Maidens of the Kaleidoscope
~Beyond the Border~ => Rumia's Party Games => Topic started by: Smok, destroyer of thoughts on January 22, 2011, 12:19:03 AM
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>You are Ran Yakumo, the kitsune shikigami of Yukari Yakumo.
>It's spring, a time when you finish preparations for a feast to celebrate the awakening of your Mistress.
>For the last few months you were very busy with house chores and such and those tired you enough that you went to sleep early almost every day.
>Day by day gradually you had less and less time for Chen, your own shikigami, and told her to play around with friends for a while as you will be a little busy for Yukari's awakening.
>Chen did so. She left the Yakumo household pretty often, but recently she didn't come back.
>You were busy until the day of Mistress Yukari's awakening has come. It is almost a week since Chen didn't come back home. You got worried, but you knew that Lady Yukari would help in this matter immediatelly. Your spiritual bond with Chen allows you to sense if she's in any danger or pain, thankfully.
>Apparently, your Master hasn't awoken at the special day. It wasn't that special, she liked oversleeping a little anyway.
>But Yukari didn't wake up for another three days. You decided to take the matter into your own hands and risk waking her up by yourself.
>Nothing helped, you tried everything. Shaking, magic, loud noises. Nothing helped. And Mistress still won't wake up. She's breathing, even snoring, but that's it.
>Chen didn't come back still. You don't sense any harm done to her, but her absense is making you worried more.
Thus your adventure begins, Kitsune.
Your Magic Power is counted by percentage level. Every time you use a spell possible for you to cast, percents are eaten up and gradually lower.
The lower the magic power level, the more tired you feel. When the level reaches 20% you drop out cold tired. If this level goes down to 5%, you permanently lose one of your nine fluffy tails, resulting ina permanent loss of 10% Magic Power level capacity.
If the level would drop to 0%- you die, fail as a shikigami. Magic is serious business.
The Magic Power Level can be replenished back by eating, sleeping and resting.
Your current Magic Power Level is:
100%/100%
Inventory:
Here your items go. Currently you have nothing.
Quest log:
>Yukari's slumber.
Your Mistress' sleep is dangerously prolonging and you have no idea what might be the cause of it.
>Dissapearence of Chen
Your shikigami has vanished more then a week ago. You got worried a lot. You are connected with her with a spiritual bond, but that only allows you to sense if Chen's in any harm and danger.
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Smother Yukari to death with her pillow. Probably best in the long run.
> Does Chen have any friends she might be with?
> What's the best way to apologize to Chen for neglecting her?
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> Who are Chen's friends?
> Do we generally invite people to the feast celebrating Yukari's awakening?
> Consider utilizing tails as extra appendages.
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>Did we try the Prince Charming trick?
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>List of possible spells to cast?
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> Put on some clothes.
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>By some clothes, a hat at most.
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>Did we try the Prince Charming trick?
>Evaluate current fluffiness.
>Can we pack a lunch in case we're out for a while, to recharge?
>Current location.
>Yakumo house layout?
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> Does Chen have any friends she might be with?
> Who are Chen's friends?
>That you didn't ask Chen about yet. Baka, baka kitsune!
> What's the best way to apologize to Chen for neglecting her?
>You consider allowing her to sleep in your tails a whole week and treat her to her favorite food.
> Do we generally invite people to the feast celebrating Yukari's awakening?
>This year you considered it, but you didn't do so. You decided to have a happy family feast, just like last year.
>Did we try the Prince Charming trick?
>This was the magic part. You are pretty sure that lips don't have magical properties and this wouldn't work. So you didn't try it out physically.
>List of possible spells to cast?
>a bunch of combat danmaku spells
>illusion magic (not allmighty, just fairly powerful)
>black magic
It's up to you if you want some concrete spells. and it's up to me to decide how much Magic Power Level those would eat.
> Put on some clothes.
You already have your typical outfit on, this includes your hat.
>Evaluate current fluffiness.
>Your fluffiness is currently on EX-Boss stage level in your opinion. The nine tails implicate this fact.
>Can we pack a lunch in case we're out for a while, to recharge?
>Yes, you can, but you can carry a limited amount.
>Current location.
>Yakumo house layout?
>You are currently in the living room of Yakumo household- a big, long hall with a pretty needlessly long table, fitting for Jesus and the apostles.
>Yakumo household consist of the living room where you are at this moment. it has a basement with supplies, a kitchen, a bathroom (some of the devices there are still unknown to you), Your room, Chen's room, Yukari-sama's room and an attic. So the house itself is rather big. In Japanese style. It's in the village of Mayohiga.
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> Chen can wait, she's not in any danger anyway, consider going to Yuyuko for opinions on why Yukari is over sleeping.
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> Chen can wait, she's not in any danger anyway, consider going to Yuyuko for opinions on why Yukari is over sleeping.
>You consider asking Lady Yuyuko in the Netherworld for advice.
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>traveling might have taken some magic power levels off, what's the current magic power level state?
>see if anyone is out in the yard, it is rather rude to just walk right in
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>traveling might have taken some magic power levels off, what's the current magic power level state?
>see if anyone is out in the yard, it is rather rude to just walk right in
>Mind you only CONSIDERED going to Yuyuko, you didn't do it. Considering is not deciding.
>Your Magic Power level is still at 100% and you are still at your own Yakumo house.
>Travelling to the Netherworld and Hakugyoukuro itself is impossible for a mere mortal, but your Mistress is friends with Lady Yuyuko and you visited many times.
>Passing all the barriers and the directions itself without the aid of Yukari-sama would suck off 25% of your magic powers and took a whole day.
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>it should be an incident, wonder if Reimu is the best person to approach
>leave some food and catnip by the door and hope it's enough to get Chen back
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>it should be an incident, wonder if Reimu is the best person to approach
>leave some food and catnip by the door and hope it's enough to get Chen back
>You leave a packed lunch and some catnip by the door in hope of Chen coming back.
>You consider Reimu as another option. This one is rather closer by. Flying there would take you 5% of magical power and wouldn't take long. Or you could take a walk without using any magic at all, but it would take more time.
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> Let's not get the red-white involved just yet: she'd probably wouldn't know what's going on, and we don't need her tearing off to resolve an incident that isn't there yet. Let's go to the Netherworld.
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> Remember how to get to the Netherworld.
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> Search Chen's room to find clues about who her friends are. Just look for drawings and the like. No need to dig for a diary. Chen probably doesn't know how to write anyway.
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> Let's not get the red-white involved just yet: she'd probably wouldn't know what's going on, and we don't need her tearing off to resolve an incident that isn't there yet. Let's go to the Netherworld.
>You drop the idea of involving that troublesome shrine maiden. Lady Yuyuko is the plan that's left
> Remember how to get to the Netherworld.
>You are quite sure you have to get pass the Sanzu River first before getting to the Netherworld and then the way to Hakugyoukuro is easy. Despite knowing how to actually break through the mighty barrier between the realm of the dead and the real world, You aren't quite sure how this will be possible, but it sounds simple enough. If you don't get caught by the Enma.
> Search Chen's room to find clues about who her friends are. Just look for drawings and the like. No need to dig for a diary. Chen probably doesn't know how to write anyway.
>You enter Chen's room. You know it well, you clean it often. Chen tends to leave toys around a lot when she plays. And thos elittle device things she gets from Kourin as presents... Oh, that Yukari-sama, she spoils her too much. But Chen's so cute!
>The room is tidy as you cleaned it yesterday. You open her drawer in search of some drawings and you do find some drawings indeed. One shows a scribble of some hut with a sign "Kurintouu". probably Kourindou. Chen likes going with Mistress Yukari for a visit to the shop clerk. He gives her sweets and these noisy little things called "video games".
>There's also some drawings with many colorful stick folks with wings. That might be actually fairies. You personally don't know any of them, sadly.
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> Standing around and making plans isn't going to solve anything. Head off to Kourindou. We can get clues about Chen's wherabouts there and maybe pick up something to wake up Yukari with.
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>Before leaving, try out the Prince Charming Trick. It would be embarrassing if it worked and we hadn't already tried it.
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>Before leaving, try out the Prince Charming Trick. It would be embarrassing if it worked and we hadn't already tried it.
>You brace yourself and defeat all the embarrassment possible. This is for Yukari-sama! I must do this!
>You approach the sleeping youkai and you land a kiss on her lips.
>Yukari... snores a bit louder and continues to sleep.
>Sigh... We had to try this anyway.
Well then, players, which is it? Netherwolrd? Or Kourindou?
I already described how much effort the Netherworld would be.
As for Kourindou, you know the way as well, though it's not that close. It would require you to fly if you want to reach it today and it'll burn 10% of Magical Power.
I'll leave you to vote and the majority of votes will get their option. In about 6 hours I shall be back, count the votes and the choice shall be made.
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> Netherworld: Yuyuko might know more about what's going on with Yukari, and Chen's safe for now.
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>Let's go see Yuyuko because she can be very insightful and maybe know something about how to wake Yukari.
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>Rinnosuke is no doubt the master of many dark secrets. Let us hit him up first.
>Do he and Yukari have any contact/friendship/bacon that we know of?
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>Most importantly, what do we know about what Yuyuko and Rinnosuke are like? Which could be trusted with knowing that Yukari isn't waking up and/or that Chen has gone missing? Aside from her general wisdom, do we have any reason to believe that Yuyuko in particular would know anything about waking up Yukari or locating Chen? Do we know anyone that would be particularly good at tracking down a person, or investigating someone's sleeping patterns?
>From the gut: If Korindou would be easier to get to/require less magickal usage, go there: We need to pace ourselves, there might be useful things there, and it gives a probable lead on at least one of our problems. If any fairies decide to be annoying on the way, we can interrogate them about Chen as well - it's more likely ones near the Forest of Magic would know than near Higan. Unless Chen has been getting herself into far too much trouble... oh dear...
>But she's not hurt, so something like that is unlikely - focus on getting information about where she's been seen and who she's been with rather than guessing blindly.
>... does the shikigami "harm and danger" link go both ways? Would we be able to summon Chen by taking a frying pan and applying it directly to the forehead?
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>Oh yeah, and pack a small lunch for ourselves if we haven't already.
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>... does the shikigami "harm and danger" link go both ways? Would we be able to summon Chen by taking a frying pan and applying it directly to the forehead?
>no, it doesn't. The master feels the pain of the shikigami whilst the shikigami doesn't feel if the master's in pain.
>Oh yeah, and pack a small lunch for ourselves if we haven't already.
>You almost forgot to pack your lunch... You do so.
+ bento x 1- Ran's packed lunch.
Rinnosuke?
Yuyuko?
>You know that Yuyuko's a good friend of Yukari-sama, you are aware of her power and the type of person she is. It goes almost the same for Rinnosuke. Yukari visited him quite often too, with you on board.
clock's ticking
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>Would taking a frying pan and applying it directly to the forehead have any significant chance of waking Yukari? Or would she not care that much?
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>Would taking a frying pan and applying it directly to the forehead have any significant chance of waking Yukari? Or would she not care that much?
>As a shikigami you are bound by the laws of magic not to harm your master.
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>Head to Kourindou.
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Kourindou won the votes. There's 2:2 after I called the vote, but right before tewi Inaba decided Kourindou as well.
>You pack your lunch and decide to fly your way to Kourindou.
>You leave Lady Yukari sleeping, leaving food for Chen in hope she might come back.
>You fly up beyond trees, as you make your way you pass the Forest of Magic on your left and the Bamboo Forest on your right... It's a little windy spring day but you manage.
>You land near a hut. Above the entrance of the hat is a sign "Welcome to Kourindou". Quite untidy around here for a shop but you ain't the owner.
-10% Magic power level. Current Magic Power: 90%/100%
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>Enter this economancer's demanse!
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>Enter this economancer's demanse!
>You enter the weird shop. As you open the door, a bell rings from somewhere.
>The shop is filled with many items, contraptions, devices you can't even imagine how would work.
>the counter is on your left, there sits the master of this domain: Rinnosuke Kourin. He just let his eyes of a strange big thing that's enlightening his face, as you see. You aren't sure what that box-like thing does but he seems to use it often. "Welcome to Kourindou" he says with a smile.
>in front of you though there's a little bird youkai girl. Her red and white wings move slightly as she chirps while sorting out some books on shelves. a delicious sight indeed
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>cut the small talk
>remember if the little bird youkai was part of Chen's scribbles
>greet him, and inquire about Chen
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>cut the small talk
>You cut the talk "Yea, I didn't come here shopping" you say. Rinnosuke raises an eyebrow and gets up from his chair.
>remember if the little bird youkai was part of Chen's scribbles
>You did see her but always together with Rinnosuke.
>greet him, and inquire about Chen
>You greet him after cutting the talk. "Let's go on the back" he says and instructs you to go with him behind a curtain, behind the counter, to the backs of Kourindou.
>Tokiko continues to sort books, but she stopped chirping and she looks rather frightened and nervous.
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>Remain cautious and on your guard, don't let him see our back
>Consider inconspicuously summoning some familiars to protect you for when you go back with him
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>Remain cautious and on your guard, don't let him see our back
>You don't let the man see your back. Who knows what he's after! Although he did show you his back.
>Consider inconspicuously summoning some familiars to protect you for when you go back with him
>You think that summoning a bunch o familiars would protect you good if he done anything inappropriate.
>Rinnosuke places two chairs opposite to each other, sits on one and shows you the other one.
>"Please, sit down. What did she do this time?"
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>How have our past dealings, and Yukari's past dealings that we know about, gone with Rinnosuke?
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>How have our past dealings, and Yukari's past dealings that we know about, gone with Rinnosuke?
>You are aware that this man offers free tea for Yukari and yourself. Also he gives free presents to Chen. He seems like a gentle guy. Yukari supplies him with a whole lot of things she makes you pick up at the Gensokyo border that magically appear there.
>He visits to pick up stuff in Yukari's permission too.
>He pays. But it all rather grew into a friendship between him and your Mistress.
>He seems like one of the few people you believe can be trusted.
>List of people Yukari trusted: Rinnosuke, Yuyuko. That's it.
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>lower your guard, he is to be trusted anyway, we don't want to alarm him
>ask if he has seen Chen lately, leave out that she has been missing for a week, again, there's no need to worry him... yet
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>lower your guard, he is to be trusted anyway, we don't want to alarm him
>You loosen up. He's Mistress' friend, we can't alert him.
>ask if he has seen Chen lately, leave out that she has been missing for a week, again, there's no need to worry him... yet
>Rinnosuke raises an eyebrow "No, I haven't seen Chen since before winter when she came her together with Yukari. She's not home?"
>He sighs "Yukari did something again, didn't she?"
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>"Mistress won't wake up, and she was suppose to wake up three days ago."
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>"...but that's not what I'm really here for. Chen hasn't been home for a while and I thought you might know of her whereabouts, or perhaps who else she visits when she goes out."
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>"Mistress won't wake up, and she was suppose to wake up three days ago."
>"...but that's not what I'm really here for. Chen hasn't been home for a while and I thought you might know of her whereabouts, or perhaps who else she visits when she goes out."
>"Hm... Yukari didn't wake up? She loves to oversleep so... Chen? Hmm..." Rinnosuke scratches his head, he tries to think about it a while
>"Well, I don't know about her friends, but wait..." He gets up a little and yells "Tokiko!"
>The cute little bird youkai flies to the room you're in "Yes, Rinnosuke-sama?" she still looks a little nervous
>"Have you seen Chen these past few weeks when I wasn't around?" he asks
>She lands on the ground and starts to think as well. She looks just like him, they're so alike!
>"Well.... no, she wasn't here in Kourindou. But I did see her once... About a week ago. She was playing around with some fairies in the Forest of Magic"
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>Ponder if R-Dawg got himself a shikigami, too.
>"Well, it's something. Where at in the forest?"
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>Ponder if R-Dawg got himself a shikigami, too.
>"Well, it's something. Where at in the forest?"
>You wonder if Tokiko's a shikigami for a while, which would make Rinnosuke quite a magician.
>"Well, uh..." She scratches her head. Like a Rinnosuke copycat. "It was near a lake somewhere... Oh, I don't remember how to get there. it was a lake, that's all I remember" She looks saddened as if she let down you and the shop keeper.
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>How many lakes do we know of in that region?
>"Can you remember any features of that lake?"
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>"well, well... oh yea! it had this island thing and there was a biiiig house on that island!"
>"Misty Lake" Says Rinnosuke "It's west of here, you can't miss it! Good job, Tokiko"
>the youkai looks a lot happier now.
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> Sip our free cup of tea. We're not going until we get our tea. Ask about any gossip that has reached Kourin's ears.
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> Sip our free cup of tea. We're not going until we get our tea. Ask about any gossip that has reached Kourin's ears.
>You didn't notice until now but there's a cup of tea right next to you, on a small table. Just when did...
>You drink it. Ah, so good... (+3% Magical Power level back. current level: 93/100%)
>You ask Rinnosuke for gossip. Tokiko goes back to the main shop.
>"Well, actually nothing much happened since last time you've been here... There's was this time when the fairies had a little war and-" he interrupts as you both hear ringing.
>*ring ring ring* someone must've entered the shop.
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>Casually watch who comes in and move if you have to.
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>You take a peek outside to see who came by. You hear a little familiar "Hiya, ze~!"
>"Oh, it's Marisa, please excuse me for a second" Rinnosuke says and he goes outside the room.
>You hear them talking "Hello, Marisa. What's up?"
>"I have some mushrooms, ya interested in buyin?"
>"Well... Sure, how much?"
>"just 15 gold coins for one, ze~"
>"You're mad. 7 coins and no more"
>"Aww, man... I'm gonna starve if you cut that much!"
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>Kick back. Let him wheel and deal. Eavesdrop.
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>Kick back. Let him wheel and deal. Eavesdrop.
>You sit back and finish the last drops of your tea.
>You hear that Marisa sighs and gives in. Some coins and mushrooms are exchanged but that's it.
>She finally leaves and Rinnosuke comes back
>"Sorry for that, business comes and goes all the time" he sits back.
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>"It happens. What did she want, anyways?"
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>"It happens. What did she want, anyways?"
>"She's my second supplier. My main supplier on winter in times when Yukari's absent. She sold me some mushrooms. We'll have those tonight for a stew. More tea?"
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>"Please."
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>What does Korindou usually stock, from what we've seen?
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>"Please."
>Rinnosuke approaches a kettle on a stove a few feet behind his chair, takes it and pours tea, filling your cup.
>"Here"He hands you your cup. How kind. He doesn't want to throw you out at all.
>What does Korindou usually stock, from what we've seen?
>Here are mostly items found in the barrier between Gensokyo and the Outside World. You aren't interested in economic details but you see many devices that have quite different functions, as well as magical things. It doesn't seem like he supplies in one particular type of items at all. Like it's a all-in-one shop.
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>What does he have that catches our eye?
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>What does he have that catches our eye?
>At the spot you are now, nothing in particular. This part looks more like a living quarter, where he (and possibly Tokiko too) lives. There's a bed in a far corner right behind you.
>You believe that you might find something interesting at the main part of the shop. But you are aware that he leaves some wares in the basement as there's a little too much of them.
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>A bed? Is Rinnosuke an ornithphiliac?
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>A bed? Is Rinnosuke an ornithphiliac?
>You wonder about the shop keeper's sexual preferences. He likes... birds? Well, she is pretty cute, just the wings, chirping and stuff.
>You sip your tea a bit.
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>there is nothing left to do here, Rinnosuke must not have any more information on Chen
>finish your tea and prepare to leave
>don't forget about our bento box
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>there is nothing left to do here, Rinnosuke must not have any more information on Chen
>finish your tea and prepare to leave
>don't forget about our bento box
>You finish your tea. (+3% of magic power) current level 96%/100%)
>You intend to leave.
>"Ah, well, ok. Good luck with finding Chen" Rinnosuke waves you. Tokiko's behind him, she discretely waves to you too.
>You have left Kourindou without look, but with some pieces of information.
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>how long does it take to get to the forest of magic (walking/flying)?
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>how long does it take to get to the forest of magic (walking/flying)?
>The Forest of Magic is right west of here. But it's gigantic. It depends on how far precisely you want to go. Simple "fly up and look around" without any haste would eat up 3% of your power
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> Fly up and scope around for intelligible and unintelligble youkai.
> Memory check for that place Chen ran off to play in during the stolen spring incident.
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> Fly up and scope around for intelligible and unintelligble youkai.
> Memory check for that place Chen ran off to play in during the stolen spring incident.
>You fly up and explore the Forest.
>Just lifting yourself beyond the tree level allows you to see a big lake with some kind of a building on aan island in it's middle. The lake is pretty vast, actually. that must be the Misty Lake you heard about.
>Flying a little further, towards the lake, you notice smoke, coming from two places from a distance. Those immediately remind you that Alice Margatroid and Marisa Kirisame live in their homes around here. That's worth remembering. Who knows when those will come in handy.
>It's hard to see from the air but you start seeing some activity as you are getting close to the lake. On it's shores there are fairies playing around. One is freezing the lake's surface for reasons unknown to you. They all laugh rather loudly.
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>Do we know any fairies that could/would freeze things like that?
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>How well do we get along with the faeries?
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>Do we know any fairies that could/would freeze things like that?
>You heard about one, but you can't recall the name. She comes from these parts of the Forest.
>How well do we get along with the faeries?
>You have no relationship with fairies at all. You rarely have a chance to get to know any in particular, not to mention the fairies from the forest of magic- those you never even seen before close.
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>Consider flying over to the large building and asking the people there if they have seen Chen/ anything unusual.
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>Are there any faeries off on their own?
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>Consider flying over to the large building and asking the people there if they have seen Chen/ anything unusual.
>You consider this as an action.
>Are there any faeries off on their own?
One of the fairies looks like she's fishing a bit away from the others.
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>Let's go hassle that fishing faerie, first.
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>Let's go hassle that fishing faerie, first.
>You fly up to the fairy (Current magic level capacity 93%/100%)
>She appears to have short green hair tied behind with a yellow ribbon. She's in a blue dress with white motives and her wings are gold. The part probably allowing her to fly in the air is transparent though, almost like an insect.
>Her fishing rod looks like self-made. You also noticed a basket on her side. It has some fish in it.
>She doesn't notice you as you slowly approach.
>From here you have a better view on the fairies. They're colorful and looks like they enjoy themselves. The ice fairy is making some snow and they throw snowballs at each other.
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>Calmly approach the fairy that's currently fishing. Don't scare her or anything.
>If she stay calm, ask if she have happen to seen our Chen.
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>Calmly approach the fairy that's currently fishing. Don't scare her or anything.
>You approach the fairy in a way for her to notice you. You put "warm Kitsune smile number 3" on your face not to scare her off.
>She indeed notices you and watches your movement. Perhaps the presence of other fairies nearby allows her for letting her guard so low.
>If she stay calm, ask if she have happen to seen our Chen.
>You ask the fairy for Chen
>"And who are you? I shouldn't give such information to a stranger".
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>Does Chen think kindly enough of us to probably mention us to her friends in a friendly light, at least outside of our recent neglect?
>If so, politely introduce ourself by name.
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>Does Chen think kindly enough of us to probably mention us to her friends in a friendly light, at least outside of our recent neglect?
>You believe this might be possible.
>If so, politely introduce ourself by name.
>You introduce yourself politely
>"Ah, so you are "Ran-shama". Nice to meet you."
>The fairy gets up, wipes her hand in her dress and shows it to you, in a gesture of greetings, awaiting a hand shake.
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>Return gesture!
>"She hasn't been home recently, so I was hoping that someone here could assure me she's alright."
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>Return gesture!
>"She hasn't been home recently, so I was hoping that someone here could assure me she's alright."
>You shake hands. "I'm Daiyousei" she says. "I'm the oldest fairy around here"
>She sits back. "Chen comes around every now and then and plays with those morons you see there" She points the other fairies.
>"We seen her a few days ago. I think five... or was it four. Something like that. Oh, I have a catch!"
>You see movement in the water, the string of the pole is getting pulled in the water. Daiyousei struggles to get out the catch.
>"Holy shit, it's a giant!"
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>Help with that pole!
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>Help with that pole!
>You grab the pole to help Daiyousei.
>Oh, damn, something pulls it hard!
>After a moment the fishing pole snaps in half and you both smack on the ground.
>From the water emerges... a woman. She has short purple hair. She;s dressed in a long black skirt and a white and red shirt with two pretty long ribbons extending from it. And a black with a red bow.
>She flies up and laughs.
>"God damn you, woman! That's third this month!" Daiyousei yells at her.
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>do nothing but observe Daiyousei and this woman from the lake.
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>do nothing but observe Daiyousei and this woman from the lake.
>The woman starts dancing in the air and she flies away into the sky.
>Daiyousei is visibly annoyed.
>The other fairies are laughing at the event as the woman vanishes in the sky.
>Daiyousei throws the fishing pole into the lake "Well... at least caught enough for today's meal. Thanks for the help, miss Ran."
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>"You're welcome, Daiyosei."
>"Out of curiosity, who... was that?"
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>"You're welcome, Daiyosei."
>"Out of curiosity, who... was that?"
>"It was that weird fish lady from the heavens... She fools around sometimes. Pretty annoying! But at least not dangerous"
>She picks up her basket with fresh fish.
>The other fairies returned to their carefree play as if nothing happened.
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>"So, you've not seen Chen in about half a week? Do you remember what she was doing last?"
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>"Sure, she was playing around with Cirno and the rest" She points the carefree fairies.
>"Well, I gotta go fix some dinner..." She says "Hope I helped"
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>See how far the lady from the lake has gotten and see if we can catch her.
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>She managed to fly away enough for you not to see. Who knows where could she be... And "heavens" sounds like a vast place.
>Daiyousei waves you goodbye and leaves.
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>Head toward those carefree faeries. Be ready to give 'em a faceful of danmaku if they decide to aggress.
>_
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>Head toward those carefree faeries. Be ready to give 'em a faceful of danmaku if they decide to aggress.
>You approach the playful fairies, ready for battle JUST in case. Screw Kitsune smile number 3.
>As you come closer, some fairies throw you looks, but still play around.
>There's 4 of them. The ice fairy with blue hair, a blue dress and pretty icy wings, a fairy with long dark hair and a blue dress as well and two blond fairies, one dressed in red and another in white.
>You have approached them. the one in red stopped playing and yells "Look! Those tails look fluffy!".
>The fairies seized playing and approached you slowly on front. The three fairies hide behind the ice fairy. Looks like this one's the leader or something.
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>"That they are. I am sure you know my shikigami, Chen?"
>_
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>"What's a kishigami?" asks the white one. "Can you eat that? there goes the red one.
>"We know, Chen, Miss!" says the ice fairy. "Who are you? Your talking to the strongest around here!" She points herself.
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>"I am Ran, I think she mentioned me, at least according to your friend there."
>Gesture in Daiyousei's general direction.
>"Chen hasn't come home for a few days, and she tells me you were the last to see her?"
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>"We played with the cat girl and she's so much fun!" said the blue one.
>"We were playing hide seek last time" the white.
>"Yeah, and... when did we end that?"
>"uh-oh..."
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"Mmmm. I assume you never found her?"
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>"Well, uh..." The white look on the ground.
>"We got bored" says the ice one.
>"A-and then we forgot we played and..." the red one
>"and and and the day was over and we forgot about her and..." the blue
>"And that's the story..." ice one again.
>They look like they know they screwed up.
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>commence facepalm
>"Well, would you like to help me look for her?"
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>commence facepalm
>you hit your face with your palm
>"Well, would you like to help me look for her?"
>The ice fairy crosses her hands "And why would we do that? We didn't make her lost!"
>the other three fairies take a few steps backwards in fear.
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>let's not threaten them yet, it's a waste of energy
>put on Kitsune smile number 3 or even a higher number if possible
>what do we have to bribe them into helping?
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>let's not threaten them yet, it's a waste of energy
>put on Kitsune smile number 3 or even a higher number if possible
>what do we have to bribe them into helping?
>You smile as warm as you can
>"Hmm, what should I bribe you with for help..." You think out loud
>"Power!" "money!" "Candy!" "Bunny!" "why bunny" "cause I like bunny" "You're stupid" "no, you!" "morons!" fairy chaos
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>Do we have the stuff at home to prepare a sheet of candy, or some other confection?
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>"Where were you playing hide and seek, anyway? Near here?"
>Would Chen stay hiding in the same place for four days? Or is it more likely something happened to her?
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>Do we have the stuff at home to prepare a sheet of candy, or some other confection?
>You do have some chocolate stashed for valentines. There's plenty.
>Lady Yukari doesn't approve of sweets in the house because they might make all of you fat. But you know she secretly snacks some candy and hands some to Chen. You don't know where might she hide it though
>"Where were you playing hide and seek, anyway? Near here?"
>"Yeah, in the woods here!" the ice fairy manages to be a bit louder then the rest of the group.
>Would Chen stay hiding in the same place for four days? Or is it more likely something happened to her?
>Absolutely not. You know she's not stupid.
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>We do know where our chocolate stash is, right?
