Hikikomori Quest - Remaking my Life: Part 10

[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>"....so is this what you want ? To make history repeat itself ?"
>Frown.
>"So now you want it to be your turn to brush her off like garbage even though she regrets it deeply ? Is that what you are saying ?"
>Look at Sanae.
>"I agree that what she said and did was something horrible and very poorly planned, however did you not see how she was *after* saying those things ? She hated herself for it, and i bet she still does."
>Look back to Kogasa.
>"Besides, don't lie to us, i saw you spying on Sanae before on your secret spot, how can you not care about her and do something like that ?"

Bastet-chan:

>"...u-um... I-I... is this really what you want ? An never-ending cycle of hatred ? Are you sure your heart does not plead for fixing a broken bridge of peace... ?"

Nijisa:

>"So what now ?"

Niji Scarlet:

>Wait.

[Tashi]

Sanae-V!Daiko:

>"Hey, what's happening?"

Daiko:

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

> V!Sanae doesn't answer...
> Instead, she slowly holds one of her arms with the other. It's like she's resisting the urges to cry...

> The lake is pretty big. Luckily, since Tsuru melted the ice, there's nothing to block you from dive into it.
> You would need to change of clothes or dry them in any way...
> You wonder if you can imbue your own clothes with the water magic so they don't get ruined or something...

Niji Blue:

>"....so is this what you want ? To make history repeat itself ?"
>Frown.
>"So now you want it to be your turn to brush her off like garbage even though she regrets it deeply ? Is that what you are saying ?"
>Look at Sanae.
>"I agree that what she said and did was something horrible and very poorly planned, however did you not see how she was *after* saying those things ? She hated herself for it, and i bet she still does."
>Look back to Kogasa.
>"Besides, don't lie to us, i saw you spying on Sanae before on your secret spot, how can you not care about her and do something like that ?"

> "...?!" Kogasa jumps at your last sentence.
> "... Spy...?" Sanae looks at you. "... Ah... That... moment..."

Bastet-chan:

>"...u-um... I-I... is this really what you want ? An never-ending cycle of hatred ? Are you sure your heart does not plead for fixing a broken bridge of peace... ?"

> "Ngh..." Kogasa looks to the side with a mix of confusion and uncertain in her face.

Nijisa:

>"So what now ?"

Niji Scarlet:

>Wait.

> Marisa pulls out a mushroom.
> "NOW I need that energy that Alice used when we exchanged bodies..."

> "Taboo "Four of a Kind"!" Flandre declares.
> Three other Flandres appear besides her.
> _

[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>"Out of all people, you know the best what you have been through obviously, are you sure you want Sanae to go through the same treatment without even giving her an ounce of understanding ?"

Bastet-chan:

>"What does your heart wish ? Peace and love ? Or vengeance and suffering ? One will make life an sweeter experience, with an warmth of heart that can soothe any pains, the other will likely sour it and change you into a colder person, that will affect your relationship with everyone else..."

Niji Blue:

>"You don't need to tie up and kiss right away, you could step back and start again as friends, but then taking a deeper thought about both of your feelings, Miss Sanae, did you really hate the surprises ? Or did you never ponder how you truly felt about them ? Miss Kogasa, if the surprises annoyed her, why didn't you ask what exactly made them annoying and then tried to fix them so that they were better ? Love requires an insight on both of your hearts, something you could really learn from Daiko-kun..."

Nijisa:

>"And how are we gonna get that ?"

Niji Scarlet:

>"Ooo..."
>Poke the 3 new clones.

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>"Sorry for being out of it for a bit."
>Try to create just some water with water magic, and immediately absorb it into our horn if we do it.

Sanae-V!Daiko:

>If we are near the ground, sit and wait patiently, keeping to ourself.

Tsuru:

>"So many troubling things happen in this world...  I wish we could enjoy the better moments more."

[Tashi]

Niji Blue:

>"Out of all people, you know the best what you have been through obviously, are you sure you want Sanae to go through the same treatment without even giving her an ounce of understanding ?"

> "S-She didn't gave any to me! Why I-I have to give her any to her?!"

