Face, meet fist. This is Akyu Quest!

[Fightest]

>"Should we be running?"

> "I would say so, yes," says Kaguya.

> "That... that doesn't look good. Cheese it!" shouts Cirno.

> New Kid looks at you, waiting for your commands.

>"Its Mokou!"
>Tell Everyone get somewhere far away and safe!

> You break into a sprint and head for the woods as the first of the falling stars hit, erupting into blindingly-bright fireballs wherever they land. The force of each explosion scatters trees and dirt, violently flinging away any unlucky rabbit or fairy that got caught in it.

> The explosions start tracking across Eientei, smashing into the building, sending chunks of it flying in every direction. A slab of mortar impacts not a metre away from you.

> "That's not Mokou!" Kaguya shouts over the sound of the explosions.

[Ecthel]

> You break into a sprint and head for the woods as the first of the falling stars hit, erupting into blindingly-bright fireballs wherever they land. The force of each explosion scatters trees and dirt, violently flinging away any unlucky rabbit or fairy that got caught in it.

Oh no! It's The Duma Desert Incident all over again!
Stars? Marisa or Sanae, most likely. Either way, they're playables so we be dead.

> Abscond

[Demonbman]

>"Then who is it!?"
>Try to get a look at the stars and the sky while running away
>Check on Cirno and New Kid when we have a chance

[Fightest]

Stars? Marisa or Sanae, most likely. Either way, they're playables so we be dead.

> These projectiles are not pentacles, or pentacle-shaped.

>"Then who is it!?"
>Try to get a look at the stars and the sky while running away
>Check on Cirno and New Kid when we have a chance

> "A dead woman, that's certain. Do you have any idea how much valuable chemicals and medicines I left back there?" Eirin has a grim look on her face. Kaguya nods in agreement.

> Amidst everything blowing up, you examine the sky. The shape seems to be pulling around for another pass.

> They're right behind you, not losing a pace.

> You run until the debris stops raining down all around you, and stop in a small clearing. You can still hear the bombing in the distance.

> Eirin looks up. "Kaguya, forgive me for leaving so soon after I came back. This is something I cannot forgive."

> Kaguya nods in response, a furiously determined expression on her face.

> Eirin looks at you. "I'll head off, try to track that attacker down. I'm sorry I can't treat your injuries any further."

[Kasu]

> "Wait.  Do you know who it is?"
> Tell Cirno to monitor the situation from the ground while we help with the tracking.

[Fightest]

> "Wait.  Do you know who it is?"
> Tell Cirno to monitor the situation from the ground while we help with the tracking.

> "No, but I have a few suspicions. No point musing now."

> Eirin pauses a beat, then looks incredulously at you. "Whilst I appreciate the offer, I daresay that you'll only slow me down. You cannot fly, can you?"

> Cirno pipes up, "also, um... I wanna go back there, I gotta make sure the gang's all right, yanno? Can't just leave 'em."

[Hello Purvis]

>"My apologies, this is my first time being in the middle of a real Incident. We'll handle things on the ground, then, and try to get more people out of there."
>Try to get a look at the attacker.

[Kasu]

> Aid Cirno in helping evacuate the forces.

[Mr_Bob]

>Before Eirin leaves enquire what last minute aid can be self-applied for proper healing.
>Check vitals and breathing, make sure we're not hyperventilating, or slipping into shock, and that no wounds and opened up.

[Fightest]

>"My apologies, this is my first time being in the middle of a real Incident. We'll handle things on the ground, then, and try to get more people out of there."
>Try to get a look at the attacker.

> Eirin looks glum. "I hope this isn't a proper Incident. Maybe it's just someone out for some quick points, hoping to get us when we were in the middle of a fight? Then how did they know...?"
> Are those...wings? You haven't met many youkai with wings, that's for sure.

>Before Eirin leaves enquire what last minute aid can be self-applied for proper healing.
>Check vitals and breathing, make sure we're not hyperventilating, or slipping into shock, and that no wounds and opened up.

> Eirin smirks. "You don't seem to have much trust in my treatment. Please, don't worry, you'll be fine. Just avoid hitting your chest too much."
> You feel mostly fine. Still a little bit drowsy.
> Eirin takes off. Kaguya looks around and shrugs. "Do you mind if I stay with you for a while longer? Until I find temporary lodging somewhere... less prone to bombing?"

> Aid Cirno in helping evacuate the forces.

> Cirno has already headed off back towards Eientei. You follow in her path, and eventually get there yourself. The scene of the bombing is brutal - almost half of Eientei has been completely flattened by the bombing, and what remains isn't in too good a shape, either. Fairies and rabbits are scattered around, amidst the debris. There are little fires everywhere. New Kid gasps.
> "This is... terrible, sir. So many..."

[Hello Purvis]

>"The faeries, they should be fine, right? Even if the worst has happened? So, let us help the rabbits, first."
>Set to digging out them rabbits. Try not to get set on fire, or bombed again.