>If so: "Well, I guess if you don't want to help, I can't reward the person who finds her with some chocolate."
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>We do know where our chocolate stash is, right?
>If so: "Well, I guess if you don't want to help, I can't reward the person who finds her with some chocolate."
>Yes, you do.
>"chocloate?" "did she just say chocolate?" "yay, chocolate"
>"the ice fairy: "We are on your command, foxy lady!"
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>"Well then, you know what you must do."
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>"Well then, you know what you must do."
>The fairies flew into the forest in search of Chen.
>It's middle of afternoon now. The sun is shining, but it's not hot.
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>Consider nearby locales.
>Do we know of any outside factors that would affect Yukari's sleeping habits?
>Do we know of other places that Chen goes?
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>how do we make sure that these fairies won't forget about the task at hand? They've forgotten about looking for Chen, it might happen again.
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>They didn't have visions of chocolate in their heads.
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>For however long those will last.
>We can always help out personally or stop by later to see if they're still at it, though.
>What are the odds Chen would refuse to come if she's upset with us after a fairy finds her and says Ran-shama's been looking for her?
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>Consider nearby locales.
>Do we know of any outside factors that would affect Yukari's sleeping habits?
>Do we know of other places that Chen goes?
>You see a mansion on an island in a distance right in front of you. a little 1% magic powered flight and you're there. 2% for Marisa's shack and 3% for Aliceheim as it's the furthest. That's all spots of interest you know nearby.
>You don't. this never happened nor were you warned about it.
>You just visited all known places to you. Unless she could go to the Hakurei shrine, but the miko's a boring person. Chen didn't like her very much.
>What are the odds Chen would refuse to come if she's upset with us after a fairy finds her and says Ran-shama's been looking for her?
>She would be sure to come. She never ran away from home before or nothing of the such... She's very attached to you.
>You see birds flying away from the forest of magic... the fairies started their search. They might be doing it kinda rough.
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>Consider Relations with Marisa, Alice, and Alice's Shitkickers of Smiting +5
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>Consider Relations with Marisa, Alice, and Alice's Shitkickers of Smiting +5
>They sure sound like options.
>You don't have much of relations. If Yukari has anything to do with them, you follow her around, but you never came here alone.
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>Consider what we know about these three entities.
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>Consider what we know about these three entities.
>You know that Marisa's really powerful magician (she kicked your ass once), skilled in destructive spells.
>About Alice you know that she's also a magician, a youkai magician at that. She makes dolls and uses those in combat, making a unique style. You heard she's pretty powerful as well.
>Who's the third?
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>what about the mansion in the middle of the lake
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>what about the mansion in the middle of the lake
>About that place you know very little, next to none. You heard that it is a home for the Scarlet Devil, whoever that may be. And that's it.
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>consider going to Marisa's abode
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>consider going to Marisa's abode
>You think about going to Marisa
Consider= think about, assume as an option. =/= decide to do.
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Should I assume you choose the option "go to Marisa lair"?
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>The third would be Alice's best friends when she wants to kick the shit out of someone.
>Let's go hit up Marisa.
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>Let's go hit up Marisa.
>You fly up to the sky to follow the spot you presume was Kirisame's house.
>You catch the trace and head on as the four weird fairies are shaking the forest in search of Chen.
>-2% of Magical Power. current capacity: 91%/100%.
>You land near a messy little hut in the forest. This place sure suits a witch.
>And there's a witch alright.
>You see Marisa attempting to enter her house with a bag, stuffed with unknown stuff. You can't see the content
>She notices you landing and visibly sighs "The old had sent you, eh? Tell'er I'm not done with the breast enlarging elixir yet. I'm on it, ~ze"
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>...Wait, what?
>Contemplate how much Yukari might need such a thing.
>"Oh, it's not that. I was hoping you had seen my Chen, lately."
>Do we know how much benefit we would get out of the lunch we packed, roughly, in terms of magic percentage?
>Is it possible to go over 100%? Is it dangerous?
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>...Wait, what?
>Contemplate how much Yukari might need such a thing.
>She doesn't! Her breasts are pretty big, but... It's the Mistress we're talking about.... Her ideas are hilarious.
>Do we know how much benefit we would get out of the lunch we packed, roughly, in terms of magic percentage?
>The lunch you have with you would recharge 20%. You can eat in portions, like half and such.
>Is it possible to go over 100%? Is it dangerous?
>That's impossible to get above 100%. If you somehow would, you would gain either enormous power and be able to do unimaginable stuff OR make you explode because your body wouldn't take the amount of magical energy very well. You are not sure, nor you know the way to make your power grow above such a level.
>"Oh, it's not that. I was hoping you had seen my Chen, lately."
>"The pussy cat? I've seen her 4 days ago, yea. She was runnin pass my house, laughing. I thought you might've been around, or Yukari came, but no one appeared, ~ze"
>She leaves her bag in her house.
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>"Ah. Well. If Yukari-sama has you working on a project, I would be happy to assist should you need anything."
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>"Ah. Well. If Yukari-sama has you working on a project, I would be happy to assist should you need anything."
>"Well, uh... wellllll...." She looks you from toes to ears and murmurs "nah, that would be beastiality..."
>"Nah, this one I can handle myself. I'm almost on the way to glory and clean cash outta this one! And honest business too..."
>one shady girl right here
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>"...Do I want to know how bestiality is involved in this project?"
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>"...Do I want to know how bestiality is involved in this project?"
>"I doubt"
>She grins
>"You will wanna buy the elixir too then if it's complete?" the grin ain't falling off.
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>"...Maybe. How much? And how does it work?"
>We can be pretty hilarious as well!
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>"...Maybe. How much? And how does it work?"
>We can be pretty hilarious as well!
>"5000 gold. real, no magic-made crap, I know cheatin' when I see one, ~ze"
>"I intend to make it an ointment... ya know, rub rub on yer breasts regularly for an yet untested amount of time and presto! bust worthy of a goddess."
>She closes in to you and looks around as if someone might listen and she lowers her voice"I got some pre-buyers already... Like that maid from the Scarlet Devil's and Yukari too..."
>"I miss but one ingredient and I ain't sure how to get it, it's kind of embarrassing"
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>"And that is?"
>Curses, no easy way to slip it on someone...
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>"And that is?"
>Curses, no easy way to slip it on someone...
>Yea, a big breasted Chen would....
>You get a minor nosebleed as the thought invaded your mind.
>"Oi, I didn't tell it yet. Well... It's you, I might as well spill it...." She's real close now and says to your ear "It's MAN SPERM!"
>She's red now, haha... You probably are too.
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>"...If I asked how that was involved in this at all, would it make any sense?"
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>"...If I asked how that was involved in this at all, would it make any sense?"
>"I just mix it in the ointment.... Oh it involves stuff like male desires, chemicals'n shit and magic thingamajigs I'm too lazy to describe. Whatever, that's my recipe. It's bound to work"
>"Oi, your nose is bleeding, take this" Marisa hands you a white handkerchief. It's pretty.
>"uh, you can take it, it's free" she sighs.
>Big titted Chen, hnnnngh!
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>Or apply it to Yukari whilst she's sleeping. Teehee...
>"Let's say I can procure this. What's in it for me?"
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>"Let's say I can procure this. What's in it for me?"
>"You... what... how, uh.... Well..." She scratches her head. "A 50% discount till I run out of it... but just for you, not Yukari!"
>If Yukari would sleep a bit more, that would be some surprise.
Purvis, if you plan what I would plan, is it safe to post away kinky stuff and run away without a ban? :ohdear:
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Just do it during scene transitions. I got plans, don't worry.
>"I want two free treatments. And a 10% discount for Yukari-sama."
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>"I want two free treatments. And a 10% discount for Yukari-sama."
>"... one free treatment, hey I'm losing here, mind you. I can just go fetch a guy and milk him as much as I wish, ya know" She shakes her hips. Amusing.
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>"You most certainly could; I'll leave you to that."
>Turn as if to leave.
>Do we have any money at home?
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>"You most certainly could; I'll leave you to that."
>Turn as if to leave.
>Do we have any money at home?
>"W-wait! ugh..... 1 treatment and the 10% for Yukari"
>Nope, you don't. Yukari brings stuff home mostly from gaps, you don't need any money.
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>"W-wait! ugh..... 1 treatment and the 10% for Yukari"
>Nope, you don't. Yukari brings stuff home mostly from gaps, you don't need any money.
>Pause.
>"One treatment free, 10% off for Yukari, 50% for me, should I desire it."
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>Pause.
>"One treatment free, 10% off for Yukari, 50% for me, should I desire it."
>"Yeah, deal" she drops her hands. the grin fell off...
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>"Deal indeed. Did you have any resources lied up to actually get this component, or were you going to depend wholly on your charms? >"Not that the latter wouldn't work, of course."
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>"Deal indeed. Did you have any resources lied up to actually get this component, or were you going to depend wholly on your charms? >"Not that the latter wouldn't work, of course."
>"Nah, I didn't do a thing about that one yet"
>Bullseye.
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>"Would you be so kind as to give me some money for it, then? It would speed things up."
>"Related to that, a container would be nice. And, any special instructions you have."
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>"Would you be so kind as to give me some money for it, then? It would speed things up."
>"Related to that, a container would be nice. And, any special instructions you have."
>"Wait, wait, wait.... MONEY?? Now that's a no go. 50% was supposed to be a discount, no cash involved,~ze!"
>"Now that's enough, ~da ze! You bring me sperm and I buy it of you or you scram not to get sparked like last time"
>She enters her house and shuts the door loudly.
>Well, she didn't seem a patient person but this is kinda fast...
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>Speak loudly: "So there are no concerns with deadlines, freshness, or the like? And I still need a container."
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>Speak loudly: "So there are no concerns with deadlines, freshness, or the like? And I still need a container."
>"Gotta be quite fresh, the fresher the better! And the faster you bring, the quicker I'll develop that thing!"
>A window opens and something's thrown out by it. You see that it's a little box-like container thing. It's transparent and light, but it looks solid enough to hold liquid.
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>Grab the box.
>"I'll try to have it later today."
>Do we have anything of personal value we could pawn for cash?
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>Do we have anything of personal value we could pawn for cash?
>Nothing without Yukari-sama's permission!
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>Oh well. She'll get her's!
>Do we know the way to human town, and are we familiar with it?
>If we are familiar with it, do we know of any current tasks someone is looking to have done, or a bulletin board-esque locale to find such?
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>Mental note: Next time we see Marisa on pleasant terms, ask when Yukari asked for this. We might have leverage if she's been slacking on it since before Yukari went to sleep... or if Yukari somehow asked her about it while she WAS asleep.
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>Oh well. She'll get her's!
>Do we know the way to human town, and are we familiar with it?
>If we are familiar with it, do we know of any current tasks someone is looking to have done, or a bulletin board-esque locale to find such?
>You know the way to the human village but you are not very familiar with it.
>Mental note: Next time we see Marisa on pleasant terms, ask when Yukari asked for this. We might have leverage if she's been slacking on it since before Yukari went to sleep... or if Yukari somehow asked her about it while she WAS asleep.
>Mental note made.
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>Let's head villageward. We need some moneys while we try to discover where Chen is and what's happened to Yukari.
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>Let's head villageward. We need some moneys while we try to discover where Chen is and what's happened to Yukari.
>You fly off with your container away from Marisa's hut.
>You proceed through the sky towards the Human village.
>-3% Magical Power Level. Current level: 88%/100%
>It's getting to late afternoon.
>You land near the human village. There's human homes around, people minding their own business and stuff.
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>Walk through. Have a look around for Chen, people we know or know of, and signs of bulletin boards or high-risk, fast cash jobs.
>Be polite to passersby.
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>Walk through. Have a look around for Chen, people we know or know of, and signs of bulletin boards or high-risk, fast cash jobs.
>Be polite to passersby.
>People look at you, but you give them a smile so they stop minding fast.
>A lotta guys drool
>You know that there's a historian around here named Akyu. there's also a hakutaku teacher named Keine. Apparently she can manipulate history, or so you heard. You don't know anyon personally here. You know where to buy bread, you know where's the market. That's it.
>You look at the buletin boards but there's just minor stuff! What is this? normal village? no dragon to slay?
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>Anything like packages to run, help wanted with household stuff, items that need to be collected?
>Can we find the materials to post up our own bulletins?
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>Anything like packages to run, help wanted with household stuff, items that need to be collected?
>There's free help wanted at an orphanage. They are very sorry not to reward with anything but a children's smile.
>A babysitter wanted, preferably a long-term one, as the parents seem to work a lot.
>A helping hand on a farm- a job for life. Little coin but you get a room and you aren't going on an empty stomach.
>Tutor wanted- must be able to play an instrument well.
>Can we find the materials to post up our own bulletins?
>there are some blank pieces of paper attached to the message board and a few pieces of coal to write. But none of these are written in coal, as it ain't too handy to make a message attractive.
>You can conjure a quill with some ink which would last an hour to exist. The ink wouldn't disappear after applying to paper. That would cost you 3% of Magic Power.
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>Conjure some ink, Make two bulletins
>The first one: "Have you seen a Nekomata?" Given a brief description, tell that she answers to Chen. Direct them to send her home if they see her, or leave information if they can't do that.
>Second one: "Looking for quick, paying jobs. Risk not a problem. Leave Inquires here or seek out Ran Yakumo."
>Once done with this, assess what there is to be found in the village in the way of shops and establishments.
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>Conjure some ink, Make two bulletins
>The first one: "Have you seen a Nekomata?" Given a brief description, tell that she answers to Chen. Direct them to send her home if they see her, or leave information if they can't do that.
>Second one: "Looking for quick, paying jobs. Risk not a problem. Leave Inquires here or seek out Ran Yakumo."
>Once done with this, assess what there is to be found in the village in the way of shops and establishments.
>Done and done.
>As for shops, there is a baker, a blacksmith family selling arms, a market with various food and miscellaneous items for every day life. There's a butcher too.
>For establishments there's a school and a town hall where all law stuff go.
>this is what you discovered before the sun started to set.
>It's getting late.
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>Would we get home by sunset if we left now?
>When did we set out?
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>Would we get home by sunset if we left now?
>When did we set out?
>You came to the village when there was late afternoon. all the walking around consumed some time.
>You left your house at noon.
>You won't. Unless you want to fly reeeeal fast, that would consume 10% of magic power. Regular flight will consume 5%
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>What is our sleeping pattern, anyways? Is being out at night really a problem for youkai like us?
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>What is our sleeping pattern, anyways? Is being out at night really a problem for youkai like us?
>You only need to sleep a few hours a day, less then regular humans. You can skip a few nights without any sleep at all as well.
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>We can push it a bit, then.
>Continue to assess the village and its contents.
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>We can push it a bit, then.
>Continue to assess the village and its contents.
>As you continue through the village, you see less and less people. Work day seems to be almost over.
>You notice a shrine. There's a sign that says "Temple of Myouren"
>There's also a tavern- what would a town be without one. It's the liveliest place as the sun has set.
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>Let's have a look into that temple, first. They tend not to get snippy when you don't buy things.
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>Let's have a look into that temple, first. They tend not to get snippy when you don't buy things.
>It's evening
>You enter the Myouren Temple.
>The place looks decorated and gives of a welcoming aura.
>You inevitably pass a "door" made out of bells on strings, which makes some tender noise as you come in. It's warmer inside then outside.
>You see a hallway. There's a few human statues holding their hands up as if a sign of peace. From one of many doors reveals herself a woman dressed in ceremonial robes. She has cat ears as well.
>"Welcome to Temple of Myouren" she smiles at you.
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>"Thank you. Do you have a moment? I would like to ask you some questions."
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>"Like, 'could we have a threesome with Chen'"
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>"Thank you. Do you have a moment? I would like to ask you some questions."
>"Why, yes, At your service"
>Nice yellow hair with black stripes... Quite a tiger lady.
>"Like, 'could we have a threesome with Chen'"
> "Yea, sure. Hope you use Marisa's breast enhancer on her.
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>"I've been looking for a nekomata, she hasn't come home lately. She favors a red dress and a green hat, answering to the name of Chen. Have you seen her within the past few days?"
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>"I've been looking for a nekomata, she hasn't come home lately. She favors a red dress and a green hat, answering to the name of Chen. Have you seen her within the past few days?"
>"Hmmm..." She concentrates...
>The girls are thinking
>"No, I didn't" She answers. "That's some nice tails you have there" she points your awesome fluffiness.
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>"Ah, that is a shame. And thank you, your stripes are quite lovely as well."
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>"Ah, that is a shame. And thank you, your stripes are quite lovely as well."
>"Oh, thank you. Is there anything else I can assist you with, miss kitsune?"
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>"I'm afraid not."
>Rueful grin.
>"Unless you can tell me where to go to make a decent amount of money very quickly."
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>1 fluff 100 yen, 2 fluff 200 yen
>actually make that 1000
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>"I'm afraid not."
>Rueful grin.
>"Unless you can tell me where to go to make a decent amount of money very quickly."
>She laughs "If I knew one, I'd be doing it myself, wouldn't I?"
>She looks like a nice person
>1 fluff 100 yen, 2 fluff 200 yen
>actually make that 1000
>"And how much for 3 hours of sex?"
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>"You couldn't afford or endure it.
>Bow.
>"Thank you, Miss?"
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>"Toramaru Shou" she bows as well "Thank you for coming, Miss...?"
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>"Yakumo Ran. It is a pleasure. Please keep attentive for any word of Chen."
>Leave, if she doesn't say anything to stop us.
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>"Yakumo Ran. It is a pleasure. Please keep attentive for any word of Chen."
>Leave, if she doesn't say anything to stop us.
>"I will"
?You leave the temple. Sigh... no clue here.
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>Head toward the tavern! We can at least peek in for familiar faces.
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E-mus gtfo if you're just coming here for non-participation.
> Check moon phase. If full, try find hakutaku Keine to check Chen's history.
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> Check moon phase. If full, try find hakutaku Keine to check Chen's history.
>You check the moon. Sigh, crescent. No were-teachers tonight then. But that sure sounds like an idea to try it with Keine on a full moon.
>Head toward the tavern! We can at least peek in for familiar faces.
>You heard towards the noisy tavern. As you enter, you see people drink and joy and drink more yet.
>The bartender is a thick man, looking like a real innkeeper and bartender should.
>No one minded you entering in here. It seems there are a few youkai in here already, drinking together with mortals, as if Byakuren made at least part of her religion here come true.
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>when is the next full moon?
>any youkai you recognize?
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>when is the next full moon?
>any youkai you recognize?
>In a week maybe, not more then two weeks, that's for sure.
>None of these youkai are known to you. There isn't many too. And they're all male.
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Mus ain't doing no harm, leave him alone.
>If we don't know anyone, just quietly step out.
>Do we know of any other places Chen might choose to haunt?
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Doing no harm is not a valid reason to spam non-posts.
> Consider Mayohiga if we know where it is.
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>If we don't know anyone, just quietly step out.
>Do we know of any other places Chen might choose to haunt?
>You leave the tavern as it didn't seem anything interesting.
>That's the thing... you don't. You looked up all the stuff Chen was supposed to know about. Oh, where could she be.... What if she's cold? or hungry?
> Consider Mayohiga if we know where it is.
>Your house is located at Mayohiga, so you know the place. But it's a lonely place... filled with nothing but either specters or people accidentally wondering into Gensokyo. You yourself occasionally made many illusions there to trick travellers, for Yukari-sama's delight.
>A bunch of people are getting out of the tavern. Seems like three men. They're drunk. One of them has a horn on his forehead, possibly an oni. Well if he's drunk, then they've had enough... They approach you.
>"Heeeeey there, pretty lady" a tall young human speaks to you, as it seems
>"Wanna have a lil' fun with us?" and now the oni guy. Eww, they reek.
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>"You're having too hard a time standing up to have much fun, by the looks of things. So I'll pass."
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I think the real question is whether my non-commands amuse people, which is my main goal with them. :V
>Consider possible escape routes, if necessary.
>How much would a good night's sleep/nap restore, power-wise?
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I think the real question is whether my non-commands amuse people, which is my main goal with them. :V
>Consider possible escape routes, if necessary.
>How much would a good night's sleep/nap restore, power-wise?
I was amused :V
>You can escape anywhere you like. Heck, you're an over 600 year old magical being skilled in magical arts they didn't even thought about in there whole short lives.
>10%
>"You're having too hard a time standing up to have much fun, by the looks of things. So I'll pass."
>Ran is not amused.
>"Whaaaaa? Talky talky? Me wants some squishy squishy!" they're closing in.
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Sure it's amusing, but it's spam and spamming is bannable. We can take it to the Court if you want to be smug about it.
> If we take out these guys in a scuffle could we still harvest the goods for Marisa? Do we have the means to.
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>"If you'd said fluffy fluffy I would have considered it"
>How difficult would it be/much power would it take to leave behind a very basic illusionary 'body double' to distract the two drunks while leaving?
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> If we take out these guys in a scuffle could we still harvest the goods for Marisa? Do we have the means to.
>Depends how you wish to do it. Obliterating them doesn't seem a good for harvesting their semen.
>How difficult would it be/much power would it take to leave behind a very basic illusionary 'body double' to distract the two drunks while leaving?
>If by basic you mean just an unmovable image of yourself that upon touching would be like air, then it would use 5%.
>If you want your image to be moving yet still touching it is like running through thin air, then it would cost 7%.
>If you want a clone of yourself- a full potent illusion that would feel like a person upon touching- that's 20%.
>Illusions last a limited amount of time. each of those described might last even half a day IF you stay concentrated on maintaining them from even afar.
>You may see what your illusion sees as well. Magic!
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>"I'm going to give you five seconds to have second thoughts, unless you're about to give me a lot of money."
>Should they aggress, set those kunai style danmaku all over the place.
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>"I'm going to give you five seconds to have second thoughts, unless you're about to give me a lot of money."
>"They ignore you completely and start closing in together, drolling visibly.
>Should they aggress, set those kunai style danmaku all over the place.
>They did proceed so time for action: so you spread your hands and a series of magical beams start surrounding the drunkards. They form into kunais as they end their flight and float in air pointing at the moronic aggressors.
They're pretty shiny. They noticed and their attention shifted to the shiny knives.
>Current magic power capacity 78%/100%. You can order the knives to fly around and hit anything like homing bullets freely until they just wither away without being used after some time.
>"Wuuuuuut 's dat shinies??" They look like mixed between fear and amazement.
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>"There're going to make you night very unpleasant if you do not turn around and go the other way."
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>"There're going to make you night very unpleasant if you do not turn around and go the other way."
>"Oi, the foxy lady might be... A YOUKAI!" one drunkard looks like going pale
>"Dude, I'm an oni. I'm a youkai too <hic>" the oni drunkard.
>"NO WAI!" they look like they forgot about you and start runing away from each other like idiots.
>Battle won!
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>What's the oni up to?
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>What's the oni up to?
>Chasing the other drunkard, yelling at him things like "And I thought we're friends!"
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>Let the danmaku fall; reabsorb any energy from it possible, and move on. Do keep an eye on them until well away.
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>Let the danmaku fall; reabsorb any energy from it possible, and move on. Do keep an eye on them until well away.
>You let the danmaku fall and attempt to regain any magic possible from it. you succeed but only partly
>Current magic capacity: 80%/100%
>You carry on away from the tavern, but keep an eye out for the drunkards.
>Where are you going anyway? It's night, the crescent moon gives a faint shine.
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>Swing by the bulletin board on the way out of town, check for replies.
>Do we know of any nighttime youkai hangouts?
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>Any chance that... err.... Chen has been taken by them drunkards?
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>Any chance that... err.... Chen has been taken by them drunkards?
>You'd feel if she was in danger, surely, thanks to your spiritual bond.
>Swing by the bulletin board on the way out of town, check for replies.
>Do we know of any nighttime youkai hangouts?
>You check the bulletin board and there's only a little drawing of a thingy... what is this? oh, my. looks like one of Yukari-sama's gaps... Someone was a joker.
>You aren't sure. some youkai hangout at night, some don't and that's irregular. There might be some at this weird little eel stand, where the owner is a little bird youkai. It should be west of the village. Flying would take about 2% of power.
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>Shit let's hit up eellund.
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>Shit let's hit up eellund.
>You fly up to the night sky, like a fluffy fluff of fluffiness.
>You pass the human settlement and after a while you see a little source of light. That's the place.
>You land near the eel stand.
>Mystia's grilling some eels, how unusual, oh my. But she has some clients, it seems.
>There's a familiar red and white figure right there, drinking sake... Can it be... No way. Reimu Hakurei in person. Drinking sake and eating a grilled fishy.
>Next to her sits a tough looking lady. She has loooong white hair, red trousers with charms (As you recognize such things, you know these charms are for protection from fire, interesting)/ She has many red and white ribbons in her hair, and a white shirt. She's indulging herself in the same thing as Reimu, but she looks a lot more reserved then the currently happy miko and the stand owner.
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>walk up and greet them. Make a little small talk and ask if they have seen Chen.
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>walk up and greet them. Make a little small talk and ask if they have seen Chen.
>You walk up the the stand and take a seat of your own.
>You greet the ladies and ask if they've seen Chen.
>The small talk is to be formulated by you, players.
>Reimu looks at you with a little unfocused eyes. It seem she drank a bit "Huh? I thought you're inseparable beings or somethin'! By the way, where's the old hag?"
>The white haired lady is silent, yet she pays attention to you.
>Mystia continues to grill the eel and let's you and Reimu talk.
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>"Not exactly; Chen does have a mind of her own after all."
>"Still, odd to see you out here at this time... And in such a state at that."
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>"Not exactly; Chen does have a mind of her own after all."
>"Still, odd to see you out here at this time... And in such a state at that."
>"So she does. I come here allll the time <hic>"
>Mystia nods on that "and she doesn't pay her bills too"
>"Shut up, or I'll have some fried chicken next" Reimu threatens. Mystia does as instructed to avoid unfavorable fate.
>"Lost your nekomata, eh, Lady?" Says the white-hair. That's the first thing she said till now.
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>Evil shrine maiden; no use asking her for help. ?_?
>Turn to white haired girl.
>"Indeed. You wouldn't happen to know more than this useless shrine maiden by any chance?"
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>Evil shrine maiden; no use asking her for help. ?_?
>Turn to white haired girl.
>"Indeed. You wouldn't happen to know more than this useless shrine maiden by any chance?"
>Evil indeed
>You turn to the white lady
>"Heeey! I'm not usele- oh, shi...." Reimu attempts to make a point yet she drops of her chair, rolls over a little from the stand and pukes.
>"didn't seen'er. But I can track stuff by footprints and it didn't rain past couple days... And I don't wanna go back to the bamboo forest just yet." She takes a sip of sake. Must be hard headed as you see a few more glasses empty near her, though she shows no signs of being drunk, unlike the miko.
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>... Smooth one, Reimu.
>And you wonder why people like Mystia don't like you so much.
>"Hmm, I suppose your help is better than..."
>Nod towards Reimu but keep attention on white haired girl.
>"Oh, I suppose I had best introduce myself first. I am Ran Yakumo; the shikigami of Yukari Yukumo. Chen, the nekomata I spoke of, is my shikigami."
>Bow slightly.
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>... Smooth one, Reimu.
>And you wonder why people like Mystia don't like you so much.
>"Hmm, I suppose your help is better than..."
>Nod towards Reimu but keep attention on white haired girl.
>"Oh, I suppose I had best introduce myself first. I am Ran Yakumo; the shikigami of Yukari Yukumo. Chen, the nekomata I spoke of, is my shikigami."
>Bow slightly.
>Reimu's pretty pathetic there. She starts crawling on the ground in a poor attempt to escape her puke.
>The woman nods to you. "Fujiwara no Mokou" that's all she says. So probably that's her name.
>"Where did you see the little rascal last?" she asks while finishing her eel. She drops a few gold coins on the table. Mystia snatches them in an instant with light speed. They barely hit the table. You aren't sure if they actually did...
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>"Well..."
>Secretly impressed with Mystia's reflexes there. Better than someone else right now.
>"...That's the thing. I've been looking after my mistress for most of the time. The only thing I know is that she was playing with some faries and then disappeared."
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>"Well..."
>Secretly impressed with Mystia's reflexes there. Better than someone else right now.
>"...That's the thing. I've been looking after my mistress for most of the time. The only thing I know is that she was playing with some faries and then disappeared."
>Mokou raises an eybrow.
>"Well, that's a start. the Forest of Magic?"
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>"I do believe the same fairies she was playing with are..."
>"...Actually, on second thought, you'd be better than them. Shall we set off then?"
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>"I do believe the same fairies she was playing with are..."
>"...Actually, on second thought, you'd be better than them. Shall we set off then?"
>"It's late and too dark for tracking if you ask me. Meet me tomorrow morning at the gates of the human village." She sighs "Might as well take some sleep..."
>She gets up, waves at Mystia, receiving a smile in return, puts her hands in her pockets and makes her leave.
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>"Very well then. I'll meet you tomorrow."
>Glance at Reimu on the floor; is still awake?
>Turn to Mystia.
