@Yookie: Considering the source material, I wouldn't doubt it. :V
But anyways, updates.
Return Chapter- Prologue: Good Morning, Shang!
When isn't it okay to start new chapters?
Oh hey it's Earth. How are you doing Earth?
Also
Return Chapter -Opening- plays here. If it is based off of the song I think it's based off of, it is still a remix of part of Unseen Syndrome and Fires of Hokkai.
...Shouldn't that be "Space Log"? Or is "Space Dog" referring to the ship itself?
Designation - Memento Mori
Owned By - Lunar Exploration CrewOh right, that news report in Hourai Chapter mentioned something about the ship having gone to the moon.
Destination - Gensokyo
Cargo - None
Passengers - 6
Youkai - 4 Magicians - 1 Humans - 1I wonder who the passengers are.
Soranomagumo, your Shanghai artwork for this game was pretty good.
Alright, we're going home!
Corridors that are dark are a thing.
REI-IJI, huh? Wait a minute... it's another familiar name. Four names, four similar sounds in them.
Yeah, like I promised in the last update, I'll just be clear for those who haven't gotten the hint yet (though I doubt anyone has missed it). All of these "familiar names"? They, much like the original game, share something in common. Whileas the original game had "Odio," this game has "Reiji." Seeing as that's from a katakana translation, I don't think I need to explain what that's supposed to mean in English.
But of course, it's not like that's important or anything, right? Right?
Naming stuff aside, a cherry blossom at the Hakurei Shrine huh? Is the computer elegant or something?
Magicom - A means of powering machines by using a plant or animal spirit as a mechanical brainSo it's literally the spirit of that cherry tree that's running this whole ship? Damn, that's kind of impressive.
Oh hey, it's the crew members... although there were six passengers. Where's the sixth?
Looks like Alice is waking up. What for, though?
...I can't do the vocalization for Shanghai's little cute voice in text form.
Someone is being silent.
: "Yes!
It's complete!"Oh? Care to share?
: "Huh?"
What's strange? Is your doll not moving like it's supposed to, Alice?
Thought that would've...?
Alice: "I guess it didn't work..."Sorry Alice, but I guess you can't bring every doll to li-
...Or said doll can walk to the left thanks to the wonders of the left arrow key!
Alice: "It moved, it moved!"
Yay, you got a doll to move on its own. Although... well no, canonically none of her dolls are truly independent. So this is a pretty big accomplishment for her.
Alice: "I wonder... can you understand me?
My name is Alice.
A-L-I-C-E... Alice.
Good morning!"Good morning to you too.
Alice: "Uh...
Ah, right! You still don't have a name, do you?"Oh right, we don't. Are you going to be ironic like Kato and name us Hourai or something even though we're a Shanghai doll?
Alice: "Right, well...
Since you're a Shanghai doll, maybe...
Shang!"And we've gone Chrono Trigger when it comes to names. Like, oh hey, we have a frog-person? Let's name him Frog! We have a robot? Let's name him Robo! Oh, we have a Shanghai doll? Let's name her Shang!
Granted it's still kind of cute so ignore my ramblings.
Alice: "...
Well, that's kind of lame..."Just a little.
Alice: "But it is a cute name.
Well...
I guess it'd be best to ask your opinion...
What do you think? Of your name being Shang."Shang gives a cute squeal of approval. I meanwhile have a slight tremor in my heart from the cuteness of said squeal.
Alice: "I guess you like it, then!"Indeed!
Oh, where're going?
Into the corridors, apparently.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee no control over my movementsssssssssss
Oh, alright. Not a bad idea, I guess.
Alice: "If I don't do that, you won't be able to get around freely."Oh, then even more reason to do it.
In we gooooooooo
But I wanna use the computer toooooooooo~.
Alice: "Don't touch that!"Fiiiiiiiiiiiine.
Alice: "Now, then..."
Oh hey it's a computer. Seeing as it's probably REI-IJI itself speaking, I'm going to attribute a lot of mechanical dialogue to it.
REI-IJI: "Tell me your business"Apparently you don't need to use punctuation when you're a computer.
Alice: "Morning!
I want to register a new member."
REI-IJI: "Very well"
Let's register some crew. Again, this green text I'm also going to attribute to REI-IJI for convenience's sake.
REI-IJI: "Class - Worker Machine
Name - Shang
Now registering
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Complete"Well that was quick and painless.
Yaaaaaaaaaay.
Alice: "Just don't forget your name, of course."Right!
...Wait, was my name Hourai...?
Just kidding, I know it's Shang.
Alice: "Each room has its own security...
So if you try to enter a room, it'll want you to input your name on the front of the door."Thankfully this is automatic, for the most part.
Alice: "If you're not sure what room you're looking at...
Check the panel on the right side of the door."Not so automatic, but helpful. It's a good idea to get a feel for what is where in the ship.
Alice: "Do you need to hear that again?"
No not really. I've done this chapter already, plus things are kind of easy to understand. So yeaaah.
