Reimu Quest (Part 3)

[日巫子]

> We HAVE been waiting for our tea. I mean, it's been like a minute.
> Oh, she meant magic. Let's wait for it, bleed all over her furniture. That'll teach 'em.
> Huh, thoughts are getting a tad strange. Probably due to the loss of blood.

> How dare tea take longer than a minute to be ready.  You stand there and will yourself to bleed more.  Fortunately, you don't have to work very hard at this.  As your mind wanders, the sounds of wheels get closer and closer.  From behind a bookshelf a girl rolls in on a book cart, dressed smartly in a black jumper and white blouse.  This redheaded girl is Patchouli's demon familiar, you think.  Patchouli sighs and takes a book in her lap.
> "Koakuma, I'm going to be busy for a few hours.  I want you to finish re-organizing the shelves in alcove A, and bring me a book about paper restoration.  You're also in charge of Flan for the rest of the night."
> Koakuma's eager smile disappears from her face.  "Yes, maa'aaam."
> She takes one look at you and makes a low "ohhh" sound.
> "While you're at it..." Patchouli adds, "Get the red-white to a bath, find her something clean to wear and do something about those wounds.  I don't want her bleeding all over the books, and I certainly don't want Flan catching wind of her.  Alice, you feel free to get comfortable, too."
> "Mhm."  Alice is wandering off towards the kitchen.

> _

[Sect]

> ... Oh, right, this is a vampire mansion. Yeah, we probably smell like a buffet or something.
> "Just get me that bath, I can take care of this if I get that tea."

[日巫子]

> ... Oh, right, this is a vampire mansion. Yeah, we probably smell like a buffet or something.
> "Just get me that bath, I can take care of this if I get that tea."

> You remember where you are right now.  If you were to meet Remilia or her sister as you are, it would probably be dangerous for you.
> "Follow me, then," Koakuma says.  She leaves the book cart behind with some reluctance and walks over to the doors.  "Alice, you coming?"
> "No thanks.  I can find the baths on my own."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

Our fight money... ;_;

>"Hey, Patche, try not to lose the bookmarks in that book, either."

[日巫子]

>"Hey, Patche, try not to lose the bookmarks in that book, either."

> "Right," she says without looking up from her book.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Follow that devil!

[日巫子]

>Follow that devil!

> You follow the hellspawn out of the library and back up the stairs.  As the two of you pass through the large room again, you see that a small group of faerie maids have taken to mopping up some blood off the floor.  It takes you a moment to realize it's yours.  Already more of them are moving in to clean up the blood you're trailing as you follow Koakuma up the second stairwell and into one of the mansion's many hallways.
> Aside from the numbers on the doors, you cannot tell any of them apart.  Still, Koakuma seems to know where she's going.  The entire time you follow her, she complains.
> "Lady Patchy is such a slave driver," Koakuma tells you, once you're both out of earshot of the faeries.  "It's one thing to do busy work around the library, but I now have to babysit the little sis on top of that."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah, I don't envy you that."
>What do we know about Yon Wee Scarlet?
>Also, keep an eye out for that tea.

[日巫子]

>"Yeah, I don't envy you that."
>What do we know about Yon Wee Scarlet?
>Also, keep an eye out for that tea.

> "Uh-huh.  And she's in a bad mood, too."
> You recall what little you know about the little Scarlet.  You know that she is kept in the basement which is accessed through the library.  You've encountered her once after the Scarlet Mist Incident and two or three times at parties held at the mansion.  She is volatile, immature, and a demanding person to be around.
> The tea is still brewing in the library, presumably.
> "We're almost at the bathroom.  I think," Koakuma says.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Hey, before that, can you get me some tea real fast? There's a faerie around the library who's working on it, I think? I need it to deal with these bites."

[日巫子]

>"Hey, before that, can you get me some tea real fast? There's a faerie around the library who's working on it, I think? I need it to deal with these bites."