>"Does she always end up like this?"
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>"Very well then. I'll meet you tomorrow."
>Glance at Reimu on the floor; is still awake?
>Turn to Mystia.
>"Does she always end up like this?"
>"Well... Sometimes. I'll be closing... you buyin anything or wanna help me drag that drunk miko to her shrine?"
>Reimu looks asleep. She's a few meters away of what she puked.
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>"I would if I had the money."
>Shrug.
>We do know the way to the shrine from here... right?
>If SO: "I'll take care of her; you have a peaceful night."
>If NOT: "Might as well; got nothing else to do right now."
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>"I would if I had the money."
>Shrug.
>We do know the way to the shrine from here... right?
>If SO: "I'll take care of her; you have a peaceful night."
>If NOT: "Might as well; got nothing else to do right now."
>Yes, you do know the way.
>"really? Thank you." says Mystia as she starts to close her little stand.
>You approach Reimu, pick her off the ground and support her with an arm. She groans.
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>Shake head and sigh.
>"Honestly. And you wonder why no one visits your shrine."
>Start heading to the shrine.
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>Shake head and sigh.
>"Honestly. And you wonder why no one visits your shrine."
>Start heading to the shrine.
>Flight or on foot? Much faster as flight but would use 5% of power (since Reimu's encumbering you)
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>Since we are wanting to kill time (and sleep isn't that important for us) walking would be fine. Plus, do we really want Reimu throwing up again, especially if we're flying? I don't think so. ^^
>How far away is the shrine from here and what do we need to go through/past?
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>How much power does proper sleep restore?
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>Since we are wanting to kill time (and sleep isn't that important for us) walking would be fine. Plus, do we really want Reimu throwing up again, especially if we're flying? I don't think so. ^^
>How far away is the shrine from here and what do we need to go through/past?
>walk it is.
>You must go a while through the Forest of Magic. On foot, with a drunkard on you, it might take a few hours.
>How much power does proper sleep restore?
>6 hours will restore 25%
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>Is there a limit to how much benefit we can get from food or sleep at one time, or in a row?
>Keep an eye out for interesting stuffs. Or Little ReiRei waking up.
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>Is there a limit to how much benefit we can get from food or sleep at one time, or in a row?
>Keep an eye out for interesting stuffs. Or Little ReiRei waking up.
>Yes, naturally. Sleeping too long will just make you tired and won't regenerate any extra points at all. Same goes for food. You'll vomit if you'll stuff yourself with food. Plus, you'd get fat. And we don't wanna get fat cause we got a wrong diet.
>ReiRei grumbles a lot and is heavier then you thought she really is. She reaches with her free hand seemingly to scratch herself behind but.... she takes a grip at one of your tails! The idiot's still asleep.
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>
Make an unpleasant noise if she pulls the tail.
>Attempt to get her off of our tail.
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>Make an unpleasant noise if she pulls the tail.
>Attempt to get her off of our tail.
>You moan like Lala in To Love-Ru
>You just reach for her hand gripping one of the tails but her grip is rather hard. She started snoring.
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>You moan like Lala in To Love-Ru
>You just reach for her hand gripping one of the tails but her grip is rather hard. She started snoring.
>Perhaps.
>Stop attempting to get her hand off of our tail. If she wakes up, she'll probably barf again.
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>Perhaps.
>Stop attempting to get her hand off of our tail. If she wakes up, she'll probably barf again.
>You decide to stop to avoid her puking even more.
>Daaarn, the way ain't short still.
>She uses your tail to wipe her back now...
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>Oh for the love of...
>Tug it against her thumb, that's the weak point of anyone's grip.
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>Oh for the love of...
>Tug it against her thumb, that's the weak point of anyone's grip.
>She loosened her grip. Thank the gods....
>Your tail has been set free after a minute.
>And you are walking and walking....
>You seem to be closing in on the shrine in a while.
>Near you floats a girl on insect wings, surrounded by fireflies. She stares at you. two anthenas coming out of her short green hair are moving as if expressing her interest.
>You ignore her for a while but she keeps staring for a few minutes.
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>What no, don't ignore her, that's just rude.
>"Hello there,"
>Do we recognize her from back when we helped out Yukari with the moon incident?
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>Hell, shouldn't we recognize MOKOU from then?
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>What no, don't ignore her, that's just rude.
>"Hello there,"
>Do we recognize her from back when we helped out Yukari with the moon incident?
>Hell, shouldn't we recognize MOKOU from then?
>You were mostly focused on being a war machine controlled by Yukari-sama. Apart from colossal magical bursts that nearly destroyed you not once but a lot more, you remember not much. Yukari-sama and this here drunk moron made all the talking.;
>But now that you think of it....
>"Hello. Where's the lady with the big breasts? I thought you're a kill tool" Wriggle points out.
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>let's not mention that she's asleep
>"She's at home, resting. And I am not always a 'kill tool'" let's sound offended
>"See? She's not dead, I'm taking her back to her shrine before she makes more of a mess on your lovely forest floor... or on me."
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>let's not mention that she's asleep
>"She's at home, resting. And I am not always a 'kill tool'" let's sound offended
>"See? She's not dead, I'm taking her back to her shrine before she makes more of a mess on your lovely forest floor... or on me."
>Let's not.
>Wriggle completely ignored your irritation.
>"Are you a couple?" she points both of you. No amusement on her face at all.
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>"No. She was drunk at Mystia's stand. I offered to bring her home, since she's in no condition to do so herself."
>And if we're lucky, she'll consider that enough to do us a favor in helping with our situation... which is a good reminder for:
>"Do you know Chen?"
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>"No. She was drunk at Mystia's stand. I offered to bring her home, since she's in no condition to do so herself."
>"Oh, kind of you"
>And if we're lucky, she'll consider that enough to do us a favor in helping with our situation... which is a good reminder for:
>"Do you know Chen?"
>"Chen.... Chen..." Wriggle thinks.
>"That's the word those dumb fairies used today while running around the forest. They said somethin' about clue and they then started looking for a Ran. You're a Ran, aren't you?"
>Reimu coughs.
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>"Yes, my name is Ran, nice to meet you."
>"Did the fairies tell you where they would be headed?"
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>"Yes, my name is Ran, nice to meet you."
>"Did the fairies tell you where they would be headed?"
>"Last time I seen them hangin around the misty Lake yelling something about chocolate, but it's late now... they're probably asleep"
>Reimu stopped coughing but started drooling.
>Wriggle doesn't mind her.
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>Does Reimu look like she's about to throw up again? Gently keep her mouth away from the tails, at least, in case she's getting nauseous.
>"That was something I promised them, to help look for Chen. I'll have to bring it over and speak with them in the morning. Thanks for letting me know, miss...?"
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>In fact, keep her mouth away from our everything.
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>Does Reimu look like she's about to throw up again? Gently keep her mouth away from the tails, at least, in case she's getting nauseous.
>"That was something I promised them, to help look for Chen. I'll have to bring it over and speak with them in the morning. Thanks for letting me know, miss...?"
>In fact, keep her mouth away from our everything.
>You keep the maiden's mouth away from your everything just in case she'd puke again.
>"Wriggle Nightbug. Is that chocolate good?"
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>"I should hope so, I've been saving it."
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>"I should hope so, I've been saving it."
>"Can I have some too then?"
>Reimu didn't puke after all. She's disgusting.
>You see the Hakurei Shrine from afar now.
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>"Well, as I mentioned, I am saving it. If I just gave it away, I wouldn't have it for what I need. But...make me an offer."
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>"Well, as I mentioned, I am saving it. If I just gave it away, I wouldn't have it for what I need. But...make me an offer."
>"I informed you. Nothing for that?"
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>"Mmm, maybe. Else do you have to tell me?"
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>"Mmm, maybe. Else do you have to tell me?"
>"The ice fairy lives in a big tree on the west side of the lake and the trio lives behind that shrine: she points the Hakurei place.
>Then she holds her hand towards you as if awaiting a gift.
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>"That's not very useful, and you'll have to wait a bit, I don't have it with me."
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>"That's not very useful, and you'll have to wait a bit, I don't have it with me."
>"I can wait" she says. And she continues flying beside you.
>You approach the stairs to the shrine now. Miko looks sound asleep.
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>"You'll have to give me something a bit more useful than that. Hmm, I don't suppose you've seen Chen lately?"
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>"You'll have to give me something a bit more useful than that. Hmm, I don't suppose you've seen Chen lately?"
>"What is this Chen?" Wriggle wonders "I don't remember meeting her."
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>"A nekomata who serves as my shikigami. She has been missing lately. She favors a red dress and and a green cap, have you seen her?"
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>Is referring to people as a 'what' typical in Gensokyo? If not, suppress irritation at dear Chen being referred to as such.
>Oh dear, hopefully those fairies didn't just find Chen's hat or something...
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>"A nekomata who serves as my shikigami. She has been missing lately. She favors a red dress and and a green cap, have you seen her?"
>"Lesse.... Maybe. Like 4 days ago. She was walking in the youkai forest at night alone. Yea... I think that was the person you describe"
>Is referring to people as a 'what' typical in Gensokyo? If not, suppress irritation at dear Chen being referred to as such.
>Oh dear, hopefully those fairies didn't just find Chen's hat or something...
>It's not typical, but idiotic fairies and such assume that you're looking for an item of value instead of a dear person at first.
>That would be horrible!
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>"Hm. Has there been anything of note going on, lately? I've been rather isolated this winter."
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>"Hm. Has there been anything of note going on, lately? I've been rather isolated this winter."
>"Oh, yeah... there was something about some winter spirits or some such. And there was this Battle of the Bands too!"
> Wriggle looks excited.
>You are climbing the stairs to the shrine, but it ain't easy with that sleepy head. She's snoring too...
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>Climb those stairs!
>"Now that would be worth a chocolate. Do go on."
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>Climb those stairs!
>The girls are climbing
>The Wriggles are explaining
>"Now that would be worth a chocolate. Do go on."
>"So, few months ago I heard from Cirno that winter spirits had gone insane and that they started freezing stuff all around even more then she does! And that this one you hold now and her black-white friend moved in and started shooting lots. And the whole thing was over"
>"And we had a Battle of the bands too! Underground everyone was invited to see which band is coolest. lots of music and drinks for everyone. it was so fun. We drank lots and I lost conscious! "
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>Nod.
>"And more recently, and currently?"
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>Nod.
>"And more recently, and currently?"
>"I found a whole new nest of fireflies like 2 days ago!"
>Her eyes shine.
>You have bested the stairway to heaven the shrine and the Hakurei shrine stands before you, it's grounds weeded and the donation box as empty as ever.
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>Head into the shrine, and look for a futon to set Reimu upon.
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>Head into the shrine, and look for a futon to set Reimu upon.
>You enter the shrine and it takes some time but you do find the miko's room and set her in her futon.
>Wriggle didn't follow you inside.
>Reimu's asleep now. Hope she won't choke with her own vomits tonight.
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>Be sure she's on her side.
>"Good night."
>Depart and rejoin Wriggle.
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>Be sure she's on her side.
>"Good night."
>Depart and rejoin Wriggle.
>You place the miko at her side to let her avoid a stupid death.
>As you place her, you notice how her skin as actually pretty silky. She stopped snoring and looks rather peaceful now. She grumbles something a bit. Before you exit the room you hear a faint "Thank you... I'm lonely..." and nothing after that.
>You see Wriggle outside lying on the ground watching the starry sky. Fireflies fly around her, making an interesting play in the silent night.
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>Head back toward Yakumo-haus.
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>Head back toward Yakumo-haus.
>Fly? Foot?
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>On foot for now.
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>But first, go back and steal some of Reimu's underwear to try and wake Yukari up with
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>On foot for now.
>You're on your way home... The crescent moon barely gives any light, but you proceed without trouble.
>But first, go back and steal some of Reimu's underwear to try and wake Yukari up with
>You can't resist to sniff it
>You reach the Yakumo household after an hour of walking or so. And there's the village of Mayohiga as well.
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>check if the food you left out for Chen has been disturbed
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>check if the food you left out for Chen has been disturbed
>It lies untouched. Disappointing...
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>What did we leave out for her again?
>"Allow me a moment, and I'll get your chocolate. But, this is our secret, understood?"
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>What did we leave out for her again?
>"Allow me a moment, and I'll get your chocolate. But, this is our secret, understood?"
>You left a sealed bottle of milk and a boxed lunch for her, yet they are there as they were.
>Wriggle nods and looks around in curiosity.
>You enter your home.
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>Get into that chocolate; make sure Wriggle doesn't see where it is.
>Take assessment of the stash.
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>Get into that chocolate; make sure Wriggle doesn't see where it is.
>Take assessment of the stash.
>You proceed deeper into the house. There's a trap door following to the basement and cellar with supplies. there's no way Wriggle sees you unless she can turn invisible.
>You go to the part with food supplies and uncover a crate with a sign "sweets and stuff". There, apart from a little bag of candy from the outside world, lies chocolate. It has been divided into convenient bars and there's 24 of the bars right there. a suitable supply indeed.
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>Take 3 bars. Replace everything else.
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>Take 3 bars. Replace everything else.
>You take three bars wrapped in paper.
What do you mean by replace? Change location? to where?
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>That is, store everything back like it was.
>Head upstairs.
>"Here you go."
>Give Wriggle her chocolate.
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>That is, store everything back like it was.
>Head upstairs.
>"Here you go."
>Give Wriggle her chocolate.
>Done
>You head back to Wriggle and give her chocolate.
>Wriggle receives her bar "yaaay! and starts to unwrap it right now. The content shows indeed nice chocolate and she starts digging in, visibly happy.
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>Smile at the simple joys.
>Do we have any idea when morning would be? If we turned in after checking on Yukari, how much sleep/restoration would that cover?
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>Smile at the simple joys.
>Do we have any idea when morning would be? If we turned in after checking on Yukari, how much sleep/restoration would that cover?
>You smile as Wriggle devours her bar. "Thanks, miss. I'll see you then" and attempt to fly off.
>You assume the sun will start rising in about 2-3 hours. You'd have to sleep in the morning a bit to get recharged.
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>Do we have any idea whether fairies tend to sleep in?
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>Do we have any idea whether fairies tend to sleep in?
>You don't know them well enough to know such details. But they seemed to be carefree critters. So that's a possibility
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>Actually, couldn't we just eat out meal, get recharged off that, and make another?
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>Actually, couldn't we just eat out meal, get recharged off that, and make another?
>Of course you could.
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>Bid Wriggle farewell, head in and check on Yukari.
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>Bid Wriggle farewell, head in and check on Yukari.
>You bid Wriggle farewell as she flies off. She waves you back cheerfully.
>You get back to the house to check up on lady Yukari.
>After passing the halls of Yakumo household, you approach your Mistress' room.
>Inside, you notice your Lady is still there, not awake at all... you come closer to check her out.
>She isn't snoring, but her face doesn't look peaceful as it did yesterday... Her pajamas seem soaked in sweat too.
You check if the room is actually too warm, but no, it isn't. The temperature here is rather normal, not too hot, nor too cold.
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>hurry towards her and check her temperature and her pulse
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>Has she ever had these sort of symptoms before?
>Does it look more like she's sick or frightened?
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>hurry towards her and check her temperature and her pulse
>You hurry on to Yukari-sama to check her. Her temperature seems high and her pulse is a little faster then it should.
>Has she ever had these sort of symptoms before?
>Does it look more like she's sick or frightened?
>Such things never happened before!
>Her face doesn't show emotions... You aren't sure if she's sick, it looks a little disturbing though
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> for now we should wipe out her sweat.
> prepare a towel and water at a normal temperature, due the unknown circumstances. If necessary, change her pajamas.
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>but first put on the porno music
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> for now we should wipe out her sweat.
> prepare a towel and water at a normal temperature, due the unknown circumstances. If necessary, change her pajamas.
>You prepare a bowl of water and a towel and you head back to nurse Mistress Yukari.
>You wipe off her sweat, then undress her. You clean her whole body. As much as it's embarrassing, it is for her good. And change her into different pajamas. She looks much better now.
>but first put on the porno music
>SO many albums to choose! Oh, forget it, let's do her before she wakes up
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>Make out.
>No hint of her waking up during any of that?
>Do we know of any youkai that have had symptoms like hers before (i.e. a bad cold/flu apparently), or if it is generally possible for it to happen from a particular cause? What about humans? Other races?
>mull over possible hints from this incident over bento.
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>Make out.
>No hint of her waking up during any of that?
>Do we know of any youkai that have had symptoms like hers before (i.e. a bad cold/flu apparently), or if it is generally possible for it to happen from a particular cause? What about humans? Other races?
>mull over possible hints from this incident over bento.
>Fetish yuri sex with just one person actually conscious
>Nothing shows she was awake while you were out, as far as you can tell.
>The fact and her symptoms are a mystery to you. Mighty lady Yukari never got sick, not to mention some coma state like this.
>You eat ups your lunch?
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>Eat the lunch.
>What sort of detection/divinations abilities do we have access to? Is there any other way we have access to to assess Yukari's condition?
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>Eat the lunch.
>you eat your lunch, while worrying for your Mistress.
>Current magic power level: 100%/100%
>Wow, you're full. That was tasty
>What sort of detection/divinations abilities do we have access to? Is there any other way we have access to to assess Yukari's condition?
>Your powers are lower since lady Yukari isn't awake and doesn't grant you some of her magical power, so you're not at full potential. The powers are pretty large though, since you are a powerful magician youkai. That depends on what you want to do and how much magical power it would eat.
>As for Yukari's condition, you don't even know how to start. These symptoms are new for her and you aren't skilled in arts of medicine.
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>Check what time it is
>Make another lunch for tomorrow/today
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>Check what time it is
>Make another lunch for tomorrow/today
>The sun starts rising
>You make another lunch for yourself to keep with you in case you go out again, which is likely
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>Check Yukari's condition one more time to see if we can do anything before we leave.
>Gather your things and get ready to head out to the gates of the human village to meet the white haired lady.
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>Try to make a spell to detect various magic influences on Yukari, see if we can detect any outside influences on her.
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> Mental note to drop by Eientei after business with Mokou.
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> Mental note to drop by Eientei after business with Mokou.
>You believe it's worth remembering to drop to Eientei after Mokou.
>Check Yukari's condition one more time to see if we can do anything before we leave.
>Gather your things and get ready to head out to the gates of the human village to meet the white haired lady.
>You pack your lunch in your little bag, check if you got your clothes on (you do) and prepare to leave
>But before that:
>Try to make a spell to detect various magic influences on Yukari, see if we can detect any outside influences on her.
>This would be a strong magic detecting spell, it is possible to do it for you, yes. The cost would be 15% though. do it?
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>It is worth it for Yukari.
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>It is worth it for Yukari.
>You proceed with the detection spell
>Current magic power level 85%/100%
>You examine any magical influence that might've been done on lady Yukari in the last few months right after she begun hibernating.
>The job is the more difficult as Yukari herself is a magical being and the colossal magical power contained in herself is disrupting the processes.
>It takes some time but you don't detect anything that might have been directly used on your mistress. You feel just her own usual power in her.
>Your spell can't be used to examine simple biological diseases but you don't remember lady Yukari getting sick ever.
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>How confident are we in the accuracy of these results?
>Head toward the lake on after a new lunch has been made, hopefully the faeries have found something...
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>How confident are we in the accuracy of these results?
>Head toward the lake on after a new lunch has been made, hopefully the faeries have found something...
>Actually very. There's barely few magician that could best your skills and the ones you know, don't seem to wish Lady Yukari badly.
>Your lunch is packed already so you leave your house and fly over to Misty Lake again to see if the faeries had found anything. You also take your chocolate bars for the little critters.
Current magical power level 80%/100%
>The sun went up as you made your way, a new day has begun in Gensokyo.
>You land at the lake's shore. There's something red near you, the faeries are nowhere to be seen.
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>Check the red thing.
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>Check the red thing.
>You close upon the red thing. Looks like it's moving. breathing even.
>As you came closer it looks like one of the faeries, the red noisy one. She's sleeping here.
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>"Good morning."
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>"Good morning."
>That didn't wake her up. She did turn to your side though and you see her sleeping face.
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>Give her a gentle foot nudge.
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>Give her a gentle foot nudge.
>You give the fairy a small foot job nudge
>She starts grumbling, but opens one of her eyes.
>When she does so, she looks at your foot then jump and squeaks.
>"Yikes! I fell asleep and it's morning already!"
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>"Quite. Good morning."
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>"Quite. Good morning."
>"G-Good morning" She rubs her eyes
>"We were waiting for you to arrive so we kept guard!"
>She starts pulling your sleeve "Come on, let's go to Cirno's house!"
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>"Let's."
>Follow dat faerie.
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>"Let's."
>Follow dat faerie.
>You follow the fairy as she flies deeper into the forest.
>After barely a minute or two you reach a tree bigger then other trees around.
>It seems to have a door too. The little fairy doesn't bother knocking and just slams the door open and yells "She's here!"
>You hear fairies rustling about, probably waking up and a little while two blue ones, including the ice one, fly outside yelling "Chocolate!"
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>"Perhaps. What have you found?"
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>"Perhaps. What have you found?"
>"Oh, oh, me!" the ice fairy approaches you and hands you a small object.
>The object appears to be a golden pin. The very same used for Chen's clothes! It's dirty, but there are no signs of blood on it, thankfully.
>"We also found a lotta tracks in the forest!"
>"But we can't follow them...." a white one emerges from the tree and says with a sign of sadness.
>"You would need some kind of hunter!"
>"A trapper!"
>"Someone less useless then Cirno!"
>"What did you say? Stupid!"
>"You're stupid!"
>"The one who says stupid, is stupid!"
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>Have we any skills as a hunter or tracker, given fox heritage?
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>Have we any skills as a hunter or tracker, given fox heritage?
>None. You're a magician. perhaps you had such skills but it was too long ago for you to even recall such times.
>"What about... the chocolate?" The fairies do puppy eyes and you feel they might be a little scared too. Except the ice fairy.
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>"Surely you have more than that to tell me."
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>"Surely you have more than that to tell me."
>"We gave you the pin and we, uh...." The ice fairy scratches her head.
>"I know who can be a tracker" the blue fairy with long black hair says.
>"You do?" all other fairies gasp in excitement.
>"Yes. a pretty lady from the bamboo forest"
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>"Do tell."
>Produce a chocolate bar, keep it out of reach should they go for it.
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>"Do tell."
>Produce a chocolate bar, keep it out of reach should they go for it.
>You present a chocolate bar, the fairies' eyes sparkle and they jump towards you but you hide the bar again as they come closer.
>The blue continues "It's a lady with long white hair and she lives in the bamboo forest. She can track stuff, I once met her hunting for animals! And she's powerful."
>"Oh, oh! I know!" The ice fairy raises a hand "She sells coal in the human village sometimes! And she talks to the teacher lady a lot too!"
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>Wait, was that the woman at Mystia's stand? Ironic...
>"I think I may know who you're talking about. Does she also visit Mystia's stand?"
A proposal for Purv:
"And I think showing me where those tracks are so we know where to start would certainly be worth a chocolate."
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>Wait, was that the woman at Mystia's stand? Ironic...
>"I think I may know who you're talking about. Does she also visit Mystia's stand?"
A proposal for Purv:
"And I think showing me where those tracks are so we know where to start would certainly be worth a chocolate."
>"I think she does" says the blue one with the black hair
>"About the tracks.... They are in many places and we don't have a clue where they start!" the red one says.
>"You promised chocolate for help and we helped...." The white looks like almost crying.
>"There, there, Luna..." the blue one flies to the white one and hugs her.
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>"This is true, but I would need to know where they are to find them, don't you agree? Besides, if I gave you some now, then asked, wouldn't it just get in the way of your enjoyment?"
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>"This is true, but I would need to know where they are to find them, don't you agree? Besides, if I gave you some now, then asked, wouldn't it just get in the way of your enjoyment?"
>The ice fairy, Cirno, shrugs "There are some near the Lake, some scattered in the forest. I can show you, sure"
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>"Please."
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>"Please."
>The ice fairy leads the way and you follow. The three other fairies follow you in a mix of fear and impatience.
>They mostly run around the Forest of Magic with you showing their finds. The first set of tracks that might be Chen's are found near the Misty Lake, at the place you first saw the fairies playing. They are scattered about and obviously lead inside the forest, but they stop being clear there and mix with other tracks, so it's too hard for you to follow.
>The other set was found deeper in the forest "This is where we found that pin!" says the red fairy. Indeed there are similar tracks around, but the grass is high in this place, so you can't be sure even in what direction Chen might be heading.
>The final set of tracks was found a few hundred meters north in the middle of the forest. There Chen's tracks look like mixed with another pair of tracks, of whom you have no idea. They look a little chaotic and practically vanish while proceeding north together.
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>Take a few moments to memorize the scene.
>Consider the surrounding plantlife and such. Does any of it seem to be disturbed in such a way that it would suggest a struggle has happened?
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>Are there any distinguishing features about Chen's and/or the other persons' tracks?
>Do we have any idea how fresh any of these track sets were?
>Have the chocolate ready - prepare some for the fairies. There's not much more we can wring out of them now, and they've waited long enough.
>"Very good... do any of you know who might be with Chen in this last set?"
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>Also be sure to get them away from the tracks before giving them their prize. We don't need them faerie frenzying over it all.
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>Take a few moments to memorize the scene.
>Consider the surrounding plantlife and such. Does any of it seem to be disturbed in such a way that it would suggest a struggle has happened?
>You contemplate the clues.
>The plant life doesn't seem disturbed at the first two scenes but at the last one there are some plants that might have suffered... something. You aren't sure what exactly.
>Are there any distinguishing features about Chen's and/or the other persons' tracks?
>Do we have any idea how fresh any of these track sets were?
>Have the chocolate ready - prepare some for the fairies. There's not much more we can wring out of them now, and they've waited long enough.
>"Very good... do any of you know who might be with Chen in this last set?"
>The tracks of the other person and Chen are near same size, but they are wearing shoes.... There's nothing special about those tracks, it's a wonder the fairies found this.
>You don't have any idea when the tracks were made.
>You prepare your chocolate bars.
>"Hmm..." All fairies think. "No, we don't know...."
>Also be sure to get them away from the tracks before giving them their prize. We don't need them faerie frenzying over it all.
>They're flying above ground using their wings. It's either considerate of them, or they're just used to it. You think it's the second.
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>Lead them a bit away, and present two chocolate bars. "Thank you very much. You may split this between yourselves."
>Brace self.
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>Lead them a bit away, and present two chocolate bars. "Thank you very much. You may split this between yourselves."
>Brace self.
>The fairies fly and take the chocolates. They quickly unwrap it and, though you see greed in their eyes, they divide the chocolate and each one gets half a bar.
>"Thanks, Miss! Good luck with your search!"
>And they fly off, eating the chocolate, probably forgetting already that something's wrong, leaving you and your troubles.
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>Recall what we know about Mokou's general whereabouts.
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>Recall what we know about Mokou's general whereabouts.
>She said to meet her at human village at sunrise today. it's long past that.
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>Oh well, head toward the village anyways, via air. Maybe we can catch her on the way out.
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>Oh well, head toward the village anyways, via air. Maybe we can catch her on the way out.
>You fly to the human village, late at least a few hour for an appointment with Mokou.
>Current magic power level: 77%/100%
>The sun shines today as well and it;s getting a little windy, but still no signs of rain.
>You land at the settlement, but miss Fujiwara is nowhere in sight.
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>Look around a bit, sidle toward the school and/or the bulletin board.
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>Look around a bit, sidle toward the school and/or the bulletin board.
>You look around a bit. As you pass the bulletin board you see that your bulletin isn't there.
>Around the school's the teacher hakutaku person. Saaay.... She's friends with Mokou.
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> Maybe she knows something useful to us. Approach and greet the teacher with a smile.
> "Excuse me, miss, I am looking for miss Fujiwara, by any chance did you happen to see her?"
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> Maybe she knows something useful to us. Approach and greet the teacher with a smile.
> "Excuse me, miss, I am looking for miss Fujiwara, by any chance did you happen to see her?"
>The teacher is surrounded by children, it looks like a break in studies. But the kids move as you approach her. Little rascal, not even living more then a 2-3 % of your life...
>"Oh, hello." She greets you "Well, yes, Mokou was here pretty early. We ate breakfast, she was a little angry and murmured something about people being late despite her help being free or something. Then I guess she went home. Is there a problem?"
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>"Oh dear."
>"Do you think she would mind if I visited her house? If not could you please tell me where she lives?"
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>"Oh dear."
>"Do you think she would mind if I visited her house? If not could you please tell me where she lives?"
>"No, I don't think she would mind. She lives at the edge of the bamboo forest right south east of down, you won't miss it, it's a hut visible from the tract."
>"No if you don't mind, I got work to do" She orders the children to go inside the school
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>"Thank you very much!"
>To the bamboo forest, fly!
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>"Thank you very much!"
>To the bamboo forest, fly!
>And to the sky you go. Legends will live on about a flying ball of fluff all over Gensokyo.
