Reimu Quest - A Paradise At Heart

[Nekomata-chan]

>Smile. "I'll be sure to do that when I've got an heir or something, I'll have plenty of time to write it all then. You all will definitely be around when I'm an old fart anyhow, since you youkai live a lot longer."

>Suika murmurs, "You've got ages yet, Reimu!"
>Yukari blinks at Suika, a little confused, "You seem a little flustered, Suika~"

>Shrug. "But anyhow, I take it that you'll be coming along as well then? If so, I suggest you bring extra cash to spend and bet with, folks have really taken to betting on those two. Heck, even Remi and Flan are interested in getting in on it, especially Flan. Besides, you'll want to stock up on those rice cakes when you can get them, eh?"

>Patchouli closes the book she was studying.
>"I'll join in." she says, "I was once an avid better, believe it or not. It would be nice to place a wager again... and get more rice cakes..."
>She smiles in slight excitement, though her hair falls to shield it before long.

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Alright then. I'll see you the next time the contest rolls around then."
>Look to Suika. "Hey, when's the next one anyways?"

[Nekomata-chan]

>Nod. "Alright then. I'll see you the next time the contest rolls around then."
>Look to Suika. "Hey, when's the next one anyways?"

>Suika shrugs, "All I know is it's next month. Yuugi said she'll tell me a week in advance. I'll let ya know then."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Alright then, that works pretty well then I guess."
>Look back to patchy. "So I'll be seeing you again sometime in the near future then. You've got plenty of time to prepare, get cash in order, and so on."
>Grin. "Besides, it's not like we'll be staying there for an entire week, just that day."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Nod. "Alright then, that works pretty well then I guess."
>Look back to Patchy. "So I'll be seeing you again sometime in the near future then. You've got plenty of time to prepare, get cash in order, and so on."
>Grin. "Besides, it's not like we'll be staying there for an entire week, just that day."

>Patchouli nods, "I have plenty of time to do anything, there is little I need to prepare."
>Suika grins, "I might just stick around with Yuugi after the contest for a while, y'know. We didn't really catch up much during the last one..."

>Sakuya pokes her head around the door, "Reimu, I thought I may let you know that Marisa and Alice are here."
>Patchouli coughs and slowly edges behind a bookcase, "Damn. And here I thought I would go a whole day without seeing Marisa."
>Yukari grins, "But don't you like her, Patchy?"
>Patchouli yelps, "NO! I mean... no, not at all..."

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh amusedly. "Murphy's law Patchy, murphy's law. Just when you think things are going well, they take a turn for the worse."
>Shrug. "Ah well, I'll go see 'em. I get the feeling that me being a therapist isn't done for today. Not for a while even."
>Let's go see what's going on now.

[Nekomata-chan]

>Sigh amusedly. "Murphy's law Patchy, murphy's law. Just when you think things are going well, they take a turn for the worse."
>Shrug. "Ah well, I'll go see 'em. I get the feeling that me being a therapist isn't done for today. Not for a while even."
>Let's go see what's going on now.

>You exit the library, and Patchouli doesn't leave her hiding spot. Koakuma is laughing as she closes the door behind you.

>Sakuya leads you down the hallway to the goyer, where you see Marisa and Alice talking to Remilia and Flandre.

>"So, you're telling me we both upped-sticks and came over here... only for there to be no commotion whatsoever?" Alice moans.
>"Seems so. I thought we were on to a doozy, too, ze." Marisa laughs.
>Alice laughs maliciously, "Yes, because you are always right about everything and never over-react(!)"

>Yukari smirks, "It seems like they are fighting indirectly again."
>Marisa sees you, and grins, "Great, she turned up!! Thought I'd missed ya, Reimu, ze! Would'a been really bad, wouldn't it?!!"
>Alice facepalms, "Yes, yes, that would be an absolute travesty, had the pair of you not crossed paths. Oh, the whole of Gensokyo would have imploded(!)"

>Yukari talks through her teeth, "Be careful what you wish for."

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "Alright, what're you two on about this time? And make it simple, unless you don't mind me settling things 'the usual way'."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Sigh. "Alright, what're you two on about this time? And make it simple, unless you don't mind me settling things 'the usual way'."

