Hikikomori Quest - Remaking my Life: Part 10

[Neovereign]

//I can still see it~

Daiko:

>"In the lake?"

Kogasa-V!Daiko:

>"Why are you avoiding us?"

[Monarda]

Niji Gray:

>"...Rin ? R-Rin ?!"
>Shake her.
>"Rin wake up ! D-Don't leave us ! HELLO ! ANYONE ! MAMA MEGUMI ! TSURU-CHAN ! MISS CHLOE ! A-ANYONE !"

Niji-chan:

>Have the tiny sphere look around and explore.

Niji Scarlet:

>"Cool..."

[Tashi]

//I can still see it~

Daiko:

>"In the lake?"

Kogasa-V!Daiko:

>"Why are you avoiding us?"

> "... I-In THE lake, you mean?" Mystia jumps.

> "Nothing of your concern!" She sticks her tongue out.

Niji Gray:

>"...Rin ? R-Rin ?!"
>Shake her.
>"Rin wake up ! D-Don't leave us ! HELLO ! ANYONE ! MAMA MEGUMI ! TSURU-CHAN ! MISS CHLOE ! A-ANYONE !"

> You shake her, but she still doesn't answer. She moves as if just a ragdoll.

> (Tsuru) You hear how Gray calls for her help.
> "Looks like Rin did it again..." Corin says. "Please, help her."
> Chloe doesn't say anything and just follows the voice.

Niji-chan:

>Have the tiny sphere look around and explore.

> You look around...
> It's an awkward combination of a human insides and a hand-made doll. It looks pretty realistic, though.
> You start to advance...
> "Is everything okay?" Asks Alice.

Niji Scarlet:

>"Cool..."

> "Why don't you have Spell Cards of your own, though?" Flan tilts her head.
> _

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>Follow in an upset manner.

Daiko:

>"If they're not anywhere around or past it. Maybe there's a chamber in the lake. It'd be an interesting idea."

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>Follow in an upset manner.

> V!Kogasa isn't going anywhere.
> "Hmph!" V!Kogasa looks away in a upset manner.

Daiko:

>"If they're not anywhere around or past it. Maybe there's a chamber in the lake. It'd be an interesting idea."

> "Maybe Waggy saw them?" Kokoro asks.
> "Maybe she's even taking care of them!" Kyouko remarks.
> "I hope you are saying that in a good way..." Mystia sighs.
> _

[Monarda]

Niji Scarlet:

>"It's hard... i don't think i can do one..."

Niji Gray:

>"Rin ! Cmon, come back ! Please..."
>Start sobbing.

Niji-chan:

>"Yeah, for now, it looks reeeeally realistic in there."

Niji Blue:

>Follow Kogasa.

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"Y-Yea... Hopefully..."

V!Daiko:

>"I'll be here if you decide you want to talk you know..."

[Tashi]

Niji Scarlet:

>"It's hard... i don't think i can do one..."

> "It's not hard! You just need to draw something and add what your Spell Card will do! That's it!" Flandre smiles.

Niji Gray:

>"Rin ! Cmon, come back ! Please..."
>Start sobbing.

> You start to sob, and Rin still doesn't answer.
> Chloe arrives at the scene. "Lady Rin!" Quickly she gets closer.

Niji-chan:

>"Yeah, for now, it looks reeeeally realistic in there."

> "Hm..."
> You keep advancing...
> You can feel the energy in Yuudachi.

Niji Blue:

>Follow Kogasa.

> You keep following.
> "Kogasa! KOGASA! Please stop!" Sanae calls again.
> Kogasa doesn't stop.
> "I get in middle of her way to stop her?" Asks Aya.

Daiko:

>"Y-Yea... Hopefully..."

V!Daiko:

>"I'll be here if you decide you want to talk you know..."

> "Let's go!" Kyouko goes there.

> V!Kogasa doesn't reply.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Follow...
>Or lead, if they seem to be following us instead.

V!Daiko:

>"They're still coming. If you need time to yourself, I'll tell Sanae and the others to wait a while. But you have to stop avoiding us..."

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Follow...
>Or lead, if they seem to be following us instead.

V!Daiko:

>"They're still coming. If you need time to yourself, I'll tell Sanae and the others to wait a while. But you have to stop avoiding us..."

> You follow Kyouko. The other two follow you.
> "I hope everything is alright with Kogasa..." Mystia says.

