Author Topic: Meira Quest (Part 4) (Read 48934 times)

日巫子 · « **Reply #900 on:** January 21, 2012, 12:52:14 AM »

Quote from: Cult on January 21, 2012, 12:23:57 AM

> "Woah. That's kind of scary."
> Pause.
> "Hey, if you're done after one step... how do people know this place is dangerous?"

> There wouldn't be any survivors to live to tell the tale, now would there?
> "Because others go near the hill and see the corpses of the poisoned in the flowers," Mokou explains. "A long time ago people would abandon their children here if they couldn't afford to take care of them, and they'd be lulled into a sweet, flowery death within minutes."

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GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #901 on:** January 21, 2012, 01:03:07 AM »

>"Th-th-th-that'a just mean! Komachi's boss should send those people to hell!"

日巫子 · « **Reply #902 on:** January 21, 2012, 01:10:10 AM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on January 21, 2012, 01:03:07 AM

>"Th-th-th-that'a just mean! Komachi's boss should send those people to hell!"

> Mokou just stares out into the field with a furrowed brow.
> "Yeah..."

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Sect · « **Reply #903 on:** January 21, 2012, 01:40:12 AM »

> Give the field another look. It's so pretty, but its past is so scary...
> "Um... so what's next?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #904 on:** January 21, 2012, 02:11:33 AM »

Quote from: Cult on January 21, 2012, 01:40:12 AM

> Give the field another look. It's so pretty, but its past is so scary...
> "Um... so what's next?"

> You take one last look at the field. Looks are only skin-deep, in this case.
> "That's it," Mokou says. "We can go home, and then you're free to do whatever you want."

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Sect · « **Reply #905 on:** January 21, 2012, 03:11:37 AM »

> "Oh, kay! Thanks for showing me around, Mokou!"
> Follow her back to Keine's.

日巫子 · « **Reply #906 on:** January 21, 2012, 03:19:25 AM »

Quote from: Cult on January 21, 2012, 03:11:37 AM

> "Oh, kay! Thanks for showing me around, Mokou!"
> Follow her back to Keine's.

> "No problem."
> The two of you head back the way you came, through the forest, past the flower field, and all the way back to the Human Village. It takes a little while, but you finally make it back to the schoolhouse.
> When the two of you are at the gates, Mokou turns and heads for the school yard.
> "I'll be out here if Keine asks anything," she says with a yawn.

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nolrai2 · « **Reply #907 on:** January 21, 2012, 07:31:29 PM »

"Shouldn't you sleep inside?"
Oh wait..she's probobly not going to be sleeping.
feel silly.

日巫子 · « **Reply #908 on:** January 21, 2012, 09:25:23 PM »

Quote from: nolrai2 on January 21, 2012, 07:31:29 PM

"Shouldn't you sleep inside?"
Oh wait..she's probobly not going to be sleeping.
feel silly.

> "Nope. The sun's warm," Mokou replies as she saunters off.
> You start to feel silly for asking, but then realize she really is going to sleep inside.

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nolrai2 · « **Reply #909 on:** January 21, 2012, 11:04:57 PM »

Adults are wierd.
Go inside.
"[that thing Japanese say when they arive at home]
Oh, take off our shoes, they are probobly a little dirty.

日巫子 · « **Reply #910 on:** January 21, 2012, 11:27:30 PM »

Quote from: nolrai2 on January 21, 2012, 11:04:57 PM

Adults are wierd.
Go inside.
"[that thing Japanese say when they arive at home]
Oh, take off our shoes, they are probobly a little dirty.

> You'll never understand grown-ups.
> You head inside the schoolhouse, leaving your shoes at the door. No one seems to be around to answer your calls.

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Sect · « **Reply #911 on:** January 21, 2012, 11:34:08 PM »

> Pitter patter up to the room that we stayed in.

日巫子 · « **Reply #912 on:** January 22, 2012, 12:40:12 AM »

Quote from: Cult on January 21, 2012, 11:34:08 PM

> Pitter patter up to the room that we stayed in.

> You head back upstairs.
> You hear some voices coming from Keine's study, but head back into the room you were staying in.
> When you enter the room, you see Kouyoshi reading a scroll on the table, her tail swishing back and forth.
> "Hi," she says, without looking up at you. "How was training?"

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Hanzo K. · « **Reply #913 on:** January 22, 2012, 12:51:02 AM »

>"I surprised Mokou by making danmaku come from behind her when she was facing me!"
>Excited armflail!
>"She said I shouldn't have been able to do that so soon, but I ended up having an idea and running with it!"
>BIG smile.

日巫子 · « **Reply #914 on:** January 22, 2012, 01:55:14 AM »

Quote from: Hanzo K. on January 22, 2012, 12:51:02 AM

>"I surprised Mokou by making danmaku come from behind her when she was facing me!"
>Excited armflail!
>"She said I shouldn't have been able to do that so soon, but I ended up having an idea and running with it!"
>BIG smile.