Bastet-chan:

>"What does your heart wish ? Peace and love ? Or vengeance and suffering ? One will make life an sweeter experience, with an warmth of heart that can soothe any pains, the other will likely sour it and change you into a colder person, that will affect your relationship with everyone else..."

> "T-That's..."
> Sanae slowly looks at Kogasa.

Niji Blue:

>"You don't need to tie up and kiss right away, you could step back and start again as friends, but then taking a deeper thought about both of your feelings, Miss Sanae, did you really hate the surprises ? Or did you never ponder how you truly felt about them ? Miss Kogasa, if the surprises annoyed her, why didn't you ask what exactly made them annoying and then tried to fix them so that they were better ? Love requires an insight on both of your hearts, something you could really learn from Daiko-kun..."

> "I-I..." Sanae mumbles.
> "I-I can't just forgive her that easily...!" Kogasa says. "S-She... ..."

Nijisa:

>"And how are we gonna get that ?"

Niji Scarlet:

>"Ooo..."
>Poke the 3 new clones.

> "Ya' are going to do so, of course." Marisa grins.

> You poke the three clones. They poke back at you.
> "Hehe! Neat, don't you think?" The real Flandre asks.
> "Yeah!" The other three agree.

Daiko:

>"Sorry for being out of it for a bit."
>Try to create just some water with water magic, and immediately absorb it into our horn if we do it.

Sanae-V!Daiko:

>If we are near the ground, sit and wait patiently, keeping to ourself.

> Using Tsuru's magic, you create some water in your hand, immediately absorbing it in your horn afterwards..
> "Hm?" The three ask.

> You are in the pitch black place.
> You sit down in the... invisible floor, waiting for her.

Tsuru:

>"So many troubling things happen in this world...  I wish we could enjoy the better moments more."

> "This is the consecuence of living in a world full of magic..." Corin sighs.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Try to imbue our clothes with that absorbed magic.

[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>"I doubt she expects you to forgive her either, but tell us, don't you at least want to try and start over now that you finally have some insight on each other ? Tell me, what did you know about each other at that time besides the basic ?"

Bastet-chan:

>"Besides, you gotta at least give her some credit. she immediately regret her actions after going back to her shrine, and she legitimately panicked when she found out you could have been dead."

Nijisa:

>"But Miss Alice is busy with more important things."

Niji Scarlet:

>"Hm..."
>Grab a pillow and gently hit one of them.
>"Hehe."

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Try to imbue our clothes with that absorbed magic.

> You hope that everything goes as planned... Hopefully, the clothes wouldn't going to expell the magic like the mask of hope.
> You try to imbue your own clothes with the magic water.
> ...
> Well, they don't seem to be wet or sprouting water, at least.

Niji Blue:

>"I doubt she expects you to forgive her either, but tell us, don't you at least want to try and start over now that you finally have some insight on each other ? Tell me, what did you know about each other at that time besides the basic ?"

> Sanae and Kogasa look at each other.
> ...
> A sweat drop lows their temple.
> "Err..." Both of them mumble.

Bastet-chan:

>"Besides, you gotta at least give her some credit. she immediately regret her actions after going back to her shrine, and she legitimately panicked when she found out you could have been dead."

> "... ... ... She did...?" Kogasa slowly looks at you, now with a more sad look.

> (White) You can see them.

Nijisa:

>"But Miss Alice is busy with more important things."

> "What?" Marisa asks, but then she realizes. "Oh, the Yuu... How it was her name? Yuidaichi?"

Niji Scarlet:

>"Hm..."
>Grab a pillow and gently hit one of them.
>"Hehe."

> You grab a pillow from Flandre's bed and you hit one of the clones.
> The four look at each other, then at you. They grin.
> "Pillow war?"

> (Niji) No gunpowder so far.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Examine our clothes further.
>Dip a bit into the water to see if our clothes get wet.

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Examine our clothes further.
>Dip a bit into the water to see if our clothes get wet.

