Yukari Quest, continued... Again?!

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Weave through the danmaku to the nearest exit we can reach safely, then exit through it.
>Once, out of the courtroom, locate the door we believe Eiki uses.
>Charge in through that door, grabbing Eiki and pulling her out before she has time to react.

>The ring you are in is far too small to dodge in. In addition, to leave the ring, you would have to run through at least one of the large lasers.
>You need to get out of this ring first before you think about leaving the courtroom.

>If that doesn't work, straight up challenge her to a danmaku battle; if she wins we leave, if we win she comes out on her own.
>We actually have all of our spell cards this time so we can rumble.
>If the whole exiting doesn't work out to begin with, use Danmaku Bounded Field on her.

>You quickly decide to declare one of your spell cards, Danmaku Bounded Field.
>You envelop yourself in a protective ring of danmaku and watch as each of your bullets collides with Shikieiki's.
>After several waves, Shikieiki's barrage stops.
>You are still within the ring formed by the ten bars.
>You have about half of your shield from your spellcard remaining.
>"How dare you defile the sanctity of this court with this behaviour!"
>"A trial is completely unnecessary for the likes of you! You are guilty! It is obvious that hell is where you belong!"
>"If you surrender peacefully now, however, I may listen to your reasoning before casting down my final judgement."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Oh, just shut up for once. You've been trying this case for two years, and I doubt you've even noticed."

[Darkoda]

>Let's not put it that way yet. We want her to listen

>"It's simple; you've been in here trying a case with an imaginary audience for two years. Higan's sky is distorted, there hasn't been a soul in here outside of Utsuho, and you haven't noticed anything at all because this room is tampering with your memory."
>If she denies it "Don't believe me? Just step outside the courtroom and look outside. Ask your Shinigami how many souls she's seen for the past two years."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Oh, just shut up for once. You've been trying this case for two years, and I doubt you've even noticed."

>Let's not put it that way yet. We want her to listen

>You consider how you want to

>"It's simple; you've been in here trying a case with an imaginary audience for two years. Higan's sky is distorted, there hasn't been a soul in here outside of Utsuho, and you haven't noticed anything at all because this room is tampering with your memory."
>If she denies it "Don't believe me? Just step outside the courtroom and look outside. Ask your Shinigami how many souls she's seen for the past two years."

>"Do you forget your position? Watch your tongue. It seems your insane drivel is not worth lending my ears to."
>"Guards, have this lunatic taken to a holding cell."
>The bars around you lift, and immediately you feel an invisible force dragging you towards the exit of the courtroom.
>As Shikieiki glares at you, you are thrown out of the courtroom and the doors slam shut before you.

>_

[Shadoweh]

> Well that went about as well as expected. Can we open the doors and walk back in like nothing happened?

[capt. h]

> Re-enter courtroom. Next time Shikieiki says "Order! Order!", lie, say we're the prosecutor, and that she's needed in chambers about an urgent matter.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Say that, but leave out the 'prosecutor' part.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

> Well that went about as well as expected. Can we open the doors and walk back in like nothing happened?

>You hope you can.

> Re-enter courtroom. Next time Shikieiki says "Order! Order!", lie, say we're the prosecutor, and that she's needed in chambers about an urgent matter.

>Say that, but leave out the 'prosecutor' part.

>You pick yourself up off the floor and open the door to the courtroom again.
>You hear rather loud whispers and mumbling coming from the aisles around you, which is cut short by the sound of a gavel.
>"Order! Order!"
>"Who dares to interrupt a court in session?"
>You say that Shikieiki is needed in chambers in regards to an urgent matter.
>"What situation could be so dire that you felt the need to interrupt a hearing?"
>"Furthermore, I do not recognise you... It is normally the reapers who tell me these things. You are no reaper that I know of. Who are you?"

>_

[Darkoda]

>And now we see where we need Komachi
>Ah well, let's try this again
>"That's the urgent matter Judge; someone has stopped the souls of the deceased from entering Higan. The reapers are trying to resolve the situation before it gets worse but your wisdom is needed and Reaper Komachi said that you can be found here."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Say that, but don't call Komachi a reaper.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>And now we see where we need Komachi
>Ah well, let's try this again
>"That's the urgent matter Judge; someone has stopped the souls of the deceased from entering Higan. The reapers are trying to resolve the situation before it gets worse but your wisdom is needed and Reaper Komachi said that you can be found here."

>Say that, but don't call Komachi a reaper.

>You suppose that having Komachi would help your credibility here.
>Still, you might as well make the most of this moment.
>"And if none are entering Higan, and the reapers are occupied, what does that make you?"

