Shrine

The **Shrine** is a location in the Mythic Zone, first seen at the beginning of the Fera Quest, and last seen at the end. It is a suspicious outlier in the otherwise medieval Zone, but sometimes looks can be deceiving...

## Layout

The Shrine comprises of a donut-shaped building, with its four main rooms in the north, south, east, and west. The east and west rooms have rooms upstairs, and the east room has a path leading to an onsen. In the centre is a courtyard, with a tiny shack in the middle.

Despite Fera's odd disappearance, and the actions of the staff, the Shrine is a genuine establishment, made for Otaku players to "roleplay" shrine maidens. While their actions *can* be sexual, the shrine is designed to be a "haven" from Robin's explicitly sexual tastes... which he eventually ropes The Player and his party into unintentionally destroying, leading to the Tainted Shrine.

## The Quest

With Kim staying behind with an '''old man''', the Player and Dominic enter the Shrine in search of Fera. The high priestess Yuuka awaits the two, and insists that Fera will not be let go. She teleports Dominic away, leaving the Player on his own. Go to the east wing of the Shrine, where the Player will meet three energetic miko: Kotone, Hana, and Yami. An **Onsen Key** is found upstairs in the bottomleft room, which is used to unlock the Onsen to the east. There, the Player meets Dominic; when they retrace their steps, they are ambushed by the three Miko. Win or lose, the three distract the party enough that the first gong tolls: after five gongs, the ceremony will start. Furthermore, meeting Yuuka at the northernmost point of the Shrine will send the party back, locking the door with three tags: Fox, Water, and Flower.

Each maiden has their own schedule, and can be found in different areas depending on the time. For the purposes of this guide, the only maidens of note are Suzume, Inari, and Youko.

### 狐: Fox

The party can ask the mikos about any of the seals, and they will give clues as to how to break them. When asking Inari, the short blonde miko, about the Fox seal, she will reveal herself to be the “fox”, and tasks the party with “warming the heart” of her sister Youko. The only hint she gives is that she has “raven hair”. Any miko with black hair can be given the Fox Fire, which temporarily turns them into a lusty kitsune, but only Youko will sate Inari and have her break the seal. Using the Fox Fire will pass time.

Inari can either be found in the kitchen (1 gong), the upstairs living quarters to the west (2), the southwest hallway (3), or the Northern gate (4). Youko can be found in the courtyard(1 & 3) the kitchen (2), or the Shrine entrance (4).

### 水: Water

The Water seal is the simplest seal to break: just visit the Onsen, and approach the waterfall. There, the Player will see visions of Kitsune, Mark, Aralu, and Morgan, before meeting up with Dominic and breaking the seal. This will cause time to pass.

### 花: Flower

Suzume is the miko to break the Flower seal, but refuses to do so until the party gathers her three things: **Belladonna Flower**, **Goat Weed**, and **Ginseng Root**. These ingredients can only be collected once Suzume gives the party **Suzume's List**. Belladonna Flower grows by the onsen entrance, Goat Weed is in the closet in the bottomright room of the upstairs parlours, and Ginseng Root is in the kitchen cupboard. Once all three are delivered to Suzume, she then instructs the party to go in the shack in the courtyard.

In the shack's basement, Suzume has a man tied up. If the party chooses to help Suzume, she'll break the Flower seal, and later have sex with the man. Siding with the man will lead to a second Suzume battle; losing will pass time, while winning will rescue the man, named Lee. Lee and Suzume will be in the courtyard, and the former needs **Red Rope**, which can be found in the shack. Deliver it to him in the upstairs entrance, and the party will then break a statue as a distraction, leading to another Miko battle. Losing will pass time, and winning will lead to Lee trapping and then abducting Suzume, going to the east bedrooms. Suzume breaks free easily, and then breaks the Flower seal.

Suzume can be found at the Shrine Entrance (1) the onsen entrance (2), the eastern living room (3), or the courtyard (4).

## Enemies

* Miko
* Suzume