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Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« on: January 21, 2014, 06:42:05 PM »
You are a Yin-Yang Orb. There are many like you.

>But you are that who you are. And once again you find yourself lying in a vast field of lush grass, contemplating the purpose of your existence in Gensokyo.

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2014, 01:20:55 AM »
>Check chest for unusual growths. If we have a chest, that is.

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2014, 01:24:07 AM »
>Relationship status with Stuffman and/or 5MS
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2014, 06:07:55 AM »
>Check chest for unusual growths. If we have a chest, that is.
>If you have one, you can't see it right now. This should be investigated.
>You try to move your arms to check if you have a chest, but you are stopped in your tracks by your lack of limbs. Darn.


>Relationship status with Stuffman and/or 5MS
>Stuffman
>You've never seen Stuffman, but you've overheard from other Yin-Yang Orbs that he is a giant floating eyeball and an artistic person. He is apparently also fully capable of manipulating all kinds of objects, such as monstrous sandwiches,  even with his obvious lack of arms or legs, and that is something you and other Yin-Yang Orbs idolize. You've no idea where this Man of Stuff dwells, though.

>Five Magic Stones
>They probably wouldn't discriminate you for your spherical appearance if you were to find them.



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« Last Edit: January 22, 2014, 06:51:49 AM by Tapsa »

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2014, 06:38:19 AM »
>Quickly retrieve arms from chest.
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2014, 07:01:56 AM »
>Note any items, places, or people of interest in the field.
>Check our current relationships.

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2014, 07:10:49 AM »
>Become kitten.
There was something here once. Wonder what...

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2014, 04:26:08 PM »
>Quickly retrieve arms from chest.
>The existence of both your chest and arms is still disputed.

>Note any items, places, or people of interest in the field.
>Check our current relationships.
>Relationships

>Parents
>You once had parents. Then, they disappeared without a trace. They were considered to be the greatest warriors amongst the Yin-Yang Orbs, and they taught you the purpose of a Yin-Yang Orb's existence: becoming a great warrior. You had faith in your parents' teachings, genuinely believing that your fate indeed was to become a great warrior like them.
>But now? You've given up on that thought. Many years have gone by, and you still aren't capable of matching your parents' impressive and devastating danmaku. You doubt they ever knew the purpose for the existence of your kind. It must've been their way of coping with their lack of knowledge. Right now, your way of coping with your existential crisis is travelling Gensokyo, occasionally listening to tales of other Yin-Yang Orbs.

>Yin-Yang Orbs
>You don't have any relationships with other Yin-Yang Orbs. This may be due to the fact that so far, not a single Yin-Yang Orb has found unity with your current thoughts. It seems they all think much like your disappeared parents did: "Becoming a great warrior is what any sane Yin-Yang Orb would strive for!
>The origin of Yin-Yang Orbs is unknown. You do know that your race has spread in just about almost every nook and cranny of Gensokyo, much like the fairies have.
>You can communicate with other Yin-Yang Orbs in your vicinity.

>Fairies
>Fairies accept seeing your kind around them most of the time and in the best cases exhibit a sort of wordless comradeship when instinctively uniting with your race during incidents to fight against the renown human incident-solvers.
>Unfortunately, you cannot communicate with them. And you've yet to figure out how to communicate with them. Vast majority of them may be simpleminded and aggressive, but you're more hopeful of them than your quite militant race.

>Humans
>Strangely, they don't like seeing orbs flying near their faces.

