Face, meet fist. This is Akyu Quest!

[Hello Purvis]

>We're going to have to deal with this sniper, and having her indoors gives her way fewer places to snipe at a from. As well, we can't completely abandon our comrades like that.
>Shout, "There you are, Kaguya!" and dash off. Listen to see if she follows us.

[Fightest]

> Faster than you expected, you hear the slam of feet in the entranceway as the sniper lands from what must have been a prodigious leap.
> A bullet grazes past your ear, buffeting your hair with the shockwave of its passing and slamming into the wall at the far end of the corriodor.
> You are sufficiently close to a corner to make a dash for it, if you so desire.

[Mr_Bob]

>Check corridors for narrowness. Can they be scaled by pushing off opposite walls?

[Fightest]

>Check corridors for narrowness. Can they be scaled by pushing off opposite walls?

> At your Martial Arts level of 3, you can perform quite impressive acrobatics, but you cannot perform feats beyond human capacity. Thus, you can scale the walls by grabbing supports and fastenings, but you cannot jump between them from a standstill, as the distance between them is quite large - over four meters.

[Hello Purvis]

>Make for the corner, zigzag a little if it is felt she'll have enough time to shoot us.

[Fightest]

> You make the corner, bullets slamming into the wall to your left.
> The corridor extends ahead of you, side rooms coming off to the sides covered by paper screen doors. More little lanterns on the walls are the only sources of light.

[Hello Purvis]

>Does it sound like Reisen is pursuing?
>If so, wait by the corner, go into that forward-leaning stance, and clock her in the face as she comes around.
>If not, retreat, and grab a lantern.

[theshirn]

>If not, retreat, and grab a lantern.

>Bad idea.  Gives her an easy target if one of the lights is moving.  Stick to stealth for now.

[Demonbman]

>Bad idea.  Gives her an easy target if one of the lights is moving.  Stick to stealth for now.

But good if she is chasing us, and starts shooting, that we can toss the lantern aside and maybe cause a distraction.

[Hello Purvis]

Also, a lantern can make a good projectile. Or threat of spreading fire if things get bad.

>Ignore grabbing one if they aren't in reach, forgot about shortness =[

[Fightest]

>Does it sound like Reisen is pursuing?
>If so, wait by the corner, go into that forward-leaning stance, and clock her in the face as she comes around.

> You hide around the corner. You can hear her foosteps approaching.
> The space in front of you warps and you can suddenly see around the corner, even though there's only wall ahead of you - and the sniper is right there, about four meters away from the corner!. The sniper rabbit smirks, pointing gun-fingers down the corridor, and seemingly at you!

[Hello Purvis]

>At a glance, can we see how many are pointing at us, and how many are pointing away from us?

[Mr_Bob]

>Try and shout to figure out what unseen things are going on with that spiritual vision.

[Hello Purvis]

Rather than a Kiai, perhaps close eyes?  We're not around the corner yet, and she still has to approach to get us.  So we would theoretically hear it and would know when and roughly where to strike.

Or do we know that Reisen's abilities extend to sound?

[Fightest]

>At a glance, can we see how many are pointing at us, and how many are pointing away from us?

> They're her hands, bro. Guuuuhn Fingaaaazzz. She only has two, and both are pointing... straight at you. Or down the corridor. Depends on your perspective.

>Try and shout to figure out what unseen things are going on with that spiritual vision.

Rather than a Kiai, perhaps close eyes?  We're not around the corner yet, and she still has to approach to get us.  So we would theoretically hear it and would know when and roughly where to strike.

Or do we know that Reisen's abilities extend to sound?

> If you can see her, it's likely that she can see you. Ostriches have often tried to prove the converse, but have not gotten far beyond the theoretical stage.
> You do not know much about Reisen's abilities - she's discreet with her powers, although rumour pegs her ability at manipulation of waves or wavelengths. This could mean anything.


Fightest's musings: Huh, now that I think about it, the wording on Reisen's power implies she has the potential ability to manipulate all matter on the subatomic level, if we take into account string theory. Well, none of that here. That's just silly.

[Hello Purvis]

Goddamn dyslexia, making me look bad.

>Okay, we know the wall was beside us. Reach out and touch it, even if it doesn't seem to be there.
>Be ready to get around them danmakus if she fires in the process.

[Fightest]

>Okay, we know the wall was beside us. Reach out and touch it, even if it doesn't seem to be there.
>Be ready to get around them danmakus if she fires in the process.

