Yukari Quest, continued... Again?!

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"In the heat of the moment, one often has unfortunately little time to think."

>"You have all the time you need right now. She is unlikely to wake any time soon."

>_

[Darkoda]

>Under any event we can't do anything for another hour.
>Anyway, while the entire running from reality thing is clearly unhealthy, it won't help if we do the equivalent of throwing her into a sea and telling her to sink or swim.
>It would likely be best to close her eye again, and if she decides to finally stop running, she'll reopen it on her own.
>Either way, when she reawakens, considering her last memory was her somehow jumping to the conclusion that we kidnapped Utsuho......yeah.
>Considering that she spent near two years scouring Gensokyo for her, Koishi's not going to let that go.
>We were supposed to tell Satori about that - right, mind-reader, well that's done.
>"So, what are you going to do when she wakes up?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Under any event we can't do anything for another hour.
>Anyway, while the entire running from reality thing is clearly unhealthy, it won't help if we do the equivalent of throwing her into a sea and telling her to sink or swim.
>It would likely be best to close her eye again, and if she decides to finally stop running, she'll reopen it on her own.
>Either way, when she reawakens, considering her last memory was her somehow jumping to the conclusion that we kidnapped Utsuho......yeah.
>Considering that she spent near two years scouring Gensokyo for her, Koishi's not going to let that go.
>We were supposed to tell Satori about that - right, mind-reader, well that's done.
>"So, what are you going to do when she wakes up?"

>"Take your time then, and think this over."
>"..."
>"She would likely be unable to do such a thing, even if she were willing."
>"I already know of this. I am able to see into her mind right now, regardless of however fragmented it may be."
>"I shall continue to look after her until I am no longer needed."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Do you have any idea how long she will remain out for?"
>"I'm thinking that the best option is to find Utsuho before Koishi awakens. If I re-close her eye, then when she wakes, she will not be able to easily discern her current situation, and given her state before I opened it, I doubt she'll be in the mood to listen to explanations. In fact, I expect she'd try to escape. But if we can have Utsuho here when she wakes up, this may do much to calm her."

[Darkoda]

>Hold off on saying/thinking the above for a bit

Utsuho is still quite dead. I don't think it's in any way possible to have Utsuho resurrected and well unless Koishi stays unconscious for a couple more days, which in of itself is cause for concern.

Even if she escapes, it would be us she'd come for anyway.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Do you have any idea how long she will remain out for?"
>"I'm thinking that the best option is to find Utsuho before Koishi awakens. If I re-close her eye, then when she wakes, she will not be able to easily discern her current situation, and given her state before I opened it, I doubt she'll be in the mood to listen to explanations. In fact, I expect she'd try to escape. But if we can have Utsuho here when she wakes up, this may do much to calm her."

>Hold off on saying/thinking the above for a bit

>The satori raises an eyebrow at you.
>"Your mind is a rather strange one, isn't it?"

>_

[Darkoda]

>"But of course, Cthulhu taught me well."
>Unleash the mind-flayer.

Bleh, Satori probably has something in mind for this anyway.
>"Last she was awake, she was particularly driven to beat Utsuho's location out of me, and still in shock over her meeting with you. When she eventually wakes, she's liable to rush off again."
>That couldn't have helped her belief that Satori doesn't listen to her.
>"As she is, if she runs off, she's liable to do something foolish."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"But of course, Cthulhu taught me well."
>Unleash the mind-flayer.

>"Last she was awake, she was particularly driven to beat Utsuho's location out of me, and still in shock over her meeting with you. When she eventually wakes, she's liable to rush off again."
>That couldn't have helped her belief that Satori doesn't listen to her.
>"As she is, if she runs off, she's liable to do something foolish."

>"Wait a moment! What on earth is that monstrosity? Why does it have tentacles? And where are they trying to touch?! Get them off me!"
>"You were the one that baited her, were you not? However, that is irrelevant."
>"I am confident that, were you to close her eye once more, she would go back to acting as she always has."
>"If you do not close her eye, I believe that I will be able to calm her."

