Rumia Quest VI: Succession [Complete]

[Raikaria]

>"Just breathe slowly, you'll make it through. I promised Yukari that after all. Hey Youmu, let's slow down a bit so they can get used to the air eh?"
>Let's slow down some so she can acclimatize gradually.

> "Oh yes, I forgot about altitude." Youmu says, stopping.

> "Oh god I looked down..." Renko complains.

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. Kid'll never make it in Gensokyo like that. Too easily spooked. Nue and Kogasa'd have a field day with her.
>"You holding up okay there, Maribel? Do we need to dip lower and work our way up from there?"

[Raikaria]

>Sigh. Kid'll never make it in Gensokyo like that. Too easily spooked. Nue and Kogasa'd have a field day with her.
>"You holding up okay there, Maribel? Do we need to dip lower and work our way up from there?"

> You know she's not used to flying, but you're only at cloud level...

> "Uh... I'll handle it."

> "It's not much further anyway, just above the clouds." Youmu says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Alright, the last leg of the trip eh? Truth be told, this is my first time visiting the place meself. Bet it's gonna be a blast!"
>Let's get going, but be mindful of Maribel and how she's still just a regular human.

[Raikaria]

>Nod. "Alright, the last leg of the trip eh? Truth be told, this is my first time visiting the place meself. Bet it's gonna be a blast!"
>Let's get going, but be mindful of Maribel and how she's still just a regular human.

> You move onwards, until you reach six large wodden pillars in the sky, and a stone door with a seal on it.

> "I had better explain how this works. The living can only enter when allowed by the residents. Likewise, only those ghosts with a purpose outside can leave. I have free reign on both sides as I am half ghost half human. Poltergeists, like the Primsrivers, are ghosts which manipulate material objects, so they can come and go. Yuyuko's body seals a youkai cherry tree in the Netherworld, so she technically can go as she pleases as well, as she doesn't fully leave. Yukari... on the other hand... she cannot leave." Youmu explains.

[Hanzo K.]

>"So since you were sent to pick us up, that means we're allowed, yeah?"

[Raikaria]

>"So since you were sent to pick us up, that means we're allowed, yeah?"

> "Only ghosts have issues leaving. Humans can leave as they please, but must be let in. I can come and go as I please, so I can let people in." Youmu says.

> The stone doors vanish, leaving just the floating seal.

> Youmu flies through the seal and vanishes.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's head in after her!

[Raikaria]

>Let's head in after her!

> You head in after Youmu, and feel... funny. You guess that's because you're technically dying because you are entering the Netherworld.

> You find yourself at the foot of a massive staircase, and fly up it, to find a small palace. Standing outside it, as well as Youmu and Renko, are two other figures, one of which you know well.



Yukari and Yuyuko
Two Unfathomable Beings

[Hanzo K.]

>Fly on over to 'em and set the kid down. "Man....Sure is different, isn't it? So...Uh...How is it? Er,  bein'...Y'know. Dead."
>"Oh yeah! This here's the kid you told me to protect and mentor, isn't she? Looks just like a younger you."

[Raikaria]

>Fly on over to 'em and set the kid down. "Man....Sure is different, isn't it? So...Uh...How is it? Er,  bein'...Y'know. Dead."
>"Oh yeah! This here's the kid you told me to protect and mentor, isn't she? Looks just like a younger you."

> "The same. My powers are limited to only this realm, but I have no issues. I can spend my days sleeping without needing to worry about anything, and Yuyuko is here." Yukari says.

> "If anything poor Youmu is worst off." Yuyuko says, "Running around for me and what I tell her to do for Yukari too."

> "It's not funny, I said she's my descendant, but never how directly, did I?" Yukari says, a fan in front of her mouth.

[Hanzo K.]

>Smirk in a slightly knowing way. We might not actually know, but it's getting easier to guess. Maybe Yukari's her grandma or something. "Right chip off the old block, ain't she? Looks like you, even messes with borders like you can."

[Raikaria]

>Smirk in a slightly knowing way. We might not actually know, but it's getting easier to guess. Maybe Yukari's her grandma or something. "Right chip off the old block, ain't she? Looks like you, even messes with borders like you can."

