The Elements Of Gensokyo - Act One: Borderful Infestation Parasite

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan yawned as he headed for the restroom. Well, isn't this turning out the be a fantastic day? Really, who goes and sleeps on other people?

As he stepped out into the hallway, he was greeted by the last person he wanted to see. Nazrin was already dressed, but hadn't been up for very long. She grinned a mischievous grin as she turned to face him. "Hello, loverboy. How are you this morning? I bet you're feeling nice and refreshed after maneuvering Nanaya into your futon. Oh, and let's not forget your oral adventure last night!"

"Hold on a second! Saying it like that makes it sound worse than actually is," Newan complained.

Nazrin giggled, "Whatever you say."

Newan let out a sigh, and headed for the restroom. If Nanaya doesn't kill me, that girl probably will.

(OOC: Was originally going to ship Nazrin and Shou here (basically, I'd have Nazrin say Newan can come to her for love advice, mentioning that she's the seme), but then I realized that I don't like that pairing. Besides, romance has no place in this RP... right? )

[Sampson]

"Gale.  There's nothing on your back," said Orin.  "Can we go now?"

"There's something on my back.  It's been bothering me since I got up."

"And I can assure you it's all in your head."

"Shut up," snapped Gale.  Apparently, everything is in my head.  This is a hallucination.  What did I do to myself?

Gale felt a burning pain in his back.  "Orin!  Stop pinching me!"

"Hmph."  The pinching stopped.  "Just because you're wallowing in self denial doesn't mean you have to take it out on me."

"Whatever."  He rolled his eyes.  "We'll go see Yukari now.  Happy?"

"Fine."

Both of them rather irritated with each other, they left the room to see the youkai of boundaries.

[Sonae]

((DAMN IT IM STILL YAWNING Not anymore, wide awake now...damn it nto again! Also long post is long.))

Ranna sat beside the window, the bright morning sun shining in on her. She gazed out the window as if she was in a trance. Her mind was empty for some reason. Her eyes seemed sad, or lonely, but most of all, they seemed hollow. Ranna sighed, collecting her mind, life returning to her eyes. She turned her head and looked towards the bow she had fashioned the night before. I guess I should practice a bit... She thought as she slowly rose to her feet and sauntered over to her weapon. She picked it and the arrows up off the ground. ...I should probably cover it up... She thought as she looked for something to hide it in. ....This should work... She thought as she pulled a sheet off the futon and wrapped it around her bow, hiding it from sight. After making sure it was covered, she headed for the door. She opened it and proceeded to head to the back of the shrine, where she could be alone. As she stepped out of the room, and unexpected event happened. She bumped into some guy, the impact causing her to drop what she was holding. Ranna remained stunned for a moment then noticed the sheets had partially unraveled, revealing the contents slightly at the tip. Shit...! She thought. Slightly panicked, she covered the bow and picked it back up, making sure it wasn't peeking out somewhere. She looked up to see the man she'd ran into. He looked a little less than content and somewhat tired, as if he didn't get as much sleep as he had hoped for. A thought of curiosity flew through her mind for a moment, then vanished into disinterest. "Ah...My apologies" She said in a mature and refined manner as she gave a slight bow. As she raised her head the man could see something in her eyes, it was cold... but not bitter or hateful...more like...ice... When the girl noticed he had looked into her eyes she averted them. Without another word she wandered off, out into the sunlight, around the corner, and out of sight. The man paused for a moment in thought, then continued on his journey to the bathroom.

Mokou stood confidently in the bright sunligth that shone down from a cloudless sky. She smiled. For the first time in what seemed like years, she had gotten a decent sleep, and this filled her with joy. Mokou inhales the pure refreshing oxygen from the air, and releases the carbon dioxide in a long 'Hah!'. She steps back a bit and leans against a tree, slowly sinking down into a relaxing sitting position. She closes her eyes and enjoys the cool breeze blowing in the shadows of the trees. Now this is great...! She thinks to herself with a peaceful expression upon her face. After a couple of minutes, she hears some slight bickering from inside the shrine. She opens her eyes and looks in the direction of the sound, seeing a wiggling, rodent-like tail. It was a small grey youkai, a mouse to be exact. Mokou's eyes light up and a wide grin slides across her face.
".'ey Chen!" She says trying not to draw too much attention to herself. Chen turns and runs over to her. She looks at Mokou with an intrigued expression, her two tails flipping around happily. Mokou grin's and points into the house. Chen turns her head to look.
"Ya see that small girl in there?" Mokou says. Chen squints to try to see, but her eyes are too used to the sunlight and she can't see inside the unlit shrine too well. Mokou's grin widens becoming more devious. "That there girl, she's a Mouse youkai" Mokou says. Chen turns to look at Mokou excitedly, her two tails flipping about faster. Mokou motions for her to lean closer. Chen does so and Mokou whispers intoone of her feline ears. As Mokou finishes speaking, Chen's ears twitch and she turns her face to Mokou, eyes lit up with joy and excitement. Mokou grins and gives her the okay. Chen carefully but quickly skips over to the house, peeking around the corner to make sure the girl hasn't noticed her. Chen smiles brightly and steps into the house carefully, trying her best not to be detected. When she sees the Mouse girl hasn't become aware of her, she bounds forward tackling the Mouse. The two of them roll on the floor a bit before Chen leaps up and off of the mouse, who's still on the floor. Everyone's attention is drawn to the pair of youkai. Mokou tries hard to contain her laughter as the scene unfolds. Chen's tails flip back and forth as she watches the Mouse's reaction.

