[COMPLETE] Daiyousei Quest - Rise of the Fairies

[Raikaria]

>"I still don't know who did that just yet, but all the evidence might point at Yuuka. Given the new power void, and how she acts, she might be trying for a gambit to take over completely."
>Nod. "We need to put the mansion into lockdown before they attempt it. That way the only way in will be them hoping to randomly respawn inside the Mansion, and we can just trap them in some way when that happens. Cirno's already captured Star down at the lake. I could have her brought here for interrogation if you want. Everything seems to stem largely from Sunny, Star, and Luna. So they might hold the answers."

> "Power Void?" Patchouli asks. "I know something happened, but Remilia is keeping tight-lipped about it."

> "The three light fairies. Yes, they tried something like this before, and their way of getting someone on their side was burning down their house. Someone is certainly pulling the strings behind them." Patchouli says.

> The witch starts to float towards the door. "We must inform Sakuya." She then stops, "Oh wait... I recall Remilia telling me she was exhausted from the Yumemi incident. Dammit! It's just me and Meiling!"

[Hanzo K.]

>"I'll help out! I don't like fighting, but I can't just sit back anymore! If we can hold out and keep the Fairy maids safe somewhere, we'll win!"
>What's the most well-secured place in the mansion that we could cram all the Fairy Staff in?

[Raikaria]

>"I'll help out! I don't like fighting, but I can't just sit back anymore! If we can hold out and keep the Fairy maids safe somewhere, we'll win!"
>What's the most well-secured place in the mansion that we could cram all the Fairy Staff in?

> "I guess if the lake fairies help out we may have a chance, but we don't know how many fairies are on their side..." Patchouli says.

> That would be Flandre's old basement. It is filled with magical wards and seals everywhere.

[Hanzo K.]

>"I'll go get everyone at the Lake then, you take care of getting the Fairy Maids into Flandre's old basement, that's the safest and most secured place in the Mansion. Once I get back with Cirno, the Prisoner, and the Lake Fairies, we should be fine. I'll be back soon!"
>Let's beeline back to the gate. "Hong, I'll be returning with Cirno and the Lake Fairies to boost the power here in case you can't get all of them. The mansion's going to be on severe lockdown soon, because of what I told you earlier."
>Let's make for the lake to find Cirno!

[Raikaria]

>"I'll go get everyone at the Lake then, you take care of getting the Fairy Maids into Flandre's old basement, that's the safest and most secured place in the Mansion. Once I get back with Cirno, the Prisoner, and the Lake Fairies, we should be fine. I'll be back soon!"
>Let's beeline back to the gate. "Hong, I'll be returning with Cirno and the Lake Fairies to boost the power here in case you can't get all of them. The mansion's going to be on severe lockdown soon, because of what I told you earlier."
>Let's make for the lake to find Cirno!

> Patchouli tells Koakuma to gather the maid fairies, and inform Meiling to assist.

> You speak to Meiling, but she's meditating, so dosen't respond.

> When you arrive over the lake, there is the black mist again, in front of Cirno.

> "Who are you?" Cirno asks.

> "Ah... now both of you are here... I guess I should show myself..." the mist says, before it forms into a fairy.

> The fairy has short, black hair, and a red dress with a jagged black line along the front-center. Her wings are in a set of two each side, the larger top wings being red, and the smaller underside ones being blue. Her eyes are dark red.

> "I'll take you both on for command over this area." the fairy says. "Two against one."

> It is night-time now.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Who are you..?"

[Raikaria]

>"Who are you..?"

> "I don't have a name." the fairy responds. "I've been following you and getting information for Sunny, Luna and Star. Speaking of..."

> The fairy forms a bow in her right hand, and fires a small blast of magical energy at Star's ice-cube, breaking the ice and freeing her top half, before a second arrow frees her enough for her to break herself out. The bow then vanishes.

[Hanzo K.]

>Ninja. Of course.
>Stick her and Star in bubbletraps.

[Raikaria]

>Ninja. Of course.
>Stick her and Star in bubbletraps.

> You try to trap her and Star in bubbles. It works on Star, but the unknown fairy breaks through your bubble by firing a laser from one of her fingers.

> "Heh... this fairy ain't no joke, to have broken my ice with two hits." Cirno says.

> The unknown fairy is waiting to see what you do next.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Never found a Fairy who had the lucidity to be able to bust my Bubble Trap spell. You're no ordinary Fairy then, are you? If I had to guess, I'd say you're the real culprit, aren't you..?"
>What did the legends say about Titania's Wings?

[Raikaria]

>"Never found a Fairy who had the lucidity to be able to bust my Bubble Trap spell. You're no ordinary Fairy then, are you? If I had to guess, I'd say you're the real culprit, aren't you..?"
>What did the legends say about Titania's Wings?

> "I guess you could say I am not ordinary. I guess you could say... I'm the strongest." she says, with a flash of a grin to Cirno.

> That's the straw for Cirno, who flies right at the fairy, firing a blizzard of ice in front of her as she goes. The unknown fairy evades the cone of ice, and strikes Cirno as she flies past. Cirno doesn't seem to phased, but distance re-opens between the two.

