['Complete'] Rumia Quest V: The Further Adventures

[Raikaria]

>"Who are you, and what is Rika up to? And what do you mean, 'go back to your time and place'? Did she kidnap you or something?"

> "Sorry, my boss says I'm not supposed to talk about those things." the stranger in the sailor outfit says, before pausing.

> "Although, since you seem to have reacted to Rika, I can say that I needed to check up on something she was working on, but when I got to her base, it was ruined, with a massive hole going through the mountainside..."

[Hanzo K.]

>Facepalm. "Me and her go way back y'see, I guess you could say we're rivals of a sort. She once tried blowing this whole place sky-high. I stopped her though."
>Sigh. "As for the hole, was there anything off about it?"

[Raikaria]

>Facepalm. "Me and her go way back y'see, I guess you could say we're rivals of a sort. She once tried blowing this whole place sky-high. I stopped her though."
>Sigh. "As for the hole, was there anything off about it?"

> The girl looks annoyed. "She said she wouldn't destroy everything! That was the agreement! We can't extract magical energy without a source!"

> "Well... it was blown through a mountain, and had a massive amount of magical energy, familiar magical energy. It was from that Kirisame witch or something."

> You recall Marisa blew a hole in the side of the mountain when she sparked the Flower Tank Mk II in Rika's base.

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "That's probably Marisa's doing, last time she tried anything funny, she had the Flower Tank MK-II, which got totally wiped out by Master Spark."
>"I take it the base you're talking about was in the badlands way up north, past the Youkai mountain?"

[Raikaria]

>Sigh. "That's probably Marisa's doing, last time she tried anything funny, she had the Flower Tank MK-II, which got totally wiped out by Master Spark."
>"I take it the base you're talking about was in the badlands way up north, past the Youkai mountain?"

> "I have no clue about anything you're talking about except Marisa."

> "Yes, it was. Wait... how do you know what happened there?"

> The device starts beeping.

> "Oh! You're giving off Makai energy! That makes things simple, all that's needed is a minor modification to the refiner to turn your magical energy along with Gensokyo's into U.M.E! Before there was trace amounts of contaminants in Gensokyo's supply which was tainting the whole harvest of U.M.E from here!"

> "What?" Mystcia says.

> "I don't understand what she's talking about, all this U.M.E stuff. However, she seems to be harvesting magical energy somehow, from what she's said." Daiyousei comments.

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "That's because that was Rika's hideout back when she tried to destroy the place. She's got a new hideout nowadays."
>Then headtilt slightly, but keep the wings going. "So...what's this about harvesting magical energy?"

[Raikaria]

>Sigh. "That's because that was Rika's hideout back when she tried to destroy the place. She's got a new hideout nowadays."
>Then headtilt slightly, but keep the wings going. "So...what's this about harvesting magical energy?"

> "Do you know where the hideout is? It would speed up my work a lot if I didn't have to look all round for her!"

> "Oh... uh... nothing! Even if it was, my boss says I shouldn't talk about it... just be sure that it's not dangerous in any way!" the sailor-girl says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Give the sailor-girl a stare. "Dangerous? Oh, I don't think you get it."
>Use the nearby shadows to warp to her shadow so we can then pop out with an arm around her shoulders and a friendly, yet faintly ominous smile. "Kid, I'm one of Gensokyo's Incident Resolvers. And I dunno about you, but this is starting to smell like one~"
>Do we know where Rika's current hideout is these days?

[Raikaria]

>Give the sailor-girl a stare. "Dangerous? Oh, I don't think you get it."
>Use the nearby shadows to warp to her shadow so we can then pop out with an arm around her shoulders and a friendly, yet faintly ominous smile. "Kid, I'm one of Gensokyo's Incident Resolvers. And I dunno about you, but this is starting to smell like one~"
>Do we know where Rika's current hideout is these days?

> The girl doesn't look worried at all. "Short-range teleportation using shadows. Interesting what magic can do."