[Fightest]

>"The faeries, they should be fine, right? Even if the worst has happened? So, let us help the rabbits, first."
>Set to digging out them rabbits. Try not to get set on fire, or bombed again.

> You get to work, looking for those injured by the attack, clearing the rubble and getting them to safety. New Kid does the same, although she favours rescuing fairies above the rabbits. Kaguya stands about, looking awkward, not sure what to do.

> You run across Cirno doing the same - she's busy pulling out fairies as well. She gives you a grim nod and gets back to work.

> After several hours of searching, digging and carrying, in the wreckage of Eientei, the grounds around it and the forest immediately around the grounds, you think you've found everyone there is to find. Kaguya and Cirno get to making a head count of the fairies and rabbits respectively.

[Hello Purvis]

>Check own condition. How is Eirin's treatment holding out?
>Ponder if those wings looked anything like those a crow youkai might have; given there's one person we certainly know of with wings and the ability to explode things.

[Fightest]

>Check own condition. How is Eirin's treatment holding out?
>Ponder if those wings looked anything like those a crow youkai might have; given there's one person we certainly know of with wings and the ability to explode things.

> Despite working for hours, you feel only the natural fatigue of doing so. Those ribs ache when you bump your chest into something, but, otherwise, you're combat-ready.
> Despite the incident with the geyser and the mess with the hell crow being a pretty big one, you've never actually seen the perpetrator in person. Still, rumour has it she has raven wings, and that she has a lot of indiscriminate destructive potential.

[Hello Purvis]

>Help take count of the faeries. Cirno will probably need it.

[MysTeariousYukari]

> "Oh, since I forgot to answer your question when you asked, you could stay at my home in the Human Village. It is not as grand as you may be used to, but it's definately better then nothing, and I myself like it. Mostly any human in Human Village could direct you to my house if you went their on your own."

[Fightest]

>Help take count of the faeries. Cirno will probably need it.

> By the time everyone is accounted for, the sky has turned the peach-red hue of dawn. Fairies and rabbits huddle together in the cover of the bamboo trees - their feelings of exhaustion and despair are palpable. You yourself are pretty tired.

> "Oh, since I forgot to answer your question when you asked, you could stay at my home in the Human Village. It is not as grand as you may be used to, but it's definately better then nothing, and I myself like it. Mostly any human in Human Village could direct you to my house if you went their on your own."

> "Thank you, I humbly accept your gracious gesture. Are you going to stop there at a future juncture? I'm not comfortable making my way there by myself, and I don't want to have to ask for Eirin's assistance every time trouble comes."

[Hello Purvis]

>Consider the mob of faeries and rabbits. Would be even remotely possibly to cram them all in Casa de Hieda, using spare rooms as barracks and such? What about just the wounded?
>"Highness, just who, or what, was that? The Solar Crow?"

[MysTeariousYukari]

> "I will lead you their of course. You have had me as a guest before and you showed plenty of manners and respect, so I shall do the same for you."
> "Do you know who that was, who did all that to Eientei? I kinda want to know, since I nearly got caught up in that just as much as you and Eirin."

[Fightest]

>Consider the mob of faeries and rabbits. Would be even remotely possibly to cram them all in Casa de Hieda, using spare rooms as barracks and such? What about just the wounded?
>"Highness, just who, or what, was that? The Solar Crow?"

> "I will lead you their of course. You have had me as a guest before and you showed plenty of manners and respect, so I shall do the same for you."
> "Do you know who that was, who did all that to Eientei? I kinda want to know, since I nearly got caught up in that just as much as you and Eirin."

> You reckon you could, with a bit of ingenuity, cram them all in. It would be very cramped, but you could do it.
> Kaguya nods. "I've never met her - not a lot of people have. Still, rumours spread, and..."
> Cirno walks past, carrying an unconscious fairy. "Whatcha talking about? Utsuho, right? Crow girl who lives underground? Sure looked like 'er, with the fireballs and all."
> Kaguya raises an eyebrow.

[Hello Purvis]

>"I suppose you all could stay at my place. It'd do no good to let the wounded be outside like this. It'll be cramped... and, um, I don't think I have enough blankets or pillows to go around...But it's the best place for us right now. I think the unwounded should be numerous enough to transport the wounded, if you would be so kind as to pass that along to your respective followers?"

[Kasu]

> Ponder the possibility of the Nue being behind this.

[MysTeariousYukari]

> "Actually... I may be able to request some of the villagers help take in some of the wounded. I'm certain at least a few people would be willing to take in a rabbit or fairy or two. The village certainly has enough kind people in it that not all the rabbits and fairies would be cramped into my home."
> Just to be certain, it's canon that Eientei has often sold medicine and the like to Human Village, right? If so, then add "You have done us plenty of good with your medicine, let us help you in return" onto the above.

