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

[Hanzo K.]

>Alright, let's send out a forest of shadow tendrils from all the nearby shadows to grab the girl! If we pull it off, we'll wrap her up so much that only her head's free to move.

[Raikaria]

>Alright, let's send out a forest of shadow tendrils from all the nearby shadows to grab the girl! If we pull it off, we'll wrap her up so much that only her head's free to move.

> You wrap up the sailor in a large amount of shadow tendrils, and Mima reinforces them with her magic. The sailor falls to the ground, flat on her face, and then rolls over to see you.

> "What is your problem?" she asks.

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle ominously. "Well, turns out that this whole business about draining excess energy from all those worlds is causing quite a fuss from the leaders of some of them. Especially Makai, since it's made entirely from said magical energy. Now, since I happen to have been born there, and I happen to get along relatively well with Shinki, the creator of Makai, you can imagine why I've gotten involved."
>Let's pull out the wings! "I've decided to help her out by...Ah, 'cleaning up a little mess'. If ya catch my meaning."

[Raikaria]

>Chuckle ominously. "Well, turns out that this whole business about draining excess energy from all those worlds is causing quite a fuss from the leaders of some of them. Especially Makai, since it's made entirely from said magical energy. Now, since I happen to have been born there, and I happen to get along relatively well with Shinki, the creator of Makai, you can imagine why I've gotten involved."
>Let's pull out the wings! "I've decided to help her out by...Ah, 'cleaning up a little mess'. If ya catch my meaning."

> Upon hearing that there is damage to a realm called Makai, the sailor suddenly looks shocked.

> "W-What? Boss said there would be no damage to any world by extracting the magical miasma that exists in them!" she panics. "She showed me the formulae and the models too! It shouldn't be causing harm... unless there's something drastically different about that realm to the others!"

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well for starters, Shinki provides the energy for it herself. She made it from the ground up. Now, on worlds that naturally create energy, like Gensokyo or the Moon, those devices would probably work normally. But in a world like Makai that's pretty much sustained entirely by the one who created it, that's gonna cause a lot of trouble. She's actually had to go into a sort of hibernation in order to keep her energy up so she can keep the erosion at bay."
>Play around with a blob of Dark Energy idly. "I might have to...'discipline' your boss a bit. If she doesn't cut it out until she's got it all completely hammered. If not completely cut out, and an alternative found."

[Raikaria]

>"Well for starters, Shinki provides the energy for it herself. She made it from the ground up. Now, on worlds that naturally create energy, like Gensokyo or the Moon, those devices would probably work normally. But in a world like Makai that's pretty much sustained entirely by the one who created it, that's gonna cause a lot of trouble. She's actually had to go into a sort of hibernation in order to keep her energy up so she can keep the erosion at bay."
>Play around with a blob of Dark Energy idly. "I might have to...'discipline' your boss a bit. If she doesn't cut it out until she's got it all completely hammered. If not completely cut out, and an alternative found."

> "You can't make an omelet without breaking a few eggs. Besides, once we have enough energy to return magic to our world, we won't need to extract more." the sailor says.

> "Wait, return magic to your world?" Mima asks.

> "Yeah. We're extracting magic because at some point in the history of our world... magic just vanished. Now, our science can do things others would consider magic, but the problem with science is that it uses resources, and can damage the world with by-products. We need to bring magic back to our world, or we'll run out of resources." the sailor explains to Mima.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Hmm...I think we should bring her to the big-time folks, like Yukari. This sort of revelation merits a big meeting of the minds, wouldn't you say?"
>Let's check the Yukarin, since it's a good way to see if Yukari's awake or not.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>To the girl: "Are you from the outside world? 'Cause if you are, then I don't think putting magic there will work. It faded away on its own; that's why Gensokyo had to be made to preserve it."

[Raikaria]

>"Hmm...I think we should bring her to the big-time folks, like Yukari. This sort of revelation merits a big meeting of the minds, wouldn't you say?"
>Let's check the Yukarin, since it's a good way to see if Yukari's awake or not.

> "Not up to me." Mima says, before adding, "Thought Eirin was pretty smart though."

> The coin has updated it's display to 500 more than before. However, this only tells you Yukari WAS awake, not IS.

>To the girl: "Are you from the outside world? 'Cause if you are, then I don't think putting magic there will work. It faded away on its own; that's why Gensokyo had to be made to preserve it."

> "Try outside dimension." the sailor says. "Although if you were to bring our dimensions together, we'd probably be a good 6,000 years in the future of yours."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Hmm...I think we should definitely gather all the smart folks then."
>Let's look around for a few moments, then; "Hey, you awake Yukari? Could use some input from ya!"

[Raikaria]

>"Hmm...I think we should definitely gather all the smart folks then."
>Let's look around for a few moments, then; "Hey, you awake Yukari? Could use some input from ya!"

