>Inventory.
>Hunger level.
>Location
>Are we alone?
>>If not, ask if there is anything our companions wanted specifically to do.
>Try and help Kogasa surprise Meiling, for a laugh.
>"Well, maybe I can cover her head in darkness, then Cirno can freeze parts of her body to slowly rouse her, and then you go in with a whack over the head!"
>FOOLPROOF!!
>Have Cirno free her from the ice, but keep the darkness up.
>"Why do you sleep so much?"
>"....And how do you survive being knifed?"
>"Uh, Cirno, I think we should free her... before she gets angry."
>Back away a bit and drop the darkness; don't need to get in the crossfire.
>Facepalm at Cirno, "Not a day goes by that something like that doesn't happen."
>Turn back to Meiling, with a smirk, "Have a nice sleep?"
>Wave at Sakuya, "Hi-hi!!"
> "What are you looking at?"
>Look east!
>"Is that so?"
>Don't we know some really fast people that like to watch others?
"Think it could be a Tengu?"
>"Why worry if someone's watching you? Take it as a compliment that you have a stalker fan!!"
>Cheesy grin!!
> Back when we ate people, were we picky at all, or did we just hunt anyone?
>"Who are the half-ghost and Gap Hag?"
>"And why would they stalk you? Do they have a crush on you?"
>Innocent head-tilt.
>Weird.
>Spam danmaku at the general area the knives bounced away from.
>If the danmaku suddenly stops somewhere, tackle-glomp that spot and don't let go.
>"Heehee, caught you!"
>"Sakuya has really good stalker senses!"
>Maybe that's how she always knows when Meiling is asleep.
>"I'm Rumia, who are you?"
>"From the underground? Cool!"
(OOC: Hate to be pedantic, but isn't her name Koishi Komeiji instead of Koishi Satori? Or have I fallen into a deliberate trap?)
>"I'm talking to Koishi, can't you see her?"
>Turn to Koishi "How come I'm the only one who can see you? Or hear you?"
>...Wait a minute.
>"I'm not stupid! I'm just learning."
>"Oh? That's so cool!"
>"A Satori? What's that? Anyway, drawing knives on someone for no reason isn't very nice, you hurt Koishi's feelings."
>"Umm....how is that worse than eating people, or drinking their blood, or scamming them, or freezing them, or stabbing them, or beating them up....or everything else?"
>Is mind-reading that scary? We used to eat people. And Reimu and Sakuya are way scarier than Koishi.
>".....Right now, you're a bit scarier than she is...."
>We nearly got stabbed there, and knives hurt.
>"Isn't it fine if we just stay outside?"
>I think we should go now.
>"UmmitwasnicevisitingbutwehavetogofindCirnobyeSakuya!"
>Grab Koishi and Kogasa and fly away!
>Stop once we reach the other side of the lake.
>"SakuyacameoutandstabbedMeilingthenherstalkersensespickedupsomeonesoIglompedthemanditturnedouttobeKoishiandSakuyatriedtostabherbecauseshe'saSatorithenMeilingfellonherandSakuya'sgoingtoknifeus!!!"
> Panic.
>"Run away!"
>Grab Koishi and fly into the forest.
>Do we know anyone that likes us and can stop Sakuya from knifing us?
>How far can we spread our darkness?
>"Koishi, can you turn invisible to Sakuya again?"
>"And can you turn me invisible, too?"
>"Would it work if she couldn't see us and only tell the general area? Like if we all got wrapped up in darkness?"
>Fly towards the shrine while using the forest for cover.
>In the forest, are we fast enough to keep close enough to Sakuya to keep her in our darkness? At least for a few minutes?
>If yes, "I think I can fix that. Everyone, stay with Koishi and head for the shrine; I'll stay back and trap Sakuya in my darkness. If everyone changes direction afterwards, Sakuya won't have a clue where you went so your invisibility should work!"
>"You'll have to vanish as soon as I spread darkness around her though, otherwise she'll stop time. Good luck!"
>Suddenly change direction and fly towards Sakuya, wrapping the area in darkness as soon as we're close enough to catch her and strip her sight. Hopefully she likes us just enough to not kill us.
>Good thing we can see in our darkness now
>Turn around and chase after her, dodging and using danmaku to stop the knives. She can't aim that well if she can't see where in the darkness bubble we are.
>Can't be helped then; aim danmaku at Sakuya and try to destroy the tree branches in front of her to force her to dodge.
>Try to spread our darkness forward more to catch up to her to strip her sight as well.
>Can we move about while our spellcards are active?
>Keep distracting her with the danmaku then.
>Can we see any signs of the others? If we can't find them, odds are Sakuya can't either.
>Meh, that works too. We just need to make sure that she can't charge full-steam.
>Spam more danmaku at those tree branches
>Try kicking off the trees to gain speed
>Yeah, evasive action. No need to keep slowing down Sakuya if Reimu's in Incident Mode, and we're going to need that danmaku for those homing attacks of Reimu's
>Catch up with the others once Reimu stops with the ownage
>Well it's still better than getting knifed.......at least everyone's fine....to an extent.
>"Ouch....."
>"Sakuya, I get that you don't like Koishi, but did you have to chase us all the way here? Koishi didn't even do anything!"
>"We were playing around with Meiling, then Cirno wouldn't unfreeze her so she got punched into the lake, then Sakuya knifed Meiling for sleeping on the job, then she sensed someone invisible around somehow."