> Kouyoshi looks up. "Really? You really are a natural at this."
> She smiles a little in return.
> "Keine's already awake, she's tutoring someone in the other room, though, and told me not to bother her," she continues. "She let me borrow this to read, it's mostly tales about oni and stuff, though. Did you do anything else interesting today?"

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Sect · « **Reply #915 on:** January 22, 2012, 02:20:25 AM »

> "Yeah! Mokou showed me this biiiiig sunflower field with a sleeping youkai in it! Mokou fell asleep, too, and I almost did! Then, we went to the Sanzu River, and I talked to a shikigami who was really nice! Then, she showed me this pretty hill that... that a lot of people died at..."

日巫子 · « **Reply #916 on:** January 22, 2012, 04:00:08 AM »

Quote from: Cult on January 22, 2012, 02:20:25 AM

> "Yeah! Mokou showed me this biiiiig sunflower field with a sleeping youkai in it! Mokou fell asleep, too, and I almost did! Then, we went to the Sanzu River, and I talked to a shikigami who was really nice! Then, she showed me this pretty hill that... that a lot of people died at..."

> "A sunflower field?" Kouyoshi's ears flatten. "She took you there?"

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GuyYouMetOnline · « **Reply #917 on:** January 22, 2012, 04:36:57 AM »

>"Yeah!"

日巫子 · « **Reply #918 on:** January 22, 2012, 02:22:42 PM »

Quote from: GuyYouMetOnline on January 22, 2012, 04:36:57 AM

>"Yeah!"

> Kouyoshi's tail keeps swishing back and forth.
> "...Wow."
> "Well, it can't really be more dangerous than oni. This scroll says that humans had to resort to tomfoolery to keep from getting kidnapped by them."

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nolrai2 · « **Reply #919 on:** January 22, 2012, 03:16:02 PM »

"Really? Any neat tricks?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #920 on:** January 22, 2012, 03:45:34 PM »

Quote from: nolrai2 on January 22, 2012, 03:16:02 PM

"Really? Any neat tricks?"

> "They'd do stuff like leading them over pits filled with spikes, have a shrine maiden disguise as a normal civilian, trick the oni into eating stuff with soy beans..." Kouyoshi lists them off on her fingers. "They'd trick the oni into thinking that they wanted to be friends, and set up ambushes and stuff. A lot of oni died that way...Tricked and then exorcised and killed, that is. Even the ones that didn't go near humans."
> Kouyoshi chews on her lip.
> "That kitsune would deserve to get tricked, but how would you outsmart a kitsune?"

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nolrai2 · « **Reply #921 on:** January 22, 2012, 03:54:01 PM »

"That's mean. I guess humans can be bad guys too."
Frown.
"You did pretty well with your tofu!"
"hmm.."
Put on our thinking face!
"Moku said she would teach me how to make pits with magic. So I just need to get magic dogs..Those Echo yokai are suposed to have dog ears right? What were they called?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #922 on:** January 22, 2012, 04:07:05 PM »

Quote from: nolrai2 on January 22, 2012, 03:54:01 PM

"That's mean. I guess humans can be bad guys too."
Frown.
"You did pretty well with your tofu!"
"hmm.."
Put on our thinking face!
"Moku said she would teach me how to make pits with magic. So I just need to get magic dogs..Those Echo yokai are suposed to have dog ears right? What were they called?"

> "It's complicated," Kouyoshi says as she starts to roll up the scroll. "Human-oni relations."
> Kouyoshi grins. "You mean Yamabiko? How would they help?"

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nolrai2 · « **Reply #923 on:** January 22, 2012, 04:45:11 PM »

"errrrr..make dog noises? Because they have dog ears!"

日巫子 · « **Reply #924 on:** January 22, 2012, 06:33:00 PM »

Quote from: nolrai2 on January 22, 2012, 04:45:11 PM

"errrrr..make dog noises? Because they have dog ears!"

> "No, they'd just echo the sounds of dogs..."

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nolrai2 · « **Reply #925 on:** January 22, 2012, 06:44:58 PM »

"mou..this is hard.."
Time for more thinking..
"Are there any powerfull artifacts we could use?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #926 on:** January 22, 2012, 07:02:29 PM »

Quote from: nolrai2 on January 22, 2012, 06:44:58 PM

"mou..this is hard.."
Time for more thinking..
"Are there any powerfull artifacts we could use?"

> Killing a kitsune isn't easy.
> "Not an artifact, but a shrine maiden would probably be best at exterminating," Kouyoshi says. "Aside from that, no idea."

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nolrai2 · « **Reply #927 on:** January 22, 2012, 08:06:55 PM »

"are there any shrines other then the abandoned one?"

日巫子 · « **Reply #928 on:** January 22, 2012, 10:39:06 PM »

Quote from: nolrai2 on January 22, 2012, 08:06:55 PM

"are there any shrines other then the abandoned one?"

> "Not that I know of," Kouyoshi says.

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nolrai2 · « **Reply #929 on:** January 23, 2012, 01:46:29 AM »

"Then where would we find a miko?"