Rumia Quest 4: Living in the Shadows [Complete]

[Hanzo K.]

>Well then, let's orbit them around the rabbit, then crash them into her one by one, and detonate them if they miss.

[Raikaria]

>Well then, let's orbit them around the rabbit, then crash them into her one by one, and detonate them if they miss.

> You begin moving the energy mines, occasionally sending one at her. Despite the darkness, however, she avoids all of them.

> "You think sight is a rabbit's only sense? These ears ain't for nothing. Now then, my turn."

> The rabbit takes a pose, pointing at you with each hand. You know what probobly comes after this from your skirmish with Reisen.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin, then instantly drop the darkness, and then dispel the mines to make a large one right in front of her, like we did with Yamame.

[Raikaria]

>Grin, then instantly drop the darkness, and then dispel the mines to make a large one right in front of her, like we did with Yamame.

> You grin, and drop the veil of darkness as you dispel the mines.

> The rabbit lets loose a load of bullets from it's fingers, as you form the large orb in front of her. This results in an explosion she can't react to in time, blowing her to the ground.

> "Tch... underestimated you. Guess I gotta fight seriously." the rabbit says, a trickle of blood coming from her mouth.

> The rabbit's eyes unleash a flash, and you can't see anything except red for a few moments, before you feel a sharp pain in your back, and vision returns... vision of a load of books in your face.

[Hanzo K.]

>Pull ourself together! Get up!

[Raikaria]

>Pull ourself together! Get up!

> You get up, shaking it off. It hurt, but you've felt worse blows. Far worse.

> The rabbit makes eye contact again, and your vision turns red with a flash from her eyes. You feel more blows, but manage to withstand them as your vision returns. You're not sure how many more blows you can take like this though.

[Hanzo K.]

>We don't need to see to fight back, we'll just close our eyes and rely on scent and sound to find where she is!
>But to add to it, we'll bring up a group of Dark Energy Mines to surround us.

[Raikaria]

>We don't need to see to fight back, we'll just close our eyes and rely on scent and sound to find where she is!
>But to add to it, we'll bring up a group of Dark Energy Mines to surround us.

> You decide that eye contact with this rabbit is a bad idea too, so, you close your eyes, and form dark energy mines around the area again.

> You hear them explode almost instantly.

> "Nuh huh. You ain't doing that trick again, the maid showed me a good blast makes them go kablooie." the rabbit says.

> You don't smell her, but you hear her moving through the air towards you, and manage to block a kick from her... which still hurt your arms somewhat.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's start zooming around blindly, and when we get close, we'll grab her in a crushing bear hug, then slam into the ground using her as a cushion!

[Raikaria]

>Let's start zooming around blindly, and when we get close, we'll grab her in a crushing bear hug, then slam into the ground using her as a cushion!

> You begin zooming around wildly with your eyes closed. Normally, this would not be adviable in Patchouli's Library, but all of the nearby bookcases are leveled, and blasted away.

> "What are you doi---" the rabbit begins. This was enough for you to realise where she was, and slam her into the ground with what basically amounts to a glomp. You don't dare open your eyes though.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Got you~!"
>Now let's rocket into the ceiling, and once we hit the ceiling, start dragging her along it while pushing her into it!
>"Whee~! Isn't this fun?! I haven't gotten to cut loose in a while~!"

[Raikaria]

>"Got you~!"
>Now let's rocket into the ceiling, and once we hit the ceiling, start dragging her along it while pushing her into it!
>"Whee~! Isn't this fun?! I haven't gotten to cut loose in a while~!"

> You fly up, still in a bear-hug, towards the ceiling, and start to basically drag her along it. However, there is one ovrsight to this plan... your own arms holding her are even closer, so you're hurting yourself. Still, you bear the pain.

> "Let's see how you like it, eh?"

> Suddenly, the rabbit kicks off the ceiling, sending you towards the ground, with her on top. You notice she actually dented the ceiling with her kick as you fly to the ground, Rabbit legs are strong stuff!

[Hanzo K.]

>Flip, and use her own force against her to slam her into the ground!

