> Speak "friend" and enter!
>You do your best Nue impersonation, then lead Wriggle and Mystia inside the shrine.
>"I'm counting on you," Mystia whispers, with a tone that suggests she might well stab you in the back if you let her down.
>You enter the shrine. The entire building is made of treated but otherwise bare wood. Without paneling or any kind of paint, the shrine has a curious feeling of being just a framework of an actual building. You come to a large open area, where Kanako sits upon a podium, watching the three of you come in. Sanae stands off to her side, while Suwako sits in on the floor in the corner, hugging her knees to her chest and glaring daggers at everyone.
>"Consider your debt paid, Patchouli," says Kanako with a warm smile. Then she looks to Wriggle and says, "So, what are we going to do about this situation?"
>Nyan~!
>"That is not much of a solution," says Kanako.
>_