>_

[Darkoda]

>"I am Yukari Yakumo. I was trying to reopen the path to Higan from outside, but unfortunately my plan didn't work out and only I was able to get through."
>Say that in a suitably respectful fashion.
>Hopefully we can get her out without needing to actually lie and risk that mirror of hers pointing that out.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"I am Yukari Yakumo. I was trying to reopen the path to Higan from outside, but unfortunately my plan didn't work out and only I was able to get through."
>Say that in a suitably respectful fashion.
>Hopefully we can get her out without needing to actually lie and risk that mirror of hers pointing that out.

>"If what you say is true, then that makes you the most likely suspect."
>"What is truly unfortunately for you, however, is that I have noticed nothing of the sort and are so inclined to believe that you are simply wasting my time."
>That would be rather nice, if you could manage to pull it off.

>_

[Darkoda]

>"With all due respect, it would be hard to notice much of anything within a courtroom when everything is occurring outside."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"With all due respect, it would be hard to notice much of anything within a courtroom when everything is occurring outside."

>"Are you attempting to mock me within my own court? Do not underestimate the extent to which my eyes and ears extend within this place."

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[Darkoda]

>Oh really? They sure aren't working right now.
>"Then what would it take to convince you?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Oh really? They sure aren't working right now.
>"Then what would it take to convince you?"

>They certainly aren't.
>"Nothing. You think that, in regards to the state of my residence, I would take the word of a complete stranger over my own knowledge?"
>"If you are done wasting my time, I will kindly ask you to leave and perhaps I shall treat this affair lightly when it comes to be your turn to be judged."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Why not just check now? You can tell everything someone has done anyway; just look and see if I'm lying about Higan being currently sealed."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Why not just check now? You can tell everything someone has done anyway; just look and see if I'm lying about Higan being currently sealed."

>You see Shikieiki close her eyes and her tones changes into one that sounds much more annoyed.
>"In case you had not noticed, you are still interrupting a trial."

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"I am only doing so because fixing what's happened is more than important enough to offset delaying a judgement. If I am lying, or I am wrong, then let that rest upon my own soul at my time of judgment."
>"Your shinigami, Komachi, should be waiting at the river. She can verify what I have told you."

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"I am only doing so because fixing what's happened is more than important enough to offset delaying a judgement. If I am lying, or I am wrong, then let that rest upon my own soul at my time of judgment."
>"Your shinigami, Komachi, should be waiting at the river. She can verify what I have told you."

>"Then why is she not here herself?"
>"If it were such a dire matter, I would already know about it. Now leave quietly or I shall have you forcefully evicted from this court."

>_

[Darkoda]

>"Why is everyone so impossibly stubborn. No wonder Komachi preferred being stuck on that river for the rest of time to coming to you for help."
>Exit and go back to Komachi.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Strike that. Try this first:
>"Komachi is simply being lazy. She said she prefers Higan this way, because it means she doesn't have to work."
>"Have your mirror ready, because even with it confirming my truthfulness, you will likely find what I'm about to say difficult to believe."
>"I arrived here [INSERT HOWEVER LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE WE FIRST ENTERED THE COURTHOUSE HERE] ago. Since then, I have entered this courtroom several times."
>"I assure you that I am telling the truth. Every time, you greeted me the exact same way you did this time. The first time, I simply exited the courtroom when you told me to. Suspecting that something was wrong in here, I later reentered, only to find that you had no memory of my previous entrance. Every time I enter, you have no memory of any of my previous entrances. At one point, I even fired danmaku, damaging several objects in this courtroom, but when I entered next, no damage was done. Although there are still marks on your judge's bench. That much you can confirm right now."
>"During my most recent entrance, youand I engaged in a brief confrontation before I was thrown out of the courtroom by something I could not see. I immediately reentered, which is where we are right now."
>"I know that everything I have told you is true, both about the situation in Higan and about what I just said about whatever's going on in this room. As such, I am willing to stake my soul on it. If you investigate and find that anything I have said is not true, you may take me to my just reward right then and there."

If that doesn't work, then we'll exit and go for Komachi.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Why is everyone so impossibly stubborn. No wonder Komachi preferred being stuck on that river for the rest of time to coming to you for help."
>Exit and go back to Komachi.