>"I found Koishi, then she became visible to everyone and Sakuya said she was a Satori and got really mad, her eyes turned red and everything! Then she started throwing knives at Koishi."
>And nearly turned us into a pincushion.
>"Koishi dodged her for a bit, then Meiling fell on Sakuya and Koishi said that she didn't want to do it but she didn't want to hurt Sakuya, then Sakuya got even madder so we ran away."
>"Sakuya started chasing us, so we ran here and I tried to slow down Sakuya but she's too fast for me then you knocked us all out."
>"I don't think she managed to get a clear shot in the forest."
>Make sure that everyone is okay.
>"Wait, you mean she's done that enough times for it to have a name! Scary....."
>Look to Koishi, "You said your sister was worried about something? What was that?"
>"Makai? Another Goddess? Who are they?"
>Do we know of Shou, Byakuren and Suika?
>What do we know about the underground?
>"Oh."
>So another incident? Well that last one was fun and we made a bunch of friends in it, why not?
>"Can we come along?"
>"YEah! Something's happening down there and Reimu said it was dangerous but my new friend's going and I want to help her and-"
>Fly after Koishi.
>"Koishi, wait for meeeee!"
>"Reimu said something about people from some place called Makai."
>"Hey, are you not letting me go? Let me go! Reimu said I could go!"
>"She said that she was going to try to stop the Makai people from causing trouble, or getting beat up by a drunk Oni named Yuugi and causing their goddess to come up here."
>Fight the weight and fly!
>"We know which way to go! We saw Reimu and Koishi leave!"
>Get after Koishi!
>Before we go rushing off, did we actually see where they went, or did we see them fly off and have no idea if they made any turns or where they went to get underground?
>Right. Wait for Suika.
>Follow Suika!
>Be sure not to knock that jug... the results won't be pretty.
>"Kay~"
>Down the rabbit hole!
> What's our opinion of sake?
>Step into the light
>Wave to the green thing
>"Hey there!"
>"Sorry!" Speak just loudly enough for her to hear easily
>"Hey, have you seen a shrine maiden in red and white or a white-haired satori with a black hat?"
>"Ah, that's true."
>"Do you know where Koishi's sister lives?"
>"City at the bottom? Maybe some people there know where Koishi's sister lives!"
>"Bye! Thanks for the help!"
>"Huh? Doesn't feel odd to me..might be because I'm a darkness youkai."
>"Anyway, we're almost there! And all of us together can handle anything!"
>Forward!
>Wave at the figure, "Hiya!"
>Whisper to Suika, "Do you know who that is?"
>"Is sake that interesting?" Huh, maybe we should sneak some sometime.
>"I'm Rumia, and this is Wriggle, Kogasa, Mystia and Suika. Can we cross your bridge?"
>"Your name's pretty nice too! And those glowy eyes...I'm just a little jealous of those too. I wouldn't bump into so many trees if I had glowy eyes like those."
>"Really! Watch!"
>Cover the area in a darkness bubble!
(But it's stated that Rumia can't see through her own darkness, and neither can most youkai. :V)
>Indeed, when did we lose the ability to make darkness thick enough to blind everyone?
>"Say, Parsee, did you see a red-white miko and a silvery-haired Satori come by here? Because we were with them and we're kind of lagging.."
>That's odd, though they could be hiding with Koishi's power....
>"Then we might get there before them! Do you know where the Satori live?"
>"'Kay, thanks!!"
>Let's go (or attempt to..)!!
>"That must be it!!"
>Head towards the palace!
>"Kay. Let's go."
>Commence the search for Yuugi, splitting up if necessary.
>Wonder if it's just Mystia singing on the job.> No, you'd understand that, this sound is new, and if you heard her, your vision would be darkening. While Youkai aren't fully effected, they still have their vision impaired somewhat.
>Wings? A bat maybe?
>Investigate.
>Try and assist the youkai!
>Have we seen those... flying.. eye... bats... somewhere before?
>Nonspell danmaku; give the eyeballs a taste of their own medicine!
>Dodge and keep shooting back; we got shot at by people way stronger than this already
>What is Night Bird like?
>Which spellcard gives us the most mobility?
>How much denser is the normal version of Night Bird compared to our non-spell danmaku?
>How long does each version take to recharge?
>Bah, Night Bird - Hard. They should get swatted before the card times out.
>The Power points should help as well
>Is that so? Has this happened before?
>"Does anyone know where I can find Yuugi?"
>Indeed they should
> Yes it is so. You experianced a feeling of empowerment after you returned the book to the Scarlet Mansion as well, which is what enabled you to make your new spellcard. Considering the only similarity in the situation, you summise that you somehow get more powerful by helping others.
>How odd. Maybe that's why Reimu's so powerful?
>"Thanks!"
>Follow those directions.
> How odd, maybe the gods have the right idea.
>"Hello Yuugi!" Wave
>"Have you seen Reimu and Koishi?"
>Well, she's rather intent isn't she? Float on over to go beside her, then plop the mini-suika onto her noggin. She oughta notice that.
>"Hi! Whatcha staring at?"
>"Really? I wonder if she can mess with my darkness?"
>Wave. "Hiya Wriggle! Did you fight some of those weird bat-eyes too? They weren't really that strong...All I had to do was use night bird, and poof~!"