> You examine your clothes further... You think the red patterns are a bit blue.
> You dip one foot into the water, and then you take it out of it.
> Your shoes and part of the pants seem wet, but they dry off very quickly. You can still feel a bit the water, however.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Sigh.
>"Can't keep worrying about clothes when they might be in there..."
>Take a breath and dive in.

[Monarda]

Niji Blue:

>"So none of you have some deeper knowledge about each other either..."

Bastet-chan:

>Nod.
>"Why do you think Sanae was so desperate to find you ? For a moment i thought she had seen a ghost."

Niji White:

>"There they are."

Nijisa:

>Frown.
>"It's Yuudachi."

Niji-chan:

>"Nothing about gunpowder, just the magics inside."
>Try to feel further from the magics.

Niji Scarlet:

>"Hehe... um... but we are five..."

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Sigh.
>"Can't keep worrying about clothes when they might be in there..."
>Take a breath and dive in.

> "What?" They ask, before you take a breath and you jump into the water, diving.
> You would like to have goggles to see better, but it can't be helped...

Niji Blue:

>"So none of you have some deeper knowledge about each other either..."

> The pair look to the same side.

Bastet-chan:

>Nod.
>"Why do you think Sanae was so desperate to find you ? For a moment i thought she had seen a ghost."

> Kogasa looks down. "... I... guess there isn't something else..."
> "K-Kogasa..."

Niji White:

>"There they are."

> Marry's still looking at the book while flying.

Nijisa:

>Frown.
>"It's Yuudachi."

Niji-chan:

>"Nothing about gunpowder, just the magics inside."
>Try to feel further from the magics.

Niji Scarlet:

>"Hehe... um... but we are five..."

> "Oh, yes. That's it." Marisa nods. "How are things with Yudai- Yuudachi?"

> There's the magic of Yuudachi, and the strange one.
> Still no gunpowder.
> "You know... I use sometime magic gunpowder..." Alice states.

> "The four of us..." Each one of them grab a pillow... Flandre's bed surely has pillows. "Against you!"
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiko:

>Look around for structures as we head in.

KyouKoroMyst-V!Daiko:

>"Hm..."

[Monarda]

Niji Scarlet:

>"Hey that's not fair ! I can't create clones now !"

Niji Blue:

>"In the end, both of you did bad choices without thinking, you can try to judge each other, but won't it be better if we leave that behind and focus on righting the wrongs ?"

Niji-chan:

>"Hmmm... i do feel some strange magic in here besides Yuudachi's."

Nijisa:

>"Niji is figuring out if there is any gunpowder inside Yuudachi, because Miss Alice has the bad taste of using dolls as grenades..."

[Tashi]

Daiko:

>Look around for structures as we head in.

KyouKoroMyst-V!Daiko:

>"Hm..."

> You look around while diving.
> There doesn't seem to be any struc-
> There seems to be shell-like structure at the bottom of the lake. Maybe Wakasagihime's?

> "That "hm" is because you found something or it's a "hm" of still going?" V!Kyouko asks.

Niji Scarlet:

>"Hey that's not fair ! I can't create clones now !"

> "Oww..." They lower the pillows.

Niji Blue:

>"In the end, both of you did bad choices without thinking, you can try to judge each other, but won't it be better if we leave that behind and focus on righting the wrongs ?"

> Both of them start to glance at each other a bit.

Niji-chan:

>"Hmmm... i do feel some strange magic in here besides Yuudachi's."

Nijisa:

>"Niji is figuring out if there is any gunpowder inside Yuudachi, because Miss Alice has the bad taste of using dolls as grenades..."

> "Maybe is that?" Alice asks. "Can you feel if it has any explosive feeling?"
> Yuudachi jumps a bit when Alice expresses it like that...

> "What? So Alice created that doll?"

> (Kiku) There's silence...
> _

[Monarda]

Niji-chan:

>Can we ?

Nijisa:

>"We dunno."

Bastet-chan:

>"See ? You two are acting just alike."

Kiku-chan:

>So ?

Niji Scarlet:

>"Hmmm, what about this one, Forbidden Barrage... Cata..Cataphriodic ?"

