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The Hakurei Shrine in Gensokyo, on April 17th 2049. The time is 10:16 PM.
Something feels ... off.
> <=- (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0618)
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> <=- (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0619)
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> <=- (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0620)
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> <-=- (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0621)
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> [S] Cottagesnagged (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0622)
[AUDIO] (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0622)
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Far off at the unfashionable end of a Japanese mountain range lies the old, decrepit Hakurei Shrine. Given the general state of disrepair, the effects of weather and so on, the evidence suggests that it has been abandoned for a couple of decades, give or take.
Which is a bit odd, because it was actually abandoned about a hundred and fifty years ago.
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0622a.gif)
In truth, the Shrine is a gateway to Gensokyo, the Land of Illusion. The premise is simple: if there is sufficient active disbelief in any phenomenon in the Outside World, or at least if it passes into legend, it is possible for it to appear in Gensokyo, perhaps spontaneously. And so it is filled with magic and monsters and youkai of all descriptions, as well as a few species of mundane flora and fauna which are extinct in the Outside World. Books related to the moon landings and such things, too, if enough people start believing it was faked.
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It was easily-accessible until Yukari Yakumo, the Mistress of Boundaries and Sage of Youkai, realized that as far as magic was concerned, Earth was going to hell in a handbasket. If nobody did anything, magic might completely die out. Thus, 174 years ago, in 1884 by the Outside World's calendar ? and so, the year is now 174 by Gensokyo's calendar ? she and the miko of the Hakurei Shrine erected the great Hakurei Barrier around Gensokyo, sealing it away from the increasingly-scientific Outside World. Magic is now preserved, protected, and hidden.
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The Hakurei Shrine is inside Gensokyo too, of course. This version merely looks like upkeep has been a bit perfunctory lately.
And you?
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0623)
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You are Hakurei Satsuki. Or ... Satsuki Hakurei, you're always getting the name-order mixed up. Uh, your given name is Satsuki, and your family name is Hakurei. Y'know what, let's just call you Sacchin.
(As an aside for new arrivals, red text is for Japanese names in the Western given-name family-name order, and for text which is supposedly translated from Japanese; blue is for names which are already Western, and for text which was in English to begin with; and midori is for Japanese names in the Japanese family-name given-name order, and text which is not translated from Japanese.)
You are in training to become the miko of the Hakurei Shrine (the one inside the Barrier), under Reimu Hakurei, your adopted grandmother, who holds the current title of shrine maiden despite being in her seventies. Your duties will include maintaining both the Shrine and the Hakurei Barrier, resolving Incidents (peacibly or otherwise), and sitting around drinking tea. You are extremely skilled at that last one.
At the moment, you have completed all necessary chores and rituals for the time being, and you finished quickly enough that you now have a little bit of time in which there isn't anything particularly required of you. You're never entirely sure what to do in one of these temporal gaps; generally, either things just sort of happen so that you have something fun to do, or the time ends up entirely wasted. These two possibilities are not mutually exclusive.
Either way, right now you're pretty much free. What will you do first?
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>Play with the Yin-Yang Orb
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>Now is as good a time as any to flip the flippity flip out!
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1884 by the Outside World's calendar
It's 1885, not 1884
>Relationships
>Quests
>Skills
>Inventory
>Do we have any spellcards?
>Can we even use Danmaku?
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Of course she can if she's resolved incidents :V
Are we a human or something else?
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> Is Reimu old and slow enough that we can poke at her age and get away with it?
> How has Reimu treated us so far anyway?
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> How has Reimu treated us so far anyway?
>Related: Malnourishment problems?
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>Relationships
>Given that we're the Hakurei shrine-maiden-in-training, are we more acquainted with youkai or with humans?
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> Make some tea and laze around.
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>Quickly retrieve arms from sleeves.
>Inspect Yin-Yang orb.
>See if Reimu is awake.
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>Find something to eat.
>Play with the Ying-Yang orb.
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It's 1885, not 1884
Eh, I've seen both. Anyway, this continuity has its own timeline (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=timeline).
(Sorry, I'll make an actual upd8 later ...)
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> Is Masha still adorable?
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(... and I belatedly notice that I derped so ALL the links in the first post were broken, b'duh. FIXED!)
> Sacchin: Quickly retrieve arms from [one of eight million jokes] (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0624)
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Oh, what, a nine-year-old running around with weaponry? Fine, you're the player character.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0625)
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That stick with the paper-thingies on it is called a gohei (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gohei). It's good for two things: sacred rituals, and bapping supernatural heads. And you're all out of rituals! ... uh ... and heads.
You have two Spell Cards for danmaku, the magical martial art used by Gensokyo's inhabitants for ... conflict-resolution. They are called Dream Sign 「Evil Sealing Circle」 and Dream Sign 「Duplex Barrier」, and both of them are gifts from your grandmother. Of course, you can make danmaku bullets look and fly however you want, but Spell Cards are a good way of formalizing things, and either way, it just feels right for a shrine maiden to use bullets that look like paper amulets.
> Sacchin: Inspect Yin-Yang orb. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0626)
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Ah, yes, the Hakurei Yin-Yang Orb. It is an ancient artifact, passed down since the creation of the Hakurei Barrier, with a formidable power for fighting youkai. This primarily takes the form of bouncing around chaotically so that you're just as likely to wreck the Shrine or hit yourself as you are to strike an enemy.
It also has a number of special abilities which can only be used by a blood member of the Hakurei clan. Unfortunately, as mentioned before, you were adopted.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0627)
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None of these items have ever seen any major combat use, at least not in your own hands. When you've gone adventuring, your grandmother has always had you hang back, on the basis that a squishy human like yourself is in more danger than a really experienced youkai-fighter. You see her point after witnessing some of the frankly insane moves she's pulled off when facing some of her more dangerous opponents. It's disappointing, but you can see that she cares about you. She's always gone out of her way to make sure your life is safe and comfortable, at least when you weren't actively involved in your training at the moment.
Anyway, that's enough of that. It's not like anyone's being depicted without arms, you just had your hands behind your back.
> Sacchin: Step outside and examine your surroundings. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0628)
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Well, it's definitely a nice day out.
Your grandmother left earlier to meet with a friend of hers, a youkai named Yukari Yakumo. Come to think of it, most of your friends are youkai. In any event, she said she'd be back by lunchtime.
It looks like things will be peaceful until then. There haven't been any Incidents worth mentioning lately, and it's certainly unlikely that something will come up before your grandmother gets back; notwithstanding your training, only a complete idiot would try to attack the Shrine in broad daylight.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0629)
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Enter complete idiots, stage left.
