Remilia Quest Dh?

[Oldmansour]

>"Well, she's rather thorough. Isn't she?"
>Perhaps it has some sort of reanimation ability that prompted this. Let's follow along.

>"You have no idea." Ranka says slyly as she flies forwards.
>Honoka gives you a solemn nod as you approach. "I was not expecting you both back so soon. What happened to the other ragebloom?"
>"We actually took care of that." Reisen fills her in, indicating both herself and Shou.
>"'Ragebloom'?" Ranka asks her.
>"It seems as good a term as any for a warped plant spreading anger-inducing spores across Gensokyo."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod wisely. "A rather fitting name, but am I correct in assuming that it has some sort of reanimation property then? I can't immediately think of any other reason as to why one would burn the remains otherwise. Aside from just being thorough and practical that is."
>"At any rate, since you seemed to be moving to fly to the Kappa Village, I take it you were going there to check on the villagers?"

[Oldmansour]

>Nod wisely. "A rather fitting name, but am I correct in assuming that it has some sort of reanimation property then? I can't immediately think of any other reason as to why one would burn the remains otherwise. Aside from just being thorough and practical that is."

>"Simple prudence." Honoka answers. "I have known more than one individual who possess the ability to either put that plant back together, or grow their own, given a sample to work with. Even Rika- the young woman with the boat- might have found a way to integrate the plant into a new vehicle of hers. She's a very clever girl."
>"Good thinking." Reisen approves with a nod. "The last thing we need is any more of these things flying around. I'm Reisen, by the way. Reisen Udongein."
>"And I'm Shou Toramaru, servant of Bishamonten and Byakuren Hijiri."
>Honoka bows formally to the pair. "Honoka, Eternal Shroud of the Crimson Flame." She holds her hand out to Ranka. "I believe you've met my friend, Ranka Kitajima."
>The beautiful blonde's face drops slightly at the use of the word 'friend'.

>"At any rate, since you seemed to be moving to fly to the Kappa Village, I take it you were going there to check on the villagers?"

>"Indeed. The Kappa are surprisingly strong, and could do considerable damage when enraged, to themselves and their homes."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Sensible choice. I left an associate of mine there to help them out with a device of theirs, and was planning on picking him up as well. So we can all go there as a group. And I daresay more than a few of the villagers may be willing to join in."
>Didn't that bear follow us? Whatever happened to her?

[Oldmansour]

>Nod. "Sensible choice. I left an associate of mine there to help them out with a device of theirs, and was planning on picking him up as well. So we can all go there as a group. And I daresay more than a few of the villagers may be willing to join in."
>Didn't that bear follow us? Whatever happened to her?

>Honoka glances about the gathered youkai. "Seems to me that we have power enough as it is."
>"Oh, come on, Hon, the more the merrier." Ranka chides, flitting over and around her friend. She pauses behind Honoka and takes up a prone position in the air, resting her hands and chin lightly atop Honoka's head. "Hon's a real stickler for fair fights."
>The bear and you did travel in the same direction, but she went straight northwest from the village, while you went straight up and then northwest. You haven't seen her since.

[Hanzo K.]

>Well, here's hoping she's okay. "Reisen, Shou, I don't suppose you two saw a bear engaging in any combat? One of the two others who ended up joining the group was a Youkai Bear."
>Glance over at Honoka. "Well, you can always find your own opponent, or even sit out some fights. I'm simply being practical myself. Besides, spellcard duels are rather fair as far as things go, and I daresay you'll get to enjoy a few more by the day's end."
>...This is sure to play havoc with whatever passes for a sleep schedule for us, is it not?

(It's been canonically shown she does indeed sleep. Though inside a coffin atop a bed.)

[Oldmansour]

>Well, here's hoping she's okay. "Reisen, Shou, I don't suppose you two saw a bear engaging in any combat? One of the two others who ended up joining the group was a Youkai Bear."
>Glance over at Honoka. "Well, you can always find your own opponent, or even sit out some fights. I'm simply being practical myself. Besides, spellcard duels are rather fair as far as things go, and I daresay you'll get to enjoy a few more by the day's end."
>...This is sure to play havoc with whatever passes for a sleep schedule for us, is it not?

(It's been canonically shown she does indeed sleep. Though inside a coffin atop a bed.)