> "Should I get Eirin?" Reisen asks.

> There is no response. At this point you recall even if Yukari is awake, she is chronically lazy and probably wouldn't respond unless she absolutely had to do so.

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "We'll have to gather everyone the hard way I guess, so we may as well start with her."
>Let's re-attach the tendrils we're using to bind the girl so we can carry her with 'em. "Up y'go. You won't have to lift a finger this way, I'll do the liftin'. Pretty sure you can understand that I'm pretty reluctant to let you go just yet, you did run off before I got to finish talkin' to ya earlier, and you're the ticket to finding your boss."
>Fistpalm. "Oh yeah, since you guys stuck some of those drain-y-thingies up on the moon too, maybe you could fill me in on how things are doing up there?"

[Raikaria]

>Sigh. "We'll have to gather everyone the hard way I guess, so we may as well start with her."
>Let's re-attach the tendrils we're using to bind the girl so we can carry her with 'em. "Up y'go. You won't have to lift a finger this way, I'll do the liftin'. Pretty sure you can understand that I'm pretty reluctant to let you go just yet, you did run off before I got to finish talkin' to ya earlier, and you're the ticket to finding your boss."
>Fistpalm. "Oh yeah, since you guys stuck some of those drain-y-thingies up on the moon too, maybe you could fill me in on how things are doing up there?"

> Mima just shrugs. Reisen goes inside to get Eirin.

> You tighten the binding around the sailor girl, as you pick her up.

> "Yeah, you know what, I'm pretty tired of being used as a hostage." she says.

> "Wouldn't know. Boss put it up there years ago. Now, if you please, I'll be off now." the sailor says, before your shadow and Mima's magic start glowing blue.

> You feel a massive drain on your energy, being used to sustain the bind.

> "If you don't let me go I'll just drain all your magical energy and force your bind to break. I wonder what happens to a Youkai with their magic completely drained." the sailor warns.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Tch.."
>Well, she's forced our hand, so we'll have to let go.
>...But when she tries escaping, we'll plug 'er with a shot of Dark Energy to knock her outta the sky if we can muster the charge to do so.

[Raikaria]

>"Tch.."
>Well, she's forced our hand, so we'll have to let go.
>...But when she tries escaping, we'll plug 'er with a shot of Dark Energy to knock her outta the sky if we can muster the charge to do so.

> You regretfully release the sailor, and you notice a orb on her belt glowing the same blue as the tendrils did.

> She instantly tries to fly away, and you fling a shot of dark energy at her to try and stop her, which she just fires a shot of blue energy from her weapon at it blow up.

> A cage of orbs suddenly surround her on all sides, familiars.

> "Esoterica: Astronomical Entombing." you hear Eirin declare.

> "A spellcard will only keep me here for a short period..." the sailor says.

> "This isn't a spellcard. This is the actual technique. This is no spellcard duel, now is it?" Eirin says sweetly. "There is no time limit."

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Thanks for the save doc, looks like I owe you one again. Think we can get that belt away from her? That seems to be the thing that was draining me and Mima."
>Sigh amusedly, and shrug.. "Caught ya in a catch-22 there kiddo. If you didn't blow my shot up like you did, it would've hit you and knocked ya flat. But you opted for the less-painful choice, good call."

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "Thanks for the save doc, looks like I owe you one again. Think we can get that belt away from her? That seems to be the thing that was draining me and Mima."
>Sigh amusedly, and shrug.. "Caught ya in a catch-22 there kiddo. If you didn't blow my shot up like you did, it would've hit you and knocked ya flat. But you opted for the less-painful choice, good call."

> "That's not really a save, you were not in danger, she was fleeing. As for the device on her belt? Wouldn't want to touch it, it seems like it drains magic on contact." Eirin says, before adding, "Which is why she can't use it on my familiars with no connection to me.", as the sailor tries to press the device against a familiar, which does nothing.

> "Shuddap, you didn't know the pharmacist would do something like that." the sailor says, before she stops flying and sits down on the familiars.

> "Well, I got nothing better to do until I figure out how to get out of this or my boss comes to save my hide, which, may I add, if it comes to that happening, won't be good for you. I'm Chiyuri Kitashirakawa."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Name's Rumia, but I think I might've already introduced myself last time we met."
>Sigh. "Looks like there's gonna be quite the dustup incoming, eh Doc? And I was referring to you catching her before she got away."
>...If the lackey's got something this nasty, the head honcho must have something at least three times as bad.

[Raikaria]

>"Name's Rumia, but I think I might've already introduced myself last time we met."
>Sigh. "Looks like there's gonna be quite the dustup incoming, eh Doc? And I was referring to you catching her before she got away."
>...If the lackey's got something this nasty, the head honcho must have something at least three times as bad.

> "Rumia eh? Heard that name last time I was in Makai too."

