Rumia Quest III: Hero of Shadow

[Raikaria]

>"Hey, that's not nice! Don't call me a liar! I said I was gonna do it, so I'm gonna do it!"

> "Did you not hear the first part? About memory? You literally will be unable to forget this agreement, which is quite useful. Also, this works both ways. If I try to betray you, I will die." Seiga said.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"But... but... why would you do that? You're going first anyways! Do you just do that every time you make an agreement with somebody or something?"
>Beat.
>"Not forgetting about it is nice, though."

[Raikaria]

>"But... but... why would you do that? You're going first anyways! Do you just do that every time you make an agreement with somebody or something?"
>Beat.
>"Not forgetting about it is nice, though."

> "Yes. I do do it every time I make an agreement." Seiga said nonchalently. "I do it to ensure people can trust me, and I can trust them. However, more than one over the course of my life has gone back on their word."

> "Indeed. Especially as you could gain your power back at any time. It could be over a millellia. Without this spell, you'd probobly forget over a period that long, and even if you didn't, I would."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Oh, yeah, that's smart. But I don't think it'll take that long. It's already started. I get more of it whenever I help people."

[Raikaria]

>"Oh, yeah, that's smart. But I don't think it'll take that long. It's already started. I get more of it whenever I help people."

> "Well, bear in mind it's taken you many, many, many years to even reach this point." Seiga said.

> "Seiga... I think I can see Hijiri coming back, you gotta go, she might get suspicious if you're still here!" Yoshika said.

> "You're right Yoshika. Goodbye Rumia, we'll meet again." Seiga said, taking the large pin out of her hair, and slashing the air with it. "My power is to move through walls, fairly mundane... until you realise you can apply 'wall' to many substances... such as passing through a 'wall of air' allows me to almost teleport like Yukari can with her gaps. Except I can't take anyone with me like the gap hag." Seiga explained, before she floated into the 'slash' she formed in the air, which sealed, and vanished.

> "Bye!" Yoskika shouted, hopping away.

> Byakuren is coming with two other figures.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Go meet them!

[Raikaria]

>Go meet them!

> You fly over to them.

> "Ah, you're still here, good. Hope you were not too bored." Byakuren says.


> "So this is the Karakasa's pal? Maaaaan, why should I help such a runt?" the larger to the two newcomers said. She was in a black dress, somewhat similar to yours, and had red and blue snake-arrow wings coming out of her back.

> "I hope you're not gonna trick her Nue, she's looking for your freind." the other newcomer said. She was clearly a mouse Youkai, and held a couple of dowsing rods, and has a dowsing pendulm.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Nope, not bored at all! I met a strange lady and her jing-... jang-... zhang-... zombie thing!"
>"Hey, if you have all that dowsing stuff, does that mean you're good at finding things?"

[Raikaria]

>"Nope, not bored at all! I met a strange lady and her jing-... jang-... zhang-... zombie thing!"
>"Hey, if you have all that dowsing stuff, does that mean you're good at finding things?"

> "... Interesting." Byakuren said.

> "Yeah. I'm Nazrin. I can find valuable objects easily, as long as I know what I'm looking for in particular." the mouse youkai said.

> "I'm Nue Houjuu... I guess you could call me that Karakasa's teacher or something." the other youkai said.

> "It's probobly best to speak to Nazrin first, so she can get the location and then go to the site to tell the others." Byakuren said.

> "Damn, I wanted this over and done with so I could go drinking with Mamizou..." Nue muttered.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Who's Mamizou?"
>"Let's find Kogasa, Nazrin!"

[Raikaria]

>"Who's Mamizou?"
>"Let's find Kogasa, Nazrin!"

> "Mamizou's the Tanuki." Nue said nonchalently.

> "Uhh... I don't find people. I find objects. Byakuren told me you had something for me to find, not someone." Nazrin said.

> Nue bursts out laughing. "Is this little youkai a retard? Oh my, Hijiri, you're wasteing my time! Even if I told her when I last saw the Karakasa I doubt she'd find her!"

> "Sorry about Nue... she can be... a bit harsh." Byakuren said, adding, "It's just her nature as a... well... Nue."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Well, she has an umbrella! Or... is an umbrella, or something. It's really weird-looking, and it even has a tounge! Can you find that?"

[Raikaria]

>"Well, she has an umbrella! Or... is an umbrella, or something. It's really weird-looking, and it even has a tounge! Can you find that?"

> "A Karakasa, while it is derived from an object, is no longer simply an object, it is sentient. I cannot find that. Besides, my dowsing only really works well with objects which are valuable... and an umbrella is not. Unless it's some weird gem-encrusted umbrella." Nazrin said.