>Current Magic Power level 75%/100%
>You arrive at the bamboo forest, suing the direction gained from the teacher. And truly they were right, you spot a hut made off bamboo right on the edge of the forest. It's area looks a little burnt, but the hut itself looks fine.
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> Let's knock on the door and see if someone is there
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> Let's knock on the door and see if someone is there
>"It's open!" You hear a yell from the inside. a female yell, reminding you of the same person you met not long ago at Mystia's stand, right before your little miko adventure
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> "Good day for you, miss Fujiwara. I am sorry for keep you waiting earlier, but prior business came up today."
> Bow slightly.
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> "Good day for you, miss Fujiwara. I am sorry for keep you waiting earlier, but prior business came up today."
> Bow slightly.
>You enter the house and explain yourself. As you do, you notice that Mokou's on an old armchair, sitting faced to you she didn't get up. The house itself looks very plain and poor. There's actually nothing special. A table, an old bed, with signs of burns and her chair. And a little drawer next to the bed. That's it. The house itself looks like it's roughly made, without care for aesthetics.
>"yea, whatever" Mokou says smoking a cigarette. "I waited quite long so the help ain't gonna be for free now." She puffs out some smoke.
>"I'll help you right now, fine. But you must promise me, you'll fulfill my little deal too. It's simple" She takes her smoke out.
>"I want you to embarrass Kaguya. Don't care how ya do it, just so that she was embarrassed to bits enough I had some proof of that. Got it?"
>She gets up from the armchair
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>mental check. We do know where Kaguya lives right?
>"How soon do you want the embarrassing to be done?"
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>mental check. We do know where Kaguya lives right?
>"How soon do you want the embarrassing to be done?"
>You recall a princess Kaguya of Eientei. You're ran Yakumo, and Kaguya's kind of a "celebrity " (or should I say "a VIP")so you do know who she is and where to find her. You don't know much about her rabbit crew though. You do know who Eirin Yagokoro is though.
>"The faster, the better. But let's deal with your stuff first.... you wanted to track someone."
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>"Yes. The fairies found a trail of footprints in the forest so I'd suggest starting from there as planned."
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>"Yes. The fairies found a trail of footprints in the forest so I'd suggest starting from there as planned."
>Mokou passes you to exit the house.
>"Then we have a deal. lead the way"
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>Fly over and show her the prints that seem to show a struggle.
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>Fly over and show her the prints that seem to show a struggle.
>You fly over to the Forest of Magic and Mokou follows.
>Magic Power Level: 71%/100%
>You show her the first set of steps, near the fairy playground at the lake.
>Mokou just nods and keeps close to the ground examining the prints.
>She touches them, then she takes a piece of the ground of one of the prints and let's it touch her lips.
>"Female, about this high" She shows a heigh with her hand. This more or less might be Chen's height.
>"Cat features.... That's her?" she asks if she's right.
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> Nod.
> "It's her, unless there is another nekomata around there. Anything else?"
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> Nod.
> "It's her, unless there is another nekomata around there. Anything else?"
>"They lead into the forest. Let's follow"
>And she goes off. You proceed through the forest slowly as Mokou's constantly checking the ground.
>"Pretty hard to read the tracks... They seem a week old."
>You're rather sure you're closing in on the second site pointed by the fairies.
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>Which site was the fallen jewelry found out?
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>Which site was the fallen jewelry found out?
>the second one you're approaching now.
>As you close in on the next site deeper in the forest, your tracker stops.
>"Hm?"
>You see her going in some bushes and picking something up. "Oh"
>She comes towards you and shows a really tiny piece of red material. "You recognize this?"
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> Gasp and investigate the nature of the tearing.
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>"It looks like Chen's dress...But let me see."
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> Gasp and investigate the nature of the tearing.
>"It looks like Chen's dress...But let me see."
>Mokou hands you the little scrap.
>You touch the texture. Yup, definitely cloth material. And familiar for you. The possibility it's Chen's is very high.
>"It looks like it's been here as long as the prints." she says.
>The piece is very small, It's very sharp of Mokou to find such a thing. No wonder the fairies didn't.
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>"How do you think it was torn?"
>Continue to follow the trail.
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>"How do you think it was torn?"
>Continue to follow the trail.
>"On that bush there" she points a bush where she found the piece of cloth. It doesn't look point nor thorny, but a wrong step might damage clothes a bit.
>You both continue to follow the trails and make to the second site, where trails went a little chaotic.
>Here Mokou focuses, it takes her a good few minutes to examine the prints and distinguish the right ones from others.
>But she picks up track and proceeds.
>"Say, who is she to you?" She asks, as you make your way north.
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>"Family."
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>"Family."
>Mokou sighs. She looks as if thinking about something very important for her, but that passes and she focuses on tracking.
>You finally make it to the third and the last site. It's afternoon.
>Here Mokou stops and examines the area
>"Well, this is tough"
>She gets to the prints you couldn't analyze yourself well. She also examines the plants all around you.
>"A danmaku fight" she concludes
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>"Mmm. Any idea who it was against?"
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>"Mmm. Any idea who it was against?"
>"Someone.... a bit taller then her. But a female too. Oh, hey, they lead further north" Mokou points out.
>Impressive... they indeed do.
>"And it looks like your friend went with that other girl freely."
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>Follow them north!
>"That's good, at least."
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>Follow them north!
>"That's good, at least."
>Mokou nods and you proceed.
>It takes you almost the rest of the day, but you reach..... The Youkai mountain.
>Indeed the tracks are more visible here, but you have left the Forest a few minutes ago.
>In front of you, you see a stream and beside it there's some kind of a cave.
>"Hmm.... The prints end here. It's solid ground. Can't make tracks on rock, you know" Mokou points the entrance of the cave.
>".... No idea what's in there"
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>Have a look around the cave. Can we tell how deep it is, or see any signs of inhabitants?
>"That's true, I suppose. Thank you very much, Mokou."
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>Have a look around the cave. Can we tell how deep it is, or see any signs of inhabitants?
>"That's true, I suppose. Thank you very much, Mokou."
>You can't judge how deep it is, but it looks like very deep. The way doesn't look like used often.
>"No probs. Just remember we had a deal. I'll keep my eyes and ears open. So... my job's done"
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>"That it is. I'll contemplate proper ways to cause trouble at Eientei later on. Thank you very much."
>Can we make a proper light? If so, do so and enter the cave.
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> Sense for life or power within the cave.
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>"That it is. I'll contemplate proper ways to cause trouble at Eientei later on. Thank you very much."
>Can we make a proper light? If so, do so and enter the cave.
>Mokou waves and leaves you alone
>You focus and conjure a yin yang orb shining with light to be able to see your way better.
>Current Magic Power level: 68%/100%
> Sense for life or power within the cave.
>You try yet another spell to detect life forms with the cave.
>Current Magic Power Level : 65%/100%
>You detect cave moss spread around the cave in at least the next few hundred meters. Apart from that... there might be a few more complex life forms. But that's on the edges of your detecting spell. Either humans or youkai down there. You noticed at least 2.
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>Enter!
>Keep a wary eye out for other peoples and listen for sounds of interest.
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>Enter!
>Keep a wary eye out for other peoples and listen for sounds of interest.
>You bravely enter the cave
>You keep eyes and ears open for noises and movement. The cave is wide enough to allow free movement. As you proceed it gets wider and wider.
>What catches your ear most of the time is the sound of water dropping every now and then, drops hitting the cave's grounds.
>You need to watch your step, as scattered rocks provide a deadly trap for novice travelers.
>You proceed through the cave and after a few hundred meters you encounter many webs. Those seem like spider webs, but if they are, the spiders here gotta be huge.
>They block the way, enveloping the whole cave.
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>Look around for the spider.
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>Look around for the spider.
>You look around a bit to see if the owner of this little thing is around.
>It doesn't seem so. It's pretty quiet in here.
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>Look around for any sign of Chen. Presuming none are to be found, consider ways onward if the webs were not in the way.
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>Look around for any sign of Chen. Presuming none are to be found, consider ways onward if the webs were not in the way.
>There doesn't seem any kind of signs showing that a nekomata might've been here. Nothing comes in your sight.
>The way obviously goes further after the web.
>That spider web doesn't seem old, as a matter of fact. And it start vibrating a little.
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>Look for a source of these vibrations.
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>Look for a source of these vibrations.
>Seems like something above
>Whooosh!
>something falls right behind you! But it doesn't hit the ground....
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>Brace for encounter.
>"Who's there?"
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>Also turn to face it!
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>Brace for encounter.
>"Who's there?"
>Also turn to face it!
>You turn around and you see a young girl with green hair. She's pretty small and she's in a bucket attached to a rope.
>Where did she fell from...
>"Hewwo" She says, watching you as she can, while the bucket is spinning a little, turning her round and round slowly
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>"Ah...hello. Might I ask if you've seen a nekomata in a red dress pass through here lately?"
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>"Ah...hello. Might I ask if you've seen a nekomata in a red dress pass through here lately?"
>"Whatch a nekomata?" She tilts her head in wonder
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>"She has cat ears, and two tails. her hair is brown, and she's about this tall."
>Hold hand at the proper height.
>"She favors a green mop hat."
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>"She has cat ears, and two tails. her hair is brown, and she's about this tall."
>Hold hand at the proper height.
>"She favors a green mop hat."
>"Hm, hm. A sec" the girl looks up and yells "Yamame!"
>And after a few seconds yet another person comes from above, but she's on a web. The girl looks older then the bucket girl. She has a puffy brown dress and blond hair tied up in a bun with a ribbon.
>"What is it, dear?" she asks
>"This lady's looking for a kitty"
>"A kitty, you say..."
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>Nod, and repeat the description for Yamame.
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>Nod, and repeat the description for Yamame.
>"ooooh, a youkai kitty. Yea, we did. Few days ago. What about it?"
>"By the way, I'm Yamame and this is Kisume"
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>"I am Ran. And that would be Chen. She is family to me, and she's been gone nearly a week. Did you see her with anyone?"
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>"I am Ran. And that would be Chen. She is family to me, and she's been gone nearly a week. Did you see her with anyone?"
>"Yes, with a kasha. She burnt some of my web and I had to rebuild it..." Yamame looks annoyed.
>"She was a meanie and didn't bother asking if she ca pass..." says Kisume
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>What do we know of Kasha?
>"Could I pass, please?"
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>What do we know of Kasha?
>"Could I pass, please?"
>You know that they are cat youkai that carry bodies of dead sinners to Hell. What does that have to do with Chen? :ohdear:
>"Sure, no problem" Yamame says and she turns around skillfully unwraping the webs in such a way you can pass without troubles. She seals the way again after you pass though.
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>"Thank you very much!"
>Bow, continue onward.
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>"Thank you very much!"
>Bow, continue onward.
>"Bye, miss"
>You continue onwards.
>After some time though you encounter a bridge... It looks pretty well made and it's over a gigantic pit.
>Near the bridge stands a house. The cave grew so wide that the house easily fits in
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>Examine the house. Does it seem like anyone is there?
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>Examine the house. Does it seem like anyone is there?
>As you come closer to the house, it's door opened.
>A short girl with pointy ears, green eyes and pretty foreign dress comes out.
>She confronts you and says "I've seen you from the window. Friend or foe?"
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>"Friend, I should hope."
>Bow.
>"I am Ran Yakumo."
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>"Friend, I should hope."
>Bow.
>"I am Ran Yakumo."
>She loosens a bit as you introduce yourself.
>"Parsee Mizuhashi. Now, you're a surface lady?"
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>"Yes. I am here looking for my shikigami, a nekomata by the name of Chen. I understand she was accompanied by a kasha; might you have seen them?"
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>"Yes. I am here looking for my shikigami, a nekomata by the name of Chen. I understand she was accompanied by a kasha; might you have seen them?"
>"Miss, we got a little crisis here. Just because those two morons at the Web barrier let you go hearing your little story, doesn't make you fully trust worthy." She raises an eyebrow.
>"I don't think I can let you pass the bridge just like that or give of strategic information"
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>"Haven't I already proved my trustworthiness by not doing anything yet? After all, if I were truly up to something, being caught like this would most certainly result in some kind of scuffle."
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>"Haven't I already proved my trustworthiness by not doing anything yet? After all, if I were truly up to something, being caught like this would most certainly result in some kind of scuffle."
>"Who knows?" she shrugs. "You might be plotting against the Underground
>"Ok... What do you know? Any info? I might snatch a reward if you do"
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>Suppress sigh!
>"What sort of information would you associates be most interested in?"
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>Suppress sigh!
>"What sort of information would you associates be most interested in?"
>You try not to let her glimpse your eyes shining.
>"A satori girl vanished, we sealed entrances.... So she couldn't leave the Underground not spotted. You haven't seen one, have you? Ya know, a distinctive third eye hanging on cords/n stuff..." Parsee sits on a step to her house
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>"I have not. Nor have I heard of anyone who has."
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>"I have not. Nor have I heard of anyone who has."
>She sighs. "Fine. Go. The kasha come and go around here. Sinner corpses never seem to run out. I've quite a few kashas in the past few days but a nekomata.... I dunno. Didn't pay much attention those days. Maybe" shrug
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>"Could you tell me where I should go to look for them?"
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>"Could you tell me where I should go to look for them?"
>"Most kashas dwell in the Former Hell" she points further into the cave.
>"There's a city, you can't miss it. The Former Hell is after that city, just follow the smell of burnt bodies"
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>Bow to her.
>"You've been very helpful, thank you!"
>Presuming she doesn't have more to say, cross the bridge.
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>Bow to her.
>"You've been very helpful, thank you!"
>Presuming she doesn't have more to say, cross the bridge.
>She doesn't, it seems.
>You cross the great Parsee Bridge without further ado.
>When you do so, the cave gets hilariously expanded so much, you can't even judge where is the ceiling nor walls on your left or right.
>But there is light up ahead. Many lights. it seems that there is a city, a pretty lively one at that. Up in the "sky" though there's a moon. A moon, underground, shining a fair light on the town and streets of Former Hell.
>Behind the city lies a gigantic palace, majestically overlooking the city itself.
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>Do we know about this place, given Yukari's apparent involvement with the deal about keeping the evil spirits in check?
>Head into the city.
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>Do we know about this place, given Yukari's apparent involvement with the deal about keeping the evil spirits in check?
>Head into the city.
>You don't. Your mistress deals with some things solo and behind your back. You respect it, you don't have other options.
>You proceed into the city. The closer you get, the more lively it happens to be. The city is large, much bigger then the human village above, and looks ancient. it's filled with youkai, especially Oni.
>People go around with their business or drinking. You encounter many fights among the natives too, pretty violent looking. The place doesn't seem safe. especially for little Chen.
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>Try to get a sense of where we are, and what is around.
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>Try to get a sense of where we are, and what is around.
>You stop and look around. In a distance you see a building that appears to be a hospital, or at least some kind of Nursery.
>The way to the gigantic Palace shouldn't be hard as well.
>There are many taverns, pubs around. Oni love to drink, so obviously they have a wide selection. A pub with a window, a pub without a window, a pub that used to have a window and so on.
>there are some posters as well. They're colorful so they catch your eye. There's some kind of instrument with strings drawn on them and a sign "Blazing Fires. LIVE! At the Palace of the Earth Spirits!". There's also a date. that event appears to be held tomorrow night.
>You judge that when you were entering, it was late afternoon, so now it might be evening.
>There are also other posters with some kind of a girl drawn on them. She looks rather cute and she appears to have an eyeball on cords attached to her... Is that a satori? The poster says "Missing! If you know where this girl is, bring her to the Palace of the Earth Spirits. High reward for the finder!"
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>Look around for any signs of Kasha.
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>Look around for any signs of Kasha.
>You pay attention to cat ears and stuff.
>The city gets pretty crowded and really noisy it's getting hard to move freely. not to mention looking around.
>You turn to some main streets to have a better view yet the crowd is even bigger here.
>Your bag with your packed lunch, which you always had with you, gets torn and scrams with the waves of people. You try to catch it, but your box gets smashed to bits by oni.... There goes the food.
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>Was there any one person being a jerk about it, or just crowd motion in general?
>Do the crowds seem to be just milling about, or does there seem to be a specific thing drawing them?
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>Do we still have some chocolate in out pocket?
>If so, would that restore any magic energy?
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>Was there any one person being a jerk about it, or just crowd motion in general?
>Do the crowds seem to be just milling about, or does there seem to be a specific thing drawing them?
>Sadly, it was the crowd motion, people seem to busy to be bitches.
>It doesn't seem like anything specific is drawing the crowd, no. It's like a crowded Arabic city in the noon. Just that night hours came, so perhaps these people are trying to get to their homes after a day's work, perhaps.
>Do we still have some chocolate in out pocket?
>If so, would that restore any magic energy?
>You don't. you took 3 bars from the basement. One went for Wriggle and the other two were distributed among the fairies. Bummer.
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>Fume silently, push onward toward a less crowded place.
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>Fume silently, push onward toward a less crowded place.
>Foodless, you proceed through the crowds to a less crowded place.
>On your way someone groped your ass.
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>Do we know who?
>If so, clock them right in the eye.
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>Do we know who?
>If so, clock them right in the eye.
>You didn't quite see but you manipulated your tails enough to stab the pervert with one in an eye.
>You hear an "Oww..." and your safe.
>You turn into smaller streets. There seems much safer and less crowded.
>Far away there seems to be a head with cat ears, going through he streets. Head, because that's what you see hidden in the crowd in a "Where's Wally?" style.
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> Use some kind of a magic tracking beacon on our target so we don't lose sight of her.
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>And follow closely!
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> Use some kind of a magic tracking beacon on our target so we don't lose sight of her.
>And follow closely!
>You have your handy dandy shiny yin yang orb. You can order it to stay above that kasha's head. The place is light, it's not like you won't see when it'll fly away and it'll be cheap in eating off magic power. And it's the quickest thing to do, actually.
>Your little orb flies above the kasha's head.
>Current Magic Power level: 64%/100%
>If not for that, you'd lose the youkai easily, as the person seems short.
>You make your way through the crowd behind the kasha.
>It looks like it's making it's way out of the town, towards the big palace.
>You finally manage to leave the crowds behind and you see the kasha clearly now. It's a male kasha, with black trousers, with a small chain hanging from it's belt. It also has a black long sleeve shirt and short red hair with cat ears. He's whistling as he's going up a hill to the palace. there are two skulls floating by his side, burning with blue fire.
>He didn't notice your orb.
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>"Hey! Mister Kasha! Can I have a moment?"
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>"Hey! Mister Kasha! Can I have a moment?"
>Hey turns around to you. He's definitely younger then you. In terms of looks as well.
>"Hm?"
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>"I'm looking for someone important. Have you heard of a nekomata named Chen?"
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>"I'm looking for someone important. Have you heard of a nekomata named Chen?"
>"Hm... Chen... Chen. Oh, yea a-" he stops and looks like he's trying to remember something.
>"I'm not allowed to give information about employees to people outside the community of our workers in these times"
he sighs.
Oh... I just got permabanned on my country's national touhou forum for linking that the admin's photo was used on another site, for "advertising" that site Oo
Anime convention will be awkward now...
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> "Worker? Is she working here?"
> Why would Chen work on underground?
> "Please, tell me more about her, she is part of my family and went missing a few days ago and now I am searching for her."
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> "Worker? Is she working here?"
> Why would Chen work on underground?
> "Please, tell me more about her, she is part of my family and went missing a few days ago and now I am searching for her."
>"She is, yes. Or so I heard." he shrugs and moves on to the palace.
>You're both closing in on that big place.
>"Family? You don't look anything like a nekomata to me, miss"
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>"She's my shikigami."
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>"She's my shikigami."
>"o-oh..."
>"Well... She works at our place, burns corpses'n stuff. Dunno more"
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>"Where would your place be?"
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>"Where would your place be?"
>"Below the Palace" he points at the building you're both approaching. but you'll need a special pass.
>He looks above him then snaps his fingers and one of the burning skull eats your shining orb.
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>"I'm sure you could escort me in as a guest?"
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>"I'm sure you could escort me in as a guest?"
>"For that you gonna have to ask the authorities, that ain't my business, sorry."
>You approach the entrance to the Palace.
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>"Could you tell me who these authorities are?"
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>"Could you tell me who these authorities are?"
>"The Koemiji sisters. One of them is missing though. There I can show you."
>You enter the palace grounds. There are quite many animals running around. The place looks like a paradise compared to the outside. There's grass and flowers. The smell is very nice.
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>"I would appreciate that very much."
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>"I would appreciate that very much."
>He scratches his head. "Where could she be..."
>He goes into the building itself, passing the animals. There are other entrance in here, but he chose this one.
>You enter the palace. it looks rather rich inside. the windows are made of colorful glass, a red carpet makes a nice feeling under the feet.
>"Komeiji-samaaaa!" the boy yells around.
>"Here!" and there's an answer from an upper floor.
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>How much do we know about satoris?
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>Follow catharsis, unless he gestures for us to go alone.
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>How much do we know about satoris?
>You heard nothing at all. Mistress didn't inform you.
>Follow catharsis, unless he gestures for us to go alone.
lol, catharsis.
>You follow cat boy upstairs. His ears moved a bit, like a kitty and he entered a room upstairs.
>It seems this is a bedroom, he points you to get inside.
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>Oh god Koishi's going to rape us
>Give him a nod. "Thank you."
>Enter! Look around.
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>Oh god Koishi's going to rape us
>Give him a nod. "Thank you."
>Enter! Look around.
> :derp:
>You enter the bedroom. As soon as you do, the kasha boy hastily says "I'll be leaving for work, bye, Koishi-sama!" and he leaves like a bullet. You look behind, he appears to run faster and faster.
>The bedroom looks rather nice. A big cozy looking bed, a window providing a nice view at the grassy garden area and the animals.... There's also an elegant looking table with two chairs and a few cupboards and closets.
>And in the room there's a girl. She has a funny black hat with a yellow ribbon, a green skirt and a yellow shirt. It looks rather expensive and it's buttons look diamond-like as well. She has light green hair and dark green eyes. And there's these cords all around her body... They focus on a blue eye, connected to her. That seems to be the third eye. It's closed.
>The girl's sitting upside down on the edge of the bed with her head towards the floor. Not quite lady like, in your opinion.
>She gives you the creeps a little.
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>"Ah...you would be the one to speak to about gaining access to the Kasha area, yes?"
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>"Ah...you would be the one to speak to about gaining access to the Kasha area, yes?"
>"And you're the Kitsune who's got some pretty fluffy tails?"
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>"I do, but it's rather beside the point. Are you familiar with Chen Yakumo?"
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>"I do, but it's rather beside the point. Are you familiar with Chen Yakumo?"
>"Your kitty family." She smiles "maaaaaaybe"
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>"I would like to see her, please."
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>"I would like to see her, please."
>"She's busy" she says serious now. She gets up and sits on the bad rather normally now
>"Get Satori over here and you may have your little family talk with Chen" She states. not suggests.
>You feel goose bumps down your spine. No killing intent, weird.
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>Ignore goosebumps. Try to stay polite.
>"I would do a much better job of helping out with your Satori if I could see my Chen first. There is no reason to keep me from her, is there? As someone who is missing an important person yourself, I would hope you understand how I feel about this."
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>Ignore goosebumps. Try to stay polite.
>"I would do a much better job of helping out with your Satori if I could see my Chen first. There is no reason to keep me from her, is there? As someone who is missing an important person yourself, I would hope you understand how I feel about this."
>You stay cool.
>Koishi grins.
>Suddenly your view changes. Before you is a giant blazing fire pit. There kasha throw in corpses of dead bodies to keep the fire up. Among them you see Chen, helping out with distributing towels and bottles of water to busy kashas working near the fire. She smiles and helps with some wheelbarrows as well. She's dressed in some kind of cherry colored gothic style dress, and she's without her cap too. She seems too far away to notice you. It's pretty hot down here. You want to say something but your sighs plays on you again.
>You barely blink and you're back in the room, just now you're sitting on the bad and Koishi's on a chair, drinking something that looks like whine, from a small glass.
>"Here you goooo~" she cheers
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>Take a moment to regather our composure after that.
>"Thank you, but my request implied that I would be allowed to speak with her and hear what has happened in her own words. That should not stand much in the way of her current tasks. In turn, I shall most certainly keep an eye out for your Satori."
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>Take a moment to regather our composure after that.
>"Thank you, but my request implied that I would be allowed to speak with her and hear what has happened in her own words. That should not stand much in the way of her current tasks. In turn, I shall most certainly keep an eye out for your Satori."
>You take a deep breath. You're a little sweaty.
>"Is this a contract? Oh, oh, a contract! We're making a contract here then. Trick me and your head will go boom, teehee~" Koishi jumps on her chair.
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>"If it is a contract, then I am not finished. I would like to add that should I find Chen being kept here against her will, in any capacity, the deal is off."
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>"If it is a contract, then I am not finished. I would like to add that should I find Chen being kept here against her will, in any capacity, the deal is off."
>"Ok" smile doesn't drop of her face.
>"Then go" Koishi says and loses interest in you.
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>"I shall return shortly, so that you may tell me more about Satori, if that is alright?"
>Bow, and make our way out.
>Be pleased that violence was inneccessary this time, and head for the Kasha Pit.
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>"I shall return shortly, so that you may tell me more about Satori, if that is alright?"
>Bow, and make our way out.
>Be pleased that violence was inneccessary this time, and head for the Kasha Pit.
>"Hm? Yeah." she looks at the window.
>You politely leave after getting mind raped
>You aren't sure how much time actually passed.
>You go to... wait, where's the Kasha pit?
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>Aren't there a bunch of Kasha running around?
>Politely ask one for directions to the pit.
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>Aren't there a bunch of Kasha running around?
>Politely ask one for directions to the pit.
>There's a kasha girl going about her business so you ask her "You... already were there, I saw you. You sure you're alright?"
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>"Perhaps not. But let's pretend you didn't see me there; could you tell me how to get there?"
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>"Perhaps not. But let's pretend you didn't see me there; could you tell me how to get there?"
>"Well, uh... Sure" she says. The kasha girls seem all dressed pretty much in the same style... how does that fit physical labor, you have no idea at all.
>You are led by a door on the opposite site of the Palace. Opening it results in seeing a stairway down. The kasha proceeds down and you follow.
>It takes quite a while, but you end up passing another door, a gate even.
>In front of your eyes beyond the gate lies the gigantic area of the Former Hell's Blazing Fires. Fires burn brightly, kashas are throwing corpses into the flames. A hard working community. On your left and right seem other doors though, smaller then the gate.
>"So it's here, see you, fox lady" the kasha guide girl turns to one of the doors at the corners and passes through them for whatever reason she might have
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>"Thank you!"
>Look around for Chen. If we see no signs of her, ask some kasha that look less busy.
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>"Thank you!"
>Look around for Chen. If we see no signs of her, ask some kasha that look less busy.
>There's a kasha guy drinking water near the fires. Looks like taking a break. He has some muscle, unlike the last guy you saw.
>You approach him as he looks less busy and ask for Chen and he says "Lady, keep away from the fires or those tails won't last. Chen is assigned to Pit nr 4 last time I saw her. This is Pit nr 1. So you need to go a little further in"
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>"Thank you."
>Head further in. Try to see if there's anything that marks the pits.
>Keep well away from the fires.
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>"Thank you."
>Head further in. Try to see if there's anything that marks the pits.
>Keep well away from the fires.
>It seems that the Pits are numbered by the distance to the main entrance. You seem to approach Pit Number two
>You keep away from the fires, your pretty tails can't be harmed!
>There you see a single kasha girl. She's lying on the ground and doesn't seem to move. Her wheelbarrow is a few meters away, loaded with bodies.
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>Approach the supine Kasha.
>"Are you alright?"
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>Approach the supine Kasha.
>"Are you alright?"
>You approach the kasha.
>She opens her eyes as you called her. "uuuu.... Water.... "
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>Do we have any with us?
>Failing that, could we produce it?
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>Do we have any with us?
>Failing that, could we produce it?
>You don't have any.
>You could conjure a bucket of water. with an illusionary bucket lasting in existence for a few hours. That's cost you 7%. you have 64%/100% currently.
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>Could we do a large glass of water, and have the glass last around fifteen minutes or so?
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>Could we do a large glass of water, and have the glass last around fifteen minutes or so?
>for 2%
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>Conjure her a glass of water, and help her drink it as needs be.
>"Let's get you away from these pits, now."
>Help her up if she seems like she can stand after that drink.
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>Conjure her a glass of water, and help her drink it as needs be.
>"Let's get you away from these pits, now."
>Help her up if she seems like she can stand after that drink.
>You give the girl a drink and she drinks greedily.
>It doesn't seem like she can get up on her own, so you help her up and away from the pit.
>"Thanks, Lady.... I wanted to finish with today's stash faster and I neglected drinking.... Please don't tell anyone I broke the work safety rules...."
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>"I won't tell them a thing. Now tell me how to get you to a place to cool off. Then, afterward, tell me what you know about Chen, if you've met her."