>"That's weird! I fought a few Bat-eyes before I got here. Hey, did you feel stronger after beating them and saving the people getting attacked? I did."
>"Hmm...Guess not~!"
>Fistpalm. "Maybe we should find some people for you to save or something! You might get strong enough to make a whole new spellcard like I did!""
>"But first, we need to find Koishi and tell Reimu we found Yuugi."
>If Yuugi doesn't move in the next few minutes, head for the palace; we do already know where the Satori live.
>Let's keep going until we get there! "Well, when I saved those youkai who were having trouble, they were so happy! And I kinda felt stronger after that!"
>"By the way, Kogasa, how did you heal so fast?"
>"I wonder what we have to do to get you to be stronger? Maybe find better bugs for you to work with?"
>"...So if I tickle the umbrella, you'll laugh?"
>"...But you're not an umbrella! You're a Karakasa! Isn't that s'posed to be different from being a plain ol' umbrella?"
>"That might work! Maybe we can ask that Satori down here!"
>"Oh yeah, my spellcard's back to full~!"
>This needs investigating. Borrow a feather from Mystia and tickle the umbrella
>Pause to marvel at the windows! "Ooooh...."
>"Well, doesn't she run this whole place? You gotta be strong to run a whole group of people right? Cirno said so!"
>"Oh, Mystia, do you have a spare feather? I wanna try something!"
>"Whoa....The door opened without anyone touching it!"
>"But Mysty, I was asking about one that was about to fall out."
>"She can read minds? Maybe she can tell me what I had for dinner a few nights ago, because it was pretty tasty, but I forgot what it was!"
>Pout. "Awww....You're no fun Mysty.....I wanted to see if an idea I had would work."
>Flip a 180 on mood. "But I heard from someone that you still have stuff you forgot, it's just really hard to get to!"
>"And yeah, Reimu, we did actually make it here?U mad?Surprised?"
>Put on a childishly curious smile that makes us seem like we're teasing her, but look too cute for her to get angry.
>"...But Mysty, we can fly without wings. Everyone can."
>"Dunno Koga, but we'll find out soon enough!"
>Wave cheerfully at the girl with the red eye. "Hi! I'm Rumia! This is Wriggle, Mystia, and Kogasa!" Point to each in turn.
>"Though I guess if you can read minds, you already knew all that huh? Wonder if you could help me remember what I had for dinner a couple nights ago..."
(It's Shikigami, not Shinigami.)
>"So that nice dollmaker's from there too? I never would've guessed!" Cheerfully oblivious smile.
>Armflail. "Wait, Mysty, you can't fly without your wings? That's no good! We need to teach you!"
>Armflail more, but with a panicked look. "But Mysty! What if you break one of your wings?! Then how will you get around? Well, besides walking I guess...But that's boring!"
>"Actually, we did kinda follow you. Well, I guess you could call it that, since we're here now too. We wanted to help!"
>Proud grin. "I took care of some weird bat-eye-things on the way too!"
>"Well, you should learn before that happens, just in case y'know!"
>"Oh, those? I can show you the way! Suika and Yuugi are there at some weird kinda portal-thing, it looked kinda tasty."
>"Oh, Wriggle? She fought some weird ghosts-that-aren't-ghosts."
>"She was all serious and staring at that portal thing like it stole her lunch money! I even said hi a few times, and she didn't even say hi once!"
>"Well, I guess so but....It still hurts though."
>"We can go look for the portal things! Finding this stuff is something even one of those kids from the human village could do! Come on guys, let's go!"
>"...Well that was fast, huh? Who are you guys anyways? And why's Marisa with you? I thought she was over thataways!" Point in a random direction!
>"...Objective? Is that something you eat?"
>Look at Mystia. "Hey, Hey, Mysty. What's an 'Objective'? Is it tasty?"
>"Hey, you can't go about killing people! And fix Satori's house!"
>Get ready to rumble.
>"You remind me of Cirno! She's an Ice Fairy y'know, strong too!"
>Fire off Night Bird as a starter!
>Night Bird - Lunatic that is.
>Fly up to avoid the fire and shoot danmaku to break the icicles we can't dodge
>Then blast the fire one with Moonlight Ray
>Added to the above: Tell the others quietly "Try to separate them. so they can't do that freezing trick again."
>"Hey! Cirno freezes danmaku too! Are you her big sis? You kinda look like her!"
>Alright then, let's step it up with Moonlight Ray -Lunatic-!
>"Hmm, yeah she really doesn't look like Cirno...."
>"Hey Cirno, the angel stole your danmaku freezing trick!"
>Whisper to the others. "Maybe if half of us attack from one side, the rest attack from the other, and we box the two of them in."
>Assuming agreement, do the boxing with non-spell damnaku and use Moonlight Ray - Lunatic when they get clustered.
>Did we ever figure out how everyone makes familiars?
>"Okay then, I guess we'll have to end this quick then, because I'm getting hungry~! Hey, you wanna come find something to eat after this?"
>Let's keep firing moonlight ray if it's still got charge.
>"I was talking about bringing those two along to find something to eat~! I mean, isn't it usually a good thing to make friends with the people you beat up?"
>Let's keep pouring on the lasers!
>Well, this wasn't a surprise, but there's not much we can do about it huh?
>"Mysty! I got a plan! Start singing!"
>Time to pour on the darkness, flood the area!
>Well then, only one thing for it then huh?
>Let's charge at Yuki with danmaku a blazin'!
