Mokou Quest - Violence Gensokyo

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Is there a long stick around?
>"And you agreed guarding just like that..."

[Blitzer]

>Is there a long stick around?

>No.

>"And you agreed guarding just like that..."

>"Hey, I get paid and it's not a particularly dangerous job."

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"Who pays you and when?"
>After getting an answer approach Hatate
>"What do you think?"

[Blitzer]

>"Who pays you and when?"

>"Sometimes it's the same people, sometimes the money just falls out of the sky. I get the feeling that I'm better off not knowing why."

>After getting an answer approach Hatate
>"What do you think?"

>"Weird, but nothing worth an article on yet, I suppose."

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Explore the area around the lake. What's near?

[Blitzer]

>Explore the area around the lake. What's near?

>Most of the area a few feet around the lake is barren rock or...purple...grass with some stones. There are a few trees around here.
>In front of the way you came, at the opposite end of the lake, there's a slope leading to the flat top of a large red rock. When you fly above the slope, you can make out a mansion in the distance.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"Hey, Hatate!" bring her to us.
>"What's that mansion there? Yuuka's place?"

[Blitzer]

>"Hey, Hatate!" bring her to us.
>"What's that mansion there? Yuuka's place?"

>"Yep."

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"So then, Hatate, you leave the way."
>"Oi, guardian girl! got a name so I can remember you better?"

[Blitzer]

>"So then, Hatate, you leave the way."

>"Right."

>"Oi, guardian girl! got a name so I can remember you better?"

>"I thought I already named myself...my name is Kurumi."

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"'K. I'm Mokou."
>"Hey, Hatate.... what do you think might be on the bottom of the lake?"
>"Oi, Kurumi, that fine if I check what's in there?" point lake.

[Blitzer]

>"'K. I'm Mokou."

>"Nice to meet you, I guess."

>"Hey, Hatate.... what do you think might be on the bottom of the lake?"

>"Well, there's gotta be something down there...somebody's guarding the lake, after all, not to mention that nobody would want to swim in a lake of blood."

>"Oi, Kurumi, that fine if I check what's in there?" point lake.

>"I'm afraid not."

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"Be right back" to Hatate
>Ignore Kurumi, undress myself. Yup, all clothes. Completely naked.
>Dive in the lake. Explore it

[Blitzer]

>"Be right back" to Hatate

>"Huh?"

>Ignore Kurumi, undress myself. Yup, all clothes. Completely naked.

>You strip yourself down to nakedness. Hatate's jaw drops.

>Dive in the lake. Explore it

>You dive into the lake. The lake's quite warm.
>Kurumi says "Tch. I was being lenient with you because you helped me out of a gap. But I'm afraid I'll have to do my job."
>She then fires some blue balls of danmaku at you!

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Try to dodge underwater at the same time searching around the lake.
>Dive as low as we can. if the bottom of the lake wasn't visible, getting there is strategically the best as Kurumi won't know where to shoot.
>Explore the lake's bottom.
>If something hits us- take it like a proper badass woman.

[Blitzer]

>Try to dodge underwater at the same time searching around the lake.

>You swim down fast enough to avert Kurumi's bullets.
>You look around the lake, but the blood in this lake is really thick. You can't see farther than a meter or so.

>Dive as low as we can. if the bottom of the lake wasn't visible, getting there is strategically the best as Kurumi won't know where to shoot.

>Of course, Kurumi can't see very deep down either.
>You swim down to the bottom of the lake, which seems to be rocky.

>Explore the lake's bottom.

>You explore the bottom. Rocky bottom...rock...rock...is there anything else down here?

>If something hits us- take it like a proper badass woman.

>...And of course, there does happen to something down there. You feel something bite you on your leg!

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>What's biting us? punch it!

[Blitzer]

>What's biting us? punch it!

>You look back, and find a really ugly demonic-looking fish with huge teeth. You punch it, but it clamps on your leg tightly.
>You see more fish like that one surround you.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Try to make a heat aura around us and have some boiled fish...
>Explore the lake more. If there really is nothing around there, get out.

[Blitzer]

>Try to make a heat aura around us and have some boiled fish...

>You generate heat until the demon fish around you either swim away or die. The one that bit your leg is still there though, albeit dead.

>Explore the lake more. If there really is nothing around there, get out.

>You keep exploring the lake. You come across a stone structure that resembles a gate on a side of the lake bottom.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>wow, it's so deep?
>get the fish off of our leg.
>swim to the structure and analyze it. Any signs? Is it openable? (check that fact)

[Blitzer]

>wow, it's so deep?

>The lake isn't that deep, really, only four or five meters down. And neither is the structure.

>get the fish off of our leg.

>You take the annoying fish off of your leg.

>swim to the structure and analyze it. Any signs? Is it openable? (check that fact)

>You swim to the structure. The stone structure is rectangular. In it is a gate made of iron bars and a plain, giant, and wooden set of doors with silver knobs behind it.
>You can simply swim over the iron bars. but you're not sure if you can open the wooden doors yourself.
>You start to suffocate. Granted, you're immortal, but these things are still a pain to feel.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>a quick return to the surface for air.
>After getting some air, get back down there and try the wooden door.

[Blitzer]

>a quick return to the surface for air.

>You quickly swim to the surface and then breathe deeply, then swim back down. You barely notice Hatate barely noticing you.

>After getting some air, get back down there and try the wooden door.

>You swim over the iron gate and attempt to pull open the wooden doors. The knobs are higher than your height from the lake bottom, though. You eventually fail to open the door, not even slightly.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Any runes? signs?
>If yes, memorize them, if not, just go back to the surface.

[Sect]

> Before rising up, see if there's any locks on the doors, or any obstructions. Also try pushing the doors open.

[Blitzer]

>Any runes? signs?

>No runes, no signs.

> Before rising up, see if there's any locks on the doors, or any obstructions. Also try pushing the doors open.

>There don't seem to be any locks or obstructions.
>You attempt to push the doors open. That also fails.

>If yes, memorize them, if not, just go back to the surface.

>You return to the surface of the lake, but not necessarily out of the lake.
>You see Hatate clasping Kurumi's hands behind her back. Kurumi shouts "Argh! Let go!"
>Neither of them notice you.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>silently  withdraw to my clothes. We'll take a real bath later.
>wipe off as much blood as we can and put our clothes on.

[Blitzer]

>silently  withdraw to my clothes. We'll take a real bath later.

>Both Hatate and Kurumi notice you, and turn their heads away. You must be a nasty sight, being a naked woman soaked in blood.

>wipe off as much blood as we can and put our clothes on.

>You wipe off as much blood as you can, wishing you had some piece of cloth to wipe this blood off. Then you put on your clothes.
>Hatate says "What was that swim all about?"
>Kurumi grunts.

[Sect]

> "Just decided to check it out. Some stone structure down there, doors are stuck though. Kind of interesting, though I dunno why anyone needs it guarded, what with the devil fish down there."
> Grimace at the feel of blood underneath our clothes.
> "Shoulda really thought this one through, though..."