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>"I won't tell them a thing. Now tell me how to get you to a place to cool off. Then, afterward, tell me what you know about Chen, if you've met her."
>"The showers, and restrooms and resting places with worker meals are every two pits. Just that... my towel boy has a day off and no one could fill him in for this one day..." She sighs.
>"So you can either go back to Pit #1 or go to Pit #3"
>You mention Chen "Chen? Who's Chen?"
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>Head toward Pit #3
>"She works in Pit #4; a nekomata who came here just a few days ago."
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>Head toward Pit #3
>"She works in Pit #4; a nekomata who came here just a few days ago."
>The kasha accompanies you.
>"A nekomata? Working here? Man.... talk about lack of workers... Looks like when Satori-sama's missing, all the place goes nuts"
>You make your way towards Pit #3, it's not that far away, about a hundred meters. How long can this cavern be...
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>Look for a resting place and lead the Kasha there.
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>Look for a resting place and lead the Kasha there.
>At Pit #3 there a few kashas working together, organizing their work.
>There's some old looking door. "There" the kasha points you there
>You open the door and enter. There is a clean room, looking so much different then the pits. It has some chairs and tables, enough to fit in a bunch of people. It has some kind of a mechanic closet too. The kasha opens the closet and takes out a bottle of water from it. It appears to be chilled.
>The kasha opens it, takes a seat and starts drinking, seemingly more satisfied now. Apart form you two there's no one here. The room apart from the doors you came here by, has two other ways out: One door is marked with a sign "Bathroom" and the other "Showers".
>There are a few other closets in this room, you aren't sure what might they hold inside.
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>"I may be back in a bit, if you think you can go on without me. I need to see Chen right now."
>Assuming she doesn't stop us, head out and keep going toward out goal.
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>But first, see if you can snag a bottle of water, it's hot out there! And think of our poor fluffy tails!
>Ask her politely if you can have some water and be sure to thank her if she gives you any.
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>But first, see if you can snag a bottle of water, it's hot out there! And think of our poor fluffy tails!
>Ask her politely if you can have some water and be sure to thank her if she gives you any.
>"Hm, oh sure." She approaches the closet and gives you one bottle of water. It's cold and it has a label "Spring Water"
>"I may be back in a bit, if you think you can go on without me. I need to see Chen right now."
>Assuming she doesn't stop us, head out and keep going toward out goal.
>"I can manage now, thanks for help, miss" She waves at you
>You leave the resting place and continue your way through Former Hell.
>You pass Pit #3 without further trouble and you finally get to Pit #4 where Chen was supposed to be.
>There you see one kasha girl, with three floating fire skulls, who's loading bodies on her wheelbarrow. And there's Chen, soaking a towel with water from a bottle she got from a blue box you see beside her.
>The tunnel goes further. Just how many Pits are there...
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>Act surprized and approach Chen slowly.
>"Chen, are you alright? I've been looking for you for a while."
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>We can do better than that. Put on the warmest smile we got.
>"Chen! There you are!"
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>Act surprized and approach Chen slowly.
>"Chen, are you alright? I've been looking for you for a while."
>We can do better than that. Put on the warmest smile we got.
>"Chen! There you are!"
>You act surprised, smile warmly (Kitsune Ultimate Warm Smile: Gold Edition), say "Chen! There you are! Are you alright? I've been looking for you for a while"
>Chen turns to you, her eyes grow, she drops the towel on the box and runs to you screaming "Ran-shamaaaa!" with tears of joy
>Family reunion
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>Administer proper hugs!
>Let her weep out a bit, then asks, "How'd you end up down here, Chen?"
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>Administer proper hugs!
>Let her weep out a bit, then asks, "How'd you end up down here, Chen?"
>The girls are hugging, d'awwww
>"I met a new fwiend! and I wanted to, uh... Well.... Wook at my new cwoths!" She shows off her gothic lolita dress.
>You feel blood gathering in your nose.
>The other kasha girl has her wheelbarrow filled and she's ditching the corpse of dead people into the Pits. Actually the site doesn't look kawaii at all. Dead bodies lying around, treated like items, blazing fires and stuff.
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>"Those are very nice, Chen. But, I wish you would have told me about this."
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>"Those are very nice, Chen. But, I wish you would have told me about this."
>She looks at her feet and mutters "Sorry, Ran-shama...." and she looks up at your eyes now "But I wanted a job! To have money and afford.... a preshent for Yukari-shama and... and you...." she blushes.
>The household is far from having money problems. It's Yukari we're talking about here, she can get what she wants when she wants. Except the hibernating periods...
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>Not that we can complain about that...
>Pat her her on the head. "That's okay. Can you take a break and tell me all about how it's been here, and what your new friend is like?"
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>Not that we can complain about that...
>Pat her her on the head. "That's okay. Can you take a break and tell me all about how it's been here, and what your new friend is like?"
>She turns around "Orin, can I take a break?" and asks the kasha she's working with.
>The kasha girl looks rather confused but says "Sure, we're almost done anyway"
>"Yay! I can. SO she is my new friend" she points the kasha. "Her name's Rin."
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>Nod politely to Rin.
>"Do you think they would mind if we got something to eat from that cafeteria back there? I'm rather famished."
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>Nod politely to Rin.
>"Do you think they would mind if we got something to eat from that cafeteria back there? I'm rather famished."
>"Well, they have a dining room at Pit #1, Pit #3 only has a fwidge" she turns to Orin again"Orin, can I have day of now? Pwease?"
>She sighs "Ok, fine. I'll be done soon anyway"
>Chen cheers and joys. How nice of that kasha.
>"So, wets go, Ran-shama"
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>"Thank you, Miss Rin."
>Polite nod.
>Head to Pit #1's cafe!
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>"Thank you, Miss Rin."
>Polite nod.
>Head to Pit #1's cafe!
>You get back all the way towards Pit #1
>"How did you find me, Ran-shama?" Chen asks out of curiosity. She looks a bit more mature in those clothes and without the green cap. And more feminine...
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>"I had to bribe some faeries. Then I asked Miss Mokou to follow some footprints they found until it led into the cave. Then it was just a matter of asking the youkai along the way about you. I got lucky as saw a Kasha in the city, and he brought me here."
>Peruse the foodstuffs!
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>"I had to bribe some faeries. Then I asked Miss Mokou to follow some footprints they found until it led into the cave. Then it was just a matter of asking the youkai along the way about you. I got lucky as saw a Kasha in the city, and he brought me here."
>Peruse the foodstuffs!
>"Who's miss Mokou?" Chen doesn't know.
>You enter Pit #1 cafeteria. there are a few kashas eating and chatting together. they give you a glance but continue enjoying their brake as they notice Chen.
>The cafeteria doesn't have employees, it's a free zone for works to let them make what they want with the restriction of cleaning after themselves. It's a very big and well supplied kitchen. and it has a few of those freezing closets. You gotta have one of those home...
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>Throw together a hearty sammich, if the materials are there. If not, another lunchbox. Take care of Chen's meal, too.
>"She's a tracker who lives in near the bamboo forest, friends with Miss Kamishirasawa. But yes, it was some difficulty to find you here"
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>Throw together a hearty sammich, if the materials are there. If not, another lunchbox. Take care of Chen's meal, too.
>"She's a tracker who lives in near the bamboo forest, friends with Miss Kamishirasawa. But yes, it was some difficulty to find you here"
>You fix both of you a nice meal. My, my, this place is well equipped.
>"Teehee~" Chen sticks her tongue out.
>As you make the food she asks "Yukari-shama.... didn't come?"
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>"She can't. I'll explain that later. Right now, I'm starving. And some oni scattered the lunch I brought."
>Head to a good seat! Dig in!
>Whilst digging in: "How did you end up here, anyways?"
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>"She can't. I'll explain that later. Right now, I'm starving. And some oni scattered the lunch I brought."
>Head to a good seat! Dig in!
>Whilst digging in: "How did you end up here, anyways?"
>"I was losht when I played hide and sheek with the fairies...." She looks down.
>"I wondewed the fowest for two days... and I met Orin. She fwightened me so I attacked! But she won the danmaku duel... but she was kind and let me down here! And her Mistwess, Satori-shama, was very nice to me and decided to hire me to earn money for us."
>You dig into your sandwiches. ooooh, that's tasty.
Magic Power level 70%/100%
>"I heard she's missing now...." Chen looks moved.
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>"She is. I've promised to keep an eye out for her. In the meantime, have they given you a good place to stay? Have you been eating well? Has anyone been giving you any problems?"
>Contemplate seconds, even if we don't get a benefit from magic gain. It's been a long-ass day and we've last eaten over harf a day ago.
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>"She is. I've promised to keep an eye out for her. In the meantime, have they given you a good place to stay? Have you been eating well? Has anyone been giving you any problems?"
>Contemplate seconds, even if we don't get a benefit from magic gain. It's been a long-ass day and we've last eaten over harf a day ago.
>"I sleep in a vewy nice bed and I get good food, yea! I get to hug many animals in the gawden befowe bed time! Not much now, cause... Koishi-sama is scawy... I don't like her very much. Sometimes she's vewy sweet and huggable, but sometimes she's tewy... tewy... scawy."
>Seconds sound like a good idea. You may still benefit up to 75% from those and you didn't eat a long time, so you make more.
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>Have them seconds!
>"She's probably just worried about Satori. It seems just about everybody down here is. What do they have you do here, just hold towels and stuff for the Kasha? How well do they pay for you for it?"
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>Have them seconds!
>"She's probably just worried about Satori. It seems just about everybody down here is. What do they have you do here, just hold towels and stuff for the Kasha? How well do they pay for you for it?"
>"I'm twained to burn up the bodies slowly too. I start with towels and water" She seems to recite what she remembers.
>She digs in her pockets as you have seconds
>Magic power level : 75%/100%. for more you might need some decent sleep.
>Chen pulls out some coins and shows you. She hands you 4 silver coins with some kind of symbol on them.
>You aren't sure if those could be used on the surface.
>"I get this much for an hour!"
>Th other kashas finished their break and are getting up. They eye you as Chen mentioned her payment. But they aren't upset, angry nor smirking. They're neutral, so you guess Chen isn't under payed nor privileged. They leave.
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>Examine the coins and see if our years of knowledge has any information about them
>Check the time
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>Examine the coins and see if our years of knowledge has any information about them
>Check the time
>You didn't visit the underground not to mention knowledge about it's currency.
>It must be very late, you look for a clock. and there it is, on the wall. 3:46 AM. oh, my.
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>Oh well.
>Can we estimate the silver content and weigh it against the surface currency?
>"I suppose there's no problems, then. I would like it if you could come back and have dinner once in awhile, though."
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>Oh well.
>Can we estimate the silver content and weigh it against the surface currency?
>"I suppose there's no problems, then. I would like it if you could come back and have dinner once in awhile, though."
>You try to weight it in your hands. These are heavier and look more shiny then the surface coins.
>"That's gweat! I'll come back evewy weekend. So what awe you going to be doing now, Ran-shama?" she swings her legs like a kid.
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>"Welllll"
>"I made a promise to Mokou that I have to go humiliate Kaguya."
>"And I also told the Satori that works here that I would find her sister."
>"Where are your living quarters? Can I go take a look?"
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>"Welllll"
>"I made a promise to Mokou that I have to go humiliate Kaguya."
>"And I also told the Satori that works here that I would find her sister."
>"Where are your living quarters? Can I go take a look?"
>"Suwe, wets go!" Chen says, then she yawn.
>"I wanna go to bed...."
>You leave the Pits by the stairs you cam here through. You don't go upstairs, seems like her room is on this floor.
>Chen leads you to the other wing of the Palace and opens a door with a sign "Guest room #14". She unlocks the door with a small key she took out of her pocket.
>Before your eyes after opening the door lies an elegant room. There's a table for four people, with four chairs, a big bed, that might fit five Chens at once, with quite a few pillows, a few closets and cupboards to hold her stuff and another door. This one's with a sign "bathroom"
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>"My. Who do you share this with?"
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>"My. Who do you share this with?"
>"Satori-sama said it's mine alone!"
>Your jaw is preparing to shoot down all the way to the floor.
>This rooms looks better then yours.
>"And maids clean it, too"
>Twitch, twitch.
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>"...I'm jealous."
>Chuckle and pat her on the head again.
>"I'm glad they treat you so well here."
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>"...I'm jealous."
>Chuckle and pat her on the head again.
>"I'm glad they treat you so well here."
>"I'm glad too!" She laughs.
>She opens the bathroom door. You have a peek inside. It's a western style bathroom. a tub and everything.... so shiny too.
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>"In any event, I expect you're pretty tired, so I'll leave you to get cleaned up and rest. When shall I expect to see you home again?"
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>"In any event, I expect you're pretty tired, so I'll leave you to get cleaned up and rest. When shall I expect to see you home again?"
>"On the weekend, in thwee days" Yup, it looks like it's Tuesday now.
>Chen departs for a shower
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>"Until then, Chen!"
>Hustle out of there, and back towards where we met Koishi.
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>"Until then, Chen!"
>Hustle out of there, and back towards where we met Koishi.
>"Byeee!"
>You leave the room and go upstairs where you met Koishi
>You knock on the door "Come iiiiin ~" you hear. yup, that's her, alright.
>You open the door and Koishi's there hanging from a lamp on the ceiling, with her legs, looking at you upside down
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>Pause for a moment.
>Drink this scene in. Get used to it. Don't say anything rude.
>Once we have fully taken it in and gotten used to it, say, "I would like to hear more about the circumstances around the disappearance of your Satori, if you have the time."
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>Pause for a moment.
>Drink this scene in. Get used to it. Don't say anything rude.
>Once we have fully taken it in and gotten used to it, say, "I would like to hear more about the circumstances around the disappearance of your Satori, if you have the time."
>"She said she has a meeting. With who, she didn't say...."Koishi looks like crying. still upside down.
>"And she didn't say when she comes back... so I gave those wanted posters out all over the place."
>suddenly Koishi vanishes. And she's right beside you, hugging you. When...!
>"Two days ago she went off just like and I'm too busy to manage this whole place"
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>"So, she's been gone for two days, and you don't know where. Has anyone reported anything in the way of seeing her?"
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>"So, she's been gone for two days, and you don't know where. Has anyone reported anything in the way of seeing her?"
>"Nope! But I can't find the divas of the mountain too. But hell knows where they ran off too"
>Her cords and tendrils surround you. Looks like she's hugging you whole now... Her eyes sparkle.
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>"I see, and...Ah...what are you doing?"
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>What is the usual punishment for people grabbing our tails?
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>"I see, and...Ah...what are you doing?"
>"Nothiiiing~" She looks deep into your eyes and...
>... you're on her bed. She's sitting on a chair with her hat down.
>"Hellooo" she grins
>What is the usual punishment for people grabbing our tails?
>From kick to the nuts (which you suspect Koishi lacks) to blasting with danmaku (what she might not take as a sign of not friendship)
>But it seems she easily mind rapes and she proved she can screw with your head anytime.
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>"...Please let go of me."
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>"...Please let go of me."
>Belay that, she isn't anymore. No need to be THAT freaked out.
>"For nothing, you certainly seem to be enjoying it."
>"Did Satori say where that meeting would be?"
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>Belay that, she isn't anymore. No need to be THAT freaked out.
>"For nothing, you certainly seem to be enjoying it."
>"Did Satori say where that meeting would be?"
>"I love playing around" an evil grin.
>"If she did, I'd go and look... She didn't say a word! And I didn't care anyway. I go out all the time"
>She's patting her third eyed, closed as ever.
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>"Where does she typically go when she steps out?"
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>"Where does she typically go when she steps out?"
>"She never steps out at all! She hangs around in the garden."
>Koishi gets up and goes towards the window "She had her reasons to stay here all the time, which aren't relevant here..." She looks like loosing herself in thoughts. And serious, sad thoughts.
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>"So she just up and left, and no one really knows why?"
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>"Do you think she might have gone to talk with someone about... whatever it is that keeps her here all the time?"
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>"So she just up and left, and no one really knows why?"
>"Yup" she smiles at you again
>"Do you think she might have gone to talk with someone about... whatever it is that keeps her here all the time?"
>"She has to be STILL Underground! I just know it! She rarely goes on the surface and if she does, she comes back real fast"
>"So i got all the exits guarded and on the look out for her. And I can't find the silly Devas of this mountain too! Just when you need them!"
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>"Do you think it's likely she is somewhere in the city?"
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>"Why is it important for you to have the devas of the mountain?"
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>"Do you think it's likely she is somewhere in the city?"
>"I believe so... but it's so chaotic out there all the time!" she raises her hands up in frustration, her dress flutters a bit as she does.
>"Why is it important for you to have the devas of the mountain?"
>"Cause they're in charge of.... there" she points beyond, towards the city. "They would help better, you know"
>She walks impatiently around the city "I'm itching to make a run for it, but at least one satori has to have this thing under control"
>She stops and looks at you. As she does so, her black hat turns around in a funny way. "Hey, do you wanna be my pet?"
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>Don't frown, don't set the crazy girl off...
>"I am afraid I'm already spoken for."
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>Don't frown, don't set the crazy girl off...
>"I am afraid I'm already spoken for."
>And she looks away "So, would be awfully niiiiice, if you'd find Satori"
>Did she... forget the last question?
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> 'I am bound by contract to a much greater being'
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>Don't say that, there's no need to press the issue if she's going to drop it.
>"I shall certainly keep my eyes open. Perhaps you could tell me a bit about there city, to help me along?"
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> 'I am bound by contract to a much greater being'
>You belong to Yukari-sama! but...
>Don't say that, there's no need to press the issue if she's going to drop it.
>"I shall certainly keep my eyes open. Perhaps you could tell me a bit about there city, to help me along?"
>... but you don't see a reason to let this topic go around more then it should.
>She tilts her head. "I don't like that place. too big of a crowd, too many rude people. I just could slaughter them all, ya knoooow~" she giggles.
>"Leave me be now" she says with a serious face now.
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>"As you wish."
>Bow.
>"Thank you taking care of my Chen."
>Presuming nothing else, depart
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>"As you wish."
>Bow.
>"Thank you taking care of my Chen."
>Presuming nothing else, depart
>She jumps on her bed. Doesn't seem like in the mood to talk.
>You leave Koishi's room
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*cough* bump
>You close Koishi's door to leave her with her madness. Before you are the halls of the Palace of the Earth Spirits
>On the right are the stairs leading on the floor below, where the exit can be found.
>You managed to find Chen and discuss her future with her.
>You are indebted to Mokou and promised her to embarrass Kaguya Houraisan in a way Mokou would get to know about it and be satisfied.
>You also promised Koishi to look for her missing sister Satori, whom might be in the Ancient City where oni dwell. The four devas of the mountain's whereabouts are unknown.
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The forum went down when I was replying yesterday =[
>Contemplate the city from the palace's vantage point. What can we see from here?
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The forum went down when I was replying yesterday =[
>Contemplate the city from the palace's vantage point. What can we see from here?
>You find your way on a point that would give you a nice view on the city.
>Such a place is actually at the gates. So you go down and proceed to those. You can see far away the Ancient city, booming with many lights, living on it's own. it has many buildings and one of it's parts is built-in in this giant cavern's walls, so the city might just go in deeper there, making it humongous!
>There's a moon, shining in the cavern. what an eerie place.
I thought you did, Purv. You're a faithful soul :]
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>Does anything stand out?
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>Does anything stand out?
>One building is much further away from the city. You aren't sure what that might be from this distance. You barely see it.
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>Would it be somewhere along the way out?
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>Would it be somewhere along the way out?
>There are a few ways out of the Underground, as you see now. You used one of them. This building isn't near any of them though. It's kind of isolated.
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>Examine those other ways out. Where do they seem to lead?
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>Examine those other ways out. Where do they seem to lead?
>From this distance it's impossible to know. They might lead to the surface, which Koishi mentioned that they are guarded.
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>Consider a route through town that would take us on a different path than last time toward that bridge, then follow it.
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>Consider a route through town that would take us on a different path than last time toward that bridge, then follow it.
>It isn't difficult to see from here how to get to those other ways. You guess that in town you would get the direction intuitively as it doesn't look too difficult
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>Follow the way that seems either most interesting or least crowded. Favor the former.
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>Follow the way that seems either most interesting or least crowded. Favor the former.
>The most interesting seems a way closest to the eerie house that's away from the Ancient City.
>The fastest way there would actually be by flying, using 2% magical power
>You yawn. you haven't slept for 2 nights now, been mind raped by Koishi, bribing fairies with chocolate, making a sperm deal with Marisa and heck of other debts. You can go on though. You just feel all the action.
>You assume it's something close to morning. so it is day 3 of the adventure.
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>Maybe a route home wouldn't be too much worse...
>Take to the air, and follow that route.
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>Maybe a route home wouldn't be too much worse...
>Take to the air, and follow that route.
You mean route home or route to the place near the isolated building?
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>Let's check the building.
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>Let's check the building.
>You fly towards the distant lonely building.
>Magic Power Level: 73%/100%
>It appears to be some sort of shrine, as before it is a Tori Gate made of sturdy wood. It appears to be decorated with round red beads, it's painted red as well.
>The shrine itself looks decent and managed, though it doesn't appear that anyone's here.
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>Have a look around, as a normal visitor would. See what we can divine about it's resident or lack thereof.
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>Have a look around, as a normal visitor would. See what we can divine about it's resident or lack thereof.
>There appears to be a donation box in front of the shrine, pretty similar looking to the Hakurei shrine.
>As you enter, there seem to be yin yang orbs actually floating above ground in here. The place is pretty small, with a door leading to some other, unexplored by you, room. These are currently closed.
>There are braziers in all corners of the room with still burning fires, making the place visible well for visitors.
>In front of you there's a statue of a sitting man, holding a sword in one hand and a ball of fire in the other. He has a mask featuring some sort of horned demon. The shrine doesn't give a vibe of evil, but you haven't seen anything like this before. Everything appears to be quite old and you recall seeing such a shrine in a book about religions you read a long time ago, but you can't remember what was that about.
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>"Hello?"
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>"Hello?"
>No one answers you but the wind
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>Peek inside. Don't actually enter, but look around through the door.
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>Peek inside. Don't actually enter, but look around through the door.
>You open the door a little bit just to take a peek inside.
>There appears to be some kind of little room. There's only a sleeping mat, with a blanket and a pillow. It looks in order too. the room doesn't seem to have any windows and it looks very plain as there's only a little fire brazier in it's corner except the bed.
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> Ascertain when last the sleeping arrangements were used.
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> Ascertain when last the sleeping arrangements were used.
>You want to check the bed place so you open the door on full after confirming no one's in there.
>The door slides at your wish reveling the poor looking room fully now.
>You check the blanket and pillow. They're cold, but they aren't covered in any dust. They weren't used more then a few days ago.
>You notice there's a closet built in the wall on the right.
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>Listen for any oncomers.
>If there are none, check the closet.
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>Listen for any oncomers.
>If there are none, check the closet.
>You stop and listen.
>*funny ear movement*
>Nothing! You move on to the closet and open it. It's door is sliding too, neat.
>Inside you see some blankets, some red clothes, an old looking chest in it's left corner and a little box signed "bandages" on the chest. it's spacious enough to fit in a person too in here.
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>Examine them red clothes.
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>Examine them red clothes.
>These appear to be female clothes. a few sets at that. one is a light set, that reveals shoulders and... a bit too much of the parts below the neck, in your opinion. it goes with a pair of pants of a light, yet sturdy material. It looks like they're easy to move in, but they are for a taller person then yourself.
>The other set of clothes look like a shrine maiden robes, almost like the ones Reimu wears all the time.
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>Curious.
>Oh well, if no one is here, carry on toward the bridge out of here.
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>Curious.
>Oh well, if no one is here, carry on toward the bridge out of here.
>You leave the deserted shrine
>The way before you is a tunnel way leading to... somewhere. You check it out then, as you intended before.
>You were expecting a bridge of some sorts, like on the way you got here, but this one's absent.
>The tunnel starts changing from regular rocky walls to metallic ones. You knock to check. Yup, this is hard metal.
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>Wait for a few seconds and see if the tunnel walls change back to rock.
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>Do we have any idea why there might be metallic walls somewhere like this?
>Hell, have we seen metal used in such a fashion before...?
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>Wait for a few seconds and see if the tunnel walls change back to rock.
By "change" I meant that upon progressing at some point the metal takes place for stone.
>Do we have any idea why there might be metallic walls somewhere like this?
>Hell, have we seen metal used in such a fashion before...?
>Never have you seen something like this.
>This place is totally unexpected, what is this anyway?
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>Do the walls seem to be made by people?
>Can we hear anything inside?
>Are there any signs that people go through here?
>Presuming there is nothing else interesting or threatening, go in a few more yards.
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>Do the walls seem to be made by people?
>Can we hear anything inside?
>Are there any signs that people go through here?
>Presuming there is nothing else interesting or threatening, go in a few more yards.
>They seem man-made, yes. They're pretty smooth and bear signs of not being natural.
>As you proceed there is some sort of weird sound coming from the far end of the tunnel. It's not like anything you have ever heard before. Something like "bzzzzzzzz"
>You look for signs of people visiting this place, but you aren't positively sure. The place looks like it seen sweeping from time to time.
>You resume the trip and you notice an end of the tunnel. Far away there appears to be some sort of metallic door. it's gigantic.
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>Try to identify the buzzing.
>Proceed toward the door.
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>Try to identify the buzzing.
>Proceed toward the door.
>The noise is coming from the other side of the door. You aren't sure what that might be. Some sort of a machine sound, perhaps.
>You approach the door. They're really very big, but they're closed. You can't see through them. They look real tough. As if they're meant to survive more then just an explosion.
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>Test them to see if they are locked.
>If not, open them!
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>Test them to see if they are locked.
>If not, open them!
>You try to push them but nothing happens. How do these open anyways.... You spot a thingy with buttons on the right on a wall next to the door.
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> Examine the buttons
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> Examine the buttons
>There's a little screen above the buttons, the buttons themselves though have numbers on them. from 0 all the way to 9.
>There's also a button with a letter "C" and a button with a sign "Enter"
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> try entering 6, enter.
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> try entering 6, enter.
>You press button number 6 and then Enter.
>Nothing happens. When you pushed 6, a star symbol appeared on the screen above the buttons. pressing enter didn't make it go away
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> Can we figure something using our powers?
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> Can we figure something using our powers?
Definitely not the right combination. But you can attempt to rip a hole inside the door using 10% Magic Power Level.
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>We don't need to be in there that bad.
>Try knocking on the door. Maybe there's someone in there?
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> Try combination 666
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>We don't need to be in there that bad.
>Try knocking on the door. Maybe there's someone in there?
>You approach the door and knock. Knocking makes you feel the door better. It's incredibly thick! You aren't sure if your knocking's hearable on the other side. The noise inside gets a little more irregular now.
> Try combination 666
>You go back to the buttons and the screen and input combination 666.
>All the numbers appeared as stars on the screen. You press the "Enter" button. On the screen appears a sign in red now "WRONG CODE. 3 attempts left"
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> use your tails to dust the pad for fingerprints.
> better don't risk raising any kind of alarm. turn back and leave.
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>Before leaving, listen to the sound a bit. Does it stay irregular? Does it evolve into differently irregular?
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> use your tails to dust the pad for fingerprints.
> better don't risk raising any kind of alarm. turn back and leave.
>Before leaving, listen to the sound a bit. Does it stay irregular? Does it evolve into differently irregular?
>Sweep sweep
>You want to leave but before you do so, you decide to listen to the sound a bit more.
>You close in to the door to listen better.
>The weird sound gets regular again. you also hear some clanking inside. Hmm... a machine of some sorts.
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> use "kyubi power: explosions for the hell of it" to blow down the door
> make a mental note about this place.
> concider asking someone about it later.
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>Odd.
>Knock one more time, a little bit harder. See if it goes all irregular again.
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> use "kyubi power: explosions for the hell of it" to blow down the door
> make a mental note about this place.
> concider asking someone about it later.
>Mental note made. It's all in your head now.
>Odd.
>Knock one more time, a little bit harder. See if it goes all irregular again.
>Weird
>You knock one more time, this time harder. The clanking stopped, but the sounds goes regular again.
>Suddenly from beyond the door opens a mini trapdoor and from it a weird black contraption slides all the way down to your level. It's connected with whatever is behind the trapdoor with a cable.
>And then it starts talking "Can I help you?" with a female voice
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>Bow toward the voice
>"I hope so. May I ask if you've seen a woman by the name of Satori lately? And, if I may, what is this place?"
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>Bow toward the voice
>"I hope so. May I ask if you've seen a woman by the name of Satori lately? And, if I may, what is this place?"
>"Lady Satori Komeiji? She's missing. I'd snatch the reward for finding her anytime though"
>"This place is the Nuclear Reactor, ma'am. Science'n'stuff"
>The voice seems like chewing on something then spitting it out.
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>Do any of those details on this place mean anything to us? Would Yukari have mentioned something about a certain nuclear incident, or perhaps we heard of it elsewhere?