> You guess people don't call Yukari the Grandmother of Gensokyo at times for nothing.

> "I know. I also know she's not human. Not fully."

> "Wait, what?" Maribel says. "I want answers, not more questions! That's why I came here, up in the sky, with two strangers, and put Renko through all that too!"

> "Can't you figure it out, silly child?" Yukari asks.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, I guess I should introduce you. This woman is Yukari Yakumo, and according to her, you're descended from her. Going by the insanely close looks, there can't be that many generations between the two of you."
>Then sigh in a somewhat relieved way. "She's also the most enigmatic and confusing woman to ever have lived."

[Raikaria]

>"Well, I guess I should introduce you. This woman is Yukari Yakumo, and according to her, you're descended from her. Going by the insanely close looks, there can't be that many generations between the two of you."
>Then sigh in a somewhat relieved way. "She's also the most enigmatic and confusing woman to ever have lived."

> Maribel waits for you to finish completely.

> "There are not many generations. The same appearance... the same powers... and the fact that I don't even remember my mother... this woman isn't just a relative. She is my mother." Maribel says.

> "You can't be serious Mary! That means you're half-youkai, doesn't it?! Isn't this youkai thousands of years old too?!"

> Yukari has a sly smile. "Maribel is correct. She is my direct descendant. That is why I was aware of her, and so confident of her."

> "Of course, Yukari ran Gensokyo, so she couldn't exactly stay. She left Maribel in the human world where she would be safe." Yuyuko says.

> Maribel falls to her knees in seeming shock as it all hits her. Renko runs over to comfort her.

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle and grin in that amused way that folks do when something crazy just happened. "Yukari, you sly old fox you. Always gotta keep the juicy secrets for when they'll hit the hardest, eh?"
>Then smile in our usual rough but warm way. "Man. I knew there was a close relation between you two, but to think it was this close. For the kid to finally find her mom, but find her as a ghost. I think even I'd be floored if I were in her shoes."
>Let's find something to lean against while we watch things. Renko knows the kid better than we do, so she's the best one to comfort her.

[Raikaria]

>Chuckle and grin in that amused way that folks do when something crazy just happened. "Yukari, you sly old fox you. Always gotta keep the juicy secrets for when they'll hit the hardest, eh?"
>Then smile in our usual rough but warm way. "Man. I knew there was a close relation between you two, but to think it was this close. For the kid to finally find her mom, but find her as a ghost. I think even I'd be floored if I were in her shoes."
>Let's find something to lean against while we watch things. Renko knows the kid better than we do, so she's the best one to comfort her.

> "Oh, what's the point of telling people that when the daughter isn't here?" Yukari says. "Not even Ran and Chen actually knew. It's easy to disguise a change in your personal boundaries when you're a youkai of boundaries, after all, and when you happen to sleep for the best part of the year anyway~"

> You wait for Renko to comfort Maribel. Maribel then gets up and slaps Yukari. Repeatedly. Until she just breaks down again. Yukari doesn't do anything.

[Hanzo K.]

>"I take it you deserved those or something?"
>Sigh. Kid definitely needs something to help take the edge off. If Dai were here, she could administer one of them cooldown hugs to help her be more calm and able to think things through.

[Raikaria]

>"I take it you deserved those or something?"
>Sigh. Kid definitely needs something to help take the edge off. If Dai were here, she could administer one of them cooldown hugs to help her be more calm and able to think things through.

> "Well, I did abandon her and drop the bombshell on her the first time she ever sees me, when she's in some weird world and I'm dead." Yukari says.

> "This sort of emotion is too severe for her to be able to do anything. There is emotional manipulation and then complete emotional hijack." Yukari explains. "She needs time."

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "Hopefully the kid comes out of it. Ran can only hold out for so long after all..."
>Let's try and take Renko off to a side. "Does she have any favorite things by any chance? I don't like seeing the kid like this any more than you do, and right now you're the only one who knows her close enough to help her out of this. So what do you know of that'll help her?"