[Raikaria]

>Flip, and use her own force against her to slam her into the ground!

> You flip, but she instantly has the same idea. You end up spinning and falling, and crash sideways. The impact forces you to release your grip, and you both slide across the floor in opposite directions.

> The rabbit struggles up. One of her arms seems dislocated.

> "I can't lose! My orders are absolute! We're to look for her, and she'll be in a fancy house! We're to crush anyone in our way!" the rabbit declares, taking her shooting pose again with her mobile arm, at which point, Sakuya and 'Sarge' fly between you, fighting furiously. Even injured, Sakuya is holding her own against one of the rabbits instead of three. A hail of bullets and knives flies, causing both you and your foe to scatter from that area. There's a good distance between you two now.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Heh...you're pretty strong, y'know? I like that! But, there's more than one fancy house in Gensokyo y'know."
>Let's close our eyes once more and focus, keeping an ear out for her possible attacks.

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "Heh...you're pretty strong, y'know? I like that! But, there's more than one fancy house in Gensokyo y'know."
>Let's close our eyes once more and focus, keeping an ear out for her possible attacks.

> "That's why we're simulatiously attacking anywhere we think *she* could be!" the rabbit announces.

> You listen, and keep moving so she can't get a good shot.

> You hear something fly through the air, a gasp and a thud.

> "Sakuya, Patchouli... to make me have to come in here... either you've got rusty or these guys are stronger than they look." you hear. The voice can only be Remillia Scarlet.

> "You! You were part of the assult!" you hear the rabbit the one you were fighting call 'Sarge'. "You'll pay for raising your weapon against our glorious leader!"

> You hear another thud.

> "Don't get distracted..." Sakuya says.

> This seems to leave only one rabbit, but your eyes are still closed in case of flashes or eye contact with the rabbits.

[Hanzo K.]

>Open our eyes, and take stock of things.

[Raikaria]

>Open our eyes, and take stock of things.

> You see a few things.

> First, is at the entrence of the Library, is Remilia Scarlet, Gungnir in hand.


Remilia Scarlet
Maiden of the Blood-Moon

> Second, is that the foe you are fighting is on the ground, in a pool of her own blood, with a matching lance to Gungnir imapled through her chest. It's pretty obvious Remilia killed her, unless this rabbit has some crazy abilty to survive massive spears hurled through her chest.

> The redhead rabbit is also face down on the ground, although you can't tell what happened to her, you presume she's dead too.

> This leaves one last rabbit, who appears to be bounded by red chains that Remilia has conjured.

> "We need to keep one for... information purposes. This is a declaration of war from them." Remilia says, before thinking. "Well, either that or we can throw her in the basement and be done with her. I'm up for votes on that, Sakuya, Patchouli..."

> Remilia pauses for a few seconds. "Rumia, I belive"

[Yeah... I don't see Remi or Sakuya showing mercy to invaders]

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "That's me. I was wanting to kill some time until Cirno woke up, so I thought I'd visit the gatekeeper. That's when I got involved in all this."
>"Anyhow, you could leave her to me, I don't think I've had rabbit in a while~!"

[Raikaria]

>Nod. "That's me. I was wanting to kill some time until Cirno woke up, so I thought I'd visit the gatekeeper. That's when I got involved in all this."
>"Anyhow, you could leave her to me, I don't think I've had rabbit in a while~!"

> "Gatekeeper? Oh yes, she's completely failed at her job, and messed up the lawn." Remilia says, before sighing, "Well, they gave Sakuya trouble, so I guess I can't blame China."

> "That's not an option. Basement or chains? Either way she'll wind up in ther basement eventually, it's just if I can get anything out of her first." Remilia says, before adding, "I don't mean blood either."

> "Just so you know, the basement is a merciful death." Patchouli says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Either one works then I guess. It's a shame that the one I was fighting died though. I kinda had a little respect for her being able to stand up to me, y'know.""

[Raikaria]

>"Either one works then I guess. It's a shame that the one I was fighting died though. I kinda had a little respect for her being able to stand up to me, y'know.""

