Yukari Quest, continued?!

[Yonowaaru]

>"The tengu, you say? I can at least tell you they've heightened their security since I last saw them. They would only let me in if I brought them Momiji, but since she has problems of her own, that didn't work. A little leverage from my godly friends could work wonders, however~"
>Just to recap everything, what ever happened to the Rinnosuke/Alice situation?

[Darkoda]

I think we got Rinnosuke to behave himself a bit more and actually let her go home now and then, although he still has Alice, mainly because she does actually owe him.

>Although all things considered, it would be best to let the goddesses deal with the Tengu; they know how to work with them.
>"If you visit the tengu, getting permission for a living goddess to pass as well would be nice; I feel in the mood for a spiriting away~"
>As long as we don't keep the gap open long, would we be able to create more than one in quick succession without rest?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"The tengu, you say? I can at least tell you they've heightened their security since I last saw them. They would only let me in if I brought them Momiji, but since she has problems of her own, that didn't work. A little leverage from my godly friends could work wonders, however~"
>Just to recap everything, what ever happened to the Rinnosuke/Alice situation?

>"I suppose that I shall judge how they are myself."
>You aren't sure. You never checked.

>Although all things considered, it would be best to let the goddesses deal with the Tengu; they know how to work with them.
>"If you visit the tengu, getting permission for a living goddess to pass as well would be nice; I feel in the mood for a spiriting away~"
>As long as we don't keep the gap open long, would we be able to create more than one in quick succession without rest?

>It could be better than trying to deal with them yourself.
>"We shall see what happens."
>You doubt that you could.

>_

[Darkoda]

>Ah well, just means we're taking the long way back since we need the gap to toss Sanae in.
>"So I should be able to find the two of you around here again? Then I'll go pay Hakurei shrine another visit."
>If there's nothing else, fly off to the shrine. If we're lucky, Sanae's still outside and we can just spirit her away.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Ah well, just means we're taking the long way back since we need the gap to toss Sanae in.
>"So I should be able to find the two of you around here again? Then I'll go pay Hakurei shrine another visit."
>If there's nothing else, fly off to the shrine. If we're lucky, Sanae's still outside and we can just spirit her away.

>A bit of exercise never hurt anyone.
>"Likely, yes, until we determine the best course of action for ourselves."
>Flying to the Hakurei shrine will take approximately three hours from your current location. Continue?

>_

[Darkoda]

>Yeesh. Fine, Yuyuko will forgive a bit of tardiness. It would be just about sunset when we arrive right?
>If so, to Hakurei.
>Wait, it takes an hour to recharge a gap right? If so, gap half the distance, there, then fly for the remaining hour and a half. We'll save time and have a fully charged gap.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Yeesh. Fine, Yuyuko will forgive a bit of tardiness. It would be just about sunset when we arrive right?
>If so, to Hakurei.

>You decide spend the next three hours flying to the Hakurei shrine.
>When the shrine enters your vision, you estimate the time to be around 6PM.

>_

[Darkoda]

Bleh, edit got in too late.
>Land and look around for Sanae - or anyone else outside.

[Shadoweh]

Use posts, not edits. :V And I'm not sure we should have gone to the shrine ourselves. WE don't want to run into Reimu.

> Land far enough away from the shrine not to be seen by any shrine maidens inside first. We need to be a little stealthy before we find out if Reimu is there or not.

[Darkoda]

We don't, but frankly we're the only ones who can actually leave easily via gapping away. And I don't see either Suwako or Kanako being discreet. If she's not outside, we'll get Byakuren to supercharge us again and spirit her away.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Land and look around for Sanae - or anyone else outside.

> Land far enough away from the shrine not to be seen by any shrine maidens inside first. We need to be a little stealthy before we find out if Reimu is there or not.

>You land a respectable distance from the shrine and take a quick look at the shrine grounds.
>You can see a figure with green hair tied up into pigtails sweeping the grounds.
>There does not appear to be anyone else on the shrine grounds.

>_

[Darkoda]

>Walk up as close as we can without being visible from inside the shrine while not looking like we're sneaking around, and call out to the pigtails once we won't have to yell to do so.
>"Hello little one; would you know if Sanae or Reimu are in?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Walk up as close as we can without being visible from inside the shrine while not looking like we're sneaking around, and call out to the pigtails once we won't have to yell to do so.
>"Hello little one; would you know if Sanae or Reimu are in?"

>You approach the shrine, taking care to maintain cover.
>Once you're at the edge of the grounds, you call out to the girl with the green pigtails and ask whether Sanae or Reimu are in.
>The girl stops and looks at you for a moment before pointing to the shrine.

>_

[Darkoda]

>Look at the shrine. If we don't see anyone, ask: "I'll need you to be bit more specific than that dear; is Reimu currently within the shrine?"
>Do we remember the path Sanae took to her room?
>Say, does pigtails remind us of anyone? Someone from underground?