> "Are you threatening me?" the sailor says, holding up the other device, and shooting a blue beam from it into the sky for a second. "All we are doing is taking surplus energy and giving it a purpose. We're extracting waste energy, like the energy given off by danmaku that miss."

> You do not know where Rika's hideout is, or else you would have busted it up.

[Hanzo K.]

>Smile. "Threatening you? You misunderstand, this is how I always am~! It comes with being a high-profile Youkai y'know, can't help but be a little ominous~"
>Then use another shadow-port to move away a bit. "As for Rika's new hideout, I'm afraid I dunno where it is these days. Sometimes I track her down and bust it up when she starts gettin' antsy and is about ready to cause a fuss~ Nothin' like a little pre-emptive Incident Resolution, as I always say. Keeps the peace y'know, she hates Youkai, wants to wipe all of us out. Would you believe she tried using one of those nuclear reactor things Okuu can make in a bid to blow up Gensokyo? She totally forgets that she'd get pasted in the doing. That was the same time her old hideout got trashed."
>Sigh. "And then there was that time she tried to get her revenge by letting those crazy Lunarians into Gensokyo. That was a real travesty right there, but I should probably thank her for setting the stage for me to regain my full power. And I got a nifty set of new spellcards outta the deal too."
>Smirk. "And it isn't just short-range y'know." Let's make a whole forest of Shadow Tentacles, Tendrils, and Chains pour out of almost every shadow save for the ones close to her, and our friends. "This is just the tip of the iceberg kiddo, I can do a lot more."

[SirChaotick]

>"Anyway, you can see why I'd have to be a little suspicious."

[Raikaria]

>Smile. "Threatening you? You misunderstand, this is how I always am~! It comes with being a high-profile Youkai y'know, can't help but be a little ominous~"
>Then use another shadow-port to move away a bit. "As for Rika's new hideout, I'm afraid I dunno where it is these days. Sometimes I track her down and bust it up when she starts gettin' antsy and is about ready to cause a fuss~ Nothin' like a little pre-emptive Incident Resolution, as I always say. Keeps the peace y'know, she hates Youkai, wants to wipe all of us out. Would you believe she tried using one of those nuclear reactor things Okuu can make in a bid to blow up Gensokyo? She totally forgets that she'd get pasted in the doing. That was the same time her old hideout got trashed."
>Sigh. "And then there was that time she tried to get her revenge by letting those crazy Lunarians into Gensokyo. That was a real travesty right there, but I should probably thank her for setting the stage for me to regain my full power. And I got a nifty set of new spellcards outta the deal too."
>Smirk. "And it isn't just short-range y'know." Let's make a whole forest of Shadow Tentacles, Tendrils, and Chains pour out of almost every shadow save for the ones close to her, and our friends. "This is just the tip of the iceberg kiddo, I can do a lot more."

> "So, that lens we helped her to make, and the nuclear converter wasn't for a construction mech." the sailor says.

> "Ah, the Lunarians. We're taking magical energy from there too. In fact, we're taking magical energy from all realms where it exists."

> "OK, so it seems you can manipulate darkness. There are so many types of magic, I see why you were giving off enough energy to mess with the extractor. Unfortunetly, technically, I don't have any magic. I come from a world... where magic died."

>"Anyway, you can see why I'd have to be a little suspicious."

> "Which is exactly why I didn't want to talk about anything."

> The sailor flies off a fisr distance at a high speed.

> "Anyway, I have work to do, must be off!" she says, tipping her hat, before flying off at a pretty high speed.

> "Strange. She can fly, yet she claimed to have no magic." Daiyousei says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "We'd better tell Reimu. This smells like another Incident!"
>Let's go check on Cirno. "Oi, wakey-wakey, we got work to do!"

[Raikaria]

>Sigh. "We'd better tell Reimu."

> "Yeah..." Wriggle says.