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"Just a shell-like structure. It might be Wakasagihime's, and I don't want to just intrude or anything."

Daiko:

>Air capacity?
>Keep looking if we're fine.

[Tashi]

Niji-chan:

>Can we ?

> You don't.
> It feels more... bizarre... You can't explain it...

Nijisa:

>"We dunno."

> Marisa sighs and let herself fall in a couch.

Bastet-chan:

>"See ? You two are acting just alike."

> "W-We aren't..." Kogasa says.
> "M-My..." Sanae starts.
> "H-Huh...?"
> "My n-name is Sanae Kochiya..." She raises a hand to Kogasa, waiting. "... Nice to meet you..."
> Kogasa gives Sanae a strange look, and the latter just blushes a bit in embarrasment.

Kiku-chan:

>So ?

> Silence... Nothing much has happened aside of the couple of kisses, much to your "certain" anxiety you developed in all of this. It's almost like if someone is waiting for the other to say something, albeit Cirno's silence is most likely due to the others being like that and not because she understands so much about this.

Niji Scarlet:

>"Hmmm, what about this one, Forbidden Barrage... Cata..Cataphriodic ?"

> Nothing happens.
> "You said it wrong!" One Flandre pouts.

V!Daiko:

>"Just a shell-like structure. It might be Wakasagihime's, and I don't want to just intrude or anything."

Daiko:

>Air capacity?
>Keep looking if we're fine.

> "D-Don't you think this is a serious situation?" V!Kyouko suggests.

> Maybe you can endure 2 minutes? or maybe a bit more?
> You keep looking... One part of the bottom of the lake extends even more down, but you can't see anything there aside of rocks.
> _

[Monarda]

Bastet-chan:

>"Miss Kogasa, she is trying to start over."
>Giggle.

Niji Scarlet:

>"Um... it's kinda hard to say..."

Niji-chan:

>"I can't explain it, it feels uh.... odd... weird, bizarre. that's the closest i can go."

[Tashi]

Bastet-chan:

>"Miss Kogasa, she is trying to start over."
>Giggle.

> "U-Uuh..." Kogasa looks at the hand intently.
> "... That look..." Sakura mumbles, smiling a bit.

Niji Scarlet:

>"Um... it's kinda hard to say..."

> "Read it, then." Othe Flan says.

Niji-chan:

>"I can't explain it, it feels uh.... odd... weird, bizarre. that's the closest i can go."

> "That's... odd..." Alice says. "I wonder what kind of energy that is..."
> You don't think there's gunpowder anywhere...
> _

[Monarda]

Niji Scarlet:

>Read it again.

Niji-chan:

>"I don't see any gunpowder... which i kinda expected already since it would be pretty counter-intuitive to put some in an special set like you planned, it would have been the same as putting gunpowder in Shanghai and Hourai."

Niji White:

>Poke Sakura.

[Tashi]

Niji Scarlet:

>Read it again.

> You read the spell card again... Forbidden Barrage "Cata... Catadioptric".

Niji-chan:

>"I don't see any gunpowder... which i kinda expected already since it would be pretty counter-intuitive to put some in an special set like you planned, it would have been the same as putting gunpowder in Shanghai and Hourai."

> "Hm... Yeah, that would make sense... Still, I really wonder where Yuudachi came from... I didn't told anyone about this project and yet I see her right here, made by someone unknown..." Alice sighs.

Niji White:

>Poke Sakura.

> You poke Sakura, drawing her attention to you.
> "Oh!" She pauses when she looks at your hair, then at your clothes. "You look so beautiful, Niji-chan! That hair is gorgeous!"
> Marry smiles.

> (Kiku) Everyone sits down in the bed.
> "Now what?" Asks Cirno.
> "I don't know..." Dai replies. "This is... really sudden..."
> _

[Neovereign]

V!Daiko:

>"There's a deeper part... I could try to go there if I take a moment to get back up. I'll try to contact Wakasagihime too."

Daiko:

>IkoVision Wakasagihime as we continue to look around.

[Monarda]

Niji Scarlet:

>"Forbidden Barrage, Catadipo... Catadiotri...Catadioptric."