>Hakurei Reimu
>Painful memories. In the past, while you still followed the ideals of your parents, you joined the ranks of fairies and Yin-Yang Orbs stirred up during Incidents to combat against Reimu. Usually, you'd only have to suffer for a couple of days with tons of needles and amulets stuck in you, but during the Incident caused by that amanojaku and inchling, her gohei suddenly grew gigantic and smacked you with titanic force. You estimate that you flew at least a couple dozen miles before slamming back on the ground. It's truly a miracle how you still haven't perished from all that abuse!
>However, you won't judge her harshly, even with your anecdotes. She's just doing her job after all, isn't she? Still, you doubt she'd be too welcoming towards you, as she has beat up numerous members of your race before.
>She is rumoured to possess humongous Yin-Yang Orbs. You are unsure if they are of the same kind as other Yin-Yang Orbs, since very few have seen hers. It is said that Reimu only resorts to using them if she is very angry. One of their secret powers is reportedly the ability to turn into a cat. You suspect that this is a joke.



>Note any items, places, or people of interest in the field.
>The vastness of this grass field makes it seem like it extends infinitely towards north, where you can see towering hills and mountains forming the traditional Gensokyoan skyline. There's a forest behind you, and you see two fairies standing on the edge of the field and the forest. They're not too far from you, around at a distance where you can still eavesdrop on them if they'll start speaking. One of them is holding a peculiar googly device with two round cut pieces of glass placed side-by-side. You believe this is one of those things that lets you view distant objects. Oh, she's also got a modified tea kettle for a hat.


>Become kitten.
>You are not a Hakurei Shrine Yin-Yang Orb.



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« Last Edit: January 22, 2014, 04:55:33 PM by Tapsa »

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2014, 09:10:25 AM »
>This simply will not do. We WILL become kitten, even if it means leaf ears and reed tail.
>Perhaps our disguise will even fool Reimu and let us join her ranks. After all, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
>What's the farseer fairy staring at?
There was something here once. Wonder what...

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2014, 04:25:22 PM »
>This simply will not do. We WILL become kitten, even if it means leaf ears and reed tail.
>Perhaps our disguise will even fool Reimu and let us join her ranks. After all, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!
>What's the farseer fairy staring at?

>You come up with an ingenious plan for a disguise, but unfortunately, your attempt at masquerading as a kitten will be hopeless without the required resources.
>You wager it'd be best for you to make the disguise as organic as possible, as Reimu probably has enough perception to see through a half-assed attempt.
>You'd imagine disguises come as a second nature to fairies, if only you could communicate with them right now...

>The farseer fairy is staring skywards with her device, eyebrows furrowed. You doubt fairies are too keen on birdwatching, so something has to be up there.


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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2014, 10:12:53 PM »
>Can we see anything in the direction the fairy is looking?
>... how do we perceive things, anyway?
There was something here once. Wonder what...

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2014, 11:24:03 PM »
>Go to Fairy.
>How do we see, anyway?
>Contemplate the relationship of Fairies and Dairy.

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #12 on: January 24, 2014, 06:35:05 PM »
>... how do we perceive things, anyway?
>How do we see, anyway?
>You can see things like a creature with eyesight can. You estimate your vision's capability is comparable to either that of an ordinary youkai or a human's, as you cannot 'zoom' your sight and because your field of view is limited to one side of your body.
>You do need to orient yourself to look in a direction, but this is considerably more easier and quicker for you than for most other creatures.
>It appears that you do not require organs for sensing light and processing it into a visual form.

>Can we see anything in the direction the fairy is looking?
>In the sky, you can see a slowly moving tiny dot. You can't really tell what it is from this far away, though.

>Contemplate the relationship of Fairies and Dairy.
>You do not know of anything or anybody who goes by the name of Dairy.

>Go to Fairy.