[Fightest]

>"I suppose you all could stay at my place. It'd do no good to let the wounded be outside like this. It'll be cramped... and, um, I don't think I have enough blankets or pillows to go around...But it's the best place for us right now. I think the unwounded should be numerous enough to transport the wounded, if you would be so kind as to pass that along to your respective followers?"

> Cirno and Kaguya nod, and leave to organise the fairies and rabbits into something resembling a mobile group, the former co-opting New Kid and the latter Reisen. There is nobody who is not injured, but everyone is willing to help now that the message about shelter is going across. A little bit of hope goes a long way.

> Ponder the possibility of the Nue being behind this.

> While it would make sense for Gensokyo to have a Nue-related youkai, but you've never met one.

> "Actually... I may be able to request some of the villagers help take in some of the wounded. I'm certain at least a few people would be willing to take in a rabbit or fairy or two. The village certainly has enough kind people in it that not all the rabbits and fairies would be cramped into my home."
> Just to be certain, it's canon that Eientei has often sold medicine and the like to Human Village, right? If so, then add "You have done us plenty of good with your medicine, let us help you in return" onto the above.

> Your promises improve morale amongst both groups. You can see the energy pouring back into them.
> "I'll be sure to pass along the message to Eirin, she is the one who is in charge of the clinic, after all," says Kaguya.

> Once everyone is gathered, those who cannot walk being placed on stretchers, or carried individually, the mass of fairies and rabbits begins to move. It's a very slow march, requiring a lot of mothering and constant encouragement, but, amongst the efforts of you, Cirno, New Kid, Reisen and Kaguya, you eventually leave the Bamboo Forest.

> Now that you're out of the forest, you can really see the magnitude of the column you're leading. There are about two hundred rabbits and fairies in total, stumbling and shuffling after you. It's going to be a major effort to take care of all of them - your plan to ask more villagers for help seems to be becoming more and more necessary.

> You have reached the outskirts of the Human Village, having taken a short break two hours earlier - despite the group being desperately exhausted, Reisen recommended you don't rest for long, otherwise it will be near-impossible to get them moving again.

[Hello Purvis]

>Is there a generally recognized symbol for truce akin to the white flag? If so, try to raise one up, and start heading into the village. Keep an eye out peoples who might try something, and also those who might be useful in helping the wounded. Also ask for spare blankets, pillows, and the like.
>Head for Hieda House in general.

[Mr_Bob]

>If the school house is still out of service that would do nicely for extra space.

[Fightest]

>Is there a generally recognized symbol for truce akin to the white flag? If so, try to raise one up, and start heading into the village. Keep an eye out peoples who might try something, and also those who might be useful in helping the wounded. Also ask for spare blankets, pillows, and the like.
>Head for Hieda House in general.

>If the school house is still out of service that would do nicely for extra space.

> You head into the village, making your intentions clear. This time of the morning you would have expected to see some more people out and about, but doors and shutters are held tightly closed - seems that the tournament is keeping everyone on edge.
> Despite this, you do find some villagers who are willing to help you. You are well-liked in the village, and soon find about ten or so who bring along pillows and blankets.
> You come home, finding it much as you left it, fairies and rabbits piling in after you. After moving furniture aside, and doing some clever rearrangement, you manage to fit most of them in with room to move around.
> The rest you divert to the schoolhouse. The classroom is, for the moment, unfortunately unusable, due to the hole in its wall, but you use the corridor and adjoining rooms. After a few hours of logistics and hard work, the fairies and rabbits are finally arranged to the best of your ability.

[Hello Purvis]

>Delegate things to Kaguya and Cirno, collapse into some equivalent of a bed.

[Fightest]

>Delegate things to Kaguya and Cirno, collapse into some equivalent of a bed.

> You crawl into bed, ignoring the two fairies and the rabbit that have stationed themselves there. You pull off the gauntlets and sword, and they hit the ground with a metallic clang.
> Your hands and lower arms are covered in calluses. One of your nails has been torn clean off, and the wound has already scabbed over - you don't remember when this happened, which is the most peculiar feeling you've had all day.
> One of your fingers is at an odd angle, and you absentmindedly wrench it back into place according to the anatomy diagram you saw back at Meiling's. Compared to what you've felt before, the short, sharp pain barely registers.
> Nothing else seems urgently out of place, so you close your eyes and drift off immediately.

> You dream that you're being chased by that magician girl who lives in the forest - Marisa - and you're running away from her. She is trying to return something to you, but you don't want it.

> You wake up to the glare of the sun on your face. It's morning... but you don't know if that's morning still or morning again. Bits of you ache, but it's something you can ignore. The room is filled with fairies and rabbits, all bandaged, splinted, or casted. Kaguya is shuffling about outside in the corridor with a wet towel and a pot of green goo, tending to the rabbits and fairies there.

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we feel rested?
>"What time is it?"