This is an Unprecedented Shino Affair... WHAT?!

[Hello Purvis]

>"I know just the lesson you should teach, too."

[Dizzy H. "Muffin" Muffin]

> Hmm. Potential angle of leverage, at least in making her feel better: If there hasn't even been the possibility of any communication whatsoever, how does she know that her mother-figure was/is angry?

[Tamashii Kanjou]

> Hmm. Potential angle of leverage, at least in making her feel better: If there hasn't even been the possibility of any communication whatsoever, how does she know that her mother-figure was/is angry?

>Alice did just say Shinki didn't know she left; but seems to believe she is angry with her... Maybe you can try and make her feel a little better... some how.

>"I know just the lesson you should teach, too."

<"Well, I know just the lesson you can teach her!"
>You think you hear her chuckle a bit.
>"Coming from you, it's bound to be perverted..."

>...

[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, I can do that too, if you want."
>C'mon, give us the green light!
>"But, I was thinking, you write a letter for your mother, then make Reimu deliver it, and then bring back a reply. Barriers aren't a real problem for her, after all."

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>"Well, I can do that too, if you want."
>C'mon, give us the green light!
>"But, I was thinking, you write a letter for your mother, then make Reimu deliver it, and then bring back a reply. Barriers aren't a real problem for her, after all."

<"Well, I can do that too... if you want."
>"Because you don't normally do that already."
>So hard to please...

<"Actually, I was thinking... maybe you should write a letter for her and force Reimu to deliver it."
>"... And how would she..."
<"Reimu would have to bring the reply back. Besides, barriers aren't really a problem for her."
>Alice loosens her grip on your back and tries to step back; your hands are still on her shoulders, so she doesn't get far.
>"That's... a possibility... But I..."
>Suddenly, her face has a new sense of determination about it.
>"I want to get her to remove the barrier!"

>...

[Hello Purvis]

>"Hey, give me some credit, I haven't done anything to you now, have I?"
>Frown, and ponder for a moment. "About the barrier, is that okay to do? I mean, I don't know anything about Makai, so I don't know if the barrier's there for a reason or if it just got put there because it seemed like a good idea at the time or what."

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>"Hey, give me some credit, I haven't done anything to you now, have I?"
>Frown, and ponder for a moment. "About the barrier, is that okay to do? I mean, I don't know anything about Makai, so I don't know if the barrier's there for a reason or if it just got put there because it seemed like a good idea at the time or what."

<"Hey, give me some credit; I haven't done anything to you right now, have I?"
>"Well, I guess so..."

>You frown; allowing a pause to think for a moment.
<"Would it be okay to bring that barrier down? I mean, I don't really know much about Makai, so I don't know if it's there for a reason or if it just got put there because it..."
>"It kept more youkai from coming up to Gensokyo."
>Alice stops you dead on the spot.
>"Marisa told me those exact words came from Reimu." Alice continues.

>...

[Hello Purvis]

>"What kind of Youkai?"

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>"What kind of Youkai?"

<"What kind of Youkai?"
>"Does it really matter? Most of them just wanted to see Gensokyo..."
>She grits her teeth a little.
>"Between Reimu and Yuuka... I don't know who killed the most... From what I heard at the time, anyway."

>...

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we know Reimu to be a killing sort?
>"Well, some are pretty dangerous, but I see your point. Look, I can't promise you that, I just don't know enough about everything that happened. But at the very least, we're going to make it so you to come and go freely, okay?"

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>Do we know Reimu to be a killing sort?
>"Well, some are pretty dangerous, but I see your point. Look, I can't promise you that, I just don't know enough about everything that happened. But at the very least, we're going to make it so you to come and go freely, okay?"

>Not really. You hear her go on about 'exterminating youaki' but never really see her doing so; she does beat some of them up for absolutely no reason (quote 'she was bored') though.

<""Well, some are pretty dangerous... but I do see your point."
>"Why thank you."
<"Look, I can't promise you that; I don't know enough about what happened. But... I can at least make it so that you can come and go freely. Okay?"
>Alice blinks at you for a few seconds; almost surprised to hear you coming out with this.
>"I guess the 'Kanjou' surname does do something to you... Thank you. It is, indeed, the least we can get out of this."
>She looks a little happier now.