Fairies are notorious for 1. being stupid, 2. the fact that they do not die when they are killed, and 3. not fully grasping that death is permanent for humans, which sometimes makes them a bit more hazardous than they might be otherwise.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0630)
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As far as you and your grandmother are concerned, however, they are also 4. weak enough that two fairies are easy, even for you. You're not that experienced in danmaku combat, but you would say that you're adequate.
(Introducing new-and-improved Strife Modus: AGGRESS! You may now submit combat-commands for the rest of this sequence. Commands will be chosen based on consensus among the submitted commands, the entertainment potential of an action and its results, and how easy depicting it in Create.swf would be.)
> Strife Modus: AGGRESS!
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>Agglomerate
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>Aggrandize!
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>Relationships
>Quests
>Inventory
Did these get answered? I don't recall seeing any answers for the Relationships one in particular.
>Dodge danmaku with style.
>Leap up and Swing down on the closest idiot fairy.
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Did these get answered? I don't recall seeing any answers for the Relationships one in particular.
>Dodge danmaku with style.
>Leap up and Swing down on the closest idiot fairy.
Relationships: I guess the 'most of your friends are youkai' was meant to address that. Also presumably you'd be friendly with Reimu's friends, such as Yukari, yes?
Also seems the only quest we have now is the intro here, ie: annihilate some fairly aggressive fairies.
>launch ofuda in narrow paths toward fairy chests. Hit em in the center and pop em like balloons!
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> Bap supernatural heads.
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>Dodge swiftly.
>Throw massive amounts of ofuda with little aim hoping that one will hit them and make them go pichuu~n
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>Fly over their onslaught and hit them with a back attack!
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>Bap heads, etc.
>Supergraze.
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>Use headbutt.
>Throw your gohei at the foolish fairies.
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> Use Headbutt
> Use Flail
> Use Tackle
> Be Super Effective
Alternatively,
>Be Not Very Effective
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>Throw your gohei at the foolish fairies.
Throwing your gohei always works.
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>Aggregate
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I'm sure there's a perfectly sensible compromise...
> Bap supernatural heads by throwing your Gohei!
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> Abundantly Abuse and Agress
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> [Aggress] Sacchin: Bap supernatural heads! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0631)
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Bah, it's not like ordinary fairies are worth a one-liner. Your cranial assault reduces each fairy's Health from "Just Fine" to "Kinda Okay," and you have no idea how you managed to avoid getting hit there.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Fly over their onslaught and hit them with a back attack! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0632)
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Yeah! Just like your grandmother did with that darkness-youkai and ow ow OW! Your Health is reduced to Pretty Good.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Attend askance at addle-brained adversaries, arm anatomy, and alliterate all antagonists! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0633)
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Okay, the original version (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?comment=11083) was too long to fit into the title-space, but no more miko nice guy, it's time to bring out the Spell Cards! You briefly wish you could use some of the more powerful ones like Spirit Sign 「Fantasy Seal」, but they all require full use of the Hakurei Yin-Yang Orb.
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0634)
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The first fairy's Health is reduced to Kaput. The other fairy manages to avoid your aggression completely.
Incidentally, here is a handy-dandy chart of all possible Health values:
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> Continue Strife Modus: AGGRESS!
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also sorry about the lateness, a bunch of motivation-killers (read: sleep-problems and sleep-interruptions) just ... disrupted stuff.
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> Commence Combat Operation: Foward Focus Shot Type
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> Commence Combat Operation: Foward Focus Shot Type
I like your style. Persuasion Needle-Satsuki Modo! Spikes to the face, spikes to the face!
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>Wag a disapproving finger at the other faerie.
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>Befriend!
>Nanoha-style, of course.
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> Befriend the fairy
> With MORE Dakka!
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>Focus your shots on the remaining fairy.
>Collect any health powerups/healing items.
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> [Aggress] Sacchin: Don't be a jerk, let the fairy abscond if it so wishes. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0635)
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Yeah, no need to belabor the point when you know you can blast any fairy out of the sky with impunity. You have a heart.
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0636)
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The fairy, however, does not have a brain.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Attempt at a different, more focused approach. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0637)
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You switch to a forward-focus shot type in your assault on the fairy. Not as overwhelming, but it gets the job done. The fairy is kaput.
(You wish you could use Persuasion Needles, one of your grandmother's weapons which are non-Hakurei-safe, but she says you need to wait a year or two, citing the possibility that you'll poke your eye out with one of those.)
You sense something from the direction of your room, but you have bigger fish to fry at present.
> Strife Complete. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0638)
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With all fairies defeated, it is only logical that you exult in victory!
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0639)
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> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0640)
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Unlike Yakumo Yukari, your grandmother does give you straight answers. Just not until she's good and ready. Prodding her before that point is just a waste of time.
It's still more than an hour until lunchtime.
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>Investigate room due to strange feeling. In Gensokyo, whenever one gets a strange feeling, more often than not it's significant to at least a slight degree, no?
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>Ask about lunch. Lunch is a very important thing.
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> Check if you have enough donations for the BIG GAME (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/sweetbroandhellajeff/?cid=006.jpg)
>Look for something from the direction of your room.
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>Celebrate your victory by making tea.
>Your significance sense is tingling. Go to your room and investigate.
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> Ask how Rin and Yuyuko were
> Relations with aformented characters, if any?
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Is Rin a typo for "Ran", or do we know a Rin?
Sorry, can't remember a Rin at all.
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It could be a typo, but I'm pretty sure there's a Rin Satsuki in Muffin's Gensokyo.
And I suspect she is Sacchin's mother/godmother.
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you have bigger fish to fry.
> Fry fish
It IS almost lunchtime.
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>Have a post battle tea with Reimu
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> Fry fish
It IS almost lunchtime.
This man speaks the truth!
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> Sacchin: Ask how Rin and Yuyuko were. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0641)
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> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0642)
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Rin Satsuki is one of your grandmother's friends. She is a youkai belonging to the magician species, and she also possesses the healing powers of a kirin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qilin). You are vaguely aware that she has died approximately twice, the first time staying dead (or whatever) for thirty-one centuries. You have no idea how of any this works, but you this doesn't bother you that much; being nine years old is all about not having any idea how things work. You're ... basically friends, you guess, as far as you can be friends with an adult.
Yes, you've noticed that her family name is pronounced the same way as your given name; however, they use entirely different kanji. It's probably just a coincidence without any meaningful explanation, even on the level a Create.swf-user borrowing the name of a dummied-out character, not knowing he would eventually want to actually use this character.