>Alright! "Now's our chance guys! Mysty! Start singing! Koga, Wriggle, you guys handle her, I'll support Mysty with my power!"
>Flood the area with darkness!
>Ah...huh.
>We can tell where Yuki is right? Danmaku spam full force.
>Don't let her recover, back to the danmaku spam!
>Are our spellcards recharged yet?
>...Idea! Charge at Yuki, and try to drag her into the brunt of Cirno's attack!
>While we're at it, adjust the darkness to cover just us and Yuki so she can't dodge well either.
>Alright! Now for the other one! Let's try the same with Mai now!
>And if that works, follow it up with Lunar Eclipse! We're goin' all out!
>So this must be her power then huh? Since our power doesn't need danmaku.
>Let's try breaking the ice with lasers! After all, laser beats ice!
>"Here I go~! This might sting a little though."
>Time to fire off Lunar Eclipse at full power!
>Blink a few times before pointing at ourself with a puzzled expression. "Eh? You know me? That's funny, I don't really know you that well aside from you being a lot like Cirno~ Well, that and your name, but you said that earlier."
>Float over with an oblivious smile to get a closer look. "You know, you were pretty strong. That was actually the first time I've used that last spellcard, even I'm surprised at how strong it was~!"
>Float after her. "Hey wait! I wanted to bring you along with us when we went to go find some food! It's the polite thing to do afterall."
>"And what's this about me being in this state?"
>"Hey, when did we meet before? I think I'd remember someone who reminded me of Cirno..."
>Do we have any idea what she's talking about? Maybe we hit her too hard.......
>"Eh? I wasn't gonna eat you, why would I eat another youkai? Beef's much tastier anyhow, no small bones to get stuck in your teeth~"
>Let's get a closer look at that portal! (Say the above while doing so)
>Pull away from the portal! "Ow...stupid portal thingy giving me a headache..."
>Then pitch a shot at it because it made us have a headache.
>"Who knows? Probably they closed it, they seemed kinda scared of me....weird, not even humans are really scared of me and I used to eat them."
>"....But it would be really silly if that's all we have to do to close the portal! Let's find another one and check it out!"
>"Alright, you guys can rest then~! For some weird reason, I feel as full of energy as I do when I've finished eating!"
>"...Though I'm still hungry..."
>"Alright then. I'll leave it to you guys! Cirno, you're coming with me! We gotta find more of those portal things!"
>Drag Cirno around with us while we search for portals.
Arrite then, let's get this on the road!
>"So Cirno, was that ice witch any good? I saw a lot of the fight, and you were pretty even!"
>Let's try dragging her to the other portal we remember finding, maybe we'll find some more weirdos like before!
>Didn't Reimu and Marisa go to that portal with the pajama lady to stop Suika and Yuugi from making trouble?
>But we should tell Reimu about Yuki and Mai anyway.
>"Wow....."
>Let's look around, maybe Reimu or someone else is still around? We should check out that other person in purple too.
>"Hey, where did Reimu and Marisa and everyone go?"
>They couldn't have.....gotten killed, could they?
>If we can't find Reimu or anyone, ask the one in purple about them. Try not to panic
>"Oh, is that so? Y'know, you seem kinda familiar."
>"Well, I'm Rumia, and this here's Cirno, she's actually pretty strong for a Fairy y'know. Hot-headed, but she's a good friend."
>"So..where'd everyone else go anyways? I got something I wanted to tell Reimu, it's real important! These two witches called Yuki and Mai showed up, but me, Cirno, Wriggle, Mystia, and Kogasa drove them back into the portal-thingy they came out of!"
>Headtilt. "But Mai was all scared when she found out who I was. Wonder why that was so?"
>"It's okay~! I'll just get more info from Reimu I guess, she probably knows a lot more about this."
>Pause. "Hold on, you said you know this Shinki lady, right? Those two mentioned that name too! Just who is she anyhow? Come to think of it, is it even a she? Shinki sounds like a name someone like that vampire in the mansion has...What was her name again? I know it wasn't Reimu, because Reimu is Reimu. I remember that it started with an R though!"
(Yes, typical team nineball rambling.)
>"Maybe, but Reimu actually tells me stuff, although she acts annoyed she's really nice! She even loaned me a really strong red spellcard when I went looking for Ri-Re- Sakuya's boss's book!"
>"On par with Yuuka....isn't she the one who keeps picking on Wriggle?"
>We should know who Yuuka is from Wriggle at least right?
>"That's funny, all of them are down here helping out! So I guess I don't have to go far to find any of them huh? Well, it was nice meeting you~! Come on Cirno, we got more portals and stuff to find!"
>Drag Cirno off with us while we fly off in search of more portals while waving to Byakuren.
>"I'm not too sure either Cirno, but I'm pretty sure we'll figure it out when we find more of those portals! Maybe we'll even find Yuki and Mai again!"
>Alright, let's head that way then! "Come on Cirno, Marisa's this way!"
>Let's have a laugh at that, since it's funny 'cuz it's true.
>In the meantime, let's head there once the spark's done.
>"Cirno showed up when these two weirdos walked out of a portal! Say, do you know anyone named Yuki or Mai? They seemed to know you, and when Mai found out who I was, she practically wet herself out of fear!"
>Big ol' grin. "You shoulda seen the look on her face when she thought I was gonna eat her. I just wanted to bring them along with everyone to go find someplace to get some food, because that's the polite thing to do after you beat someone at Danmaku right?"
