Meira Quest (Part 5) (Completed)

[日巫子]

> Wriggle our fingers. "Thanks, guys! Anyways, I gotta show you!" Run down the stairs to the basement!

> It still hurts, but you should be fine now with these bandages.
> You head back down the stairs and into the open room with the altar.  The orb is right where you left it.
> You hear chattering behind you; some faeries have followed you into the basement.  You hear more footsteps coming down the stairs.

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[Sect]

> Point at the orb. "See, that's what burned me! Don't touch it!"

[日巫子]

> Point at the orb. "See, that's what burned me! Don't touch it!"

> The faeries ignore you, mostly, and float over to get a closer look at the orb.
> "--cooool!--"
> "--whoa that's weird--"
> "--it smells good--"
> "--wild cherry apeshit apocalypse--"
> "--no, more like roasted marshmellows--"
> "--orbs don't smell like anything you numbnuts--"
> "--ouch!  It burned me!"
> One faerie yanks her hand away from the orb, tears in her eyes.  You think she was one of the first three faeries you saw in the forest earlier--the one with the twin tails--but there are so many around now that you're not sure.  As the faeries closest to her start to draw nearer to her, you see Kouyoshi walk around the group of faeries from the corner of your eye, trying to get a better look.

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[Hanzo K.]

>If we had an uninjured hand, we'd be facepalming.

[日巫子]

>If we had an uninjured hand, we'd be facepalming.

> She shouldn't have touched that orb, but it doesn't look as bad as your hands did, at least.

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[Sect]

> "Hey, Kouyoshi, Kouyoshi! What do you think it is?"

[日巫子]

> "Hey, Kouyoshi, Kouyoshi! What do you think it is?"

> Kouyoshi makes her way through the crowd of faeries to get a good look at the orb.
> "I have no idea.  I've never seen anything like this before."  She pauses.  "Maybe the faeries were right and it's a magical artifact."
> "Told ya so!" calls out one of them.

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[nolrai2]

"I think so! I bet we can use this to beat the Kitsune!"

[日巫子]

"I think so! I bet we can use this to beat the Kitsune!"

> "How are you going to use it when you can't even pick it up without getting burned?"

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[nolrai2]

"Uhh...well that just means we need to learn how! I bet there is a scroll on it somewhere in there.."

[日巫子]

"Uhh...well that just means we need to learn how! I bet there is a scroll on it somewhere in there.."

> "Did you see any scrolls in here?"

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[Nekomata-chan]

>"I'm sure there has to be some means of learning how to use it properly.. It's a little stupid if somebody makes something and doesn't document how to use it. People forget."

[日巫子]

>"I'm sure there has to be some means of learning how to use it properly.. It's a little stupid if somebody makes something and doesn't document how to use it. People forget."

> "People don't always write down the instructions," Kouyoshi says.  "Like magicians, who learn stuff by heart, and way back before there was paper...whenever that was."

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[nolrai2]

"Well then we will have to learn it by HEART TOO! We have heart after all!"

Wait that's not what she meant is it..

[日巫子]

"Well then we will have to learn it by HEART TOO! We have heart after all!"

Wait that's not what she meant is it..

> Kouyoshi raises an eyebrow.  "That's an idea, I guess..."

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[Sect]

> "Either that, or we could trick the kitsune into eating it. I bet after she gets a really bad stomach ache she'll be really easy to beat!"
> Poke around the boxes down here. Any baskets or heavy blankets?

[日巫子]

> "Either that, or we could trick the kitsune into eating it. I bet after she gets a really bad stomach ache she'll be really easy to beat!"
> Poke around the boxes down here. Any baskets or heavy blankets?

> You figure you could get the kitsune to swallow it.  If it doesn't burn her throat up, it'll burn her stomach.
> You poke around the boxes, but a lot of them are sealed tight.  The ones that aren't don't have anything you could really use, unless you want to lumber around with a salad bowl.  There don't seem to be any blankets or anything you could use.
> "What are you looking for?" Kouyoshi asks.

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[Hanzo K.]

>Hang on...
>"...I just had an idea! Maybe if we throw it at her, it'll hurt her a lot?"

[Sect]

> "And I was looking around for a basket or a blanket or something, so we can carry it... Hey! Do you think Keine might know what it is?"

[日巫子]

> "And I was looking around for a basket or a blanket or something, so we can carry it... Hey! Do you think Keine might know what it is?"

> "Uh..."  Kouyoshi points to the things you're carrying on your back.  "You still have your bedroll, don't you?  And it would probably be a good idea to ask her."

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[Sect]

> ... Oh. Take off the bedroll and try to wrap the orb up in it.
> "Right! Let's take it to her!"

[日巫子]

> ... Oh. Take off the bedroll and try to wrap the orb up in it.
> "Right! Let's take it to her!"

> You suddenly remember that you had your bedroll with you, and use that to wrap up the orb.
> Thank whatever god you worship, it didn't burn you.
> Obtained: x1 black and white orb
> "Will she be awake at this time?" Kouyoshi asks as she makes for the staircase.  "Humans usually get tired at night."

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[nolrai2]

"We can sleep when we get there!" start marching off, say bye to the fairies. "Rumia, you want to learn to be awesome with us?"

[日巫子]

"We can sleep when we get there!" start marching off, say bye to the fairies. "Rumia, you want to learn to be awesome with us?"

> You wave to the faeries as you head back up the stairs, and then call out to Rumia.  She smiles blankly for a little bit, before saying,
> "I'm already awesome!  Well, sort of."

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[Sect]

> "Then come on! We're gonna learn how to beat a kitsune! And maybe have some fried tofu, I dunno."

[日巫子]

> "Then come on! We're gonna learn how to beat a kitsune! And maybe have some fried tofu, I dunno."

> "Yes!"  Rumia turns and starts following you and Kouyoshi out of the basement.  The faeries, in the meantime, have gotten to rumaging through the crates, offering prayers to the altar, and taking bottles from the wine rack.

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[Sect]

Yay for robbing Reimu! \o/

> To Keine's house! How late is it, anyways?

[日巫子]

> To Keine's house! How late is it, anyways?

> The three of you head out of the shrine basement, and then away from it as you start walking back to the Human Village.
> It's almost completely dark outside; only the light of the waning gibbous and the receding glow of the faeries' wings are luminous.  Rumia and Kouyoshi, however, don't seem to be as affected by the dark.
> It's probably very late at night by now.

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[Sect]

> Welll... Keine was out all night, so she's gotta still be up! Let's mosey! Hum while going along!

[日巫子]

> Welll... Keine was out all night, so she's gotta still be up! Let's mosey! Hum while going along!

> The three of you continue on, down the path leading away from the shrine and into the woods.  You hum a tune as you go along, which helps drown out the distant howling and other strange noises in the forest, at least.
> Before you know it, you can see the Human Village beneath the moonlight again.  Not a single light is on.

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