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0642a.gif)
Saigyouji Yuyuko is Yukari's closest friend. You are entirely aware that she has died precisely once, and she is now a ghost princess, presiding over Hakugyokuro, the local afterlife. You are fairly certain that she is one of the most intelligent individuals in Gensokyo. Nobody could genuinely be that relentlessly foolish and silly, and still command Yukari's friendship and respect in addition to ... whatever it is that a Princess of the Netherworld is supposed to do. Her appetite for shenanigans is matched only by her ... well, her appetite. You don't really know her all that well.
You cannot prove that either of these characters will or will not have any significant bearing on this story.
> Sacchin: Find rice to make some onigiri. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0643)
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> Sacchin: Investigate room on way to making tea. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0644)
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You're pretty sure that thing you sensed was a gap. You're given to understand that it's a sort of portal-thingy which Yukari, Reimu, and Rin can do for teleporting around. There aren't very many possibilities here.
You are totally not completely excited about getting a present out of the blue. Nope. Not at all.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0645)
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Oh my indeed! Your very own CODEC device! Now you can talk to your friends whenever you want and wherever they are! You blithely ignore Yukari's admonition.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0646)
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And it's even already set up, with a few frequency numbers already saved, even! Today just got unbelievably awesome.
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Carroll K.
Who's this douche bag?
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Caroll Kirisame, I believe.
That'd be Marisa and Alice's eldest daughter.
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>Poke Yukari to say thanks~
Because what else is a kid going to do with the person who gave the gift to her, who also happens to provide their number with it too? XD
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>Input a random user number/bandwidth
>When they answer, troll relentlessly.
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Does the youkai of edges exist yet?
Call Yukari and thank her.
Do we have to hide this from ...what do we call our grandmother? Obachan? G-ma? Granny?
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>Call Yukari and thank her
>Call Caroll and gossip
>Call random number and troll
>Hide it and eat lunch
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>Call Reimu while talking to Reimu in person.
>I mean, you're always supposed to call your mom first, right?
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>Input a random user number/bandwidth
>When they answer, troll relentlessly.
>Call Reimu!
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>Be a good girl and call Yukari and thank her.
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> Wonder about any hidden significance in the phone numbers
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>Call Yukari and thank her for the CODEC.
>Make tea and call Reimu when it's prepared.
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> Sacchin: Call and thank Yukari. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0647)
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After some messing and fiddling, you manage to figure out how to work the magical interface of the device.
You consider dialling random numbers, but that's probably not a good idea, and anyway the only random number you can think of is 9999.99, and it's pretty obvious who that belongs to.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0648)
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> Sacchin: Call Carroll and inform of her how awesomely awesome this day's turned out to be! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0649)
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(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0649-ccarroll.png)
> Sacchin: Call Reimu! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0650)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0650.gif)
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> Prepare our Body
> Prepare our Mind
> Confirm Preperation
> MAKE TEA
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>Even though Yukari said no prank calls... PRANK CALL ANY RANDOM NUMBER~! After the tea.
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> Dial yourself.
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There's one number we haven't called yet...
> Call Rin Satsuki just to say hi and stuff.
After that,
> Get water and tea leaves to make tea.
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> Dial yourself.
>Spread rumors to change reality to what we need it to be.
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>Call Shino; tell her to stop chasing Masha! :V
[Moving on from Masha...]
>Call self; engage in ridiculous self-plot!
>Get that tea to Reimu; prepare for plot development!
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>Get that tea to Reimu; prepare for plot development!
Practice teaspit face before you use it inadvertently.
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Practice teaspit face before you use it inadvertently.
Indeed! This is almost as important as a proper laugh.
(practice that too, but quietly..we want to sueprise Y. Y.)
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>Serve tea, but put excessive amount of sugar!
>If we don't have sugar, put dirt in it.
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> Make this tea the best in the world for Reimu.
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Fair warning, it's gonna take a little while to make this next update. It's ... a bit big.
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It's okay; we can wait~
Take your time. ^^
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After all tea is worth a little time.
(as is plot)
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> Sacchin: Dial yourself. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0651)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0651.gif)
Curious as to what will happen, you manually put in your own number. This result wasn't quite what you were expecting, but you pretty much figured it wouldn't work.
> Sacchin: Call Rin Satsuki just to say hi and stuff. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0652)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0652.gif)
Oh. Oh well. Never mind that, then.
> Sacchin: Dispose of wrapping paper in a proper manner, other than throwing it on the ground. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0653)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0653.gif)
Perfection.
> Sacchin: Any more fooling around and we might be mistaken for Yukari, make tea. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0654)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0654.gif)
You make green tea, just the way you both like it.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0655)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0655.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0655-history1.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0656)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0656.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0656-history2.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0657)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0657.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0657-history3.png?t=1334206641)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0658)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0658.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0658-test1.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0659)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0659.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0659-test2.png)
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>Ask how long we have? Maybe we could do it tomorrow, this is an awful lot to digest all of a sudden! Are we even ready for this kind of thing?
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>Accept and do it right after lunch. We need some (more) action!
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> Ask if Reimu had to pass a similar test
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Seeing as how we've have nothing better to do (other than drinking tea, sweeping the grounds, checking the donation box, and other things shrine maidens do) ...
>Accept the test.
>When Reimu's not looking, completely freak out.
>Readers: Read Shenanigans in a Magical Forest (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa) (again) to look up more CODEC numbers to potentially dial.
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> Sacchin: Ask if Reimu had to pass a similar test. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0660)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0660.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0660-similar.png?t=1334899517)
> Sacchin: Inquire about the use of the yin-yang orb. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0661)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0661.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0661-yinyang.png?t=1334899521)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0662)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0662.gif)
You consider your options. Accept? Decline? Stall for time while you furiously try to figure out if you are ready? Your desires for something new and exciting do battle with your apprehensions about what happens if you fail.
Oh who are you kidding, there's pretty much only one course here.
> Sacchin: Accept the mission ... after lunch. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0663)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0663.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0663-goforit.png?t=1334899524)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0664)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0664.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0664a.gif)
With your tea finished, you head back to your room.
> Sacchin: When Reimu's not looking, completely freak out. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0665)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0665.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0665a.gif)
As the full weight of the new plan for today sets in, you flip the fricking-fricky-frick out.
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Can we retry some of our CODEC numbers? A few words of encouragement from our friends might be helpful.
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> Calm the fricking-fricky-frick down
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> Breathe deeply and think about what we just got ourselves into.
