The Elements Of Gensokyo - Act One: Borderful Infestation Parasite

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan couldn't help but grin at Nanaya's antics. "So, I take it you haven't watched anime in awhile?"

Nazrin was rolling around on the floor, laughing uncontrollably. "Oh my god... she... she... oh god, my sides... giga... giga... drill... oh god, that hurts so good..." after a few more minutes of this, Nazrin finally calmed down. "It's good to laugh like that every now and then..."

Newan nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I don't think I've ever laughed that hard."

Nazrin stopped smiling for a moment, and stared at him. "...All you did was chuckle. You're obviously an adult. Of course you've laughed harder than that."

Newan shook his head, still smiling. "No, I haven't really laughed much since..." He trailed off.

Nazrin stared at him for a moment, then raised her eyebrow. "Since...?"

"Oh, no, it's nothing. I just haven't laughed in awhile," Newan said, shaking his head again. The smile was still on his face, but it looked... forced.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

Kanako stood in the middle of the room, her eyes shut, concentrating on the skies outside. She imagined a hurricane, a vortex of wind that would devastate the landscape and the buildings around it. No, what came out, was completely different. A beam of light shot up through the roof, entering the atmosphere, and spiraling out of control, before releasing a wave of energy throughout Japan, sparking the magic that all people from Gensokyo had within themselves.

Mystia blinked a couple of times, she could hear voices... Orin pulled Koishi's hat off her head, thinking that she too, had heard something. Nazrin's ears and tail twitched, mumbling to herself. Mokou stuffed her hands in her pockets, not doing much. Youmu sighed to herself. Alice stayed silent. In gensokyo, the only ones that have not walked into the portals are Alice, Alyssa, Youmu and Rhiseza.

Every being from Gensokyo that has a human partner has their spiritual lines linked, forming a web of infomation. They can now talk telepathically to others, but are unable to read the other's minds.

"I don't know what happened, but now, I can talk to the others." Kanako said, looking at Aesera. "Since that's done, you should relax a little, stop being so uptight. So, serious about everything. I mean, even though I'm a god, I do go in 4Chan and troll people. Take a Cirno Pill. Life isn't all Serious business. Even if we do have this force of Chaos constantly hunting us."

Kanako sighs.


---SHORT POST IS SHORT.


Nazrin sighs. "I felt a jolt of electricity. Did you like, put a conductor here or something?" Her ears and tail twitch, and Nanaya, her face burning red, begins to sit down and becomes quiet. That was really... Just embarrassing...

Nanaya abruptly stands up, her face still really red. She turns and walks away, up to Newan's room.

"I-I'll be sleeping. I'll buy groceries later..." Nanaya disappears from view, leaving Newan and Nazrin alone in the living room.

[Sampson]

(Note: This post was written before the previous one...yeah)

This doesn't make sense.  Everything's how it was before.  I remember it perfectly.  Nothing is different.  This all feels the same as it did before.  This is real.  That was real.

"Hello?" said Orin.  "Say something."

"It's real," said Gale, not bothering to turn around.  "It wasn't a dream.  It wasn't a hallucination.  It's real...I mean, there's still a chance, and I know it's true...but I feel that it's real, I know that it's real..."  He began looking around his room, eyes flickering from wall to wall, his head moving rapidly.

"Uh...how do you know it's real if you also know that it's...not?"

Gale shook his head.  "I know the only logical explanation is that it's a hallucination...but I can't think for a single reason for such a hallucination to occur.  And I feel that it's real, it's what keeps coming to mind..."

"Then it's real!  How many times do I have to tell you?"

"Ah...it just doesn't make sense.  It's not logical...everything I've learned would tell me it can't be real."

Orin shrugged.  "What can I say?  You can't do anything about it, real or fake.  Even though, y'know, it's obviously real..."

Gale sighed.  "I know, I know, but...fine.  Fine."  He went over to his bed and sat on it.  "I'll accept it as real.  I know I shouldn't, but I guess there's no harm in it..."

Orin walked over to Gale's desk and glanced at the books on it.  "What is all this?" she asked as she flipped through the pages of one of his textbooks.

"A physics textbook, most likely."

"What's...physics?"

Gale got up and walked to his desk.  "The study of...everything, basically.  The universe.  The study of its forces and the movement of matter...stuff like that."

She dropped the book back on the desk.  "Well, I can't understand a single thing that book said.  Partly because it's not in Japanese."

"That's English.  I come from another country, the United States of America.  This is Japan.  They're separated by an ocean."

"An ocean?  Can't say there are any ocean-things in Gensokyo."

"A big body of water...this world seems to be much bigger than yours..."  His voice trailed off as he returned to his thoughts.

"Well," said Orin, looking down at her clothes, "do you think I'll pass for normal around here?"

Gale glanced at her green dress and red braids.  "No," he said, "not at all.  And I don't intend on wasting money on new clothes, either."

Orin frowned and suddenly grabbed his arm.  "Yeah, look.  If we're going to be walking around in public, the last thing I need is for people to be staring at me."

