Koishi Quest ~ To the Overworld and beyond!

[IdiotsOpposite]

I agree with the stick forest. Let's do some random acrobatics on the way there too. I mean, we're carefree aren't we?

[Hanzo K.]

>What are we waiting for, a formal invitation? let's go!

[Yonowaaru]

>Let's check out the weird stick forest. Something strange like that has to be a good place for an adventure.

I agree with the stick forest. Let's do some random acrobatics on the way there too. I mean, we're carefree aren't we?

>What are we waiting for, a formal invitation? let's go!

>Strange stick forest, here we come!
>It's quite a ways from here, though. You fly a long while, over the great lake and the red mansion, and finally reach the weird stick forest.
>Reaching the forest, it looks like even more of a maze than the other forest. The weird, plantlike sticks are almost five meters high and are crisscrossing all over eachother. However, there does seem to be some kind of path leading inside.

[Nekomata-chan]

>Let's follow the path and admire the scenery~!

[The Hating Hater]

>Try not to get lost.

[Yonowaaru]

>Let's follow the path and admire the scenery~!

>Try not to get lost.

>You enter the forest, following the winding path through the dense sticks, which have leaves sticking out as well. They seem to be useful as weapons as well!
>After a while, you reach a split in the path. There's a path to the right, another to the left, one straight ahead, and the one you came from. Oh, and another one to the right. And another one to the left. Wait, there's another one straight ahead? Where did you come from in the first place anyways?
>You seem to have lost your way. From somewhere yet nowhere in particular, you hear someone laughing.

[The Hating Hater]

>Try to fly up.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>No, don't fly up yet.
>If we can hear someone laughing, then that means someone's nearby. Can we sense a mind nearby? If so, remove ourself from the person's sight.

[Yonowaaru]

>Try to fly up.

>No, don't fly up yet.
>If we can hear someone laughing, then that means someone's nearby. Can we sense a mind nearby? If so, remove ourself from the person's sight.

>You think about flying upwards, but then decide to seek out the person nearby first.
>You can easily sense someone around here, but that person's moving from stick to stick in rapid succession. Concentrating on the voice, you can see a small shadow hopping from tree to tree, laughing all the while. You, however, have the power over the subconscious and the person stays close enough to manipulate her so she cannot see you.
>"Hey hey hey, no fun, this ain't no fun! Where'd the weird eyeball-for-a-heart lady suddenly go-go-went? Can she turn invisible? Awesome! Teach me, teach me, eyeball-lady! You're still here right, right?"
>Turning invisible isn't really that handy when the person's already aware you are there, it seems.

[Nekomata-chan]

>Oh, so she's neutral... for now.
>Fade back into sight and seek them out.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's give her a subconscious impulse to actually stay in one place long enough for us to find her too.

[Yonowaaru]

>Oh, so she's neutral... for now.
>Fade back into sight and seek them out.

>Let's give her a subconscious impulse to actually stay in one place long enough for us to find her too.

>She doesn't seem to want to attack you; is she just hyper or something?
>You fade back into sight, and give her a subconscious nudge to show herself.
>She stops somewhere between the trees. You can't see her that well, but... does she have rabbit ears?
>"Oh, there you are, there you are! That's a neat-o trick, miss eyeball-lady! How'd ya do that? Tell me, tell me!?"

[Hanzo K.]

>Smile in a somewhat cheerfully blank way. "It's my power~! And you stopping so you could find me was also my power too~!"

[The Hating Hater]

>Make a mental note to bring a light source while going into dark places.

[Yonowaaru]

>Smile in a somewhat cheerfully blank way. "It's my power~! And you stopping so you could find me was also my power too~!"

>"Oh, oh really, you've got some amazing powers then! Me, all I can do is find clovers with four leaves and find my way out of the bamboo forest. Not anything to brag about, no-no."
>You make such a mental note, though you wonder for what reason you'd do something like that. It isn't exactly dark in here; it's the middle of the day.

[IdiotsOpposite]

Giggle. Maybe float a bit. "So who are you~?"

[Yonowaaru]

>You giggle, floating up a little like a fairy.
>"Me? I'm Tewi, Tewi Inaba! You probably know my ancestor, the White Hare of Inaba right? Well, I'm his great-great-great-granddaughter! I'm the leader of the rabbits around here!"
>From somewhere afar, you pick up the sound of something moving very quickly.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Make it want to stop and say 'hi'.

[IdiotsOpposite]

In response to Tewi: "Never heard of it! So you control all the rabbits here? Isn't that tough?"

[Yonowaaru]

>Make it want to stop and say 'hi'.

>You try to stop the thing arriving, but there's something odd here. It's like... no, it's not just one person! You try to manipulate them one by one, but they're arriving too quickly!

In response to Tewi: "Never heard of it! So you control all the rabbits here? Isn't that tough?"

>"Well, saying control, I'm kind of a natural leader since I'm the only rabbit youkai here. Well, except for Reisen, but she doesn't really count because she came from the moon. Moon rabbits don't count"
>The things are rapidly approaching.
>"Oh, here they are! They're coming, miss! What's your name, by the way?"

[Hanzo K.]

>Giggle. "Koishi~"

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"What are they?"

[Yonowaaru]

>Giggle. "Koishi~"

>"What are they?"

>Tewi giggles back, and steps out of the thicket. "That's a rare name! I don't think I've ever heard that one before. Man, Japanese is great in variety, isn't it!"
>"Oh, just a few of my friends. They seem to have noticed you entered the forest like I did."
>And as Tewi said, a few seconds later, a stampede of small rabbit-humans dressed in pink dresses just like Tewi arrives, yelling 'Tewi!' as they come. You float up a little, in order to avoid getting run over.

[Nekomata-chan]

>"A few? I wonder what she considers a lot..."

>But, they do look a lot like her... let's say "hi"!

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Make the parser post.