Reimu Quest (Part 10)

[日巫子]

>"Oh come off it already, suicidal nothing! You just know I can fix this without you profiting from it, and you're doing everything you can get away with to stop me. If you thought you could get away with it without showing your hand to the world, you'd lock me up somewhere. "

> "I didn't know you could read minds now," Yukari says.  She stands up and floats away from the bronze orb.
> "By the way, you might want to step back, unless you want to have an out-of-body experience."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"I don't need to read minds. I just need to look at how you've behaved, and how you've done less to be helpful than Ran. What you've done and what you've not done have made you a bigger threat than anyone I can think of!"
>Take a step back and prepare our gohei in case we need to decorate the floor with her teeth.

[日巫子]

>"I don't need to read minds. I just need to look at how you've behaved, and how you've done less to be helpful than Ran."
>Take a step back and prepare our gohei in case we need to decorate the floor with her teeth.

> Yukari is too busy opening a gap in the floor to respond to you.  You manage to fly away in time, before a huge hole opens in the floor.  Below, you see the submerged Gensokyo.  The waves covering its surface reflect the early dawn.  The bronze orb descends through the gap, hovering in the sky above Gensokyo.  Everything is quiet for a moment.  Then, you see a shift in the water.
> Like a ribbon, a stream of water spirals towards the orb as if it were magnetically attracted to it.  It touches the surface and then goes inside.  More water starts to flow up,  then more, then more.  You see it sloshing around in the orb, and yet it never seems to reach full capacity.  Down below, the water ripples and forms a current towards the orb.  The room is filled with the scent of salt water.  Yukari watches the orb with a fixed gaze.
> As the water travels up, you start to see slight changes in the geography below.  Specifically, around the mountains.  Ever so slightly, the water level around them is decreasing.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Looks like we were right after all, it was important.
>Observe.

[日巫子]

>Looks like we were right after all, it was important.
>Observe.

> You knew the shards were important, but you never bothered to look into what they could do.  You watch as a seemingly endless stream of water is absorbed into the orb.  From the looks of it, it doesn't look like the water's going to be completely drained any time soon.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"How much can that hold?"

[日巫子]

>"How much can that hold?"

> "An entire ocean," says Yukari.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"That'll last for awhile, but aren't there a bunch of oceans outside?"

[日巫子]

>"That'll last for awhile, but aren't there a bunch of oceans outside?"

> "Of course there are.  You've never been to one, have you?  A real one with a beach, that is," says Yukari.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"No. Now, was it you that made that mural thing?"

[日巫子]

>"No. Now, was it you that made that mural thing?"

> "The murals in the rest of the gapspace?  Yes, those are all mine."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"No, I mean the chalk one with the two worlds and the wings and stuff."

[日巫子]

>"No, I mean the chalk one with the two worlds and the wings and stuff."

> "Where did you see it?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"It was in Sanae's world."

[日巫子]

>"It was in Sanae's world."

> "Hmm.  I don't remember making anything there.  What did the mural look like?"

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, it was done in what looked like chalk, and had the two worlds on each side, with wings, and there was a gap between them..."
>Go into the finer details of its appearance and how it felt to touch.

[日巫子]

>"Well, it was done in what looked like chalk, and had the two worlds on each side, with wings, and there was a gap between them..."
>Go into the finer details of its appearance and how it felt to touch.

> You explain the mural to Yukari.  She closes her eyes, as if trying to visualize what you've just told her.
> "The gap could represent a bridge, perhaps," she says to herself.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"What about the wings, and all the weird feelings."

[日巫子]

>"What about the wings, and all the weird feelings."

> "Hmm.  The wings are curious, aren't they?  Ran told me about what happened when you and all those other girls visited the Boundary," Yukari says.  "Although I do wonder about the sensations that come from touching the drawing."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"So what's this about a gap bridge? And what would it even do?"

[日巫子]

>"So what's this about a gap bridge? And what would it even do?"

> "I use the term 'bridge' loosely.  You've seen me use my gaps hundreds of times.  You know what they do."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Okay, how does it fix the problem?"

[日巫子]

>"Okay, how does it fix the problem?"

> "It may be possible to travel to that other world while still awake," guesses Yukari.  "You, on the other hand, are just dreaming.  If I could step outside both worlds...well, it wouldn't do anything for the Boundary."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah. It'd be interesting, but probably not helpful. Would it work the other way around, though? I remember Yuuka pulled something like what you're saying, a long time ago."

[日巫子]

>"Yeah. It'd be interesting, but probably not helpful. Would it work the other way around, though? I remember Yuuka pulled something like what you're saying, a long time ago."

> "You're a few steps away from Gensokyo right now," says Yukari.  Then, in a warning tone, she says, "But your body is in Gensokyo.  I did notice you wander in here, after all."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Here's another thing. How are we going to get back to our proper point in time, anyways?"

[日巫子]

>"Here's another thing. How are we going to get back to our proper point in time, anyways?"

> "Hmmm...well, I gave you your options last time we talked.  We'll still need a successor, but the way things are going Sanae may be left alone.  I'd like to visit where you found that mural."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Sure, I'll show it to you."

[日巫子]

>"Sure, I'll show it to you."

> "Very well."  Yukari walks to one end of the room, and opens a gap in the wall.  Beyond it, you see the same purple space you were wandering around in earlier.  The patterns in the floor shift and move towards the the hole in the floor.  The view of the orb still absorbing water is obscured by the electric construct you saw the last time you were in the gapspace.
> "YuugenMagan, keep an eye on that, why don't you?" Yukari asks.  YuugenMagan's answer comes in the form of a cloud of angry sparks.

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[Sect]

> "Is it always angry like that?"