Yukari Quest, continued... Again?!

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Has the strain of opening these tears started to lessen?
>"Well, into the hornet's nest."
>Go in with Rin
>Be ready to immediately react to an attempt on our lives.

>Not particularly. You suppose that you've grown accustomed to it, at the very least.
>"Wait for me, Okuu."
>Rin attempts to step through the gap, but finds that she is unable to do so.
>She places her hand upon it, it looks as though she is touching a wall. She looks at you, her hand still on the gap that you opened.
>"Aren't you supposed to be able to go through these?"

>_

[Darkoda]

>What.
>Do we detect anything screwy?
>Grab onto Rin with one hand and touch the gap. Does our hand go through? If so, try going through while carrying her.
>If we do detect anything screwy going on, disregard that third command.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>What.
>Do we detect anything screwy?
>Grab onto Rin with one hand and touch the gap. Does our hand go through? If so, try going through while carrying her.
>If we do detect anything screwy going on, disregard that third command.

>You mentally express your surprise.
>You do not.
>You wonder what you should do.

>_

[Darkoda]

>Really now. Have our gaps ever rejected anyone before?
>"Well now, something is clearly broken here. If I get sucked in, then just wait around here. Sooner or later I'll figure out what went screwy and return Higan to normal."
>See if we can put our hand through the gap.
>If it does suck us in, being on guard still applies.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Really now. Have our gaps ever rejected anyone before?
>"Well now, something is clearly broken here. If I get sucked in, then just wait around here. Sooner or later I'll figure out what went screwy and return Higan to normal."
>See if we can put our hand through the gap.
>If it does suck us in, being on guard still applies.

>They have not.
>"Um, okay..."
>Rin steps away from the gap.
>You place your own hand on the gap and find that it passes through with ease.

>_

[Darkoda]

>We might be able to get around this.
>"Either the gap will only let me in until I fix things inside, or it will only let in something that I'm carrying."
>"Try holding onto me in your cat form. If it's the latter, you'll be able to pass though. If not, you'll just drop off."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>We might be able to get around this.
>"Either the gap will only let me in until I fix things inside, or it will only let in something that I'm carrying."
>"Try holding onto me in your cat form. If it's the latter, you'll be able to pass though. If not, you'll just drop off."

>You may have come up with something.
>"So that means...?"
>"I'll give it a try."
>You close your eyes as a flash of light radiates from Rin.
>When you open them again, you see a black and red cat with two tails which proceeds to jump onto your shoulder.

>_

[Darkoda]

>So we have umbrella, bag with stuff, and one hellcat.
>Let's try crossing the gap again.
>Really, stay on guard; this is even weirder than normal now

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>So we have umbrella, bag with stuff, and one hellcat.
>Let's try crossing the gap again.
>Really, stay on guard; this is even weirder than normal now

>You quickly take inventory of your stuff before trying to step through the gap once more.
>You take a step through the gap but find that Rin is, once again, unable to enter through the gap.
>You're not entirely sure to make of this.

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Well it looks like it's the first one after all."
>"Give me a couple of hours and I'll have Higan back to normal. I might even get the Yama in a good mood~"
>And Reimu would stop being greedy next.
>Through the gap alone then.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Well it looks like it's the first one after all."
>"Give me a couple of hours and I'll have Higan back to normal. I might even get the Yama in a good mood~"
>And Reimu would stop being greedy next.
>Through the gap alone then.

>The cat on your shoulder paws at the gap for a few moments before jumping off your shoulder.
>The cat stretches and finds a suitably shady area before it lies there. The cat continues to watch you.
>Hey, there is the slight possibility that it could happen!
>You leave Rin and step through the gap.
>On the other side, the sky is a rather dark colour, much darker than what it would be on a normal night. There are no stars in the sky, nor can you see the moon.
>It's rather difficult to make things out, but you do believe that there is something the approximate shape and size of a small boat floating along the Sanzu.

>_

[Darkoda]

>No signs of anyone?
>Just to be sure, standard inability to use our gap powers in here?
>Fly to the boat; Komachi's probably snoozing in there.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>No signs of anyone?
>Just to be sure, standard inability to use our gap powers in here?
>Fly to the boat; Komachi's probably snoozing in there.

>Not where you are, at the very least.
>You try manipulating a boundary and find that, once again, you are unable to do so.
>You decide that you may as well fly over to the boat. There isn't much else here.
>As you approach the boat, you can hear someone snoring.

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Get close enough to identify the person, but be careful. No telling what's gone screwy here.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Get close enough to identify the person, but be careful. No telling what's gone screwy here.

