Reimu Quest (Part 8)

[Hello Purvis]

>"I haven't. You said that was Yukari's, didn't you Chen?"

[日巫子]

>"I haven't. You said that was Yukari's, didn't you Chen?"

> Chen, who is in the process of wrapping one of Ran's tails around her waist, looks up.  "Yeah."
> "So either Lady Yukari left it out, or Chen went into her room again," Ran says in a scolding tone.  Chen laughs nervously.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Actually, Chen, why don't you tell us the story about how you ended up down there? And don't worry about things like getting in Yukari's room. She's got no business complaining right now."

[日巫子]

>"Actually, Chen, why don't you tell us the story about how you ended up down there? And don't worry about things like getting in Yukari's room. She's got no business complaining right now."

> "Uhh, I got washed away from Mayohiga by all the water," Chen explains.  "And then I fell down this hole, but got caught in a spider web.  The earth spiders helped me out of it since I wasn't a bug or anything, and the web was already coming apart from more water."
> Ran scratches behind Chen's ears, and Chen purrs.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"So you just stayed with them? How are they handling the flooding and the freezing and stuff?"

[日巫子]

>"So you just stayed with them? How are they handling the flooding and the freezing and stuff?"

> "Yeah.  They complained about how cold they were all the time," Chen says.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Anyways, mind if I take that box for a bit? I get the feeling it might be useful."

[日巫子]

>"Anyways, mind if I take that box for a bit? I get the feeling it might be useful."

> "Go ahead."  Ran hands the box over to you.  "Just be careful with it, okay?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Sure thing."
>Close the box up and tuck it away.
>"So what was going on down there, Chen?"

[日巫子]

>"Sure thing."
>Close the box up and tuck it away.
>"So what was going on down there, Chen?"

> Obtained: Mysterious Sewing Kit.
     > Yakumo Yukari's sewing kit.  Gives off a mysterious aura.
> You ask Chen what was going on in the tunnels.
> "Nothing much," she says distractedly.  She's back to petting Ran's tails.  "I took lots of naps and had a lot of food."
> "Did you remember to thank them when you left?" Ran asks.
> "Yeah!"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"What kind of food?"

[日巫子]

>"What kind of food?"

> "Bats and stuff living in the caves," Chen says.  "They were almost out of vegetables so they wouldn't let me have any."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Still, enough bats and stuff to share them freely with you. I'll keep it in mind."

[日巫子]

>"Still, enough bats and stuff to share them freely with you. I'll keep it in mind."

> "Why?  Do you want to eat their food, too?" Chen asks.  "Didn't those oni bring in food for you already?  I saw on the way in."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm not the only one up here who need to eat. So I'm keeping things like this in mind, after this whole business is put behind us."
>"Don't suppose either of you have a way to tell Marisa and Youmu that the two of you have found each other, do you?"

[日巫子]

>"I'm not the only one up here who need to eat. So I'm keeping things like this in mind, after this whole business is put behind us."
>"Don't suppose either of you have a way to tell Marisa and Youmu that the two of you have found each other, do you?"

> "Uhhh."  Chen is stumped.
> "I could--oh!"  Ran's ears perk up from beneath her hat.  "We have Suika with us today: she could gather them for us."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"That's true, if she doesn't mind."

[日巫子]

>"That's true, if she doesn't mind."

> "I'll go get her, then."  Ran walks up the steps, past the donation box, and through the front door.  Chen is still clinging to her tails.  Incredible.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Just watch that spectacle. Then check the donation box real quite, since Ran was loitering around it.

[日巫子]

>Just watch that spectacle. Then check the donation box real quite, since Ran was loitering around it.

> As you wait for Ran to return, you check the donation box. 
> Sweet, you found 30μ!
> Ran and Chen return shortly with Suika in tow.  Suika's chains rattle as she hops off the deck and onto the pathway.
> "Ran explained the situation," Suika says.  "I'll go get 'em!"
> With that, she turns into mist and disappears.  Chen scampers out onto the path and tries to bat at her, but she's too late.  She's left sitting on the ground with her tails twitching and her ears perked up.
> "Good lu--"  But Ran never gets the chance to finish her sentence.  "She always leaves so suddenly."

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[Sect]

> "Eh, it's not like she won't be back soon enough."
> Gesture at the sky. "How much time do you think we have till things get worse?"

[日巫子]

> "Eh, it's not like she won't be back soon enough."
> Gesture at the sky. "How much time do you think we have till things get worse?"

> Knowing Suika, she'll definitely be back soon.
> Ran looks up at the sky, and her brow furrows.  She says,  "It looks like it has already gotten worse."

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[Sect]

> "I mean worse worse. You know, fire raining down from the sky, the dead rising from the graves, cats and dogs living together... mass hysteria. We're already going to have problems thanks to all of this salty water messing up crops, which is why I'm finding out about alternatives."

[日巫子]

> "I mean worse worse. You know, fire raining down from the sky, the dead rising from the graves, cats and dogs living together... mass hysteria. We're already going to have problems thanks to all of this salty water messing up crops, which is why I'm finding out about alternatives."

> "Given how long it took for it to get this bad, I'm guessing another week," Ran says.

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[Sect]

> "Oh, good, then we still have some time up here. We're going to have to hurry it up, though, because Old Hell is freezing over." @shades

[日巫子]

> "Oh, good, then we still have some time up here. We're going to have to hurry it up, though, because Old Hell is freezing over." @shades

> Ran blinks.  "I didn't know you were so concerned about the Underground.  But I suppose it is part of Gensokyo."
> YEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!

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[Hello Purvis]

>"They need to eat, too. And a sudden winter is no better for them than a sudden flood is for us. And depending on how things go, we might have to rely on them."

[日巫子]

>"They need to eat, too. And a sudden winter is no better for them than a sudden flood is for us. And depending on how things go, we might have to rely on them."

> "Then we need to finish this as soon as possible so it doesn't come to that," Ran says.  "You and Suika might get along, but the majority of humans here are wary and even afraid of oni now that their existence has been made known.  I don't know how it is in reverse."

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[Sect]

> "The oni down there don't seem bad. I haven't heard of anyone being spirited away since the geyser incident. Besides, haven't you seen Konngara wandering 'round up here?"

[日巫子]

> "The oni down there don't seem bad. I haven't heard of anyone being spirited away since the geyser incident. Besides, haven't you seen Konngara wandering 'round up here?"

> "Oh.  What?  Does she come to the surface regularly now?" Ran asks, bewildered.

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