Gale sighed.  "Fine, fine...the whole 'kasha' thing might cause a bit of a stir if you were found out, so I guess we'll need to minimize the attention on you...and you obviously don't intend on staying in here...fine.  We can get new clothes for you.  But don't take the hat off, okay?"

Orin nodded, then smiled slightly.  "Good...let's go!"  By the arm, she led Gale out of his apartment (he had just enough time to lock his door) and into the world of humans.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan watched her go. "Alright." When he returned his attention to Nazrin, he saw that same sly grin on her face. Not again...

"Aren't you going to join her? I'll bet she'll be lonely, sleeping by herself. Why don't you keep her company?"

Newan's face turned red at the thought. "P-please, don't even imply things like that. I've known her for three days."

"Oh? That didn't stop you yesterday~" Nazrin teased.

"I told you, that wasn't what it looked like. Anyway," he said quickly, in an effort to change the topic, "What was that about a conductor?"

"Oh, there was a jolt of electricity or something. You... didn't feel it?"

Newan shook his head, "No, I didn't feel anything. And, believe it or not, I don't have much technology in this house. I have some measuring devices and things like that, but most of the actual machinery is supplied by the lab I work at."

Nazrin rested her chin in her hand. "Is that so... still, that leaves the question of the electricity..." Ugh, it felt like suddenly realizing that there was a cat behind you...

(Accidental cat remark of provocation sent to Orin? Perhaps!)

[GuyYouMetOnline]

"You can contact them, then," Aesera said. "Even better. Get their locations and tell them to gather here. If they need any travel arrangements, have them tell you and I'll make them."

"Sure," Kanako said. "You really shouldn't be so serious all the time, though."

"relaxation can come once other things have been taken care of. There'll be time for that as we wait for the others to get here, so don't worry. I just have a couple things I want to take care of right now."

"ALl right."

As Kanako relayed Aesera's words to the others, Aesera booted up her laptop and connected to the hotel's complimentary wireless network. First, I check my messages.

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OOC: Were other people able to see the tentacle-gap stuff? Or have any other strange things been happening? Because that's something Aesera's going to check on right away.

[Sampson]

"Did you feel that?" asked Orin once she stopped shuddering.

Gale nodded.  "It was like electricity..."

"I feel like I just saw that mouse, Nazrin..."

"And what do you want me to do with that enlightening gem of information?"

Orin glared at him for a second before responding.  "I dunno.  Maybe we can communicate somehow or something.  We haven't seen any of the others so far."

"That's because we've only been in my apartment.  But do what you have to do.  Telepathic communication seems to be the least unusual of possible developments."

Orin focused her thoughts on Nazrin, imagining that the mouse was right in front of her.  Uh...hey? she thought.  What's...up?

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

(Nope, no one saw the Tentacle-gap stuff, and nothing weird happened. Funny, isn't it. Posting soon.)

[Aya Squawkermaru]

"T-tyu!" Nazrin yelled, as she dated behind the couch, shivering.

Newan looked behind the couch at her. "Eh? What's wrong?"

Nazrin just shook her head, her teeth clattering in fear. "T-the cat... S-she's r-r-right there..."

"That's odd. I don't keep any pets," Newan mused.

"N-no. Not that kind. It was the kasha. I-it's like she's right there..." Nazrin continued to shake in fear.

"Oh, it's her. Look, she's not going to hurt you, okay? We all have a common goal here. Besides, she didn't seem all that interested in eating you anyway."

Nazrin shot him a death glare, but managed to calm down a bit. She tried to find the source of the message, and sent her own back. Um... are you the kasha? How are you talking to me?

[CrowCakes]

"Why are you on my bed?" Vante placed the stone figure on the lone table, along with all the papers that had flown away. "It isn't even day-"

"Look outside," Mystia flatly stated, her face buried in the pillows. Because it was daytime in Gensokyo, but not yet night in the Outside World, Mystia's sleepiness carried over. Why is the sun out why is the sun out why is the sun out...

"Oh. Too bad for you, then." He sat down on a computer chair, swiveling his way to the front of the computer at the other side of the table. Surely there was going to be e-mail, since he had been away for, what, two or three days?

His inbox had only one new e-mail, and it was from the school he was working in. All these Japanese establishments were always quick to notice an employee's absence, as he had once learned eleven months ago. But back then, he had a valid reason for being absent. Now that he was stuck in some sort of supernatural war of sorts, explaining would be out of the question.

So what was an ambiguous enough excuse? Family matters? He was living abroad; Gensokyo or abroad, he would be away for a long time. The Japanese did treat family matters as a serious thing, so maybe they would let it go.

As he typed the reply, Mystia remembered the appearance conundrum she had contemplated on a while ago. "Vante, you wouldn't happen to have a kimono, would you? Or whatever it is that's inconspicuous in the Outside World." Her voice was still muffled.

Did he? He hit the "send" button, having finished composing the mail, stood up, and went over to his closet. In the far end of the clothes rack was the rarely-used dress, neat and flattened from disuse.

