Hikikomori Quest - Remaking my Life: Part 8

[Neovereign]

Tsuru:

>Remove the boxes.

Daiko:

>"She's not contained in her tail. Genies come from their lamps. I'm pretty sure Bastet doesn't come from her tail. Just wish for something, and if she hears it, she might grant it."

Kiku:

>"Hehe."

[Tashi]

Tsuru:

>Remove the boxes.

Daiko:

>"She's not contained in her tail. Genies come from their lamps. I'm pretty sure Bastet doesn't come from her tail. Just wish for something, and if she hears it, she might grant it."

> You remove all the boxes.
> "Much better."

> "What if she's a genie in secret?"
> "I... really doubt it, Koko..." Kyouko blinks. "... Hey!" She looks at you. "Why don't you try it?"

Kiku:

>"Hehe."

> "Is this all the house, then?"
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"Sure."
>Are we at the end of the pool with Kyouko yet?"

Kiku:

>"There's some places we can't get to yet, but I think it might be..."
>Is this correct?

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"Sure."
>Are we at the end of the pool with Kyouko yet?"

> "Huh? What... are you asking, Daiko?"
> You are.
> "Really! What if you can grant wishes too? You know... since they were inside you."

Kiku:

>"There's some places we can't get to yet, but I think it might be..."
>Is this correct?

> Aside of the locked room, you don't think there's much left to see... ... unless Sakura has more surprises.
> "It's weird that a room is locked and the others not..."
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"I meant I'd ask Bastet for a wish. But I guess I could try and grant one... Ask."
>Float more comfortably now that we're at an end.

Kiku:

>"Something Sakura might want to keep secret I guess. Maybe it's Daiko's mom's room..."

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"I meant I'd ask Bastet for a wish. But I guess I could try and grant one... Ask."
>Float more comfortably now that we're at an end.

> You float in a more comfy position.
> "Hmm..." Kyouko thinks. "... ... I wish cat ears for Kokoro!"
> "Eh?"

Kiku:

>"Something Sakura might want to keep secret I guess. Maybe it's Daiko's mom's room..."

> "... Why she left, again...?"
> _

[Monarda]

Kiku-chan:

>"Nobody knows for sure... but the most likely thing was that she was so obsessed with using the predictions to make things for the better... that she couldn't handle it any further..."

Niji Golden:

>"But the darkness keeps appearing again and again correct ? So that means the caster must be around here."

Niji-chan:

>Nod.
>"Sounds good to me."

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Try to give Kokoro cat ears.

Tsuru:

>"So..."

[Tashi]

Kiku-chan:

>"Nobody knows for sure... but the most likely thing was that she was so obsessed with using the predictions to make things for the better... that she couldn't handle it any further..."

> "... Predictions, huh..."

Niji Golden:

>"But the darkness keeps appearing again and again correct ? So that means the caster must be around here."

> "Well, this is the second time that Eientei is engulfed in darkness." Kaguya explains.
> "Heh, well, incinerating the forest won't be a good idea to find him or her..." Mokou says sarcastically.

Niji-chan:

>Nod.
>"Sounds good to me."

> "Let's go, then?"

Daiko:

>Try to give Kokoro cat ears.

Tsuru:

>"So..."

> You try to grant that wish...
> Twitch, twitch.
> Kokoro has now cat ears in her hair. They are twitching.
> "Uh?" Kokoro feels them with her hand.
> "W-Woah... You did it! Holy crackers! YOU DID IT!" Kyouko exclaims happily.

> "What?!" Kira suddenly loses his composure. "He can do that?!"

> (Bastet) You feel something changed...
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"E-Eh!?"

Tsuru:

>"W-What!?"

Bastet:

>Try to identify the change.

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"E-Eh!?"

Tsuru:

>"W-What!?"

> "See? I wasn't wrong!"
> "Cute..." Kokoro says.

> "I wasn't even aware that I coulde use the powers of those that were inside me! What kind of crap is this?!"

Bastet:

>Try to identify the change.

> Is almost as if you granted a wish, but you didn't... You feel now a biiit tired.
> _

[Neovereign]

Bastet:

>"Huhh?"

Tsuru:

>"I got it. I wish Daikoku could understand how this works."

Daiko:
>"It's not that easy, is it?"
>Try to grant the wish.

[Monarda]

//Maybe wish for Kira to be unable to use his abilities to harm others ?

Niji Golden:

>"Does it just... appear out of a sudden, or does it come and engulf it progressively ?"

Niji-chan:

>Nod and follow.

[Neovereign]

//Honestly, I'd want to wish for Kira to be alive, but, if that even worked, he'd probably try to kill us...

[Monarda]

//How about wishing for Kira to come back to the living without any abilities or powers ? Or maybe a mix of both ideas ?

[Tashi]

Tsuru:

>"I got it. I wish Daikoku could understand how this works."

Daiko:
>"It's not that easy, is it?"
>Try to grant the wish.

> You try to grant the wish...
> Now you know how this works. To be able to use the powers of others, you need first to give to them part of your soul, just like you did with Kiku, Bastet and Niji; that will create a nexus between them and you, represented by the string that unify your souls. Powers that have reserves, however, like Bastet's wish magic, will need the use energy from both you and the person that you are borrowing the magic from.

> (Bastet) You feel something different again. You also feel more tired than a second ago.

//Maybe wish for Kira to be unable to use his abilities to harm others ?

Niji Golden:

>"Does it just... appear out of a sudden, or does it come and engulf it progressively ?"