>Both youkai shake their head. "I haven't seen any bears at all." Shou provides.
>That draw a small bit of a grin from the thus-far rather serious faced youkai. "I have rather enjoyed the Red-white's combat system since its inception. If this is another one of those 'incidents' that she gets involved in, I would hope our paths will cross. I have longed to challenge her since our last encounter."
>Ranka rolls her eyes slightly at Honoka's sentiment, though Reisen and Shou laugh a little.
>Not too much. You're largely nocturnal as it is. This has been a more active night than the recent norm, though, so when you get back to your bed, you'll probably sleep well.

It's also cannonically stated, by her, on a couple occasions, that she doesn't sleep in a coffin. But that's one detail I'm prepared to leave up to you folks. Remilia does sleep, that's for sure. Whether she does so in a coffin or not, that's your call.

[Hanzo K.]

(And yet, the novels prove that she does sleep in a bed....Inside a coffin. So it's probably her way of screwing with loopholes, as she's oft to do.)

>"Well, we should encounter her again by the night's end, so it balances out. Besides, I'll be the one to take on the countess personally, I have something of a grudge after all."
>Nod. "At any rate, let's return to the village, and work from there. I do have to make sure that human is alright after all."
>Let's roll!

[Oldmansour]

(And yet, the novels prove that she does sleep in a bed....Inside a coffin. So it's probably her way of screwing with loopholes, as she's oft to do.)

>"Well, we should encounter her again by the night's end, so it balances out. Besides, I'll be the one to take on the countess personally, I have something of a grudge after all."
>Nod. "At any rate, let's return to the village, and work from there. I do have to make sure that human is alright after all."
>Let's roll!

>"I'll not intervene in your personal issue." Honoka assures you.
>Ranka adds her agreement, "But I won't promise not to watch." she adds with a mischievous smirk. You can hear Shou facepalm slightly.
>The five of your set off back towards the kappa village. Along the way back, you note puddles of that reddish goop that you and the other puked up after the plant had been destroyed. Some volumes are small, while others appear to be as large as the ones the humanoids, like yourself, expelled. And there are injured animals that have gone into hiding as well, you can smell their blood. There don't appear to have been any fatalities among the wildlife, however. The bear's blood does not present itself to you, though, which you consider a good thing.

>As the village comes into view, you make sure to adjust your course to take you over the dam stretched across the river, when you get there. The reek of that reddish vomit starts to waft across your nose, as well as what seems to be the fading scent of an electrical fire. There is a distinct lack of blood in the air, which is good. There does, however, seem to be a plume of black smoke rising from one of the rooftops. It seems to be the same roof where Nitori was working, and where you left Koryu.

>The time is now 2:17 AM.

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "Of course things wouldn't be so easy. That roof with the smoke is where I left one of my earlier group."
>Let's check it out, perhaps we'll find information, or clues.

[Oldmansour]

>Sigh. "Of course things wouldn't be so easy. That roof with the smoke is where I left one of my earlier group."
>Let's check it out, perhaps we'll find information, or clues.

>As you fly closer, you note a distinct lack of the reddish ooze on the streets below you. In fact, the only place that seems to have red vomit on it is that roof as well, and the walls of the building run red, like someone upended a giant bucket of the stuff on the roof.
>The crowd has dissipated as well, with only a handful of kappa still lingering in the town square, but the sight on the roof is an interesting one. Nitori, Chiyo and Minamo's machine is still there, by the looks of it, the back of it has blown out from the inside. Based on the pattern of the red liquid, it seems like the stuff exploded out of the machine and poured down over the side of the building.
>Minamo the kappa is still present, taking a welding torch to one side of the gaping wound in the machine. A trio of kappa are present as well, trying to mop up the viscous red sludge. Neither Koryu, Chiyo nor Nitori seems to be present, although, now that you're this close, you can detect a hint of Koryu's blood among the stench of the red vomit.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's land near Minamo then.
>"So sorry to disturb you dear, but what happened to the young man I left here to aid you and the others? I can smell some of his blood amidst the stench of this...Well, I suppose one could call it 'Rage Essence'."

[Oldmansour]

>Let's land near Minamo then.
>"So sorry to disturb you dear, but what happened to the young man I left here to aid you and the others? I can smell some of his blood amidst the stench of this...Well, I suppose one could call it 'Rage Essence'."