"Yeah, I do," he tossed all the components of the dress on her, and upon feeling them, Mystia grabbed them immediately. Getting up from the bed, she examined the size of the kimono. A bit too long, but nothing folding can't fix. It was colored brown, just like the one she wore at the Human Village.

"I'm going to change. Where-"

"Left door, the one near the exit."

(OOC: Why is the sun out why is the sun out why is the sun out)

[Sampson]

"Did she respond?" asked Gale.

Orin nodded.  "She just wanted to know how we were communicating..."

I don't know.  There was this shock, and then I almost became aware of you for some reason...and it looks like we can communicate through our thoughts.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Nazrin nodded her agreement, despite the fact that the kasha was not actually there. Yeah, I felt it, too. I wonder if we can talk to the others, too?

"Um... What are you doing?" Newan asked, seeing the mouse nod to no one, apparently.

"Oh! Um, for whatever reason, I guess I can talk to the kasha with my thoughts."

Newan sighed, rubbing his temples. "Gensokyo's weirdness is starting to affect the Outside World... that's just great."

Nazrin pouted a bit, before returning to her conversation with Rin. Anyway, I think- oh, hold on, someone else is trying to... think? at me. Indeed, this was when Nazrin received Kanako's message.

(Short post is short =/)

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

Aesera checked her email. Nothing, no news, no business, only One new message. When she clicked the message, her laptop seems to not want to display the email, so, after clicking it a few more times, the message popped up, along with a low-pitched growl, followed by a whirring noise. After the noises have stopped, the  message was fully displayed.

Sender: C

Everything else was listen under <N/A> even the date and time sent. In the message, there wrote...

"Hello, Embodiment. One day and 8 hours from now, someone will die. Someone, named Tamashii KanjouHELLYEAHHIM. The police will rule it as an unfortunate accident. Good luck."

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Soon thereafter, this message was sent to every other person's email.
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Aesera quickly pulled up the news, searching for anyone named Tamashii Kanjou, and while at it, to see if anything... unusual had happened. Nothing came up on the latter, but the former... He's a head monk of a shrine, somewhere in Japan. In particular, somewhere in the outskirts of Izumo City. About one hour west of Matsue. Aesera quickly informed Kanako this, and she relayed it to the Gensokyans.

Someone's going to die. Something, that me and Aesera assume, are instrumental to this plot that Chaos is planning. We all have to meet at Izumo City, tomorrow night. Be there.

[CrowCakes]

The urgency in the telepathic message startled Mystia. Her movements froze up until it had been completely relayed, by which time she had already fixed the kimono on herself.

She bolted out of the restroom. Her breathing began quickening. "Vante, do you know where Izumo City is?"

Vante, who was recharging his phone, raised an eyebrow at the question. "Yes... why?"

"Someone's going to die there."

"Hm. And why does that involve us?"

"Look, I got a psychic message," Mystia explained, "In particular, it was Kanako who told it. I'm sure of the voice."

"I find that hard to believe. And so?"

"Juts listen!" Mystia demanded, "She said it might be Chaos who will put that plan in motion. And you aren't going to leave that alone, are you?"

"Well, I guess I can't," Vante sighed, "When did she say it would happen?"

"Tomorrow night."

"Whoo boy, nighttime. Can't get any better than that. I just hope that isn't a lie," he gathered his two bamboo sticks and put them back in their casing.

Mystia plopped back onto his bed, burying her face in it again.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Nazrin blinked in shock for a few minutes. "Someone... someone is going to die?"

Newan wheeled at her in surprise. "Wait, what?!"

"The wind god, Kanako, just told me that someone is going to die tomorrow, and we need to be at Izumo city."

Within seconds, Newan had retrieved a laptop from his room. "Tokyo to Izumo. Two-hundred minutes to Okayama, three hours to Izumo. Six hours and twenty minutes total. Add on an extra forty minutes for preparation and orientation, seven hours. When do we need to be there?"

Nazrin blinked at his quick response. I guess he's used to using those things... "Um, tomorrow night. I'll ask her more about it." Nazrin then imagined the wind god before her. Um, what time exactly did it say? Also, where did you get this information, if you don't mind my asking? "Out of curiosity, what is that... thing?"

"This? It's a computer. This one doesn't have many programs on it, I mostly use it to access the internet. Ah, you don't know what that is," he said in response to Nazrin's puzzled look. "Basically, it's a massive network of information that can be accessed from most of the world, as long as you have a computer."

[XinXin]

OOC: I wish to use Artful Sacrifice and Chaotic Discovery!

Alyssa looked at the vortex before her. It seemed as if it was going to be time to return to where she belonged, where she was safe and where she was at peace. She understood one thing, however, that this peace was temporal and those slimy, black creatures would one day be seen and fought again, perhaps at an even more dangerous level. Something unimaginable. She thought about what she dreamt about the night before, that woman and how she told Alyssa some interesting things. It ended up opening up more questions than answers, and it made Alyssa have a tighter grip on Gensokyo. Gensokyo where untold things happened and mystical dreams became reality. This was the life that Alyssa wanted to lead, but to sacrifice peace for that? It was a question that grabbed a hold of her heart.