>...

[Hello Purvis]

>Ruffle her hair a bit. "Well, I don't like seeing friends be sad. And it seems like a pretty reasonable request."

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>Ruffle her hair a bit. "Well, I don't like seeing friends be sad. And it seems like a pretty reasonable request."

>You ruffle up her hair; she closes her eyes before batting your arm away a couple of seconds later.
<"Hey, I don't like seeing friends be sad. And, to me, it seems like a pretty reasonable request."
>"But... it still feels like I'm asking for a lot."

>She begins to head back towards her house.
>"I'll be needing to make preparations, however, since you managed to take out a lot of my dolls."

>...

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah, you should probably find a way to take them off high alert like that. So, you're feeling better, right?"
>Is her back turned?

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>"Yeah, you should probably find a way to take them off high alert like that. So, you're feeling better, right?"
>Is her back turned?

<"Yeah... you should probably find a way of taking them off high alert or something."
>"I am still working on that; trail and error, I guess, shall do for now."

>She continues to walk away from you; back turned.
<"You're feeling better, then?"
>"A little, I guess. Still a long way to go yet."

>...

[Hello Purvis]

Well, now we have a moral situation. On one hand, she's still feeling kinda shitty. On the other...she's got no defenses and has her backed turned.

Chentlemen?

[Aya Squawkermaru]

We're Shino. Do you even have to ask? Besides, nothing cheers the ladies up like a little lovin'~

[Hello Purvis]

Quite, but I'd like to think even Shino has some things that are off bounds, like abusing the grieving. Now the question becomes: Do we go for the usual, or aim long-term like we did with Sakuya?

[Aya Squawkermaru]

True, only a slimeball would take advantage of her grief like that.

On the one hand, going for long-term would be a bit more slimeball-ish, especially since we'd have to juggle her and Sakuya. One the other, just a bit wouldn't be as much fun. Still, I say, if we do go for this, just go for a little bit. Even if she's on our list, she's not official.

[Hello Purvis]

Well, it's not like the endboss isn't going to be the concept of monogamy.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Oh, I thought the endboss would be Rinnosuke. Who would want to grope THAT? Ugh.

Well, thoughts, anyone else? We're pretty much at an impasse here.

[Hello Purvis]

Naw, not an impasse, just figuring out the next step. And we know it, now.

>Welp, if she's feeling better, and has her back turned...let's go for the gold, from behind!

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>Welp, if she's feeling better, and has her back turned...let's go for the gold, from behind!

>With her back turned, you decide to get this done officially; once and for all.
>You sneakily move forward, swing your arms around her, before groping the top part of her chest.

>"KYAAAAAAAAA!"

>Blinding yell from Alice aside, you fell em up; pretty average really, not big at all.
>Whatever dolls were left in the area are now flying directly towards you.

>...

[Hello Purvis]

>"I'm glad you're feeling better!"

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>"I'm glad you're feeling better!"

<"Ahhh, I'm glad you're feeling bett-AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
>A doll explodes at your feet.
>Alice flies away from you, whilst the explosion sends you backwards; very, very quickly.
>You spot a few dolls in the distance; you think they are the reason why Alice is going that way, bar the explosion.

>...

[Hello Purvis]

>"Don't you want to save those?"
>Run for it! We'll come back for Aya later.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Don't run. Deal with the dols. We should make sure Alice knows we were serious about what we said.
>"Come on, Alice, I was just playing!"

[Hello Purvis]

>Run. We've had enough 'splodes today. But do shout that.

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>"Don't you want to save those?"
>Run for it! We'll come back for Aya later.

>Don't run. Deal with the dols. We should make sure Alice knows we were serious about what we said.
>"Come on, Alice, I was just playing!"

>Run. We've had enough 'splodes today. But do shout that.

>The second you feel your feet on the ground, you get to running straight away!
<"Come on Alice, I was just playing! After all, you should really save them for later"

>You're not sure if Alice said anything at that point, but you manage to dive into the trees and run for your life.
>Without a direction in mind, you keep running away; you've had enough explosions for one day.

>You don't hear anything behind you now; you think you're alone now.

>...

[Hello Purvis]

>Look back.
>If the coast is clear, slow down.