> "Wait." V!Kogasa looks at you with a look of indignation. "Did you TOLD SANAE where I was?!"
> _

[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>"Miss Kogasa, please ! We need your help !"

Niji Gray:

>"She isn't moving... she isn't breathing either..."

Niji Scarlet:

>"But i dunno how to make it pretty..."

Niji-chan:

>Any gunpowder ?
>"I can feel her energy in there..."

Bastet-chan:

>"..."

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"She said there were two of you. And she look worried to death."

[Tashi]

//Can anyone tell me if you can see the new signature? The images there, for some reason, don't load :V #Killme.

V!Daiko:

>"She said there were two of you. And she look worried to death."

> "How dare-...!" She pauses. "T-Two mes?"

Niji Blue:

>"Miss Kogasa, please ! We need your help !"

Bastet-chan:

>"..."

> She doesn't stop.
> "I'll take that as a yes!" Aya suddenly disappears and appears in front of Kogasa.
> "GO AWAY!" She fires at her.
> "W-Wait!" Aya dodges.

Niji Gray:

>"She isn't moving... she isn't breathing either..."

> Chloe examines her. "... Overdose." She deduces before taking the girl between her arms and starting to return. "Megumi!" Chloe calls.

Niji Scarlet:

>"But i dunno how to make it pretty..."

> "Uuuh..." Flandre thinks.

Niji-chan:

>Any gunpowder ?
>"I can feel her energy in there..."

> No... At least, not yet.
> "Probably is the energy I gave her... or the one I felt previously in her.
> Yuudachi moves a bit.
> "O-Oh, don't move so much, Yuudachi. You need to let her explore appropiately.
> She nods lightly.
> _

[Neovereign]

//Yup. The more the charisma, the better it is to break.

Tsuru:

>Get to Grey.

V!Daiko:

>"What's so wrong? I just want to help. Do you hate us? Is that it?"

[Tashi]

//Leave that job to Proposaling :3.

//But... why they don't load in my side?! *Sends a letter to MoTK throwing a tantrum/Throws a tantrum at Kilga*.
//Fake Edit: ... Oh... It loaded now.

//Yup. The more the charisma, the better it is to break.

Tsuru:

>Get to Grey.

V!Daiko:

>"What's so wrong? I just want to help. Do you hate us? Is that it?"

> When you start going to where Gray and Chloe went, the latter has a seemingly unconscious Rin in her arms.
> Megumi comes out of nowhere from the shadows, as usual. "What's up?"
> As soon as Megumi sees Rin, she gasps. "Darn!"
> The devil takes the girl between her arms and, once again, disappears between the shadows.

> "I-I don't... ..." She looks away. "... N-Not all of you..."
> _

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"So, me? Or is it Sanae..."

Daiko:

>How is our group?

[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>"Please ! It's critical ! The lives of people are at stake here !"

Niji Gray:

>"Miss Chloe... you said "overdose", do you mean to say she drugged herself ?"

Niji-chan:

>Keep looking.

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>"So, me? Or is it Sanae..."

Daiko:

>How is our group?

> V!Kogasa doesn't answer.

> Kyouko, who's ahead, lands in the shore of the lake.

Niji Blue:

>"Please ! It's critical ! The lives of people are at stake here !"

> She doesn't stop from firing at Aya, who still dodges.
> "KOGASA!" Sanae calls one last time.
> And then, Kogasa stops. She doesn't turn however.
> Aya stops moving around. "Geez, girl!"

Niji Gray:

>"Miss Chloe... you said "overdose", do you mean to say she drugged herself ?"

> The maid nods with seriousness. "It's the most likely thing."
> "W-Why... Why she would do-" Charlotte stops, and then looks down.

Niji-chan:

>Keep looking.

> You keep advancing and looking around...
> Still no signs of gunpowder.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Catch up.

V!Daiko:

>"Kogasa?"

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Catch up.

V!Daiko:

>"Kogasa?"

> You land as  well. The other two do the same.
> "Sooo..." Kyouko says. "We dive?"

> V!Kogasa doesn't answer.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"Only one of us needs to dive in to see if they can see anything. If there's something that could probably relate to the kids, then maybe we continue. If it's not anything, I'd rather not have all of our outfits wasted. Even before that, I'll try to contact Wakasagi-hime and see if she saw anyone."

