Author Topic: Nue Quest II: A Z-Machine Adventure (Read 82192 times)

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #540 on:** June 15, 2011, 04:30:21 PM »

> "Is Sakuya or the mistress sister out investigating right now themselves? It'd be nice to exchange information if we see each other."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #541 on:** June 15, 2011, 04:43:59 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 04:30:21 PM

> "Is Sakuya or the mistress sister out investigating right now themselves? It'd be nice to exchange information if we see each other."

>Miss Hong shakes her head. "Sakuya is most definitely inside. I don't know about Mistress, she sometimes doesn't tell us when she comes and goes. I am pretty sure she's still inside."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #542 on:** June 15, 2011, 04:52:48 PM »

> Frown.
> "Huh. Shame. Well, I can't say anything for sure, but I'll be honest, I don't know how much an in-home inspection will accomplish. I get the feeling whoever pulled this off did it from one centralized location, rather than going around to each residence and picking them off individually."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #543 on:** June 15, 2011, 04:56:30 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 04:52:48 PM

> Frown.
> "Huh. Shame. Well, I can't say anything for sure, but I'll be honest, I don't know how much an in-home inspection will accomplish. I get the feeling whoever pulled this off did it from one centralized location, rather than going around to each residence and picking them off individually."

>"Yeah, Patchouli is probably working on something like that," says Miss Hong. "Sakuya, if I know her, is probably taking inventory. As for Mistress? Well, she's a tough one to read."

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #544 on:** June 15, 2011, 05:02:18 PM »

> "Oh, that reminds me. The other reason I'm here is to let Patchouli know that her meeting tonight is still on. Byakuren is worried that not everyone might show up due to the circumstances, but we're thinking having everyone attend and study the problem might be the fastest way to work toward solving it."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #545 on:** June 15, 2011, 05:06:39 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 05:02:18 PM

> "Oh, that reminds me. The other reason I'm here is to let Patchouli know that her meeting tonight is still on. Byakuren is worried that not everyone might show up due to the circumstances, but we're thinking having everyone attend and study the problem might be the fastest way to work toward solving it."

>"If Mistress lets her out," says Miss Hong.
>"She doesn't like Patch-Patch running off when we have problems," Flan says.
>"I'll make sure she gets that, though," Miss Hong says. "I'm sure she's clever enough to find a way to make it to her club meeting"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #546 on:** June 15, 2011, 05:27:19 PM »

> "If it comes to it, someone should make sure the head of house knows that this is her best chance of getting her money back."
> Frown.
> "This kinda makes me wish I had a chance to speak with the head of house myself. But I know."
> Hold up an open hand, as if signalling something to stop.
> "No admittance."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #547 on:** June 15, 2011, 05:43:01 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 05:27:19 PM

> "If it comes to it, someone should make sure the head of house knows that this is her best chance of getting her money back."
> Frown.
> "This kinda makes me wish I had a chance to speak with the head of house myself. But I know."
> Hold up an open hand, as if signalling something to stop.
> "No admittance."

>You cut Flan off at the pass. She contents herself with a firm nod.
>"She might open up later on," says Miss Hong. "But right now, it can't be helped."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #548 on:** June 15, 2011, 05:51:32 PM »

> Grin.
> "You sound like a certain tengu I know."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #549 on:** June 15, 2011, 05:56:09 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 05:51:32 PM

> Grin.
> "You sound like a certain tengu I know."

>Miss Hong rubs the back of her head. "Heh, I don't deal much with Tengu..."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #550 on:** June 15, 2011, 06:13:24 PM »

> Rub chin.
> "Hmm. I may not be allowed in, and Patchouli may not be explicitly allowed out, but if there's two of you here, does that mean I can ask one of you to run something in to her for me, then run it back out when she's done? Or maybe you could get one of the maids to do it?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #551 on:** June 15, 2011, 06:55:00 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 06:13:24 PM

> Rub chin.
> "Hmm. I may not be allowed in, and Patchouli may not be explicitly allowed out, but if there's two of you here, does that mean I can ask one of you to run something in to her for me, then run it back out when she's done? Or maybe you could get one of the maids to do it?"

>"Um, maybe a little bit," says Miss Hong, frowning.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #552 on:** June 15, 2011, 07:04:42 PM »

> "Well, this was found in the forest. Byakuren and I aren't sure of it's importance, but it has some glyphs on it that we can't read, and I think it's strange enough to be worth looking into. Byakuren thinks Patchouli might be able to read them."
> Pull out the sword blade bundle and unwrap it while talking. Show it to the two gate guards once it's unwrapped (without holding it in a threatening manner).