>You get close enough to identify the source of the snoring.
>You see Komachi lying inside the boat, sleeping. Her scythe lies beside her, she does not appear to be aware of your presence yet.

>_

[Darkoda]

>Make sure we're out of reach of her scythe
>In our best Yama voice, yell out "Komachi!"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Make sure we're out of reach of her scythe
>In our best Yama voice, yell out "Komachi!"

>You take care to make sure that the scythe cannot touch you.
>You call Komachi's name in the best imitation of Shikieiki's voice that you can conjure.
>The boat rocks a bit before you see the outline of Komachi sitting up and looking around. She appears to be holding her scythe.
>"Who's there?"

>_

[Darkoda]

>"The resident Youkai of Boundaries."
>"Just what has been going on here for the past two years?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"The resident Youkai of Boundaries."
>"Just what has been going on here for the past two years?"

>"Huh? There's someone actually there?"
>"Jeez, I don't know. Nothing, really. What has been going on?
>"All I know is that nobody's shown up here for a while. You're the first person I've talked to in a long while."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"That would be due to the border cracking. It sealed off this place and some others, so no one's been able to enter or leave here."
>"Right now, something is still wrong here and until it is fixed, Higan will remain like this."
>"But you said that I'm the first person you've talked to. What happened to the Yama?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"That would be due to the border cracking. It sealed off this place and some others, so no one's been able to enter or leave here."
>"Right now, something is still wrong here and until it is fixed, Higan will remain like this."
>"But you said that I'm the first person you've talked to. What happened to the Yama?"

>"So that's what happened, is it?"
>You think you hear Komachi getting into a more comfortable position in her boat.
>"And, let me guess, you're here to do something about it. Right? Took your sweet time getting here."
>You hear a yawn as Komachi stretches.
>"Eiki? Dunno. Guess she's been busy. I'm not complaining."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Well I'm sorry, but I was a bit busy within the border, stopping it from breaking and destroying everything for two years. I'll try my best to follow your work ethic next time."
>"So you haven't seen her in two years? Every other time I've had to fix one of these gaps, someone got screwed up and needed someone close to them to help pull them out. You're the closest person to the Yama, so we get to see why she hasn't shown up in two years."
>Ge Komachi to go with us to the Yama's office. We need someone to buffer the ranting.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Well I'm sorry, but I was a bit busy within the border, stopping it from breaking and destroying everything for two years. I'll try my best to follow your work ethic next time."
>"So you haven't seen her in two years? Every other time I've had to fix one of these gaps, someone got screwed up and needed someone close to them to help pull them out. You're the closest person to the Yama, so we get to see why she hasn't shown up in two years."
>Ge Komachi to go with us to the Yama's office. We need someone to buffer the ranting.

>"Ouch... No need to word it like that, is there?"
>"Sounds about right. It's not like that's uncommon though. It's the lack of any new arrivals and the sky that's really weird."
>"I mean, what kind of sky is completely black like this one?"
>You would prefer to have someone else that the Yama could rant at with you.
>"Do I have to? I'll only slow you down. Or whatever the line was."
>You hear Komachi yawning again.

>_

[Darkoda]

>"However the Yama feels about you, she feels far worse about me. And I know you can manipulate distance to get us there in one step."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"However the Yama feels about you, she feels far worse about me. And I know you can manipulate distance to get us there in one step."

>"Well, as much as I'd love to help, somebody needs to stay around the shore. After all, who knows when some poor lost soul might end up here?"
>"Yep. Got to keep watch. Never know what might happen."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"That's impossible, this area is sealed."
>"At this point it would likely be easier to go myself though. I'll just drag her here if she's gone crazy."
>Off to the Yama's office. Unless we don't know where it is, in which case get directions from Komachi first.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"That's impossible, this area is sealed."
>"At this point it would likely be easier to go myself though. I'll just drag her here if she's gone crazy."
>Off to the Yama's office. Unless we don't know where it is, in which case get directions from Komachi first.

>"Hey, you never know."
>You think you see Komachi shrug.
>"Yeah, that sounds like a plan. Good luck with that."
>"Guess I can get you across the river, at the very least though. Not like you can get across without my help."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Fair enough. By the way, have you seen a Hell Raven's soul? Named Utsuho?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Fair enough. By the way, have you seen a Hell Raven's soul? Named Utsuho?"

>"Then all aboard?"
>"Utsuho? Think I did, matter of fact. No idea what happened to her, though."

>_

[Darkoda]

>All aboard
>"So she really is here at least." Now just to find her soul.