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>Do any of those details on this place mean anything to us? Would Yukari have mentioned something about a certain nuclear incident, or perhaps we heard of it elsewhere?
>You recall Lady Yukari mentioning an incident underground but it didn't involve machines nor reactors... it was something about hot springs.
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>"I am a little bit poor at science, I'm afraid. Could you describe it with simpler terms?"
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>"I am a little bit poor at science, I'm afraid. Could you describe it with simpler terms?"
>"This is a place where we perform scientific research and we receive nuclear energy used for many purposes. It's really useful. And it's all thanks to lady Satori's pet."
>"Oh, and this place keeps the hot waters and the underground warm...." she sighs
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>"Oh ok, thank you."
>Bow politely and head back the way we came.
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>"Oh ok, thank you."
>Bow politely and head back the way we came.
>"Bye then"
>You leave. as you go you hear from the mechanism, that's now flying back to the mini trapdoor "sigh... break's over"
>You proceed back to the tunnel way.
>And you emerge near the mysterious shrine
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>Have a look around. Anything else of interest nearby, despite the shrine's isolation?
>Anything between here and the bridge we crossed to get into the city?
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>Have a look around. Anything else of interest nearby, despite the shrine's isolation?
>Anything between here and the bridge we crossed to get into the city?
>For the other tunnels you saw you need to actually pass or fly above the city
>There doesn't seem any other interesting sites here, near the shrine. a moon underground is a strange object though.
>You can get to the bridge you passed to get here without going to the city in any way though.
The bridge is north from here, the city is north-east. the other tunnels are behind the city.
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>Let's head northeast toward the bridge, sleep would be a good thing to get, as well as getting home and checking on Yukari.
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>Let's head northeast toward the bridge, sleep would be a good thing to get, as well as getting home and checking on Yukari.
I assume that's north if you mean the bridge.
>You decide to head over to the bridge again.
>You proceed a rocky way towards the bridge, from the shrine. If this shrine is supposed to be a place of cult, then it's not very popular as the road looks damaged in some places and generally mistreated.
>You see the Ancient City on your right. Apart from being all shiny with lights, it's emanating strongly with magic inside this place, so deep underground.
>You yawn. and you think about Yukari-sama. How is she now...?
>There's the bridge you see there from afar.
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Dyslexic fuck I you.
>Head toward the bridge. But if we can observe those magical emanations along the way and discern something about them, that'd be a nice use of time along the way.
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>Head toward the bridge. But if we can observe those magical emanations along the way and discern something about them, that'd be a nice use of time along the way.
>All you can say is that there are a few mighty entities in the city. You aren't sure where they're located though.
>You approach the bridge. Parsee's nowhere in sight. She might be sleeping, it's around 6 AM.
>The bridge looks pretty impressive made, as you notice. it's sturdy. Probably oni-made. Yet it has a touch of nice carpentry art to it.
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>Cross the bridge and depart.
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>Cross the bridge and depart.
>You cross the bridge without stopping in an attempt to get out, finally.
>On your way out after some time you encounter the wall of web again.
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>"Excuse me."
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>"Excuse me."
>No response.
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>Approach the wall; are we able to tell how Yamame opened it last time?
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>Approach the wall; are we able to tell how Yamame opened it last time?
>You approach the wall. the web seems sticky even on glance.
>You aren't sure, she moved it as if it was a curtain
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>A bit more loudly this time: "Excuse me?"
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>A bit more loudly this time: "Excuse me?"
>As you call out louder you start hearing coughing then Yamame quickly slides down to you
>"H-hello...." she rubs her eyes, remaining upside down, hanging on a web.
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>"Hello. I was hoping you could let me through? I would rather not mess up your webs by getting stuck to them."
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>"Hello. I was hoping you could let me through? I would rather not mess up your webs by getting stuck to them."
>"Oh, miss Kitsune, yeah" she yawns "Sure"
>She approaches the webs and just moves them without any trouble at all, making enough space for you to pass.
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> Fly home for a small snack and much needed rest.
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> Fly home for a small snack and much needed rest.
>You fly home. The sun is rising in the outside world as you make your way out without trouble.
>Current Magic Power Level: 70%/100%
>As you fly home, you see something flash from the window of miss Yukari's room. a flash of light.
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> Go to Yukari-sama's room to verify that flash, carefully.
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>Would we recognize this flash as something Yukari has done in the past?
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>Would we recognize this flash as something Yukari has done in the past?
>Never! But it does seem somewhat familiar....
> Go to Yukari-sama's room to verify that flash, carefully.
>You run to Yukari-sama's room. on your way you notice that one of the windows is wide open.
>Yukari-sama's room door is open too.
>There you see a familiar feminine figure, holding a black device.... that's the thing making the light.
>"Nice angle!" she says
>Her legs are so fantastic, you drop and thank God for this creation
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>Calm self.
>"Hello, reporter. Would you care for some tea?"
>Which one of them is it?
>_
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>Calm self.
>"Hello, reporter. Would you care for some tea?"
>Which one of them is it?
>"Ayayayaya!" she shouts, seemingly frightened by your approach. It's the sexier taller one with short black hair.
>She nearly fell on the ground, her funny hat falling on the floor.
>"Busted.... Why'd ya spook on me like that?" She picks up her hat and puts on the head "Sure, I'd love some"
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>"Well, I could ask why you broke into my house, but it's better to leave little questions like that unasked, don't you think?"
>Head back, set the kettle on. Pick out something uncaffienated.
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>"Well, I could ask why you broke into my house, but it's better to leave little questions like that unasked, don't you think?"
>Head back, set the kettle on. Pick out something uncaffienated.
>You have some tea leaves in the kitchen. You set your kettle and the water gets heated.
>The girl you know as Aya Shameimaru follows you to the kitchen and leisurely takes a seat.
>"So, a friendly interview for the Bunbunmaru newspaper perhaps, foxy lady?" she smiles. So energetic.
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>"I might be convinced, but some other questions need to be addressed first. First, just how many pictures did you take?"
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>"I might be convinced, but some other questions need to be addressed first. First, just how many pictures did you take?"
>"About 15. What? Not all will be printed, ya know"
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>"I must have gotten here early. And what will you be printing, exactly?"
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>"I must have gotten here early. And what will you be printing, exactly?"
>"A genius article! "Sleeping Beauty!" Spring's here and she ain't awake still and still. That oughta catch interest!"
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>"Ah, that's a shame."
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>"Ah, that's a shame."
>"What do you mean, a shame?" she hides her black photo making device in a bag
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>"Well, firstly because it means both of our next hour and a half is going to be filled with me slamming a door into your head. Secondly, I will be so busy slamming a door into your head that I won't be able to tell you about a much more interesting story brewing that I would gamble you aren't aware of."
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>"Well, firstly because it means both of our next hour and a half is going to be filled with me slamming a door into your head. Secondly, I will be so busy slamming a door into your head that I won't be able to tell you about a much more interesting story brewing that I would gamble you aren't aware of."
>"W-well.... ehehe he... ehehehe.... What would that be?"
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>"First, I will need your solemn vow that none of this will be printed. Upon everything you stand for, and upon youkai mountain itself."
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>"First, I will need your solemn vow that none of this will be printed. Upon everything you stand for, and upon youkai mountain itself."
>"Awww, come ooon.... Why?" She gets up and makes a step back
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>"Because all things are an exchange. If you get what you want, shouldn't I get what I want?"
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>"You do know that this isn't quality service if you keep this up."
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>"Wouldn't it a shame to miss a real scoop for, well, this?"
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>"Because all things are an exchange. If you get what you want, shouldn't I get what I want?"
>She smiles wryly and swings her eyes...
>"You do know that this isn't quality service if you keep this up."
>.... and sticks her tongue out
>"Wouldn't it a shame to miss a real scoop for, well, this?"
>And her eyes glitter. "Deal. Scoop. Now" She takes out a small pack of pictures and holds it in a little distance away from you
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>"Say the words, please."
>Rememory check: Was it mentioned the Devas were also missing? I recall something being mentioned about them.
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>"Say the words, please."
>Rememory check: Was it mentioned the Devas were also missing? I recall something being mentioned about them.
>"What words?" She tilts her head. "Yeah, yeah, take your photos, here" she puts the photos on the table
>Koishi said the devas were nowhere to be found. They run off all the time, but this time all 4 are absent.
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>"The vow I asked for that you wouldn't write anything about this, either. I would like to hear you say it."
>Take the photos.
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>"The vow I asked for that you wouldn't write anything about this, either. I would like to hear you say it."
>Take the photos.
>She sighs "I promise I won't write anything about this"
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>"Very well."
>"As for your tip, do you know about Satori, who lives in the Palace of the Earth Spirits? She has gone missing; no one knows where she is. Curiously enough, the kasha's workload seems to have gone up in the meantime. As well, all four of the devas are missing."
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>"Very well."
>"As for your tip, do you know about Satori, who lives in the Palace of the Earth Spirits? She has gone missing; no one knows where she is. Curiously enough, the kasha's workload seems to have gone up in the meantime. As well, all four of the devas are missing."
>"oooh. Now that's material!" She runs off by the door with her stuff, leaving the photos as they were.
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>Pick up photos and prepare for departure.
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>Departure?
>Go back and check up on Yukari.
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>Pick up photos and prepare for departure.
>Departure?
>Go back and check up on Yukari.
>You pick up the photos and go to Yukari-sama's room.
>She's even more sweaty then last time... and her bed place looks disturbed, she might've been moving a lot in her sleep which is rather disturbing. She's pale and hot upon touch.
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>Check her over for other physical symptoms; check inside of her mouth and such.
>Would Yukari want us to go to a doctor, or would she prefer we keep this moment of uncharacteristic weakness a secret?
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>Check her over for other physical symptoms; check inside of her mouth and such.
>Would Yukari want us to go to a doctor, or would she prefer we keep this moment of uncharacteristic weakness a secret?
>You check Yukari-sama around, but you don't see anything except her sweating a lot and going all pale.
>Her breath isn't regular from time to time. It look like she might be suffering.
>You don't know what would she want in such a situation, she never mentioned anything like that, nor something like this happened before.
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>Check her pulse.
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>Check her pulse.
>You check her pulse on her neck.
>It appears to be higher then normal a bit
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>"I really wish you would have left me with some emergency instructions..."
>While awake, would Yukari prioritize suffering in private over appearing weak in public? Or would she go to a doctor if ill and let it be known?
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> Shout to the skies: "MARIBEL, GO TO SLEEP, DAMMIT!"
> Has Yukari ever been ill before?
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>"I really wish you would have left me with some emergency instructions..."
>While awake, would Yukari prioritize suffering in private over appearing weak in public? Or would she go to a doctor if ill and let it be known?
>You really really aren't sure, but you consider the doctor a wise choice. she wouldn't get mad for you doing so, at least.
> Shout to the skies: "MARIBEL, GO TO SLEEP, DAMMIT!"
> Has Yukari ever been ill before?
>never ever. She just hibernates on winter, which was completely normal for her. She sleeps a lot, but she EVENTUALLY woke up every time and definitely no sweating, paleness etc.
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>A doctor it will be, then.
>But first, we need some rest. Badly.
>Also check those photos.
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>Did she give us the negatives?
>Keep an eye out for particularly seductive photos, consider their use in aiding sleeping conditions
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>A doctor it will be, then.
>But first, we need some rest. Badly.
>Also check those photos.
>A doctor, yes.
>Sooo sleepy....
>You check the photos, there's 14 of them. Many show Yukari-sama in some awkward angles. They're actually pretty high quality. She isn't touched anywhere at least but it's shown like black on white about what's going on.
>Did she give us the negatives?
>Keep an eye out for particularly seductive photos, consider their use in aiding sleeping conditions
>What's negatives? Her box spews photos, that's how it works. .... Doesn't it? You aren't certain what magic might that be.
>No sleep for us, fap fap fap
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>Go sleep.
>Presuming no tragedies, check on Yukari during our "morning" routine and get a lunch ready.
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>Go sleep.
>Presuming no tragedies, check on Yukari during our "morning" routine and get a lunch ready.
>You go to your bed and get some sleep. So tired...
>You have a dream. You see eyes. Many eyes looking at you in a dark big space.... They aren't attached to faces and they're scattered randomly all around... this looks like insides of Yukari-sama's gaps. But the eyes' look... Seems hostile. And it makes you scared.
>You get up. The sun shining through the windows indicates that it's afternoon.
>Magic Power Level: 90%/100%. hmm... shouldn't you regenerate a bit more....
>You get up and check on lady Yukari.
>She appears to be moving in her sleep, rolling in her bed. She's asleep, but if she is, she must have a nightmare. And this is lady Yukari we're speaking about, so it's more then hell. She looks sick.
>You go to the kitchen and prepare a lunch.
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>Prepare a cold compress for Yukari, to try to combat her fever a bit.
>Do we know any home remedies for such?
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>Check for possible illusion use.
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>Prepare a cold compress for Yukari, to try to combat her fever a bit.
>Do we know any home remedies for such?
>You prepare a cold compress for lady Yukari. Thankfully you have that in the house just in case.
>You don't have a remedy specifically for fevers. But you check the bathroom closet... There's pain killers, cold medicine, pills for stomachache, contraceptive pills, wait, what are these for .... But nothing for fevers.
>Check for possible illusion use.
>You check for potential illusions around Yukari, so you cast your penetrating spell...
>current magical power 88%/100%
>... But it produces nothing. One thing's for sure, there aren't any illusions involved in Yukari-sama's current status
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>Does Yukari look like she's in pain? If so, give her a proper dose of pain killers.
>Fix up a quick post-waking meal, something that doesn't take cooking, and check the date, so we know how long we have til Chen shows up.
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>Does Yukari look like she's in pain? If so, give her a proper dose of pain killers.
>Fix up a quick post-waking meal, something that doesn't take cooking, and check the date, so we know how long we have til Chen shows up.
>The mistress looks like in pains so you feed her with pain killer pills and give her some water, moving her neck and head accordingly to swallow the pills.
>You make yourself a tofu sandwich and check the date with a calendar in the kitchen. The calendar's divided in 4 parts. One part shows the previous month, other shows present month and the lowest part appears to be the next month. The highest, fourth part, shows a picture of a half naked human male. He's muscular and has long blond hair and blue trouser things. You aren't moved the slightest. Wonder why mistress would like something like this in the kitchen. Lewd.
>It's the beginning of April. And today's Thursday. Chen mentioned she'll be back on weekends, so you guess she'll come back either late tomorrow or in 2 days
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>What do we know about doctor types? Hopefully we're at least tangentially familiar with Eirin, given we helped claw her (or at least her princess) up during the moon incident. Have we any clue how to get to Eientei?
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>What do we know about doctor types? Hopefully we're at least tangentially familiar with Eirin, given we helped claw her (or at least her princess) up during the moon incident. Have we any clue how to get to Eientei?
>You know the way to Eientei, yes.
>The doctor there is a shady, weird person. Yet she's powerful and you heard she helped many human or youkai alike.
>Flying to Eientei requires 7% of power.
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>Did we get any power back from breakfast?
>Fly to Eientei.
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>Did we get any power back from breakfast?
>Fly to Eientei.
>No, you didn't. And that too seems very disturbing.
>You make your way to Eientei, leaving the house.
>You fly above Mayohiga, pass the Hakurei shrine... and there is the bamboo forest.
>81%/100% power
>You dive in the forest and approach a familiar eastern style wooden mansion-like building in the middle of the forest. There seem to be many rabbits around. They observe your steps now
Their smily faces are so adorable you wanna puke
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>Approach the rabbits. "I would like to speak with the doctor, please."
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>Capture. Cuddle. Molest. Consume.
>Do we have any idea if these rabbits can talk?
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>Capture. Cuddle. Molest. Consume.
>Do we have any idea if these rabbits can talk?
>You aren't sure if all of them. You know two that speak. The names escaped you though.
>Approach the rabbits. "I would like to speak with the doctor, please."
>You approach the flock of bunnies. They look at you with big eyes and big smiles on their faces.
>As you speak, they surround you with curiosity, jump on you and start tickling.
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>"Gyah!"
>How many are there, at least roughly?
>Try to get away from them. "I don't have time to play right now!"
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>"Gyah!"
>How many are there, at least roughly?
>Try to get away from them. "I don't have time to play right now!"
>Like 6 or 7 of'em!
>Gyah! You're sensitive!
>They have merciless and cute smiles on their faces "Play! Play! fluffy and soft" They cheer.
>"What's the commotion?" You hear a voice. A rabbit girl comes out of the mansion and looks at you behind a wooden pillar. She has long light purple hair, a skirt and a white shirt on her. pretty revealing.
>As she notices you, her eyes grow
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>We recognize her, right?
>"I snerk! need to giggle speak with the doctor!"
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>We recognize her, right?
>"I snerk! need to giggle speak with the doctor!"
>You do, it's that girl shooting gun bullet shaped danmaku, you encountered when there was that moon problem... She's capable of illusions.
>One of the bunnies goes under your skirt. it's fluffy fur rubbing against your bare legs is indescribable.
>The girl yells "They're back! Master Eiriiiiiin!" And she runs back inside
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>Oh hell no, kick that little shit til she gets out!
>In the mean time, submit to the giggles.
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>Oh hell no, kick that little shit til she gets out!
>In the mean time, submit to the giggles.
>You kick and jump. The bunny gets frightened of the eventuality of getting kicked in the face and jumps out of your robes.
>You laugh so hard it's crazy. You didn't laugh like that since at least 400 years
>You are aware how ticklish you are now.
>The bunnies stop for a while and just surround you now in a fluffy ring of smily faces.
>"So soft, lady!"
>"Yeah, soft and fluffy!"
>"Nice and ticklish!"
>"Ticklish!"
>"Fun"
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>Regain breath, and look toward the Purple-haired rabbit.
>"I swear that this is no attack. I merely need to see the doctor. It is an emergency!"
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>Regain breath, and look toward the Purple-haired rabbit.
>"I swear that this is no attack. I merely need to see the doctor. It is an emergency!"
>She ran back inside in the middle of your laugh attack, yelling something about Eirin.
>The bunnies keep smiling at you. They seem to like you.
>You look up, as you feel uncertain and there is the purple haired girl. She's standing on the roof with a rifle pointed at you.
>"D-don't move! Or I'll shoot! Master will come here any minute now and prevent your treacherous attack!'
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>"If she is coming, I have no need to move. And if this were a treacherous attack would I come though the front door, let alone call for help?"
>Pat a bunny on the head.
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>"If she is coming, I have no need to move. And if this were a treacherous attack would I come though the front door, let alone call for help?"
>Pat a bunny on the head.
>She thinks a while and lowers her gun "Well.... Yeah"
>You pat a little bunny on the head. nearly half way fluffy as your tails. But they're adorable.
>You hear foot steps from inside the mansion towards you.
>"What was your name again, kitsune minion?" the girl asks you, jumping from the roof.
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>"I am Ran Yakumo. And your name, rabbit minion?"
>Friendly tone, of course.
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>"I am Ran Yakumo. And your name, rabbit minion?"
>Friendly tone, of course.
>"I'm no minion! I'm Reisen Udongein Inaba"
>A new person emerges from the mansion. It's a tall adult looking woman, with long bright hair tied up. Her cloths are an interesting play of blue and red, with some ornaments resembling a star constellation. Yup, that must be Eirin Yagokoro.
>"Yes, kitsune-san?" she cuts off. She's very calm and reserved.
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>"It is a pleasure, Reisen."
>Bow toward Eirin.
>"I need your help. There is a medical emergency. Unfortunately, it is also a rather private matter, so I must ask you to dismiss your subordinates. I offer you my most solemn vow I will not do anything to cause trouble in the meantime."
>Yet. Those rabbits might make a nice trouble-making vector for the future.
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>"It is a pleasure, Reisen."
>Bow toward Eirin.
>"I need your help. There is a medical emergency. Unfortunately, it is also a rather private matter, so I must ask you to dismiss your subordinates. I offer you my most solemn vow I will not do anything to cause trouble in the meantime."
>Yet. Those rabbits might make a nice trouble-making vector for the future.
>As you speak, Eirin raises an eyebrow.
>"Then follow me to my clinic then" and she turns around, heading back inside.
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>Follow!
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>Follow!
>You start following inside, but before you enter, the rabbits jump around you.
>"Be back soon"
>"We'll play!
>"Play"
>"hoo hoo!"
>You go inside. Reisen follows you as you go behind Eirin.
>There are many similar looking corridors in here. But once you pass an opened room. Inside there's a person with long black hair. She's sitting near a messy bed place and holds some weird mechanism, connected with a bigger machine which next is plugged in a TV in front of her. Ah, yes. video game, that's what was it called.
>Eirin suggestively coughs while passing the door and the person jumps, then scratches her bum "Only one more level" she says
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>Chuckle, and follow along.
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>Chuckle, and follow along.
>You proceed. Was that person... princess Kaguya? giggle.
>After a minute or two you reach a room with western styled white doors, unfitting in such a place.
>Yagokoro opens them and invites you inside.
>The room looks really odd. It's all white and clean. There's a bed, some closets, a desk with a chair and some other door.
>Eirin sits on the chair. It's turning around! nice device. And she puts her right leg on her left leg.
>"Please, sit on the bed" she instructs you. Reisen closes the door you came in and goes by the other door, to another room.
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>Do so.
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>Do so.
>You sit on the bed as told. It's comfortable, but you're pretty sure it's not good enough for a good night's sleep.
>"Now, say Ahhh" Eirin takes a flat thin peace of metal from the desk and inserts it in your mouth.
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>Let her finish her thing, when she does.
>"I think you misunderstand. I'm not the one in need of help."
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>Let her finish her thing, when she does.
>"Well, your throat is fine.... What's the problem then?" She takes out another device from a drawer in her desk. It looks like a cable. She puts two ends of it in her ears and points the second end, with a metal circle part, at you.
>"I think you misunderstand. I'm not the one in need of help."
>"....Oh." She puts the device away. "Then who?"
>Meanwhile Reisen comes back from the other room. She's in a tight white dress now. A nurse outfit.
>"Mistress, I told you it feels tight in my chest!" she complains.
>"Stop complaining, bare with it" Eirin says without even looking at her.
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>"This would be where the private part comes in. Could you send you assistant away, please?"
>Do we know of the concept of Doctor-Patient Confidentiality?
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>"This would be where the private part comes in. Could you send you assistant away, please?"
>Do we know of the concept of Doctor-Patient Confidentiality?
>"Reisen. Out." Eirin says.
>"Oh... but it took some time to -"
>"Out"
>"Ok...." And Reisen leaves through the entrance door
>You don't know about such a policy.
>"No one will hear us now. AND IF THEY DO, I"LL TORTURE THEM TO DEATH" Eirin yells. You hear rustling from the oother side of the window on your right and some movement at the door. Sounds like rabbits running away.
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>"This is a matter of utmost secrecy, so I must ask you to vow that you won't speak of this to anyone outside of strict necessity to the patient."
>Assuming she agrees, says, "It is Yukari-Sama. She has yet to awaken from her hibernation. As well, she is running a fever, and has gone pale."
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>"This is a matter of utmost secrecy, so I must ask you to vow that you won't speak of this to anyone outside of strict necessity to the patient."
>Assuming she agrees, says, "It is Yukari-Sama. She has yet to awaken from her hibernation. As well, she is running a fever, and has gone pale."
>"You have a doctor's word"
>You present her the story.
>"She didn't wake up.... hmmm.... Truly odd indeed. And a fever at that. Can I take a look at her?"
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>'You do seem trustworthy. So, let us depart!'
>Also, think about a way to fill in your debt to Mokou and humiliate Kaguya.
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>Perhaps if we borrowed a few rabbits over the weekend for Chen to play with, it would cause a proper stir?
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>'You do seem trustworthy. So, let us depart!'
>Also, think about a way to fill in your debt to Mokou and humiliate Kaguya.
>Eirin gets up and opens the door "Let us"
>You think about a way of humiliating Kaguya. What might it be (such things are for players to state)
>Perhaps if we borrowed a few rabbits over the weekend for Chen to play with, it would cause a proper stir?
>Perhaps. You consider doing so.
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>Also have a discreet look around for interesting things we could mess with to cause trouble on a future trip.
>Homeward!
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>Also have a discreet look around for interesting things we could mess with to cause trouble on a future trip.
>Homeward!
>You already noticed princess Kaguya's lifestyle, passing her room. You memorize where the room was. There was a gaming console there, she played it/ looked like it was a lot.
>Eirin took a brown bag with her as well.
>You get out of the mansion. The bunnies greet you. They seem to be scared of Eirin and avoid her, but they jump around you. Their fur tickles your tails
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>"I'll be back in a little while, alright?"
>Lead Eirin to Casa de Yakumo.
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>"I'll be back in a little while, alright?"
>Lead Eirin to Casa de Yakumo.
>The bunnies wave at you. so adorable.
>You lead Eirin to your house. Thankfully she can fly too.
>Current Magic Power Level: 85%/100%
>You arrive at the Yakumo household at Mayohiga without much trouble. Eirin wasn't fond of chatting all the way. She just seems interested in a disease.
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>Lead her to Yukari's beside.
>"Would you like me to put on some tea?"
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>Lead her to Yukari's beside.
>"Would you like me to put on some tea?"
>"Please"
>You lead Eirin to Yukari's bedroom. She witnesses what's wrong with your mistress on her own eyes now.
>She puts her bag near Yukari-sama and kneels next to her.
>The girls are examining.
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>What selections of tea do we have?
>If significantly varied, ask Eirin what kind she'd like.
>Prepare appropriate fashions of tea.
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>What selections of tea do we have?
>If significantly varied, ask Eirin what kind she'd like.
>Prepare appropriate fashions of tea.
>You have maple tea and some black tea. The supplies are running low. You planned to buy more when miss Yukari would wake up.
>You ask Eirin which she prefers.
>"Maple tea, please"
>And so you prepare the drinks.
>As you asked, you noticed that near Eirin the contents of the bag are scattered around. she's really putting her heart into this.
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>Take heart in Eirin's efforts. Set her up some tea.
>Once the tea is done: "Is there anything I can do to assist?"
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>Take heart in Eirin's efforts. Set her up some tea.
>Once the tea is done: "Is there anything I can do to assist?"
>You make the tea and bring Eirin a cup.
>"Thank you" she takes the tea
>You ask if you can help "No, I can manage."
>She starts taking Yukari's shirt off.
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>It's for medical purposes, it's alright.
>...
>"...Perhaps it would be better if I did such things?"
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>It's for medical purposes, it's alright.
>...
>"...Perhaps it would be better if I did such things?"
>"Oh? And can you use a stethoscope?" She points the cable thingy she wanted to use on you.
>a what? what kind of a name is that?
>Yukari-sama's shirt is half off. It's not revealing her breasts, but it isn't far from that.
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>"Maybe. But I apologize, it's just that I have to think of her desires in this as well. Just let me know if you need something removed."
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>"Maybe. But I apologize, it's just that I have to think of her desires in this as well. Just let me know if you need something removed."
>"Okay" Eirin inserted two ends of the device in her ears and she pressed the other half, with the metal circle, to Yukari's chest. It seems as if she's listening to something. She moves the circle here and there and after a while she's putting the device away and looks into Yukari's mouth.
>As she does so, she says "Don't be jealous, miss lover" and she smiles.
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>"It's not anything like that, I just have to think of her feelings, too!"
>...Okay maybe it is, but she doesn't need to know about it.
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>"It's not anything like that, I just have to think of her feelings, too!"
>...Okay maybe it is, but she doesn't need to know about it.
:3
>"Sure it isn't"
>Eirin runs a few more tests. Finally she sighs.
>"Well.... How do I put it. She IS sick, but...."
>"It's not a sickness medicine can handle. You see, physically she's fine. But I don't think she's alright spiritually.... And this is out of my field"
>She doesn't look happy at all.
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>"Hmm. And how were you to determine the physical symptoms had no physical cause? It would be useful to be able to summarize it to someone else."
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>"Hmm. And how were you to determine the physical symptoms had no physical cause? It would be useful to be able to summarize it to someone else."
>"She doesn't have any infections, nor does she have any other symptoms apart from being sweaty and pale. I checked her eyes and her entire body for anything suspicious that could affect such a mighty youkai and found nothing"
>Eirin stands up "Wherever your Mistress' mind or spirit is right now, she isn't having a pleasant time"
>"And by the way.... Yukari's immune to diseases, just so you know. She's among the mightiest of youkai and such things as a cold and such cannot affect her."
>She gathers her things back in her bag "I thought that maybe you found an unknown disease that could take down youkai in Gensokyo.... But that's not the case here"
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>"I honestly do not know if that is better or worse. Thank you very much Miss Yagokoro. And, a question for you. In a couple days, would it be allowable for my Chen to come visit Eientei and get acquainted with the rabbits?"
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>"I honestly do not know if that is better or worse. Thank you very much Miss Yagokoro. And, a question for you. In a couple days, would it be allowable for my Chen to come visit Eientei and get acquainted with the rabbits?"
>"Acquainted? If the rabbits are fine with it, I don't mind"
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>Nod.
