Reimu Quest (Part 4)

[日巫子]

> "I'm good. I'd rather you start explaining things. What's going on in this place? Are you messing up stuff in the real world?"
> Point at bronzey. "And who's this?"

> "Right..."  Sanae takes a seat.  You're sitting across from the bronze-haired girl, and Sanae is sitting on a couch between the chairs.  There is a low table in the middle of this mess of furniture.
> "This isn't your Gensokyo," Sanae says.  She casts nervous glances as the bronze-haired girl as she speaks.  "It's...it's a parallel dimension!"
> And then you ask who the other girl is.  Her headwings flutter.
> She says, "I'm Kikuri.  What's your name?"

> _

[Sect]

> "Reimu. From the Hakurei Shrine." Wait to see if there's any recognition.
> Turn back to Sanae. "Whaddya mean 'parallel dimension'? You mean like how Gensokyo's cut off from the Outside World?"

[日巫子]

> "Reimu. From the Hakurei Shrine." Wait to see if there's any recognition.
> Turn back to Sanae. "Whaddya mean 'parallel dimension'? You mean like how Gensokyo's cut off from the Outside World?"

> "Huh...I've never heard of that shrine before," Kikuri says.  "I'm sorry for staring at you earlier; you look a lot like someone I know, is all."
> Sanae nods.  "Yes, that's exactly it!  It's a little different, though.  You see, um...It's like if you have two pieces of paper that float parallel to each other.  One of those is Gensokyo and one is this world.  They're completely separate from each other."
> "So...we're living in a multiverse?" Kikuri asks.  She looks skeptical.
> "Yeah, yeah, that's basically it.  Don't worry about it."

> _

[Sect]

> "I am worried about it. You get here by that 'lucid dreaming' stuff, right? How do you get back?"

[日巫子]

> "I am worried about it. You get here by that 'lucid dreaming' stuff, right? How do you get back?"

> Kikuri furrows her brow.  "Lucid dreaming...?"
> "I see you've figured out how to travel here!" Sanae interjects.  "If you want to leave you just have to pinch your cheek."

> _

[Sect]

> "Good to know." We'll pinch her cheek once we're done talking to her so she can wake the heck up.
> "So where's Yuuka? That orchid lover told me something about finding a... uh... fringed orchid to find secret worlds?"

[日巫子]

> "Good to know." We'll pinch her cheek once we're done talking to her so she can wake the heck up.
> "So where's Yuuka? That orchid lover told me something about finding a... uh... fringed orchid to find secret worlds?"

> She won't know what hit her.
> "Uh, Yuuka?  I think she has a flower shop in town," Sanae says.  "Did she really say that?  That sounds weird."

> _

[Sect]

> "I beat it out of her. I dunno what it's really about, but she's probably telling the truth."

Hm... Purvis, was there anything else we should ask?
Actually, one more thing.

> Glance at Kikuri. What does she look like, now that we're closer to her?

[Kilgamayan]

Reimu's playing Yume Nikki? <_<

[Sect]

*delete*

[日巫子]

> "I beat it out of her. I dunno what it's really about, but she's probably telling the truth."
> Glance at Kikuri. What does she look like, now that we're closer to her?

> "Wow, that's kind of..."  Sanae shrugs.  "We keep fringed orchids around the house sometimes, if that's any help?"
> You take the opportunity to examine Kikuri.  She doesn't look half bad.  You think she knows you're looking at her, though.



> _

[Sect]

> Back to Sanae. "This house or the real house?"
> Do the broken shards we have seem to resemble that... uh, thing Kikuri has? Heck, do we still have those shards?

[日巫子]

> Back to Sanae. "This house or the real house?"
> Do the broken shards we have seem to resemble that... uh, thing Kikuri has? Heck, do we still have those shards?

> "This house."
> Very much so.  You're pretty sure you still have the shards on you.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>To Sanae: "So what are you doing here?"
>Ponder what we can recall about dreams from that once time we had to beat Yuka's face in for messing with them.

[日巫子]

>To Sanae: "So what are you doing here?"
>Ponder what we can recall about dreams from that once time we had to beat Yuka's face in for messing with them.

> "Nothing much," Sanae says.  "It's summer, so I thought maybe I'd try hanging outside more often."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"And you still haven't told me why parallel dimensions or whatever means that apparently there haven't been any Hakureis ever, and you guy took over the world. It's not like we don't dream too, you know."

[O4rfish]

Should we tell Sanae she's in a coma when there's an incident going on, or should we just pinch her cheek?
Argument for the second is Kikuri may have something to do with her staying here, and if we tell her she may prevent Sanae from waking up.

[Hello Purvis]

I'm thinking we'll tell her about the coma thing, and the Kanako thing, after the lack of Hakurei thing is cleared up. Reimu does have her priorities.

[日巫子]

>"And you still haven't told me why parallel dimensions or whatever means that apparently there haven't been any Hakureis ever, and you guy took over the world. It's not like we don't dream too, you know."

> "No, it's just that...um..."  Sanae scratches her head.  "Why do I know this, again?"
> "Is everything okay?" Kikuri asks.  "This sounds kind of serious."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Fix Sanae with a look. "That's another great question. Why do you know this?"

[日巫子]

>Fix Sanae with a look. "That's another great question. Why do you know this?"

> "Because, I....uh...."  Sanae gets this look her face like she's been looking for something but it was really on the coat rack the entire time.  "Um...It's because..."
> Her wings droop and she sighs.  "I don't know."

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"What? Of course you do! You've only been here the whole time winging it up and taking over Gensokyo while my back was turned."

[日巫子]

>"What? Of course you do! You've only been here the whole time winging it up and taking over Gensokyo while my back was turned."

> "Hey, don't say it like I'm some conqueror or something," Sanae snaps.  "So what if our shrine is well-liked?"

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Resuming giving her the look.
>"I don't think you need me to answer that, do you?"

[日巫子]

>Resuming giving her the look.
>"I don't think you need me to answer that, do you?"

> "What do you mean?  Are you jealous or something?" Sanae asks as Kikuri looks back and forth between the two of you.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Your really want some spellcards to the face, don't you? You know taking over the world is still not allowed! And you still haven't explained why there isn't any sign of my family here, which is becoming pretty solid proof it's your fault."

[日巫子]

>"Your really want some spellcards to the face, don't you? You know taking over the world is still not allowed! And you still haven't explained why there isn't any sign of my family here, which is becoming pretty solid proof it's your fault."

> "Do you even have any family?  The only people I see at your shrine on a consistent basis are Marisa and Suika!"
> "Hey, now..." Kikuri scolds, narrowing her eyes at Sanae.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Cool voice. "Enough of a family to make that Barrier your gods were so eager to cross. Which is another big problem this place has, I should note."

[日巫子]

>Cool voice. "Enough of a family to make that Barrier your gods were so eager to cross. Which is another big problem this place has, I should note."

> "What about the Barrier?" Sanae asks, somewhat heatedly.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Try not to smirk at Sanae's agitation. Perhaps it is more satisfying than danmakuing her up.
>"Haven't you noticed there isn't one here? That ought to tip you off that you screwed everything up, since you of all people ought to know how important it is."