>You begin approaching the farseer fairy and her companion. They don't seem to be paying any attention to you, as they're already busy with looking at the sky.
>You've gotten rather close by now. Suddenly, the farseer fairy points at the dot in the skies and exclaims: "I see 'em, cap'n!"
>She quickly passes her device to her much more taller companion by performing a wing-assisted jump. Her companion then swifly acquires the moving dot in the skies in her vision with the aid of the device.
>After looking at the dot briefly with the device, the tall fairy extends her open left palm towards the farseer: "That's an unidentified flying humie! Gimme that recognition manual!"
>The farseer fairy pulls a thick book from her messenger bag and gives it to her companion in the same fashion as she gave the device.
>The tall fairy appraises the book's content before looking through the device again: "Red-white markings..."
>"...exposed armpits..."
>"FIRE ALL THINGS!"
>Huh, didn't take them too long to figure out who the flying dot was.
>"I got the beast in me sight!". That was someone's yell coming from the forest. An extremely fast projectile shoots through the forest canopy, seeking into high-cruising Reimu while leaving a long trail of smoke. Upon reaching Reimu's left side, it suddenly explodes into a large cloud of smoke. You spot some danmaku exiting the other side of the cloud, in the direction where the fast projectile was headed at.
>"Aight! Less looking at pretty explosion, more gittin' after 'er!", the tall fairy shouts.
>You notice a LOT of fairies pouring out from the shade of the forest behind the farseer and tall one. All of the fairies, except farseer and tall one, start climbing towards the cloud of smoke with great haste.
>You start approaching the two fairies again after that interesting occurrence. You assume the dynamic duo is going to stay on foot far behind the frontline to ensure their own safety, like most superiors would. You feel foolish for making this assumption, as fairies are certainly not known for their caution and forethought. And so, farseer and tall one takeoff as well to charge bravely together with their comrades, leaving you to be the only poor fella still near ground level.

>Your dreams of Going to Fairy were crushed. Will you accept this?

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« Last Edit: January 24, 2014, 06:38:03 PM by Tapsa »

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #13 on: January 24, 2014, 11:05:09 PM »
>Stay near ground level away from Reimu's attacks, sneak behind her, and give her a hug.
There was something here once. Wonder what...

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2014, 12:42:42 AM »
>Have we tried pretending to be a Hakurei Shrine orb?
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #15 on: January 25, 2014, 07:35:45 PM »
>Have we tried pretending to be a Hakurei Shrine orb?
>You haven't. You do fill the criteria of being a Yin-Yang Orb, but you're red and white instead of black and white like Hakurei Shrine orbs are. Then again, you aren't sure if Reimu discriminates based on color.
>You're also not sure what sort of education, experience or innate powers are required in order for one to be deemed competent for the position of being a Hakurei Shrine Yin-Yang Orb.

>Stay near ground level away from Reimu's attacks, sneak behind her, and give her a hug.
>Incidentally, stealth is the forte of all Yin-Yang Orbs. You're able to establish an adaptive camouflage over your body if you so will it. Humans don't seem to be very good at noticing camouflaged Yin-Yang Orbs from what you've noticed, as you've seen fellow Yin-Yang Orbs flanking Reimu successfully in the past while stealthed and even catching her off guard sometimes.
>You decide to go with the widest possible approach here since you've got all the time in the world while Reimu beats up boatloads of fairies in the skies. You don't want to risk having any purification needles raining down on you here, even though Reimu usually doesn't miss her attacks while going against mere fairies.
>After sticking close to the ground and after getting behind the frontline, you activate your camouflage and start climbing skywards, aiming for Reimu's altitude.

>Upon reaching Reimu's altitude, you sneak behind her and prepare your hug. She's quite preoccupied with dealing with all those fairies, so you could've actually sneaked behind her without using your camouflage. Huh.
>You charge with all your might towards Reimu's back, and images of your fallen kin and disappeared parents flash in your figurative eyes. Eat this! Armless Hug!

>You bump into Reimu's back and hug her without arms. She gasps in surprise to your completely unexpected action, but after realizing that it wasn't a stealthy bullet that hit her back, she performs a breakneck speed somersault forwards, scooping you for a ride with her calves. She releases you at the apex of her stunt, sending you flying high in the air.
>She quickly catches up to you and kills your momentum by slapping an amulet on you. Conveniently, it lands right on top of where your "eyes" would be. The left part of your vision is now obstructed.