"Come on, Alyssa, let's go." Alice interrupted her thoughts, holding her hand and walking through the portal together.

The two woke up sitting side by side at the table in the library. The first thought the both of them came up with was "hide Alice" and the two quickly stood up and started walking through the library, trying to get lost. It was a plan in and of itself, but they both knew it could only last so long. Alyssa quickly gave Alice a summary of the situation at hand, and they both put their keen minds to work.

"The Queen?" Alice exclaimed, surprised. Queens were things that Alice had never met or seen before, only read about. The world of Gensokyo was a very different one. Alice quickly shut her mouth, canning up her surprise and looking around warily. They had to find somewhere to hide. Shanghai and Hourai were told by Alice to 'play dead' while Mira acted how she used to, hanging from Alyssa's tight grip. Alyssa could only wish Yukari gave them a better entrance than just pop them back where they were, and then run off happily.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

>XinXin used Artful Sacrifice and Chaotic Discovery
XinXin pissed me off by bullying my in Hisoutensoku when I'm training Komachi.
The items have no effect...
Usage failure.
Blue Screen Of Death Commence.
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I mean, uhh, throw personal issues out of the window when It comes to RP, so...
Alice can now summon her precious thing! In Gensokyo.
Alyssa gained Weird Black Button(T-shirt).
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The Time is 4:00. Everything is peaceful, while a dark, ominous aura seems to cover the land of Japan. The one two who are not in Japan are Alyssa, and Alice. But this will soon change. The first day will be the only full day everyone can relax, make themselves comfortable, rest... and prepare for the upcoming battle that awaits them all. Kanako has sent, every Gensokyan the time, and place of the impending attack on a certain person named... Tamashii Kanjou. Aprox, Tomorrow, night, around 11:30pm, at a shrine, in the outskirts of Izumo City.

Of course, the others have to get human clothing for their partners... As you would'nt want to get, one, stared at, stalked, taken photos of, or molested in trains. Damn Otakus.

Mystia already has... a kimono? But that would'nt work. Go with the times. You're at least have to take the train for about half an hour, and at most, around seven hours.

There's nothing much to do, except go about your own daily life...

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Alice and Alyssa were looking around, finding places to hide... Finding a good, spacey area within this labyrinth of walls... Before, they fell, somewhat comically, into a hole in the ground. Just that, it wasn't a hole. It was one of Yukari's gaps. As they fell through the gap, instantly, they plummeted from the celling onto a huge bed. Where? In Japan. Where exactly? In Aesera's Hotel room. Fantastic.

[CrowCakes]

(OOC: Ain't no need to go with the times, bro.)

[GuyYouMetOnline]

"I think," Kanako said, "that we can call this Yukari's doing."

"Then why doesn't she do the same with the others?" Aesera asked.

"Because it's Yukari."

"...Right." Aesera walked over to the pair. "Hi."

[Aya Squawkermaru]

"...Any luck?" Newan asked as Nazrin made her way back to the couch.

"No, she never responded. She must be busy," Nazrin responded.

Newan remained silent. I see... well, nothing to do about it now. May as well check my E-Mail while this thing is down here. e maneuvered to his E-Mail, which was empty aside from the one message they'd all received. I guess they just assumed that I'm still in the preliminary stages... After a bit of trying, he managed to get it to open, but began regretting it when it started affecting his computer. When that was finished, he read the message. "...11:30 tomorrow."

"Eh?" Nazrin asked. She had been munching on a piece of cheese, finishing off the rest of her now cold tea.

"The person's name is Tamashii Kanjou. According to this message, he's scheduled to die at 11:30 P.M. tomorrow. The rest of the group probably received the same message."

Nazrin stared at him for a bit. "It's just an... 'E-Mail'? How do you know it's not a prank?"

"One. It refered to me as 'Embodiment'. Two. My computer didn't want to load it, and it isn't full of attachment data, so it's probably not natural. Three. The sender was listed as 'C', which can only stand for one thing."

Nazrin finished his thought for him. "Chaos..."

Newan nodded in agreement. "Exactly. Anyway, if it's at 11:30, we may want to leave an hour earlier. Izumo is a medium-sized city, so combing all of it may take awhile, especially since you may not be able to fly in public here."

"I see..." Nazrin said, nodding her understanding. "So, what do we do until then?"

"Wait until Nanaya wakes up, I guess," Newan said, shrugging. "She said she'd get the groceries for dinner, and you can't really go out to buy clothes looking like that. As such, we'll need to get your measurements before we leave, but only Nanaya should do that for obvious reasons. I'll need to be there to show her around the city to wherever she needs to go, so I guess it'll be just you here."

Nazrin pouted again. "What'll I do hwile you two are gone? What if you start a make-out session and I'm not there?!"

