Satori Quest - Day in the Life

[Nekomata-chan]

>Supress a chuckle. "I wonder if that's really the case?"
>Let's take a quick glance at their minds just to confirm, never hurts to get possible problems out of the way.

>You take a quick glance at their minds. So far, they aren't melted together yet, just quite synchronised psychically. Maybe it's because they're such close friends~?

[Hanzo K.]

>Smirk a bit, and chuckle. "Well, they must have known each other for quite some time to be this synchronized. It's rather like they're sisters."
>Smirk. "You don't suppose they are do you?"

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smirk a bit, and chuckle. "Well, they must have known each other for quite some time to be this synchronized. It's rather like they're sisters."
>Smirk. "You don't suppose they are do you?"

>Yukari shrugs, "Eh, probably not. I mean, look at them. They look nothing like each other, their traits are... let's say, not entirely compatible, and Reimu is more tactical whereas Marisa goes in with all lasers blazing, literally. I just think that since they've been solving incidents together for quite some time, they've developed a sort of sister-like bond."
>Reimu coughs awkwardly, "We, uh, can still hear, you know."
>Marisa grins, "Uh... what she said."

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle. "That's true. But at any rate, we need to hammer things out with those of the mountain, and a few others."
>Smirk. "I plan to do everything in person after all, it gets the point across much better than a simple letter, wouldn't you agree?"

[Nekomata-chan]

>Chuckle. "That's true. But at any rate, we need to hammer things out with those of the mountain, and a few others."
>Smirk. "I plan to do everything in person after all, it gets the point across much better than a simple letter, wouldn't you agree?"

>Yukari grins, "Absolutely. That's how I do it."
>Reimu raises her eyebrows, "You're going to get Youkai Mountain here too? I think Aya's brain may explode when she sees how much opportunity for newspaper material she'll get when she comes down. Let's just hope Sanae doesn't..." she scowls, "...say anything to me about... my shrine."
>Marisa leans over, "Last time Sanae and Reimu met, Sanae really pissed her off by saying Reimu's shrine was way too off-the-beaten-path, tattered and boring to attract worshippers and donations, and apparently she said it smelt bad. It only smells of sake and tea, so maybe Sanae's tee-total or whatever that word is. I disagree, the Moriya shrine is just too intimidating. Especially with Kanako sat there with her faith pillars at the ready should you say something out of line."

[Hanzo K.]

>Smirk. "Oh yes, that's right. only Yukari was privy to this little idea of mine."
>"My idea was to tempt them into entering the Battle Festa."
>Smirk. "Besides, it should make for quite the show, shouldn't it? It can't be said that I don't know how to make things lively when  it's needed."
>Grin. "When you live down here, among the Oni, you learn a few interesting things. If you want, I could tell you things that would make your hair stand on end, and curl. All at once."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smirk. "Oh yes, that's right. only Yukari was privy to this little idea of mine."
>"My idea was to tempt them into entering the Battle Festa."

>Marisa raises her eyebrows understandly, "I see~"
>Reimu punches her hand, with a small fiesty grin, "I may have to enter that. Sanae's always up for a fight, so I'll give her one."

>Smirk. "Besides, it should make for quite the show, shouldn't it? It can't be said that I don't know how to make things lively when  it's needed."

>Yukari grins, "I don't doubt that for one second~"

>Grin. "When you live down here, among the Oni, you learn a few interesting things. If you want, I could tell you things that would make your hair stand on end, and curl. All at once."

>Marisa leans in closer with an eager face, "Go on~! I'm all for scary stories, ze, I've managed to make Reimu hide under the kotatsu from me once in a while when I pop over to the shrine in the winter. Since it gets dark early, I've even managed to scare Alice half out of her clothes... which is a useful skill, y'know~!"
>Reimu groans, "The term is 'half out of one's skin', so don't get pervy. You know you'd get stabbed by her Hourai dolls if you tried, so keep the antics at a minimum."

[Hanzo K.]

>Smirk. "I had a feeling you'd want to enter once you heard that. Though I really do intend to talk them into entering."
>Glance at Marisa with a smirk. "For now, I'll tell you another time, after the festival. I daresay that there will be much more to tell you afterwards."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smirk. "I had a feeling you'd want to enter once you heard that. Though I really do intend to talk them into entering."