> "What's tea gonna do for you?" Koakuma asks.  She stops in front of a door labeled "241".
> "Here it is.  I'll leave a spare outfit for you outside the door."  She looks you up and down.  "I'll just grab something of Sakuya's.  She won't mind."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Just trust me, geez."

[日巫子]

>"Just trust me, geez."

> "Fine, I'll send a faerie up with it," Koakuma says.  "And bandages, too, because I'm still a little suspicious."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Sure. Those'll help."
>Head inside, prepare tea set on a convenient table.

[日巫子]

>"Sure. Those'll help."
>Head inside, prepare tea set on a convenient table.

> "'Kay."
> Koakuma leaves you standing outside the door.  You head on in and see a clean, well-kept bathroom.  There are all the fixtures you've seen in Alice's and Marisa's bathrooms, but this bathroom is bigger and more lavish.  There is a curtain at the end of the room leading to a large bathtub with a shower nozzle.  Soaps and shampoos sit on ledges around it, and there is a hamper of fresh towels.  Next to it is another hamper you assume is for dirty laundry.  The floor is tiled but there is a rug around the bath area.
> You arrange the tea set on the counter by the sink.  There's blood running down your arm and it gets on the tea set, but it should be fine.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Grab a towel to deal with the blood.
>Are we used to showers?

[日巫子]

>Grab a towel to deal with the blood.
>Are we used to showers?

> You start toweling yourself off.  Of course, you're bleeding profusely onto the fabric within minutes.
> You don't have a shower at home, just a bath.  It's not something you use often.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>As long as the cup is clean.
>Do try not to get blood everywhere while waiting, then. Also prepare up the necessary bathing utensils.

[日巫子]

>As long as the cup is clean.
>Do try not to get blood everywhere while waiting, then. Also prepare up the necessary bathing utensils.

> Well, the cup is still usable.
> You head over to the tub and gather what you need.  Shampoo, soap, a wash rag...there are many different scents of soaps, but it looks like you'll be able to get away with using more neutral ones.  As you sift through what you need, you keep the towel wrapped around you to hold in the blood.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Once things are arranged, wait for that tea.

[日巫子]

>Once things are arranged, wait for that tea.

> You pick out some soaps and wait for the tea.
> Moments turn to minutes, and what feels like fifteen minutes later, you hear a gentle knocking on the door.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Come in!"

[日巫子]

>"Come in!"

> The door opens, and a faerie maid totters in with a silver tea set on a tray balanced on one hand and a bundle of clothes in the other.
> "Miss Koakuma sent these over," the faerie says.  She sets both items on the counter. "...You didn't take a bath yet?"

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Not yet. What took so long? I figured a place like this would have tea ready all hours of the day."
>Get in on that silver tea set and introduce it to our tea set. If the stuff has been poured already, transfer it to our cup.

[日巫子]

>"Not yet. What took so long? I figured a place like this would have tea ready all hours of the day."
>Get in on that silver tea set and introduce it to our tea set. If the stuff has been poured already, transfer it to our cup.

> "It was only a few minutes," the faerie maid says.  She sounds a little confused.
> You pour the tea from the silver set into the teapot you have set up already.  The faerie moves back towards the door.
> "I'm going now," she says.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Thanks!"
>Serve and consume. Chug, if it's not too hot to do so.

[日巫子]

>"Thanks!"
>Serve and consume. Chug, if it's not too hot to do so.

> "Yup.  No problem."  The faerie nods and backs out of the room, closing the door behind her.
> You pour the tea and drink.  It's a bit hot, so you don't think you'll be able to chug it.
> As you drink, your wounds burn and sting.  You feel the skin sew itself together into rough scabs, if only to stop the bleeding.  It hasn't completely healed, but it's better than what it was before.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Finish tea, then assess. Are we still bleeding and such?

[日巫子]

>Finish tea, then assess. Are we still bleeding and such?

> You finish your cup and look over your wounds.  They haven't completely gone away but you're not bleeding anymore.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Eh, good enough for a shower. We'll have another afterward.
>Go get cleaned up.