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>Recruit Carrol into the party.
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> Quickly get some practice in with bouncing the yin-yang orb.
We'll do this Arkanoid-style if we have to.
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> While making lunch, let's sneak some snacks out for future use!
> What do we know how to make?
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> Sacchin: Calm down; flipping out won't get you anywhere. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0666)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0666.gif)
You can't! The fricking-fricky-frick has been flipped too far out, resulting in too much nervous energy!
> Sacchin: Turn all your fricking-fricky-fricks into DETERMINATION. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0667)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0667.gif)
WHO THE [strike]HELL[/strike] (WHOOPS YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO USE NAUGHTY WORDS) HECK DO YOU THINK YOU ARE!?
Failure? Pah, losing is for ... uh, for losers! You're not seriously worried about that! You'll make your grandmother proud! Yeah!!!!!!!!
> Sacchin: Recruit Carrol into the party. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0668)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0668.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0668-cautoresponder.png)
Considering that she told you she was going to be busy, you aren't entirely sure why you expected anything else.
> Sacchin: Grab all the necessary items that you'll need. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0669)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0669.gif)
That would be silly! Grabbing them would result in removing them from your Inventory. Oh, I didn't mention it before? You have an Inventory. Sorry.
Gohei, check. Spell Cards, check. Yin-Yang Orb, check. Your CODEC is now a permanent piece of equipment and will no longer be displayed. Your wits are those of a nine-year-old accepting commands from people over the internet.
Well ... that's it until lunch, you guess.
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> Call someone [other than Caroll] you know to pass the time.
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>Sneak underneath the elevated part of the shrine, where we no doubt hide all our cool stuff.
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>Check the donation box for stuff.
Who knows what you may find there.
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> Sacchin: Call someone other than Carroll to pass the time. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0670)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0670.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0670-crinrespond.png)
Even more curious! This could be the Ultimate Riddle, a profound mystery the depths of which you couldn't even begin to ahaha yeah there's pretty much no way they aren't both involved in this test.
> Sacchin: Commence culinary creations! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0671)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0671.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0671a.gif)
You end up making onigiri for lunch.
The time seems to go by surprisingly fast.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0672)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0672.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0672-gogap.png)
> Sacchin: Walk outside, feeling like you're fully prepared for whatever's going to happen to you now. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0673)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0673.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0673a.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0673b.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0673c.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0673d.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0673e.gif)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0674)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0674.gif)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0675)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0675.gif?t=1335907489)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0675-cirnohello.png)
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>Wave at her.
>"Hi!"
>So this is our guide, hm? Let's... be guided?
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>Ask Cirno if she'll guide you to the house.
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>
Place Cirno in the basket.
>Ask if she's looking for somebody.
>Or ponder the perpetuality of personificated encounters and/or rendevouzes with Cirno.
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>Do we know Cirno? Commence snarky banter to find out if friend or stage 1 boss
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> Consider what 'Transcended from a Fairy' means.
> If we know Cirno, and that she's still weak and dumb, shout Baka! at her. Otherwise, ignore this line.
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> Consider what 'Transcended from a Fairy' means.
My guess on this part is she's been around long enough and had a strong enough sense of self to evolve from an ice fairy to an ice YOUKAI, but that's just me. Will be interesting to see what the actual result is though.
>Psyche ourselves up, smacking our face if need be for proper effect, etc. LET'S DO THIS!
>...whatever "THIS" is, one should say.
>Hope Cirno's an ally here.
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My guess on this part is she's been around long enough and had a strong enough sense of self to evolve from an ice fairy to an ice YOUKAI, but that's just me. Will be interesting to see what the actual result is though.
The problem I see with that is that fairies are a type of Youkai. Not 'made from humans' like Alice, but they're still a supernatural creature, and hence, a Youkai.
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Fairies aren't youkai. They're manifestations of aspects of the natural world, IE, trees, grass, sunshine, rivers, etc. Not entirely unlike the Shinto beliefs of Kami.
At least, that's how I see them. Of course, I could be wrong.
>"Uh... hi! Are you my 'guide'?"
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> Sacchin: Wave at her. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0676)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0676.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0676-cirno2.png)
> Sacchin: Ask Cirno if she is your guide. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0677)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0677.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0677-guide.png)
> Sacchin: Ask about her scarf. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0678)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0678.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0678-scarf.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0679)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0679.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0679a.gif)
Eventually, you reach the cottage. It looks just like in that imagination-sequence from before!
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0680)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0680.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0680-btw.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0681)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0681.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0681-ready.png)
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>Consider possible safespots.
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> Bap Supernatural Heads
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> Backdash, 5B 5C.
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> B Shot type
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> [Aggress] Cirno: Go all out. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0682)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0682.gif)
Unfortunately, Cirno is not a designated playable character, and if even if she was, she has not had a formal introduction which culminated asking what she would do first. She is therefore incapable of accepting commands. You're stuck being the nine-year-old (and the eight-year-old and the ten-year-old, who ... have also not had formal introductions, so you still can't be them and there was no point in bringing them up in the first place, never mind, d'oh).
The bottom line is that instead of being Cirno, you get ready to dodge while she sends out a simple bullet pattern.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Backdash, 5B 5C (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0683)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0683.gif)
This isn't a video game, this is an audience-driven webcomic thingy! Instead of pushing buttons, you zip backwards and launch out a homing amulet combo, which is what those buttons would have done. This reduces Cirno's Health to Pretty Good.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Bounce Yin-Yang Orb around. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0684)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0684.gif)
THIS WAS A TERRIBLE IDEA!
Your Health is reduced to Kinda Okay, and Cirno's goes down to Not Very Good.
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0685)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0685.gif)
This is her cue to whip out a Spell Card. You've heard of Ice Sign 「Icicle Fall」, of course. This is not, however, the "legendary" version.
> Continue Strife Modus: AGGRESS!
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>Nine years old vs. first ever spellcard? PANIC BOMB
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>Strategic Flailing
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> Careful movement while continueing pewpew.
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>Homing amulet spamspamspamspamspamspam!!
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> Don't look for the obvious safespot. IGNORE the obvious safespot (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0082).
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>Nine years old vs. first ever spellcard? PANIC BOMB
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> Don't look for the obvious safespot. IGNORE the obvious safespot (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa01marisa0082).
This is not, however, the "legendary" version.
But yeah
> PANIC BOMB
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>Use tackle.
>Focus your shots on Cirno.
