[Hello Purvis]

> What are the details we know of his condition, then?

>You know what he did, and basically how he did it. You also know that his reaction to defeat was to fall into deep depression for some weeks, before finally starting to be able to piece himself back together. Sometimes he has tried to slide back into old habits briefly, and more frequently has bouts of crippling depression where he barely reacts to anything. These had been getting less and less common as time went on. Visiting was always a something of a gamble; sometimes he would seem almost normal, other times he'd be inconsolable.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> Do we know who stopped him?
> "I can provide what I know if this museum wishes, though I suppose I should not keep your director waiting that long."

[Hello Purvis]

> Do we know who stopped him?
> "I can provide what I know if this museum wishes, though I suppose I should not keep your director waiting that long."

>You are pretty sure it was Nue, and you don't really know the details.
>"We can discuss it later, yes," says Tatsumaro.

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[Suwako Moriya]

> "Of course. Now then, where should I go to meet the director?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Of course. Now then, where should I go to meet the director?"

>"This way," she says, motioning for you to follow her out of the gallery.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Follow!

[Hello Purvis]

> Follow!

>You follow her out of the gallery, and into the northmost doorway.
>This leads you to a comfortably wide corridor, with a few doors open on either side. Tatsumaro leads you past a storeroom filled with tables and boxes of various sizes before turning into a room with several writing and work desks. The former have a smattering of papers and writing effects spread across them. There are a few people at work here, most humans with some obvious youkai heritage. Tatsumaro leads you to one desk, where a kobito in blue kimono is kneeling on a paper, pouring over it. She looks up, revealing that she is wearing an emerald ring as a headband, and says, "These them?"
>"Yes, Director," says Tatsumaro.
>"Well then," says the Kobito, standing up.

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[Kilgamayan]

> Curtsey toward the kobito.
> "Greetings. I am Sakuya Izayoi, Scarlet Devil Mansion head maid and accidental chrononaut."

[Hello Purvis]

> Curtsey toward the kobito.
> "Greetings. I am Sakuya Izayoi, Scarlet Devil Mansion head maid and accidental chrononaut."

>Alice nods politely, saying nothing and holding hands.
>"Alleged," the kobito says, nodding. "I'm Oebi."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Thank you for your time, Oebi."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Thank you for your time, Oebi."

>"That'll be fine, as long as you make good use of it," she says. "So, start talking."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Of course. As I told Miss Tatsumaro, almost a full millennium ago, while I lived and worked at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, there was an explosion in the library, and in my efforts to save the visiting hakutaku, I blacked out, waking up in the forest outside New Glorian just this morning. Some unknown force sent me far, far forward in time to this day. I have all but secured a potential means to return home, but it requires an item from my time period. I would prefer something from my home, since it seems uncouth to ask for another's keepsake."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Of course. As I told Miss Tatsumaro, almost a full millennium ago, while I lived and worked at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, there was an explosion in the library, and in my efforts to save the visiting hakutaku, I blacked out, waking up in the forest outside New Glorian just this morning. Some unknown force sent me far, far forward in time to this day. I have all but secured a potential means to return home, but it requires an item from my time period. I would prefer something from my home, since it seems uncouth to ask for another's keepsake."

>"The heck's a New Glorian?" says Oebi.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Er, sorry, True Glorian. I'm still trying to keep proper track of location names. There's a lot of places today that don't exist in my time."

[Hello Purvis]

> "Er, sorry, True Glorian. I'm still trying to keep proper track of location names. There's a lot of places today that don't exist in my time."

>"The heck's a True Glorian?" says the kobito, frowning unpleasantly.

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[Kilgamayan]

> "A place to the south, apparently relatively new. It is largely home to Avalonians, and is presided over by Sir Kay, son of Sir Ector, a member of the Apex Diet."

[Hello Purvis]

> "A place to the south, apparently relatively new. It is largely home to Avalonians, and is presided over by Sir Kay, son of Sir Ector, a member of the Apex Diet."

>"Huh," says the kobito. "I'll have to send some feelers out that way."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Nod.
> "Anyway, it is my hope you can tell me about the general flow of artifacts from my time, so I can do my best to acquire one."

[Hello Purvis]

> Nod.
> "Anyway, it is my hope you can tell me about the general flow of artifacts from my time, so I can do my best to acquire one."

>"You said a millennium, right?" says Oebi. "Hard stuff to find. Just enough bloodsucking collectors out there that you can't even hope one'll show up here if they show up at all!"

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[Kilgamayan]

> Frown a bit.
> "That is unfortunate. But yes. For a frame of reference, as it turns out, I was, ah, one of the problem solvers involved in the Kobito Revolution."

[Serela]

>"If it helps, I only need to find something old... not something special. Any worthless trinket would do."

[Hello Purvis]

> Frown a bit.
> "That is unfortunate. But yes. For a frame of reference, as it turns out, I was, ah, one of the problem solvers involved in the Kobito Revolution."

>"Figured you'd claim that," says the kobito.

>"If it helps, I only need to find something old... not something special. Any worthless trinket would do."

>"Kid, nothing that old is worthless," says Oebi, shaking her head. "Even the trash is worth something. Especially the trash is worth something."

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[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug and give a wry smile.
> "It seemed the most apt reference point, given present company. Please forgive my presumptuousness."

[Hello Purvis]

> Shrug and give a wry smile.
> "It seemed the most apt reference point, given present company. Please forgive my presumptuousness."

>Oebi waves a little hand. "Yeah, yeah, I know."

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[Kilgamayan]

> "Are there perhaps any common donors for items from that era?"

[Hello Purvis]

> "Are there perhaps any common donors for items from that era?"

>"Not exactly," says Oebi. "They just come in bits and pieces, you know?"

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