Author Topic: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 2, part 3 (Read 37399 times)

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #540 on:** July 29, 2012, 04:53:34 AM »

>"What was this feeling like, Marigold?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #541 on:** July 29, 2012, 04:57:24 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 04:53:34 AM

>"What was this feeling like, Marigold?"

>"Like darkness... cold, old pain. It wasn't the same as before. There was only one source, but there was anger. Cold anger."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #542 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:03:36 AM »

>"...Did you feel like before?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #543 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:06:11 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 05:03:36 AM

>"...Did you feel like before?"

>"Not from myself. From somewhere else. I think the word is 'below'. Below me."
>Lily's voice, sounding rather startled, rings in your mind, "I think she's talking about the Youma we fought in the basement! How's that possible?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #544 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:12:15 AM »

>Send back: "I don't know, Lily. I don't know."
>"Do you feel alright now?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #545 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:14:41 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 05:12:15 AM

>Send back: "I don't know, Lily. I don't know."
>"Do you feel alright now?"

>"Yes, mother. The cold darkness is gone."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #546 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:23:44 AM »

>"When did you feel that sensation begin?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #547 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:32:10 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 05:23:44 AM

>"When did you feel that sensation begin?"

>"I don't know the words for time yet, mother. I am sorry. But, I do not believe it was a long time before now."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #548 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:43:26 AM »

>"After you came here, then? After you parted from Lily?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #549 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:46:45 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 05:43:26 AM

>"After you came here, then? After you parted from Lily?"

>Marigold nods, again seeming not entirely certain of the motion. "It started after Koishi Komeji had left me, and before Marissa visited me."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #550 on:** July 29, 2012, 05:52:24 AM »

>Nod. "Alright. That confirms when it was made. Marigold, did you meet a woman named Kikuri?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #551 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:01:10 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 05:52:24 AM

>Nod. "Alright. That confirms when it was made. Marigold, did you meet a woman named Kikuri?"

>"That is the name of the woman at the entrance of the building."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #552 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:19:02 AM »

>Nod.
>"I want you to keep an eye on her for me. She has the coin that you felt, it was hers to begin with. The circumstances between it and you are different; we didn't have time to try to reach to it as we did to you, we had to get to Kiku as fast as we could; the source of the anger was there, and it was harming Kiku."
>Nod toward Kiku if she doesn't recognize the name.
>"It will probably be that much more lost when it awakens, and it may need a friend."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #553 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:28:24 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 06:19:02 AM

>Nod.
>"I want you to keep an eye on her for me. She has the coin that you felt, it was hers to begin with. The circumstances between it and you are different; we didn't have time to try to reach to it as we did to you, we had to get to Kiku as fast as we could; the source of the anger was there, and it was harming Kiku."
>Nod toward Kiku if she doesn't recognize the name.
>"It will probably be that much more lost when it awakens, and it may need a friend."

>You have the impression, from the look in her eyes, that Marigold didn't completely follow everything you said, but she seemed to get the gist of it. "I will be ready, mother. But, I am...." she stops and thinks, looking for the right word. "Curious. The 'source of the anger'. What became of it?"

Hanzo K. · « **Reply #554 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:30:48 AM »

>"We sent it away to a place where it won't harm anyone ever again."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #555 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:38:39 AM »

Quote from: Hanzo K. on July 29, 2012, 06:30:48 AM

>"We sent it away to a place where it won't harm anyone ever again."

>"Why was it angry?"

Hanzo K. · « **Reply #556 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:42:38 AM »

>"Because that's all it knew. Hopefully by having some time to itself, it will learn that anger is not the way, and calm down."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #557 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:50:38 AM »

Quote from: Hanzo K. on July 29, 2012, 06:42:38 AM

>"Because that's all it knew. Hopefully by having some time to itself, it will learn that anger is not the way, and calm down."

>Marigold considers this. "I am glad it was not destroyed."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #558 on:** July 29, 2012, 06:56:42 AM »

>"As am I, Marigold."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #559 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:14:33 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 06:56:42 AM

>"As am I, Marigold."