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As the scene comes to an end Mokou lets loose into a fit of laughter. She's laughing so hard she falls over onto the ground. She's panting now because she laughed so hard. "Hah...hah..hah! That was priceless!" She says outloud trying to catch her breath. Chen daintly skips back over to Yukari, leaning her back against her as she picks up her cup and takes a couple licks.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

As Newan walked to the restroom, he heard some noises that sounded like some sort of tussle, and laughter. These people are weird. Without another thought, he continued his quest for restroom.

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Nazrin panted as she ran out of the shrine, and flew to the roof. Oh... oh god... not again, please... She stretched out on the roof in the sunlight to calm down. That cat... I really hate her. At least the other cat didn't attack me...

[Sonae]

Ranna ignored the sudden ruckus that enveloped the shrine. There's not much order here is there? Where'd that shrine maiden go anyways... She thought to herself as she placed the sheet on the ground. She unraveled it and took her bow up in her hand. It was pretty good for a makeshift job, even though once the stick had been drained of life it would probably snap with the slightest of tension. Ranna sighed, longing for her old equipment. reluctantly she shook off her dismay and picked up an arrow. She knew she'd need better arrows to actually have them be lethal. She placed the slit edge on the bow's string and pulled back on it. For a moment, everything seemed to freeze, as if Sakuya was passing by time had just decided to stop moving forward. Ranna concentrated on a tree in the woods, and she let the arrow fly.
Whooosh!
Shunk
The arrow shook slightly before becoming still.
Ranna walked over to the arrow and withdrew her knife from her pocket. She made a small line where the arrow was in the tree. Looking sastified she put the knife away and pulled the arrow out of the tree. She gazed at the line she had made. It was close to the tip, very close. Ranna sighed. She walked out of the forest's shade and back under the sun. It was getting hotter, she could feel it. She imagined by noon it would be extremely hot, even inside the shrine. She wiped her forhead and sighed. If I had a wide area i could see how far this bow could shoot. She looked around hoping to find something decent. She sighed with disappointment as she gave up her search. She looked up to the sky, shielding her eyes from the bright sun. For a moment she thought about it, but she shook her head. No...Shooting upward is definitely a bad idea...
Next she faced her eyes to the ground. Taking the arrow in her right hand, she plunged it into the ground as best as she could. She retrieved her knife once more and made another notch on the arrow. She pulled the arrow back out. This time the distance was larger, and she was slightly more satisfied.as she stared at the arrow, she caught a glimpse of something in the corner of her eye. She swiftly lifted her head and looked around, but she couldn't spot anything. Huh....Maybe this heat is making me see things... She thought as she turned and walked back towards the shrine. She wrapped up her bow and took it back into her room. The heat out there would dry it out in no time. She thought as she closed the door to her room and she wandered into the main part of the shrine. She could see Mokou relaxing underneath the shade of a tree. Then she noticed there was two strange people here. One was a blonde woman dressed in fancy clothes, while the other was a cat girl. Her tails flipped back and forth happily as she drank her milk tea. Ranna looked around, the shrine maiden was no where in sight. She looked back to woman and the cat. Is this the infamous Yukari? She wondered, hoping someone would answer her question.

((Speaking of questions, I have a few of my own. Will Mima and Rumia show up? Or will Byakuren and Shinki return from their Makai tour? Also where'd Reimu go?))

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

(Wahahaha. Those questions will be answered in my next post. Im at the doctors anyway. Posting soob. And Squawkers. BAWLS TO YOU. :/.)

[Sonae]

((Okays~ I think I wont wait tonight since Im tired and bored as anything since i got no one to play with and Touhou in general hates me today))

((Also will chaos be using Danmaku? Or just ripping and devouring our flesh?))

[GuyYouMetOnline]

"Okay," Aesera said, "this just got stranger, didn't it? When you hit me, you felt it."
 