> Titania had six massive wings. This fairy has four, and they are shaped nothing like the image.

[Hanzo K.]

>"I wonder then...If Titania died as a Fairy, could she have reincarnated like all the others who lose an aspect? You're a pretty interesting Fairy, and a prime suspect for that. As a Sprite of Knowledge and Magic, I'm compelled to discover the truth of things!"
>Let's make a heavy mist appear around the fairy. "Now Cirno!"

[Raikaria]

>"I wonder then...If Titania died as a Fairy, could she have reincarnated like all the others who lose an aspect? You're a pretty interesting Fairy, and a prime suspect for that. As a Sprite of Knowledge and Magic, I'm compelled to discover the truth of things!"
>Let's make a heavy mist appear around the fairy. "Now Cirno!"

> "No. I'm not Titania. I'm with Sunny and the others. If I was Titania, why would I have needed to follow you for information? Surely I would have known all of it?" the fairy says.

> You form a mist around the fairy, and Cirno freezes it into a blizzard of ice crystals, swirling around the fairy. She can't freeze it solid because the water density is too little.

> "Oh my. This is irritating." the fairy says as the ice cuts into her, forming her bow and gathering a massive amount of energy as she points it into the air "It looks like I'll have to not play around with you two, I'll kill you both in a rain of arrows... Legendary Bow... G..."

> Suddenly a shadow slashes the fairy, sending her spiraling back a bit as she gets clipped. She then dodges another blow, this one a kick, before she evades a dense barrage of rain-like danmaku.

> Kogasa, Wriggle and Mystcia have arrived, looking angry. However, the fairy looks ecstatic.

> "You three don't realize what you just did, do you?" she says. "You just interfered int a fight for control of the lake! I win!"

> The strange fairy laughs. "Although, this is a preferable outcome for those two than if I had launched my attack. The arrows from the Legendary Bow would have skewered them and killed them."

> Cirno instantly challenges the fairy again, stating she wouldn't lose on a technicality. She is responded by an arrow through her chest, causing her to burst into a cloud of snow.

> "Case. In. Point." the fairy says. "You didn't stand a chance against me anyway. What about you, Sprite of Knowledge, are you wanting a rematch as well, or will you concede the lake to me?"

[Hanzo K.]

>"Tch...This proves it. You're the culprit! Not Sunny, Star, and Luna. You're just using them!"
>Would we be able to beat her with our abilities as we are now?

[Raikaria]

>"Tch...This proves it. You're the culprit! Not Sunny, Star, and Luna. You're just using them!"
>Would we be able to beat her with our abilities as we are now?

> The fairy laughs.

> "The culprit? No. I'm just a strong fairy under their command!" she says.

> You highly doubt it. She defeated Cirno in a single attack... and the face she had when she attacked was... merciless. In addition, she was able to evade the worst of Mystcia's attack, and she's faster than you are, while being able to instantly evade Wriggle and Kogasa's follow-ups.

> "It doesn't matter if you're the boss of the lake now or not. You'll pay for that, we'll make sure of it!" Wriggle says.

> Kogasa starts to charge energy at the tip of her umbrella, while you see Mystcia look around for a spellcard.

> "Give us the word Dai. We'll rip her a new one." Wriggle says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"She's on a whole different level than a normal Fairy...She might even be a Sprite..."
>Would we be able to pull it off with everyone else helping?

[Raikaria]

>"She's on a whole different level than a normal Fairy...She might even be a Sprite..."
>Would we be able to pull it off with everyone else helping?

> "Of course she's stronger than a fairy! She took Cirno out in one shot!" Mystcia says.

> You think you might be able to, but doing so would only get rid of her for a while, she'd still be the lake boss, since it wasn't only fairies involved. However, until she re-spawns, she wouldn't able to order the lake fairies about. You're also aware you've not seen the attack she was charging up, and if one quickly fired arrow killed Cirno in one blow... you're cautious about that charged attack.

[Hanzo K.]

>But on the other hand, if we do beat her, the Fairies will respect us as their boss again. Provided we get the final hit in that is, or have the others back off so we can finish the job. After all, Sunny, Star, and Luna used the same reasoning when they beat Cirno.
>Perhaps we can even emulate that attack somehow, but with the four elements. It's just a matter of seeing and surviving it.
>"Rumia'd probably take her head-on, like always. If we do go after her, we'll have to fight her like she was on par with Rumia."

[Raikaria]

>But on the other hand, if we do beat her, the Fairies will respect us as their boss again. Provided we get the final hit in that is, or have the others back off so we can finish the job. After all, Sunny, Star, and Luna used the same reasoning when they beat Cirno.
>Perhaps we can even emulate that attack somehow, but with the four elements. It's just a matter of seeing and surviving it.
>"Rumia'd probably take her head-on, like always. If we do go after her, we'll have to fight her like she was on par with Rumia."

> "If we fought her like she was on par with Rumia... we'd not fight her at all because she'd obliterate us." Wriggle says.

