Rumia Quest III: Hero of Shadow

[Raikaria]

>"Okay! Let's give it a shot!"
>Weaken the darkness so Cirno can see.

> You trust Cirno... right? Either way, you lift the darkness. The tank seems single-focused on breaking the wall of ice, which has a crater in it now.

> Cirno throws a single icicle in where the shots have been coming out. Then another one. Then she just decides to freeze the end of it.

> There is a massive explosion as the top of the tank blows up. Bits of metal fill the air, but Letty forms a thin wall of ice over everyone to keep them safe from the falling shrapnel.

> "'Eye'm the Strongest!" Cirno says happily.

[Hanzo K.]

>"...That was awesome Cirno! Now we just gotta find and save Dai!"

[Raikaria]

>"...That was awesome Cirno! Now we just gotta find and save Dai!"

> "Did... Cirno blow that thing up? I was behind an Ice wall..." Reimu said.

> "Hey, guys... get out of the way!" Marisa said. Everyone stops giving the Ice fairy a dumbfounded look to see the Hakkerro glowing VERY brightly and shaking. "I can't stop the charge at this stage!"

[Hanzo K.]

>".....Oh. Not good. Cirno! Get outta there!"
>Let's get outta the way!

[Raikaria]

>".....Oh. Not good. Cirno! Get outta there!"
>Let's get outta the way!

> Everyone gets out of the way. Unfortunetly, no-one said the range of Marisa's laser, so you all get to the place that logically it wouldn't go: behind her.

> You are virtually blinded by the blast, and the recoil sends Marisa flying backwards into Alice, and sends Alice flying backwards as well. The rest of you all panic-fly back as Marisa flies back, otherwise risk being hit by the laser.

> You black out.

> "UWWWWWWA..." you hear as you come to. You see everyone struggleing up against the wall. It seems everyone was knocked for a loop, although the recovery for most of the others is faster, it seems. Aside from Marisa, who is lying on top of Alice, who is awake, attempting to push Marisa off her. She looks a little red, but you're sure it's just because of being short of breath from Marisa lying on her.

> You then look to see the rest of the room. It... kinda dosen't exist anymore. In fact, you can see where the laser tunnelled out a massive tube in the ground, and, when Marisa ran out of backwards recoil and fell over, a massive tunnel leading to the outside.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Whoa....I don't think even that Dark Spark I used back in the battle underground could've done anything like that!"
>Ow. We're gonna be feeling this for a while. Well, unless we end up going EX by the end of the day, that could fix us up in a jiff.
>Let's make sure everyone's okay, we can leave Marisa and Alice to their tender moment~

[Raikaria]

>"Whoa....I don't think even that Dark Spark I used back in the battle underground could've done anything like that!"
>Ow. We're gonna be feeling this for a while. Well, unless we end up going EX by the end of the day, that could fix us up in a jiff.
>Let's make sure everyone's okay, we can leave Marisa and Alice to their tender moment~

> "I dunno, you were kinda limited by the spellcard rules back then. I think. Unless Shinki messed with it." Sanae said.

> Well, you don't feel too bad. The only one who's not come to is Marisa... and Kogasa, but she wasn't awake before the Spark. Everyone was just stunned for a moment. Well, you THINK everyone was.

> "Marisa... why do you always have to go overkill?" Reimu asked the body.

> "CAN YOU GET THIS LUMP OFF ME?!" Alice shouted, before adding, "She's heavier than she looks!"

[Hanzo K.]

(I was more referring to the likely impacts we took from the shockwave/dodging. We're only so durable after all, even with being a youkai.)

>"Wow...Think I could ever be able to do that much? I know Yuuka probably can."
>Let's get Marisa off Alice then.

[Raikaria]

(I was more referring to the likely impacts we took from the shockwave/dodging. We're only so durable after all, even with being a youkai.)

>"Wow...Think I could ever be able to do that much? I know Yuuka probably can."
>Let's get Marisa off Alice then.

[Nah, you didn't go flying too far. You were just stunned by the flash/noise/impact]

> "Maybe. We don't know your full abilities. But anything Marisa can do with her Master Spark is probobly nothing compared to Yuuka.

> You help Alice roll Marisa off her. Alice gets up and brushes herself off, but still looks a little red.