> "You saw it for yourself." Kaguya raises a closed hand "It just appeared and... pop." She opens her hand to emphasize. "Suddenly everything was in darkness."

Niji-chan:

>Nod and follow.

> You and Clownpiece start to make your way to the Hakurei Shrine.
> Everything looks amazing at night...
> "I had fun today, by the way." Clownpiece comments. "Despite only collecting sheeps."
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"So it's not free... Thanks for helping me find this out though."
>Kiss Kyouko.

Bastet:

>"W-WHOEVER'S WISHING THINGS, STOP!"

[Monarda]

Niji Golden:

>"So it will be hard tracking the source down... how can someone cast such an wide curtain of darkness though ? It's huge... it would take tons of magical prowess..."

Niji-chan:

>"Hehe... i had fun too."

[Tashi]

Bastet:

>"W-WHOEVER'S WISHING THINGS, STOP!"

> "Y-Yuu?!" Yuudachi jolts.

Daiko:

>"So it's not free... Thanks for helping me find this out though."
>Kiss Kyouko.

> You kiss Kyouko and she gladly reciprocates.
> You think you heard something...

Niji Golden:

>"So it will be hard tracking the source down... how can someone cast such an wide curtain of darkness though ? It's huge... it would take tons of magical prowess..."

> "... What about that darkness youkai?" Reisen suggests.

Niji-chan:

>"Hehe... i had fun too."

> "Yes..."
> _

[Neovereign]

Bastet:

>"I'm sorry Yuudachi... It feels like my ability is being used, and it's sorta scary..."
>Pet her comfortingly.

Tsuru:

>"Hm?"

[Monarda]

Niji Golden:

>"Huh ? Rumia ? Well, sure she doesn't like light, but she didn't seem able or to have any reasons to do this."
>Shake our head.
>"Last time i saw her she was going to Youkai Mountain i think."

Niji-chan:

>"..."

[Tashi]

Bastet:

>"I'm sorry Yuudachi... It feels like my ability is being used, and it's sorta scary..."
>Pet her comfortingly.

Tsuru:

>"Hm?"

> "Yuu?" She tilts her head. "Yuu, yuyu yuu yu?" She jingles her arms while saying that.

> "This is stupid... Stupid, really stupid..." Kira mumbles to himself. "... But... maybe it can help... ... Hehehe..."

Niji Golden:

>"Huh ? Rumia ? Well, sure she doesn't like light, but she didn't seem able or to have any reasons to do this."
>Shake our head.
>"Last time i saw her she was going to Youkai Mountain i think."

Niji-chan:

>"..."

> "Who can ensure she wasn't her? The only known youkai of darkness is her."
> "It may be possible, but don't point to someone like that without proofs, Udonge." Eirin frowns a bit.
> "Sorry, but I just want to find a solution about this." Reisen frowns slightly.

> "...?" Clownpiece looks at you. "Something wrong?"
> _

[Monarda]

Niji-chan:

>"Oh ! No, nothing."

Niji Golden:

>"Still, hasty conclusions are far from ideal, the proper way to handle this is to conduct an careful search, look for witnesses or clues, study the magic behind this further, and such."

[Neovereign]

Bastet:

>Continue wandering.

Tsuru:

>"Kira... do you want to make a wish?"

[Tashi]

Niji-chan:

>"Oh ! No, nothing."

Niji Golden:

>"Still, hasty conclusions are far from ideal, the proper way to handle this is to conduct an careful search, look for witnesses or clues, study the magic behind this further, and such."

> "Why are you so different, Niji?" Clownpiece asks.

> "I doubt that someone have witnessed this." Mokou says.
> "Though I'm wanting to investigate the kind of magic that is being used here." Eirin explains. "I'd like, however, to have a meeting with that youkai... if she doesn't have any problem to come."
> "And even then, I'd like you-" Kaguya looks at you. "-to convince her."

Bastet:

>Continue wandering.

> Continue walking through the house.
> There's no much else to see in the upper house, so you go downstairs.

Tsuru:

>"Kira... do you want to make a wish?"

> "... No."
> _

[Monarda]

Niji-chan:

>"Eh ?"
>Tilt our head.

Niji-chan:

>"Um... sorry... i'm not really an forceful person... plus i don't even know where she is."

[Tashi]

Niji-chan:

>"Eh ?"
>Tilt our head.

NijiGolden-chan:

>"Um... sorry... i'm not really an forceful person... plus i don't even know where she is."

> "I mean, you aren't like a fairy... Well, in the behaviour, at least. You aren't as child-like as others." Clownpiece clarifies. "It attracted my attention when I saw Daiyousei's and Marry's too... They are... different too..."

> "But you know her, isn't it? Plus, I guess she's really... dumb-like, so it shouldn't be hard." Kaguya shrugs.
> "First of all, Princess... You just can't order Niji to do that. Second... why "dumb-like"?" Sakura frowns.
> "I saw her hit a lot of trees while she is in her ball of darkness." Reisen explains. "... And the worst thing is that she doesn't care about that..."

> (White) You feel something in your chest...
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Are we still going?
>Hold Kyouko if so.

Tsuru:

>"Are you sure?"

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Are we still going?
>Hold Kyouko if so.

Tsuru:

>"Are you sure?"

> You hold Kyouko as she starts a french kiss.

> "Absolutely."
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Enjoy it.

Tsuru:

>"Kira..."

Kiku:

>How are we?

Niji-White:

>What does it seem to be?

Bastet:

>Where are we now?
>"Hellooo?"