> Marisa: Think about why Nitori was acting so weird.
This is gonna be a doozy. As a species, the
KAPPA are generally too shy to stick their necks out enough to disrupt the usual order of
GENSŌOKYŌ unless this consists of raising the technology-level, and even when
NITORI goes into prankster-mode, it never goes into
INCIDENT-territory. Certainly nothing that would amuse
MIMA. She
SERIOUSED THE FUCK UP when you mentioned
MIMA, anyway. But then there was something about your goodbye that made her giggle. Hmm ...
> Marisa: Take mushrooms, examine if you have enough for experimentation.
You could use a few more. In addition to the
USELESS BLACK SPOTTED MUSHROOM and the blue
FAIRY SPIRIT MUSHROOM, you have acquired:
- A
RAW ORANGE MUSHROOM and a
PUCE MUSHROOM, each of which contains power that's equally useful for explosions and non-explosions (though less-powerful than the
USELESS one);
- A
MAUVE BLAST MUSHROOM, which seems to bring out extra non-destructive magic if you prepare it properly beforehand, and simply blows up the experiment if you don't; and
- An
ICE MUSHROOM, which was the only one that suffered no damage whatsoever from being frozen (you can convert elemental magic into non-elemental magic).
> Nitori: Attempt to find Reimu.
You are now ... uh ...
Wait, what the hell? Where
is she!?
> Alice: Contemplate current status of The Plan.
You are now
ALICE MARGATROID. You belong to the
MAGICIAN species of
YOUKAI, but you were born a
HUMAN -- in
MAKAI, oddly enough. You live in the same house you've lived in since you moved into
GENSŌKYŌ, now with
KIRISAME MARISA, who is
THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON IN THE WORLD to you. You are a
DOLLMAKER, and you can magically control every single
DOLL in the house; while they generally have some automated functions, they are all ultimately
SOULLESS AUTOMATA under your direct control (or that of
MARISA). You have a dream, however, of creating a sapient
INDEPENDENTLY-MOVING DOLL. Your most treasured doll is named
SHANGHAI (currently floating next to your head).
Your plan for the day is to experiment on
SPIRITUAL ENERGY, using the spirits of blades of
GRASS. (In
GENSŌKYŌ,
animism is a reality.)
SOULS and
SPIRITS and
GODS may be infinitiely divided, and they may subsequently recombine their own
SPIRITS, but what about two recombining the spirits of two
different entities?
Current status: You have the principle well in hand, and you're almost done developing a scalable and portable
SPELL for extracting, dividing, combining, and reinserting
SOULS into the vessel of your choice. The only setback is having to put all your
DOLLS on guard-duty, but with
MIMA running around, it can't be helped, and it shouldn't be
too. much trouble.
What will you do first?
