Greater Centenary Festival - Heavenly Cross/VII

[meow56]

Niji:
>Nothing to do about it, I guess.

Nijisa:
>"Eep!"
>Step back.

Bastet:
>"Hmm, yeah... maybe someone could guard the exit?"

[Tashi]

Niji:
>Nothing to do about it, I guess.

Nijisa:
>"Eep!"
>Step back.

Bastet:
>"Hmm, yeah... maybe someone could guard the exit?"

> At least they are taking you to where you want.
> Soon enough, you emerge to that place you found Elfin lying on before. This sort of underground garden.
> "Niji!" Sunny stood up.
> The Three Fairies of Light were here, along with... Marry!
> She was caressing one sheep before, and as soon as she heard your name, gazed behind to you.

---

> You step back.
> "Stop already." Alice demanded.
> "Yeeea, sorry."
> Marisa chuckles, grinning.
> "Let's prepare the bowl. Can you girls fill it with water?"

---

> "I guess we could, but again, we don't know them enough. Who knows if they have some kind of ability?"
> "... Though that is probably thinking too far."
> _

[meow56]

Niji:
>"Hi Sunny! Hi Marry! Hi everyone!"

Nijisa:
>"The big one?"

Bastet:
>"Yeah, even if they have an ability, we have no way of knowing what it is..."

[Tashi]

Niji:
>"Hi Sunny! Hi Marry! Hi everyone!"

Nijisa:
>"The big one?"

Bastet:
>"Yeah, even if they have an ability, we have no way of knowing what it is..."

> "W-Why are you here?!" Star questioned.
> "We came to take Marry back! And we knew all that happened at the lake and stuff..." Red answered.
> Almost immediately, Marry runs to you and tackle hugs your original self. "Nijiii!"

---

> "Yea. No need to carry it up here. I can just throw the ingredients fine over here."

---

> "I don't want to rely on your wishes either."
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiyousei:
> "W-Well, Cirno?"

[meow56]

Niji:
>Return the hug.
>"Maaarry! I'm sorry I left yooou!"

Nijisa:
>"Alright."
>Downstairs we go, then.

Bastet:
>"Yeah, me neither."

[Tashi]

Daiyousei:
> "W-Well, Cirno?"

> "I will pummel him, yea!"
> "Oooh? Well alright then. I wasn't planning to outright have a match with you both, but so be it."
> Kira then pat Daiyousei's back.
> "You heard that, fae? Two for one." A tone of maliciousness could be noted in his voice...

Niji:
>Return the hug.
>"Maaarry! I'm sorry I left yooou!"

Nijisa:
>"Alright."
>Downstairs we go, then.

Bastet:
>"Yeah, me neither."

> You gladly return it!
> "Why you left meee?" Marry separates enough to see your face. "It was too terrible to not have people I knew with meee!"
---
> You make your way downstairs.
> The big pot is aside...
---
> "Glad that you agree. Now then..."
> ...
> "... I am about to call them. What do you think?"
> Ah, the lack of ideas is magnificent.
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiyousei:
> "A match!?"

[meow56]

Niji:
>"I don't know! White was flying with you and then suddenly she just disappeared... I don't know why... And then other stuff happened and I forgot about you and...and...Marry I'm sorry I forgot you!!!!!!!"
>Hug a little tighter.

Nijisa:
>Upright or not?

Bastet:
>Are we anywhere near the exit?

[Tashi]

Daiyousei:
> "A match!?"

> Is he...
> ... trying to match the three of you?! L-Like a couple?!
> "Yea." Kira confirmed. "In other words, you will have to fight me."
> ... Oh, that.

Niji:
>"I don't know! White was flying with you and then suddenly she just disappeared... I don't know why... And then other stuff happened and I forgot about you and...and...Marry I'm sorry I forgot you!!!!!!!"
>Hug a little tighter.

Nijisa:
>Upright or not?

Bastet:
>Are we anywhere near the exit?

> You hug tighter, relieved that she is okay.
> "Y-You forgot about me?!"

---

> Not upright.

---

> Sort of? Not too much.
> _

[meow56]

Niji:
>"W-Well, a lot of stuff happened right after..."
>"But I'll promise I'll never forget you ever again!"

Nijisa:
>Try to make it upright, but call Arisa if necessary.

Bastet:
>"Should I move towards the exit?"

[Neovereign]

Daiyousei:
> "Uh, why? We're just fairies."

Daiko:
>Back yet?

[Tashi]

Niji:
>"W-Well, a lot of stuff happened right after..."
>"But I'll promise I'll never forget you ever again!"

Nijisa:
>Try to make it upright, but call Arisa if necessary.

Bastet:
>"Should I move towards the exit?"

> "T-To the point of forgetting me..?" Marry starts to tear...

---

> You attempt to do so.
> It should be easyyy!
> Ah, it doesn't take much of your effort.

---

> "... I guess you are more physically capable than me, yes."

Daiyousei:
> "Uh, why? We're just fairies."

Daiko:
>Back yet?

> "So?"

---

> No, but you can see the village near.
> You think you can see some figures coming from the mountain...
> _

[Neovereign]

Daiyousei:
> "We're not terribly strong..."

[Tashi]

Daiyousei:
> "We're not terribly strong..."

> "Sooo? Hey, think of it this way. If I really cared about that do you really think I would have picked you to be an apprentice?"
> _

[meow56]

Niji:
>...
>"...Yeah..."

Nijisa:
>Hmm.
>How close is the sink?
>Call up "Hey, how full should I fill it?"

Bastet:
>"Alright."
>Make our way towards the exit.

[Tashi]

Niji:
>...
>"...Yeah..."

Nijisa:
>Hmm.
>How close is the sink?
>Call up "Hey, how full should I fill it?"

