Yukari Quest, continued?!

[Darkoda]

>We didn't get clobbered by a giant pillar yet, this is already going far better than planned.
>"Miss Kanako, while I don't have material offerings, I do bring information that might help with your faith concerns."
>The polite thing would be for wait for her to show interest first.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>We didn't get clobbered by a giant pillar yet, this is already going far better than planned.
>"Miss Kanako, while I don't have material offerings, I do bring information that might help with your faith concerns."
>The polite thing would be for wait for her to show interest first.

>Not getting hit by things is always a plus.
>"And now it dares to address a god by name and attempts to meddle in affairs that it has no business with."
>You can see Kanako descend from the skies until she touches the ground, where she turns and walks towards you.
>She approaches you, glaring at you all the while.

>_

[Darkoda]

>Technically it does concern us to an extent.
>Well more like their shrine maiden and the tear in reality keeping us here, but details.
>What the general procedure to dealing with a god? Besides the kowtowing part, we've never bowed to anyone and that isn't about to start now.
>We can do the less blatantly subservient ones though if it speeds things up.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Technically it does concern us to an extent.
>Well more like their shrine maiden and the tear in reality keeping us here, but details.
>What the general procedure to dealing with a god? Besides the kowtowing part, we've never bowed to anyone and that isn't about to start now.
>We can do the less blatantly subservient ones though if it speeds things up.

>Naturally. If this is anything like what happened in the Netherworld, then there's definitely something to fix here.
>You have never particularly cared about catering to the whims of gods. Why should you?
>As one would normally never get an opportunity to talk with a god, there are no set procedures in dealing with them.

>_

[Darkoda]

I suppose Yukari isn't the kind of person to care, powers or not.
>By the way, we have no border power, but do we still have general magic of the lethal variety? We fueled two shikigami somehow.
>"But as a goddess, your actions affect everyone around you. Such as this entire mountain and the surrounding area's lack of life."
>"My point was more along the lines of bringing a close to your prolonged battle with the goddess of the Moriya shrine though."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>By the way, we have no border power, but do we still have general magic of the lethal variety? We fueled two shikigami somehow.
>"But as a goddess, your actions affect everyone around you. Such as this entire mountain and the surrounding area's lack of life."
>"My point was more along the lines of bringing a close to your prolonged battle with the goddess of the Moriya shrine though."

>Your other abilities have not been compromised.
>"And now you seek to place blame on me for something? The nerve of people these days is honestly quite shocking."
>"You think that I require help? Do not make me laugh."
>"If you have nothing more to say, then leave."

>_

[Darkoda]

>Abilities. Emphasis on the stuff that would work on a god.
>Do we think we have enough sheer magic power to take on Kanako, even without our borders? Especially since she should be weakened a bit if she's short enough on faith to go after Suwako.
>Can we turn off the non-lethal part of our danmaku?

Kanako is far too proud to listen without hard proof, and I see nothing better than showing just why she can't stand alone.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Okay, you want to know why I think you need help? Because you're still fighting. I'm still not entirely sure how I ended up here, but I'm pretty sure I've gone back in time. In the time I'm from, it's been a long time since yuo and Suwako fought. In fact, in the timeline I'm familiar with, you overcame her easily. The battle lasted a grand total of half a day. The shrine's supposed to be yours by now. Something's gone wrong here, and it's affecting my time as well. This isn't the first time I've seen this, and before, fixing what had gone wrong also fixed what it had done to my world. If I can fix it, you will benefit. But I'm new here, and if I'm to identify what's gone wrong, I need help."
>"That being said, though, I have identified something strange. Have you noticed that you, Suwako, and myself are the only living things here?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Abilities. Emphasis on the stuff that would work on a god.
>Do we think we have enough sheer magic power to take on Kanako, even without our borders? Especially since she should be weakened a bit if she's short enough on faith to go after Suwako.
>Can we turn off the non-lethal part of our danmaku?

>As a youkai, you have a fair amount of strength. You are rather skilled with most conventional weapons. You are also rather durable and have increased regenerative capabilities. You're no stranger to magic, though you tend to leave magic to your shikigami. You're quite a sight to behold when you're using your danmaku too.
>Do you?
>Danmaku is non-lethal by nature.

