Hikikomori Quest - Remaking my Life: Part 9

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"Kokoro doesn't want me using this sort of thing on her... I'm not sure if she changed her mind about it yet or not..."

Kiku:

>Quickly take off for the SDM.

[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>Look down.
>"...you two just don't get his true feelings... He is already fully commited to Kokoro-chan, he knows it's an herculean task, it was probably also what Miss Mokou told him too, and he knows she is someone special... but so is he, just like Kokoro-chan, he is also one-of-a-kind, he listens to her heart when others wouldn't be able, if you want to know more about his, please ask Tsuru-chan, she was inside him more time than me."
>Sigh.
>"Think about it, had that unknown event upon which you two obviously disagree with their choice never had happened, would you still have these same thoughts or would that be clouding your view into an more negative perspective than what it truly is ? Are you sure that the problem isn't with the observed but with observer ?"

Niji Scarlet:

>Unfocus it and release that excessive energy away from everyone !
>Keep it contained out here.

Niji Red:

>Nod.
>"It was a nice night, although she still remained away the whole time overworking... so i convinced her to rest now."

Niji-chan:

>"Huh ? How are you moving like that Yuudachi ? You were on my shoulder before..."

Niji White:

>Follow !

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>"Kokoro doesn't want me using this sort of thing on her... I'm not sure if she changed her mind about it yet or not..."

Kiku:

>Quickly take off for the SDM.

> "Everything would be more easy if she was here..."
> "A-Are you really sure...?"
> "Huh...?" V!Kyouko looks at V!Mystia.
> "... Kokoro is really hard to understand, you know..."

> Before you take off, you remember two things...
> Yuuka's request for you to investigate the Garden of the Sun... for whatever reason.
> The discovery that you and Koakuma did about this Leiko "Lucy" Kochiya. You want to tell about this to Daiko...

Niji Blue:

>Look down.
>"...you two just don't get his true feelings... He is already fully commited to Kokoro-chan, he knows it's an herculean task, it was probably also what Miss Mokou told him too, and he knows she is someone special... but so is he, just like Kokoro-chan, he is also one-of-a-kind, he listens to her heart when others wouldn't be able, if you want to know more about his, please ask Tsuru-chan, she was inside him more time than me."
>Sigh.
>"Think about it, had that unknown event upon which you two obviously disagree with their choice never had happened, would you still have these same thoughts or would that be clouding your view into an more negative perspective than what it truly is ? Are you sure that the problem isn't with the observed but with observer ?"

> "Well..." Miko scratches her hair. "... There's one more thing that you don't seem to be aware of..."
> Byakuren sighs after Miko's words.
> Keine is silent at the discussion, and so is Orino.

Niji Scarlet:

>Unfocus it and release that excessive energy away from everyone !
>Keep it contained out here.

> You release the energy away.
> As you do so, the air becomes more heavy, and a bunch of... different things appear for a second... They seemed like fire and such.
> You are unable to contain the energy outside. It just slipped from your fingers, literally talking.
> "... Yeah, maybe it was that." Remilia sighs.

Niji Red:

>Nod.
>"It was a nice night, although she still remained away the whole time overworking... so i convinced her to rest now."

> "O-Oh, so you did it?" She asks. "Well... What are you going to do...?"

Niji-chan:

>"Huh ? How are you moving like that Yuudachi ? You were on my shoulder before..."

> Yuudachi gives you a confused face. "Yuuda?" She shakes her head.

Niji White:

>Follow !

> You approach and sit down in the chair.
> "Okay. Close your eyes and let me do all the work."
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[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>"Which is ?"

Niji Scarlet:

>"Huh... wait why doesn an library have books that release fire magic onto the atmosphere ? Can't it cause fires ?"

Niji Red:

>"She might be stubborn, but i am more, and i will just wait for her i guess."
>Giggle.
>"So who are you Miss ?"

Niji-chan:

>"Yes you do, every once in a while you s
Change places, going from my shoulder to my arm to my hand, it must be that magic inside you..."