>Alice and Marisa lock eyes, but Alice cuts in before Marisa can see anything.

>"Marisa is a sleazy, half-witted klutz! She strutted into my house and turned it upside down and, unless I had stopped her, would have ran off and sold all of my possessions worth more than a handful of tea-leaves!!"
>Marisa groans, "Alice, I told ya' I'd give ya' the money!"
>Alice snaps, "I don't care! You tried to sell the clothes straight from my skin! You're a damned pervert! It makes me sick, you know!"
>Marisa snaps with her, "And you have ya'r own creepy side too, y'know, ze!! All lonely and snappy at one point then you just can't get enough o' me! Two-faced, is what y' are!"
>Alice screeches, "You pester me all the time!! Just go and rot in He-"

>Sakuya cuts them off, "WILL YOU TWO JUST BE QUIET?!"

>Her voice echoes, and everybody falls silent. Sakuya coughs to clear her throat, and looks at you, with a look that says 'Help me out!'.

[Hanzo K.]

>".....You guys."
>Look to Sakuya. "I'll take care of this. Don't worry."
>Then look back to Alice and Marisa. "Alright, outside with me you two."
>Let's head out, dragging them with us if we have to.

[Nekomata-chan]

>".....You guys."
>Look to Sakuya. "I'll take care of this. Don't worry."

>Sakuya smiles, "Thank you. I know most of the story, but I'm not sure how to deal with these two at the best of times."

>Then look back to Alice and Marisa. "Alright, outside with me you two."
>Let's head out, dragging them with us if we have to.

>Alice scoffs, and turns and walks out, "Fine!"
>Marisa sighs and traipses after her, "Yeah... fine... ze..."
>You all head outside, and the pair turn around and stare at you when the door closes.

>Alice blinks, "Well?"

[Hanzo K.]

>"Alright, I take it this whole mess started when Marisa found out how much I got for selling some of her old stuff."
>"Well, to make it so you two don't get ahead of yourselves before I get to the meat and potatoes of the deal...I'll have to administer the usual." Say that last part with our usual smile we get when we're gonna do the usual thing.

[Nekomata-chan]

>"Alright, I take it this whole mess started when Marisa found out how much I got for selling some of her old stuff."

>Alice growls, "So you started her off on this!!"
>Marisa sighs, "Alice, shut up and let her carry on an' stuff, ze."

>"Well, to make it so you two don't get ahead of yourselves before I get to the meat and potatoes of the deal...I'll have to administer the usual." Say that last part with our usual smile we get when we're gonna do the usual thing.

>Alice and Marisa both shut up and stare at you.
>They both edge one step back simultaneously. It seems they're a little unnerved.
>Alice clears her throat, and Marisa just grins awkwardly.

[Hanzo K.]

>Pause.
>...Then bust out laughing.
>"That sure got you two to cool your heels eh? But anyhow, you two should calm down. Someday I won't be around to mediate between the two of you y'know."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Pause.
>...Then burst out laughing.

>The pair of them just stare. It seems you have scared them just a little bit more.

>"That sure got you two to cool your heels eh? But anyhow, you two should calm down. Someday I won't be around to mediate between the two of you y'know."

>Alice groans, but Marisa just laughs with you.
>Alice claps Marisa over the back of the head, and the latter soon shuts up.

>Yukari pokes her head out of a gap beside your shoulder, "I didn't know it was common practise to laugh away marital problems~!"
>Alice flushes red, "M-marital?!"

[Hanzo K.]

>Laugh a bit more, then wipe away the the tears from laughing so hard.
>"Isn't it obvious? You two bicker like an old married couple!"
>Laugh more!

[Nekomata-chan]

>Laugh a bit more, then wipe away the the tears from laughing so hard.
>"Isn't it obvious? You two bicker like an old married couple!"
>Laugh more!

>Marisa laughs loudly along with you, as does Yukari. Suika also pokes her head through to join in the laughter, so her and Yukari are squashed with their torsoes sticking out of the gap in mid-air.
>Alice just stutters with a red face. She then frowns, folds her arms and looks away.

