[COMPLETE] Rumia Quest V Cont: Everything comes together

[Raikaria]

>In that case, let's use the shadows to snag 'em. We'll go full 'scary-mode' on them to get 'em to quiet down. Wings, heavy darkness, the whole shebang.

> The fairies ignore you. They seem to be having too much fun, or are too stupid to notice. Until they start clanging into each other and various objects, but that just makes things worse.

[Hanzo K.]

>Alright, time for the shadow tendrils then! We'll tie 'em all up!

[Raikaria]

>Alright, time for the shadow tendrils then! We'll tie 'em all up!

> You tie up some fairies, but for every fairy you manage to catch and tie up there's three more causing havoc.

> You suddenly hear some fairies cry out as if they were hit by something, and the chaos stops, as all the fairies turn to look.

> You see Daiyousei, floating with a book in her hands. The fairies that cried out are spinning around in a miniature tornado.

> "I guess this is what Patchouli meant by going to the entrance to field-test my new magic." Daiyousei says. You note that the book she's holding actually has her name on it.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Looks like you're even better than ever. You even figured out Wind Magic too. I was worried about you and Cirno y'know,"

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "Looks like you're even better than ever. You even figured out Wind Magic too. I was worried about you and Cirno y'know,"

> Daiyousei smirks. "I've been working on my own magic recently, I've even started my first Grimoire."

> "Why is that one attacking us?" a fairy asks.

> "Dunno, she's a traitor! She's not havin fun while meany's sleepin!"

> "Get her!" another fairy roars, as her and five others charge at Daiyousei.

> Daiyousei traps each of the fairies that charged her in an individual bubble, which they seem unable to break.

> "I don't want to have to hurt you, but if you won't settle down and behave I might have to use force." Daiyousei sighs.

[Hanzo K.]

>Laugh it up, and get a closer look at the bubbles. "I managed to resolve the whole magic being drained problem. She practically turned the Absorber up to almost full-blast when things weren't looking well for her plans though. She was too hard to get at, so I had to go for Chiyuri, her assistant. DIdn't like having to use her as a hostage, but that was pretty much the only way I could see to get her to drop that shield of hers."
>Sigh. "Man, she's so stubborn."

[Raikaria]

>Laugh it up, and get a closer look at the bubbles. "I managed to resolve the whole magic being drained problem. She practically turned the Absorber up to almost full-blast when things weren't looking well for her plans though. She was too hard to get at, so I had to go for Chiyuri, her assistant. DIdn't like having to use her as a hostage, but that was pretty much the only way I could see to get her to drop that shield of hers."
>Sigh. "Man, she's so stubborn."

> The fairies are pounding at the bubbles. They seem to be air-filled.

> "Well, as long as no-one for seriously hurt." Daiyousei says, before sighing as the fairies either ignore her or blatantly keep going about their mischief, and flicks a few pages in her Grimoire, and the fairies suddenly pay attention to her as a swirling wind kicks up around her.

> "Pressure Arrows." Daiyousei says, before the swirling winds condense into several small arrows, which then fire at the fairies. On contact they erupt, and blast the victim and surrounding ones back, into a wall or object, knocking them out.

> About half the fairies in the hall are KO'ed.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin widely. "Niiiiiiiiice."
>"I learned a few new tricks myself, one was from the one behind the whole incident to begin with. WHo by the way, ended up using up a lot of her own life energy to use spellcards. She's still alive though, she's just out cold down at Eientei. Remember how I was after I stopped the reactor? She's like that right now."
>Let's form some dark energy into a large cross like Yumemi had. "This was a trick she used, except she needed magic-absorbing devices to do it. I picked up another trick from Seiga, who's picked up quite a few neat tricks herself."

[Raikaria]

>Grin widely. "Niiiiiiiiice."
>"I learned a few new tricks myself, one was from the one behind the whole incident to begin with. WHo by the way, ended up using up a lot of her own life energy to use spellcards. She's still alive though, she's just out cold down at Eientei. Remember how I was after I stopped the reactor? She's like that right now."
>Let's form some dark energy into a large cross like Yumemi had. "This was a trick she used, except she needed magic-absorbing devices to do it. I picked up another trick from Seiga, who's picked up quite a few neat tricks herself."