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Many apologies for the delays; I hit some REAL sleep-problems over the past week, and those are REAL motivation-killers.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Go through the upper gap, and aim right for her as a counter! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0686)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0686.gif)
You go through the upper gap, and scream like a little girl (which you are) as Cirno starts to fill it with more bullets. This brings your Health down to Meh.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Nine years old vs. first ever spellcard? PANIC BOMB! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0687)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0687.gif)
You are now too busy flipping the fricking-fricky-frick out to care whether this is supposed to be some kind of literal recreation of Bullet Hell shoot-'em-ups (which have "bombs" as a gameplay-mechanic), or something which is more closely meant to resemble an actual Spell Card duel (for which "bombs" wouldn't really make sense). Uh ... this counts as aiming right at her as a counter, right?
If anyone's surprised by the way this turned out, you have a bridge in The Demon World (http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Makai) you'd like to sell them.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Back up, graze, and focus shot. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0688)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0688.gif)
Unfortunately, this game does not have a grazing mechanic, so there is no utility to getting really close to bullets, although it does make you feel kind of charged-up. You're also stuck using your Spell Card now that you've started it up, so you can't go back to using normal attacks until you bring Cirno's Health down to Kaput.
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0689)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0689.gif)
You bring Cirno's Health down to Kaput. (Your own is still at Meh.)
All the bullets (including yours) shatter into harmless green sparks.
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0690)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0690.gif)
And with that, she's back to Just Fine, ready for her next round.
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0690a-postpanic.png)
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> Use CODEC and ask Reimu how spell card duels work.
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> Spellcards
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>Challenge her to some tongue twisters! That'll throw her off guard.
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> [Aggress] Sacchin: Bap Cirno with your gohei! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0691)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0691.gif)
You bring her Health down to Not Bad, in addition to making her giggle uncontrollably.
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0692)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0692.gif)
Unfortunately, you waste too much of your turn doing that, and you get danmaku to the face for trying to attack her at point-blank range. Your Health is reduced to Not Very Good.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: List Spell Cards. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0693)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0693.gif)
Let's see ... yep, still Dream Sign 「Evil Sealing Circle」 and Dream Sign 「Duplex Barrier」.
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Use the Ying-Yang orb again, but this time spin around wildly with the Gohei so it doesn't hit you. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0694)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0694.gif)
You flip the fricking-fricky-frick out with that gohei, blocking the Yin-Yang Orb as it gets too close! It works, too, and brings Cirno to Not Very Good
> [S][Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0695)
[AUDIO] (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0695)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0695.gif)
She readies her next Spell Card OW!
> [Aggress] Sacchin: Fire everything straight at her! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0696)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0696.gif)
Right, even if you're back to Just Fine, you're sick of this whole thing.
And by everything, you mean everything.
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0697)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0697.gif)
Aaaaand it's a wrap.
> Strife Complete. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0698)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0698.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0698-endstrife.png)
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>Take Cirno's scarf as a trophy
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>Victory dance!
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>"What kinda puzzles?"
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>Obtain Cirno's frequency number.
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> "Say hi to your freinds for me!"
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OK, yeah, fair warning, this next update will be kinda big-ish, so ...
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> Satsuki Hakurei: EXULT in victory. You are blooded now. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0699)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0699.gif)
Now that you have done it once, you know that you can do it ALL the times! YOUR ENEMIES WILL FALL BEFORE YOUR UNSTOPPABOOBLE MIGHT!
No, wait, this is silly.
> Sacchin: Obtain Cirno's frequency number. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0700)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0700.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0700-cirnonumber.png)
> Sacchin: You might as well check your health - you wouldn't want to enter the cottage if you're injured. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0701)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0701.gif)
It seems that Health isn't really a factor outside of battles, so it has automatically reverted to Just Fine.
Cirno gives you her goodbyes. Nothing left to do but get a move on!
> [S] Sacchin: Enter. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0702)
[AUDIO] (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0702)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0702.gif)
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> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0703)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0703.gif)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0704)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0704.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0704-fenestrated1.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0705)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0705.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0705-fenestrated2.png)
> End of Chapter 1. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0706)
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(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/Saving1.gif)
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>Get lost in space.
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>rage quit because you just realized it's nothing but a game.
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>Make a save state. (Just in case, because who knows?)
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> Find out what happens when you turn off the power or reset the game console while it's saving.
> Hit Exit so we can see the title screen.
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>Lose the game.
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> Suddenly, useless intermission!
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>Fire wildly into the darkness until you hit something
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>Procure ourselves some snacks and then resume our activities.
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> Hit Exit so we can see the title screen. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0707)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0707-TITLE.gif)
> Continue. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0708)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0708-Loading.gif)
You patiently wait for the save file to load. Good loading times aren't particularly numerous!
> Be Shanghai. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0709)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/ArrowKid1.gif)
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(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0709shangalice1.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0710)
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(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0710shangalice2.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0711)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0711.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0711shangalice3.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0712)
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(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0712shangalice4.png)
> [S] Enter player two. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0713)
[AUDIO] (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=0713)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/ArrowKid2.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0713.gif)
The world is full of of supernatural phenomena. In fact, there are so many different kinds, it's hard to classify them, simply because there's so much overlap.
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0713a.gif)
If you were to try to define "magic" (as opposed to power from the gods, or ghost activity, or just plain weird stuff happening), though, the definition would have to be something along the lines of "supernatural activity which is deliberately caused by an intelligent living being."
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0713b.gif)
You know, sorcery and spells. The kind of thing witches do. Explosions and potions and whatnot. (Of course, by that definition, "fairy magic" also qualifies ...)
There's even a spell for turning yourself into a youkai of the magician species.
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0713c.gif)
In the middle of the Magic Forest, there is a cottage that is, quite naturally, about the same size on the inside as it is on the outside. It has been inhabited continuously by a family of youkai-magicians for the better part of sixty years. Originally, it had only one inhabitant; but then the family expanded, first through marriage and then with children.
And you (speaking of which)?
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0714)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/chapter/2.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0714.gif)
You are Carroll Kirisame. You currently in the immature stage of a youkai-magician's life, which means that your body ages like that of a human. You are vaguely aware that your family is highly unconventional, but nobody seems to care, so you don't either. When you were seven years old, in spite of the best efforts of everyone around you, you became obsessed with the color pink, like all seven-year-olds (though fortunately this did not extend to your choice of clothing, which was being made by your mother until fairly recently); however, now that you are eight, you're thinking of changing your bedroom back to being white. Or maybe blue.