> Oh, the wall's still there. Your hand twists and warps until you can't see it any more as you reach towards the optical distortion, but it seems to be just visual.
> Reisen grins nastily, then quickly brings her left hand towards her in an arc, giving it a little twist in the middle, and firing off a shot right then. The bullet streaks out down the corridor to hit the wall to your right, then arcs mid-flight around the corner, just clipping the top of your right ear as you duck. It stings like a sumbitch, and you feel blood slowly trickling down your ear.
> She is no longer approaching, and is instead carefully pacing left and right, keeping you in sight around the corner through the distortion.

[Hello Purvis]

>Stay calm. Let her be the one who gets worried about why we don't seem worried.
>Was there a sound when she made that shot? Did it seem to work like a normal sound? Did any of the ricocheting make a sound?
>Did any apparent distortion the bullet went through match what our arm did?

[Fightest]

>Stay calm. Let her be the one who gets worried about why we don't seem worried.
>Was there a sound when she made that shot? Did it seem to work like a normal sound? Did any of the ricocheting make a sound?
>Did any apparent distortion the bullet went through match what our arm did?

> The same little thwip sound that all danmaku makes when it's fired. There was no distortion of the sound, or anything.
> The bullet hummed a little as it arced.
> You saw the bullet clearly approach you - it passed right through the centre of the optical distortion, so it itself was perfectly visible. Hard to judge - it went by very quickly.
> You stay calm, but your introspection seems to give away something.
> "No magic there, rabbit." Reisen paces back a little. "I love doing tricks with my bullets. There's nothing like the sight of a well-spun bullet slamming into a target in perfect cover."
> She fires again!

[Hello Purvis]

>Duck to the side this time, the one that feels less likely to cause an impact.
>Try not to slam into the wall if it comes to that. But that is preferable to getting shot.

[Mr_Bob]

>How long is the corridor we're in? Are there any nearby rooms we can escape into? How dusty is the inside of the building?
>Possible Ideas, test Red Eyes sight through closed doors, thrown tatami mats could be used as screen to launch attacks, if excessively dusty, could bluff about firing danmaku causing dust explosion.

[Fightest]

>Duck to the side this time, the one that feels less likely to cause an impact.
>Try not to slam into the wall if it comes to that. But that is preferable to getting shot.

> The bullet whips past your side, you feel the air pressure against your side as it shoots by.
> "You're pretty good!" She closes her hands into fists, does a little circle motion with each simultaneously, before extending her fingers, making a shooting motion, although no bullets fire. "But I'm just getting warmed up!"

>How long is the corridor we're in? Are there any nearby rooms we can escape into? How dusty is the inside of the building?

> The corridor is long, extending for a good twenty meters before making a sharp turn to the right. To the left and right along the corridor are several room, sectioned off with paper screens. Normally they might take some time to find amidst the wall decorations and sporadic lighting, but you know exactly where they are.
> The corridor is squeaky-clean, the wooden floor shining from a recent polishing.

[Hello Purvis]

>"I expect that you just are getting warmed up, yes. That's fine."
>Did the last shot distort in a similar manner to the prior ones?
>Where does her voice seem to be coming from? In front of us, or around the corner?

[Fightest]

>Did the last shot distort in a similar manner to the prior ones?
>Where does her voice seem to be coming from? In front of us, or around the corner?

> It didn't so much distort as just fly in a carefully-aimed non-straight trajectory.
> It's coming from around the corner. The distortion only seems to affect light.

[Hello Purvis]

>Does she sound close by, or some yards away?

[Fightest]

> If you take what you see for granted, she sounds to be exactly where she seems to be - around the corner, about five metres down the corridor.

[Mr_Bob]

>If she's not aiming at us, get into another room. We are an easy target in the corridor.

[Hello Purvis]

>How far away are these other rooms?


If they're more than a short distance, a better idea might be to build up one more kiai, unleash it, and let the spiritual awareness guide us through the distortion and into punching her. From there, hope that since she's a gunner, she can't be that good at scrapping.  As well, keeping near the door makes it easier for us to get backup.

[Fightest]

>If she's not aiming at us, get into another room. We are an easy target in the corridor.

> She's very much aiming at you, directly or not.

>How far away are these other rooms?

> One is within range of a short dash - you recall it's a store-room. You will take fire whilst you go for it, but it wouldn't be for long.

[Mr_Bob]

>Voting for making a dash to the store room.