Rumia Quest 4: Living in the Shadows [Complete]

[Raikaria]

>Slip out of the way, and deliver a palm strike to her chest with the charged-up energy!

> You manage to avoid Cirno's strike, and counter-attack with a charged palm strike, sending the 'A-Fairy' as it will now be known for shortening's sake [Ascended Fairy], back a fair bit.

> Cirno chuckles a little, as her wings change shape, from icicles into more numerous, thinner objects, almost like small blades.

> She then hurls herself towards you, spinning wildly as she flies towards you, it seems she wants to use her wings to attack.

[Hanzo K.]

>Set up a mine of Dark Energy right in her path!

[Raikaria]

>Set up a mine of Dark Energy right in her path!

> You set up a orb of Dark energy in Cirno's wildly spinning path, which she pops using her wings, causing her to go flying backwards again.

> "That's cheatin!" Cirno says, her wings turning back to normal. "Eye thought we were fistfightin!"

> Cirno dosen't seem hampered too much by the fact she just spun into a orb of Dark Energy, a pretty volatile substance.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "You're using your ice, so why can't I use my element too? Besides, I didn't fire it at you, did I? You spun right into it."
>Chuckle. "Besides, I learned that just wildly spinning doesn't do anything other than getting yourself hurt."

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "You're using your ice, so why can't I use my element too? Besides, I didn't fire it at you, did I? You spun right into it."
>Chuckle. "Besides, I learned that just wildly spinning doesn't do anything other than getting yourself hurt."

> "But... but... but..." Cirno says.

> "Oh yeah? SPECIAL CIRNO SUPER SECRET TECHNIQUE!" Cirno shouts, before her wings change back to what they were last time she spun.

> "SUPER BLIZZARD BUZZSAW!"

> Cirno is spinning towards you again, except this time she's also sending out loads of little ice shards in random directions, in large quantities. These would probobly set off Dark Energy orbs before she's in range.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's just barrage her with smaller ones then!

[Raikaria]

>Let's just barrage her with smaller ones then!

> You spam out smaller orbs of dark energy, which mostly blow up before reaching Cirno, and the ones that do reach her are not enough to stop her.

> Cirno is almost about to hit you.

[Hanzo K.]

>Dodge, and hit her with an aimed palm strike in an open spot where the wings aren't!

[Raikaria]

>Dodge, and hit her with an aimed palm strike in an open spot where the wings aren't!

> You manage to dodge at the last moment, going under Cirno. She's moving too quickly for you to position yourself to counterattack, however, and just keeps spinning away.

> You got hit by a shotgun-like pelting of the ice crystals coming off her. Stung a bit, but they're too small to be a real danger.

> Cirno is turning like some sort of awkward boomerang.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's make a big orb of dark energy overhead, and then fling it at her!

[Raikaria]

>Let's make a big orb of dark energy overhead, and then fling it at her!

> You make a spirit bomb large orb of dark energy, which you proceed to throw towards the spinning Cirno. The sheer number of ice shards pelting the volatile orb cause it to explode before reaching Cirno, but it still knocks her out of her spin.

> That wore you out a fair bit, you don't think you can use any more Dark Energy for a while.

> Cirno looks dizzy, and her wings are pretty badly chipped, although regenerateing. It seems the ice shards were from her increased number of smaller wings clipping each other, not actually being fired intentionally.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's boost in and get her with an elbow strike to the gut, and then follow it with a palm upper!

[Raikaria]

>Let's boost in and get her with an elbow strike to the gut, and then follow it with a palm upper!

> You fly in and manage to get an elbow to Cirno's gut, but your palm strike is blocked by Cirno blocking with a block of ice which appears out of thin air, and shatters just as quickly.

> "Eye don't know how I did that..." Cirno says, sounding confused.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Looks like you reacted on instinct Cirno, just like how I instinctively use my Darkness, or Dark Energy."
>"So, wanna call it here? I think you've proven you've definitely gotten stronger! You actually sound a bit smarter too!"

[Raikaria]

>"Looks like you reacted on instinct Cirno, just like how I instinctively use my Darkness, or Dark Energy."
>"So, wanna call it here? I think you've proven you've definitely gotten stronger! You actually sound a bit smarter too!"

> Cirno blinks a few times.

> "So ya gonna surrender? We all know I'm the strongest!"

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Nah, we'll leave this one as a draw for now, we gotta go see Reimu!"
>Let's take everyone with us to Reimu's, we'll drag Cirno my the arm if we gotta.

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "Nah, we'll leave this one as a draw for now, we gotta go see Reimu!"
>Let's take everyone with us to Reimu's, we'll drag Cirno my the arm if we gotta.

> Cirno looks deep in thought for a few moments.

> "We got bigger fish to fry! I wanna take on the red-white!" Cirno says.

> Nope, Cirno's certainly not smarter if she said that.

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. At least we got smarter.
>"Well, you can fight her some other time, there's big trouble going. And we gotta tell Reimu about it!"

[Raikaria]

>Sigh. At least we got smarter.
>"Well, you can fight her some other time, there's big trouble going. And we gotta tell Reimu about it!"

> "Trouble? Oh yeah that stuff you were going on about as I woke up!"

> Apparently Cirno could hear you while in the crystal. Saves you having to explain it to her on the fly.

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Yeah, so let's go!"
>Let's get everyone to Reimu's!

[Raikaria]

>Nod. "Yeah, so let's go!"
>Let's get everyone to Reimu's!

> When you get to the Hakurei Shrine, you notice something.