>"Why?" Kiku almost spits. "If you had a sense of what that thing was, of what was going on, then you'd know that thing was evil. Why wouldn't you wish it destroyed?"
>Marigold seems confused by Kiku's outrage. "Anger and pain should be healed. Anger and pain cannot be healed if they are destroyed." She turns her attention back to you and Lily. "I am glad you did not destroy it before it could be healed." She pauses again, as a thought seemed to cross her mind. "When you sent it away, you were all in danger?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #560 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:15:15 AM »

>"Not anymore."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #561 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:23:39 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 07:15:15 AM

>"Not anymore."

>"I do not like the thought of my mothers in danger." Marigold replies, her voice surprisingly strong. "I wish to know what I can do to help you both."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #562 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:34:40 AM »

>"The best thing you can do right now? It would be to tell no one what you know. The fewer people that know, the less danger they will be in, for the enemy won't try to learn what they know, and we won't have to drop everything to save them. For now, keep our secrets, and learn. In time, there may be a role for you. If you feel anything like you did before, if you feel any others made, let us know, so we may treat them. That too would be an immense help."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #563 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:44:22 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 07:34:40 AM

>"The best thing you can do right now? It would be to tell no one what you know. The fewer people that know, the less danger they will be in, for the enemy won't try to learn what they know, and we won't have to drop everything to save them. For now, keep our secrets, and learn. In time, there may be a role for you. If you feel anything like you did before, if you feel any others made, let us know, so we may treat them. That too would be an immense help."

>Marigold nods, this time sincerely. "I understand, mother. I will do as you ask."
>"And keep yourself safe, too." Lily adds, giving Marigold's head a friendly rub. "We don't want to see you in any danger, either. Hopefully, this place'll be perfectly safe now, but, like Mother said, if you ever feel anything like you did today again, then let us know. We'll be here in a blink."
>"As you wish, mama."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #564 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:46:24 AM »

>"That sense alone shall make you invaluable to us, it means we do not need to worry so strongly about this place."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #565 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:51:27 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 07:46:24 AM

>"That sense alone shall make you invaluable to us, it means we do not need to worry so strongly about this place."

>Marigold smiles. "I am happy to be helpful."
>Kiku, visibly turning something over in her mind, apparently decides to say it. "How is it, Lotus, that Marigold has a sense of what has occurred here? What is she?"

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #566 on:** July 29, 2012, 07:58:21 AM »

>"She was the first youma I met, last week."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #567 on:** July 29, 2012, 08:03:17 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 07:58:21 AM

>"She was the first youma I met, last week."

>Even the stone faced Kiku can't keep the surprise off her face at that one. "What." is all she can manage to say.
>"It's true." Lily assures her. "Marigold.... You don't mind if we tell her, do you?" Lily stops and asks the newborn in question. "She's one of us, too."
>Marigold nods. "The trust of my mothers is my trust."
>Lily rubs her head again before returning her attention to Kiku. "Marigold was like that bronze disc we fought today; an object transformed into a youma." She gestures towards you. "And Lotus here fixed her, just like she fixed that big ol' face."

Hello Purvis · « **Reply #568 on:** July 29, 2012, 08:14:48 AM »

>Nod.
>"This is why I was warning people that their cleansed possessions may become tsukumogami; because it is what happened with her."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #569 on:** July 29, 2012, 08:32:15 AM »

Quote from: The Man From P.U.R.V.I.S. on July 29, 2012, 08:14:48 AM

>Nod.
>"This is why I was warning people that their cleansed possessions may become tsukumogami; because it is what happened with her."

>"I heard you mention something like that to Ran, as well, after the fight there was over. I couldn't think of why at the time." She gives Marigold a look up and down, and her expression softens a hair. "Well, if that does come to pass, then the resulting youkai will be welcomed into this world, just as Marigold has been. I'll see to it myself, if need be."