> "Wait a second. How can a normal human go into Makai and live?" Reisen asks.

> "I've been working with raw magical energy, the magical energy that is common in all dimensions, the building blocks of magic, one might say. I've adapted to it. Science and medicine help build up resistance too." Chiyuri explains.

> "Well, from the sounds of things, these people are scientific. As a result, they are like-minded with me, albeit, their goals might not align. I'm not too interesting in opposing them myself, unless the Princess asks it... which I doubt. I'm only out here now because Reisen asked for help." Eirin says, before adding, "Besides, I'm not hurting her, just encasing her for you to question."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Hmm...So since you've been futzing around with the basics of Magic, there's a good chance you've internalized some. Which would allow you to use some of it."
>"What do you think Doc? Think that's the case?"

[Raikaria]

>"Hmm...So since you've been futzing around with the basics of Magic, there's a good chance you've internalized some. Which would allow you to use some of it."
>"What do you think Doc? Think that's the case?"

> "No, you don't simply absorb magic and become magical. Besides, magical energy is toxic to humans unless they have an affinity for it. For me to intake enough magical energy to make me magical would kill me. Instead, we fuse magic and technology, to make Mana-Drives. It's how I can fly, discharging mana from the battery." Chiyuri explains.

> "I guess that device that absorbed Rumia and Mima's energy transfers the energy into your battery." Eirin says.

> "Yep, it's a miniature Magic Energy Conversion device, that outputs directly into my manadrive!"

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Ever seen how much it can take before it overloads? Because that's something I'm kinda interested in."
>"Also, Gensokyo's been going Magitek over these recent years too. Been heading that way for a while now."

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "Ever seen how much it can take before it overloads? Because that's something I'm kinda interested in."
>"Also, Gensokyo's been going Magitek over these recent years too. Been heading that way for a while now."

> "It can't overload. The magical energy is stored in a different pocket dimension, the space is limitless." Chiyuri says.

> "Kappatech and our tech are 6,000 years apart, maybe more."

[Hanzo K.]

>Raise an eyebrow. "Can't overload by taking in too much over time huh? But there's gotta be a limit to how much energy it can take in all at once though. That's just how things are usually."
>Float over to Eirin and whisper; "Hey doc, I'm thinkin' we should force her to lead us to her boss or something. If we can knock some sense into her boss or somethin', this whole mess should get cleared right up like usual."

[Raikaria]

>Raise an eyebrow. "Can't overload by taking in too much over time huh? But there's gotta be a limit to how much energy it can take in all at once though. That's just how things are usually."
>Float over to Eirin and whisper; "Hey doc, I'm thinkin' we should force her to lead us to her boss or something. If we can knock some sense into her boss or somethin', this whole mess should get cleared right up like usual."

> "Well, I'm yet to see something that pushes it beyond it's operational limitations." Chiyuri says.

> "She said she'll probably turn up if she doesn't come home in a long enough period anyway. Why go seek out someone who may be in an alternate dimension when you can just wait for them to come to your land?" Eirin says.

> "I wonder what kind of person it is who likes to steal magical energy from the multiverse?" Mima asks.

> "In the name of science, at that. Science and magic are usually seen at odds." Reisen says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Good point. We'll just chill out for a while, have some tea or something, and wait for her boss to show up."
>Let's glance over at Chiyuri. "Hey, what kinda sweets you like?"

[Raikaria]

>"Good point. We'll just chill out for a while, have some tea or something, and wait for her boss to show up."
>Let's glance over at Chiyuri. "Hey, what kinda sweets you like?"

> "Yes, that seems like a reasonable..."

> "EEEEIIIIRRRRRIIIINNNN!" the infamous shout rings out. It seems quieter than before, maybe she learnt that she didn't need to shout that loudly. Either that or Reisen messed with the sound waves.

> "Well, I can make us some tea while I see what the Princess wants." Eirin says, as she walks inside.

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod, and chuckle. "Gotten quieter, hasn't she?"
>Fiddle with one of our ears a bit in an absent-minded manner. "Guess she's learned that she doesn't need to be so loud?"
>Let's look to Chiyuri. "Hey, since we're having some tea, you want any?"

[Raikaria]

>Nod, and chuckle. "Gotten quieter, hasn't she?"
>Fiddle with one of our ears a bit in an absent-minded manner. "Guess she's learned that she doesn't need to be so loud?"
>Let's look to Chiyuri. "Hey, since we're having some tea, you want any?"

> "Yes. She's gotten quieter." Reisen says sarcastically. "I'm just a useless rabbit that can't manipulate waves."

> "Depends. Will giving me this tea thing open up this cage of familiars, giving me a chance to escape?" Chiyuri says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle. "Aw c'mon Reisen, I figured either she got quieter, or you fiddled around to make her quieter."
>Let's have a closer look at the cage then.