>Hug Ran's tails
You hug them. They are very very soft.
> Be the queen of everything!
Than you get crowned queen of everything!
> Pff, at this rate, it's going to turn out like that anyway.
> Pull ourselves together, now's not the time for a picnic. It's time for ACTION CHEN!
> "Patchouli, we need to talk, so could you please come down here?"
> Explain our cancer-Familiar situation when she does. If she doesn't, keep insisting.
Then you snap out of it. You really don't have time for this.
You call out for Patchouli for a moment, before a paper floats down with 'Just a minute' on it. You wait for a moment, before paper comes down and reforms Patchouli in what appears to be a fuzzier version of her old clothes.
"That is much better, so, What did you need?"
> Be the Chennest Chen that ever Chenned
You're already that.
> be Marisa
No.
> Ask what Patchy's been doing all this time, and if there was a certain process required to become a ghost.
> Ask what the hell was up with the paper morphing.
> Ask her about the parasite familiar and the shark/anti-lizard familiar contract.
You bombard Patchouli with questions. She picks her tea back up and begins explaining.
"I've mostly been getting used to and testing this state, I couldn't properly manifest for a year or two. I've also been gathering info about what has happened after my death. I don't know if a certain process is required, but this is entirely Remilia's fault. The paper morphing was simple. I -am- the library currently. I had Demon fetch my body so I can study how to get back into it, but its going rather slowly.
...Mmm, A familiar in you? That is typically the standard fare for weaker Shikigami or those incapable of becoming humanoid. If you haven't had it removed in a while though, I suppose it IS mostly bound to you. That knife you have should allow you to separate the two of you.
...A broken contract? That -is- rather interesting, I'd certainly like to see what was so dangerous someone actually broke it's contract. Normally that ruins the strength of a familiar... I see you're almost done transferring the other contract too. I'll have Demon fetch a pair of jewels to move the contracts too."
> Facepalm in a tired manner.
> "This day has been so mentally exhausting."
You nod before tiredpalming. Patchouli sips her tea. "I can only imagine it can get worse."