V!Daiko:

>"I really, really want to help, Kogasa. But I can't if you don't let me. ...Would you like me to leave?"

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>"Only one of us needs to dive in to see if they can see anything. If there's something that could probably relate to the kids, then maybe we continue. If it's not anything, I'd rather not have all of our outfits wasted. Even before that, I'll try to contact Wakasagi-hime and see if she saw anyone."

> "Sounds good to me." Mystia says.
> "Who can be more time underwater?" Kyouko asks.
> There's silence...

> "T-They are going to take off their clothes, right?" The boy asks.
> "Don't ask me. It's not of my concern." Kira says uninterested.

V!Daiko:

>"I really, really want to help, Kogasa. But I can't if you don't let me. ...Would you like me to leave?"

> "Yes! I want you to leave me alone right now!" She frowns.

> (Blue, Bastet) Sanae starts to slowly approach Kogasa. "Kogasa... I-I'm so glad-"
> "You are glad? Glad about what?" Asks Kogasa without turning to see her.
> "T-That you are alive!"
> "Really? I thought you never wanted to see me again..." She replies in a serious tone."
> "T-That's..."
> "Bah... It doesn't matter whatsoever..."
> _

[Neovereign]

Kogasa-V!Daiko:

>"Don't do anything you might regret... There's people that care about you."
>Stop this vision.

Sanae-V!Daiko:

>See how Sanae's side goes...

Daiko:

>"Good. I was going to volunteer anyways."
>"Hey, er... What's your name anyways? What happened to you?"
>Are we more resistant to the cold due to being part Yuki-Onna? (Forgot if this was answered before)

[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>"She is being serious Miss Kogasa."
>Form back.
>"Something really strange happened that made me think you were injured, so i asked her for help, next thing i know she i blasting off to youkai mountain searching for you..."

Niji Gray:

>"N-No...."
>Hug Charlotte.

Niji Scarlet:

>So ?

Niji White:

>"Let's go find the others."
>Do so.

Niji-chan:

>"Nothing about gunpowder yet...."

Nijisa:

>So ?

[Monarda]

//Editted.

[Tashi]

Kogasa-V!Daiko:

>"Don't do anything you might regret... There's people that care about you."
>Stop this vision.

Sanae-V!Daiko:

>See how Sanae's side goes...

> V!Kogasa doesn't answer anything before you end the vision.

> V!Sanae looks... shocked...

Daiko:

>"Good. I was going to volunteer anyways."
>"Hey, er... What's your name anyways? What happened to you?"
>Are we more resistant to the cold due to being part Yuki-Onna? (Forgot if this was answered before)

> "Daiko saving the day... ... the Dai!" Kyouko giggles.

> The boy is silent for some seconds...
> "... Rafael." He looks away with a childlish pout.

> You are. Not thaaat much, since you are only half Yuki-Onna, but still you can endure it well.

Niji Blue:

>"She is being serious Miss Kogasa."
>Form back.
>"Something really strange happened that made me think you were injured, so i asked her for help, next thing i know she i blasting off to youkai mountain searching for you..."

> You return to physical form.
> "Look, I don't understand what are you talking about... and sincerely, I don't care." Kogasa replies.
> "W-Why... Why are you being like this...?" Sanae gets closer. "I only want to talk..."
> "..."
> "Why are you running-"
> "BECAUSE I HATE YOU!" Kogasa shouts when she turns to face Sanae. She has an angry face...
> Sanae backs off in shock. Everyone look impressed.
> "YOU WANT TO TALK TO ME?! COME ON! TALK!" Kogasa approaches menacingly to her.
> "Ko... ga... sa..." Sanae barely mumbles.
> "No! You wanted to talk! TALK!" Kogasa clenches her teeth. "What are you going to say?! That I'm a nuisance?! That you hate me?! Oh! MAYBE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE ME AGAIN?!"
> The shrine maiden slowly looks down guiltily...

Niji Gray:

>"N-No...."
>Hug Charlotte.

> You hug Charlotte. She reciprocates. "S-She will be okay... I'm sure..."
> "She's in hands of Megumi, so hopefully she will." Corin reassures.

Niji Scarlet:

>So ?

> Flandre is going to declare her third and last Spell Card.

Niji White:

>"Let's go find the others."
>Do so.

> You start to fly where the others are. Marry dubiously follows you, still with the book.

Niji-chan:

>"Nothing about gunpowder yet...."