"Yes," Kanako said. "Apparently, we are linked in some way. That joining thing in the event we experience was, I would think, the creation of this link."
 
"We need to know how deeply the link goes," Aesera said. "Will one of us die if the other does?"
 
"It's possible," Kanako said. "I felt the pain you felt. I certainly would not rule it out."
 
"Agreed. But is there more to the link?"
 
"I do not know."
 
"Then we'll test it. Starting with this." Thinking was a normal action, but Aesera had never before tried to think at someone. But that's what she was doing now. She wasn't just thinking, but attempting to think at Kanako. [Can you hear me?]
 
"Interesting," Kanako said. "A mental connection." [I don't think 'hear' is the right word, though.]
 
"It's the one we have," Aesera said. "It will sufice. Let us move on to something else. Try to channel your power through the link-just a little at first, and build it up gradually."
 
"An interesting idea," Kanako said.
 
"And very practical if it works."
 
"Indeed. Very well, then. I shall try it."
 
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OOC: I don't know if that can be done here or not, so I'll leave that part up to you, YJ

[Orphea.Russ]

Rhiseza opened her eyes, only to be greeted by very bright light. Immediately, she shut them and rolled over onto her face. She -hated- the morning. That said, she pushed herself to her feet and sleepily walked back to the shrine's... Front? Or whatever the main area was.
"Still can't believe I actually slept outside... Been forever since I did that..."
She looked around, and then up again to try and discern the time. She guessed it was around 8:30, give or take.
"... The hell am I up so early for?"

[CrowCakes]

(OOC: Is Yukari wearing her PCB outfit or IaMP/IN outfit?)

This was kinda weird. Vante was awake, but Mystia was sound asleep. The group might have to move soon, and it would be a chore to wake Mystia up.

He left the room and took a glance at the outside. Besides the other people in the group on the shrine grounds, there were now two new faces around. One had cat ears (most likely real ones) and looked like an eight-year-old, while the other stood imposingly, and Vante felt that everyone would immediately turn to her if she were to talk.

His stomach grumbled. Everything from yesterday was completely digested, and since he had only one meal for that day, it was no surprise. Hopefully, breakfast would come soon.

Something else was tugging at him, too. Now he needed to find a bathroom. He did see it last night; it was only just down the hallway where the bedrooms where.

"To the bathroom," he mumbled, sauntering over to it.

[XinXin]

Alyssa combed her hair using her hands, being quite skilled in morning grooming having to wake up in the odd hours of the day for whatever rubbish she was expected to do, so grooming without tools helped her wake up much later. It was quite a tricky way, but since now she was just looking out not to look like a complete mess, there was not much to do. Alice was not there with her, however Shanghai and Hourai were busily floating around, as if gesturing to tell Alyssa to go and find Alice. That was something they did not have to tell her to do.

Floating along the hallways, the doll duo eagerly went and searched for their master. In order to catch up, Alyssa had to run after them. It was not long after they found Alice making tea along one of the rooms with a sliding door facing the outside. Alongside her sat a girl with cat-like features, and one who was dressed quite oddly, although not quite different from what she saw nobles wear.

"Excuse me, I'm Alyssa Crendelheim," she gave a short bow, "Pleased to make your acquaintance." Alice then invited Alyssa to sit down, having Shanghai and Hourai to pour tea into the four cups that she found in the shrine maiden's kitchen. The tea looked quite different from the norm to Alyssa. Upon closer inspection, she realised that it was japanese green tea, something that she had never tried before. She took a sip, finding it quite interesting in taste, different from what she was used to.

"This is Yukari Yakumo, the Youkai of the Boundaries." Alice frankly put it, taking a sip of tea.

OOC: Sonaeee, is it possible you could edit your post just a little bit to include Alice, Alyssa and the two dolls? >_<?

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

(The stage one Chaos(The ones headed your way) are highly resistant to Danmaku. They can only be hurt and killed by physical ways, like slash slash slash, or Mortal Kombat style. The later, more evolved Chaos are not that resistant, and can be killed with a Master Spark, or Royal Flare. Some Touhou characters have danmaku with severe side-effects to Chaos. One example, would be Cirno. WHY? NO-ONE KNOWS. Chaos can use low-level danmaku, but they prefer to go all physical and magical combat on you and rip your insides out and devour your soul before using your body. Also, Physical/Magical 1v1s are like... That pool in Danbooru called Gensokyo Tag Tournament, or Touhou 12.3.