Your plans are currently approximately nonexistent; you've done your best not to make any commitments today, because your parents have been putting something together in hushed tones, and evidently want to surprise you. Eight-year-olds tend to be more perceptive than most adults give them credit for, although in their defense, your father tends to begin revelations of such things with "So, you've probably figured it out already, but ..."
Regardless, there's still probably plenty of other things to do which won't interrupt whatever your parents are planning today (yeah, you're pretty sure it's today). You're a magician, after all. What will you do first?
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> Magic room into blue and white stripes for camoflage.
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>Stare out the window.
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Consider new ways to make pretty colored explosions.
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> Appreciate the cleverness of your name.
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>Summon a cute angel to heal someone
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> Wonder where your mother got you those fantastic clothes.
> Go back to the Options menu to change language to French.
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> Magic room into blue and white stripes for camoflage.
Seconded
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>Review the magic we've learned from Marisa-papa.
>And/or spellcards.
At least I assume Marisa would be the 'father' in the dynamic, but, correct me if I'm wrong, please.
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> Carroll: Magic room into blue and white stripes for camouflage. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0715)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0715.gif)
While this is no doubt an awesome idea, you cannot make any changes to your bedroom without the Grimoire of Houses, and your parents have expressly forbidden the use of grimoires of any description without their supervision. Your big sister has similar restrictions, which surprised you at first, but it quickly began to make sense the more you thought about it.
> Carroll: Regard drawings of magic circles on wall. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0716)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0716.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0716a.gif)
Gone are the days of working puny weaksauce magic using sorcerous triangles and mystic squares. You have finally learned to make pentagrams, hexagrams, and your latest creation, an octogram. Not heptagrams, though, because fuck trying to draw those particular grams.
(Your big sister used to have fun getting you into trouble by teaching you swearwords, but then you and your parents caught on and she recieved a lump sum of trouble. You now keep swearing within the confines of your own head, and so does she.)
You even asked your father, who said that nobody actually uses "those sevenagrams" because nobody can draw them. This was the sort of answer which you've learned to immediately disregard in favor of asking your mother, but she confirmed it.
The octogram is in turn surrounded by eight trigrams, which are arranged in the Fu Xi configuration because you can never remember how the more modern King Wen arrangement is supposed to go.
> Carroll: Peek out the window. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0717)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0717.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0717a.gif)
Yep, the Forest of Magic is still there.
You do not yet fully understand the point of having windows when the view consists solely of a bunch of trees, especially when 75% of the light you usually get is either magical or artificial; things like cross-ventilation or seeing the weather are sort of like secondary benefits to the fact that, in your understanding, windows are for seeing through.
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>Check under the rug for secrets.
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Purvis, you fool, her secrets are obviously under her bed.
> Check under bed.
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>Open drawer.
We will get to the bottom of this.
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>Destroy the lamp for secrets
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> Check the inside and behind of the bookcase, for we have obviously magified a secret compartment into the walls.
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Also, IMAGINARY BONUS CONTENT.
(http://i.imgur.com/NbomR.png)
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Also, IMAGINARY BONUS CONTENT.
(http://i.imgur.com/NbomR.png)
yes XD
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Obviously Patchouli needs to find another element. I hear Heart is an awesome power.
> Stop floating! Your legs need movement so you can kick people harder!
> Check inside pillow for secrets!
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> Take a look under the pink carpet
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> Shanghai: Surprise your sister from the other side of the window.
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> Carroll: What happens when you make a magical polygon which isn't regular? (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0718)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0718.gif)
Broadly speaking, irregularity results in a loss of efficiency. The more regular the shape is, the better the spell will work.
If it's not regular enough, the worst case scenario is that something explodes when it isn't supposed to, or vice versa. Your first attempt at a pentagram, which was before you'd even gotten triangles down, did not end well.
> Carroll: Open drawer. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0719)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0719.gif)
Your father works at KappaTech, and you often get a first look at the weird inventions they make there. Sometimes, they're even at the point of being useful and stable.
Fortunately, your Laptop Magicomputer is a solved problem, as it were. The only new thing is the parental controls, which allow your parents to monitor where you go on the internet, and automatically prevent you from visiting certain websites. The software's primary component is based on magic, which uses common sense rather than rules, and therefore KappaTech's advertisements boast a 99% success rate, rather than the approximate 1% success rate of nonmagical software.
You are completely mystified as to why you'd need such a thing. Are there websites with lots of swearing or something? No solid explanation has ever occurred to you, which your parents apparently think is a good thing.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0720)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0720.gif)
You captchalogue it in your sylladex, which is another of your father's weird inventions. It is somewhat needlessly complicated compared to your inventory, but the novelty has three whole days before it will wear off.
You use the Anytime Anywhere fetch modus, which allows you to scroll through the captchalogue deck at will. However, it always seems to sort them so that the specific item you want is at the bottom, forcing you to scroll through the entire deck. A while ago, your big sister stole your Inventory modus, which enables you to access any item at any time no matter where it is in the deck, but you don't mind because it made a complete farce of the whole idea.
> Carroll: Seek down parent, request use of Grimoire required to correct room coloration. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0721)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0721.gif)
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You find your mother with your big sister. (Calling her your "big sister" in English never gets old.)
They are working on some sort of swirly energy thingy. You don't even consider the possibility that they might be doing something dangerous, because your father isn't involved, and this is the middle of your living room with no sign of any kind of protection.
> Carroll: Pester mom. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0722)
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(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0722-pestermomdotcom.png)
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> Captchalouge your sister for safekeeping.
> Ask your mother what she is doing.
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>Poke the swirly energy thingy before it completely disappears.
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> eat the delicious flan!
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> Carroll: Ask her what that spell was that was being done when you entered. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0723)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0723.gif?t=1341370945)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0723-whatspell.png)
> Carroll: This means using a second magic spell to make the paint yourself! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0724)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0724.gif)
Now there's a thought. You have no idea how to do it, but creating your own paint is an obvious solution!
Shanghai captchalogues the convex crucible with her Inventory modus. Not the one she stole from you, she has her own.
> Carroll: Ask where your Dad went. There is alarming lack of explosions at the moment... (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0725)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0725.gif)
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> Captchalouge ruler for later use.
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>Go pester daddy.
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>Ask father to give us more paint
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>Go pester daddy.
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>Go pester daddy.
