Hikikomori Quest - Remaking my Life: Part 9

[Tashi]

Fairy-V. Daiko-kun:

>"Eh ! Describe them to me please."

> "I-It's... AAAAHHH!! IT'S A VAMPIREEE!"

Kiku-chan:

>Where are we ?

> You are in the library of the SDM. Sakuya is watching Reimu as the latter is exploring for any clues.

Daiko-kun:

>Nod.
>"Yes, a girl with something orange if  i recall her words..."

> "... I think I saw someone like that before..." Orino says at your words.

Niji Blue:

>"Oh... it's you two..."

> "Shang shanghai shang? (Was Yuudachi okay?)" Shanghai asks.
> "Houra rai rai rai... (She just said she was...)" Hourai replies.

Niji Green:

>"I-I know... i had just taught her how to say her name, and with walking, and everything... i... i-i... i want my darling back..."
>Go back to physical form.
>"Why her ? Why the children ?! It..."
>Sob a bit.

> You try to return to your physical form... but you can't. Maybe because there are parts of you in the Youkai Mountain?
> "I-I don't know for sure, but..." Alice starts. "... it's said that vampires prefer children sometimes because they have... more vitality or something like that..."
> _

[Neovereign]

Remilia-V!Daiko:

>"The fairy I'm in contact with seems to have encountered the vampire now..."

Daiko:

>"From what I know now, it's very likely that there is another vampire aside from that mansion..."

[Monarda]

Fairy-V. Daiko-kun:

>"Stay calm and describe it to me please !"

Niji Green:

>"That's horrible... but still, why fairies ? And why Yuudachi too ? How can they eat beings of pure nature and a doll ?"

Niji Blue:

>"I hate this... having my dear darling stolen from me by some other unknown vampire..."

Kiku-chan:

>"Guh..."

[Tashi]

Remilia-V!Daiko:

>"The fairy I'm in contact with seems to have encountered the vampire now..."

> "Well dammit! Tell me everything she knows!!"

Fairy-V. Daiko-kun:

>"Stay calm and describe it to me please !"

> "Y-YELLOW THING! C-C-COVERS FROM THE S-S-SUN-"
> Your communication with the fairy suddenly ends.

Daiko:

>"From what I know now, it's very likely that there is another vampire aside from that mansion..."

> "Eh? Y-You mean that the children... were possibly kidnapped by someone else...?" Orino asks.

Niji Green:

>"That's horrible... but still, why fairies ? And why Yuudachi too ? How can they eat beings of pure nature and a doll ?"

> "I don't unsderstand..."
> "Maybe they want that?"
> "Don't start, Marisa..."
> "No, I'm serious. Them being vampires doesn't mean they want their blood exactly..."
> "What do you mean?" Asks Sakura.
> "Maybe tests for magic? Maybe they want to use them as guinea-pigs?"
> "And why just kids?"
> Marisa shrugs.

Niji Blue:

>"I hate this... having my dear darling stolen from me by some other unknown vampire..."

> "... Shang shanghai shang... (You really care about her...)"
> "Rai hour rai rai? (Why you call her daughter?)"

Kiku-chan:

>"Guh..."

> Koa approaches to you.
> "Uhm... S-Sorry for disappearing so suddenly, by the way..."
> _

[Neovereign]

Remi-V!Daiko:

>"...I can't contact her anymore. I think something might've happened..."

Daiko:

>"I lost contact with the fairy. She said something akin to 'Yellow thing. Covers from the sun.' Right before it."

[Tashi]

Remi-V!Daiko:

>"...I can't contact her anymore. I think something might've happened..."

> "..." V!Remilia slowly starts t<o look more angrier. "THOSE INCOMPETENT FAIRIES PIECES OF-"
> She starts to curse continuously...

Daiko:

>"I lost contact with the fairy. She said something akin to 'Yellow thing. Covers from the sun.' Right before it."

> "Huh?"
> "Does that makes you recall something?" Sakura asks.
> "That sounds like an umbrella..." Alice says.
> _

[Monarda]

Daiko-kun:

>"Sure doesn't sound like Remilia... so it seems very likely of that Miss Orino."