And, guyumeton9, that mental connection, which will be revealed by Yukari soon, shall allow you to travel back and forth from the real world and Gensokyo. Your Touhou follows you through the worlds. Also, Yukarin is wearing her IN, all-dressed-up outfit.)
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Within the Radius of Hakurei Shrine.
Party: Spawn of Chaos, Tier One( 8 ) - Hp: 97%
           Captured Hakurei Reimu( 1 )   - Hp: 13%
Inventory:
Bracer of Dragon Lightning( 8 ) - Set by Iku on all Spawns Of Chaos from when they set foot in the border. A physical blow will make the bracer disappear and Implode from within the Chaos, dealing 40% Hp damage.
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After a few minutes of people going to the bathrooms, trying to conduct their energy into their links with their partners, getting things off their back, waking up, combing hair, and drooling, everyone arrived at the front of the Shrine, and took a seat next to each other. Chen is eyeing Nazrin from the roof, but she doesn't make any moves. Yet. Master Yukari has some explaining to do, anyway. With everyone here, besides Reimu and Byakuren, it was finally time for the reason for the humans to have come here, to reveal itself.

Yukari gently lifts up her cup of tea, sipping it softly before putting it down. Instantly, she falls into a purple gap and appears in front of the group seated. She keeps her fan, and beacons to Chen to come down from the roof and join her. Chen gladly jumps off without a sound, scaring Nazrin once again, before settling next to Yukari.


"So, I'm here to explain what has been going on for the past day, and to answer all the questions you have to ask me. First, I'll explain why you are all here." Yukari sighs to herself, a gap forming behind her and she takes a seat on it. All of a sudden, she seems to have her cup of tea with her too.

"You all are here because of one reason. Something's happening in Gensokyo. Something even I don't know. And it doesn't help that the Dragon God is so restless and angry about something. Nobody can even talk to him now." All of you also start to notice that Nanaya isn't here. "Something is trying to get into Gensokyo. That's all I know. I had no intention to take humans down here to help solve the problem, but the thing that has infected the Border probably came from the outside, and all of you just happened to fall into here. You should know by now that this, isn't a dream." Yukari takes another sip of tea.

"I don't know where Reimu went, but all I know is that she said that she had to do something important. Besides that, some of you may be thinking, Why should I help this world. It isn't even where I live in. You're terribly wrong. If Gensokyo falls, the next to fall will be the Earth itself. Me and one of Reimu's ancestors made Gensokyo to keep all magic hidden from the outside world, everything that you humans don't believe in, lives here. And if everything you believe in is gone, there will be no "human soul". All of the human race will become desolate. Filled with mindless abominations which were once lively people." Yukari sips her tea again.

"The Dragon God has disrupted something in the Border southwest of Gensokyo, but I do not advise you to go there. Even I, have never went there."

"Now, about that connection all of you made when you met your respective partners. That is the link between the two of your souls. If one of you die, the other will too. However, I can bend the border of life and death, just once or twice to save you from death. My energy is required elsewhere if whatever is causing this begins to break the Border. I know nothing more of that connection, since I've never sensed it."

After that, Yukari begins answering each of your respective questions about Gensokyo, and how it works and stuff.

"One, last thing. I saw a human on my way here. He was already dead. He was about, 60 years of age, and his soul was destined to be with Reisen. One of the Moon Rabbits here. Something killed him. I don't know what, but you people better watch your backs." Yukari floats down into the ground through a gap, and Chen follows."

Gale feels something heavy on his back once again. MAYBE HES GONNA DIE? Or something.
---(Also, that old man is/was Sourfang's character)---

Chaos slithers across the ground, with Hakurei Reimu in their grasp. They've almost reached the Shrine.

---(One more post from everyone, and it shall be your first fight.)

[XinXin]

Death.

The prospect of such a concept to the young Alyssa did not please her in the slightest. She thought that perhaps she would be able to live a better life, along with all the people of this place, a place that seemed so wonderful. A life where she would not have to worry about manners or restrictions. Now, manners or restrictions were something that she would not mind having, so as long as she had the peace of mind that there would not be any worry of death. She gripped Mira tightly in her hand, taking a peek at Hourai sitting between her and Alice with Shanghai sitting on her shoulders. Somehow, Hourai seemed far more grim than she thought she was before.

Alice felt far more affected by this incident than the ones before. This was something that concerned the Hakurei Border, and even Yukari seemed worried about it. Yukari who rarely ever tried to sort out any incidents. The way she spoke was also severe, something Alice did not often expect out of her. She had to do something about this and, whatever happened, the universe seemed to be resting upon the shoulders of this ragtag group of humans from the outside world and residents of Gensokyo.