Niji White:

>Do so.

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"We could ask when we get to the village..."

Kiku:

>Drop on over to Daiko.
>"Hey, could you contact me later for something? It's about something Koa and I found in your library..."

Daiko:

>"Oh? Sure."
>Nod.

[Tashi]

Niji Blue:

>"Which is ?"

> "Ask him." Miko sighs. "Like I said, we can't be saying things like that to everyone."

Niji Scarlet:

>"Huh... wait why doesn an library have books that release fire magic onto the atmosphere ? Can't it cause fires ?"

> "I bet you just absorbed a small it of each thing until you were full." Remilia shrugs.
> You notice something strange wit the shadows in this place... You think they are moving slightly...

Niji Red:

>"She might be stubborn, but i am more, and i will just wait for her i guess."
>Giggle.
>"So who are you Miss ?"

> "I'm Rifa. I was the one that waited with Nitori while you asked for help to Miss Sanae." Rifa explains.

Niji-chan:

>"Yes you do, every once in a while you change places, going from my shoulder to my arm to my hand, it must be that magic inside you..."

> Yuudachi looks more confused. "Yuudada? Yuu da..."

Niji White:

>Do so.

> You close your eyes and you start to feel how Marry caress your hair.

V!Daiko:

>"We could ask when we get to the village..."

> "Okay..." V!Mystia nods.
> "Hey... ... HEEEY!" V!Kyouko says in realization. "Maybe we can show you what Mystia wants? But here!"

Kiku:

>Drop on over to Daiko.
>"Hey, could you contact me later for something? It's about something Koa and I found in your library..."

Daiko:

>"Oh? Sure."
>Nod.

> "Huh?" Kyouko asks.
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[Neovereign]

Kiku:

>Consider where to go first...

V!Daiko:

>"I guess... It'd be better to do when we're not doing something like this outside though."

[Tashi]

Kiku:

>Consider where to go first...

V!Daiko:

>"I guess... It'd be better to do when we're not doing something like this outside though."

> Yuuka's request... you honestly consider it can be done at any moment. After all, she said "when you can".
> And about Megumi going to SDM... ... Well, SHE IS Megumi, so bad things can happen, you think?

> "I don't think it's a good idea..."
> "Whyyy?" V!Kyouko looks at V!Mystia. "Some Spell Cards can't be bad..."
> "It can be dangerous. I don't want Daiko to explode or something by this."

> "Hm?" Kira questions.

> You can see the village...
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[Neovereign]

Kiku:

>Let's head for the mansion first...

V!Daiko:

>"Oh... Spell Cards?"

[Tashi]

Kiku:

>Let's head for the mansion first...

V!Daiko:

>"Oh... Spell Cards?"

> You start heading to the mansion...

> "Well... not normal Spell Cards..." She chuckles.
> "In fact, it's not entirely true... It's more like a... special effect that Kyouko and I discovered while practicing..."
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[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"I'm listening."

Daiko:

>"Something catch your interest?"
>Look ahead. Are people waiting for us?
>Glance over to Sakura.

Tsuru:

>Look around in the mansion.

Bastet:

>She still here?
>We still here?

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>"I'm listening."

Daiko:

>Look ahead. Are people waiting for us?
>Glance over to Sakura.

> "Well... Kyouko and I, some days ago, were practicing danmaku. For the funsies, we made a "Spell Card Contest" to see what Spell Card of ours is more stronger, beautiful and those things."
> "We were next to each other when we started it, one Spell Card in hand each one..." V!Kyouko continues. "... And something incredible happened when we declared them at the same time.

> That's... actually inaccurate, since they aren't waiting, but coming your way. The children break the lines and go to them. You start to see how the children met with their parents.
> You look at Sakura. Once she notices you are looking at her, she smiles and raises a thumbs-up. "Mission Accomplished."
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[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"Everything went well."
>Smile some, but let it drop a bit.
>"For this incident, at least."

V!Daiko:

>"Huh? Did they combine?"

Tsuru:

>Look around in the mansion.