>"Uhh...Something about their boss, I remember her name's Shinki though! Byakuren told me that! Cirno took Mai on all by herself!"
>Tacklehug Cirno! "She was awesome! Especially when she gave me the opening I needed to finish that fight for sure! Wham! Pow! Zoom!" be sure to swing Cirno around for emphasis!
>Okay, we can give the little icecube a break for now. "Yeah, but she didn't seem to have much of a problem with it, since they both use ice y'know. It was when she used this weird ice-chain-thingy that stuff got really tough! Something about the ninth circle of something, whatever that means. But I took her down in the end with that spellcard you gave me!"
>"Oh, Byakuren? She was tending to the injured folks over that way. She was really nice, and helpful too!" Point in the vague direction that we know her to be in.
>Nod. "Yeah, she seems like the sort of person who'd do that, she's really nice. Maybe she's a good cook too?"
>"But I'm kinda wondering now, what's this all about anyhow? I never even heard of Makai until a while ago."
>Spazwave. "Hiya Sanae! Got any sweets today? Oh wait, they'd probably be all broken today, since everything everyone's been doing today is fight weird stuff."
>"So, what'd you fight anyways?"
>"Well, it always smells nice around you, and sweets smell nice, so that means you have sweets or something!"
>"So...This Shinki lady's your mom? She must be pretty nice then, since you're kinda nice yourself."
(Ah, the simple joys of having a child's logic. Brings back memories.)
>Try to keep from drooling over the idea of potatoes. "Mmm...Potatoes sound good right now, maybe I'll get some after we're done here~!"
>"So....who shot the sword-thingy?"
>"Wow....She looks just like Sakuya, except redder! But who's the message for? Me? Or maybe Cirno! Or maybe it's for Alice? Ooh! I know! It's gotta be for Reimu! ...Or maybe Marisa?"
>".....So who was that anyways? Sakuya's long-lost sister or something?"
>"So...she's just like Sakuya then, only redder? This isn't gonna be very fun then, if she's anything like Sakuya."
>"Well, at least she didn't try to stab Koishi like Sakuya tried. So maybe she's not all that bad?"
>"She seems like the sort of person who needs to be beat up then!"
>"...Tourism? Y'mean like where you go visit other places to see things you don't have at home?"
>"Wait, so Yuuka was with you guys too? Maybe we should go get her then!"
>"Wait, isn't genocide killing everyone? That's...kinda extreme."
>"Was this Mima person like that too?"
>"Aww, so we can't ask her for help either?"
>"Do any of you know why everyone from Makai knows me? Byakuren said to ask you or Ran about that."
>D'awww...Let's pet the kitty! "So...we gotta do this ourselves huh? You got any ideas Cirno? Or are you still dizzy?"
>"Cirno's a fairy though, they just come right back afterwards. Besides, if you tell her how much you love Gensokyo, I'm sure it'll all turn out fine. Though she might need some Gensokyo-style convincing."
>"Wow, you're serious about this huh? Looks like we gotta be serious too huh? Well, don't let yourself hold back then, you'll hate yourself for it if you do, y'know?"
>Time to take flight!
>"Sometimes the best way to get your feelings across is to show it with danmaku, I've learned that. If she really means what she says, then she'll show it with her danmaku...Because that's the only language that matters to us Youkai in the end!"
>Grin. "Yep, it's a Youkai thing. And it's somethin' we gotta do."
>Glance at Marisa with a grin. "Oh yeah, when all this is over, let's all have some sukiyaki together or something."
>Well, let's get to work showing her our feelings, as well as finding hers. "You ready Alice, because here we come!" We'll start off with a non-spell!
>"Well then, guess we'll show you how reso- reso-whatever...Ours are too!"
>Time to kick it up a notch, Moonlight Ray!
>Fly closer to Shanghai to force her back a bit more
>If given the opportunity, aim for Alice or that pentagram, letting that finish can't end well.
>That can't be good.
>Cancel Moonlight Ray and switch to non-spell danmaku; we might need to move soon.
>Alright, let's mix it up with out best nonspells, being careful to keep an eye on the big doll, as well as everything else.
>Tch, looks like we'll have to go on the evasive for now! But we'll be sure to take a few potshots at the doll itself when we get the chance! Particularly in the face, that might just get the job done.
>That's bad, but we can't let everyone, including Alice down!
>Dodge and graze! Maybe lazers can pierce fire as well? Try it out when we're taking those potshots
>Alright then, laserspam! Target: Alice!
>Alright, here's out chance to counter with a spellcard of our own!
>Let's zip in and get as close to Alice as we can before unloading Night Bird -Lunatic-!
>Now! While she's still reeling! Use Total Eclipse - Lunatic-!
>"Alright guys! Go all out! We'll get through to her with this!"
>Our current spellcard should've ended by now right? if so, then let's add Total Eclipse into the mix!
>"Kitty-cat! Use your best card too!"
>"Could you feel it? You aren't alone in this Alice, because everyone's with you!"
(Also, that is a major reason for many of my deaths on SA Stage 5. But they're too adorable to resist.)
>Let's land a short distance away from her. "Now come on, let's all figure out a way to resolve this....Ah! I just had an idea! Maybe if there's a pathway that people could travel freely on? Maybe then you'd be able to visit her, or she can visit you, or something like that!"