> You hear Marisa snore. "It seems the young Kirisame is all tired from that laser..."  Genji comments. The turtle hasn't been doing much, but you doubt he can fight anyway.

> "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BASE?!" you hear Rika's voice shout, from behind. It seems whatever was making the voice in this room blew up. "Erhem... well, it's time for Plan B. Well, actually, Plan B has been active for the last two minuites, waiting for you on the surface. Fly up that convenient tube you made to see it. Hurry up... or these annoying cloud-people will no longer exist."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Guys, I'll leave the crazy to you. I'll go up to the surface to see what's going on!"
>Let's zoom up the tunnel!

[Raikaria]

>"Guys, I'll leave the crazy to you. I'll go up to the surface to see what's going on!"
>Let's zoom up the tunnel!

> You zoom up the tunnel. Cirno, Mystcia and Wriggle fly too.

> Everyone else follows. Except Alice.

> "You realise that was the same voice we've been hearing since the whole time, right? It was just coming from a speaker behind us." Sanae said.

> Cirno reaches the top first, and shouts something. "It's Daidarabotchi!"

[Hanzo K.]

>"....Oh."
>Let's pick up the pace! Full speed ahead!

[Raikaria]

>"....Oh."
>Let's pick up the pace! Full speed ahead!

> You all come out of the hole, and are left beathless.

> How did she even make something like this?



[Note: Yeah bad art skills. Oh, and this is massive. As in, third of a mountain size]

> "Behold! My ultimate creation! Evil eye OMEGA! The Flower Tank Mk2 was just stalling for time for me to outfit the power source into this baby! NUCLEAR FUSION!" Rika's voice echos. You can see what seems to be many small clouds swarming around Evil eye Omega's head, but nothing seems to be happening. You can only guess these small clouds are the Nyuudou.

[Hanzo K.]

>"...That's big. I think we're gonna need more than a few icicles to beat that."
>Check the ribbon.

[Raikaria]

>"...That's big. I think we're gonna need more than a few icicles to beat that."
>Check the ribbon.

> Cirno for once in her life is speechless. No-one comments on what you say.

> You check your ribbon. Nothing happens, probobly because you are not in immiment life-threatening danger. The downside from Nazrin's explanation seemed to hint that you'd have to be in life-threatening danger to know you could pull it off by instinct... but this would require you to do so... before said life threatening danger actually claimed your life. You are probobly in mortal danger, but not IMMEDIATE mortal danger.

> "I will give you two options. Surrender now, and let me take over Gensokyo, or I'll vaporise you." Rika says, before turning to the mountains in the distance, and shooting a laser from Evil Eye Omega's single eye... pericing through it. "Need I say more?"

> "Reimu... if you get targeted by that thing... don't be afraid to use that spell. If you die, there won't be a Gensokyo to save." Sanae says, sounding deadly serious.

> "You mean Fantasy Heaven? I wouldn't stoop to that, not while others are in danger. Especially not this old lump." Reimu said, indicateing Genji.

> Suddenly, you see a single, large cloud-fist slam into the side of Evil Eye Omega's head. It seems the Nyuudou combined  their powers into one attack. Evil Eye Omega dosen't even stagger. "Wish I knew how to kill these pests. Stupid Youkai. Opressing humans, under my rule, there will be no Youkai!"

[Hanzo K.]

>"We gotta take her down, for everyone. Not just the people here in Gensokyo, but even those guys back home in Makai. Who knows what she'll do if she wins here!"
>Let's try to completely cover that thing in darkness! It can't do anything too bad if it can't see, right?

[Raikaria]

>"We gotta take her down, for everyone. Not just the people here in Gensokyo, but even those guys back home in Makai. Who knows what she'll do if she wins here!"
>Let's try to completely cover that thing in darkness! It can't do anything too bad if it can't see, right?

> "You think... we don't know that?!" Reimu said.

> "I can't let Suwako-sama and Kanako-sama down! They trusted me to fix this mess!" Sanae said.

> "If this thing isn't stopped the temple is in danger!" Nazrin said.

> "I still got one fight left in me I guess..." Genji added, although you're not too sure if he can even fight.

> "I can't be scared!" Mytscia resolved.

> "Me neither!" Wriggle agreed.

> "'Eye'm the strongest, and I'll prove it by taking down Daidarabotchi!" Cirno cheered.