> "Wait a second! Didn't Rika mention some people who helped her when we were at the Moriya Shrine?" Kogasa recalls, before she clears her throat, and does her best Rika-impression:

> "I'm suppose it's no harm, seeing as they're long gone from Gensokyo. You won't recognise the names, but the Hakurei Maiden will. I owe them no alliance, after all, they just gave me some help while they lodged in my base to research Gensokyo's magic or something I don't care about. Their names were Yumemi Okazaki and Chiyuri Kitashirakawa. Tell those names to the Hakurei maiden, they mentioned they know her, and had to hide from her." Kogasa imitates.

> Considering that was about two years ago, you're impressed and mildly surprised she can recall it.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well then, this definitely means we gotta get Reimu involved."
>Sigh. "I'll probably have to bribe her with more food too."

[Raikaria]

>"Well then, this definitely means we gotta get Reimu involved."
>Sigh. "I'll probably have to bribe her with more food too."

> Everyone laughs when you mention bribing Reimu.

> "Well, didn't the sailor mention Marisa too? She probably has met her before as well, or at least knows about her." Daiyousei says, before adding, "Wouldn't put it past her knowing Rikako too, seeing as she knows Rika and those two used to be pals before she went nuts."

> "SHANGHAI!" you hear call out suddenly, as Alice's doll appears, holding something that looks like a note. You don't recognize the writing on it, but it's blood-red, with RUMIA written on it in fancy handwriting.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Whoa, hey, chill out there Shanghai. Got a message for me do you?"
>Let's see what the note says! Alice doesn't usually use such red ink, so it's gotta be from Shinki!

[Raikaria]

>"Whoa, hey, chill out there Shanghai. Got a message for me do you?"
>Let's see what the note says! Alice doesn't usually use such red ink, so it's gotta be from Shinki!

> Shanghai gives you the message, which you open, indeed, it is from Shinki, as the name at the bottom says.

> "To Rumia.

Just a heads up that I cannot visit anymore. This is nothing to due to Yukari screwing around, but due to a situation in Makai. Something is draining magical energy from Makai. Makai is MADE out of magical energy, of which I am the fountain of. While I am in Makai, all is well, in fact, I'm sleeping better due to using more energy! However, should I leave Makai, whatever is extracting the magical energy will damage it without me there to resupply it. I cannot allow my realm to be damaged, so I cannot visit until the source of this drain is found and plugged.

- Shinki."

[Hanzo K.]

>Groan. "Oh this is a real downer. Even Makai's gettin' drained by those guys."
>"Shanghai, you got something to write with?"

[Raikaria]

>Groan. "Oh this is a real downer. Even Makai's gettin' drained by those guys."
>"Shanghai, you got something to write with?"

> Shanghai pulls out her spear, and fiddles with the tip, until it opens. She then cries "Shang... HAI!" and what appears to be a quill's point appears in the place where the spear's tip was before she took it off.

> The doll looks pleased at it's accomplishment.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Wriggle, track that woman, either yourself or by sending some bugs after her. We'll want to know where she's going."

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin, and pat her head. "Great job there. I could really use having a little helper like you around."
>Let's take the spear-pen and write down on the other side of the note, this message.

'Don't worry about a thing Alice, tell Shinki and the others that I'm already working on that problem. Just before I got this note, I ran into someone who mentioned that her and her boss have been siphoning energy from all sorts of different worlds.
Gensokyo, the Moon, probably even Makai too. I'll see about getting Marisa and Reimu to lend a hand in tracking the culprits down.'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             -Rumia

>Hand the spear-pen back to Shanghai so she can re-cap it, then pass her back the note. "Now, deliver this to Alice, 'kay?"

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Include in the note that Rika may be involved.

[Raikaria]

>"Wriggle, track that woman, either yourself or by sending some bugs after her. We'll want to know where she's going."

> "Uh... OK, I'll tell the bugs to keep an eye on her!" Wriggle says, before she starts to focus, her antenna twitching.