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #553 on:** June 15, 2011, 07:21:08 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 07:04:42 PM

> "Well, this was found in the forest. Byakuren and I aren't sure of it's importance, but it has some glyphs on it that we can't read, and I think it's strange enough to be worth looking into. Byakuren thinks Patchouli might be able to read them."
> Pull out the sword blade bundle and unwrap it while talking. Show it to the two gate guards once it's unwrapped (without holding it in a threatening manner).

>You unwrap the Broken Sword Blade and show it to the gate guards, holding it at the edges with your palms
>"Oooooo..." says Flan.
>"That's a weird blade, alright," says Miss Hong. "I think I've seen something like it inside."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #554 on:** June 15, 2011, 07:45:07 PM »

> "Really? I wonder if that might help identify it."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #555 on:** June 15, 2011, 07:59:33 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 07:45:07 PM

> "Really? I wonder if that might help identify it."

>"Well, it doesn't have the weird...letters on it?" says Meiling. "But there's stuff on display that has a blade kind of like this."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #556 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:04:27 PM »

> "Huh. Well, still, that might give us a clue as to the blade's origin. If they're that similar, they might have come from the same place."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #557 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:05:26 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 08:04:27 PM

> "Huh. Well, still, that might give us a clue as to the blade's origin. If they're that similar, they might have come from the same place."

>Meiling nods. "That it could."

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #558 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:20:44 PM »

> "So, uh, yeah. Could someone run this into Patchouli and have her take a look at it, then run it back out to me once she's done? That way no one leaves that isn't supposed to and no one gets in that isn't supposed to."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #559 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:25:05 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 08:20:44 PM

> "So, uh, yeah. Could someone run this into Patchouli and have her take a look at it, then run it back out to me once she's done? That way no one leaves that isn't supposed to and no one gets in that isn't supposed to."

>"Flan, wanna be my assistant with that one?" says Miss Hong, looking to her companion.
>"Mmmkay!" says Flan, as she reaches out with her free hand to take the blade.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #560 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:31:06 PM »

> Gently hand over the blade, walking up to Flan if need be.
> "Be careful with that. Don't wanna hurt yourself."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #561 on:** June 15, 2011, 08:40:25 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 08:31:06 PM

> Gently hand over the blade, walking up to Flan if need be.
> "Be careful with that. Don't wanna hurt yourself."

>You hand the blade to Flan. Given she isn't too much taller than it is, she has to wrap it up and tuck it under her arm. She then scurries toward the front doors of the mansion after Meiling opens the gates.
>"Heh," says Miss Hong. "Normally I wouldn't have her out here, but she was just so insistent, you know? And it gets a lot of worry of Sakuya's back."
>It only takes her a minute to return. She stands as straight as she can and says, "Patch-Patch said: 'I don't have time for this, tell whoever it was to go drown in the lake,' Then Petty said something weird about leaving an attractive corpse."

>_

Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #562 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:30:51 PM »

> Grin.
> "I guess this is the last time I give away info for free."

Shadoweh · « **Reply #563 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:34:16 PM »

Anyone want to turn into a fairy maid and sneak into the SDM now? If they're not going to be helpful we can go check out this sword blade ourselves to compare.

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #564 on:** June 15, 2011, 09:36:22 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on June 15, 2011, 09:30:51 PM

> Grin.
> "I guess this is the last time I give away info for free."

>"Huh?" says Flan, as she offers you back the Broken Sword Blade awkwardly. "Did I do it wrong?"

>_

Suwako Moriya · « **Reply #565 on:** June 15, 2011, 10:29:52 PM »

We could try, but I suspect we'd get stopped at the gate even as a fairy.

> Take the sword back carefully.
> "Naw, you were fine. Don't worry about it, I'll bug her again at the meeting later. She'll probably be disappointed that I haven't drowned, but life is full of little disappointments."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #566 on:** June 15, 2011, 10:45:33 PM »

Quote from: Suwako Moriya on June 15, 2011, 10:29:52 PM

> Take the sword back carefully.
> "Naw, you were fine. Don't worry about it, I'll bug her again at the meeting later. She'll probably be disappointed that I haven't drowned, but life is full of little disappointments."

>You obtain: Broken Sword Blade
>"Whee!" says Flan.

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #567 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:49:36 PM »

> Rebundle the broken sword and put it away.
> "What was Patchouli busy with? Did you get to see?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #568 on:** June 15, 2011, 11:58:00 PM »

Quote from: Kilgamayan on June 15, 2011, 11:49:36 PM

> Rebundle the broken sword and put it away.
> "What was Patchouli busy with? Did you get to see?"

>"She had a lot of books out," says Flan, "and was turning pages really fast!"

>_

Kilgamayan · « **Reply #569 on:** June 16, 2011, 12:02:06 AM »

> "Figures. Ah well. Thanks for the help."
> Turn to Meiling.
> "I don't suppose you remember anything else about that other sword?"