Niji Blue:

>"Because i like her as one ! I wanna teach her everything that an actual mother would teach their children."

Niji Green:

>"Drat... Daiko-kun lost contact with one of the kidnapped fairy, the vampire must have knocked her out or something..."

Niji-chan:

>"Anyways... we really need help locating them, and Miss Seija here had some presentation cards that matched the one found in the village almost exactly, so i am thinking she is also behind the kidnapping."

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Don't say that.

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"She was kidnapped and it's a vampire. Who do you think, of the kidnapped children and fairies, could take on a vampire? What exactly were you expecting? Look, she said something about something yellow and covers from the sun, so I think he might have a yellow parasol, if that helps..."

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>"She was kidnapped and it's a vampire. Who do you think, of the kidnapped children and fairies, could take on a vampire? What exactly were you expecting? Look, she said something about something yellow and covers from the sun, so I think he might have a yellow parasol, if that helps..."

> V!Remilia seems to resist the urges to hit something. "Dammit... Dammit, dammit, dammit..."

Niji Blue:

>"Because i like her as one ! I wanna teach her everything that an actual mother would teach their children."

> Shanghai and Hourai smile at you.
> "Shangh. (Cute.)"

Niji Green:

>"Drat... Daiko-kun lost contact with one of the kidnapped fairy, the vampire must have knocked her out or something..."

> "Dammit..." Marisa says. "I will go to the SDM!"
> "What? Mari-"
> Marisa immediately blasts-off.

Niji-chan:

>"Anyways... we really need help locating them, and Miss Seija here had some presentation cards that matched the one found in the village almost exactly, so i am thinking she is also behind the kidnapping."

> "W-We need to help Seija first..." Sanae recommends. "L-Let's get her to the shrine."
> _

[Monarda]

Daiko-kun:

>"Sure doesn't sound like Remilia... so it seems very likely of that Miss Orino."

Niji-chan:

>Nod and take her there.

Niji Green:

>Go after Marisa !
>"Miss Marisa ! It wasn't Miss Remilia ! It was ANOTHER vampire !"

Niji Blue:

>"T-Thanks... but w-we should be trying to look for her..."

[Tashi]

Daiko-kun:

>"Sure doesn't sound like Remilia... so it seems very likely of that Miss Orino."

Daiko:

>Don't say that.

//Uhm...

Niji-chan:

>Nod and take her there.

> You and Sanae help the unconscious-Seija-by-a-gohei to make it to the shrine.
> Sanae opens the door.
> "There." Sanae points to the couch.

Niji Green:

>Go after Marisa !
>"Miss Marisa ! It wasn't Miss Remilia ! It was ANOTHER vampire !"

> You chase Marisa.
> "I know! I just want to see if they have some kind of clue!"

Niji Blue:

>"T-Thanks... but w-we should be trying to look for her..."

> Both dolls nod.
> "How about this? I will go to the surroundings of the Hakurei Shrine." Kyouko suggests.
> "I'll go with you." Mystia nods.

> (Kiku) "AAAAAH! AHHH! HAAAAAHH!!"
> Koakuma jumps. "W-What the...?!"
> "Young Mistress!" Sakuya quickly heads to the room of Flandre.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>!?
>Rush there too.

Niji-chan:

>Put Seija there.

Niji Green:

>Gather our all of our fragments to follow her.

Niji Blue:

>"Stuff like that won't work... we need to search for another Mansion in Gensokyo..."

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>!?
>Rush there too.

> You and Sakuya reach Flandre's door.
> "AAAAAAAHHH!!!"
> As soon as Sakuya opens the door, the cries stop.
> And Flandre is asleep...
> "... What...?" Sakuya mumbles.
> "Uh...?" Flandre stirs and sits up. She stretches and yawns, looking at both of you.

Niji-chan:

>Put Seija there.

> You leave Seija at the couch.
> "I'll bring some ice cubes." Kanako heads to another part of the shrine.
> "I-I'm so sorry for doing that..."

Niji Green:

>Gather our all of our fragments to follow her.

