Reimu Quest (Part 2)

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well...hopefully that's for the better. There anything else you guys need me to look into? Everyone been accounted for?"

[日巫子]

>"Well...hopefully that's for the better. There anything else you guys need me to look into? Everyone been accounted for?"

> Mokou shakes her head.  "We got this.  There were casualties, but we're not missing anyone anymore, I'll put it that way."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, that's better than what could be. Think I'm going to go investigate Scarlet Devil Mansion. There's things around there I need to look into, anyways."
>What is there between here and there?

[日巫子]

>"Well, that's better than what could be. Think I'm going to go investigate Scarlet Devil Mansion. There's things around there I need to look into, anyways."
>What is there between here and there?

> "Good luck with that."
> The Forest of Magic stands between you and the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

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[Hello Purvis]

>What all is in the Forest of Magic.
>"Thanks for keeping an eye on things here. It's been a relief."

[日巫子]

>What all is in the Forest of Magic.
>"Thanks for keeping an eye on things here. It's been a relief."

> You recall the things that lurk in the Forest of Magic.  Little sunlight penetrates the gargantuan trees, so naturally it is host to all sorts of youkai that range from the mostly harmless to the I'd-bite-your-leg-off-if-I-caught-you types.  Fungi with properties only known to Marisa peek out from underneath every bush and behind every tree.  Beautiful flowers pepper the forest floor.  In the most dangerous areas, poisonous spores fill the air and could choke you with a single breath.  There's also the harmless miasma, which according to Alice is just mana condensing in tight spaces of the forest.
> Marisa and Alice aren't the only magicians in there--there may be a handful out of the entire forest--but they're the only ones who ever leave it.  Rinnosuke's shop is actually located in the safer, less wild parts of it.  Since the forest contains a large percentage of the youkai population, Gensokyo would certainly be a different place without it.
> "No problem," Mokou says, and cracks a small grin.

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[O4rfish]

We do need to go pay Kourin for this sukumizu at some point.

[Third Eye Lem]

> Stop by the FoM, and see how Kourin is doing. Pay him back while we're at it.
> See if Marisa's and Alice's houses are submerged.

[日巫子]

> Stop by the FoM, and see how Kourin is doing. Pay him back while we're at it.
> See if Marisa's and Alice's houses are submerged.

> To get to the Forest of Magic, you're going to have to fly over the water until you reach semi-dry ground again.
> You'd like to check up on Marisa and Alice's houses, but you're nowhere near them right now.

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[Hello Purvis]

Way to blow off Mokou. =[

>"I think I need to get going, then. Any guesses on how much of this can be recovered?"

[日巫子]

>"I think I need to get going, then. Any guesses on how much of this can be recovered?"

> Mokou looks over the railing.  "The town?  As long as we can rebuild it in the same spot, we'll be fine."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Alright. I'm counting on you to keep things sane. If any waterlogged youkai show up, well, I trust you guys to make the right choices on whether to let them in or not. And to keep the peace."

[日巫子]

>"Alright. I'm counting on you to keep things sane. If any waterlogged youkai show up, well, I trust you guys to make the right choices on whether to let them in or not. And to keep the peace."

> Mokou nods.  "That shouldn't be too hard."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Alright, then I'm heading toward Scarlet Devil Mansion. Keep safe and dry!"
>Take to the air, and head toward the Forest of Magic. Take stock of the flooding there. Are either Alice or Marisa's homes roughly along the way?

[日巫子]

>"Alright, then I'm heading toward Scarlet Devil Mansion. Keep safe and dry!"
>Take to the air, and head toward the Forest of Magic. Take stock of the flooding there. Are either Alice or Marisa's homes roughly along the way?

> "Okaaaay."  Mokou waves you off.
> You fly away towards the Forest of Magic.  A lot of it is almost completely underwater, with only the tops of the trees sticking out.  As you fly, you catch glimpses of youkai here and there huddled in the branches.  Farther off, you recognize the less flooded areas of the forest near your shrine.  You're facing the direction of your shrine, so you'll have to go southeast if you want to reach Alice's and Marisa's houses.  The Scarlet Devil Mansion should just be south from here.