>"I was trying to think up an idea that'd leave everyone happy. I mean, Shinki thinks of herself as Alice's mom right? Wouldn't you want to visit your kids if you had any?"
>Nod. "Bein' a youkai means you live longer than a human, which means you can find all sorts of things."
>"Wow....So many people!" Float around looking at everyone who just showed up in a curious way, and with a smile.
>Ow. Let's go fly back to the one in green then. "I'm Rumia, I can control darkness! See?" Let's make a bubble of darkness like we usually do.
>"Whoa....So cool! I didn't even know I could do that now! Is it dark? I can see just fine!"
>Alright, let's tone it back to normal then. "Maybe it's the power of friendship! I've been helping people out a lot lately, so maybe that's why! Maybe their gratitude and understanding is turning into something that makes me stronger? I couldn't do anything like this until after just now, so maybe that's it?"
>"I've made a lot of friends since then too, like Wriggle, Cirno, Mysty, Koga, and lots more! So maybe that is why I'm getting stronger!"
>Beat (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Beat).
>"I need to make more friends!"
(WARNING: The link may be informative, but don't blame me if you get sucked in.)
I say Wriggle, what about everyone else?
I'm game with Wriggle too. We're going to have to kick someone before we get back to Rumia though :)And Rumia's fueled by the power of friendship? Here I thought it was her seal weakening :V
Well man, there you have it.
>Be Wriggle.
>"Oh yeah, guess you're right. Thanks, I guess." We aren't really good with the whole gratitude thing are we?
>"...Wonder how Rumia and Cirno are doing?"And who's to say it isn't weakening? maybe it's all a way to regain the sealed power without being ax crazy?
>"...I think 'you-know-who' just showed up."
>Oh man, this is not gonna be good.
>Look back to Kogasa."Oh yeah, we never told you about them did we? Well, there's this pair of really strong folks that me and Mystia here don't like one bit...Running into them wasn't exactly fun. One's a flower youkai, she seems to enjoy terrorizing me for some reason. And the other's a Ghost, I fought her before Mystia did, but she got the short end of the stick."
>Look away. "Even for Youkai like us, they're on a whole other level..."
>Let's go look at the portal as we explain it all to her.
>"Hey! Don't be mean to her!"
>Go over to the oni.
>"Why aren't you helping her?"
>"Um... um..."
>What should we do?
>"Um..."
>Wait!
>"Let's find Reimu, and quickly! She'll know what to do!"
>And she can protect us from the ghost and the flower-lady.
>Send as many insects as we can out to search for Reimu. Pick whatever direction seems most likely and head that way ourselves.
>"Oh, man, they're not even using danmaku."
>Crap, this is way beyond our level.
>Any word from the insects? If not, pick whichever direction we think Reimu's most likely in and head that way.
>"Whoa...they're really something else huh?"
>"Oh yeah, I think we have a situation. Yuuka, Yuyuko, and Sanae are down here. And Rumia 'n' Cirno are with 'em. I just hope they're okay.."
>Yuuka....going there might be more dangerous than staying here.
>"Kogasa, could you go get everyone and tell them that Yumeko and Byakuren are fighting?"
>Show her where Reimu and company are.
>"....I have got to learn how to do that."
>We'd jump in but...There's no way we'd be able to last in a clash like that.
Kogasa
>"You guys, Byakuren's fighting some maid in red! Wriggle and Mystia sent me to find you guys and bring you there!"
>Fill them in on what all's going on as we bring them along.
Wriggle
>"Whoa...I, uh, I think we'd better stay back. These two are definitely on a whole other level. And when they've got even me intimidated on the melee angle, you know it's serious stuff."
>Let's, uh, back away now. Pull Mystia with us too.
Kogasa
>"Yeah, they're fine. We would've been goners against all those eyes if it wasn't for Yuugi and Suika though. Wriggle and Mystia are probably watching the fight still."
>Let's keep going!
Wriggle
>"Whoa! Mystia, let's book it!"
>Pull her away further! Let's get as far away from the fight as we can, while still being able to watch. Maybe we'll get a few ideas!
Kogasa
>"Yeah, they're fine too. Pretty beat up, but what'd you expect when they insisted on taking out the eyes with mostly melee combat?"
>Any minute now...
Wriggle
>"Yeah...I'm thinking that even Rumia and Cirno won't be able to handle this."
>Let's move away, or out of the way as needed.
>"....Fallen Shrine? Is that something you eat?"
>"Whoa...dizzy again..."
>Pause to pull ourself together as best we can.
>"That portal...Even from here, It's making me feel dizzy...The smaller ones never did that until I got close to them..."
>"?!"
>Try to keep control! Even if she pulls that off, we're still us! And we'd never hurt the friends we've tried so hard to gain!
>"Wh-who I really am?! I've always been me!"
>Thrash harder! Try to clock Yumeko in the face with our head!
>Just what is up with that bow anyway? What's so special about it besides us not being able to touch it for reason?
>"How does everyone in Makai know who I am?! I've never met any of you before today!"
>"Well.... yeah..... but I can see in the dark now! And people can't see through my darkness either! I've been getting stronger since I started helping people!"
>"And when we fought Yuki and Mai too....maybe that was from helping protect the palace?" Who did we help with that one?
>"Wait, I'm from Makai?"
>Do we remember where we were born?
>.....Do we remember anything about before we got that ribbon?