> You and Marisa, after quickly gathering your pieces itno you, head to the Scarlet Devil Ma...
> ...
> ... The... Misty Lake... is frozen.
> Marisa widens her eyes in surprise.

Niji Blue:

>"Stuff like that won't work... we need to search for another Mansion in Gensokyo..."

> "I know. But who knows? Maybe there's any that you didn't saw yet." Kyouko says.
> _

[Neovereign]

>Where is Reimu? Who is near her?

[Tashi]

>Where is Reimu? Who is near her?

> Reimu followed you as well.
> " 't's wrong...?" Flandre asks in a sleepy tone.
> "... Young Mistress..."
> "Flandre." Reimu calls.
> "... Oh! Reimu!" Flandre perks up.
> _

[Neovereign]

Kiku:

>Examine the room.

[Tashi]

Kiku:

>Examine the room.

> You examine Flandre's room.
> It's... pretty dark here, the only light being Flandre's colorful crystal wings. Flandre is sitting up in a big. cute looking bed.
> The floor in the room is red, and you don't know why the color of said floor isn't it's natural one... The walls have cracks all over it.
> There's a dresser in the left side of the room from your PoV, as well as some dolls all over the place.
> Flandre's toys box is in the right side.
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"Miss Sakuya... the floor..."
>Examine the floor more closely, touch it even.

Niji-chan:

>"...the lake... the Misty Lake... it's frozen..."

Niji Blue:

>"...the Misty Lake... something froze it..."

Niji Green:

>"W-What... ?"

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"Miss Sakuya... the floor..."
>Examine the floor more closely, touch it even.

> You examine the floor, touching it too.
> ... It's what you think.
> "... Young Mistress, what's this?" Sakuya asks.
> "Uh?" Flandre leans from her bed to see the floor. "Eeeh? Why it's like this? I didn't ate anything..."
> Reimu has an unamused look... She's not trusting her words...

Niji-chan:

>"...the lake... the Misty Lake... it's frozen..."

Niji Blue:

>"...the Misty Lake... something froze it..."

Niji Green:

>"W-What... ?"

> "Eh?!" Sanae asks.

> "Eh?!" Alice asks.
> "H-How's that possible?!" Sakura asks.
> "Let's go, Misty!" Kyouko then departs to the lake.
> Mystia follows.

> "You gotta be kidding me..." Marisa says.
> Some parts of the shore are also frozen. You think there's someone frozen near the lake, now that you see it with more detail...
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"I-It's winter, but it shouldn't freeze that quickly!"
>Follow.

Tsuru:

>"Maybe it could lead to a clue."
>Follow along.

[Monarda]

Niji-chan:

>"I-I dunno..."

Kiku-chan:

>"This doesn't make sense... what happened here..."

Niji Green:

>Wakasagihime !?
>Rush there !

Niji Blue:

>"I-I dunno ! It's just... frozen completely on the surface..."

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"I-It's winter, but it shouldn't freeze that quickly!"
>Follow.

Tsuru:

>"Maybe it could lead to a clue."
>Follow along.

> Both of you follow the sparrow and the yamabiko.
> Alice and her dolls. follows too.
> "Maybe it's doing of those vampires...?"

Niji-chan:

>"I-I dunno..."

> Kanako returns with a plastic bag with ice cubes in it.
> Sanae starts to clean Seija's blood.
> "T-The lake froze."
> "What?" Kanako questions.

Kiku-chan:

>"This doesn't make sense... what happened here..."

> "Flandre, are you sure you didn't made something bad?" Reimu asks.
> "Huh?" Flandre tilts her head. "What 'u mean?"
> Reimu frowns.

Niji Green:

>Wakasagihime !?
>Rush there !

> You and Marisa rush to the lake.
> ... It's not Wakasagihime. It's Daiyousei.
> Grats! Mini is now in the quest!
> "Huh? Oh, that's Cirno friend..." Marisa says.

Niji Blue:

>"I-I dunno ! It's just... frozen completely on the surface..."

> "... T-The mermaid... S-She might get frozen to death!" Sakura points out.
> _

[Monarda]

Niji Green:

>"C-Cmon ! Help me break her free !"
>Try to get her out !