> "I won't allow a disaster to happen during the winter, lest my months be filled with sorrow." Letty said coldly.

[Que background music]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0vcOtxkbiQ

> You attempt to cover the whole machine in darkness. This is impossible, so you settle for just the eye, which you guess is where it sees from.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Alright then..Let's do this! Just who the hell does she think we are?!"
>Let's zoom up closer to the eye, and blast it with a barrage of lasers! It can't use that laser if that eye's disabled!

[Raikaria]

>"Alright then..Let's do this! Just who the hell does she think we are?!"
>Let's zoom up closer to the eye, and blast it with a barrage of lasers! It can't use that laser if that eye's disabled!

> "A bunch of youkai and traitors to mankind!" Rika shouts.

> You fly into closer range, and the others follow you. You aim laser attacks towards it's eye, but they fizzle out.

> "What? You thought that I wouldn't have any sheilding on my ultimate creation?  At least on the points that might be vunerable anyway." Rika boasts.

> Everyone else focuses their fire on the same point, even Genji seems to be fireing some bubble-like danmaku of his own. It's still not working.

> The eye starts to glow.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's look around for weakpoints!
>"Careful guys, the eye's glowing in there! it's probably gonna fire again!"

[Raikaria]

>Let's look around for weakpoints!
>"Careful guys, the eye's glowing in there! it's probably gonna fire again!"

> There are blatently two right now. The eye, which is sheilded, and the panel where you can see what appears to be a miniature sun shineing through, which is, as Rika boasted, the power source. However, this is probobly sheilded too.

> Everyone scatters just as another ray fires from the eye. You decide to christen these 'Death Rays'.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's try crashing into the panel! Full speed ahead!

[Raikaria]

>Let's try crashing into the panel! Full speed ahead!

> You crush into a panel. It hurts as you bounce off. You see Wriggle try and copy you, except with a cry of 'Wriggle Kick!'. She also bounces off.

> Two small panels open, and what seem to be arms come out of them, and are heading to grab you and Wriggle.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's get outta there, we'll blast the arms with lasers as we go too! "Let's get outta there Wriggle!"

[Raikaria]

>Let's get outta there, we'll blast the arms with lasers as we go too! "Let's get outta there Wriggle!"

> You back away from the arms, and you blast the one heading to you with lasers, causing it to catch fire, shortly before the hand explodes. Wriggle sees your sucess and fires a load of danmaku at the hand heading to her, with similar results. It seems only the important stuff is sheilded, as Rika almost let slip.

> You see some panels open on the shoulders of Evil Eye Omega, and some things fly out. "You think I didn't think of a close-ranged fight where the Omega Nuclear Super Death Ray wasn't useful? WRONG!" Rika says. You can't really make out what she released, but you know they're round and have wings. There is also quite a lot of them, and some are heading to you.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Oh great. Here we go again!"
>Let's send out a good barrage this time! lasers, normal shots, the whole nine yards!

[Raikaria]

>"Oh great. Here we go again!"
>Let's send out a good barrage this time! lasers, normal shots, the whole nine yards!

> "Yeeeah." Wriggle says.

> You start spamming everything you have short of spellcards. As the things get closer, you can see they look similar to the head of the robot, except they have little purple wings, and a 'a' sign on them. They're also more resiliant than those hands were, and are shooting energy blasts. Still, you take a couple down before they get into a range where they might have a realistic chance of hitting you.

[Hanzo K.]

>"They've got an 'a' on them, does that mean we should call them Alphas or something?"
>Keep spamming! But be sure to avoid their shots as needed.

[Raikaria]

>"They've got an 'a' on them, does that mean we should call them Alphas or something?"
>Keep spamming! But be sure to avoid their shots as needed.

> Yes, but Rumia knows nothing about Greek. Disregarding this because it's knowledge Rumia wouldn't have, at all.

> You keep spamming, as does Wriggle. A stray Icicle from Cirno even manages to impale one of the eyes attacking you! The eyes switch up when their numbers are reduced by half from projectiles to lasers, and start moving significantly quicker. You notice the stronger members like Letty, Reimu and Sanae have a lot more attacking them, but they are taking them out quickly.

> You note the panels have closed.

[Hanzo K.]

(Ah.)

>"Guys! The panels closed! I think she ran out of the little guys!"
>Keep it up! And don't forget to rack up those graze points!