>Reimu smirks, "But I bet Sanae will pull the whole good-girl routine on you. Be prepared for that. When you talk about the battle thing, she'll probably say 'Oh, a festival for fighting? That's so barbaric! Oooh!' with all her flappy hands and her crappy piece of paper on a stick. That is not a gohei! It's a tacky flag!!"
>Reimu obviously has a lot of animosity towards Sanae and her... "tacky flag".

>Glance at Marisa with a smirk. "For now, I'll tell you another time, after the festival. I daresay that there will be much more to tell you afterwards."

>Marisa giggles excitedly, "Can't wait! It'll be awesome!! I'll be sure to bring a hairbrush, if my hair will stand on end and curl. You could sell business like that, 'Satori's Hair Salon: get a whole new look and some scary stories in your head!!'! It pays for itself! I'm such a business genius!"

[Hanzo K.]

>Smirk right back at Reimu. "You underestimate my plan. If I get Kanako and Suwako on board, she'll have no choice."
>Smirk. "They're not all just scary, did you forget my ability? Sometimes it can be a bit of a detriment when you live down here."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smirk right back at Reimu. "You underestimate my plan. If I get Kanako and Suwako on board, she'll have no choice."

>Reimu's smirk bends into a small grin, "And Suwako's all for a fight. So is Kanako. If anything, they'd try to fight each other."

>Smirk. "They're not all just scary, did you forget my ability? Sometimes it can be a bit of a detriment when you live down here."

>Marisa shrugs, "It would be nice to read minds, but I guess hearing them all the time probably has to be quite annoying, especially in large crowds..."

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's let ours shift to a grin as well. "And if you connect the dots from there...Well, even that fool of an ice fairy can figure it out from there."
>"Yes. Word to the wise; If you ever develop a potion or somesuch that allows you to read minds, I strongly advise against coming down here and taking a walk in the city proper during happy hour. The thoughts you'll find aren't always merely irritating..."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Let's let ours shift to a grin as well. "And if you connect the dots from there...Well, even that fool of an ice fairy can figure it out from there."

>Reimu blinks, "Yeah, I bet Cirno would try out the Battle Fiesta thing. She's all for being the strongest."

>"Yes. Word to the wise; If you ever develop a potion or somesuch that allows you to read minds, I strongly advise against coming down here and taking a walk in the city proper during happy hour. The thoughts you'll find aren't always merely irritating..."

>Marisa grins, "May have to get hold of Patchouli, now, ze. If she can make a spell to detect when you read her mind, and she also made a spell once that deflected only me from entering her library but I worked the old Kirisame charm on her and she reversed it, then she can probably concoct something for mind-reading, ze."

[Hanzo K.]

>Smirk. "It would be interesting to see how she fares, though I worry about what would happen if I tried to read her mind. best-case scenario, I find nothing at all. Worst-case scenario, I find her thinking about herself, thinking about herself, and so on."

>"Well, that might be interesting, just be careful of going into highly-populated places at first then. You wouldn't have much time to get used to it, and you could easily overload. I've come close to that in the past, it isn't fun."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smirk. "It would be interesting to see how she fares, though I worry about what would happen if I tried to read her mind. best-case scenario, I find nothing at all. Worst-case scenario, I find her thinking about herself, thinking about herself, and so on."

>Reimu laughs, "I think you'll be lucky to find nothing. All you'll find is an empty abyss. I think Cirno's brain is where Yukari keeps her extra pens."
>Yukari laughs out loud, "Oh, no, it's where I keep my socks!"

>"Well, that might be interesting, just be careful of going into highly-populated places at first then. You wouldn't have much time to get used to it, and you could easily overload. I've come close to that in the past, it isn't fun."

>Marisa grins, "But I'm Marisa Kirisame, I-... you know what, after what happened yesterday, I can never say I am mentally undefeatable again. Damn."

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle. "Well, that explains that then. No wonder she claims to be the strongest, her mind is a repository for the socks belonging one of the strongest youkai of gensokyo."

>"Yes, that is probably for the best. There comes a time when one is humbled by an event, sometimes more than once in their life."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Chuckle. "Well, that explains that then. No wonder she claims to be the strongest, her mind is a repository for the socks belonging one of the strongest youkai of Gensokyo."