Niji-chan:

>Nod faintly.
>"It happened almost... immediately... so fast that Daiyousei froze with it too..."

Kiku-chan:

>....taste the liquid.
>How much of it is there ?
>"Flan, did you have any dreams or nightmares while sleeping ?"

Niji Blue:

>"I-I know ! But... how will we pierce through those chunks of ice ?"

[Tashi]

Niji Green:

>"C-Cmon ! Help me break her free !"
>Try to get her out !

> You and Marisa try to break the ice in any way, but with no success.
> "... You know..." Marisa pulls something out from under her hat. "Let's melt it."

Niji-chan:

>Nod faintly.
>"It happened almost... immediately... so fast that Daiyousei froze with it too..."

> "Hmm... Normally, that kind of things happen when something goes wrong with the Nuclear Furnace." Kanako explains.
> "Maybe it stopped working?" Sanae, with some bandages in hand, starts to wrap Seija's head with it.
> "... Or maybe it has something to do with that mysterious "Fairy World"."

Kiku-chan:

>....taste the liquid.
>How much of it is there ?
>"Flan, did you have any dreams or nightmares while sleeping ?"

> After touching the liquid a bit, you raise your fingers and you taste it...
> ... It's probably the best thing you have ever tasted.
> Practically all the floor is covered by it. It's painted in red...
> Flandre shakes her head.
> "Did you screamed?" Sakuya asks.
> Flandre shakes her head.
> "Are you bleeding?" Reimu asks this time.
> Flandre shakes her head.

Niji Blue:

>"I-I know ! But... how will we pierce through those chunks of ice ?"

> "... ... I know!" Sakura raises a finger in realization. "I'm an Oni! That's not a problem for me!" Sakura then flies and starts heading to the lake.
> _

[Neovereign]

Kiku:

>"Do you know who was in your room last?"
>Look for footprints, possibly...

Daiko:

>Examine the frozen fairy.
>"Ugh... What now...?"

[Tashi]

Kiku:

>"Do you know who was in your room last?"
>Look for footprints, possibly...

> "Don't you remember? The last time I saw someone in my room was yesterday after... Onee-sama's discussion..." Flan looks down. "You helped me to arrive at my room, remember?"
> You try to see any footprints... but there isn't any outside of the room. Inside there's, basically, a pool of the liquid all over the floor.

Daiko:

>Examine the frozen fairy.
>"Ugh... What now...?"

> After a bit, you, Alice, Tsuru, Mystia and Kyouko arrive at the lake... Well, the ex-lake.
> As you reach the place, Marisa is already pointing her hakkero to the frozen fairy.
> Daiyousei seems to be frozen with a smile. Maybe this means that the lake freeze'd so fast that she didn't even had time to react...
> OMG SHE HAS AN ACCOUNT IN MOTK!
> "Weeell..." Marisa's hakkero starts to glow a bit.
> "Stop!" Mystia gets in her way. "You'll kill her!"
> "She will respawn." Marisa shrugs.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"Hold on! We can try something else first! Maybe even look for clues or evidence!"
>Prepare to try and absorb the magic if she fires.

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"Hold on! We can try something else first! Maybe even look for clues or evidence!"
>Prepare to try and absorb the magic if she fires.

> Marisa looks at you and frowns. "What? Are you going to try and make a suicidal attempt like last time?"
> MAAARIIISAAA!!
> "Huh?!" She looks up, only to see Sakura approaching.
> "DON'T JUST MASTER SPARK PEEEOPLEEE!!" She shouts.
> "Tsk..."
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"Huh... anyways... i actually am not sure about what IS this... i tried some of it, and it tasted delicious, i don't think Blood is like this..."

Niji Green:

>"Fairies have a heart too you know ? They don't like just being killed out of a whim like they are a piece of trash."
>Try to absorb that glowing light from the hakkero.
>"Use just enough to melt the ones surround her."

Niji-chan:

>"The... Nuclear Furnace ? Wait... there's a place around here with Nuclear reactions happening ?!"