>The ponytailed kappa stops her welding, and lifts her goggles as she turns to face you. "Koryu? Nitori took him to the hospital."
>"What happened?" Reisen inquires."
>"Overtaxed his power. At least I'm pretty sure that's what it was, he wasn't too coherent after he pulled that stunt."

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh, and facepalm. "That's at least the second time today he's done that...It's a wonder how a human like him has lived as long as he has, with such reckless use of a decidedly risky power as his."

[Oldmansour]

>Sigh, and facepalm. "That's at least the second time today he's done that...It's a wonder how a human like him has lived as long as he has, with such reckless use of a decidedly risky power as his."

>"What did he do?" Shou asks the Kappa.
>"I don't know exactly HOW, but he managed to remove the spores from every person and creature in the village." She raps the machine with her knuckle. "This worked well enough at cleaning up the air, but it didn't suck up the spores that had already infected people. Doing that would've been- Messy. So Koryu decided to do it for us. Nitori tried to stop him, wanted to see if you got anywhere first, Remilia. But he wouldn't wait. He wanted to help all us Kappa, and Hina as well."

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "And I take it the device couldn't handle such a sudden and massive influx?"
>"I do hope that he'll learn to not be so reckless, I'd hate for the world to lose a young man with as much potential as he has. It's a rather rare occurrence afterall, given that most with such an ability are female, like ourselves."

[Oldmansour]

>Sigh. "And I take it the device couldn't handle such a sudden and massive influx?"
>"I do hope that he'll learn to not be so reckless, I'd hate for the world to lose a young man with as much potential as he has. It's a rather rare occurrence afterall, given that most with such an ability are female, like ourselves."

>"Guess again. We didn't expect the spores to change into liquid. Machine wasn't set up for that. As near as we can tell, the fluid washed into the filtration system, eventually down into one of the power cells, and then... Well, you see what happened." She waves her arm towards the blown out back of the machine, and the red ooze that flowed from it. A kappa with a sledgehammer flies up onto the roof, and walks over to the broken end of the machine.
>"I plan to turn this thing into a container for the ooze, as soon as I patch up this end of it." Minamo continues.

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Sensible course of action. I managed to find the source of the spores as well. Misshapen and mutated plants that seem artificially created with the intent to spread anger and wrath throughout Gensokyo. We've taken to calling them 'Rageblooms'. The source of where they've been coming from has also been located for the most part, downriver from that bog is an Abandoned Keep at the foot of a waterfall. There lies the root of this whole fiasco."
>Sigh. "If only he had just waited, the spores would have purged themselves naturally. You see, by slaying the Rageblooms, their spores lose effect, and are purged from the body. Which, no-doubt you've already seen for yourself."

[Oldmansour]

>Nod. "Sensible course of action. I managed to find the source of the spores as well. Misshapen and mutated plants that seem artificially created with the intent to spread anger and wrath throughout Gensokyo. We've taken to calling them 'Rageblooms'. The source of where they've been coming from has also been located for the most part, downriver from that bog is an Abandoned Keep at the foot of a waterfall. There lies the root of this whole fiasco."
>Sigh. "If only he had just waited, the spores would have purged themselves naturally. You see, by slaying the Rageblooms, their spores lose effect, and are purged from the body. Which, no-doubt you've already seen for yourself."

>Minamo shakes her head. "Koryu was the only one that did any purging here. We'd just assumed the spores became fluidic on their own once they hit a critical saturation point, or after being removed from a body for a long enough time."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Well, from my own experiences, as well as those of the others I brought with me, they seem to take on a fluid form after the demise of the source."

[Oldmansour]

>Nod. "Well, from my own experiences, as well as those of the others I brought with me, they seem to take on a fluid form after the demise of the source."

>"That probably means there's some kind of magic involved." Reisen theorizes.
>"Obviously." Ranka chides her. "How d'you think a plant like that came about?"
>"In any case," Minamo cuts them off, "All the spores in this area were in our super-filter when you blew up their generator, Remilia."