>"You will..."
>Somehow, Reimu just disappeared into thin air. You spin around, trying to figure out where she went, until you hear a whistling coming from somewhere diagonally above you.
>"...FALL!"

>Reimu's divekick connects squarely with the amulet slapped onto you, sending you falling towards the grass field like a lead brick on fire, plowing through a couple of flying fairies in the way. Not only did she show utter disregard to your demonstration of affection, she also made a makeshift projectile out of you!
>Suddenly, the amulet blocking half of your vision glows red and yellow and detonates, increasing your velocity even further.
>You impact the ground with almost explosive force, creating a crater disproportionally large to your body's size and launching dirt and grass everywhere up to heights of a couple dozen feet.

>THE PAAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNN!


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« Last Edit: January 25, 2014, 07:39:19 PM by Tapsa »

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #16 on: January 25, 2014, 08:11:16 PM »
>Nooo Reimu our waifu ;_;
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #17 on: January 25, 2014, 10:11:52 PM »
> About how much pain is the normal beatdown, compared to this?
> Make a mental note that when Reimu is busy shooting down bunches of fairies, "directly behind Reimu" is probably among the most unhealthy of places for us to suddenly appear. Even though it worked perfectly.
Someday, I'll have a clue what I'm doing.

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #18 on: January 25, 2014, 10:40:19 PM »
>Nooo Reimu our waifu ;_;
>You wish you could cry externally. She just wasn't in the mood for hugs.

> About how much pain is the normal beatdown, compared to this?
>You'd much rather have the stabbing pain of her persuasion needles right now than this. You feel like you aren't going to be able to fly very high for a while.

> Make a mental note that when Reimu is busy shooting down bunches of fairies, "directly behind Reimu" is probably among the most unhealthy of places for us to suddenly appear. Even though it worked perfectly.
>Noted. You shudder to think about what she could've done to you if you had appeared directly in front of her.


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« Last Edit: January 25, 2014, 11:23:20 PM by Tapsa »

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #19 on: January 26, 2014, 11:07:33 AM »
>Whine like a kicked puppy.

>How competent are we at danmaku?

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #20 on: January 26, 2014, 12:11:44 PM »
>Whine like a kicked puppy.
>How competent are we at danmaku?
>No one hears your whining, since you can't talk currently and there was no other orbs nearby to transmit your thoughts to.

>Your danmaku is quite elementary. Creating a field of unaimed shots while firing aimed shots at your adversary is next to impossible for you right now. Your current proven technique involves shooting three long streams of aimed shots in a fan pattern at your opponent. If your opponent panics at the high velocity of the bullets and dodges the streams too fast, the attack becomes much more harder for them, since every single bullet in this fan pattern is individually aimed at wherever they currently might be.
>The largest shot you can conjure is about half the size of an average human male.
>You reckon that with the combination of your current (lack of) skills in danmaku, your agility and your stealth capabilities, you can defend yourself against most fairies and lesser youkai. You aren't going to give someone as experienced as Reimu a run for their money with only your danmaku, though.


>_

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #21 on: January 27, 2014, 10:46:45 AM »
>Does danmaku leave behind burn marks on surfaces that it hits?

>If so, attempt to convey a simple "Hello!" by shooting the ground with danmaku in the shape of text, leaving burnt markings that spell out the words.

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #22 on: January 27, 2014, 09:34:53 PM »
>Does danmaku leave behind burn marks on surfaces that it hits?

>If so, attempt to convey a simple "Hello!" by shooting the ground with danmaku in the shape of text, leaving burnt markings that spell out the words.

>No, danmaku generally does not cause any sort of collateral damage. Especially not your relatively weak danmaku. But still, worth a try!


>With intention to engage in danmaku writing, you attempt to fly out of the crater caused by your rapid descent into ground from a certain shrine maiden's divekick, but you find yourself completely incapacitated by your pain. You aren't going anywhere like this!