>"Okay, you want to know why I think you need help? Because you're still fighting. I'm still not entirely sure how I ended up here, but I'm pretty sure I've gone back in time. In the time I'm from, it's been a long time since yuo and Suwako fought. In fact, in the timeline I'm familiar with, you overcame her easily. The battle lasted a grand total of half a day. The shrine's supposed to be yours by now. Something's gone wrong here, and it's affecting my time as well. This isn't the first time I've seen this, and before, fixing what had gone wrong also fixed what it had done to my world. If I can fix it, you will benefit. But I'm new here, and if I'm to identify what's gone wrong, I need help."
>"That being said, though, I have identified something strange. Have you noticed that you, Suwako, and myself are the only living things here?"

>"You call that one sided battle a fight? Hah! You are a rather amusing being."
>"And why should I believe any of the nonsense that you're spouting?"
>"Of course I have. I assume that they would have enough sense to dare not approach a god when she demonstrates her might. Unlike you."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"I'm not here to fight. I'm here to find something that's not the way it's supposed to be. Once that's done, I'll be gone."
>"And no, it's not that life is keeping its distance. You, Suwako, and myself, are literally the only living things anywhere near here. Which strikes me as odd, so I'm thinking that's where the investigation should start. And as I said, assistance would be greatly appreciated."

[Darkoda]

>With our magic knowledge, would we have a spell in there to track life-signs? Would go to prove that we're literally the only people in this world.
>Though it might very well be faster to solve things the Gensokyo way, as long as there's hope of reason, we shouldn't drop a tombstone on her head.
>What did we bother with before danmaku came around? Or did we just take our normal magic and make danmaku versions for the spellcards?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"I'm not here to fight. I'm here to find something that's not the way it's supposed to be. Once that's done, I'll be gone."
>"And no, it's not that life is keeping its distance. You, Suwako, and myself, are literally the only living things anywhere near here. Which strikes me as odd, so I'm thinking that's where the investigation should start. And as I said, assistance would be greatly appreciated."

>"I would hope so, for your sake."
>"And why should I bother wasting the time and effort that it would take to help you?"

>With our magic knowledge, would we have a spell in there to track life-signs? Would go to prove that we're literally the only people in this world.
>Though it might very well be faster to solve things the Gensokyo way, as long as there's hope of reason, we shouldn't drop a tombstone on her head.
>What did we bother with before danmaku came around? Or did we just take our normal magic and make danmaku versions for the spellcards?

>You do know of such magic, but without the proper tools, you cannot use it. After all, the manipulation of boundaries are your speciality, not magic.
>You still hope to avoid any unnecessary conflict.
>You tended to avoid fights, allowing Ran and Chen to act in your place.

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Because if I'm right, you're in a world where the only source of faith is myself. It would be more helping yourself, and I'll just happen to benefit as well."
>Note to self; bring Ran and Chen along next time we go playing with borders. At least they'd be better company.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Because if I'm right, you're in a world where the only source of faith is myself. It would be more helping yourself, and I'll just happen to benefit as well."
>Note to self; bring Ran and Chen along next time we go playing with borders. At least they'd be better company.

>"And? What is it that you're trying to do?"
>These gods are too full of themselves.

>_

[Darkoda]

>Didn't we just go over this?
>"I'm trying to fix what's wrong with this world; whatever happened, it left only two goddesses standing. Sounds like a problem that could benefit from divine intervention."
>Although the fact that we had to point this out to both goddesses doesn't bode well, we've worked with worse conditions. Barely.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Didn't we just go over this?
>"I'm trying to fix what's wrong with this world; whatever happened, it left only two goddesses standing. Sounds like a problem that could benefit from divine intervention."
>Although the fact that we had to point this out to both goddesses doesn't bode well, we've worked with worse conditions. Barely.

You did, didn't you?
>"Again, what are you planning to do?"
>"And what gives you the impression that you have the right to ask a favor of me?"
>You've definitely seen far worse things.