Bastet:

>Is she still here?
>Are we still here?

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"Everything went well."
>Smile some, but let it drop a bit.
>"For this incident, at least."

V!Daiko:

>"Huh? Did they combine?"

> You smile a bit, but not so much later.
> "... Something wrong?" Sakura frowns slightly.
> Miko, Byakuren, Keine and Niji Blue are approaching as well.

> "... They did..." V!Mystia nods.
> "It was something suuuper strange. It was like both of us declared one Spell Card! It looked really cool! Our patterns combined!"
> "After the time ended, the cards returned to their normal state..."

Tsuru:

>Look around in the mansion.

Bastet:

>Is she still here?
>Are we still here?

> You look around... This seems to be the lobby.
> The mansion may not have the space of the SDM... but this wins the hands in how exotic it looks.
> Chloe went to the hallway of the infirmary.
> Grey is with you.

> She is and you are. Doremy is slowly swaying her tail back and forth as she watches the pink glob that moves a bit from time to time.

> (Kiku) You are arriving at the mansion...
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[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"Huh..."

Daiko:

>"We're back."

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>"Huh..."

Daiko:

>"We're back."

> "I don't think Reimu... or anyone knows about this, aside of us..."
> "Yeeeah..." V!Kyouko nods.

> "You don't say?" Keine chuckles.
> "Good job." Byakuren smiles. "That was an excellent job."
> "Ah, don't thank me..." Marisa pumps her chest proudly.
> "You were of the ones that did less." Alice gives Marisa a look.
> "That ain't true!"
> "In fact, Cirno did more things than you..." Sanae points out.
> Marisa seems heart-crushed.
> "I win." Cirno grins.
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[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"Hey, the kids are alright now. Their parents are the ones who won here."
>Look to Keine.
>"Are all of the villagers reunited with their children?"

V!Daiko:

>"Hm... Do you think it's possible to show it in here? That way it's kept even further secret. We can still do it at your stand like we planned. ...Actually, where did we plan to be? I know we said stuff about my house, but I do want to know how work will be done, so going there now would be good too...  Hold on, I'm getting ahead of myself. We should check up with Kokoro, right?"

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"Hey, the kids are alright now. Their parents are the ones who won here."
>Look to Keine.
>"Are all of the villagers reunited with their children?"

> Keine nods and smiles. "It seems so..."
> ... Orino is away, looking at the bunch of people, as if looking for something or someone...

V!Daiko:

>"Hm... Do you think it's possible to show it in here? That way it's kept even further secret. We can still do it at your stand like we planned. ...Actually, where did we plan to be? I know we said stuff about my house, but I do want to know how work will be done, so going there now would be good too...  Hold on, I'm getting ahead of myself. We should check up with Kokoro, right?"

> "E-Etto..." V!Mystia mumbles. "Y-Yeah, We should look for Kokoro... and I don't even plan to do that spell card thing here. I'm not going to risk you."
> "It's not going to kill him..."
> "I'm still not up for it..."
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[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"I guess I do need to test if anyone can be harmed in here later."

Daiko:

>Head over to her.
>"Is something wrong?"

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Head over to her.
>"Is something wrong?"

> You approach to Orino, who looks at you worriedly.
> "I-I don't find Ray or Jessica..."

V!Daiko:

>"I guess I do need to test if anyone can be harmed in here later."

> "Teehee!" V!Kyouko grins.
> She punches you in the stomach.
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[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>Did it hurt?

Daiko:

>Did it hurt?

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>Did it hurt?

Daiko:

>Did it hurt?

> It did... It felt just like a punch.
> How unfair! A kiss feels like a fantasy, but a good punch in your stomach is valid, huh?
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[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"...Ow... G-Guess things are real enough in here..."
>Get ourself together.
>"O-Orino says she can't find her children..."

Daiko:

>"Niji gathered everyone into two lines, and we were making sure no one left abruptly... I'll go back right away to see if they're not here, Ms. Orino."
>Quickly start heading back.
>IkoVision Tsuru.