>"Thank you. I shall definitely be there."
>Help her pack her crap away.
>"I hope the tea was enough to keep the visit from being a total waste, at least?"
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Purv, are you intentionally avoiding asking whether she has any idea who might be capable of/responsible for this, or is that just forgetfulness?
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>Nod.
>"Thank you. I shall definitely be there."
>Help her pack her crap away.
>"I hope the tea was enough to keep the visit from being a total waste, at least?"
>"A doctor's visit is never a waste. At you cleared something up, didn't you?"
>You finished packing. Eirins gets her brown bag and hands you her empty cup, left from the tea, and gets up.
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Purv, are you intentionally avoiding asking whether she has any idea who might be capable of/responsible for this, or is that just forgetfulness?
I assume she would have volunteered that kind of information; and digging for more is rather pointless as she has stated its outside of her realm of expertise.
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Purv, are you intentionally avoiding asking whether she has any idea who might be capable of/responsible for this, or is that just forgetfulness?
teeheehee
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>Eirin walks towards the door.
>"So... at the Eientei no one can help your Mistress. cause Kaguya's useless"
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>"Thank you again. I expect you can't really make a guess on who or what the cause might be?"
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>"Thank you again. I expect you can't really make a guess on who or what the cause might be?"
>"Actually... no, I don't" Eirin has a serious expression on her face "But one thing's sure, this isn't normal even for Gensokyo standards... And I'm not even sure if this is magically caused or spiritually inflicted. And this is Yukari Yakumo we're talking about here. She's no pushover... Not to mention that I'm not sure who might have such a power in Gensokyo. Maybe the gods?" Eirin shrugs.
>"Well... I shall take my leave" you both are out of the household and Eirin waves to you. She seems moved by this issue. if Yukari would've died in any way, Gensokyo would cease existing.
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>Consider the time.
>Who would we consider most knowledgeable in spiritual matters? Who would most reliable?
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>Consider the time.
>Who would we consider most knowledgeable in spiritual matters? Who would most reliable?
>Late afternoon. about 5 PM
>There's Reimu Hakurei, but she's far from reliable. Marisa, Patchouli Knowledge and Alice Margatroid have the magical knowledge... There's the Myourensen at the human village. Also, there's the Moriya shrine on the Youkai Mountain. That's what comes to your mind about the word "spiritual"
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>What do we know of Myourensen? And all of these mooks, in fact?
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>Would it be remotely possible, let alone wise, to carry Yukari along to visit people for examination in order to save time?
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>What do we know of Myourensen? And all of these mooks, in fact?
>You know that Myourensen is a temple that was formerly some kind of a battle ship. Their leader is Byakuren Hijiri. She established the third major religion in Gensokyo and with her friendliness she has her church open for both youkai and humans alike. A very peaceful person gaining many followers, also mighty ones. You saw Shou a few days ago, when you were looking for Chen. She seemed like a nice person. You aren't aware i they might help you in your Yukari problem, as they don't have shrine maidens. They're different then Moriya and Hakurei.
>Would it be remotely possible, let alone wise, to carry Yukari along to visit people for examination in order to save time?
>It would be stupid, you think. Carrying a "sick" sweaty pale person around is not only impractical but also embarrassing.
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>Do we have any idea of Hijiri's reputation from the old days, before she was sealed?
>...Does Yukari need to eat? We should probably do something about that if she does.
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>Do we have any idea of Hijiri's reputation from the old days, before she was sealed?
>...Does Yukari need to eat? We should probably do something about that if she does.
>You heard she was sealed before as she helped youkai in many ways. She managed to reach great power. But people do seem to forgive her now.
>Oh, my, does Yukari-sama have to eat? She certainly likes eating but does she have to? During hibernation she doesn't. Her body seems to be of no need for such during that period, but what does this time now count for...?
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>Hmm. Great power, helpful, well regarded, it seems Byakuren is the way to go. Unless Yukari has expressed distaste for her?
>...Better play it safe. Cook up some broth and administer it to Yukari.
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>Hmm. Great power, helpful, well regarded, it seems Byakuren is the way to go. Unless Yukari has expressed distaste for her?
>...Better play it safe. Cook up some broth and administer it to Yukari.
>Yukari didn't express distaste nor satisfaction. Just mere curiosity. If she had any more conact with Byakuren, she didn't tell you.
>While you think, you proceed tot he kitchen and cook some broth. the supplies are running low, but there is more then enough.
>When it's finished, you get back to Yukari-sama's.
>You feed her. It's hard and takes time, you must rotate her so she could swallow properly.
>It's done without much trouble, thankfully.
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>This done, let's go find that Byakuren! Hopefully we have some clue where the temple is.
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>This done, let's go find that Byakuren! Hopefully we have some clue where the temple is.
>The sun is slowly going towards the west horizon as you go out of your household.
>You DO know where the temple is, because you were at it's entrance while searching for Chen at the human village. You already met miss Shou Toramaru. She complimented your tails and promised to have her eyes out for Chen. Which was 2days ago.
>You flyyy off to the human village.
>Current Magic Power level: 66%/100%. This magic seems... weird, you think. You have a little more trouble regenerating while miss Yukari's hibernating then usual.
>As you managed to arrive to the human village, the sun has set and said goodbye to the land of Gensokyo for the day. The moon is visible through the clouds a bit. a half moon, like a big cut cheese circle.
>As you land, you see something on the ground rustling.
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>Check that rustlin'.
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>Check that rustlin'.
>It appears to be a newspaper. You see the front page "BUNBUNMARU NEWSPAPER"
>And on the front page there's an article "Sleeping Beauty" and there's.... Yukari-sama, sleeping in her futon... you check the author and there's "Author: Hatate Himekaido"
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>Read the article.
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>Read the article.
>"In the Yakumo Household, Mistress of the hold, Yukari Yakumo, known as the Gap Youkai, Lady of the Barrier, was found sleeping although spring came. She can't be awaken and her shikigami were not home.
Could this mean a new crisis striking Gensokyo as yours truly writes this very article?
Stay tuned for more tasty details!"
>That's the first page of the paper. There's merely one photo of lady Yukari sleeping though.
>On the second page there just a few biographical details about lady Yukari participating in past Gensokyo trouble, which you took part in as well. Looks like just a filler.
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>Well now. We get to spend a good hour and a half slamming a door into someone's head.
>Set the paper back where we found it, and head for the temple.
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>Well now. We get to spend a good hour and a half slamming a door into someone's head.
>Set the paper back where we found it, and head for the temple.
>You put the newspaper down where you found it.
>And you proceed to Myourensen. It is where you seen it last time, on the outskirts of the village. The sign "Welcome to the temple of Myouren" remains.
>It's evening. the lights are on illuminating the temple, decorated with many statues of a sitting man. He looks peaceful and friendly, as you look at the statues.
>No one's visible at the entrance but it seems open.
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> Se if offering respects to the donation box would bring out one of the temple's people.
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> Se if offering respects to the donation box would bring out one of the temple's people.
>You dig in your pockets
>dig, dig dig.
>A coin! it's a 100 yen....
>You throw the coin in the box and it drops down loudly.
>A familiar person comes out of the temple and greets you "My, hello again"
>It's Shou. Her dress didn't change since last time. She smiles warmly to you.
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>"Good evening. I've come to ask, is Lady Hijiri available? It's rather an emergency..."
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>"Good evening. I've come to ask, is Lady Hijiri available? It's rather an emergency..."
>"I... believe she is. What seems to be the problem, miss Yakumo?" she looks in wonder. her slender hands are touching one of many pillars in the Temple.
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>"It is a rather private matter, I am afraid."
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>"It is a rather private matter, I am afraid."
>"Well then, follow me"
>Shou points the inner parts of the temple.
>As you follow, you pass quite a few rooms. Some natives of the temple are asleep though, as most rooms are dark and Shou is moving silently, saying nothing.
>You finally get to the furthest room, with sliding door like all of them.
>Shou enters before you, bows to whoever is inside and backs off for you to come in.
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>Enter, take stock of this inhabitant, and bow as Shou did.
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>Enter, take stock of this inhabitant, and bow as Shou did.
>As you enter, Shou closes the door and leaves to leave you alone.
>Inside there's a humble looking room. in the center in front of you is another one of those statues, holding it's hand in a friendly gesture towards you. Between you and it though sits a mature looking woman with the strangest hair color you ever seen. It's prismatic, going from purple to brown. Her eyes are strange as well, but she has a strong presence of a good person with warm feelings.
>She nods at you and says with a smile "welcome to the Temple of Myouren, miss kitsune. I am Byakuren Hijiri, how may I help you?". My, her breasts are rather big, as you notice.
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>"There is someone close to me suffering from a spiritual malady, and it is my hope that you can help treat it."
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>"There is someone close to me suffering from a spiritual malady, and it is my hope that you can help treat it."
>"Oh. I believe I know what you're talking about"
>You look in a corner. and there lies a Bunbunmaru newspaper....
>"I can check her out. I can't guarantee much, but we can always try"
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>"In regards to that."
>Glance toward the paper
>"Let us say nothing about it or what will follow. That writer shall have an accident soon enough."
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>"In regards to that."
>Glance toward the paper
>"Let us say nothing about it or what will follow. That writer shall have an accident soon enough."
>"My, my. Don't let anger overtake you" she smiles again.
>"Shall we go to your master?"
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>"Let's."
>Lead the way. Keep an eye out for tengu along the way.
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>Hold up a second.
>How far off the beaten path would it be to pick up at least one of the other spiritual helpers? Of those we know, how friendly would they be to receiving a visit at this hour?
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>We do not need more than one spiritualist at a time. Can't go around denying rumors if we're also spreading them.
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>"Let's."
>Lead the way. Keep an eye out for tengu along the way.
>Byakuren gets up and opens the door.
>You follow.
>As you proceed towards the entrance, you see Shou, sitting supporting herself with a wall. She looks a little sleep. It's night, so now wonder.
>"Shou, I'll be out for a while, please watch the shrine. have some sleep too, dear" Byakuren says.
>"Shou bows "Thank you, Byakuren-sama" and she withdraws to a nearby room, happier.
>You go out and start flying all the way back home
>Magic Power Level: 62%/100%.
>Lady Hijiri has the ability to fly as well, how convenient.
>Hold up a second.
>How far off the beaten path would it be to pick up at least one of the other spiritual helpers? Of those we know, how friendly would they be to receiving a visit at this hour?
>We do not need more than one spiritualist at a time. Can't go around denying rumors if we're also spreading them.
>The Hakurei shrine would be on your way home. But you are pretty sure that lazy miko is sleeping soundly.
>The Moriya shrine is far from close. it would take a large amount of time to get all the way up there and you believe it would be rude for miss Hijiri to just drag her around, so you decide not to bother more spiritualists yet.
>You see the Yakumo household in the distance.
>You blink with your eyes and for less then half a second you see a big eye in darkness, looking straight at you, it's veins viciously bloodied. And it's gone. it was so short.... Hallucination?
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>Where did we see it, exactly?
>"Did you just see anything unusual?"
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>Where did we see it, exactly?
>"Did you just see anything unusual?"
>It was like in the sky. Nothing particular's there as you see now. Just clouds on a spring night.
>"Hm? No, did you?" Byakuren looks clueless as you land on the front yard of your home.
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>"I believe so. Perhaps it is nothing."
>Lead her in to where Yukari is resting.
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>"I believe so. Perhaps it is nothing."
>Lead her in to where Yukari is resting.
>Byakuren nods
>You enter your home and proceed to lady Yukari's room.
>You see miss Yukari's sleeping, yet she's wet with sweat again.
>Byakuren goes towards her and puts her hands around her head.
>She closes her eyes and mumbles some words. You aren't sure, but they sound like some sort of prayers.
>It takes a while and goes on.
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>Consider what to do about the grocery situation in the meantime. Do we have any house money stowed away for such purposes?
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>Consider what to do about the grocery situation in the meantime. Do we have any house money stowed away for such purposes?
>Hm... No.. unless! Unless there might be some in Yukari-sama's closet. There should be some there.
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>Check the closet whilst Namusan does her thing.
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>Check the closet whilst Namusan does her thing.
>You check the closet while Byakuren does her thing.
>there are many clothes inside, in many different colors, but the same pattern and style lady Yukari likes to wear.
>Near a line of hats you notice a weird phenomenon. There's a tiny gap. It's not larger then fist sized and it's red.
>Also there's a wallet on top of the dresses.
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>Nab the wallet and check it.
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>Nab the wallet and check it.
>You take the wallet and the little red gap let's off a little lightening and zaps you. You have a big red dot on the hand which touched the wallet first. It doesn't hurt at all, but it seems like some kind of marking magic. And the gap closes.
>You take the wallet. Inside you find some money. you count it. There's 35600 yen.
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>Take careful note of where the gap was in order to describe to Byakuren, in case she can track it.
>Examine that dot for any further detail.
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>Take careful note of where the gap was in order to describe to Byakuren, in case she can track it.
>Examine that dot for any further detail.
>The gap was above Yukari-sama's hats, on the top shelf.
>It's red. feels and looks like paint but it's made of magic particles. you can't scrub it off. This is a little marking spell, as far as your knowledge goes. It's purpose is... to mark things. simply. You aren't sure how strong it is. Considering it's Yukari-sama we're talking about here, it might be a pain in the ass
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>Likely just marking who took her wallet. That's fine, we intend to return it with receipts, anyways.
>Namusan seeming to make any progress?
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>Likely just marking who took her wallet. That's fine, we intend to return it with receipts, anyways.
>Namusan seeming to make any progress?
>You close the closet and look back at Byakuren.
>Drops of sweat are forming on her forehead and she stop whispering.
>You approach and she drops on the ground, unconscious.
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>Sigh.
>Do we have any smelling salts around?
>Either way, make she she's not straining anything while unconscious.
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>Sigh.
>Do we have any smelling salts around?
>Either way, make she she's not straining anything while unconscious.
>You sigh.
>You believe there might be some in the bathroom.
>You put Hijiri on the ground and make sure she's not straining anything.
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>Get the smelling salts, apply them to Hijiri.
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> Does Hijiri look like she's developing any symptoms like those of Yukari's?
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>Get the smelling salts, apply them to Hijiri.
>You use the smelling salts on Byakuren. Byt they don't have any effect at all...
> Does Hijiri look like she's developing any symptoms like those of Yukari's?
>It seems so, for now, but she isn't sweating. At least not yet.
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>We should inform Shou, shouldn't we?
>Although, we're kinda running low on energy... Prepare some food.
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>We should inform Shou, shouldn't we?
>Although, we're kinda running low on energy... Prepare some food.
>Maybe we should.
>So low... You leave the bedroom and go tot he kitchen. Your food supplies are running thin. you can make yourself some sandwiches and rice with some chicken.
IMPORTANT: I'll be gone until Monday, people. Take care. Got an anime con, going to meet some touhou fans and represent myself as this country's biggest Mokou fan. Take care.
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>Devour food.
>Contemplate that eye thing. Did it look familiar at all?
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>Devour food.
>Contemplate that eye thing. Did it look familiar at all?
I'm back. let's continue. Got some touhou loot as well, so the con was nice.
>You eat your meal.
>current magic power level: 68%/100%
>The eye looked a bit like the gap eyes... It was weird enough but it looked more... Alive. Some of it's veins were visible.
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>Do we feel we are physically strong enough to haul Hijiri back to the temple?
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>Do we feel we are physically strong enough to haul Hijiri back to the temple?
>Yes, you believe so though her tits are so damn heavy but this will tire you quite a bit.
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>In the sense of devouring mana, or physical exhaustion?
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>In the sense of devouring mana, or physical exhaustion?
>physically much more then in terms of magic.
>Unless you intend to have her hover with you, that with all the way to the human village, might take 11% of power or so
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>Do we have a cart or wagon around that we could lug her in.
>If so, put it to use.
>If not, just take a moment to prepare, and fireman's carry the titty monster saint back town.
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>Do we have a cart or wagon around that we could lug her in.
>If so, put it to use.
>If not, just take a moment to prepare, and fireman's carry the titty monster saint back town.
>There is no cart or anything of the sort around the house.
>You take a moment before going out.
>You take a deep breath. oh, this is going to be bothersome.
>You take on Byakuren and leave your house carrying her.
>You proceed to the human village in the middle of this cloudy night.
>She sure seems heavy for a girl.
>This is gonna take time.
>As you walk, you pass the stairs to the Hakurei shrine. On the first foot step there's a person lying right there.
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>Pause and examine this person.
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>Pause and examine this person.
>You approach the person. It appears to be... the miko. Sleeping. Again.
>She doesn't reek of alcohol though. She doesn't snore too.
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>Does she seem to be sleeping peacefully, or is it more akin to how Hijiri is resting?
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>Try to wake her up
>if that fails, Check her forehead, pulse, and heartbeat.
>Hopefully she isnt showing the same symptoms as Yukari.
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>Let's not try to wake her up until we can tell for certain that she's sleeping abnormally.
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>Does she seem to be sleeping peacefully, or is it more akin to how Hijiri is resting?
>Try to wake her up
>if that fails, Check her forehead, pulse, and heartbeat.
>Hopefully she isnt showing the same symptoms as Yukari.
>Let's not try to wake her up until we can tell for certain that she's sleeping abnormally.
>You think about waking her up, but you decide otherwise and check her out first
>She appears to be sleeping rather more peacefully then Yukari or Hijiri
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>Let's leave her alone for now. Perhaps after we dump off Hijiri.
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>Let's leave her alone for now. Perhaps after we dump off Hijiri.
>You finally decide to leave Reimu alone on the stairs. She didn't look like she was in danger or anything.
>You proceed towards the human village. the night is a little chilly, but you can manage.
>As you long pass the Hakurei shrine, you come across a familiar stand.
>It appears to be Mystia's stand there
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>Keep the stand in mind for later, and continue on. Hijiri probably isn't going to dump herself off.
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>Keep the stand in mind for later, and continue on. Hijiri probably isn't going to dump herself off.
>You pass the stand.
>Hijiri really doesn't look like she's going to wake up any time soon.
>You're almost at the village.
>As you go, you see Wriggle on your way.
>She appears to just be floating a little, passing you by, going on the opposite direction. She doesn't seem to even notice you and her flight looks a little hazy. Her face looks like screaming "tired" and her eyes say her mind isn't where her body is.
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>"Everything okay, Miss Wriggle?"
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>It'd be just lovely if Yukari tainted the chocolates, wouldn't it...
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>"Everything okay, Miss Wriggle?"
>She doesn't seem to respond
>Is she alright?
>It'd be just lovely if Yukari tainted the chocolates, wouldn't it...
>That would be Yukari-sama for you, alright...
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>"Miss Wriggle, you just dropped your wallet."
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>"Miss Wriggle, you just dropped your wallet."
>She slowly turns around and looks around her on the ground.
>Suddenly her expression chances, she's more lively
>"Huh? What am I doing here?"
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>"That is an excellent question. You seemed to be quite dazed a moment ago."
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>"Was your mind on other matters, perhaps? Anything troubling you?"
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>"That is an excellent question. You seemed to be quite dazed a moment ago."
>"Was your mind on other matters, perhaps? Anything troubling you?"
>"I'm... sooo sleepy..." She rubs her eyes. "I can't control it! and I slept the whole day like always!"
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>"...Mmm. That is problematic, isn't it? I assume you've not just missed your morning tea?"
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>
Sleepy eh? Was that because you and mystia were...?
> Should we inform her as to how about 5 other residents of Genoskyo are in an abnormal sleep now?
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>"...Mmm. That is problematic, isn't it? I assume you've not just missed your morning tea?"
>"What morning tea? Oh, I'm gonna go have some sleep now..."
>Sleepy eh? Was that because you and mystia were...?
> Should we inform her as to how about 5 other residents of Genoskyo are in an abnormal sleep now?
>Should we?
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>"Mmm, maybe you should try to fight it a bit longer. I think it may be more than just you."
>Nod toward Hijiri.
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>"Mmm, maybe you should try to fight it a bit longer. I think it may be more than just you."
>Nod toward Hijiri.
>Wriggle flies closer to you
>She pokes Byakuren in her cheek.
>"Out cold. And there's more of'em?"
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>"One confirmed, at least."
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>"One confirmed, at least."
>"Yikes, sounds like trouble! So i can't fall asleep?"
>She looks frightened
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>"It would be best to resist it for at least the course of the evening."
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>"Oh, and because you'll be awake anyways, why not join me? I could use some help tugging!"
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>"It would be best to resist it for at least the course of the evening."
>"Oh, and because you'll be awake anyways, why not join me? I could use some help tugging!"
>"O-Oh... okay"
>She flies closer to you and takes Hijiri's other shoulder. now it's easier to drag her. good.
>"Where are you taking her?"
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>"To the temple. I'm not sure what is going on, but I thought the tiger lady would want to see her Lady."
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>"To the temple. I'm not sure what is going on, but I thought the tiger lady would want to see her Lady."
>"kay"
>You and Wriggle take Hijiri to the village. It's late night, so there's no one in sight. Thanks to her help you aren't as tired as you predicted you'd be, but you still done a lot alone.
>You see the entrance to the temple of Myouren
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>Drag her in. If we see any residents, well...they'll probably be talking to us first. Just stay calm.
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>Wait! If this illness is somehow transferrable, we shouldn't just drag her in... Just.. leave her out with Wriggle, and go find Shou first...
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>If it were transferable via air or contact, we would have it already.
>But a little caution never hurt.
>"Please stay with her, while I alert the others."
>Head inside!
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>Drag her in. If we see any residents, well...they'll probably be talking to us first. Just stay calm.
>Wait! If this illness is somehow transferrable, we shouldn't just drag her in... Just.. leave her out with Wriggle, and go find Shou first...
>If it were transferable via air or contact, we would have it already.
>But a little caution never hurt.
>"Please stay with her, while I alert the others."
>Head inside!
>What if it's somehow transferable?
>You leave Byakuren to Wriggle. "Okay... She's kinda heavy though..." She tries her best to hold Byakuren and slowly puts her on the ground.
>You get inside. Apparently no one's greeting you. The temple stays silent.
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>Listen for a moment.
>If it doesn't sound like anyone is coming, call out, "Excuse me! I am sorry to come when I have, but there is something of an emergency situation!"
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>Listen for a moment.
>If it doesn't sound like anyone is coming, call out, "Excuse me! I am sorry to come when I have, but there is something of an emergency situation!"
>You don't hear anything.
>You call out and you hear movement "One of the rooms opens and a girl with a manly cloud comes out. She's dressed in a night gown, surprisingly, and the manly cloud rubs his eyes.
>"What's all this noise..." She looks half asleep.
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>Bow.
>"I apologize for the problem, but Hijiri seems to be, ah...slightly cursed."
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>Bow.
>"I apologize for the problem, but Hijiri seems to be, ah...slightly cursed."
>"Wha... What!!?" She regains composure fast, so does the manly cloud.
>"Where is she??"
>You hear noise from other rooms as well.
> A girl in a light sailor's outfit comes out from another room, she's on her knees "Why are you yelliiiiing...."
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>Motion for Cloudy Skye to follow us.
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>Motion for Cloudy Skye to follow us.
>You motion and she runs behind you.
>You go outside. There Wriggle holds Hijiri as she did not long ago.
>"What is this?! What have you done to Hijiri-sama!!?" She yells. The manly cloud looks like shooting thunders in any minute.
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>"If it were something I had done, I would not have brought be back to you. She was helping me identify a curse, and seems to have been affected by it."
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>"If it were something I had done, I would not have brought be back to you. She was helping me identify a curse, and seems to have been affected by it."
>She doesn't seem to calm down, but at least her anger stopped being pointed at you.
>She rushes to Hijiri.
>The manly cloud picks her up, without any trouble, ignoring Wriggle.
>Wriggle backs off a feet away, trembling
>The sailor girl comes out of the temple. She has an anchor in her hands. Just how ridiculous this temple can get...
>As she notices the situation, she motions the manly cloud girl "This way!"
>And the girl with the cloud rushes back to the temple of Myouren
>The girl with the anchor throws you an irritated look "Get inside"
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>Nod and follow; glance back to see what Wriggle is doing.
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>Nod and follow; glance back to see what Wriggle is doing.
>The anchor girl looks fiercely at Wriggle and says "You too"
>Wriggle jumps with utter fear to both of you and clings to your robe on your side. She has small tears in her eyes.
>you enter and the anchor girl follows. She doesn't have any problem at all with holding that obviously heavy item with her.
>Shou and the other girl with the cloud take Hijiri to her room. The door is opened and the girl behind you proceeding seems like they want both of you inside.
>"I'm scared...." says Wriggle in a sad tone.
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>"I would like it to be known that Wriggle had precisely nothing to do with any of this, all she did was assist me in bringing Hijiri back here. Please do not direct any displeasure toward her."
>Follow them in.
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>"I would like it to be known that Wriggle had precisely nothing to do with any of this, all she did was assist me in bringing Hijiri back here. Please do not direct any displeasure toward her."
>Follow them in.
>You speak and get inside.
>"Shou will be the one to decide this" the anchor girl harshly states. She doesn't seem very nice now.
>As you enter, the manly cloud puts Hijiri down on a futon with utmost care.
>Shou and the girl check her out.
>Behind the anchor girl you see something short, curiously looking what's going on. The thing, or rather a person, has mouse ears.
>Shou kneels next to Byakuren and takes out a weird item that looks like some kind of a lantern or a mini pagoda. it looks like jeweled and very expensive. it's shining with a bright light.
>Shou closes her eyes for a moment and then opens them again.
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>"Please take care in how you examine her. She came into this state while examining someone in a similar condition."
>Glance toward Anchors. "And you will show some respect. I am neglecting the wellbeing of someone very important to me to bring Hijiri back to you, rather than tossing her in a ditch and blaming the faeries. I can understand your suspicion toward me, but I will not sit here while you terrorize people that have done nothing but help you."
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>"So, I am as much a victim to this affliction as you are."
>Tell them what we know about this affliction
>Also, ask the new people for their names.
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>"Please take care in how you examine her. She came into this state while examining someone in a similar condition."
>Glance toward Anchors. "And you will show some respect. I am neglecting the wellbeing of someone very important to me to bring Hijiri back to you, rather than tossing her in a ditch and blaming the faeries. I can understand your suspicion toward me, but I will not sit here while you terrorize people that have done nothing but help you."
>"So, I am as much a victim to this affliction as you are."
>Tell them what we know about this affliction
>Also, ask the new people for their names.
>As you make your speech, everyone listens and their tense drops lower and lower.
>Anchors sighs and puts her anchor away "I'm Murasa.... yeah, fine. You sound logical"
>And the cloudy girl says "I'm Ichirin and this gentleman is Unzan" she points the cloud. The cloud bows.
>Shou nods and smiles and you have a feeling that smile said "I didn't doubt you"
>Wriggle sits at your feet, trembling "I-I don't understand what's going o-oooooon....." She starts crying.
>"Aw, man..." sailor girl sighs. "Come here" She takes Wriggle delicately. Wriggle intends to make a run for it, but Murasa gently pats her on the head "Sorry... This Lady is very important to us and we got scared like you now..."
>She raises her head to Shou and you "I'll take care of her and give her some food".
>Shou nods again
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>"As for what happened. Well...I would prefer you all try not to spread this, I would prefer to keep it private. At the same time, you all do deserve full disclosure."
>Presuming there are no objections to keeping it quiet: "My mistress, Yukari, has labored under a similar affliction for several days now. She's become to display symptoms akin to diseases, so I had asked for help from Eientei's medic. She was able to find nothing and confirmed the problem was spiritual in nature. I came earlier, as you probably recall, and ask Hijiri to consider helping me identify the problem. She spent some time with my Mistress, engaging in a form of magic I did not fully understand. In the process, she fell over and ended up as you see now. I brought her back after this. Please, accept my apologies for leading her to this state, I had no idea it would happen."
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>"As for what happened. Well...I would prefer you all try not to spread this, I would prefer to keep it private. At the same time, you all do deserve full disclosure."
>Presuming there are no objections to keeping it quiet: "My mistress, Yukari, has labored under a similar affliction for several days now. She's become to display symptoms akin to diseases, so I had asked for help from Eientei's medic. She was able to find nothing and confirmed the problem was spiritual in nature. I came earlier, as you probably recall, and ask Hijiri to consider helping me identify the problem. She spent some time with my Mistress, engaging in a form of magic I did not fully understand. In the process, she fell over and ended up as you see now. I brought her back after this. Please, accept my apologies for leading her to this state, I had no idea it would happen."
>"Apologies accepted. Do not worry, we shall try to keep this quiet" Shou states.
>"I have looked into lady Hijiri's mind. I believe she did just as well with your Mistress... And somehow got caught by whatever might be in there..."
>"I'm safe, but... I think that's just because I didn't touch your Lady Yukari"
>Ichirin looks worried, she starts nursing Hijiri. Murasa surely overheard you all and took Wriggle away. You hear a faint "This girl is named Nazrin, you can play together"
>"What I've seen, wasn't good..." Shou announces.
