Rumia Quest III: Hero of Shadow

[Raikaria]

>Quickly move to the side.
>As soon as we get a chance, break a branch off a tree, stick it through a loop in the ribbon, and use it to pull the ribbon off.

> You move to the side.

> This is a BAMBOO forest. There are no trees, or even branches! Still, you break off a chunk of bamboo, and try to remove the ribbon.

> The bamboo is blasted away by the ribbon. It seems you can't remove it by any means.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Hmm...
>Dive down to the ground, upside-down, and move sideways while pressing the ribbon against the ground. Maybe we can scrape it off!

[Raikaria]

>Hmm...
>Dive down to the ground, upside-down, and move sideways while pressing the ribbon against the ground. Maybe we can scrape it off!

> Reisen watches, doing nothing, as you start to scrape your head against the ground. Your efforts don't work. Nothing you can do can remove the ribbon.

> "Have you gone mad already?" Reisen asks. "I almost feel pity for you, attempting to emove that ribbon. Almost. If I felt pity I'd take it off, but I'm not stupid."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Could we form danmaku behind her? If so, then start scraping our head against a tree, and while she watches, form as many shots behind her as we can and send them all at her while she's distracted.

[Raikaria]

>Could we form danmaku behind her? If so, then start scraping our head against a tree, and while she watches, form as many shots behind her as we can and send them all at her while she's distracted.

> No, all of your danmaku eminates from your location.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Laser her. If she returns fire, dodge to the side. Then find a shot on the outer edge and move in so that it hits the ribbon. If that doesn't take the ribbon off (which it probably won't), immediately fire at Reisen whike she's shaking her head at us again.

[Raikaria]

>Laser her. If she returns fire, dodge to the side. Then find a shot on the outer edge and move in so that it hits the ribbon. If that doesn't take the ribbon off (which it probably won't), immediately fire at Reisen whike she's shaking her head at us again.

> You fire some lasers, but Reisen just dodges them.

> "You're not even worth my time." the rabbit says.

[Hint: You're not going to be able to defeat Reisen with sheer force, she's faster and stronger. You're going to have to trick her somehow. This somehow has nothing to do with the ribbon [Besides, if you use all your ribbon time now, what will you do against Reisen's master?]]

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>What is our position relative to Reisen and the mansion?

[Raikaria]

>What is our position relative to Reisen and the mansion?

> Reisen is between you and the mansion, and has been taking every effort to keep this the case, except when she appeared behind you.

> That is, assumeing she's not making you think this is the case with her powers.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Start spraying her with shots while flying circles around her.

[Raikaria]

>Start spraying her with shots while flying circles around her.

> You begin looping around Reisen, fireing a large amount of bullets, but Reisen just replies in turn, by standing still and fireing a lot of bullets to defend herself.

> You suddenly hear Tewi shout something.

> "Reisen! Look! Look at her eyes! They're RED! Like yours!" Tewi shouts.

> "So?" Reisen asks. "She's a Youkai."

> "Yeah, but people driven mad by you have red eyes, don't they? Maybe she's already mad or something... so your ability might not work!"

> "Tewi... why are you telling me this when my foe is also in earshot? Are you attempting to prank me again?" Reisen accused the rabbit.

> During this discussion, Reisen has not stopped eye contact with you.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Keep circling and shooting.
>When we next pass between the mansion and Reisen, stop shooting and dart into the mansion.

[Raikaria]

>Keep circling and shooting.
>When we next pass between the mansion and Reisen, stop shooting and dart into the mansion.

> You keep circleing Reisen. It's a little difficult to tell where you are in relation to the mansion as you're faceing Reisen, so you end up doing another five loops until you're sure.

> You stop shooting and attempt to dark into the mansion, only to find a livid-looking Reisen blocking your way.

> "Too slow." she says simply, looking right at you. You can feel her eyes boring into your head again.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Look away.
>Is she within arm's reach? If so, punch her, then keep going. If not, accellerate to full speed, pass under her, and keep going. If she gets in our way again, don't stop. Charge right into her.

[Raikaria]

>Look away.
>Is she within arm's reach? If so, punch her, then keep going. If not, accellerate to full speed, pass under her, and keep going. If she gets in our way again, don't stop. Charge right into her.

> You look away. You still feel funny, but less so.

> She is within arm's reach, so you attempt to punch her. Unfortunetly, you are attempting to punch a trained member of the lunarian military, a professional. So it dosen't work, Reisen just deflects your fist.

> Having failed punching, you use the deflection to open some distance, before attempting to charge through at full speed. This time, Reisen dosen't get in your way, instead, she makes eye contact for a second, and you smash into the wall of Eientei due to the resulting disorientation.

> You swear you hear a voice from within the mansion ask "What was that?".

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Get to the door and enter, being sure not to look at Reisen.

[Raikaria]

>Get to the door and enter, being sure not to look at Reisen.