Niji-chan:

>"Well i dunno about that..."
>Slowly get the tiny sphere out of her.
>"...but i know that having her with me makes my life much better."

Niji Gray:

>"Gu...."

Niji White:

>"Ehehe... it's all thanks to Marry, she is great with hairs !"

[Tashi]

V!Daiko:

>"There's a deeper part... I could try to go there if I take a moment to get back up. I'll try to contact Wakasagihime too."

Daiko:

>IkoVision Wakasagihime as we continue to look around.

> "Don't risk yourself too much, though..." V!Mystia says in a worried tone.

> You IkoVision Wakasagihime.
> ...
> "...?" Hime looks around. She isn't in water, though, so it's struggling a bit to stay in a proper position. "W-What's this?"

Niji Scarlet:

>"Forbidden Barrage, Catadipo... Catadiotri...Catadioptric."

> Still nothing happens...
> "You have to say everything right. If you make a mistake, then you have to declare all of the Spell Card again..."
> "Or at least, that's how I think it works." Flandre shrugs.

Niji-chan:

>"Well i dunno about that..."
>Slowly get the tiny sphere out of her.
>"...but i know that having her with me makes my life much better."

> You start return the ball from where it came from.
> "... May I talk to you in private in a bit, Niji?" Alice requests.

Niji Gray:

>"Gu...."

Niji White:

>"Ehehe... it's all thanks to Marry, she is great with hairs !"

> Chloe's eyes stop glowing red.
> "If you want, Niji, then I can guide you to Megumi's room to see Lady Rin's current state."

> "Really?" Sakura looks at her, making Marry fidget a bit. "That sounds neat! Maybe you can do the same thing to mine someday?"
> "I... guess..."

> "... Oh, screw it." Kogasa says, before approaching to Sanae and hugging her tightly.
> "K-Kogasa..." Sanae smiles and returns it.
> _

[Neovereign]

//Ah yes. Reintroductions, Apologies, and suspicions of death really do help relationships.
Hime-V!Daiko:

>Try to imagine water. Maybe the lake area.
>How does she look?
>"Please excuse me. It's Daiko. Me and some others are wondering if you've seen two children near the lake recently. Today or last night."

[Monarda]

Niji Scarlet:

>Pout.
>"Forbidden Barrage, Catadioptric."

Niji-chan:

>Nod and follow.

Niji Gray:

>"Please..."

[Tashi]

//Ah yes. Reintroductions, Apologies, and suspicions of death really do help relationships.
Hime-V!Daiko:

>Try to imagine water. Maybe the lake area.
>How does she look?
>"Please excuse me. It's Daiko. Me and some others are wondering if you've seen two children near the lake recently. Today or last night."

//... I can't even believe myself I did similar scenes... and I totally swear it wasn't in purpose! I didn't even remember that part! ... Welp. No big deal. In fact, this is going to help~ *Laughs*

> You try to imagine the area where you are right now.
> ...
> You vision self appear floating underwater, and V!Wakasagihime as well.
> She looks like always. No difference.
> "Oh! Uh... No... Aside of what I already told you about that figure coming to the lake, I didn't saw any kids..."

Niji Scarlet:

>Pout.
>"Forbidden Barrage, Catadioptric."

> You finally declare the Spell Card.
> Suddenly, from your sides, blue bubbles of danmaku start to go around the room at a considerable speed. They are followed by smaller danmaku shoots.
> ... This looks like a bunch of bubbles bouncing around the room.
> The four Flandres giggle.

Niji-chan:

>Nod and follow.

Niji Gray:

>"Please..."

> Alice stands up and walks to the kitchen. You quickly follow in your light form.
> The light ball gets out of Yuudachi.
> "..." Alice sits down in a little chair of the kitchen. "... Niji... Do you understand she isn't your property, right?"

Niji Gray:

>"Please..."

> Chloe nods and walks outside of the infirmary.
> "I will be with Tsuru and Corin." Charlotte says.
> _

[Neovereign]

//Thanks Koishi~

>Recall what Waksagihime is talking about...