[Raikaria]

>Sigh. "Hopefully the kid comes out of it. Ran can only hold out for so long after all..."
>Let's try and take Renko off to a side. "Does she have any favorite things by any chance? I don't like seeing the kid like this any more than you do, and right now you're the only one who knows her close enough to help her out of this. So what do you know of that'll help her?"

> "Nah, Ran can hold out anything but the border pretty much collapsing totally." Yukari says. "It's just that Ran can't improve things either. She's like someone looking after it while there's no-one else around."

> "W-what are you saying? You're saying I have to fill in for your shoes?" Maribel says.

> "Whoops." Yukari says, before she gets another slap, one so hard she falls to the ground.

> "You dare to say that?! You leave me all my life, then expect me to fill in for you?!" Maribel shouts.

> "You don't have a choice... your powers will lead you to no other path as they naturally develop." Yukari responds, getting up.

> Maribel kicks Yukari back down.

> "Nineteen years! Don't you are tell me what to do! We're leaving Renko!" Maribel says.

> "M-Mary?"

> "We're. Leaving."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, this isn't going very well. At this rate I'll have to follow them back to their place to keep that promise I made."
>Sigh. We really aren't that good with stuff that's not related to smacking some sense into someone.
>Waaaaait. That might just be the ticket. It worked on that guy we read about, the one who ended up having to control that weird moving doll. She's freaking out just like he was.


(This is in reference to Amuro and how he ended up getting brightslapped, which knocked some sense into him.)

[Raikaria]

>"Well, this isn't going very well. At this rate I'll have to follow them back to their place to keep that promise I made."
>Sigh. We really aren't that good with stuff that's not related to smacking some sense into someone.
>Waaaaait. That might just be the ticket. It worked on that guy we read about, the one who ended up having to control that weird moving doll. She's freaking out just like he was.


(This is in reference to Amuro and how he ended up getting brightslapped, which knocked some sense into him.)

> "The human world is safe. If they return home there is no need to follow them." Yukari says.

> You think about slapping Maribel, but honestly you don't think it would help. If anyone should slap her it should be Yukari, seeing as she's the mother and all. Failing that, Renko probably knows best how to get sense into Maribel.

> Maribel starts to walk down the stairs.

> "If she wants to leave I see no problem." Yuyuko says. "She'll be back, maybe not here, but in Gensokyo."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Yeah, but Gensokyo does kinda need her... Youmu can get Renko to the Human Village can't she? I wanna get some 1-on-1 time with the kid, gonna try something."
>Let's catch up with her! "Before you go, lemme show you a few things, okay? I never got to show you around, and I figured you should at least see the place for yourself."

[Raikaria]

>"Yeah, but Gensokyo does kinda need her... Youmu can get Renko to the Human Village can't she? I wanna get some 1-on-1 time with the kid, gonna try something."
>Let's catch up with her! "Before you go, lemme show you a few things, okay? I never got to show you around, and I figured you should at least see the place for yourself."

> "Uh... we do need to go home..." Renko says.

> You go catch up with Maribel. She just tells you to go away.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Listen. Everyone has a special ability for a reason. You wouldn't have had the same ability as her if there wasn't a meaning to it...You would've had something different. Gensokyo's a beautiful place you know, you should at least see it for yourself before going crazy."
>".....I know firsthand how bad going crazy while having a great power can be...It's not fun. Don't end up like I once was."

[Raikaria]

>"Listen. Everyone has a special ability for a reason. You wouldn't have had the same ability as her if there wasn't a meaning to it...You would've had something different. Gensokyo's a beautiful place you know, you should at least see it for yourself before going crazy."
>".....I know firsthand how bad going crazy while having a great power can be...It's not fun. Don't end up like I once was."

> Maribel is quiet, and keeps walking.

> "Go... away..." she says again. You can feel a large amount of power collecting within her.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Uh-oh."
>Time to head back to the others!

[Raikaria]

>"Uh-oh."
>Time to head back to the others!

> Maribel dosen't respond to your "Uh-oh."

> You fly back to Yuyuko, Youmu, Renko and Yukari.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Yukari, I think this is one time where your fondness for being enigmatic really backfired."