Alyssa could only stare at everyone else in the group. It seemed that she was going to be in their company for quite a while. She prayed in her heart that this "while" would be short, that they might solve this and she would get to go home. She would gladly trade in her freedom for peace.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan looked at the table as he thought about what he had just been told. I could actually die. I'm not ready to die. I can't die. I still have a life to live. He stood up from the table, and began leaving. "Please excuse me for a bit. I need to think this over." He re-entered the shrine. Maybe I can get some solitude in our room. Nanaya's probably getting ready by now, so she'll be gone soon enough.

...He can't think about it over here? Humans are so weird. Nazrin sighed, then glanced at Orin. Right now, that Dragon God thing or whatever is the least of my problems. I guess I can trust the red-haired one, since she didn't attack me in the night, but the other one...

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

-Newan-

As you walk back into your room, you see Nanaya still curled up in her futon, sleeping soundly and drooling. Well, what a marvelous sight, you have solitude until she wakes up, and you don't really think she'll wake up anytime soon. And so, you begin thinking about you start reflecting on your life, what could happen if you die, the future, the past, what you have not furfilled yet. Your constant thoughts are sometimes interrupted by a moan or a shifting beneath your feet, but you don't bother about that. It only reassures you that Nanaya is still asleep.

You then turn to her and start thinking more. She really has a lot to explain, and you want to know why she started a few events. You should wake her up. You don't hear the others outside, and you doubt Nazrin is spying on you.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan sighed. She seemed docile enough last time someone woke her up, but that was Nazrin. Hopefully she won't hit me for waking her up... "Oy, Nanaya. It's time to wake up."

All the questions he felt like asking her rushed through his head.

(OOC: Rage. Short post is short.)

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

As you talk to Nanaya, trying to get your words into her brain so that she could wake up from her comfy sleep, you come to a dead end. She can't hear you. Well, you're stuck. After racking your brains on the pros and cons and, the potential consequences, you decide to shake Nanaya till she wakes up. This may be a bad idea, but Nanaya always has to stretch before she can do anything, so you're guessing she will feel sore once she wakes, unable to send you to hell.

"Oy, oy! Time to wake up." You shake Nanaya's body by holding onto her right shoulder, and you feel her slowly twisting around in the futon. After moments, Nanaya's closed eyes of love open up, and a half-asleep girl awakes before your eyes, with drool still on the side of her mouth. Nanaya doesn't seem to even notice you for now. She rubs her eyes and yawns again, before pushing herself off the sleeping position and sits up, beginning to stretch as you back off, not wanting to be hit. Since the futon's off, you see what she's wearing. That black br-

Nanaya cleans the drool off her cheek, before turning to face you. "What?"

[Sampson]

Lovely.  This situation is making less sense by the minute.  Dragon god?  Soul?  This is too...colorful for my taste.

He turned to Orin.  "Are you sure there's nothing on my back?"

"Yes!  Nothing!  You're probably just insane or something."

"Yes, clearly that is the only logical conclusion," said Gale, rolling his eyes.

"Ow..." he muttered as Orin punched him in the arm.

"I told you!  No more sarcasm!"

[Aya Squawkermaru]

"Well, for one thing, Yukari is already here and you missed her explanation. Speaking of explanations, how about you explain what that was last night?" He sighed as he sat down near her, trying to avert his eyes from the black lace.

(OOC: I hate making all these short posts)

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

-Gale-

"Teehee. You dislike me on your back?" You hear a voice. The heaviness still is on your back, and you feel something thin around your chest. You arn't really sure what it is though, and you are beginning to be irritated. This nonsensical dream really sucks hardcore. You reach over to Orin, only to realise you can't move your arms. "Want to get her for help? Aww, but the fun's just started!"

Suddenly, you feel the heaviness increase further, and your neck hurts a little too. You look down, and you see little blue, wire-like tentacles attached to an orb of some kind. Instintively, you reach out to the ball-orb, and probe it. It's squishy, and addictive too. You begin constantly rubbing and squeezing it. You think you hear muffled sounds from behind you, but you don't care about it. This ball is fun!

As you squeeze and squeeze, eventually, you hear moans and, erotic noises. You banish them from your mind and continue squeezing the ball in your hand. Orin and everyone around you doesn't notice this at all. After minutes of doing the same thing over and over again, your hand tired from the constant movement, you hear, from behind you.

"N-No... more... I'm... d-done..." A girl plops off your back, along with the blue ball and those tentacles. She's wearing a black and yellow outfit with a skirt and a hat. She's clutching her crotch and her face is really red. Orin turns, finally realising something's wrong.

"M-Mistress Koishi!" Orin hurries to her side. Did you do something wrong?



---Newan---

Nanaya yawns once again, stretching her arms more and cracking her knuckles. "Yukari? I don't care about her, and I don't need her explai-" Nanaya shuts her mouth. She had said too much. Oh no. Damnit Nana! You're just like me! Nanaya begins to release a combination of a sigh and a yawn, before letting her palm fly and smack herself on the face.