"Calm down, calm down. We won't do anything weird while we're out." Well, I can't guarantee that knowing it's Nanaya, but if something does happen I'd rather you weren't there... Newan added to himself. "A-anyway, I'm sure you can find something to do while we're gone. We won't be gone long, anyway. I could show you how to use the television."

"Um, thanks," Nazrin said, as she watched his demonstration.

(And now, to wait for Nanaya to wake up / take too long to wake up and we wake her up manually / something else happens.

Woah, was not expecting that to be such a textwall.)

[Sonae]

The midday sun beat down on the unshaded highway.
Two girls, one who appeared to be somewhat untravelled, and another who seemed to be somewhat of a deliquent.
They were only half wrong in their estimations.

The two walked along silently, ever making progress on the road to who knows where.
Ranna didn't speak, as she seen to reason to do so. Mokou on the other hand, wasn't quite as silent as her partner. Every now and again she'd ask a pointless question in an attempt to start of conversation. However none of these attempts were any bit successful. The closest thing to a conversation was when Mokou pointed towards a oncoming car and said "Hey Ranna, it's that that there thing Nazrin got from ta Kappa?" to which Ranna responded with a couple stuttered sounds that Mokou couldn't make out. Aftter that the silence dragged on for what seemed like days.

Ranna looked up at the sky, shielding her eyes from the brightness of the sun. She wondered how many hours had passed since they had begun their journey down this long open stretch of highway. She sighed, unable to read the time from the sun's position in the sky. She had never really learned to do this, but decided to take a shot. As she expected she couldn't tell a single thing. That might be a useful skill in Gensokyo... she thought before looking back to the road ahead.

Mokou trailed behind. Having given up on initiating a conversation, Mokou just trailed behind Ranna, hands in her pocket. After a while, Mokou's unchanging expression sharpened.

'Someone's going to die. Something, that me and Aesera assume, are instrumental to this plot that Chaos is planning. We all have to meet at Izumo City, tomorrow night. Be there.

Mokou hears the words in her head, but says nothing. She just grins slightly, muttering to herself.

Ranna gazes across the street to see a sign saying what the next turn off is. She turns and speaks for the first time in atleast an hour.
"Hey Mokou..." She says, looking towards her.
Mokou doesn't respond. She just stays where she is, unmoving.
"Mokou, what's wrong...?" She says over the sounds of passing vehicles.
Mokou doesn't reply, she just grins as if she's planning something.
Ranna sighs and starts to walk forward once more.
"Where's Izumo City?"
Ranna turns to see Mokou staring right at her.
"Izumo City...? Why do you..." She says, pausing for a moment. "That name...it's..." Ranna's words turn to undecipherable mumbles. I remember that name...That's close to.... Ranna stops.
Mokou waits for her to continue her thought. After atleast a minute, she gives up and speaks first.
"Ya gonna finish 'er what?" She says, looking a little confused.
Ranna starts to move forward without saying a word.
"Ey, where ya think yer goin?" Mokou says, running to catch up.
"I'm...no....we're going to head into town" She says as she looks down each long extending road that leads off into the horizon. "There's plenty of stuff I'll need for our adventures..."
Mokou looks at5 the girl, looking slightly confused. "Adventure...? Oh ya mean going back home?"
Ranna nods. "I'll need you to tell me all about Gensokyo and what I'll need for it" Ranna explains. "You'll help right?"
"Ehh...I have no reason not to help ya." Mokou says. "We're partners, friends, like...buds, ya know?" Mokou says as she leans her arm over Ranna's shoulder.
Ranna briefly slip out from Mokou's grasp and swiftly dashes across the street.
"Whatever you do, don't get hit. The last thing we need is a commotion like that..." Ranna says, shivering at the possibility.
"Yeah yeah" Mokou says, waving it off. She breaks into a run as soon as she sees no cars. In one quick dash she makes it across the road. Ranna is left somewhat speechless.
"Ya comin or not?" Mokou calls with a grin on her face.
Ranna shows a hint of disatisfaction as she quickly crosses the street and follows Mokou down the turn off to the city.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

(Meh. I'm deciding to do all your activities, if you need to, until night, seperately. This makes it easier because all of you arn't on the time I'm on.)

Current Time: 5:00pm

Nanaya finally pulls herself, yawning and rubbing her eyes. She sits up straight on the bed, stretching and constantly yawning. Damn. I haven't slept that well since I went to Shinki's mansion. After a few moments of blinking, more yawning and stretching, Nanaya falls flat on the bed again, resting herself on that comfortable, long-missed feeling on being on a bed.

Nanaya mumbles to herself as she stuffs her head in a pillow, rubbing her face in it. Like a child. Really like a child. Nanaya flips herself around, and pulls another pillow from under her, beginning to talk to it and move it around, like it's alive. She uses her hands to talk to it too, and a random, imaginary scenario plays out in front of her.

"Go! Missur FrogPillow! Attack the sky!" Nanaya says, as she maneuvers the pillow to fly in the sky, making lazer sounds, before using the pillow to fall on her face and hugs it. She proceeds to grab the pillow from under her head, and position it on her chest, while the other stands on her knee. She begins to make random shooting and metal-clanging noises.

