Wriggle Quest: The Value of the Small

[Hanzo K.]

>"I still haven't figured out why she's so fixated on seeing how many she can unfreeze safely. Maybe it's some twisted logic that says 'If you can get better at this, you'll be the strongest!' ...Or something like that."

[Raikaria]

>"I still haven't figured out why she's so fixated on seeing how many she can unfreeze safely. Maybe it's some twisted logic that says 'If you can get better at this, you'll be the strongest!' ...Or something like that."

> "Well, if she had better control over her power, she's naturally be stronger. Strength isn't just raw power, but also skill, and tactics." Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Maybe that's what she's trying for, in a weird and typically fairy way."

[Raikaria]

>"Maybe that's what she's trying for, in a weird and typically fairy way."

> "Probably. Or she's just bored. That's more likely." Suwako says.

> "Or she knows that you get angry when she does it, and gets a fight out of it." Sanae says.

> "... That's too many steps of thought for a fairy."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Maybe. But with Cirno, it's hard telling anymore. Since she's a Sprite and all."

[Raikaria]

>"Maybe. But with Cirno, it's hard telling anymore. Since she's a Sprite and all."

> "Yes, but her stupidity was magnified..." Kanako says.

> "Well, for a fairy, she was actually smarter than the nameless ones, but yes, still a baka." Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Maybe she got so stupid it wrapped around to such a level of genius that nobody can comprehend it?"
>Beat.
>"...Naaaah. I mean, what're the odds of that?"

[Raikaria]

>"Maybe she got so stupid it wrapped around to such a level of genius that nobody can comprehend it?"
>Beat.
>"...Naaaah. I mean, what're the odds of that?"

> "If you go far enough North you'll end up South..." Kanako muses.

> "Far enough East and you're West." Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"So maybe she's actually a lot smarter than she seems, she just seems dumber than her old self because her brain operates on a completely different level than ours."

[Raikaria]

>"So maybe she's actually a lot smarter than she seems, she just seems dumber than her old self because her brain operates on a completely different level than ours."

> The others nod. "Maybe. I mean, look at Marisa." Reimu says.

> Marisa agrees.

> You get the feeling Kogasa would be talking about a Genius Ditz or something like that.

[Hanzo K.]

>"...So she's like Okuu in a sense. Great. Just what we all needed, another superpowered goofball. Only this time it's ice."

[Raikaria]

>"...So she's like Okuu in a sense. Great. Just what we all needed, another superpowered goofball. Only this time it's ice."

> "No, Utusho actually *is* smart. There's just a limit on how much room there is in a bird's brain. Nuclear Physics took it all up. Most living things use only 10% of their minds, Utusho's brain is more like 200% capacity. By all rights, Utusho is a genius, she's just limited by her very nature." Kanako says.

> "That and she's technically still a child. She's only about ten years old, which for a youkai, is very young indeed." Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, maybe that's the case with Cirno too? Maybe her brain got overloaded with all things cold."

[Raikaria]

>"Well, maybe that's the case with Cirno too? Maybe her brain got overloaded with all things cold."

> "Yes... but that's normal for a fairy. They only think of fighting, pranks, flying, and their power." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Was there ever a time where Cirno forgot how to fly at one point?
>"True, so maybe her freezing the frogs has more than one reason. I know she used to do it to see how many she could bring back intact, but 'm not sure about her motives for it these days."

[Raikaria]

>Was there ever a time where Cirno forgot how to fly at one point?
>"True, so maybe her freezing the frogs has more than one reason. I know she used to do it to see how many she could bring back intact, but 'm not sure about her motives for it these days."

> No.

> "She does it for the same reasons now. That and for fun. But she probobly dosen't even know the real instinct that drives her for it, honeing her skills." Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Yeah, that's probably it. Her one desire is to 'Be the Strongest', and when she became a Sprite, that desire was magnified. Fairies and Sprites are pretty weird when you think about it."

[Raikaria]

>"Yeah, that's probably it. Her one desire is to 'Be the Strongest', and when she became a Sprite, that desire was magnified. Fairies and Sprites are pretty weird when you think about it."

> "Being the strongest is a goal shared by many, and an opinion many have, unfortunelty. Life would be so much easier if people dropped their egos... and gods." Suwako says, looking at Kanako with those last two words.

> "Suwako..." Kanako groans.

> Honestly, the two act like an old married couple, that said, they have been together for thousands of years.

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle a bit. "If you guys are always like this, then I might hang out here more often."

[Raikaria]

>Chuckle a bit. "If you guys are always like this, then I might hang out here more often."

> The two gods are quiet.

> "Pretty much always." Sanae says, earning a glare from both gods... and Suwako's hat.

[Hanzo K.]

>Pause. "I didn't know hats could glare."

[Raikaria]

>Pause. "I didn't know hats could glare."

> "Pyonta can!" Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>We never did figure out much about that hat of hers, did we?
>"It's alive too?"

[Raikaria]

>We never did figure out much about that hat of hers, did we?
>"It's alive too?"

> No-one has...

> "Yes. Of course Pyonta's alive." Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"The only one who knows much of anything about the little guy- Wait, is it a guy or a girl? It's impossible to tell with a living hat."

[Raikaria]

>"The only one who knows much of anything about the little guy- Wait, is it a guy or a girl? It's impossible to tell with a living hat."

> "Kogasa is technically neither male nor female, she just conjures a female form. Pyonta is the same." Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Raise an eyebrow. "So...Does that mean that you're just an extension, like Kogasa is?"

[Raikaria]

>Raise an eyebrow. "So...Does that mean that you're just an extension, like Kogasa is?"

> Suwako smirks.

> "Now that is a secret~. Are me and Pyonta one and the same? Are we a god and her youkai hat? Am I just an illusion? Not even Kanako knows!"

> She tips her hat over her eyes, and looks a lot more sinister. "And that's the way it shall be, forever, the eternal mystery of Suwako Moriya~, Goddess of the Earth and Leader of the Curse Goddesses."

[Hanzo K.]

>Note to Self: Suwako's pretty darn creepy when she wants to be.
>"Hats, frogs, you have one out-there list of stuff."

[Raikaria]

>Note to Self: Suwako's pretty darn creepy when she wants to be.
>"Hats, frogs, you have one out-there list of stuff."

> Well, she can control curse goddesses, who are generally somewhat creepy.

> "Hats, frogs, water, earth, curses, iron rings..."