>Yukari laughs, "They are nice socks, too. I wonder if she would start becoming intelligent if I put a book in there... no, probably not. She'd just walk around dragging her head on the ground after her, I tend to read very large books."

>"Yes, that is probably for the best. There comes a time when one is humbled by an event, sometimes more than once in their life."

>Marisa shrugs, "Got to admit, I didn't even know I was possessed. When it left, it felt like I'd just woken up after a prolonged nap. All I remember is you catching me elbow-deep in your spellcard drawer, and it gets kinda hazy after that. Maybe that's a good thing..."

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Perhaps you could put a small book on mathematics, nothing too large though, just the sort they use to teach children."

Nod. "Yes, even I had a bit of a hard time telling, I had assumed that you were just being your usual 'shoot first, ask later' self. It wasn't until later on that the truth of things was uncovered."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Grin. "Perhaps you could put a small book on mathematics, nothing too large though, just the sort they use to teach children."

>Yukari grins, "Don't put any ideas in my head, or that fairy won't know what hit her. I'm serious."

Nod. "Yes, even I had a bit of a hard time telling, I had assumed that you were just being your usual 'shoot first, ask later' self. It wasn't until later on that the truth of things was uncovered."

>Marisa grins, "Yeah, but now I know to have a 'don't shoot first, see if they answer if you ask, if they don't, then shoot' attitude."
>Reimu smirks, "About time."

[Hanzo K.]

>Smirk. "Well, you could always put in a trivia book instead, it'd be amusing at least. And then she'd be at least remotely intelligent, even if it would be just random facts."

>Grin back. "Indeed."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smirk. "Well, you could always put in a trivia book instead, it'd be amusing at least. And then she'd be at least remotely intelligent, even if it would be just random facts."

>Grin back. "Indeed."

>Yukari grins, "Maybe Reimu could keep her donations in there... but, Cirno's brain is empty enough as it is."
>Reimu scowls, "Pushing it, Yukari!"

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle. "With friends like these, who needs to go out for performances?"

[Nekomata-chan]

>Chuckle. "With friends like these, who needs to go out for performances?"

>Everybody shrugs. It seems that is the only thing they fail to throw a comeback at.

[Hanzo K.]

>Smile. "Seriously. You all make things quite enjoyable. It isn't every day one gets to muse on what one could put inside a fairy's head."
>Fistpalm, then Smirk. "I just had a brilliant idea."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smile. "Seriously. You all make things quite enjoyable. It isn't every day one gets to muse on what one could put inside a fairy's head."
>Fistpalm, then Smirk. "I just had a brilliant idea."

>Yukari looks to you, "What is it?"
>Reimu and Marisa both look intrigued, though neither of them say anything for fear of it being simultaneous with the other.

[Hanzo K.]

>Smik. "I propose that we take a small break from planning the festival to engage in a rather typical tradition of Youkai. Messing with people."
>Grin. "Specifically, I want to see if that ice fairy will overload if we stick one of my psychology books in her head."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smik. "I propose that we take a small break from planning the festival to engage in a rather typical tradition of Youkai. Messing with people."
>Grin. "Specifically, I want to see if that ice fairy will overload if we stick one of my psychology books in her head."

>Yukari laughs, "A psychology book? I think she'll have a mental breakdown whilst knowing how to fix it."
>Reimu and Marisa look at each other and shrug, "Youkai."

[Hanzo K.]

>Smirk. "Wouldn't that be a rather interesting experiment? And besides, we can inform her of the tournaments while we're at it."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smirk. "Wouldn't that be a rather interesting experiment? And besides, we can inform her of the tournaments while we're at it."

>Yukari smiles, "Absolutely. She'd stand no chance, but we can pit her against some average-strength Youkai just to see how she'd do. Apparently, when she wants to, she can be fairly strong. It's just her misinformed arrogance that holds her back sometimes."

[Hanzo K.]

>Smirk. "Exactly what I had in mind. I was considering making separate brackets for differently-powered people. For example, Cirno would be in the Low Bracket, and would be matched up against equally-powerful opponents. For example, that Yuki-Onna she seems to enjoy hanging around. I believe her name was Letty, yes?"
>"So, shall we try it? I'll go fetch one of my psychology books."