> You attempt to get to the door, but this is impossible with Reisen in the way.

> The door suddenly swings open, knocking Reisen over.

> "Reeeeisen! What was that banging noise!" the newcomer asks. She looks rather young, and is pretty short. She has long, jet-black hair, and is wearing a pink shirt, and a red shirt that looks far too big.

> What draws your attention, however, is the eggplant-like umbrella she's holding over herself.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Kogasa!"
>Dash around Reisen and stop in front of this woman.
>"Give me my friend back!"

[Raikaria]

>"Kogasa!"
>Dash around Reisen and stop in front of this woman.
>"Give me my friend back!"

> There is no response.

> You dart around Reisen, who has her face buried in the snow. She pulls herself up but dosen't bother to try and stop you, seeing as Kaguya has seen fit to come outside herself.

> "Princess, this youkai is here to try and take your umbrella from you!" Reisen said.

> "Your freind? I found this umbrella, rather burnt, after fighting my nemisis. I fixed it up. How can an umbrella be your freind?" the princess asks.

> You cannot see the mouth or eye on the umbrella. You've seen this before, it means Kogasa's spirit is in a dormant state, she's basically pretending to be a normal umbrella.

[Hanzo K.]

>"That's 'cuz she's asleep right now! Wait, you said she was burnt? She must have gotten caught in a fight or some, and needed to heal!"

[Raikaria]

>"That's 'cuz she's asleep right now! Wait, you said she was burnt? She must have gotten caught in a fight or some, and needed to heal!"

>"I think this umbrella was damaged due to the fight between me and Mokou. Indeed, it's impressive there was anything left for me to repair afterwards." Kaguya said, before adding, "Still, it's been a week since I finished fixing it, and there's been no signs of life... although I guess there might be a way to make sure."

> Kaguya is quiet for a moment, before she breathes in sharply. You notice all the rabbits cover their ears.

[Hanzo K.]

>Headtilt. "Eh?"

[Raikaria]

>Headtilt. "Eh?"

> "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!" Kaguya shreiks. This is probobly the loudest thing you've heard in your life. Far louder than when Kyouko shouted to greet you earlier.

[Hanzo K.]

>Reel back a bit, and stick fingers in both our ears and wiggle them around in there to try to clear away the ow.
>"Owwwwwwwww."

[Raikaria]

>Reel back a bit, and stick fingers in both our ears and wiggle them around in there to try to clear away the ow.
>"Owwwwwwwww."

> Kaguya ignores you. She looks pretty proud.

> Moments later, a woman runs out next to Kaguya. She's wearing red and blue, with + signs and dots connected with lines on her outfit. She's also holding a bow.

> "Princess... do you really have to deafen the whole forest?" the woman asked.

> "I needed you here ten seconds ago Eirin..."

> The woman sighs. "Well... what's the issue?"

[Hanzo K.]

>"Owwww....That was louder than Kyouko..."

[Raikaria]

>"Owwww....That was louder than Kyouko..."

> "OK, this Youkai might need her ears repaired. Now, Princess?" Eirin said.

> "That youkai claims this umbrella is her freind." Kaguya says.

> Eirin takes the dormant Kogasa and looks at it. "I'll need to take this to my lab to check. I'm sure I have some shady drug in my lab that'll force any karakasa to scream out in pain and thus, reveal if this is a karakasa or not." Eirin says.

> The umbrella wiggles, before an eye and mouth appear, and a tounge rolls out of it. Moments later, Kogasa's avatar materialises, looking a bit charred, and scared.

> "There isn't any need to do that! Nonononono! I heard enough about your shady drugs from the rabbits!" Kogasa says, panicing.

> Kogasa then turns to Kaguya. "Surprise!"

> Kaguya does not look amused. "Eirin... why is this umbrella a person?"

[Hanzo K.]

>"WHAT? I THINK THERE'S SOME FISH IN THE LAKE? WHY ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT FISH? OH, HI KOGASA!"

(Playing up the hearing glitch for fun. xD)

[Raikaria]

>"WHAT? I THINK THERE'S SOME FISH IN THE LAKE? WHY ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT FISH? OH, HI KOGASA!"

(Playing up the hearing glitch for fun. xD)

> Everyone looks at you.

> "Sorry, I think I made her go a bit mad." Reisen says.

> "O HAI RUMIA! Did I surprise you being here? Did I did I?" Kogasa says, doing the floating equivilent of bounceing up and down.

> Eirin walks over to you, and pulls out some sort of thin item. "I always bring this when the Princess shouts like that, in case she damages anyone's ears. Hold still please." Eirin says. You can hear this perfectly, because Reisen is using her Wave Manipulation to ensure the sound waves are translated correctly by your ears. [Not that you know this]

[Hanzo K.]

>"EH? HOLD STILL? OKAY! AND WHAT'S THAT ABOUT A PRIZE KOGASA? I HAVEN'T WON ANYTHING!"