> "In a world where everyone strives for greatness, the limits will always be pushed." Daiyousei comments.

> At this point, the remaining fairies in the hall have rallied and some shoot danmaku at Daiyousei. She retaliates with fireball danmaku, which, while not new for her, she could use fireballs before she started learning magic, you can tell it clearly more powerful and advanced then in the past.

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle. "And you've certainly gotten stronger, that's for sure."
>Let's form a gauntlet of Dark Energy. "Need a 'hand'? I wanna test out that trick I learned from Seiga."

[Raikaria]

>Chuckle. "And you've certainly gotten stronger, that's for sure."
>Let's form a gauntlet of Dark Energy. "Need a 'hand'? I wanna test out that trick I learned from Seiga."

> "That's to be expected, I've been learning more magic, and studying under Patchouli. Remember, you've only seen how powerful she is when limited by her illness. If she passed her knowledge onto someone else without those limitations, well." Daiyousei says.

> "Sure, I prefer not to hurt the fairies anyway, just don't kill them, that'll make them respawn somewhere else and that'll cut the workforce."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "That's true. I'll try to hold back as much as I can."
>Grin. "Well, time to get to work! I've wanted to test this one out for a bit, and I think I've got a variant or two all figured out too!"
>Let's fire the gauntlet at one of the fairies, but try to keep it from killing it or exploding. Then will the gauntlet to return to our arm! "Remote Knuckle!"

[Raikaria]

>Nod. "That's true. I'll try to hold back as much as I can."
>Grin. "Well, time to get to work! I've wanted to test this one out for a bit, and I think I've got a variant or two all figured out too!"
>Let's fire the gauntlet at one of the fairies, but try to keep it from killing it or exploding. Then will the gauntlet to return to our arm! "Remote Knuckle!"

> You form a 'gauntlet' of dark energy and fire it like a remote punch, and stop it from exploding, before returning it to yourself.

> "Interesting, a ranged punch. Wouldn't just flying up to them be easier though?" Daiyousei says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Shrug. "Hey, Seiga's the one that came up with it, not me. I never really thought of using it like that, so I figured I'd give it a try. It's nice if I want to grab someone from afar though."
>Let's fire the Gauntlet at another fairy! But this time, keep it somewhat connected, and try to grab the fairy with the gauntlet to reel her in so we can throw her at another fairy!

[Raikaria]

>Shrug. "Hey, Seiga's the one that came up with it, not me. I never really thought of using it like that, so I figured I'd give it a try. It's nice if I want to grab someone from afar though."
>Let's fire the Gauntlet at another fairy! But this time, keep it somewhat connected, and try to grab the fairy with the gauntlet to reel her in so we can throw her at another fairy!

> You grab a fairy from a distance, and then throw her at another. This fails to do anything but annoy the two fairies involved. They may be weak but not weak enough to be put out from that.

> It appears more fairies are entering the hall from various parts of the mansion due to the sounds of combat. How many fairies are in this place? There's at least two hundred, counting the ones knocked out, and there's more coming still. With this kind of manpower it makes sense why Sunny and her gang want the Mansions' fairies backing them up.

[Side note: I'm currently 95% sure that the next Arc will have Daiyousei as the playable character to give Rumia a break. The other 5% is Cirno/Wriggle/Kogasa. I actually intend for Wriggle and Kogasa to get their day in the limelight, like Mystia did, but I feel the Daiyousei/Cirno path fits best in at this point.]

[GuyYouMetOnline]

I say Daiyousei, then, rather than Cirno.

[Raikaria]

I say Daiyousei, then, rather than Cirno.

Yeah, Cirno's character is pretty well defined, and, frankly, one-dimensional. Her reaction to any problem would be to declare she's the strongest and charge in head first.

Daiyousei? About all that's defined in this universe is she isn't too keen on fighting, and is intelligent.

Of course Cirno would be a key supporting character. The plot I have planned out revolves around those two, Rumia will have little, if any role, because I get the feeling it would be hard to include her in any relevant way without making her the 1-youkai spotlight stealing squad.

