Yukari Quest!

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>If she doesn't respond, hand on forehead.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"I don't know."
>"Yuyuko, how are you doing?"
>How does Yuyuko look?

>"... Lady Yuyuko..."
>You leave Youmu for the time being and go back to Yuyuko.
>You try talking to her, there is no response.
>Yuyuko looks fine, though she is still wrapped in vines.

>If she doesn't respond, hand on forehead.

>You place your hand on her forehead. The temperature seems to be normal.

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Get those vines off of her. If we can't pull them off, then go retrieve that dagger and try cutting them with it.

[Omba]

> Wait, don't get the dagger for now. We don't know how Yuyuko might react, given that she's just been cut free from that tree.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Get those vines off of her. If we can't pull them off, then go retrieve that dagger and try cutting them with it.

>You try pulling off the vines from Yuyuko. You can unwrap the vines that have tangled themselves around her, but can't actually remove them from where they've rooted themselves into Yuyuko.

> Wait, don't get the dagger for now. We don't know how Yuyuko might react, given that she's just been cut free from that tree.

>You decide against trying out the dagger for now.

>_

[BT]

>"Youmu... what did you hear in that last wave?"

[Ex-Nue]

Is it possible to cut the vines close to where they are rooted without harming her?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Youmu... what did you hear in that last wave?"

>"I... I don't know what it was exactly..."
>"It was like a distorted scream... Something right out of a nightmare..."
>"Then again... this world is kind of like a nightmare itself..."

>_

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>"A nightmare... I wonder... did the voice sound anything like Yuyuko?"

>Where are the vines rooted; how many of them are there?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"A nightmare... I wonder... did the voice sound anything like Yuyuko?"

>Where are the vines rooted; how many of them are there?

>"It did before..."
>"Just then, though, it sounded nothing like lady Yuyuko..."
>They are rooted all over her body, you'd estimate that there are about a dozen of them in total.

>_

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>Give one of them a tug; see how firmly rooted it is.

>If it doesn't budge, try pulling harder to see if that does anything...
>Without being sent flying backwards and breaking stuff, of course.

[Don't ask. I'm just having a poke at them. Wouldn't try something too reckless... Though it will give me the answer I need to help my line of thought...]

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Give one of them a tug; see how firmly rooted it is.

>If it doesn't budge, try pulling harder to see if that does anything...
>Without being sent flying backwards and breaking stuff, of course.

>You single out and try pulling on one of the vines. It does not seem to budge at all.
>You try exerting more strength, but don't think that you could do anything without harming Yuyuko in the process.

>_

[BT]

Kind of worried, myself. Hope we didn't do the equivalent of plucking a flower...!

>Where did we put our bag? Do we still have the weird scroll inside?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Where did we put our bag? Do we still have the weird scroll inside?

>You left your bag within Hakugyokurou, it should be in a nearby room.
>You do not recall taking anything out of your bag.

>_

[BT]

Opinion about grabbing the bag and showing Youmu the scroll in the meantime?

[Ex-Nue]

> Are there any vines rooted in her back?

> Can she feel the evil aura still?

> Can she gap?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

> Are there any vines rooted in her back?

> Can she feel the evil aura still?

> Can she gap?

>There are a few in her back.
>You cannot feel the aura.
>You are still unable to open a gap.

>_

[Tamashii Kanjou]

>Look back to Youmu; how is she doing?

>"This might sound a little weird... but do you know of a way out of here?"

[Omba]

> Give Yuyuko a good hug. See if she shows any sort of reaction.
> How does her body feel? Apart from the veins, do we notice any difference from how her body felt when we touched it before she fused with the tree?
> What do the veins look like now? Has anything about them changed since we cut them; like their color or their thickness?
> Is anything like, say, liquid coming out of the parts we cut?
> How good are we at regulating our Danmaku? Specifically, would we probably be able to only ignite/freeze/whatever the veins while leaving Yuyuko's body (mostly) untouched?
> Do we have any idea how deep the veins penetrate into Yuyuko?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Look back to Youmu; how is she doing?