I do fully agree with not entering alone if Reimu's in there; that's just begging for trouble.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Look at the shrine. If we don't see anyone, ask: "I'll need you to be bit more specific than that dear; is Reimu currently within the shrine?"
>Do we remember the path Sanae took to her room?
>Say, does pigtails remind us of anyone? Someone from underground?

>The girl shakes her head before going back to sweeping the shrine grounds.
>You do not, seeing as you never saw where Sanae stayed.
>You think that you may have seen this girl with the spider youkai when Reimu went underground.

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Then may I trouble you for directions to Sanae? It's a large shrine after all, and I'd rather talk to her quickly so I wouldn't bother Reimu."
>"Say, aren't you that bucket youkai who hung around the spider underground? How did you - no let me guess. you owe Reimu money?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Then may I trouble you for directions to Sanae? It's a large shrine after all, and I'd rather talk to her quickly so I wouldn't bother Reimu."
>"Say, aren't you that bucket youkai who hung around the spider underground? How did you - no let me guess. you owe Reimu money?"

>The girl simply points to the shrine again.
>The girl shakes her head.

>_

[Darkoda]

>Somehow, we don't see people willingly working for Reimu, but we should get a move on; we can ask Satori later.
>"Thanks for the help"
>Head to the shrine and look for Sanae. Keep an eye out for weirdness, or any borders we're sensing - it is still possible that Reimu's being mindscrewed like so many others.
>It would be better than the alternative......

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Somehow, we don't see people willingly working for Reimu, but we should get a move on; we can ask Satori later.
>"Thanks for the help"
>Head to the shrine and look for Sanae. Keep an eye out for weirdness, or any borders we're sensing - it is still possible that Reimu's being mindscrewed like so many others.
>It would be better than the alternative......

>You wonder why she would be here of all places otherwise.
>The girl bows to you before continuing to sweep the grounds.
>You head inside the shrine, searching for Sanae. Soon enough, you find her seated in the main hall. She turns upon hearing you enter and greets you with a smile that doesn't quite extend to her eyes.
>"Welcome to the Hakurei shrine. Have you come to make an offering, or do you have some other business here?

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Oh come now, don't you remember me? Ah well, it doesn't matter; I'm here for both to an extent. I have business with you, and I have an offering to deliver."
>This ought to be good.
>"I need an offering for two nature gods, have a shrine on top of Youkai Mountain, recently got dragged out of a seal they were trapped in, and I thought; why not a green haired shrine maiden? But I need some help finding one....."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Oh come now, don't you remember me? Ah well, it doesn't matter; I'm here for both to an extent. I have business with you, and I have an offering to deliver."
>This ought to be good.
>"I need an offering for two nature gods, have a shrine on top of Youkai Mountain, recently got dragged out of a seal they were trapped in, and I thought; why not a green haired shrine maiden? But I need some help finding one....."

>"I do, but how is that related to the topic?"
>"Business with myself again? What is it this time?"
>"Please leave your offerings in the offertory box outside."
>"What... are you talking about?"

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Oh? I didn't know that we had more nature gods over the past two years. I don't think Kanako and Suwako would like the competition."
>"No, that would be more Kanako, I doubt that Suwako would care too much. But she's liable to curse me if I don't drop you off soon, so unless there's anything else here you'd like to grab?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Oh? I didn't know that we had more nature gods over the past two years. I don't think Kanako and Suwako would like the competition."
>"No, that would be more Kanako, I doubt that Suwako would care too much. But she's liable to curse me if I don't drop you off soon, so unless there's anything else here you'd like to grab?"

>"But... That can't be..."
>"Are they really back? Really?"

>_

[Shadoweh]

> "I can take you there to see for yourself if you're ready to."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

> "I can take you there to see for yourself if you're ready to."

>"Right now? Can you really do it? They're really back? Why are we waiting?"

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Nothing here to get then?"
>As long as the answer's yes: "Then all for the Gap Express!"
>Open a gap to where we left Kanako and Suwako, and go through it with Sanae.

[Shadoweh]

> Slow down for a minute. No need to get gappy right away.
> If Sanae is accepting: "Will Reimu notice you're gone?"

[Darkoda]

Do we want to have this conversation here when Reimu can come back any minute though? No matter the answer, we aren't going to leave her there, so might as well do it at Youkai Mountain.

[Shadoweh]

Why not? She's already lived with Reimu for all this time. She'd survive another day. I'd prefer if Reimu didn't show up at the Moriya Shrine hunting for her. We're the type of youkai that makes long term plans here.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Nothing here to get then?"
>As long as the answer's yes: "Then all for the Gap Express!"
>Open a gap to where we left Kanako and Suwako, and go through it with Sanae.

> Slow down for a minute. No need to get gappy right away.
> If Sanae is accepting: "Will Reimu notice you're gone?"

>"Nothing! If they're really back, please take me to them!"
>Before you take Sanae away, you ask her another question.
>"Probably..."

>_