>Your mind starts to space out as you writhe in pain on the bottom of the crater, unable to do anything. You don't get to space out much, since you're quickly alerted by a fairy peeking over at you from the edge of the crater. 

>"You okay there, buddy?" You're not sure why this fairy with carmine hair is expecting an answer from you out of all things, but you decide to play along inside your mind for what little amusement you can get to lessen the pain.

>You think she looks pretty battered. There's still needles sticking out of her body.

>"Yeah... I'm beat up real hard right now. Come on, who didn- ...huh?"'
>Her expression looks just about confused as you are right now.

>Did she just.. hear your thoughts?

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #23 on: January 27, 2014, 10:55:14 PM »
>Whoa. This is new. Did Reimu beat a new power into us or something?
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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #24 on: January 28, 2014, 05:10:42 AM »
>Are we... talking?

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #25 on: January 28, 2014, 05:15:14 AM »
>Ponder the implications of orbxfairy crossbreeding.
There was something here once. Wonder what...

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #26 on: January 28, 2014, 09:24:01 PM »
Parser's note: Never write while half-asleep in the bed. The identity of the person who said the last line of speech in the previous update became ambiguous due to this reckless action of mine. But I guess it doesn't matter that much, since that line works just as well for the MC as it does for the fairy, doesn't it?


>Whoa. This is new. Did Reimu beat a new power into us or something?
>You wouldn't exactly call this a new power. You've always been able to communicate with other Yin-Yang Orbs in this way, but for some reason, the fairy heard your thoughts. Well, that part sort of does count as new.
 
>Are we... talking?
>Going by the definition of how this works, this isn't exactly the same as physically talking, but in practice, it's the same as talking. You're transmitting your thoughts to the fairy, but she can hear your thoughts as if you were talking aloud. At least you assume that's what's happening on her end, because you've experienced every single case of communication in the past with an other Yin-Yang Orb this way: they transmit thoughts like you do, but you can hear audible voices.

>Ponder the implications of orbxfairy crossbreeding.
>You try to, but you only manage to get your mind to hurt. Now you truly are in a world of pain!


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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #27 on: January 29, 2014, 12:58:54 AM »
>What is the fairy's name? Come to think of it, do we have a name?
>Milt? keiju siivet maistuvat?
« Last Edit: January 29, 2014, 05:58:40 AM by O4rfish »
[9:49:09] <Purvis> Generally not, but your mother may be an exception.

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Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #28 on: January 29, 2014, 01:58:34 AM »
>"I don't understand why you can hear me when most fairys don't, but for the love of all the gods stick with me. Just let me recover from that... ow."
>"Are we safe?"
There was something here once. Wonder what...

Re: Yin-Yang Orb Quest
« Reply #29 on: January 29, 2014, 09:59:53 PM »
>What is the fairy's name? Come to think of it, do we have a name?
>You do not recognize this fairy's face, and you cannot think of any notorious fairies with dark red hair.
>You don't recall ever having a name. Your parents called you their child, and respectfully, you called them your mom and dad.

>Milt? keiju siivet maistuvat?
>Riippuu v?h?n keijusta. Tai niin ainakin arvelet, sill? sin?h?n et pysty maistamaan mit??n. Mutta mit? luultavimmin t?m?n keijun siivet maistuvat Keijulta.

>"I don't understand why you can hear me when most fairys don't, but for the love of all the gods stick with me. Just let me recover from that... ow."
>"Are we safe?"
>The fairy gives you a stern nod without saying anything. She's probably too busy wondering how you survived Reimu's wrath and how she can hear you 'talking'.
>You inquire her about the current situation.
>"Yeah, about that...", the fairy gazes skywards. Her expression is getting fearful. "You know, I don't like how the red-white's hovering far up there."
>The fairy lowers her gaze back to you. "I say we get outta here. Red-white can't be up to any good like that. Can you move?"


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