>_

[Darkoda]

>So that's how it is.
>While it happened in a horrible fashion, her eye is open now and we can close it under our own power.
>We already know that reasoning with Koishi with her eye closed is something we aren't good at.
>And the more people who harass the Yama, the more likely she'll get frustrated and give up Utsuho's soul. Or at least the experience of trying to lecture two satori might drive her spare.
>Now there's a pleasant thought.
>"If you can calm her, then that removes the main reason to close her eye before she awakens. Now the question is when will she wake up?"
>Can we manipulate the boundary between sleep and awake without our full power? Granted, if we do it that way, she'll have her eye opened for at least a full hour, but if anyone can keep her calm, it will be Satori.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"If you can calm her, then that removes the main reason to close her eye before she awakens. Now the question is when will she wake up?"

>Right after this, say: "If she can be made calm, we can ask her what she would have me do."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>So that's how it is.
>While it happened in a horrible fashion, her eye is open now and we can close it under our own power.
>We already know that reasoning with Koishi with her eye closed is something we aren't good at.
>And the more people who harass the Yama, the more likely she'll get frustrated and give up Utsuho's soul. Or at least the experience of trying to lecture two satori might drive her spare.
>Now there's a pleasant thought.
>"If you can calm her, then that removes the main reason to close her eye before she awakens. Now the question is when will she wake up?"

>Right after this, say: "If she can be made calm, we can ask her what she would have me do."

>"..."
>The question is, will you close it?
>"In that form, she is beyond reasoning. She exists in a different reality to ours."
>"Unfortunately, I do not think that I will be able to accompany you to Higan."
>"Shall I take that as your decision to leave her as she is?"
>"I doubt that she herself knows. As I mentioned before, her mind is completely fragmented. I do not know how long it would take to piece it together."

>Can we manipulate the boundary between sleep and awake without our full power? Granted, if we do it that way, she'll have her eye opened for at least a full hour, but if anyone can keep her calm, it will be Satori.

>With your full power, certainly. In your current state you can, but as your experience with Momiji has proven, not without some side effects to yourself.
>"I do not believe that it would be wise to forcefully wake her."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"I see."
>"If she truly wants her eye closed again when she wakes up, if she doesn't do it herself, I'm not hard to find."
>Either way, things are at a standstill until Koishi wakes up here.
>Even if Satori doesn't accompany us, Rin still should, both because she has a deep emotional attachment to Utsuho and because we do not get along with the Yama at all and us being alone will not end well.
>Byakuren should still be arriving, but she said that she's good at revitalizing and strengthening magics right? She might know something to help restore Koishi's mind.
>And we need to know if she's noticed any other large tears in the border for us to fix.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"I see."
>"If she truly wants her eye closed again when she wakes up, if she doesn't do it herself, I'm not hard to find."
>Either way, things are at a standstill until Koishi wakes up here.
>Even if Satori doesn't accompany us, Rin still should, both because she has a deep emotional attachment to Utsuho and because we do not get along with the Yama at all and us being alone will not end well.
>Byakuren should still be arriving, but she said that she's good at revitalizing and strengthening magics right? She might know something to help restore Koishi's mind.
>And we need to know if she's noticed any other large tears in the border for us to fix.

>Satori returns to her seat.
>"I will not allow her to do that to herself once more."
>"I suppose that you have other matters to attend to now."
>"No doubt she would still want to go. Tell Rin that I am sorry for leaving her for so long."
>"I do not think that interfering with her mind in any manner would be wise given the state it is in."
>You wonder if there are any more tears barring the one at Higan and the ones running along the sky.

>_

[Darkoda]

>That's everything we can do for now.
>"Then I'll see you later Satori."
>And we're off to get Ran checked out.
>Now where in the world is Eirin. Somehow, we're pretty sure that wandering around here will get us shot at again.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>That's everything we can do for now.
>"Then I'll see you later Satori."
>And we're off to get Ran checked out.
>Now where in the world is Eirin. Somehow, we're pretty sure that wandering around here will get us shot at again.