>"How injured was the human?" Honoka asks suddenly.
>Minamo considers. "I really couldn't say for sure. But he seemed to be slipping in and out of consciousness. And he was bleeding from his ears and nose, that's never a good sign."
>"Indeed not. Where was this hospital?"
>The kappa points her welding torch northeast, towards one of the larger buildings, painted white on the outside with a sky-blue roof. The term 'hospital' may be a bit generous, at it looks more like a large house than a full on hospital.
>"We should see to him." Honoka suggests to you. "Not only to praise his courage, should he be awake, but also, I may be able to aid in his healing, depending on the nature of his injuries."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Indeed. Let's be off to the hospital then."
>Let's roll!

[Oldmansour]

>Nod. "Indeed. Let's be off to the hospital then."
>Let's roll!

>"If Nitori's still there, tell her to get back here, there's still a lot of work to do." Minamo adds as you and your crew take leave from her.
>Reisen drops back to speak with Honoka as you go, their conversation on the healing arts.
>Shou, meanwhile, pulls abreast with you. "This human's obviously an acquaintance of yours, Remilia. What is it about his ability that makes it so dangerous?"

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "It has a tendency to overtax his body. Now, if he wasn't human, he would not have to worry so much. But, as it stands now, such an ability is far too dangerous for him to use so recklessly without proper training. Earlier, he used it on a river to figure out the location we've all been seeking, but it almost took his arm from him. I was able to save him thanks to this Demonfrost Glaive though, it freezes anything it cuts, which allowed me to free his arm easily enough."
>Let's keep rolling for the Hospital!

[Oldmansour]

>Sigh. "It has a tendency to overtax his body. Now, if he wasn't human, he would not have to worry so much. But, as it stands now, such an ability is far too dangerous for him to use so recklessly without proper training. Earlier, he used it on a river to figure out the location we've all been seeking, but it almost took his arm from him. I was able to save him thanks to this Demonfrost Glaive though, it freezes anything it cuts, which allowed me to free his arm easily enough."
>Let's keep rolling for the Hospital!

>"That's an odd mix of uses." Shou replies. "Information from water, curing people of anger infections."
>"Maybe he's a mage in-potentia." Ranka speculates.
>Pondering Koryu's true potential, were he not limited by his mostly human blood, you fly over to the large house generously referred to as a hospital. It DOES have the red cross sign hanging outside the front door. And a rather imposing guard: The youkai bear is lying by the entrance to the hospital. A pair of kappa stand about fifteen or so feet away, a mixture of fear and curiousity on their faces.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Hmm...He may well have that potential, I've actually considered that possibility myself. Good thing I have a friend or two who can help him realize it."
>Let's head over to the bear, and give her a good pat. "Been keeping an eye on Koryu? Good form dear, good form. I've brought some people along who should be able to aid his recovery."
>Let's head on in with the others, provided our ursine friend doesn't try to stop us, even after this little revelation that we've got some people who can help him heal.

[Oldmansour]

>"Hmm...He may well have that potential, I've actually considered that possibility myself. Good thing I have a friend or two who can help him realize it."
>Let's head over to the bear, and give her a good pat. "Been keeping an eye on Koryu? Good form dear, good form. I've brought some people along who should be able to aid his recovery."
>Let's head on in with the others, provided our ursine friend doesn't try to stop us, even after this little revelation that we've got some people who can help him heal.

>The bear growls as you lay your hand on her fur. She doesn't seem to welcome your touch as she did Koryu's. She doesn't attack you, which is good, but you get the impression she might if you touch her again. Best avoid that.
>Neither does she stop you from walking past you towards the door, though she does give your companions a rather piercing stare, her nose sniffing the air around them. Evidently, she finds nothing about them objectionable, either, and does not deter them,
>Shou, however, addresses you as cross the threshold of the door, "I'll continue downriver from here. I want to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible."

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"I will join you as soon as I am able."

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "Though I would stick around if I were you, there's safety to be had in numbers. You know the dangers the Sin Spirits hold, and who knows how many more Rageblooms there are."
>"Besides, I won't be delaying here for too long, simply long enough to drop Reisen and Honoka off, and confirm his health status."

[Oldmansour]

>"I will join you as soon as I am able."

>Sigh. "Though I would stick around if I were you, there's safety to be had in numbers. You know the dangers the Sin Spirits hold, and who knows how many more Rageblooms there are."
>"Besides, I won't be delaying here for too long, simply long enough to drop Reisen and Honoka off, and confirm his health status."

>Shou seems confused. "First you advocate strength in numbers, then you say you're planning on separating from some of your companions?"