"Ignore that. So yeah, last night? What happened last night? I only remember that I said good night to you." Nanaya looks into your eyes again, but from a distance, now. You can't see much in her eyes. Probably because she just woke up? Nanaya also doesn't seem to care that all she's wearing is black, laced stuff. She tilts her head. "So, tell me what happened last night."

[Sampson]

"What," Gale said, looking at the bizarre sight before him.  "What."

Tending to Koishi, Orin said, "This is Mistress Koishi, sister of Mistress Satori...unlike her sister, Mistress Koishi has closed her third eye, and as a result can manipulate the subconscious instead of seeing it."

"Oh.  Yes, naturally," said Gale, instinctively moving to the side to avoid Orin's blow.

"You--" began Orin, but she decided against saying it, opting instead to roll her eyes and continue tending to Koishi.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan blinked at her saying that she didn't need the explanation, but brushed the thought off momentarily. "Er... how do I explain this? Basically, I woke up in the middle of the night, and you were over at the window. We talked for a bit, then you suddenly decided to... kiss me." Newan braced himself for the impending slap.

(OOC: Yay, I'm not the only one being trolled =D)

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

---Gale---

Achievement Unlocked: Climax Of the Subconscious (Normal)
Use Now?
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--
---Koishi has joined your party! You can now control her. She shall always be on your back! And mess with your subconscious!


---Newan---

Nanaya's once tired face turns into one of anger, then shock, an impulse of fear kicks in, and then just shock. Weird choice of emotions, isn't it. It's as if she wants to hide something. Something important. She turns her head abruptly to the side, her face slowly turning red. You know it's turning red because she isn't completely facing the wall on the other side, so you can see, like half of her face.

"W-W-What're talking about?! I-I never k-kissed you!" Nanaya clenches her fist. Don't get so angry at me. I know you liiiike him anyway, so I helped yo- Nanaya facepalms herself again. "Damnit Katelin..." She mumbles softly. Somehow, you manage to hear that. Well sorrrrrry. I thought it would help you get laid faster. Nanaya slaps herself and mumbles again, before slowly turning back to you.

"D-Don't as-ask." Nanaya's still blushing profusely, and you're about 90% certain that she kissed you on purpose. "I-I'm s-sorry for k-doing what I d-did last night..." Nanaya turns her head to the side a little. "D-Did you l-like it?" Nanaya's face turns even more red.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Katelin? Is Nanaya a nickname or something? "Well, how do I put this... um, I enjoyed it, but..." he stared straight into her eyes. "Don't do that again."

He turned away from her. "I'm not sure if I feel comfortable telling you why, but please know that it's not you. It's me. I'm sorry."

(OOC edit: Edited out him giving her the reason why he doesn't want this because it felt out of character, and not the type of out of character you find between parentheses.)

[Sonae]

((WAAAAAAAAT THEY GOT REIMU. We're screwed))

((Lol. Koishi lost her innocence))

((Lol poor SourFang))

