>"Nah, Ultimecia already tried that a few years ago. Some other ragtag band of heroes took care of it."
>"Oh good," says Reimu. "I couldn't be bothered."
> "Parsee's about to do that, actually. And she knows where you, your little friends and your pet turtle live."
> "Ok, seriously speaking, Parsee has just acquired the powers of some hobo queen off this hobo penny thing. That mean anything to you? And now she's out to get even, presumably with you and Marisa first, your teams during the subterranean spirit invasion incident second. Marisa's gone off to hold her off. We've left Patchouli and Nitori somewhere safe. Now we're going to warn Aya, Suika, Yukari and Alice...that is, if Alice is sane enough to be reasoned with. Are you with us? Or will the turtle need more babysitting? Look at him, he has a beard to rival my armpit hair. He's definitely old enough to take care of himself."
>Reimu listens to everything you say thoughtfully, then breaks out into laughter. After a couple moments to regain her composure, she blurts, "Parsee? Parsee?!" then falls back into belly laughs again; putting a hand on Genjii's shell to support herself. "Oh wow, that just made my day! Parsee wants revenge, and Marisa's going to go deal with it? You have any idea how much sleep I'll lose over this?" Still cackling, she sets the bucket aside and dusts off her hands. "Okay, for reals, I appreciate the warning, it's a pain when someone just bursts in on you in the middle of the night, right Rumia?"
>Rumia doesn't seem to catch Reimu's pointed glare, and says some tinny distortion in reply with a nod.
>"Hope that's not contagious," Reimu says. "But anyways. Don't tell her I said it, but Parsee is a scrub. I mean, I'm sure she's a nice sort if you get to know her? Yugi's gotta see something in her. But she's a roaring mouse, if you know what I mean. If Marisa's going to go sort her hash, I'm not too worried. I mean, we did take on...hell, I've lost count of how many people."
>She frowns. "But I guess you're concerned, aren't you? Well, I suppose I shouldn't take things that lightly. You mentioned some hobo queen? I've heard about that, it just took a minute to click. Grandma told me about her, back when she ran the shrine. Apparently there was some no-good kid who used to panhandle around here everyone so often. Never took baths, mugged people every so often, came and went with the wind; you know the type. She irked everyone so bad that they drove her off into the underground."
>"Why'd your grandmother tell you hobo stories?" asks Sakuya.
>Reimu shrugs. "She said something about hobos and Hakureis not being all that different. But anyhow, I'm pretty sure Marisa can handle it. And if I went looking for her and she came here, she'd probably wreck the place. That'd just be a pain, you know?"
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