"Mastaaaaaaa... SPARK!" Nanaya throws the pillow on the other one, sending it flying to the wall as Nanaya constantly makes more sounds. Quickly, she jumps off the bed and grabs the pillow, noticing a... soft toy. It's a hedgehog. With a brilliant smile on her face, Nanaya grabs the hedgehog and spins around with it, hugging it tightly.

"I'll name you... Hedgy!" Nanaya grabs the other pillows and jump back on the bed, beginning to play once again. As Nanaya threw the pillows up and down above her, she used Hedgy to attempt to deflect the pillows, with little use, but she's happy. She then proceeds to hug all three of them and cuddle together.

Little did she know, Newan and Nazrin were staring at her through the gap in the slightly ajar door.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan couldn't help but facepalm at Nanaya's play. Ladies and gentlemen, Nanaya. He pulled Nazrin away from the door. "Don't laugh," he whispered in her ear.

She snorted a bit as she covered her mouth with her hand. He face turned red as she tried not to laugh.

Never thought she'd get such a kick out of that old toy. She's like a little girl. ...Still, I guess it was kinda cute, Newan remarked, silently. His thoughts were cut off by a sound he really didn't want to hear. He quickly went into the restroom and closed the door.

Nazrin couldn't control her laughter anymore. "Ahahaha! Oh my gahahaha! What was... what was that? Ehehehehe! Ferdy! Oh my... ahahaha... haha... ha." After a few minutes of laughter, the realization of what she just did hit Nazrin, as she turned from the door of Newan's room in fear. She thought she could hear snickers from the bathroom. Damn coward...

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Newan was sitting on the floor, leaning against the bathroom door. That idiot... Still, I wonder why Nanaya slept in my room. Maybe she forgot where the guest bedroom was? Or maybe she'd just rather have a bed than a futon. I wouldn't put it past her.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

Soon thereafter, Nanaya went out of the room, looking radiant, and really excited about something. She came out to see Newan sitting on the floor, leaning against... Well, where the bathroom is. There's loud laughter coming from the bathroom too. Nanaya doesn't really know why

Nanaya pulled Newan up, still smiling, before opening the door and pulling Nazrin out, before hulling them to the living room. Nanaya sat down first, oblivious to what happened earlier.

"So. We need to get Nazrin some clothes for tomorrow, and we need groceries." Nanaya pulled off her jacket and threw it to Nazrin, revealing her, well, black "clothes"

"Wh- Why do I have to wear this?" Nazrin looked at the jacket, before looking back at Nan-

"...C-Could you go get something to wear?"

Nanaya looks at herself and shrugs. "Doesn't really matter... Right?" She turns to look at Newan, who's covering his face. Oh, right... She forgot about him... Nanaya's face turned to a light shade of red, before she ran up, slowly walking down after moments of silence filled the house.

"U-Uh, sorry." Nanaya came back down, her that white shirt of hers and jeans. "So, anyway, we need to get stuff. Nazrin, go get a hat, and let's go." Nanaya pulls out her wallet to check for money. 100,000 Yen. About 1000USD.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

"There should be a hat lying around somewhere in the guest room," Newan said.

"Okay." Nazrin ran in, then returned a few moments later with a straw hat on her head. "Why do you keep a straw hat in your guest room?"

"It was there when I moved in. I guess the movers forgot to get rid of it or something," Newan answered, nonchalantly. He then began leading them out of the house. The door was right in the living room, so it didn't take long.

They found themselves on a small street, although the hustle and bustle of the city could be heard not too far away. A few children could be seen playing off in the distance. "We should get Nazrin some new clothes, first. I know a place not far from here that should do the job, and it's not too terribly expensive." He led them through the street, and they were soon into the larger part of the city.

"I don't like driving, so I tried to get a place close to the main part of the city," Newan explained. "Really, Tokyo is more city than residential areas anyway. It's like how, with the old theory of inflation, you'd get pockets of areas that finished the inflation process and were forming actual galaxies and such due to quantum fluctuations, but the rest was still inflating. The city part of Tokyo is that inflation."

"...I have no idea what you just said," Nazrin said, staring blankly at him. "Are all you science guys this hard to understand?"

"Oh, it's not that hard once you- oh look, we're here," he said, cutting himself off. Before them was a massive clothing store, looming over most of the buildings in the immediate area. "Welcome to the largest clothing store in all of Tokyo. Well, probably. I haven't seen any bigger, but I guess I don't get out much. It's still big."

"...And we'll find what I need in there?" Nazrin asked, unamused. "...Fine. Let's get this over with." She walked into the doors, but jumped back as they slid open on their own. Newan simply walked through, so after a few second, Nazrin timidly entered the store.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

Nanaya looked around the store, before walking off alone. Newan and Nazrin went to find... "Woman's Clothing" As they walked through the store, walking pass the Children's section, pass the Men's section, they reached where they wanted to go. The woman's section. Although Nazrin was... A youkai, her size would'nt really determine her as a full grown adult, but just enough for her to be around 18.