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Well I have my own ideas on what happened; if I'm correct, then the two native gods working together will repair the rift. If not, three heads are better than one!"
>Do be prepared to dodge/use a barrier to deflect/ invoke magical shenanigans on any attacks Kanako throws our way. Suwako flipped out on the mere suggestion of cooperation and she's the nice one.
>"I don't have the right to ask for any favors, but I frankly have nothing better to do; there are only three people here, and watching even two gods fight will eventually lose its sense of grandeur. "
>Mainly because we have bigger fish to try and have probably gotten into crazier stunts.
>"When a peasant's only option for help is their lord, sooner or later, they'll either resign to their fate or take the plunge and beseech said lord."
>Let her draw her own conclusions about who is the peasant and who is the lord.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Well I have my own ideas on what happened; if I'm correct, then the two native gods working together will repair the rift. If not, three heads are better than one!"
>Do be prepared to dodge/use a barrier to deflect/ invoke magical shenanigans on any attacks Kanako throws our way. Suwako flipped out on the mere suggestion of cooperation and she's the nice one.
>"I don't have the right to ask for any favors, but I frankly have nothing better to do; there are only three people here, and watching even two gods fight will eventually lose its sense of grandeur. "
>Mainly because we have bigger fish to try and have probably gotten into crazier stunts.
>"When a peasant's only option for help is their lord, sooner or later, they'll either resign to their fate or take the plunge and beseech said lord."
>Let her draw her own conclusions about who is the peasant and who is the lord.

>"If this land's god were willing to cooperate with us, I would not be here waging war against her, would I?"
>"Rift? I know not what you speak of."
>You prepare yourself for any incoming attacks. Fortunately, that appears to have been unnecessary for the time being.
>"So because you are bored, you believe that you have the right to subject a god to your whims?"
>You'd prefer to waste as little time as possible, you still need to restore Gensokyo to its former state.
>"Yet you have not said a single word about helping me, only yourself."

>_

[Darkoda]

>She thinks this is the worst we've done out of boredom? Oh if she only knew....
>"I was saving that for last! I offer you a larger source of faith; first, in solving the problem of the lack of life."
>"Also, with the cooperation of the two goddesses comes a pooling of faith; while you both have problems supporting yourselves separately, together you'll be more than capable of sustaining yourselves."
>"On that note, Suwako is willing to work with you, provided that you agree to stop trying to take over her shrine."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>She thinks this is the worst we've done out of boredom? Oh if she only knew....
>"I was saving that for last! I offer you a larger source of faith; first, in solving the problem of the lack of life."
>"Also, with the cooperation of the two goddesses comes a pooling of faith; while you both have problems supporting yourselves separately, together you'll be more than capable of sustaining yourselves."
>"On that note, Suwako is willing to work with you, provided that you agree to stop trying to take over her shrine."

>If only either of them knew what you were truly trying to fix...
>"Problem? I see no problem here. Are you suggesting that the falling faith is at the point where we worry over our very existence?"
>"With the amount of faith I have, I need not worry about such a thing for at least a millennia."
>"And for what reason would I have to accept that ridiculous condition?"

>_

[Shadoweh]

> "You act like a millenia is a long time. We're both very long lived beings here. After that millenia there is no one here to rekindle your faith."
> "I don't suggest it, I know, because you came to Gensokyo to fix it~ Surely a goddess like yourself can tell I'm not lying."
> "In my time, the shrine is yours in name, and your faith is strong. Suwako uses her powers to assist you and her descendant becomes your strongest miko. The benefits are all yours."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

> "You act like a millenia is a long time. We're both very long lived beings here. After that millenia there is no one here to rekindle your faith."
> "I don't suggest it, I know, because you came to Gensokyo to fix it~ Surely a goddess like yourself can tell I'm not lying."
> "In my time, the shrine is yours in name, and your faith is strong. Suwako uses her powers to assist you and her descendant becomes your strongest miko. The benefits are all yours."

>"True. But it is long enough. Though what you are saying could be worrying."
>"And? You still haven't said anything about how you would fix this."
>"Hmm? Descendant? I was unaware that she had one. I must remember to congratulate her at a later date."
>"Yet, you tell me to give up on taking the shrine?"

>_

[Yonowaaru]

>"You do not even realize what I am saying? I am saying that if you do not do not work together with Suwako, your faith will slowly crumble down because of the growth of human society. However, if you do, you will live to tell the tale and live for at least a few more millennia, in a place that fits you much better than those lowly humans who will but desecrate your shrine. It is only the most logical thing to do. I am not telling you to give up taking the shrine; in my time, most people don't even know of Suwako's existence and assume you are the one behind everything. That way, you aren't giving up on taking the shrine at all, are you?"