>"I see."
>"Farewell. And I hope that you think of the consequences of your actions in more depth in the future."
>Having Ran around again would be nice.
>You have no idea. You get the feeling that walking around aimlessly may not be the best course of action.
>"She is likely to be in her study, or with the princess. Both are found on the other side of this building."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Thanks!"
>To the study!
>Gap charge by the way.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Thanks!"
>To the study!
>Gap charge by the way.

>"Make sure you bring back the Gensokyo we all remember."
>You leave Satori and her sister and make for where you think the study should be. After a few minutes of walking, you find what you believe to be the study.
>You don't have the energy to manipulate borders for at least half an hour.

>_

[Darkoda]

>Knock.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Knock.

>You knock on the door to what you believe is the study.
>"Who is it and what do you want?"

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Oh dear, are you like this with all of your clients?"
>"I came by for Ran and to find out if there's anything I need to know about her rehabilitation."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Oh dear, are you like this with all of your clients?"
>"I came by for Ran and to find out if there's anything I need to know about her rehabilitation."

>"I have neither the time nor the energy to waste with idle chat."
>The door before you opens, revealing Eirin standing with a clipboard in hand. She flips through a few pages on the clipboard.
>"Despite an unexpected situation arising during treatment, there were no issues during the patient's surgery. Patient has been placed into rehabilitation and is adjusting quickly to the newly formed limb. Patient remains under observation in case there are any abnormalities with the new limb. Patient is due to be released in two days provided no unusual situations develop."
>"I believe that this is all you need to know. If you have no further questions, then allow me to return to my work."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"If that's all, I'm taking Ran home a bit early. If any of these unusual situation develop I'll just bring her back."
>And...well she did actually keep her word and kept an eye on Koishi as well.
>"And thank you for restoring Ran's arm."
>And a sincere thanks she'll likely never get from us again, but our family is worth it.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"If that's all, I'm taking Ran home a bit early. If any of these unusual situation develop I'll just bring her back."
>And...well she did actually keep her word and kept an eye on Koishi as well.
>"And thank you for restoring Ran's arm."
>And a sincere thanks she'll likely never get from us again, but our family is worth it.

>"I suppose that would be an acceptable arrangement. A familiar environment could assist rehabilitation."
>Even if she is a Lunarian, you suppose that she is a nice person deep down. Very deep down.
>"It is what I do, think nothing of it."
>You're more than willing to swallow your pride for family.

>_

[Darkoda]

>And we're done here.
>Back to Ran and Chen.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>And we're done here.
>Back to Ran and Chen.

>You take your leave and return to Ran and Chen.
>Chen appears to have woken up and is rubbing her eyes tiredly whilst Ran watches her with a smile.

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Good morning Sleepyhead~"
>"You've been checked out and as long as nothing weird happens over the next few days and you take it easy, you have a clean bill of health."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Good morning Sleepyhead~"
>"You've been checked out and as long as nothing weird happens over the next few days and you take it easy, you have a clean bill of health."

>"Nya?"
>Chen looks at you.
>"Master! Good morning!"
>Chen leaps up to give you a hug.
>"I see, will we be going home, then?"

>_

[Darkoda]

>Return hug. In fact, proper family hug now that Ran has both arms.
>"We will soon, but Byakuren is still arriving at noon. Unless we can manage to track her down early, we're here until she arrives."
>Hmm, can Ran or Chen find Byakuren?
>Can we find her in any form that would take less time than waiting an hour and a half for her to show up?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Return hug. In fact, proper family hug now that Ran has both arms.
>"We will soon, but Byakuren is still arriving at noon. Unless we can manage to track her down early, we're here until she arrives."
>Hmm, can Ran or Chen find Byakuren?
>Can we find her in any form that would take less time than waiting an hour and a half for her to show up?

>You return Chen's hug as she leaps into your arms.
>Once you disentangle yourself from Chen, you move next to Ran with Chen and engage in a family hug.
>"I see. Then may I ask about how you have been doing, master?"
>Given enough time, probably. It would have been easier to ask Shou about her whereabouts.
>That would depend on where she is.

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[Darkoda]

>Yeah, we should have. Ah well, gotta wait a half hour till we can pop in and just ask.
>What was the last update we gave Ran on our adventures?