> "If you're so obcessed with the Karakasa I'll do us both a favor and tell you what I know now so I can get outta here. About two weeks and two days ago, the karakasa stumbled upon Keine in the graveyard, during sunset. She decided, out of some grudge for being headbutted away from the human village by her before, to follow her and wait for the chance to surprise her." Nue said, sounding relaxed.

> Nue suddenly became serious. "Do you remember what it was two weeks and two days ago? Following sunset? Go on, let's see if you know. It's an important part of where Kogasa might be."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Um... no."

[Raikaria]

>"Um... no."

> "You really are an idiot. It was the full moon! I'm not sure if you know this about the human Village's guardian, but she ain't no pure human! She's a Were-hakutu, on the full moon, she transforms, and goes to the Bamboo Forest to meet with Fujiwara no Mokou. Now, if Kogasa followed her into the Bamboo Forest of the LOST... and hasn't come back yet..." Nue said, waiting to see if you figured it out.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"She's living there now?"
>"Just kidding. You think she's lost, right?"

[Raikaria]

>"She's living there now?"
>"Just kidding. You think she's lost, right?"

> "Lost is one possibilty... but there is a worse one. There is a chance that she may have been caught in a fight between the Lunarian Princess and Fujiwara no Mokou. If that happened... she's probobly dead, or at the very least wounded. Being caught in a fight between two immortals isn't a recommended course of action. What makes this worse is... apparently there WAS a flume of flame from the bamboo forest that night, a sign that Mokou and Kaguya fought. If Kogasa was in the area of the fight, that might explain why she's not back yet." Nue explained.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"AH!"
>"Come on! We have to go help her!"
>Fly off.
>Pause.
>Fly back.
>"Um, which way is the forest?"

[Raikaria]

>"AH!"
>"Come on! We have to go help her!"
>Fly off.
>Pause.
>Fly back.
>"Um, which way is the forest?"

> "Wait a second! You forgot to tell me what it was that went missing and I need to look for! Miss Hijiri said something was stolen from the Kappa!" Nazrin shouted.

> You already know which way the forest is, it was marked on Sanae's map. Nue says it's to the South-West, which is correct.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Oh, yeah! It was a... a... reactor! That's what it was called! A nucular reactor! Or something like that."

[Raikaria]

>"Oh, yeah! It was a... a... reactor! That's what it was called! A nucular reactor! Or something like that."

> "Hmm... I don't know what that is. Can you describe it in more detail... some sort of defineing feature. With a feature, I should be able to lock onto it... or items with the same feature, but my dowsing seeks out the most valuable first, and this thing sounds valuable." Nazrin said.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"It's got a really bright sun or something. I couldn't make it darker at all! The hell raven made it, I think."

[Raikaria]

>"It's got a really bright sun or something. I couldn't make it darker at all! The hell raven made it, I think."

> "Yeah... I don't think many things have a sun inside them." Nazrin said, before turning to Byakuren. "Miss Hijiri, I'll be heading to where everyone's gathering now."

> "Do your best Nazrin." Byakuren said happily, as the mouse youkai flew off.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"OkayIgottagohelpKogasabye!"
>To the forest!

[Raikaria]

>"OkayIgottagohelpKogasabye!"
>To the forest!

> "Good luck..." Byakuren says as you fly off in a hurry.

> It dosen't take long to reach the Bamboo forest. You've heard that in here lies:
Rabbits
Rabbits
Rabbits
and MOON PEOPLE

[Hanzo K.]

>Well, nothing for it then, let's go in there and search around!

[Raikaria]

>Well, nothing for it then, let's go in there and search around!

> You go into the bomboo forest, and come across nothing for a while.

> Until, after about half an hour, you see a rabbit Youkai, also known as an Inaba. She's small, and in a pink dress.

> "Who are you?" the bunny asked sheepishly.

[Hanzo K.]

>Smile cheerfully. "Just a drifting shadow~!"
>Beat.
>"Oh, you were asking me what my name is, weren't you? It's Rumia!"
>"Have you seen a Karakasa around here? I'm looking for her!"

[Raikaria]

>Smile cheerfully. "Just a drifting shadow~!"
>Beat.
>"Oh, you were asking me what my name is, weren't you? It's Rumia!"
>"Have you seen a Karakasa around here? I'm looking for her!"

> "You're not a shadow!" the bunny says.

> "Rumia. Never heard of ya!" the bunny said. "I don't have a name. I'm just a rabbit."

> "Nope, but I can take you to the boss rabbit who might know!" the rabbit said.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Not a shadow? But watch this!"
>Let's make it darker! "See? But about that boss rabbit, I think I'd like to meet her, maybe she'll be a new friend!"