[Darkoda]

>Let's not say things quite like that; she's in as good a mood as we can get right now, and we've yet to explain the time thing to her. Besides, it's starting to look like this isn't so much the past as an alternate rift that got opened up somehow.
>"I'm saying that simply cooperating and working together will get you what you want, and keep Suwako happy, without all the fighting involved."
>Before going on to how to fix this:
>In the event Kanako and Suwako making peace doesn't fix what's wrong here, if we get the two of them to channel their powers over the earth and the sky, do we have the capability to simulate a border over the lake?
>We got thrown out there, so its likely the weakest point in this world.
>By the way, have we felt or noticed anything that stands out around Kanako's base?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"You do not even realize what I am saying? I am saying that if you do not do not work together with Suwako, your faith will slowly crumble down because of the growth of human society. However, if you do, you will live to tell the tale and live for at least a few more millennia, in a place that fits you much better than those lowly humans who will but desecrate your shrine. It is only the most logical thing to do. I am not telling you to give up taking the shrine; in my time, most people don't even know of Suwako's existence and assume you are the one behind everything. That way, you aren't giving up on taking the shrine at all, are you?"

>Let's not say things quite like that; she's in as good a mood as we can get right now, and we've yet to explain the time thing to her. Besides, it's starting to look like this isn't so much the past as an alternate rift that got opened up somehow.

>As frustrated as you are right now, you decide against expressing your anger for the time being.

>"I'm saying that simply cooperating and working together will get you what you want, and keep Suwako happy, without all the fighting involved."
>Before going on to how to fix this:
>In the event Kanako and Suwako making peace doesn't fix what's wrong here, if we get the two of them to channel their powers over the earth and the sky, do we have the capability to simulate a border over the lake?
>We got thrown out there, so its likely the weakest point in this world.
>By the way, have we felt or noticed anything that stands out around Kanako's base?

>"Of course that would be the optimal outcome. Do you not know? Originally, we came with offers of peace. It is her resistance that has led to this."
>You doubt that you would.
>You have not, other than the strange feeling that persists throughout this land.

>_

[Darkoda]

>"She seemed more worried about losing her shrine when I talked to her. She might be more willing this time if you stress that you aren't going to try to take her shrine, and you'd both just be working together for your mutual benefit."
>"Such as solving the problem of this world. Don't you feel any odd sensations permeating the land?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"She seemed more worried about losing her shrine when I talked to her. She might be more willing this time if you stress that you aren't going to try to take her shrine, and you'd both just be working together for your mutual benefit."
>"Such as solving the problem of this world. Don't you feel any odd sensations permeating the land?"

>"Of course she is. She should have accepted the loss of her shrine for the greater good, yet she clings onto it."
>"And you expect me to surrender to someone as selfish as her? I refuse."
>"There is, indeed, a strange wind that blows through the air. However, it is barely noticeable. I had forgotten about it until you brought it up."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"A truce isn't surrendering, it's bringing things  to a peaceful end. After all, the alternative is that the two of you will keep fighting until you both run out of faith and start to fade away."
>Selfish? Pot calling kettle black much? We still remember what happened when they first arrived and the nuclear incident.
>"Would it really be so bad to compromise on that point?"
>"From prior experience, I'm quite sure that the source of that odd feeling is also the cause of everything wrong here. What one of us can't track, all three of us together might be able to follow."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"A truce isn't surrendering, it's bringing things  to a peaceful end. After all, the alternative is that the two of you will keep fighting until you both run out of faith and start to fade away."
>Selfish? Pot calling kettle black much? We still remember what happened when they first arrived and the nuclear incident.
>"Would it really be so bad to compromise on that point?"
>"From prior experience, I'm quite sure that the source of that odd feeling is also the cause of everything wrong here. What one of us can't track, all three of us together might be able to follow."

>"I fail to see the need for such a thing. It is only a matter of time before the Moriya's tenacity will fail."
>That hypocrisy annoys you.
>"It would be an insult, both to myself and to what a god is."
>"Prior experience?"

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"I did mention having corrected a previous distortion, did I not?"
>"Anyways, allow me to be a bit clearer as to what I'm saying will happen. Or should happen, at least; who knows what will happen if the change isn't fixed? If you help be correct the change, the first step would be a truce with Suwako. Not a surrender, just an agreement to stop fighting for now. As I've already said, this leads to you gaining control of the shrine. That's what I have to give in return for your assistance. If you help me, you will gain control of the shrine."