They looked for a more, casual area within the section, and walked by the more expensive, glamorous-looking area. A lady promptly approached them, before they could continue.

"Evening sir, looking for something for your girlfriend?" The lady giggles a little.

Nazrin chuckled to herself. "Yeah, we need something extra sexy."

Newan turned to look at Nazrin in shock, before his face turned to one of "Shit I just got trolled"

"Oooh, having... A night together? Right this way!" The lady led them on into the lingerie section, giggling as Newan was forced to follow Nazrin.

Of course, Nazrin just had to choose the most revealing, most expensive ones there, and out they came with just a light-teal, one-piece dress, and two very, very revealing pairs of lingerie. As they approached the counter, after Nazrin practically forcing Newan to spend lots of money, with many stares and laughs by other random strangers and the cashier, they walked out.

Nanaya was standing outside, waiting for them, already having bought the groceries. Funny, none of them saw her go out... And the most interesting thing is, she's wearing extremely large, pointed shades. They're orange in color, and reminds Newan of that anime they saw before...

Nanaya was smiling, having two bags of groceries and one... bag of... games. Games. GAMES.

Nazrin didn't care, and she was thinking to herself. About how she would troll Newan later. The three of them walked home after an uneventful day, but tomorrow... would be much, much different.

---

In a dark alley of a street, a short girl with long, red hair stood, glaring at them. Her blood-red eyes seemed to have some sort of, killing intent. She whipped out her long Katana, as tentacles wrapped around it.

"Soon..."

Yes. Soon, the girl will appear. Soon. Kotohime.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan rubbed his temples as they left the store. Nazrin simply smirked. Ohohoho, they're going to have some fun tonight~ Should I bring it up now, or wait? Hm... I'll bring it up now. "So, Newan, how do you like the present I got you?"

Newan cast a sidelong glance at Nazrin. "I don't want to talk about it."

"Oh? I thought you'd like seeing Nanaya in her new lingerie~"

"There's nothing to like about being trolled," Newan responded, annoyed.

"...Trolled? You mean like Parsee?" Nazrin asked.

"What? No. Trolling is when you... how do I put this... basically, it's being annoying just for the sake of it. Kinda of like what you keep doing." Newan answered. "And really, I've had enough of it."

Nazrin pouted, before returning to her sly grin. "Oh? In the store, it looked like you liked~ it~"

"Dammit Nazrin, you know I... I...how do I put this?" Damn, how do I put this? What are my feeling for Nanaya, exactly? I have no clue what love even feels like, and that would be ridiculous. We've known each other for three days.  So then, how do I-

He was cut off by Nazrin snapping in his face. "Oy, oy, snap out of it. I know you want to see Nanaya in that lingerie I bought her, but you can wait until tonight, can't you? Do you really want to imagine it so early? You don't want to ruin the surprise~" She elbowed him in the ribs.

Newan briefly imagined it, then waved the thought off, his face beet red. "D-don't even say things like that! Of course I wasn't!"

Nazrin continued to grin, then turned to Nanaya. "You're going to love my gift, and I'm sure he will too~"

Newan sighed. "Finally, we're home. Nazrin. Shut up."

Nazrin pouted as they entered the house.

[[Y]oukai [J]esus]

Current Time: 6:50 pm

After reaching home, Nanaya was silent for the whole walk back, and was still silent as she put down the groceries in the kitchen, before going to Newan's room, pulling out two DVDs, around six games and a soft toy. It's a furry frog. Nanaya had named the soft toy, Froggy, as stated by a hand-written piece of paper attached to it. Nanaya put the DVDs beside the games, and the Frog on the games, while the Hedgehog was on the Dvds.

Nanaya went downstairs, silent, ignoring Nazrin and Newan, and proceeded into the kitchen. Grabbing an apron on the way, she began to prepare, while humming a song.

The smell that comes from the kitchen is magnificent, tantalizing the other's taste buds as if they could just... Well, taste them. Nanaya constantly hums, smiling as she cooks. To think that one could learn just by watching a T.V show...

"Hey. Hey. Is the food ready yet?" Nazrin inquires, almost drooling.

"Not yet. But it will be, patience is a virtue, anyway. Learn to wait, young padawan."

"Pada-what?" Nazrin tilts her head to the right.

Nanaya giggles as she cooks. "Nothing, nothing." She thinks to herself, mumbling again, before continuing to hum that song. It's been a long time since I've been this way. I'm usually not so... friendly, and calm. I usually am violent. Haha. Katelin's rubbed off on me.

Soon thereafter, Nanaya pulls off her apron, having successfully cooked a four dish meal, looking as if this was a restaurent, she holds them on the plates perfectly, and puts them on the table. In the middle, some weird-looking, deep fried things, next to a plate, with three big pieces of King Salmon fillet. Three Souffles, and three bowls of rice.

Nanaya sits down, stretching, watching Nazrin and Newan as they stare intentively at the food, just wanting to devour it all...