Ranna listens closely to Yukari's explanation. She calmly digests what she says. So this is a life or death situation... She feels a pang of fear in her heart, but ignores it. She looks towards Mokou who was still laying in the shade of the tree. A cool breeze blew, making her white hair sway gently back and forth. Is she asleep? Ranna says in her mind with a puzzled expression on her face. As if it response to Ranna's speculation, Mokou's eyes open. Ranna, startled, twitches a little. Is this....what Yukari mentioned? About some sort of...mental connection? So Mokou can really hear my thoughts? She thinks, her stomach feeling a little unwell at the thought of someone being able to know what she's thinking. Mokou doesn't react. Ranna sits there looking even more confused than before. Mokou then yawns loudly and stretches, moving her limbs about in order to wake up her muscles which had been still in the same position for a while now. Mokou gets to her feet and stretches up towards the sky. She lets out a loud 'Hah!' then stands with a hand on her hip looking towards Ranna with a smile. Ranna is at a loss for words. Mokou grins slightly and motions for Ranna to come over to her. Ranna snaps out of her daze and walks over to Mokou, into the hot sunlight, and then under the cool shade provided by the tree. She looks towards Mokou.
"Well?" Mokou says as if she's waiting for something she knows is coming. Ranna comes back to her new reality.
"Why aren't you shocked by what Yukari told us?" She asks, keeping her eyes on Mokou's face which is just looking forward, and not facing the side.
Without moving her gaze Mokou speaks.
"It's just the same ol' same ol' isn't it? Maybe not for you outside folk, but Gensokyo's a battle 'gainst life or death" She says, sounding strong. "If yer not strong, you have'ta live in fear o' being eatin' by youkai. And if yer strong, well, it doesn't make too much o' a difference"
Ranna listens intently.
"I don't know 'bout yer outside world or whateva you call it, but from the looks of ya and them others, yer kind doesn't know how to rough it out"
"Rough it out?"
"Yeh. Like sleepin out under them stars, and 'aving to hunt fer yer next meal" She says still gazing forward. "Back when I was only a young'in life wasn't as luxorious as what you humans got now 'a days. Ya know, even we nobles 'ad ta work 'ard for our meals" She said.
Ranna looked surprised, "You were a noble?"
Mokou grinned and turned her head to look at Ranna, "Yeh, a long time ago, was 'ta daughter of the Fujiwara clan."
Ranna looked as if she was trying to recall something she'd forgotten. "What happened...?"
Mokou looked as her, questioning her question. "What 'appened?" She raised her gaze skyward as she recalled her memories from long ago, "My  father preposed to this commoner girl, and she gave 'em this impossible request" A hint of bitterness showed in her voice for a moment, "Course since it was an impossible request, he couldn't fulfil it. So she rejected his preposal" She said, a flame of hatred showing in her eyes, "But she didn' just settle fer refusing 'im, she decided she'd 'umiliate 'im in the process" She spoke the bitterness becoming clear in her voice. "My family's reputation was pretty much ruined. We were a laughing stock among them other nobles" she said her gaze lowering from the sky. " So I decided I'd get revenge fer my family, was gonna beat the shit out o' that little commoner girl" she said her mouth forming a slight scowl. "But I was too late. I found out that she was a princess from da moon. Wasn't really s'pecting that one." She said, scratching her head a little. "She'd already took off in 'er rocket and went back to da moon" Mokou put her hands in her pockets and leaned against the tree she had previously been laying under. "Since I couldn't beat ta shit out of 'er, I decided I'd go an' steal the present she left fer the emperor" She said her gaze cutting through the air. "When I found the damn thing 'is servants wer 'bout to throw it into that there Fujiyama volcano"
"Fujyama..." Ranna repeated, "Into Mount Fuji? Why would they throw it in there?" She said slightly shocked.
Mokou shrugged. "I 'unno" Mokou replied, "Somethin' bout it being really tall or sumthin'..."
Ranna just nodded slightly in agreement, not fully understanding the reason. "Did they throw it in?"
"Nah, Sakuya-hime wouldn't let 'em, she killed 'em all 'cept for Iwakasa and myself" She said, sorrow and regret seeming to come over her. She was silent for a few moments before shaking her head as to clear it of bad memories. "So ya wanted to know why I'm not as worried as the rest of ya?"
Ranna remembered her original question. Thay had gotten slightly off track. Ranna asked again, "Why aren't you worried about it, aren't you afraid of dying?"
Mokou just burst out laughing. Ranna was utterly speechless, eyes wide and shocked. Mokou laughed for atleast a minute before finally regaining herself along with her breath.  "Ahahahaha...! That was a good one!" She said wiping away tear that slipped out of her eye while she had been laughing. "People like me don't worry 'bout death." She said, seeming to still find Ranna's question hilarious. Ranna's face reddened with anger.
"What the hell..." She muttered, her face turning into scowl. "Gensokyo's residents are weird" She said trying to make it seem like she hadn't said something stupid. She turned away from Mokou, folding her arms and pouting slightly. She began to walk away before Mokou spoke again.
"Ey where ya think yer going?" She said with a hint of disastifaction over Ranna's reaction.
Ranna said nothing and continued on her way back into the shrine, eventually turning around a corner and disappearing from sight.
"...Eeh....." Mokou stood with a strange expression on her face, which slowly faded to a more serious frown. Seems I made her really mad... Mokou thought as she sighed and let herself slide back down to the ground leaning against the tree she has been resting against earlier. She looked towards the ground infront of her feet.
The sunlight had begun to inch closer and closer, overtaking the shade and making the once cool and comfortable ground hot and unrefreshing. Mokou closed her eyes and tried to enjoy the breeze while it lasted. After a few minutes, the heat that had been baking her vibrant red pants seemed to vanish slightly. Mokou opened her eyes. The sun seemed to have dimmed slightly for a momemt, but then returned to being bright and blinding. Mokou frowned for a moment.
Huh...
Thinking it was just her imagination she closed her eyes once more, trying to enjoy the breeze which seemed to weaken, until it no longer blowed. A feeling of unrest rose in her stomach, but she ignored it as best she could, trying to sleep in an attempt to put her mind to rest.

((HERE IT COMES.....!!!))

[Orphea.Russ]

This was going to be difficult.
That or she was going to be useless in a fight. She didn't have a weapon and probably didn't have the strength to use one if she did.
... And as far as she knew she couldn't do magic.