>If there are no explosions once there, make one yourself! :V
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>Defeat big sis in a staring contest to prove superiority
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> Carroll: Wing a danmaku at your sister's head for being a smart-aleck, then run outside before she can retaliate. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0726)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0726.gif)
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> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0727)
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(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0727nodan.png)
> Carroll: Head out to the front yard. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0728)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0728.gif)
As Shanghai flies off somewhere else, you really quickly locate your father.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0729)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0729.gif)
You have not yet had The Talk with your parents, nor do you know that there is one to be had, and you are therefore only vaguely aware that fathers are usually supposed to be men; your complete ignorance of the subject, and your fairly keen understanding of your father's personality, have left you with the conclusion that either nobody told her she couldn't be a father, or she knew and simply didn't let that stop her.
(You know where Shanghai came from, though. Your mother built her as a doll, and then she and Marisa took bits of their own souls, smooshed them together, and then put them into the doll. This was perfectly safe; apart from anything else, souls can be split indefinitely.)
> Carroll: Pester daddy. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0730)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0730.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0730-dad.png)
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>"Can I watch?"
>Watch anyway.
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> "Does it involve explosions?"
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"Why is our sister so entertained by paint?" Mumble not really expecting an comprehensible responce.
"Awesome! Can we help?"
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>"Can we grill some fish on that fire?"
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> "Is that fire gonna burn us?"
>> Shanghai: Come up with an obvious response.
bumping for JUSTICE AW YEAH
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> Carroll: Prepare to run like hell. Marisa's experiments almost never end without an explosion. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0731)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0731.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0731splode.png)
> Carroll: Wonder why Shanghai is so entertained by paint. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0732)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0732.gif)
You ponder this question long and hard. Truth be told, you aren't entirely sure! You have a feeling, though, that she is making fun of you in some way. There's no paricular logic to why you think this, you're just sort of going by experience, inasmuch as she's always making fun of you.
> Carroll: Continue your prior danmaku with Shanghai. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0733)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0733.gif)
Sure, why not? As far as you can tell, the way of life in Gensokyo tends to involve danmaku on general principle.
Your father starts turning down the blue flamey thingy, and cheerfully orders both of you to fight on other side of the house.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0734)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0734.gif)
You chase Shanghai around to the back of the house, where she makes a stand.
Your duels with your big sister tend to involve one Spell Card each. The reasoning is that it makes it more exciting for both of you, and also (you suspect) because she tends to win more often early on, whereas you're better in the long-term.
> Carroll: STRIFE!
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>Consider what we know of her weaknesses, then select a card that best exploits them
>But, do no pick a card we've used recently, something she's not as likely to recall immediately. Or ever, if we have an experimental new card onhand!
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>Limit Break!
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> Boot to supernatural heads.
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> j.2[A], but purposely miss to give Shanghai distractions, then j.6C her into oblivion!
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> Boot to supernatural heads.
> Recurring theme is recurring
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> Carroll: Wonder why Shanghai is so entertained by paint.
You ponder this question long and hard. Truth be told, you aren't entirely sure! You have a feeling, though, that she is making fun of you in some way. There's no particular logic to why you think this, you're just sort of going by experience, inasmuch as she's always making fun of you.
danmaku + paint = paintball spellcard
> Use your type B shot.
> Boot to supernatural heads.
> Use Headbutt Seconded.
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Love Sign: Oneechan's Sacrafice!
You based this one off one of Alices's old old spell cards that used gunpowder in dolls...our dolls are ugly..but they still blow up!
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> Throw an explosive to faze her, then use spell card.
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>Play defence at first, try and wear her out.
>Then, when she's worn out, spell card!
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> [Aggress] Carroll: Let her get the first attack off, but dodge it gracefully. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0735)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0735.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0735a.gif)
Your Health is reduced to Pretty Good.
> [Aggress] Carroll: Boot to supernatural heads. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0736)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0736.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0736-bap.png)
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0737)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0737.gif)
Unfortunately, you belatedly realize that do not have a gohei on you. ... Yeah, this must be some kind of shared joke between you and Sacchin.
Your Health is now Eh.
> [Aggress] Carroll: Lass with wings there, 500 rounds rapid. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0738)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0738.gif)
You demonstrate the fact that your enthusiasm for doing the unconventional tends to result in an inability to remember the basics, until you do, at which point, RAWR!
Brings Shanghai right down to Kinda Okay, too.
> Continue Strife Modus: AGGRESS!
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>Aren't you half-Marisa? FIRE LASERS
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> Did Marisa ever teach us Master Spark? If she hasn't, use it anyway.
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>Interspace lasers between the gaps in our danmaku fan to limit and/or eliminate gaps to dodge, and maintain fire.
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>If that don't work, use more
gun laser
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>Aren't you half-Marisa? FIRE LASERS
>Aren't we half-Alice? FIGHT DOLLS WITH DOLLS (THAT FIRE LASERS) (If we've learned how to do such things yet)
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>Quick, non-directional streams!
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> [Aggress] Carroll: Keep on sweeping that purple cone around. She cannot stay ahead forever. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0739)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0739.gif)
She seems to disagree.
> [Aggress] Carroll: Use Carroll-shaped danmaku! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0740)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0740.gif)
You decide to camouflage yourself with your own bullets! Yeah, it'll be way harder for her to target you lke this!
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0741)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0741.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0741a.gif)
... This seemed like a much better idea in your head.
Your Health has been reduced to Not Very Good! Will Shanghai get the best of you this time, on the basis that you're forced to use your Spell Card first!?
> [Aggress] Carroll: Aren't you half-Marisa? FIRE LASERS! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0742)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0742.gif)
Who cares!? For now, you're just gonna use your Spell Card! It is titled Youth Sign 「Apprentice Spark」. Shanghai attempts to graze, but her Health is knocked down to Meh, which is still too high for her own Spell Card!
> Continue Strife Modus: AGGRESS!
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>Abruptly change the direction of the star-shaped danmaku while chasing Shanghai with da lasar. EDIT: Then after a few seconds abruptly change the direction again :3
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>GIRL CEASE THIS FOOLING AROUND AND HIT HER WITH ALL OF THE STARS
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> Fill the screen with stardust!
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MOAR LASERS. We haven't won yet, and therefore, there hasn't been ENUFF LAAASEEERRRRSSSSS.
Thats if we can.
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> Upgrade the size of the laser with full willpower.
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> I see that we currently have one unused hand. Surprise laser from that hand too.
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> [Aggress] Carroll: Fire surprise-laser from unused hand. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0743)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0743.gif)
HA! ... oh. Looks like you can only do one at a time.
Either way, the good news, which is also the bad news, is that she's finally started taking this seriously enough to use real danmaku.