> It's not there anymore. There is just a ruin, a smouldering ruin.

> You see Reimu and Sukia standing over it. Both look like they were caught in smoke.

> Mima is also there, but she's looking from the trees, a distance away.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Uhh...Cirno...? I think you're gonna have to wait on fighting her."
>We may as well land and walk over. "What happened here...? It looks like Marisa came through and spark'd the place!"

[Raikaria]

>"Uhh...Cirno...? I think you're gonna have to wait on fighting her."
>We may as well land and walk over. "What happened here...? It looks like Marisa came through and spark'd the place!"

> "Awwww..." Cirnos says.

> "I... don't know. There was a flash, and then the shrine caught fire, and started falling apart." Reimu says. "I instantly flew out and looked for the source, and saw a streak of smoke... coming from the sky. Right down, as if someone dropped a fireball on the shrine..."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Wow....This is...What, the third time it's been destroyed? Man, I wonder if someone cursed you so your shrine gets destroyed every so often?"
>Look to the others. "Hey, keep Cirno from starting a fight okay? I'm gonna look around for evidence!"
>Let's see if we can't find Mima now, eh?

[Raikaria]

>"Wow....This is...What, the third time it's been destroyed? Man, I wonder if someone cursed you so your shrine gets destroyed every so often?"
>Look to the others. "Hey, keep Cirno from starting a fight okay? I'm gonna look around for evidence!"
>Let's see if we can't find Mima now, eh?

> "Don't even talk about it." Reimu says.

> "I don't think she's that dumb to start a fight with Reimu here..." Wriggle says.

> It's not hard to find Mima, she's floating in sight, just keeping her distance in case of Reimu rage.

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "Well, there's more than just this going on, but I'll fill you guys in once I've gotten  some more info on what happened here."
>Well, let's go over to Mima now!
>"Hey. Been a while, huh? Haven't really seen you since the whole Makai thing. Any idea what happened here?"

[Raikaria]

>Sigh. "Well, there's more than just this going on, but I'll fill you guys in once I've gotten  some more info on what happened here."
>Well, let's go over to Mima now!
>"Hey. Been a while, huh? Haven't really seen you since the whole Makai thing. Any idea what happened here?"

> "Dunno where you'll get information, but feel free." Reimu says.

> You head over to Mima.

> "There was a fireball that fell from the sky. I had nothing to do with it, by the way, my magic dosen't have anything to do with fireballs, and I can't take the power of the Hakurei if I kill her, can I?" Mima says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "I guess that makes sense. Well, let's go, I figure you'll wanna know about the new Incident too."
>Let's head back to the group.
>"Well, Mima's story lines up with yours, so its time to tell you what's going on."
>Time to get into Incident-Resolution Mode! "Alright, I went past the lake to visit the others, right? And I find Cirno in the process of becoming an Ascended Fairy like Lily is. But that's not the Incident."
>"Since it was gonna be a while until Cirno woke up, we decided to go the to SDM to play pranks on the gatekeeper to kill some time. But when we were about to take her hat and turn it inside-out while she was sleeping, it turned out she wasn't asleep, She was out cold! So I went in, and we found out that a bunch of rabbits that look like Reisen had gone in and attacked the place while looking for someone in a fancy house. I also found out that they're attacking all the other fancy houses, like Eientei, the Moriya Shrine, and maybe even Alice's too!"

[Raikaria]

>Nod. "I guess that makes sense. Well, let's go, I figure you'll wanna know about the new Incident too."
>Let's head back to the group.
>"Well, Mima's story lines up with yours, so its time to tell you what's going on."
>Time to get into Incident-Resolution Mode! "Alright, I went past the lake to visit the others, right? And I find Cirno in the process of becoming an Ascended Fairy like Lily is. But that's not the Incident."
>"Since it was gonna be a while until Cirno woke up, we decided to go the to SDM to play pranks on the gatekeeper to kill some time. But when we were about to take her hat and turn it inside-out while she was sleeping, it turned out she wasn't asleep, She was out cold! So I went in, and we found out that a bunch of rabbits that look like Reisen had gone in and attacked the place while looking for someone in a fancy house. I also found out that they're attacking all the other fancy houses, like Eientei, the Moriya Shrine, and maybe even Alice's too!"

> Reimu listens intently. "I think the Myouren Temple is also in danger, and possible the Garden of the Sun and the Palace of the Earth Spirits, not like those locations are in actual danger due to who lives there, but they were probobly attacked. I doubt Alice's place was in any danger."

> Reimu thinks for a while.

> "The question is, why have they got past the border? We need to do something which is almost impossible to find out... find Yukari." Reimu says.

> "Find Yukari?" Mystcia says.

> "If we find Yukari, she should at least know how the rabbits have been getting through the boundry seperateing Gensokyo from everything outside it. These rabbits should not be getting in. In addittion, I guess the same force who have been sending these rabbits were the ones who tried to take me out by dropping a fireball on my shrine."

> "Even if she dosen't know how, she should be able to stop them... if she's bothered to do so. She probobly asleep after all, they did attack during the day."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Well, the rabbits weren't using Danmaku. And they gave even Patchy and Sakuya a rough time of it, and even I had trouble. I probably would've been stuck fighting that rabbit all day and night if Remilia hadn't shown up."
>"So I guess the next place to check up on is Myouren, then the Palace Underground, just to be safe. Even I know to not go poking around at The Garden without a good reason, and that was before I got stronger and more mature. So there's no way Yuuka'll have trouble with them, she's way stronger."