>"A seal? It can't be a seal, Reimu would have taken it off.... wouldn't she?"
>It's nice and dark, but all those eyes are creepy....
>"Hey, we gotta go back out there! Shinki's going to destroy Gensokyo and take Alice back and she kept trying to take off my bow and she says I'm from Makai but if that was true I'd remember but I can't remember anything before I got this bow and >everyone I met from there knows me and she said that my bow is a seal and if someone had taken it off I'd have killed them and I don't want to hurt my friends!"
>Panic
>"What am I?!!"
>"...huh?"
>"Wait, so I was really strong, but I was evil so you stopped me, but now that I'm not evil I can be strong again?"
>"So...to bring it all together, I have at least two minutes to get my ribbon back after she takes it. And it'd probably be a good thing if I beat her up while I'm doing that right?"
>"Okay!"
>"Wait, if you can change boundaries and stuff, can't you just change the seal so that it seals evil me but I still have all that power? Then I could keep Shinki from removing it at all!"
>"Oh."
>"Wait, what if I helped you do that? Then me having more power wouldn't be a problem, right? 'Cause that power would be helping you!"
>"Oh. Okay."
>"Okay, I'm ready."
>Let her take the ribbon.
>Give Shinki a taste of what she just released. Grab that ribbon and blast the shit out of her. Then turn our power on the barrier and break through it.
>Cover the area in darkness, but make it so that the darkness only blinds the enemies.
>Is the portal still present? If so, throw Shinki into it.
>Erect a darkness barrier to block the danmaku.
>Pull Yumeko's swords out and throw them at her, then form our own and smack her down with it.
>"It doesn't matter to me either, I can beat you now too!"
>If we have absolute control over our darkness, then it'd be possible to form the darkness around Yumeko into a grasping hand to trap her, and then fling her through the portal, yeah?
>Try to pull the fight away from the portal while laying out a barrage!
>Alright then, time to grab Shinki then! Create a whole lot of hands around Shinki, then set them all to grabbing her!
>If the above works, force her through the portal with 'em!
>If that doesn't work, hit her with Lunar Eclipse.
>So basically, Shinki is our creator/mother right?
>Relationships with Makai residents
>What do we know of Shinki's powers?
>If we know how to beat YuugenMagan, tell the others.
>"I get that you miss Alice, but destroying everything to get her back isn't going to help! I should know, the whole rampage thing ended badly."
>"Besides, these are our friends, we can't just let you kill them!"
>Then put more energy into it! If she couldn't beat us in Makai, she won't even come close here!
>"Even if you take Alice back like this, she'll hate you forever!"
>Start adding some Dark Energy bombardments from behind her!
>"And besides! That's because I'm not the old Rumia! I'm me! I've grown, and changed! I've become someone better than I used to be!"
>"....You haven't."
>Alright, time to quit playing around then!
>Put just about everything we've got into the spellcard!
>"You think it's better to kill people?"
>"You'd mess up your own daughter's mind? That's sick! No wonder she hates you!"
>"Shut up! Mind control isn't protecting her, it's destroying her! You'd force her to be different from who she is! How is that protecting her?"
>"You said you were gonna make her like it!"
>"You think giving her that stuff is going to make her happy? She wants to stay here! She'll only hate you more if you do that!"
>"This isn't about her at all, is it? You're not thinking about her, you're just pissed that someone you made isn't just mindlessly obeying you. And that's your own fault! If you want her to do everything you say, why'd you give her free will?"
>"Did you ever stop to think that maybe she was happy with what she already has!? You may not be her mother, but you were the closest thing to one she had!"
>Push back!
>"What the hell is your problem? She knows what she wants better than you do, and if you care about her at all, you'll let her choose! And if you want her to choose you, maybe you should be nicer! She doesn't want to go with you because you're treating all of us like we're inferior! And I don't care if you're a god, that's just wrong! Maybe if you didn't act like a little spoiled bitch, Alice wouldn't hate you!"
Yes, I know Rumia's supposed to be childish, but over a hundred years, I'm sure she's heard the word 'bitch' before.
>If SHinki isn't attacking anymore, shoot at YuugenMagen like Mima did.
>"She wanted to knock some sense into you, is that so wrong? She really does see you as a mother, and to her, you were losing your marbles. And here in gensokyo, the best way to bring someone out of that is to say it with Danmaku. I should know, I did the same thing for her. She understood the feelings I put into them, could you understand the feelings she put into her attack?"
>Send an offhand barrage in Yuugen-Magan's general direction.
I'm thinking that once the timer hits 10, we re-equip the ribbon.
>Let Shinki and Alice talk. Be alert for any attacks headed our way.
>Oh yeah, let Alice and Shinki have it out.
>Move ourselves to where someone is in front of YuugenMagan, get their attention so everyone in the way sees us, then let's see if we can pull a dark energy version of Master Spark.
> We're not targeting the giant thing, we're targeting everything close to it. It's just in the way.
>"Woah."
>"That was cool!"
>Beat.
"Except for the whole wanting to kill everyone thing."
>"Oh yeah, Yukari told me there's a superpowerful evil me that my ribbon seals away. Right now I can only have it off for a short time, but as I keep making friends and stuff, I get the power back without turning evil!"
>"So I guess I really am powered by all my friends!"
>Let's fly over to Marisa. "Hey, Marisa! Hey! Is this what powers all those lasers, and that Master Spark you use?! It's awesome!"