>Grin, and pat her head. "Great job there. I could really use having a little helper like you around."
>Let's take the spear-pen and write down on the other side of the note, this message.

>Hand the spear-pen back to Shanghai so she can re-cap it, then pass her back the note. "Now, deliver this to Alice, 'kay?"

>Include in the note that Rika may be involved.

> You write the note, including that Rika may be fooling around again, and give it, and the spear, back to Shanghai, who makes the quill-end vanish, and then screws the top of her spear back on.

> Shanghai bows, and then flies off.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Alright, you guys stick around here, keep tabs on Cirno, gather info in the area, that stuff. I'll go get Reimu, she'll not be happy that there's another possible incident, but that's Gensokyo for ya."
>We'll use our shadowtransfer ability to reduce the travel time to the Hakurei Shrine.

[Raikaria]

>"Alright, you guys stick around here, keep tabs on Cirno, gather info in the area, that stuff. I'll go get Reimu, she'll not be happy that there's another possible incident, but that's Gensokyo for ya."
>We'll use our shadowtransfer ability to reduce the travel time to the Hakurei Shrine.

> Everyone agrees.

> For you to do this for the whole trip would require a single, unbroken shadow from her to the Hakurei Shrine. This isn't possible. However, you still speed up your trip through the forested areas using it, and make it to the Shrine in half the usual time.


> Of note, is that your shadow travel isn't instant, you're just traveling fast. You once actually raced Aya, using your shadow movement, and she won. Not by a LOT, but she still won.

[Hanzo K.]

>Well, let's head on up to the shrine itself, stopping at the steps up to the donation box, and look around for Reimu.

[Raikaria]

>Well, let's head on up to the shrine itself, stopping at the steps up to the donation box, and look around for Reimu.

> You head towards the Hakurei Shrine, and see Reimu, being bugged by Mima.

> "Your spellcard system is bad and you should feel bad." Mima complains.

> "Stop being sore because you lost. Again."

> "How is it fair that I can't shoot you at all because you fly OUT OF EXISTENCE?"

> "Why is an evil spirit even at my shrine anyway..."

> It seems from her tone and look on her face Mima is only bugging Reimu and isn't actually serious.

[Hanzo K.]

>Fly over with a sigh. "I hate to interrupt, but we've got a bigger problem than debating spellcards. You guys know anyone named Yumemi Okazaki, or Chiyuri Kitashirakawa? I think I may have run into one of 'em a little while ago. She was looking for Rika, but was really late to the party and went to Rika's old hideout by mistake, the one we trashed back about a year ago."

[Raikaria]

>Fly over with a sigh. "I hate to interrupt, but we've got a bigger problem than debating spellcards. You guys know anyone named Yumemi Okazaki, or Chiyuri Kitashirakawa? I think I may have run into one of 'em a little while ago. She was looking for Rika, but was really late to the party and went to Rika's old hideout by mistake, the one we trashed back about a year ago."

> Reimu just tilts her head and goes "Uh? Who?"

> Mima sighs. "You really are a moron. They tried to KIDNAP YOU. To research you and your 'magic'. Those two magic researchers who set up the whole tournament for a 'great power' within the ruins." the evil spirit says.

> "Unfortunately I don't know much about them. Despite me and Marisa being involved in the contest, only Reimu actually met with them. Because she won." Mima says, before bopping Reimu over the head with her staff. "Unfortunately... this idiot can't remember it seems, because it's from her purple days."

> "Well Mima, you seem to know more about what's going on than me, why don't you pay up some rent for haunting my shrine and go sort things out for me?" Reimu says, a smug look on her face.

> "What makes you think you can boss me about..."

> "I did just win a danmaku fight. The loser has to do what the winner says." Reimu says, looking even smugger.

> Mima looks like she wants to kill Reimu, but starts deep 'breathing'. As a spirit, she doesn't actually breathe, but she calms down.