>Shiki: We did tell Yukari about the hakutaku, right? If not, do so.
>""Hmm... that would seem to imply that one trigger-although obviously not a sole trigger-of an overlay is a high concentration of magical energy, Which Gensokyo most certainly... has."
>Damn, another thing we've been overlooking.
>"Wait, we've been acting on the assumption that the overlay initiated with the other world, that it has been overlaying on Gensokyo. But couldn't it be the other way around, be that Gensokyo is overlaying on the other world?"
>"Yes, thoughts seem to be passing from the other world to the minds of people here in Gensokyo, but that may not necessarily mean that the other world is overlaying Gensokyo."
>"Right, it would seem that a new course of action is now open to us. It may behoove us to investigate areas with unusually high concentrations of magical energy. the Forest of Magic, maybe. Or perhaps Makai. Which brings to mind something else that we should probably look into. Youmu has been affected by the overlay, and she spends most of her time in Hakugyokuro. Is the overlay then also affecting realms connected to Gensokyo, such as Hakugyokuro or Makai?"
>Yuyuko: "You think we should search for gaps in those places? They're not small places, you know; looking may take a while."
>Shiki: "Then we can again seek the aid of Rikako; her gap-detecting device should be able to aid in such a search."
>Suika: "So which do we go with, the overlay's cause or how bad it's hitting other places? Yeah, we can look into both, but what do we start with?"
>This is getting confusing. We need a drink.
>Drink.
>Shiki: "I don't know. I don't even know if looking into them will help at all. Any thoughts, Patchouli? Yukari?"