"Well, since the chef is done... Time to eat."

The three of them engorge themselves in the food, and eventually, Nazrin gets forced to wash the dishes, and of course, forced by the Grand Chef in the house. After eating, an uneventful night falls.

[Aya Squawkermaru]

Newan yawned. It hadn't been a long day, but it had been fairly tiring. "Right. Nanaya, you can sleep in my bed, since you probably haven't been able to sleep in a real bed in awhile. Nazrin, you get the guest room. I'll sleep in the living room."

"Eh? Why not the guest bedroom?"

"Sharing a room with two girls was bad enough. I only accepted those terms by necessity. I'd like to think I'm not some lecherous guy who just shares rooms with girls like that."

Nazrin's sly grin returned. "Oh, I'm not worried about me. Nanaya's the only one who should be worried about sharing a room with you~"

Newan glared at her, then rolled his eyes. "Good night."

He walked down the stairs into the living room, before laying down on the couch. Not that comfortable, but it'll do.

Nazrin said her goodnight, then retired to the guest room where she curled up in her futon. ...The Outside World is boring.

---

The house was burning. Newan got up from the couch, looking around. The hell? The house was already in a complete blaze. He was surprised he hadn't been woken up by the fire alarm. Must be broken or something...  That was when he heard the cries for help.

Newan ran into the hallway, and up the stairs. They seemed to drag on forever; debris of his now burning house fell all around him as he ran. Finally, after what felt like an eternity, he reached the hallway. Both of the doors he was concerned with were already open. The guest room was a bit closer, so he checked it first. Much to his surprise, Nazrin wasn't there.

 So, he turned to his own room. There, tied to his bed, was Nanaya. Her mouth was gagged by duct tape, and her wrists were tied together to the bed. She glared at him as he entered. He ran over to her, and pulled off the gag before undoing the rope around her wrists. "I'm so glad you're safe... where's Nazrin?"

He looked into the eyes of what he thought was Nanaya. She grinned a wide, evil grin at him. Her teeth were sharp, and yellow. Suddenly, she was not Nanaya, and this was not his home. He was back in the forest, and Nanaya was the Chaos. In its grasp were both Nanaya and Nazrin. They cried out for help, but he was too paralyzed to move. Slowly, the tentacles reached towards him, but he could not move. Eventually, he was in its grasp. It swallowed him whole, and inside it was a room of pure fire. Newan watched from some other perspective as his whole body burned to ash.

---

Newan jolted awake once more, in a cold sweat. He was on the couch, his house was not on fire, and Chaos was nowhere to be seen. Another nightmare... You'd think I'd be used to them after 19 straight years.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

Aesera and Kanako had left Alyssa and Alice in the room and exited the hotel (after Aesera informed the clerk that their presence in the room was with her permission). Aesera wasn't worried that people would place Kanako as supernatural, but her outfit did stand out, and sometimes that was not desirable. So the pair of them had gone shopping. Kanako had gotten several nicely inconspicuous outfits, wheras Aesera had bought more athletic wear; she had only brought the one set with her, but it was looking like she might and then at her insistance, the pair had wandered through several stores on an ordinary shopping trip (and yes, she found a copy of Oblivion). Now they were on their way back to the hotel.

"Okay," Aesera said, "tomorrow's going to be interesting. The message said that this 'Kanjou' is going to die, and implied that we need to save him. This may be accurate, but it may also be a trap. So we'll need plans for both possibilities. I've got some ideas, but I'm still formulating. I think, thought, that we should perhaps not all go. Maybe have one group go and anoither stay behind. We need to join up with the others first, though, starting with Nanaya. She went through with Newan and Nazrin, so hopefully she's with them. Contact Nazrin. Ask her to confirm that Nanaya's there, and ask her to get their location. Once I know where they are, we can decide on a meeting spot."

"All right," Kanako said. Nazrin, can you hear me? It's Kanako. Aesera wants to know your location and if Nanaya's with you.

[XinXin]

OOC: Sorry >_< I do hate timezones very much...

"Oh... hello..." Alice replied, rather dazed by what had just happened. After talking for a while, Aesera and Kanako decided to leave the hotel room, deciding to go and shop for clothes. After all, Kanako couldn't go around wearing those kinds of clothes in the real world forever. Alyssa and Alice thought for a while about the idea, and decided that, with no money, let alone Japanese yen, they would be unlikely to be able to buy anything. It was a bit too late to ask Aesera. The pair eventually concluded that their clothes were unlikely to attract far too much attention, sighing at their forced decision.

Alyssa looked out of the window and thought about what would be happening back in England. Any moment, they would notice that she was missing and the librarian would remember that strange girl with her, resulting in a wild goose chase to find the presumably kidnapped, or killed, Alyssa. She sighed in discontent at the fact that she would probably get a scolding as soon as she got back, rather than them showing their relief. The dolls found a seat each on the knobs of the cupboards, staring eerily at each other yet again. Aesera could be shocked if she opened her door to this.