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>Nod for her to continue.
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>Nod for her to continue.
>You nod and Shou goes on
>"The thing is I... didn't see anything inside. As if she's an empty vessel holding only a part of her soul."
>"I can only guess that your Mistress might be in a same state spiritually. Someone, or rather something, took those souls over, but I can't imagine how...."
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>"And, presumably, they are elsewhere?"
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>"And, presumably, they are elsewhere?"
>"Elsewhere but in different meanings... Also they are here! But elsewhere as well... Oooh, so complicated" Shou grabs her head.
>"Their souls might be in a different world even"
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>"Hmmm. Are you saying it partially here, and partially...wherever else it may be?"
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Schrodinger's Cat?
inb4 quantumphysics
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>"Hmmm. Are you saying it partially here, and partially...wherever else it may be?"
>"Something like that, but in terms of spirituality. Part of their souls, the one responsible for them to be able to actually do anything more then sleeping, is somewhere else."
>Ichirin stays silent with a troubled look on her face "That doesn't make any sense" she says after a while.
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>"..Can that even be repaired?"
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>"..Can that even be repaired?"
>"Not even books explain such a paradox" Shou raises her hands
>"We weren't trained for this..." Ichirin sulks
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>"Then I expect we'll have to improvise when we find them. More to the point, have you any idea where we could find their pilfered souls?"
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>"Then I expect we'll have to improvise when we find them. More to the point, have you any idea where we could find their pilfered souls?"
>"Like I said, they might even be thrown in a different world or a dimension. I'm going to work on this, uhm.... We need to contact other shrines, but... they might not like us very much. Reimu is one thing but the Moriya view us as a rival church"
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>"What do the Moriya have that we need?"
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>"What do the Moriya have that we need?"
>"A pair of gods and a skilled shrinemaiden" Ichirin says
>"Well, they won't ever help us... there's nothing in it for them" Shou drops her arms "Guess I gonna have to go to the Hakurei Shrine in the morning"
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>"I...may be able to pull some favors with the Hakurei shrine. In fact, I shall go right now. But, to clarify, do we need both of them, or just one?"
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>"I...may be able to pull some favors with the Hakurei shrine. In fact, I shall go right now. But, to clarify, do we need both of them, or just one?"
>"We have absolutely no idea" Ichirin shrugs. "We don't have this in any book, ya know. at least lady Hijiri didn't grant us such knowledge yet"
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>"Well, let's see what we can do about the Hakurei Maiden for now. I'll try to be back soon."
>If there's no objection, head toward the shrine!
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>"Well, let's see what we can do about the Hakurei Maiden for now. I'll try to be back soon."
>If there's no objection, head toward the shrine!
>"Well, good luck..."
>You leave.
>Flight or feet? It's about 2-3 AM
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>Feet. Need to conserve power.
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>Feet. Need to conserve power.
>You take a walk to the Hakurei shrine.
>It passes uneventfully
>You get to the steps of the Hakurei Shrine. The miko isn't there, like she was but a while ago. That's something
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>Take some encouragement from that, and enter the shrine.
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>Take some encouragement from that, and enter the shrine.
>This fills your spirit with warmth. You take a deep breath and enter.
>The shrine is silent, dusty and the donation box is empty. no Reimu in sight.
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>Invite ourself into the shrine proper, but do keep quite so as not to wake her if she's here.
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>Invite ourself into the shrine proper, but do keep quite so as not to wake her if she's here.
>You enter the shrine. You notice that the miko indeed is, but on the grass between the shrine and the shrine's living quarters, outside. She's down on the ground
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>Walk over to her, and gently shake her shoulder.
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>Walk over to her, and gently shake her shoulder.
>You shake Reimu's shoulder
>She grumbles something you can't understand. Then she turns to you and says "Whaaaaat?"
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>"Good...morning, I suppose. Are you alright?"
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>"Good...morning, I suppose. Are you alright?"
>"I'm tired and sleepy" She rubs her eyes. "What's wrong?"
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>"A couple of things, but I'm a little concerned for you. When I passed by earlier, you were asleep on the stairs. Now you're asleep in the yard."
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>"A couple of things, but I'm a little concerned for you. When I passed by earlier, you were asleep on the stairs. Now you're asleep in the yard."
>"Hm?" She looks around.
>"Well, maybe I was. I took a snooze here and there, I can't remember"
>Suddenly you think that behind Reimu is a giant eye. the very same you saw while flying with Hijiri to your home. It looks vicious. And it vanishes before you even formulate a thought.
>Reimu barely gets up and marches towards you half asleep. Before you react she vanishes in a strange light. You hear a footstep behind you and it's Reimu, half asleep, moving onto the shrine. She, uh.... teleported?
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>"...Miss Hakurei, how long have you been doing that? And are you aware of that eye?"
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>"...Miss Hakurei, how long have you been doing that? And are you aware of that eye?"
>"Do what? Snooze? I dunno, eternity."
>"What eye?" yawn. She checks the donation box. You hear a long drawn-out sigh.
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>"You...teleported, Miss Hakurei. You weren't standing there a minute ago, you were laying on the grass here, remember?"
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>"You...teleported, Miss Hakurei. You weren't standing there a minute ago, you were laying on the grass here, remember?"
>"Yea, I got my ass up and dragged it to the donation box with the awesome power of moving my ass of the ground. Got a donation for a poor miko?"
>You see that on the left of the miko appears a rift in reality. a gap! it's similar to Yukari-sama's gaps! Reimu puts her hand in it and withdraws it with a cup of tea. The gap closes and she drinks.
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>"And...you just pulled tea from midair!"
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>"Hm?" She looks at her Hakurei cup.
>"Nah, I made it. d'oh" She bonks her head as if marking that you're deluded.
>"I need a longer outfit... this skirt isn't enough, I'm cold..." she takes another sip and goes to sit on the edge of the shrine close to you.
>"Want tea?"
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>"When did you make it, Reimu? I was standing here the whole time. You didn't leave the yard."
>"...Please."
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>"When did you make it, Reimu? I was standing here the whole time. You didn't leave the yard."
>"...Please."
>Another gap opens. This starts to get creepy.
>Reimu takes out another cup and hands you. It's warm tea indeed.
>"Hm? Oh, I do stuff every now and then. I dunno! I don't care. I saw tea, I took it. Drink up, no worries"
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>"How long has this every now and then been happening?"
>Have a sip!
>Consider if someone of Reimu's financial status would have a cup like this.
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>Is any of this even remotely normal?
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>Are you able to travel through gaps yourself? Or do you need Yukari's help for that?
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>"How long has this every now and then been happening?"
>Have a sip!
>Consider if someone of Reimu's financial status would have a cup like this.
>These are the shrine's cups. They don't look rich or anything.
>You take a sip of the tea. It's not bad. But yours at home is better.
>"Dunno. I ain't even sure what are you talking about. I don't feel a thing"
>Is any of this even remotely normal?
>Reimu can move fast, she has a kind of minor dimensional power, but opening gaps is WAYS out of ordinary.
>Are you able to travel through gaps yourself? Or do you need Yukari's help for that?
>"What gaps? I ain't going through any gaps and Yukari ain't gonna make me. Where's that hag anyway..."
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>"You may not feel anything, but you don't see them open? And you don't wonder how you conjure tea when you're outdoors?"
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>"As for Yukari... that's one of the other things I came to talk with you about. She's... very not well."
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>"You may not feel anything, but you don't see them open? And you don't wonder how you conjure tea when you're outdoors?"
>"Conjure? The tea was standing right there, I just picked it up!"
>"You alright?"
>"As for Yukari... that's one of the other things I came to talk with you about. She's... very not well."
>"Eh? What's wrong?"
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y u chaeng subjek mus =[[[
>"She's...not woken up yet. I need not say more, I think."
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>"She's...not woken up yet. I need not say more, I think."
>"Oh. Well that's sad. What do you gonna do now?" She casually drinks her tea.
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>"Well, this is where you would come in, I hope. Yukari is not the only victim; Hijiri tried to examine her, and suffered a similar fate. However, it seems we can safely examine Hijiri, or at least Shou could. Told me that it seems a significant fraction of Hijiri's soul has been moved elsewhere, and that you could do something about this."
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>"Well, this is where you would come in, I hope. Yukari is not the only victim; Hijiri tried to examine her, and suffered a similar fate. However, it seems we can safely examine Hijiri, or at least Shou could. Told me that it seems a significant fraction of Hijiri's soul has been moved elsewhere, and that you could do something about this."
>Reimu raises her eyebrows as you speak.
>"Now that's... Well, new. Soul moving? And more victims... so we have an incident here. My first guess is Yuyuko"
>"Let's get a move on" She finishes her tea.
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>"I don't think Yuyuko would lash out at Yukari, they are old friends."
>Start leading her toward the Myourens Shrine.
>"I have...however, seen a curious thing that may be related to it. Once in awhile, for but parts of a second, I see the image of an eye. I swear I saw it around our home when I brought Hijiri there. And, I saw it around you, before you began to teleport and take things from gaps and such things that you have been denying."
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>"I don't think Yuyuko would lash out at Yukari, they are old friends."
>Start leading her toward the Myourens Shrine.
>"I have...however, seen a curious thing that may be related to it. Once in awhile, for but parts of a second, I see the image of an eye. I swear I saw it around our home when I brought Hijiri there. And, I saw it around you, before you began to teleport and take things from gaps and such things that you have been denying."
>"I ain't touching any gaps!"
>"Fine, Myourensen it is...."
>Reimu pulls your hand and leads you out of the shrine. Before you appears a genuine Yukari-like gap. Reimu nonchalantly enters right through it, with you dragged and both of you go out right before the temple of Myouren.
>"Phew, what a flight" Reimu says.
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>"...Reimu. I swear I am going to stake you down."
>Does it seem any of the celestial bodies have moved to suggest that time has passed as it would have if time had passed during a physical trip rather than a gap trip?
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>... I think I understand what's going on here.. Yukari's souls gone.. Yukari and Reimu sleeping.. Reimu opening gaps...
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>"...Reimu. I swear I am going to stake you down."
>Does it seem any of the celestial bodies have moved to suggest that time has passed as it would have if time had passed during a physical trip rather than a gap trip?
>"What? What did I do?"
>You look at the sky. the sun is slowly waking up another day saying hello to your day 4 and a Saturday. It was doing so at the Hakurei Shrine as well. no time has passed. This feels like travelling with Yukari-sama.
>... I think I understand what's going on here.. Yukari's souls gone.. Yukari and Reimu sleeping.. Reimu opening gaps...
>*think, think*
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>"The sun was rising when we were at your shrine, Reimu. And it's still rising. We came here via a gap."
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>"The sun was rising when we were at your shrine, Reimu. And it's still rising. We came here via a gap."
>"I just move fast. blah blah blah with the gaps again!"
>She goes inside Myourensen
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Yono: My theory is that Yukari's messing with her from wherever she is.
>"But do I, Reimu?"
>Follow her in.
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My theory is kinda a soul fusion thing, like Reimu inheriting Yukari's powers through her soul.
>Throw a tantrum at a random person because we're angry..
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>Throw a tantrum at a random person because we're angry..
>Belay this, we're not nearly this dumb.
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>"But do I, Reimu?"
>Follow her in.
>"I held your hand, didn't I?"
>Belay this, we're not nearly this dumb.
>You get angry at all this, but you decide not to let it show.
>You follow Reimu inside. She just passed the door and allows you to go in front.
>As you go in, you see the inside hall of the Myouren temple again. There's Murasa though. Wriggle's there as well, playing with her anchor. She's too weak to lift it.
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>"And you most certainly did not drag me the whole way."
>To the gathered Myourens: "We're back."
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>"And you most certainly did not drag me the whole way."
>To the gathered Myourens: "We're back."
>Reimu doesn't answer.
>Murasa answers "Hello. And you brought the Hakurei... Shou's inside Byakuren-sama's room." She eyes Reimu but doesn't say a word.
>"C'mon, Wriggle, time to get ya home" Murasa turns to Wriggle.
>"But I don't wanna, I'm scared of falling asleep cause I might not wake up..." Wriggle fidgets"
>"Hmm... Well then, sleep at my place. I'll protect you while you sleep!"
>"really? yay!"
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>"Could you tell me how to get there?"
>Smile
>"And I'm glad you two have gotten on so well."
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>"Could you tell me how to get there?"
>Smile
>"And I'm glad you two have gotten on so well."
>Murasa smiles. "My place is that room." She points a room pretty close to the entrance
>"What can I say, Wriggle's nice and I have to repay all the scare I gave her."
>Reimu coughs suggestively.
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>"I meant Hijiri's room, actually."
>Once she indicates the way, head for it.
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>"I meant Hijiri's room, actually."
>Once she indicates the way, head for it.
>You remember where Byakuren's room is yourself.
>So you proceed. You knock on the door and you hear Shou's voice "Enter"
>And you come in with Reimu. Shou is wiping Hijiri's forehead with a towel, Ichirin and her cloud aren't here... perhaps they went to have some sleep.
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>"I've brought the Hakurei maiden. Has Hijiri's condition changed?"
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>"I've brought the Hakurei maiden. Has Hijiri's condition changed?"
>"Not one bit..." Shou sighs
>Reimu comes closer to Byakuren and pokes her cheek with a finger. "Out of order, huh..."
>"Don't be rude to Mistress" Shou points out.
>Reimu ignores her and looks into Byakuren.
>"A coma?" she asks
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>"So it seems. Do you think Reimu's assistance is going to be enough?"
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>"So it seems. Do you think Reimu's assistance is going to be enough?"
>"I sure hope so..."
>Reimu barely touches Byakuren "For this I'm going for Marisa"
>And she gets up and turns herself to the exit
>Shou's out of words.
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>"This may not take as long as you think."
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>"She.. has gained some specific... powers..."
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>"This may not take as long as you think."
>"She.. has gained some specific... powers..."
>"I-If you say so...." Shou looks surprised.
>Reimu leaves the room and immediately comes back, throwing something on the floor. the something yells "Hey, what's the big deal, ze-!?"
>"H.... How did she..." Shou points at Reimu with big eyes.
>"I brought her, shut up" Reimu says
>Marisa gets up. She's in a purple night gown, with a fancy sleeping hat, rubbing her eyes "Where the heck are we?"
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>"We're at Hijiri's temple. There's been some problems, and Reimu seems to be opening gaps, or at least having them open around her when they would be useful. The situation is a little complex. Yukari has not waken up, and has grown ill. Hijiri tried to examine her, and seems to have come down with the same problem. Shou believes you and Reimu can address this."
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>"We're at Hijiri's temple. There's been some problems, and Reimu seems to be opening gaps, or at least having them open around her when they would be useful. The situation is a little complex. Yukari has not waken up, and has grown ill. Hijiri tried to examine her, and seems to have come down with the same problem. Shou believes you and Reimu can address this."
>"Well.... sounds complicated, ze" Marisa tries to digest all you said.
>She looks at Hijiri, then at Reimu, then at Hijiri again.
>"Get out, guys" Reimu says.
>Shou looks a little scared. She looks at you.
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>(To Marisa):"So, why do you think she brought you here? You don't know a lot about souls, do you?"
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>Move toward the door, but do not leave just yet.
>"May we ask what you plan to do?"
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>(To Marisa):"So, why do you think she brought you here? You don't know a lot about souls, do you?"
>"Beats me! I don't, da ze." Marisa answers you. Funny thing, she has her hakkero in her hand. Does she sleep with it..?
>Move toward the door, but do not leave just yet.
>"May we ask what you plan to do?"
>"Magical scans and a little sharine maiden check up combo. I don't want you to get blind" Reimu looks serious.
>"So that's what I'm used for, ze?" Marisa asks Reimu.
>Shou gets up and stands near you "You sure it's fine" she whispers to you.
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>"I trust them."
>Exit!
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>"I trust them."
>Exit!
>You both exit and close the door behind. After a while a very bright light illuminates the whole door. It's nearly blinding.
>It's gone after some while.
>Then there's silence.
>"What in the world..." Shou's nervous
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>Knock on the door.
>If there is no reply, open it.
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>Knock on the door.
>If there is no reply, open it.
>"Yea, come in" Reimu replies.
>You enter. not much have changed since your last visit.
>You barely see some vanishing pentagrams and yin yang orbs.
>"What have you discovered?" Shou asks.
>"Well, ze..."
>"Apart from what we know, that her soul is mostly not here, we discovered that it's in the Dream World." Reimu states.
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>Do we know anything of the dream world?
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>"What just happened, anyways? Did you guys make up a new kind of spellcard or something?"
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>Do we know anything of the dream world?
>You didn't know such a thing could have an impact on reality. You thought about it, but Gensokyo offers no books for it, nor did Yukari-sama share such knowledge.
>"What just happened, anyways? Did you guys make up a new kind of spellcard or something?"
>"Nah, we just had to use two spells simultaneously, ze~" Marisa answers "The proper localization, which would be the dream world, had to be discovered by combining both shine maiden and arcane power. It's rather complicated, da ze"
>"But the thing is... Byakuren went in there in order for something. I'm guessing that would be for Yukari" Reimu scratches her head.
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>"Oh, she did it willingly? Well, that's...somewhat less disturbing. Have you any idea how she's doing, or if we could follow her?"
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>"Oh, she did it willingly? Well, that's...somewhat less disturbing. Have you any idea how she's doing, or if we could follow her?"
>"I think she did, but.... she didn't succeed" Reimu walks around the room.
>"And without Yukari around, there's something bad bound to happen. I have trouble with regenerating my magical powers, ze" Marisa states.
>As a matter off fact, you have those problem as well.
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>Nod to Marisa, then look to Show and Reimu to confirm or deny they've had issues.
>Once they've confirmed or denied. "So, at least one of us will have to chase after her. How difficult will that be?"
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"Also, what do you know about the Dream World.. To be honest, I haven't ever heard of it..."
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>Nod to Marisa, then look to Show and Reimu to confirm or deny they've had issues.
>Once they've confirmed or denied. "So, at least one of us will have to chase after her. How difficult will that be?"
>Reimu shrugs as you look. Shou sighs and nods.
>"Byakuren failed, so my guess is "extremely tough", ze. Also, we gotta confirm a theory..."
>"And for that we gotta get tot he first person that fell asleep"Reimu continues.
"Also, what do you know about the Dream World.. To be honest, I haven't ever heard of it..."
>Shou takes voice "It's... Well, it's a mythical realm which you can actually see by dreaming. You don't literally get there, but sleeping is like a window to see what's going on there. If the dream involves yourself, it's just a mind trick of the natives.... I heard so in some old legends"
>Reimu nods to that.
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>"Well, Reimu, you know the way to my home, do you not?"
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>"Well, Reimu, you know the way to my home, do you not?"
>"Yep" Reimu says
>A gap opens behind her. It quickly sucks Marisa in, like a warp. Shou looks alerted. Reimu doesn't seem to notice at all.
>You feel like you are being pulled by a weird force towards the gap.
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>Sign and step through.
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>Sign and step through.
>You step towards the gap and get sucked in.
>It throws you down in front of your house.
>Marisa is already up, cleaning herself out of dust "What the fuck was that, ze??"
>Reimu steps out of the gap and the gap closes like nothing happened. She's unmoved.
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>"I get the feeling Reimu would rather not talk about it."
>Head inside, look around for Chen. Unless we see signs of her outside.
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>"I get the feeling Reimu would rather not talk about it."
>Head inside, look around for Chen. Unless we see signs of her outside.
>Marisa's "huh?" expression is priceless.
>Indeed, the door is open. as you proceed inside, Chen comes out and greets you in her usual clothes "Hello, Ran-shama!"
>She looks by your side and notices the other guests. She doesn't look calm. She knows how weird these two are, including the fact that Marisa's in her night gown.
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>Give Chen a hug.
>"I'm sorry about the unexpected guests, dear, but there is something of a situation."
>Glance toward the playables: "Will you both need a moment like last time?"
>Assuming they say yes, look to Chen and say, "Give me a few moments, and I'll explain everything."
>In either case, tell Reimarisau: "Let me go make sure everything is presentable."
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>Give Chen a hug.
>"I'm sorry about the unexpected guests, dear, but there is something of a situation."
>Glance toward the playables: "Will you both need a moment like last time?"
>Assuming they say yes, look to Chen and say, "Give me a few moments, and I'll explain everything."
>In either case, tell Reimarisau: "Let me go make sure everything is presentable."
>"No, we won't" Reimu answers unexpectedly "I know what we have to do from here, at least mostly. And we gonna need you a bit" She points at you.
>Marisa looks clueless just like you.
>Chen hugs you back and nods to what you say.
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>"Normally, I would ask Chen to get you two some tea while you wait, but I think it's best that she come with me while I explain."
>Head toward Yukari's room with Chen. "This is a little difficult to express, so I'll try to summarize. Yukari won't wake up, she hasn't for five days now. Marisa and Reimu going to try to help her. Please don't spread this, alright? And don't worry, she's going to be fine.
>Go clean up Yukari's room a bit, and make sure she is well, properly dressed, presentable, and so on.
>_
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>Go clean up Yukari's room a bit, and make sure she is well, properly dressed, presentable, and so on.
>... if Chen doesn't seem too upset or worried about this explanation.
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>"Normally, I would ask Chen to get you two some tea while you wait, but I think it's best that she come with me while I explain."
>Head toward Yukari's room with Chen. "This is a little difficult to express, so I'll try to summarize. Yukari won't wake up, she hasn't for five days now. Marisa and Reimu going to try to help her. Please don't spread this, alright? And don't worry, she's going to be fine.
>Go clean up Yukari's room a bit, and make sure she is well, properly dressed, presentable, and so on.
>... if Chen doesn't seem too upset or worried about this explanation.
>Chen slowly nods "I-It's hard to understand, Ran-shama... but I trust you!"
>Marisa and Reimu are behind you.
>You enter Yukari-sama's room. It's as you left it before. Yukari's sweaty and pale, without a change. She looks weak... You get a bucket, fill it with water. Reimu and Marisa wait until you are done with the chore .
>Chen seems considerate and while you clean up, she makes tea for the guests.
>You finally finish, Yukari-sama's clean now, at least. so is her room. Phew.
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>"There. I apologize for the delay, but Miss Yukari would have nothing less. Now, what would you have me do?"
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>"There. I apologize for the delay, but Miss Yukari would have nothing less. Now, what would you have me do?"
>"Well... I need you in order to save your Mistress Yukari." Reimu states.
>"Me and Marisa upon joining our powers can allow a person to travel freely into the dream realm..."
>"If I'm right, ze, you will be able to take a companion linked with you with a spiritual bond" Marisa comes in.
>"Ya willing to do it?" They both look at you with serious looks on their faces
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>"But of course. Chen, would you accompany me?"
>Once Chen answers, look to the heroic twosome, and says, "Just give me a moment to get some things."
>Scrounge around the house for some things. Food, a couple of good knives, any small tools such as a hammer or a prybar, some ropes or string, and so on.
>After these things have been gathered, return to Mareimusa and say, "I am prepared when you are."
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>"But of course. Chen, would you accompany me?"
>Once Chen answers, look to the heroic twosome, and says, "Just give me a moment to get some things."
>Scrounge around the house for some things. Food, a couple of good knives, any small tools such as a hammer or a prybar, some ropes or string, and so on.
>After these things have been gathered, return to Mareimusa and say, "I am prepared when you are."
>Chen bows. She looks ready.
>"No, wait, uh...." Reimu stops you before taking things. "You can't take items with you where you're going... It's a trip of the spirit. the body stays here. And that includes your companion and you."
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>"Oh.. Well, I guess we're ready then!"
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>"Oh.. Well, I guess we're ready then!"
>"Well, ok, but I ain't sure what you'll have to do when inside there, ya know..." Reimu turns to Yukari. She looks concerned.
>"We'll take care of yer bodies, ze~!" Marisa grins.
>"Take your hands, you two" Reimu instructs you. She takes out a small bag. it's filled with some white powder. She takes some and makes a white circle with it.
>"Now, no one sneeze or I'll kill you"
>Chen looks at you with worried eyes. She shows you her hand, silent.
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>Don't sneeze.
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>Take Chen's hand, hold breath.
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>Don't sneeze.
>You're careful not to sneeze
>Take Chen's hand, hold breath.
>You take your shikigami's hand. She grips yours with trust and warmth
>You hold your breath and so does Chen.
>Reimu takes a bit of powder in her hands after the circle is done and she hands the bag to Marisa. She sniffs the bit with her nose hard. Marisa does the same. You never heard of any ritual that would require sniffing powders...
>Reimu claps her hands once and you feel stiff.
>Marisa stands on the other side of Yukari and closes her eyes, focusing.
>You lose concioussness.
>...
>"Ran-shama, Ran-shama! Wake up, Ran-shama!"
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>Groan.
>Look toward the source of the voice.
>Presuming we're not in particular discomfort, look around and try to remember what happened.
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>Groan.
>Look toward the source of the voice.
>Presuming we're not in particular discomfort, look around and try to remember what happened.
>You open your eyes and you see Chen;s worried face. but as you get up, she looks more comforted.
>"You woke up, Mistress!" She's happy.
>You look around you. What you see is... liquid. Everything around you seems to be made of some liquid. You can't see further then 5 meters away, as further away from you and all around is a wall of liquid that's changing colors all the time.
>Around you float a few big drops of liquid as if gravity wouldn't abide to them. They also shift colors.
>The ground you were lying on works the same way. As you touch it, it doesn't seem wet at all though.
>You recal exactly what ahappened before you passed out.
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>Stand up, look around for some more anything of interest. Can we hear anything?
>"I am sorry to have worried you, Chen. How long was I out?"
>Can we feel Yukari about anywhere?
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>Stand up, look around for some more anything of interest. Can we hear anything?
>"I am sorry to have worried you, Chen. How long was I out?"
>Can we feel Yukari about anywhere?
>"Just a while, Ran-shama. Not long. What is this place?"
>You look around. The liquid makes a sound all the time. It's a sound that's to be expected from such a mass of substance.
>You don't feel any presence here at all, except yours and Chen's.
>Chen approaches a floating liquid ball and touches it. it makes a "blop" sound and it turns into a little kitty.
>The kitty meows a little. it approaches Chen. She smiles and pats it on the head. She turns to you and the kitty turns into liquid again and floats away.
>"woah, nya!" Chen squeeks
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>"Chen, were you dreaming of kitties again?"
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>"Chen, were you dreaming of kitties again?"
>"Ma... Maybeee...." Chen blushes and grins.
>There quite a few liquid balls floating around you. You're surrounded by giant walla of what appears to be the very same liquid
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>Try poking a bubble ourself.
>Assuming nothing untoward happens, walk along the wall and look for a way out, or anything interesting in the morass.
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>"Try to not think of anything, Chen. This could be dangerous.."
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>"Try to not think of anything, Chen. This could be dangerous.."
>Let's not say this, it's not really something a person could realistically do.
>Instead: "Let's just keep calm, and it shouldn't hurt us."
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>Try poking a bubble ourself.
>Assuming nothing untoward happens, walk along the wall and look for a way out, or anything interesting in the morass.
>Instead: "Let's just keep calm, and it shouldn't hurt us."
>You poke a bubble and it turns into a little naked Chen. it jumps around you.
>The real Chen blushes deep red.
>The small Chen turns into a floating bubble again
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>"How very odd."
>Clearly this is a defense mechanism Yukari applied.
>Consider the walls. If we can see no obvious way out, or anything of interested through the liquid, touch them.
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>"How very odd."
>Clearly this is a defense mechanism Yukari applied.
>Consider the walls. If we can see no obvious way out, or anything of interested through the liquid, touch them.
>Clearly.
>Chen doesn't say a thing, she looks at you with saucer-big eyes.
> There doesn't seem to be any way out so you decide to approach the wall of liquid and touch it.
>Part of the wall has floated towards you and formed itself into a heavy booked, dropping hard on the ground. The liquid even pretended to be dust. The book is a brown tome with a sign made out of gold letters
>The sign said "Dream manual"
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>"Hmm."
>Pick it up. Look through it. Let Chen see if she wants to.
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>"Hmm."
>Pick it up. Look through it. Let Chen see if she wants to.
>You open the tome and allow Chen to have a look as well.
>Quite many pages are blank, but you look through many of them. FInally you get to some text:
You are surrounded by dream liquid. What is floating around you are just small particles of the liquid called "mind bubbles". This whole place is a Limbo of some sorts. The liquid changes upon touch. It mostly changes into what's in your subconscious, but it might turn into anything you wish upon if you concentrate enough
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>Think of a pathway to Yukari, and then touch the liquid.
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>Think of a pathway to Yukari, and then touch the liquid.
>The liquid does not respond.
>You scratch your head and flip a page. There appears to be more text:
The thought constructed must be simple as the liquid is incapable of constructing highly complicated thoughts as it responds to images formed in your head. For example, you can't ask it for "a way out"
>The tome liquifies itself after that and is absorbed by the wall.
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>Imagine falling. That should be easy enough.
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>You feel as though somethings going to be... closing soon. You dont know what, but its soon.
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>Shank Chen first.