>"This might sound a little weird... but do you know of a way out of here?"

>You take another look at Youmu. She looks like she's suffering from a bad headache.
>"A way out... I haven't found one..."

> Give Yuyuko a good hug. See if she shows any sort of reaction.
> How does her body feel? Apart from the veins, do we notice any difference from how her body felt when we touched it before she fused with the tree?
> What do the veins look like now? Has anything about them changed since we cut them; like their color or their thickness?
> Is anything like, say, liquid coming out of the parts we cut?
> How good are we at regulating our Danmaku? Specifically, would we probably be able to only ignite/freeze/whatever the veins while leaving Yuyuko's body (mostly) untouched?
> Do we have any idea how deep the veins penetrate into Yuyuko?

>You try hugging Yuyuko, but there is no response.
>Aside from the vines, she still feels the same.
>The vines have not changed, they simply lie there.
>You are highly skilled with your danmaku.
>You should be able to hit only the vines, but note that your danmaku had little effect on actually damaging the vines when you hit the ones that were attached to the tree.
>You do not.

>_

[Tamashii Kanjou]

Ladies and gentlemen, I feel the need to say that I've been thinking about this too much; so much so, I forgot something from a while back. Look what I found...

>The knife, supposedly, carries a similar power to Yuyuko and can invoke death from afar.

I had convinced myself that using the knife, in any way, was simply not acceptable and denied it ever being brought up in this quest.
However, what if...

>Could the Ayakashi Knife kill anything; even something like 'flowers' or 'vines from a youkai tree?'

It sounds stupid, and we don't know how much damage could be caused by using it in this way, but what if we ARE supposed to do this? Especially, if we take what Youmu has just said, that there is no other way out of here.

What do people think about this? Maybe wait on saying something till after Dormio has answered; gives us more of a discussion that way.

[Waits patiently.]

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Could the Ayakashi Knife kill anything; even something like 'flowers' or 'vines from a youkai tree?'

>You aren't sure, but you think that knife could be capable of such a feat.

>_

[Tamashii Kanjou]

...

Okay then guys, what do you think? Opinions needed asap! I feel pretty bad tonight, so I want to see something sorted before I give it up for the night~ <3

[BT]

IIRC the knife is inside the bag too. So...

>"I'll be right back."
>Head for the bag.
>Come back with the bag.

Yes, we're testing the knife.

[Tamashii Kanjou]

...

I said 'opinions' and 'what do you think about this,' with maybe a 'I had thought about such and such for a while' added to it.

Can we slow this down a little before jumping the action gun... please?

>Don't do the above action(s) yet.

[BT]

I don't see anything else, though.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"I'll be right back."
>Head for the bag.
>Come back with the bag.

>Don't do the above action(s) yet.

>You stop to think about what your next course of action should be.

>_

[Omba]

I've thought some more about this and I'd say the knife might actually work.
We do know the tree didn't like it, at all. This will most likely also apply to all parts of the tree (i.e. the veins). The only thing I'm worried about is how much it might affect Yuyuko, given that she was a part of the tree until a few minutes ago. But still, I think it's our best shot. We did already cut her free from the tree and she appears to have survived it, so I guess getting the veins out should be a minor issue in comparison.
It of course might backfire (if she's dependant on a connection to the tree and getting the remaining veins out completely severs that connection, she might die; but if that's the case, I don't think there's anything else we could do, anyway), but... I think we should try it.

[BT]

Making her completely connected with the tree would be kind of evil, but still possible I guess.

The reason I made those actions was because we want to get the bag back eventually, whatever we plan on doing. Am I given the green light for at the very least this?

[Tamashii Kanjou]

I see a green light; so I'm happy with that~

>"Youmu, please stay here; I'll be right back."

>Move to whichever room our bag was in and retrieve it.
>Check to see if the Ayakashi Knife is still in there.

>Then, go back to the room with Yuyuko & Youmu.