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[Yaersulf]

>South-east, Alice is probably in more immediate possible danger than the SDM.

[日巫子]

>South-east, Alice is probably in more immediate possible danger than the SDM.

> Fearing for Alice's safety, you fly towards the south-east end of the Forest of Magic.
> Passing over this area of the forest, you see that it is mostly submerged.  Yet, the water is so clear you're able to see the fish swimming along the forest floor in the diminishing sunlight.  If you remember correctly, Alice lived in a clearing while Marisa's house was more hidden by the trees.

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[Third Eye Lem]

> Lem: Lose all the social link points for not actually talking to NPCs
> Is there a window we can open, at least? It'd suck to not be able to get in (due to water pressure and all).

[日巫子]

> Lem: Lose all the social link points for not actually talking to NPCs
> Is there a window we can open, at least? It'd suck to not be able to get in (due to water pressure and all).

> Bloop bloop bloooop...
> There are no windows to open.  You haven't found either of their houses yet.

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[Third Eye Lem]

> There are no windows to open.  You haven't found either of their houses yet.

>  :derp: Spot Check fail. Anyways, let's start with the clearings, first.

[日巫子]

>  :derp: Spot Check fail. Anyways, let's start with the clearings, first.

> You try to shake off your mistake, and fly low over the top of the forest.  There are clearings here and there.  There are no signs of any dwellings around here.

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[Third Eye Lem]

> ...Consider the possibility of Alice/Marisa hiding their houses from view using some kind of enchantments.
> Do we have a way of detecting youkai presence?

[O4rfish]

>Obviously they decided to caulk their houses and float them down the river.

[日巫子]

> ...Consider the possibility of Alice/Marisa hiding their houses from view using some kind of enchantments.
> Do we have a way of detecting youkai presence?

> Magicians are certainly capable of that kind of magic, but you can't imagine what reason they'd have to do that.
> You can only detect youkai if they're giving off a particularly powerful aura.

>Obviously they decided to caulk their houses and float them down the river.

> ...You would not put that past a magician's capabilities, either.

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[Third Eye Lem]

> Just out of curiosity, let's take a swim and see if we can find anything resembling a house outline. (Silly, I know, but the curiosity is killing me here)

[日巫子]

> Just out of curiosity, let's take a swim and see if we can find anything resembling a house outline. (Silly, I know, but the curiosity is killing me here)

> You dive down into the water, and bump into the treetops.  It takes some work trying to get past the branches and into the depths.  You can see clearly in front of you, but it's getting darker.  Still...even if the sky were to go pitch black, you don't think you'd have trouble seeing.  The fungi that hasn't been washed away by the rain illuminates the forest floor with a pulsating glow.  Crabs you swear are as big as you scuttle in the underbrush.  A strange, squishy-looking creature with eight tentacles clings to a tree.  When you swim by, it engulfs itself in a black cloud and slithers away.  A long fish pokes out of what was once a rabbit hole.  Tiny specks that glow with the same light as the fungi float freely through the water.
> You don't see any houses in the trees, but you think you recognize this part of the forest.

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[Third Eye Lem]

> Any familiar landmarks nearby? Maybe we can use those to figure out where Alice's house is.

[日巫子]

> Any familiar landmarks nearby? Maybe we can use those to figure out where Alice's house is.

> The rabbit hole jogs your memory.  When you were younger, you and Marisa wandered from her house and stumbled across it, and tried to dig out the rabbits.  It didn't work, though.  Marisa and Alice live near each other, so if you go the route you remember you might actually find both of their houses.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Let's go in the direction we recall the closer house being from the rabbit hole.
>How's that water breathing charm working out for us?

[日巫子]

>Let's go in the direction we recall the closer house being from the rabbit hole.
>How's that water breathing charm working out for us?

> You head north past the rabbit hole.
> You take a few experimental breaths underwater.  The water charm is doing its job.
> As you swim, you notice the trees starting to thin out.

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