The actual plot of this quest is pretty much wrapped up, except for a couple of things [Such as checking up on Makai, and the final touch to the Yumemi issue]. I'm just winging this fairy thing because you decided to go to the SDM and it's a good time to show off Daiyousei's progress, and it might be relevant for Daiyousei Quest.

[Hanzo K.]

Yeah, I'm all for Dai being next Protag.

>"Sheesh, Sunny had the right idea when she tried getting these guys in on her shenanigans! There's no end to 'em!"
>Alright then, let's use a barrage of Remote Fists! Naturally, we'll just let them fade out after impact, rather than explode.

[Raikaria]

Yeah, I'm all for Dai being next Protag.

>"Sheesh, Sunny had the right idea when she tried getting these guys in on her shenanigans! There's no end to 'em!"
>Alright then, let's use a barrage of Remote Fists! Naturally, we'll just let them fade out after impact, rather than explode.

> You unleash a barrage of ranged fist attacks, and resist the sudden urge to go 'MUDAMUDAMUDA' as you do so. Most of the victim fairies are bowled over, and some are knocked out.

> By now, the faries have figured out chargeing and attempting to beat up you two isn't working, so they instead start fireing a hail of various danmaku. While each individual fairy's danmaku is stupidly easy to dodge, there are about 100 of them still conscious and firing, which makes it suddenly stupidly difficult to read, let alone evade.

> At least they seem to have stopped coming.

[Hanzo K.]

>Alright, let's ramp up the barrage then, we'll cancel out their shots with our barrage of fists! Same caveats as earlier, of course.

[Raikaria]

>Alright, let's ramp up the barrage then, we'll cancel out their shots with our barrage of fists! Same caveats as earlier, of course.

> You ramp up the blasts, but putting this little power into them is making it hard to actually hit the fairies through the danmaku wall, although you're not getting hit either.


> At this point Daiyousei takes the chance to bubble-trap a couple of fairies who are not with the main mass.

[Hanzo K.]

>Alright then, we'll put in just enough power to a few of them to blast the nearby Danmaku so that the weaker fists can go through!

[Raikaria]

>Alright then, we'll put in just enough power to a few of them to blast the nearby Danmaku so that the weaker fists can go through!

> You send out a small flurry of serious blows, which explode on contact with the danmaku, opening up a path of the less powerful blows to get through.

> What fairies aren't knocked out fly away to various parts of the mansion in panic.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "And that's the end of that chapter~"
>Beat.
>"So....What now?"

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "And that's the end of that chapter~"
>Beat.
>"So....What now?"

> "I dunno. What did you come here for?" Daiyousei asks, before adding, "Sakuya's sleeping, she's worn out from last night."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Like I said earlier, to check up on you and Cirno. Remember what we found out earlier? About how you and Cirno would feel the effects of the absorber first? Well, while I was fighting Yumemi, she flipped out and ramped up the absorber's drain. So of course I was worried 'bout you two."

[Raikaria]

>"Like I said earlier, to check up on you and Cirno. Remember what we found out earlier? About how you and Cirno would feel the effects of the absorber first? Well, while I was fighting Yumemi, she flipped out and ramped up the absorber's drain. So of course I was worried 'bout you two."

> "Ahhh... that's why I felt a little light-headed at point point then. I thought it was because the spell I was working on I overdid." Daiyousei says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Yeah...It got shut down though. Would you believe Rika actually helped for once? Remind me to send her something nice as a thank-you, would ya? I wouldn't know what a machine person like her would like."

[Raikaria]

>"Yeah...It got shut down though. Would you believe Rika actually helped for once? Remind me to send her something nice as a thank-you, would ya? I wouldn't know what a machine person like her would like."

> "Didn't Rika intend to help during the last mess because it turned against her? I know you came up with an alternate thing. Knowing her, she probably has her own goals." Daiyousei says, before adding, "I'm sure letting her have a free shot next time she tries to kill you would please her."

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Hahaha! Well then, she'd better make it count, eh?"
>Laugh it up!
>"Ahahaha! You know it'll take a lot more than anything she's ever pulled off yet to put me down. Hell, she can barely even use a spellcard."
>....Lightbulb! "I'll see about helping her figure out spellcards!"