> [Aggress] Carroll: Use this opportunity to change the direction of rotation of your blue star spiral. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0744)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0744.gif)
This'll totally throw her off, you're sure of it ouch! Your Health is down to Shabby!
And for the cootie grass ... (You think it's supposed to be "cootie grass," but you're not sure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_de_gr?ce).)
> [Aggress] Carroll: Assault Shanghai with pie-shaped danmaku. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0745)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0745.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0745-facepie.png)
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0746)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0746.gif)
Uh-oh, you made her angry. You also made her Not Very Good in the Health department, which means it's time for her Spell Card!
You have a bad feeling about this, especially since you don't know which Spell Card she'll use. Better act fast!
> Continue Strife Modus: AGGRESS!
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> TACKLE
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> SERPENTINE
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ATTACK WITH LOGIC.
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>Tickle her
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> SERPENTINE
This and
> TACKLE
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> [Aggress] Carroll: GRAZEGRAZEGRAZEGRAZEGRAZEGRAZEGRAZEGRAZE (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0747)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0747.gif)
AAAAAAA WHY DID IT HAVE TO BE CURVY LASERS!? You can't even remember what she does after that in this Spell Card, which is never a good sign.
> [Aggress] Carroll: MORE PIE! (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0748)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0748.gif)
On it! You manage to bring her Health down to Shabby, the same as yours OH WAIT, you're down to Atrocious, which is just a hair away from completely losing it! (The fight, that is. You have already all but flipped the fricking-fricky-frick out.)
You wish you could use your previous danmaku patterns, but you're kind of locked into using your Spell Card now.
> [Aggress] Carroll: TACKLE (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0749)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0749.gif)
Oh, forget it! You're going to lose anyway! You might as well go down in a blaze of glory! CHAAAAAARGE!
> [Aggress] -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0750)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0750.gif)
Oh. Right. Now you remember, she alternates between curvy lasers and straight ones.
> Strife complete. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0751)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0751.gif)
And that's the end of that.
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>Catch her off-guard with another tackle!
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>Activate Last Word
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>Insert coin
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>Pout.
>Resolve to write a second spellcard.
>Theorize about types of pie, and how to integrate Piemaku into a spellcard. That'll be foolproof.
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>Congratulate her, i guess.
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>"Next time, Gadget!"
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>Save the replay of the battle.
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>CARROLL took the foe's SHANGHAI down with it!
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> gg
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> Carroll: Get back up and curse her profusely. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0752)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0752.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0752-profusely.png)
> Carroll: Pout. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0753)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0753.gif)
This is dumb, and she is a dumbface! You aren't even going to tell anyone about this even if someone calls up your CODEC in the next few sec--
> [S] Carroll: Get called by Sacchin. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0754)
[AUDIO] (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=0754)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0754.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0754-bduh.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0755)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0755.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0755-csacchin1.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0756)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0756.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0756-csacchin2.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0757)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0757.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0757-goodjob.png)
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> Note to self: Bodyslamming lasers bad.
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>Consider the formulation of lasers that bodyslam.
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>Discover a way to be immune to lasers, so we can bodyslam her and not worry about the lasers.
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Ask dad if wriggle still does the wriggle kick? Or was that just a joke..old people are confusing.
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> If we can create Pie Danmaku, we can create bodyslaming versions of ourselves as Danmaku.
> Also, if we know of it, remind Shanghai: Blazing Star
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>Think about hugging her later for the compliment.
>Marisa: Get out a kappa-tech camera if that occurs.
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>Get the pre-emptive strike on whatever might be sneaking up on you by firing a surprise laser at whatever it may be.
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>Group hug! Group hugs are always better.
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> Carroll: Remind Shanghai: Blazing Star. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0758)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0758.gif)
Ha! You can't fool ... uh ... you! Your father's Spell Card, Comet 「Blazing Star」, completely encloses her in danmaku, whereas you just charged forward with your pie going off aimlessly.
> Carroll: Your father wants you for... something. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0759)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0759.gif)
You brush aside all thoughts of doing anything like accepting Shanghai's compliments or taking her advice, because you're eight years old and you aren't going to consider stupid things like that over your post-loss sulk. You aren't even going to consider hugging anyone, because to hell with trying to depict that in Create.swf.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0760)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0760.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0760-housereveal.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0761)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0761.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0761-lunch.png)
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0762)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0762.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0762-noms.png)
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God damnit Marisa you are terrible at explaining this
> This sounds fishy. Clear it with mom first.
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> Answer the question of if post-loss sulks take priority over flipping the fricking-fricky-frick out, even if it's just on the inside.
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> Ask if the 'Precious Object' is the same 'Precious Thing' you heard
Marisa Dad stole borrowed.
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Watcha wanna do?
>"Grab all the loot that you left there."
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>"Mom, just whose crazy idea was this?"
>On that note, ask her if this is related to an incident like always.
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>Take some of our secret stash of candy with us, just in case.
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OK ... sorry about the lack of updates, I've kind of been feeling like shit lately and unable to do anything creative. I do have a plan for this next one, now I'm just debating about whether to release what I've got so far and then not accept commands until I'm done with The Big Thing, or wait even longer for an update until I'm completely done.
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I vote release smaller chunks of content more regularly ...
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> Carroll: This sounds fishy. Clear it with mom first. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0763)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0763.gif)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/dia/0763-mom.png)
And then she explains and clarifies a bunch of stuff we already knew from earlier (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0658), and mentions that this will be useful if you ever decide to go resolve incidents with Sacchin. She stops your father from using the phrase "weird puzzle shit" even though everyone knows you already know the word.
She doesn't tell you that Sacchin will also be there, though. You remain entirely ignorant about the presence of the other player character.
> Carroll: Grudgingly accept packed lunch. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0764)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0764.gif)
You accept and captchalogue the Bento Box from your mother. It looks like it contains enough for one meal, which implies how long this is meant to take. Assuming your father didn't do some kind of dimensiony thing to it, but you can usually tell when that happens, and it doesn't look like she did it this time.
> Carroll: Double check readiness. (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0765)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0765.gif)
Your parents confirm that apart from goodbyes, this is pretty much all you need. You can just take off ASAP.
> -=-> (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=csa02cottage0766)
(http://i1051.photobucket.com/albums/s435/MuffinCSA02Cottage1/0708-Loading.gif)
Unfortunately, there's a loading screen in the way. It looks like the act of taking off and flying away isn't really finished, and you'll have to wait a little while before you can even send in any new commands! Whoops.
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And on that note, it is hiatus time (http://dizzy.pestermom.com/?p=blog-20120929).