Alice: "Good! Next, Shang.
Now I want you to come look for me."Found you. You're right there.
Alice: "I'll be somewhere on this floor."And she walks off. Before we look for her, let's talk to REI-IJI.
Hellooo. How's it going?
REI-IJI: "I had already known about you
After all, I have been watching
Over your creation all this time
You are Miss Alice's first successful
Free-thinking doll"Pretty much! Alice should be proud.
REI-IJI: "You are a Magicom like me
So I hope we get along
So please...
Take it easy"Will do, REI-IJI! Well... we have to do stuff, so I don't know if we can necessarily take it easy...
Alice be in front of the little cryo-sleep room thing.
Alice: "Now I'll introduce you to my fellow crew members.
Through here is the cold sleep room...
Since space travel takes so long, we enter a sort of sleep in there."You know, you only went to the moon. It doesn't take a very long time to get there from Earth, relatively speaking. Cryo-sleep shouldn't be necessary.
Alice: "So, I have something to ask of you."Shoot?
Alice: "I want you to wake up all the sleeping crew."Oh, um, no problem.
She then unlocks the door for us.
Alice: "Go ahead!"Alright.
First of all, even though this isn't necessary, let's check and see if the capsules are working okay. If there's a malfunction, might as well stamp it out now!
REI-IJI: "1..............................
2..............................
3..............................
4..............................
5..............................
6..............................
All clear"Alright then.
It's a sleeping Reisen.
There's a nameplate on it.
Reisen
Assistant Investigator
Well, let's flip it, for the sake of, you know, waking people up.
And it slides open just like that.
And somehow Mystia's the pilot. Can she even fly a ship well?
Wriggle as communications engineer... uh... is she even knowledgeable of engineering?
Sanae's somehow vice-captain. Huh.
Alice: "That's the spirit, Shang."No problem.
Sure it's not night?
Pretty much.
Alice: "I named her Shang."
Wriggle: "I'm Wriggle. Hi, Shang!"
Sanae: "Nice to meet you, Shang.
My name is Sanae."Looks like she's gotten nice reception so far.
...And meanwhile, Mystia refuses to get up.
Mystia: "Snrrrk..."
Wriggle: "Is Mystia still asleep...?"Probably.
Uh... sure!
Respond to the cute vocalizations, Mystia!
Mystia: "Mmm...
...
Mmm..."
Not entirely pictured: Shang body-checking Mystia in order to wake her up.
Mystia: "Why did you do what heck is that what the heck is THAT?!"...A cute little doll that moves on her own?
Wriggle: "Whoa, calm down, Mystia!"Yeah, nothing to get too worked up about. I mean, come on, you've probably seen weirder in Gensokyo proper.
Wriggle: "This is that doll Alice was working on."
Mystia: "Eh...?
Uh...
D... Doll?"...Yes, doll. You know, the kind of thing Alice makes all the time?
Mystia: "Oh, THAT doll, right. Whoa, it's finally done, huh?"Yup! Fully functional as far as I can tell.
Mystia: "My name is Mystia."Well I know that, but Shang might not.
Meanwhile, looks like Reisen's up. That means... we've got six people here, counting Shang. Makes me wonder where the remaining member is...
Sanae: "Did you wake up okay?"
Reisen: "Hmph...
As if that's possible sleeping in that miserable excuse for a bed..."Well, it's designed to make you go into cryo-sleep so that, you know, it feels like the entire journey took like no time at all. I don't think comfort or familiarity is part of the package there.
Reisen: "Can you people at least try to keep the noise down?"Uh... well, sorry if we're excited for reasons.
Wriggle: "Alice finished making her doll!
Her name's Shang."
Reisen: "Yeah, like I care..."Well someone's grumpy.
Reisen: "Although by that, I mean...
It can waltz around all it wants, but I should it won't interfere whenwe're trying to work."Alright, alright, just don't start cursing at the world if we accidentally get in your way during work.
Reisen: "Now, don't we have a meeting to go to? I'm going to get there pronto."A meeting, huh? We should go too.
Reisen also soon leaves, Oh well.
I can see that.
Sanae: "Don't let her get to you, Shang."Sure, no problem, I've dealt with pissy people before... kind of.
About?
Alice: "Now that we're all awake, we're having a meeting in the Rec Room.
Shang, you come too."Okay, then let's go.
Alice: "Reisen will get used to you eventually..."I doubt that.
Mystia: "Boy, you're treating her like a kid."Considering she was just "born," you know, it's hard not to, I guess.
Mystia: "Psst, Shang... She usually throws her dolls around like bombs..."...This is sadly true.
Alice: "Hey! Shang is special!"Yeah, those other dolls were probably not free-thinking. I mean, considering this is her first free-thinking doll, you'd figure she'd keep it safe rather than just use it as ammo.
Alice: "Anyway, let's go."And we will go... in the next update. What kinds of things will be at the meeting? How will the continued space exploration go? Things like that should be answered next time.