> "I'm not giving any mercy to those who raise their hands against me or my allies. At least, outside of danmaku." Reimlia says, indicateing to Sakuya. "They would have done the same to her, or you, probobly, given the chance."

> "Basement. We're not monsters, let's end it mercifully. Don't make her suffer, she's already seen her allies die." Patchouli says.

> Sakuya agrees, so Remilia flies off, dragging the rabbit.

> About a minuite later, Remilia returns, without the rabbit.

> "We'll never even see her body." Remilia says. "Now then, are you all OK? If what the rabbit fighting Rumia said is true, we're not the only place under attack. Me and Patchouli can't really leave, and Sakuya, I'm not sure if you're in a state to do so." Remilia says.

> "Wait... Rumia... that darkness thing... you can keep it up how long?" Remilia says with a smirk.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "As long as I need to! I'm not the weakling I used to be y'know."
>"As for how I'm holding up, nothing a good meal can't fix! I heal quicker when I eat something y'know."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Wait. Those rabbits looked kind of like Reisen, and they said they were living in a fancy house.
>What do we know about Kaguya?

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "As long as I need to! I'm not the weakling I used to be y'know."
>"As for how I'm holding up, nothing a good meal can't fix! I heal quicker when I eat something y'know."

> "Good. Should I see a reason to leave the mansion and get involved personally, you can keep me sheltered from the light without hampering Sakuya's fighting or my own by having to keep myself under a parasoul." Remilia says.

> "The issue is that Sakuya will take longer to heal. Remember, she is not a youkai." Remilia says. It becomes clear how worn out Sakuya is when she dosen't respond to Remilia except with a nod.

>Wait. Those rabbits looked kind of like Reisen, and they said they were living in a fancy house.
>What do we know about Kaguya?

> They said they were looking for fancy houses. Not living in them.

> You don't know a lot, however, you remember that Remilia and Sakuya were involved in the Imperishable Night Incident. They pretty much ignored you as they went by, but compared to being eaten, needled, and sparked, that's the best of the four groups that came that night.6

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Hold on, those rabbits looked like Reisen, and they said they were looking for someone who lives in a fancy house. Could they be after Reisen?"

[Raikaria]

>"Hold on, those rabbits looked like Reisen, and they said they were looking for someone who lives in a fancy house. Could they be after Reisen?"

> "The useless bunny? What would anyone want with her?" Remilia says. "Why would they risk four rabbits for one, plus the others they have sent to other locations. They're after a bigger fish than a bunny."

> You look at the bunny that was on the ground when you arrived, with knives in her. She still hasn't moved, so you presume Sakuya managed to kill her before you arrived.

> "I belive they are after one of two others. Eirin or Kaguya. Possibly both of them." Remilia says, before adding, "However, if they wanted to leave, Eirin would have seen this coming. It's not like some useless rabbits could catch those two anyway. They were scouts."

[Hanzo K.]

>What 'fancy houses' do we know of besides here and Eientei?

[Raikaria]

>What 'fancy houses' do we know of besides here and Eientei?

> You know of a few places that might qualify as 'fancy'.

> The first is Yuuka's Mansion, in the Garden of the Sun. However, you don't know exactly where this is, only Wriggle amoung your freinds do.

> The Mouyren Temple has enough shiny and statues in it to probobly be classed as fancy.

> The Palace of the Earth Spirits is fancy, but you're pretty sure that Yuugi and Okku are more than enough to handle a few rabbits.

> For that matter, you have no doubt in Yuuka or Byakuren's abilty to defend their homes either. Remilia dispatched the rabbits quickly enough, and Sakuya was capable of fighting four and holding her own, even if she was losing, she took down one.

> In Yuuka's case you feel more sorry for the rabbits.

> You don't know where Yukari lives. You wager it's fancy.

> Wherever the Yama lives is almost certainly fancy.

> The Dream Spirit Mausloeum is fancy... but no-one lives there.

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "So I guess the only other place to look would be Eientei. Because if you're anything to go by, most of the others should have no problem with dealing with those rabbits."