>Shiki: "It looks like they're serious about this attack."
>Keep listening,
>The blue-haired girl says "'Anyway, let's just get this over and done with. Nothing to be gained by waiting here, hoping it will go away.' Head towards the house. 'You want to knock first?'"
>In reply, the man says "Renko nods. You approach the house. It is a rather simple looking, boxy sort of cabin. It seems to be in very good condition, better maintained than practically any other home you've seen in Gensokyo. 'I think I should...' Renko says, as she walks up the small porch. She knocks on the door, and waits. She takes a few deep breaths. After a minute or so, the door opens, revealing the blonde woman in the blue dress whom you saw earlier today. She looks at Renko coolly, then says, 'Better late than never, I suppose.' Then she turns her blue-green eyes toward you and frowns. 'Who is this?'"
>"'Hi, I'm Maribel. I'm a very close friend of Renko's. We just managed to find each other again a short while ago.'"
>"'Ah, you're the infamous Maribel,' says Alice. 'Good, now we could focus. Except...why are you here? Have you decided to get involved?'"
>"'Infamous? Did Renko already mention me, then? And, well....' Look encouragingly at Renko. She should be the one to say it."
>"Alice nods. Renko takes your cue, and says. 'I'm out, Alice.' 'What.' There is no trace of a question in Alice's reply. 'I'm not going to raid the Scarlet Devil Mansion with you.' There is a painful silence, as Alice gives Renko a frosty look."
>Yuyun Pelham: Bingo.
>Stay hidden for a bit and see how their words and actions match up to the trash can man's story as it goes.
>You watch a bit as Renko and Maribel approach Alice's cabin.
>Maribel says "Anyway, let's just get this over and done with. Nothing to be gained by waiting here, hoping it will go away. You want to knock first?"
>Renko nods, and both of them approach the house. It is a rather simple looking, boxy sort of cabin. It seems to be in very good condition.
>"I think I should..." Renko says, as she walks up the small porch. She knocks on the door, and waits. She takes a few deep breaths. After a minute or so, the door opens, and you see a woman in a blue dress whom you're sure is Alice. "Better late than never, I suppose. Who is this?"
>"Hi, I'm Maribel. I'm a very close friend of Renko's. We just managed to find each other again a short while ago."
>"Ah, you're the infamous Maribel. Good, now we could focus. Except...why are you here? Have you decided to get involved?"
>"Infamous? Did Renko already mention me, then?"
>Alice nods.
>"And, well...."
>Renko says. "I'm out, Alice."
>"What."
>"I'm not going to raid the Scarlet Devil Mansion with you."
>Alice gives Renko a cold look.
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>Wow, it does match up. Everything does!
>Monitor Maiden: "So the gods WERE in on it. At least Minoriko snapped out of it... though I may have to smack the rest."
>Frown. "Why Utsuho?"
>"She didn't say anymore than that she hoped she could do it."
>Lolita de On?a: Actually, is Meiling lying down? If so, use her chest as a sitting pillow.
>She is, so you sit on her. She doesn't react.