Well this is going to suck.

(... Also, achievement using time.)

[Sonae]

((Mima and Rumia are late for the tea party?))

((Also. Begin Documentation!  -floats off-  ))

[Sampson]

---Gale---

Achievement Unlocked: Climax Of the Subconscious (Normal)
Use Now?
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-Sure.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

OOC: Did the channeling attempt work?

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"Well," Aesera said, "that wasn't exactly very reassuring."

"Indeed," Kanako said. "Not very informative, either. I was hoping Yukari would know more."

"We do still have someone we can ask," Aesera said. "Somehow, Nanaya not only knew we'd be coming, but knew where we'd be coming from well enough to wait for us along the way. And she knew that others would be coming, too. She may know something more about all this."

"Yes, that is possible. She's also something of an odd one out, being the only one of the group who seems to be without a partner."

"Yeah, that, too. We definitely need to talk to her."

"You seem fairly unfazed by Yukari's words," Kanako noted.

"I already told you: I'm accepting this world on its own terms. Given that, I see no reason to think what she said is impossible here."

"Even if you're still not ready to accept this as real?"

Aesera nodded. "Even if. Now come on, let's go find Nanaya."

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

(Nope, channeling didn't work. It looked like it was working, but then stopped. As stated by one of my earlier posts before you met Yukari. DAMNIT SQUAWKERS. WHY DID YOU HAVE TO EDIT IT. Psh.)
--Gale used Climax of the Subconscious!
-+1 Koishi Route!!!!! GET!!!
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Back To The 3N's room(Newan+PlotComing)
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"Y-Y-You... I-I... Wha...?" Nanaya turns abruptly and stands up, grabbing her jacket off the floor and running out through the open window, hastily putting on her jacket as she runs into the woods behind the Hakurei Shrine. Newan stares at her sudden retreat in silence, unable to move, or even talk. His hand instintively reaches out towards her direction as her figure gradually fades into the darker forest, even in the bright sunlight. Around this time, Aesera and Kanako walk into the room, seeing Newan just stare blankly out of the window, and his hand reached out. Did Nanaya go somewhere?

In the dense forest, Nanaya finally stops running, leaning against a tree. Her muffled sobs are too soft to be heard from the shrine. It had been ages since she had once cried. How long has it been? Oh yes... Six hundred years. Nanaya turned her body around, slamming her clenched fist on the tree, her eyes flowing with tears as they drop to the grassy ground bellow. Nanaya let loose a scream, one not of fear, but of pain. It was then, when she grabbed a small, sharp object from her jacket, and stabbed it into her hand. WIth the object in her hand, she clenches her fist, and blood starts pouring around her fist.

"...Katelin..." Nanaya manages to say between sobs. A light blue, crystallic image appears behind the crying Nanaya, with a hand on Nanaya's shoulder. I'm sorry. I didn't know this would happen. I thought Xera was more... loving. I just wanted the best for you...

"Shut up! For me, for me! Everything you do isn't for me!" Nanaya clenches her fist even tighter, as even more blood drips down.

Look at you. Wallowing in self-pity. The universe is crumbling around you, and all you think about is yourself. Katelin smiles and giggles. You really are me, arn't you? Katelin gives Nanaya an embrace, some soft and comfy, warm and filled with happiness.

"I-I'm sorry..." Nanaya pulls the blooded object from her hand, and wipes her tears away.

It's alright. It'll be alright. I'm slowing being Corrupted, but we're always one. Katelin begins to fade into nothing.

"I want him to love me..."

I won't change his fate for you. If he is destined to love you, he will, soon. I mean, he has all of Xera's denial and fear. Regret. Everyone of those humans are part of us. It's al- Katelin's body fades fully now, going into nothingness with a smile on her face.

Nanaya stops crying, wiping her tears and looking back to the direction of the shrine. She begins walking back, but, tumbles down to the grass bellow. She tripped over something. Something slimy and... It's a tentacle. It's black. It's... It's... Nanaya opens her mouth to scream, but the dark tentacles envelope her, and pull her to them. Chaos has captured Nanaya.

---Party:
Spawn of Chaos ( 8 )
Hakurei Reimu ( 1 )
Nanaya Longinus ( 1 )
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Back at the shrine, everyone is gathered back at the front. Newan had explained the situation to Aesera and Kanako before going back out with them, and in the horizon, they see, something black, more like many black, blobs. Tentacles. Green, glowing skulls atop their heads. Red, streamlined eyes. Death, all around them. And within their Grasp of their many tentacles, there lie, Reimu and Nanaya. Chaos has begun.

(After one post from everyone, the battle will begin. Also, Sampson has control over Koishi.)