> "Where is she when you need her anyway?" Kogasa says.

> "Did someone need the Calvary?" a voice says.



Lilly White
Fairy of Spring... outside of Spring

> "I know it's not Spring, but wind got to me from the Sky Fairies that there was major trouble." Lilly says, with a large amount of fairies behind her.

> This is the first time you've seen Lilly with any energy outside of Spring. On the rare occasion you do see her outside of Spring she suffers from heavy depression.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Lily! This weird Fairy took Cirno down in one hit! She might be a Sprite beyond any known!"

[Raikaria]

>"Lily! This weird Fairy took Cirno down in one hit! She might be a Sprite beyond any known!"

> Lilly smiles. "Now then, do you really want to fight these youkai, Daiyousei, me, and all of the Sky fairies at once?" she says.

> "I think I could take my chances and win... however, I would rather keep my hidden tricks up my sleeve for the oncoming storm. Very well. I submit, since I didn't foresee your interface Lilly." the fairy says, turning into mist and drifting to the lakeside, before re-forming.

> "I'll be seeing you at midnight, when the Fairy descend on this place in their thousands!" she says, before flying off.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Tch...She got away..."
>Look to Lily with a worried look. "Lily, the trouble's bigger than any of us can imagine. They're gonna attack the mansion to take the fairies they have working there. They're trying to upset the balance by bringing Titania back when Gensokyo isn't ready for her yet. And I'm seriously suspecting that Titania didn't actually fade...All the evidence I've got points that she didn't fade, but changed."

[Raikaria]

>"Tch...She got away..."
>Look to Lily with a worried look. "Lily, the trouble's bigger than any of us can imagine. They're gonna attack the mansion to take the fairies they have working there. They're trying to upset the balance by bringing Titania back when Gensokyo isn't ready for her yet. And I'm seriously suspecting that Titania didn't actually fade...All the evidence I've got points that she didn't fade, but changed."

> "I'm aware. I'm aware. Something this serious... is enough that my desire to stop this calamity overrides even my depression outside of Spring, my instinct to hide... my instinct to not get involved." Lilly says, before turning to everyone else.

> "If Titania is revived, it will achieve what Sunny and the others want, yes. Fairies will be in charge. However, the reason is because there will be nothing else! Titania will massacre everything else! Think of what has been done to nature, and the nature resources of the world! Harnessed, and used by other races, for the benefit of everyone! However, all Titania will see is nature being defiled! Her rage will be unstoppable! There will be earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and flash floods. Hurricanes, tsunamis, droughts. Every natural disaster one can think of under her power as her retribution!"

> "Ask yourselves. Is it worth not being bullied if everything you know is lost? If there is no-one to play with and prank?!" Lilly says.

> She turns back to you. "Bringing Titania back isn't destroying the balance. It's how things should be. What is the issue is what restoring balance will cause Titania to do."

[Hanzo K.]

>"I...I just want things to stay quiet and peaceful, like they have been...."

[Raikaria]

>"I...I just want things to stay quiet and peaceful, like they have been...."

> "Things will be quiet if Titania comes back... for the wrong reasons." Lilly says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Yeah...We gotta stop them. She deserves to sleep after all the hard work she's done..."

[Raikaria]

>"Yeah...We gotta stop them. She deserves to sleep after all the hard work she's done..."

> "Yes."

> Cirno re-forms in the middle of the lake, and complains about this being the second time she's lost today.

> You note fairies gathering on the edge of the forest, near the lake, from various directions.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Tch...They're already coming...Everyone, let's get Cirno and make for the Mansion, it's the most defensible place I know. They'll attack there too to take the Maids working there, we have to stop them there, or there won't be anything left! Rumia's already there, but she's apparently in a major funk. Remilia is too. We might not be able to count on them to help just yet."
>Let's drag Cirno along and make for the mansion!

[Raikaria]

>"Tch...They're already coming...Everyone, let's get Cirno and make for the Mansion, it's the most defensible place I know. They'll attack there too to take the Maids working there, we have to stop them there, or there won't be anything left! Rumia's already there, but she's apparently in a major funk. Remilia is too. We might not be able to count on them to help just yet."
>Let's drag Cirno along and make for the mansion!

> You grab Cirno and tell her to enter the mansion. Meiling, surprisingly, lets your forces through with no fuss, and you see no maid fairies in sight inside the mansion. Instead, you see Patchouli, Koakuma, and a exhausted looking Sakuya... who Patchouli is attempting to get to rest. Meiling stays outside.

> "The little sister has taken it upon herself to guard the maids." Patchouli says. "Remilia and Rumia are still mulling over something, and honestly I would not expect Remilia to do anything to help her maids anyway, it is not her place."

> You hear sounds outside, and the ground quakes a few times, before you hear Meiling shout

> "There's hundreds of them! I can't hold them all back! Sorry Mistress!"

> The door bursts open, and a literal swarm of fairies rush in.

[Hanzo K.]

>Use a whirlwind spell to force them back out! "Lily! Gimme a hand with blowing these guys back out!"