Bastet:
>"Alright."
>Make our way towards the exit.

> "..."
> Marry hiccups a little bit, looking down.
> Separating from you, she wipes her tears.
> "T-The... good thing is that you are here now... I guess..."
---
> It's at the kitchen, and it's a biiit away from the stairs.
> "More than half? It would be ideal like that."
> "May I help?" Alice steps down the stairs.
---
> You walk to the exit.
> No one around as you go...
> _

[meow56]

Niji:
>Look away.
>"Y-Yeah..."

Nijisa:
>Call up "Alright, thanks."
>"And sure, Alice."
>Mutter "Hmm, how to do this..."

Bastet:
>Hmm. I wonder...
>Try to call out to Oniru in our mind.

[Rin Satsuki]

Niji:
>Look away.
>"Y-Yeah..."

Nijisa:
>Call up "Alright, thanks."
>"And sure, Alice."
>Mutter "Hmm, how to do this..."

Bastet:
>Hmm. I wonder...
>Try to call out to Oniru in our mind.

> "... R-Right..."
> ...

---

> "Marisa, is there any easy way for us to do this?"
> "Keep filling the jars and start from there?"

---

> You attempt some... telepathy? It should work...
> "Yes?" Oniru, the one in your mind, asked.
> _

[meow56]

Niji:
>...

Nijisa:
>The jars?

Bastet:
>Are we at the exit?
>Sorry, I was just testing something.

[Tashi]

Niji:
>...

Nijisa:
>The jars?

Bastet:
>Are we at the exit?
>Sorry, I was just testing something.

> ...
> "T-The good thing, though!" Star interrupts the deadly silence. "Is that we were all fine!"
> "... More or less..." Elfin looks a bit away.

---

> ... Does she mean actual jars?
> "Marisa, we won't fill your witch pot easily like that."
> "Then try to find some buckets?"
> "... Try? Ugh. Fine, where to search?"
> "In the storage room. It's a mess, though."
> "Like the rest of the house." Alice rolls her eyes and heads to a different location of the house.

---

> Yes.
> "This is handy, yes. I assumed we could do this..."
> _

[meow56]

Niji:
>"U-uh, I guess..."

Nijisa:
>Follow.

Bastet:
>Yeah, I just wanted to make sure it worked.
>Anyways, I'm at the exit.

[Neovereign]

Daiyousei:
> "A-Ah..."

[Tashi]

Niji:
>"U-uh, I guess..."

Nijisa:
>Follow.

Bastet:
>Yeah, I just wanted to make sure it worked.
>Anyways, I'm at the exit.

> "R-Rather than being sad, you should hear what Elfin has to say!"
---
> You tail Alice, whom tiredly and a bit annoyed waltz into a another room.
> "WHY THIS MESSY?!" She yelled.
> And it's indeed messy, just like her room...
---
> "Right. Please, do keep an eye open for anything that might happen."
> ...
> "REM! ID! ARE YOU HEEEEEERE?!"

Daiyousei:
> "A-Ah..."

> Kira shrugs and looks away with a smirk.
> "Doesn't matter if you are insignificant or anything. That will change once my teachings are done."
> _

[meow56]

Niji:
>"Uh, ok..."
>"What did you want to say, Elfin?"

Nijisa:
>Sigh...
>Presumably no sign of buckets?

Bastet:
>Keep an eye out on our surroundings.

[Tashi]

Niji:
>"Uh, ok..."
>"What did you want to say, Elfin?"

Nijisa:
>Sigh...
>Presumably no sign of buckets?

Bastet:
>Keep an eye out on our surroundings.

> "This is no more than my own theory, but the facts that lead me to think it are... worrying, to say the least."
> Elfin gazes upon all of you.
> "... Hope you don't mind the Fairy World becoming part of Gensokyo."

--

> There are buckets.
> Next to the door, in fact.
> Alice takes two, one for her and one for you, then leaves the room.

---

> You keep an eye...
> ...
> ...
> ...
> *tap tap tap*
> Liiitle footsteps are heard.
> And more quickly than enough, a creature comes from one corridor... Small, and very fur-y.
> _

[Neovereign]

> Daiyousei: "Okay..."

[Tashi]

> Daiyousei: "Okay..."

> "Great you got it. Now then..."
> Kira simply flies backwards and away from you two.
> "Come at me with all you've got."
> "Yea, let's teach him a lesson Dai!" Cirno rolls up her sleeves in preparation.
---
> Daiko is near the village. He considers this is 'arrival', at least. It's not a loss, neither of time or purpose, so it's fine.
> Aya and two other unknown tengu are with her... They are approaching to the village.
> _

[meow56]

Niji:
>"...Oh."
>"Why?"

Nijisa:
>Take it if she's offering it, then return to the kitchen.

Bastet:
>"Hello!"
>You should probably join me...

[Tashi]

Niji:
>"...Oh."
>"Why?"

Nijisa:
>Take it if she's offering it, then return to the kitchen.

Bastet:
>"Hello!"
>You should probably join me...

> "The ripples that the limits of this world are creating... are getting unstable. Remember how it wasn't possible to get here to begin with? It wasn't supposed to be like that..."
> "Thing is... with how those two interfered and made their way into this world, it slowly started to be more and more unstable."
> "I am not saying it will happen right now, or in a bit... but it's possible that in any time you find yourself with this world merged with Gensokyo. ... If the limits collapse, then this place will have to adhere itself to another limit in order to... keep existing. ... That's how I want to think, at least. No guarantee that it will happen for sure."

---

> She offered it after exiting the room.
> So you accept it, and then head for the kitchen.
> "Apologies for how annoying she is right now." Alice told you.

---

> "Found something?"
> The creature turns its head to you...
> "Fooou..." It.. made a sound.
> _