Tsuru-V!Daiko:

>"Tsuru. See if you can find any more children in the mansion. Ray and Jessica, Orino's children, don't seem to be here. I'm coming back to help."

Tsuru:

>Nod and start searching.

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>"...Ow... G-Guess things are real enough in here..."
>Get ourself together.
>"O-Orino says she can't find her children..."

> "Sorry~. Hehe!" She doesn't sound like she regrets anything...
> You recover of the punch that V!Kyouko gave you. Yamabiko with excess of adrenaline...
> "W-What?!" V!Mystia jumps. "B-But we made the children return!"

Daiko:

>"Niji gathered everyone into two lines, and we were making sure no one left abruptly... I'll go back right away to see if they're not here, Ms. Orino."
>Quickly start heading back.
>IkoVision Tsuru.

Tsuru-V!Daiko:

>"Tsuru. See if you can find any more children in the mansion. Ray and Jessica, Orino's children, don't seem to be here. I'm coming back to help."

Tsuru:

>Nod and start searching.

> "S-Sorry for asking you this..." She holds her hands together. "... W-Where are you, Ray, Jessica..."
> You start to head back.
> "H-Hey. Where are you going?" Sakura asks.
> You IkoVision Tsuru and you tell her about the situation.

> You start to wander the mansion. Maybe you are invited, but you don't exactly have the right to do everything you want...
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[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"I can't just leave it at this Ms. Orino. I won't."
>Nod.
>"I'm heading back there to look for them Sakura."

V!Daiko:

>"If you could talk to Miko or Kokoro about the situation... Well, I'm not sure what to think right now. I gotta make sure they're okay."

Tsuru:

>Head for Chloe.

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"I can't just leave it at this Ms. Orino. I won't."
>Nod.
>"I'm heading back there to look for them Sakura."

> "I-I'm going with you!"
> "And me too!" Mystia speaks.

V!Daiko:

>"If you could talk to Miko or Kokoro about the situation... Well, I'm not sure what to think right now. I gotta make sure they're okay."

> "I'll stay. I'm gonna try and talk with them... I hope..." V!Kyouko says.

Tsuru:

>Head for Chloe.

> You head to the hallway of the infirmary.
> As you thought, Chloe is in that part. She's outside, seemingly talking.
> "Milady, she's going to be okay..."
> "... S-She isn't going to be..."
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[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"Thank you."

Daiko:

>"Okay."
>Continue.

Tsuru:

>Wait for them... This might be a delicate matter...

Kiku:

>Head in and search for Koa.

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>"Thank you."

Daiko:

>"Okay."
>Continue.

> " 'Course!" She nods.

> You start returning along with Sakura and Mystia.

Tsuru:

>Wait for them... This might be a delicate matter...

> You wait... As obvious as it might be, Chloe is talking with Charlotte, who is currently inside the infirmary. You can't, however, see her in your current position.
> "... S-She's going to really get well...?"
> "Of course."
> "... B-But what if-"
> "Charlotte." Chloe tone changes... Instead of being her usual steady-like tone, she now sounds more... friendly, in a maternal way. "... Just trust me..."
> "... O... O-Okay..."
> "... Hm?" Chloe glances at you. Charlotte peeks out to see you.

Kiku:

>Head in and search for Koa.

> You are already near the library.
> When you look inside, you find Flandre trying to shuffle some cards; Remilia that is sitting down in a chair with Sakuya at her side; Patchouli is reading a book... whaaat a surprise; Niji Green/Scarlet is here as well.
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[Neovereign]

Tsuru:

>"Please pardon me... I think there might have been a couple that we missed..."

V!Daiko:

>"Not for the punching, I mean. You could've held back a bit..."

[Tashi]

Tsuru:

>"Please pardon me... I think there might have been a couple that we missed..."

V!Daiko:

>"Not for the punching, I mean. You could've held back a bit..."

> "What? But everyone left already..." Chloe frowns, concerned.

> "... I'm going to punch you back when you are done with this." She pouts.
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