>Strike that. Try this first:
>"Komachi is simply being lazy. She said she prefers Higan this way, because it means she doesn't have to work."
>"Have your mirror ready, because even with it confirming my truthfulness, you will likely find what I'm about to say difficult to believe."
>"I arrived here [INSERT HOWEVER LONG IT'S BEEN SINCE WE FIRST ENTERED THE COURTHOUSE HERE] ago. Since then, I have entered this courtroom several times."
>"I assure you that I am telling the truth. Every time, you greeted me the exact same way you did this time. The first time, I simply exited the courtroom when you told me to. Suspecting that something was wrong in here, I later reentered, only to find that you had no memory of my previous entrance. Every time I enter, you have no memory of any of my previous entrances. At one point, I even fired danmaku, damaging several objects in this courtroom, but when I entered next, no damage was done. Although there are still marks on your judge's bench. That much you can confirm right now."
>"During my most recent entrance, youand I engaged in a brief confrontation before I was thrown out of the courtroom by something I could not see. I immediately reentered, which is where we are right now."
>"I know that everything I have told you is true, both about the situation in Higan and about what I just said about whatever's going on in this room. As such, I am willing to stake my soul on it. If you investigate and find that anything I have said is not true, you may take me to my just reward right then and there."

>You wonder what to say.
>"Whilst that does sound like her, this is not the time to be discussing such matters. Leave. Immediately."
>"There will be no need for that, for you will be leaving. Now."
>"What nonsense are you spouting now? That is impossible, I would know if a raving lunatic had entered this court multiple times."
>"You have tested my patience long enough with your drivel. I shall waste not a moment more listening to your ramblings."
>"Guards, have her removed from this place immediately."
>You feel the invisible force gripping you once more and dragging you towards the exit. There is much murmuring occurring around you.
>Before you're thrown out of the courtroom once more, you hear Shikieiki saying "Now, where were we..."
>The doors slam shut before you.

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Go back to Komachi
>Summarize our experiences.
>"Shiki's not listening to me at all, but you have far more credibility in her mind. You're coming with me, and this time, I'm not asking. Fixing Gensokyo is far more important than accommodating your laziness."
>Return to the courthouse with Komachi, dragging her if we have to.

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>Go back to Komachi
>Summarize our experiences.
>"Shiki's not listening to me at all, but you have far more credibility in her mind. You're coming with me, and this time, I'm not asking. Fixing Gensokyo is far more important than accommodating your laziness."
>Return to the courthouse with Komachi, dragging her if we have to.

>You return to Komachi.
>How do you want to summarize your experiences with Komachi?
>"See, I think we have a problem now."
>You hear Komachi picking something up and getting up. From her silhouette, you'd guess that she picked up her scythe.

>_

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Shiki's in a courtroom, and every time I enter, she has no memory of me having entered previously. Every time I try to explain what's happened, she tells me to leave, and something I can't see throws me out. The most recent time, she implied that she'd be more likely to believe what I was saying about Higan's current state if you were the one saying it. So you're coming with me."
>"Are you really going to resist returning Higan to how it should be? Is not having to work really more important to you than the proper cycle of life and death?"
>Wait. Utsuho only died a year ago, didn't she? How'd her soul get here when nobody else's has?

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Shiki's in a courtroom, and every time I enter, she has no memory of me having entered previously. Every time I try to explain what's happened, she tells me to leave, and something I can't see throws me out. The most recent time, she implied that she'd be more likely to believe what I was saying about Higan's current state if you were the one saying it. So you're coming with me."
>"Are you really going to resist returning Higan to how it should be? Is not having to work really more important to you than the proper cycle of life and death?"
>Wait. Utsuho only died a year ago, didn't she? How'd her soul get here when nobody else's has?

>"So is that what's happening with her?"
>"Mmm... Yep."
>"I mean, I'm not going to stop you from trying, but actively working to fix it myself? I don't want to."
>Approximately one year and three months ago. You have no idea.

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[Darkoda]

>"Would it really take you that much effort? Can't you just shrink distance in the courtroom and force her out without having to actually move from here?"
>"Besides, sooner or later, sitting here in the river entirely alone is going to become unbearably boring. You've been here for two years already; can you see yourself staying like that for the rest of time with nothing but the river for company?"

[Dormio Ergo Sum]

>"Would it really take you that much effort? Can't you just shrink distance in the courtroom and force her out without having to actually move from here?"
>"Besides, sooner or later, sitting here in the river entirely alone is going to become unbearably boring. You've been here for two years already; can you see yourself staying like that for the rest of time with nothing but the river for company?"

>"Any effort is too much when it comes to dealing with her."
>"That's fine by me. Besides, who knows when guests might show up. You're here right now, aren't you?"

>_