> "Good news..." Alice smiles a bit.
> ... You start to feel something different...

Nijisa:

>So ?

> Marisa cut a insignificant part of your hair. It's unnoticeable to the others.
> "Great..." Marisa grins and starts searching for something else.
> _

[Neovereign]

Sanae-V!Daiko:

>"Sanae?"

[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>"STOP !"
>Grab Kogasa and do not let go or get left behind.
>"STOP IT ! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT ?! SHE FINALLY STARTED TO REALIZE HOW KUCH SHE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU ! SHE WENT PALE WITH THE THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD ! AND *THIS* IS HOW YOU REACT ?! SHOULDN'T YOU BE GLAD SHE FINALLY SHOWED YOU THE AFFECTION YOU WANTED ?!"
>Take some breaths.
>"PLEASE STOP BEING AN HYPOCRITE AND LISTEN TO HER PROPERLY ! NOW STAND STILL AND TOGETHER HERE IF YOU MAY, BECAUSE THIS FAIRY HAS AN LECTURE FOR BOTH OF YOU !"
>Take another set of breaths.

Bastet-chan:

>"...uh... i would listen to her if i were you..."

Nijisa:

>"So if we change bodies, is the same process gonna return us back to normal ?"

Niji Gray:

>"How can Mama Megumi help her though... ?"

Niji-chan:

>Investigate.

[Tashi]

Niji Blue:

>"STOP !"
>Grab Kogasa and do not let go or get left behind.
>"STOP IT ! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE LIKE THAT ?! SHE FINALLY STARTED TO REALIZE HOW KUCH SHE CONCERNED ABOUT YOU ! SHE WENT PALE WITH THE THOUGHT THAT YOU COULD HAVE BEEN DEAD ! AND *THIS* IS HOW YOU REACT ?! SHOULDN'T YOU BE GLAD SHE FINALLY SHOWED YOU THE AFFECTION YOU WANTED ?!"
>Take some breaths.
>"PLEASE STOP BEING AN HYPOCRITE AND LISTEN TO HER PROPERLY ! NOW STAND STILL AND TOGETHER HERE IF YOU MAY, BECAUSE THIS FAIRY HAS AN LECTURE FOR BOTH OF YOU !"
>Take another set of breaths.

Bastet-chan:

>"...uh... i would listen to her if i were you..."

> You get a grip in Kogasa's arm.
> "So I'm the bad one now, huh?!" Kogasa starts, turning her attention to you. "You don't know anything about us! Do you know about those m-moments when I tried to make a innocent surprise to her and I was rewarded by a hit in my head?!" She starts to shed tears. "Or about those moments when I apologized, even when it wasn't my fault, and she just brushed me away like garbage?! How about-" Kogasa points the tip of her umbrella at Sanae with hatred."-when she humillated me when I finally told her about my feelings?!"
> Sanae doesn't say anything. She's still looking down.
> "All my l-love..." Her angry expression starts to change to one of sorrow with a face full of tears. "A "no" would have been enough! It wasn't necessary all of those things you said to me! I-I don't deserve them! Or at least, I don't think I did things to deserve them!"
> "... K-Kogasa... but I... really love you..."
> "It doesn't matter anymore!" Kogasa's tone is broken. "Don't you see?! It's too late! I don't care if you love me! I have feelings too, Sanae! And you destroyed them! T-T-That's why..."
> Kogasa looks down.
> "... I don't love you anymore. I want you to get away from my life. Forever..." She finally says in a low tone.

Sanae-V!Daiko:

>"Sanae?"

> Sanae's expression is blank...

Nijisa:

>"So if we change bodies, is the same process gonna return us back to normal ?"

> "Dunno." Marisa says while searching for something. "In theory that would happen. When Alice and I tried that was the case, at least."

Niji Gray:

>"How can Mama Megumi help her though... ?"

> "Megumi has knowledge too about how to deal with medical matters." Corin explains. "It was the only thing, that I saw at least, that Rin taught her."

Niji-chan:

>Investigate.

> You investigate further.
> Uh... You can feel what you think is "Yuudachi's Energy", but there's also... something strange that you can't define... Another energy...
> _

[Neovereign]

Sanae-V!Daiko:

>"Hey, what's happening?"

Daiko:

>Observe the lake. How's it look. Can we see anything inside?
>How bad would our outfit be if we just dived in now?