>Marisa drapes her arm around Alice's shoulder, the latter of which tenses up in a way you didn't think possible.
>Marisa just sticks her lower lip out in a mock-pout, "Aww, Alice, don't be that way~!"
>"Just. Don't." Alice hisses abruptly.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let the laughter die down to a chuckle.
>"Seriously, you two behave like you've already been married for ages."
>Beat.
>"...But which one's the husband, and which one's the wife?"

[Nekomata-chan]

>Let the laughter die down to a chuckle.
>"Seriously, you two behave like you've already been married for ages."

>Marisa chuckles, "Well, we 'ave known each other for quite a white, ze!"

>Beat.
>"...But which one's the husband, and which one's the wife?"

>Alice stutters, but Marisa butts in before she can say anything.
>Marisa grins, "I'd be the husband, because Alice has bigger boobs than I do! Also, she got more of a ladylike voice t'an me, too, ze!!"

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Well, you know what they say, 'strange minds think alike'. Besides, it just seems kinda right for you Alice, being the wife."
>Chuckle. "I mean, you are good with sewing things and stuff, something I really need to improve at."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Grin. "Well, you know what they say, 'strange minds think alike'. Besides, it just seems kinda right for you Alice, being the wife."
>Chuckle. "I mean, you are good with sewing things and stuff, something I really need to improve at."

>Alice murmurs under her breath, "This is such a close competitor for the weirdest conversation I've ever had... the weirdest being Marisa holding my underwear for ransom..."
>She sends a dagger-like glare at Marisa, who shrugs, "I was reasonable!"

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle. "But Alice, you should know by now that this sort of thing's par for the course in Gensokyo."

[Nekomata-chan]

>Chuckle. "But Alice, you should know by now that this sort of thing's par for the course in Gensokyo."

>Alice coughs, "Yes, but what Marisa asked for as the ransom was completely bizarre!"
>Marisa just giggles, "I just asked for you to sew up the holes in my socks..."
>Alice facepalms, "All of your socks, you said. All of your 50 pairs of socks. All of your 50 pairs of almost completely shredded socks."

[Hanzo K.]

>Facefault.
>Then get up. "Socks?! That was the ransom?! I...But it...The...You...That...Whaaaaa?"

(Miko.exe has encountered an error and needs to reboot.)

[Nekomata-chan]

>Facefault.
>Then get up. "Socks?! That was the ransom?! I...But it...The...You...That...Whaaaaa?"

>Alice shrugs, "I malfunctioned like that at first. But then Marisa waved my own underwear in front of my face, so I had to get to work."
>Marisa laughs out loud, "Malfunction? Alice, you should see when Reimu truly malfunctions! Like last night, she was completely drunk off her ass! Totally kaput, there was no wakin' 'er up, ze!!"
>Yukari smirks, "You were, actually, Reimu. Almost comatose."

[Hanzo K.]

>".....Just why was I drinking that heavily in the first place?"

[Nekomata-chan]

>".....Just why was I drinking that heavily in the first place?"

>Suika clears her throat, "Nobody knows, but ya' said some really bizarre stuff anyhow."
>Yukari groans, "Yeah... that. Maybe you had a mini breakdown, but you seem fine. Probably just a drunken stupor."

[Hanzo K.]

>Shrug. "Well, at least I'm back to normal now. Well, normal by Gensokyo standards at least."
>"Anyhow...Have you two calmed down now?"

(Now watch this tie in to Yuyuko Quest or something. xD)

[Nekomata-chan]

>Shrug. "Well, at least I'm back to normal now. Well, normal by Gensokyo standards at least."
>"Anyhow...Have you two calmed down now?"

(Now watch this tie in to Yuyuko Quest or something. xD)

(I just hope they don't all collide at exactly the same time. That would be... odd..."

>Marisa grins, "I'm calm enough. Always 'ave been, ze.
>Alice sighs, "Yeah, I guess I am too."
>Marisa throws her arm around Alice, "That's my girl!!"
>Alice blushes.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "See what a good laugh and a strange conversation can do?"
>Beat.
>"Hey, Yukari? I don't think I've ever asked this, but how hard was it to get a Shikigami strong enough to have a Shikigami herself?"