>Head to Alice
>"Hey, are you okay?"
>"What are 'terms' anyhow? Something you eat?"
Hey, we may be the hero, but we're still a hopelessly adorable derp. xD
>"Everyone gets a happy end!"
>Beat.
>"Heeey....that sounds like the idea I said before everything went crazy!"
>Smile. "At least Gensokyo's been saved! Wait'll Daiyousei hears about this, eh Cirno?"
>What of Mima, is she just chatting it up with Marisa?
>We'll be sure to give Dai the real story of how things went down later, when Cirno's not around. We'll let her bask in her misguided-ness for now.
>Float over to those two then. "You taught Marisa? Is that so~?"
(Come on, you know we had to throw that in sometime!)
>Fly around giggling like the loon we are. "Oooh~ You're in trouble~!"
>Fly behind Reimu and start pushing her towards the two Oni. "Come on! We just saved Gensokyo, it's only right that there oughta be a party! Even I can see that much!"
>"Well, can't we just set that aside for you two then, and everyone else drinks the normal stuff? Well, unless Marisa's teacher can handle that stuff you two have. I mean, she's already dead or something right? So she should be fine!"
>"Oh, well in that case, let's party! I wanna see just how much everyone can drink before passing out!"
>Nudge Suika lightly and whisper; "5 Yen says Cirno passes out first."
Well, there's always the option of Mima getting up to shenanigans for no other reason than boredom...And ending up potentially causing something that could end up almost as bad.
(Cue Rumia going "This again?!")
Or you could go with those templates everyone says is forbidden.
...Idea!
Mima, wanting to alleviate her boredom, decides to start another incident.
Yuuka, also hella bored, decides to start one of her own at, ironically, the same time.
And Sanae, on Orders from Kanako or Suwako, is deployed to 'resolve' the incident, while laying the foundation for more shenanigans from Suwako.
And somewhere along the way, Team 9 gets wrapped up in the thick of it(Rumia: "Is that so?!"). Cue our Idiot Hero getting on the job, like a true Incident Solver.
With a surprise appearance from Medicine!
>Whisper back. "I heard it's a figure of speech, so I thought it'd fit! But still, I'd be willing to bet that Cirno's gonna be the first to drop."
>"Anyways, this stuff's nice! ...Know any snacks that go with it? I'm kinda hungry after all that..."
Oh yes, amazing. Make sure that us 'showing off' for them is a thing.
>Meat?! YESYESYES! EAT! "Whee~! Is meaty-meat~!"
>Naturally, we're quite likely to wobble all over in the process of making a beeline for the meat.
>"Mmm~ Meaty-meat! s'th'bsht~!(It's the best~!)"
>Ah what the hell, let's make some fireworks too! Let's fire some danmaku into the air with a free hand!
>Pull away for a moment to take a quick breather, and translate. "I said; 'It's the best~!'"
>Try to pull ourselves together to fire even one into the air, just because we can try it for laughs. (Cuz we're sloshed.)
>Giggle drunkenly. "Heehee~ Doink~! Ooh, we need one of those thingies that goes doink! That bamboo thingy with the water!"
>Resume nomming!
>Pause for a moment. "The thingy that is the bamboo thingy that goes doink! The hot springs thingy! ...Or somethingy."
>Resume nomming again!
>Ah, peace sure is good huh? But we can't rest too lightly, there's always things to help people out with after all!
>"Byeeee~! And remember guys! Always carry your doinky thingy in your hat! It protects your head from the fishflies!"
>Pause. "Waaait....I don't have a haaat~ I have a ribbon~!"
>And it's time to head home. To the next great adventure!
(Yeah, not exactly a goodbye but...hey, drunk/demented rambling's always funny!)
>"Oh, and come play with us sometime Koishi!"
>We did end up down here to help her out in the first place.
>"I wonder if she's at the party~"
>She could use some fun.
>"Heeey, if Shinki's my guardian, then does that mean that Alice's my sister? Cool, I have a big sis!"
Go insane troll logic!
>"...Why would I step on my sister?"
>Spazwave. "Hiii~! Great night isn't it~? ...Or is that day? I dunno anymore 'cause of bein' underground~! How's things? I've just got back from a party because we saved Gensokyo~!"
>Thoughtful expression. "If you'd been involved, you wouldn't be able to be jealous about it I suppose, and maybe you like being jealous...? I dunno."
>"It was kinda scary, but it wasn't too scary for me! Because I have darkness I can use!"
>Let's see if we can use our power to blanket the area again!
(Surely nothing can go wrong! Using our power under the influence is the best idea we've had yet!)
>"Yeah, Alice's mom missed her so she kinda went crazy, then a bunch of people showed up and then Alice got her mom to head back. Now she's going to visit Alice every couple of weeks instead. And I found out that I'm from Makai."
>"Who came back? The only one that Yukari didn't warp in was Miss Hijiri, was it her?"
>"Wait you embody Envy? I thought you just controlled it. Woah...."
>Stare with awe.
>"Aww...Usin' your power while drunk is harder than I thought.."
>Stop using our power.
>"But wow, I didn't know all that!"
>"...Oh, that makes sense!"
>"Huh, let's have a look at these!"
>Let's grab a newspaper!
>"Did you guys ever see any Tengu down there? I sure didn't. Kinda makes you wonder.."
>"...And just how much did we drink last night..?"
>And...roll credits.