Wriggle Quest: The Value of the Small

[Hanzo K.]

>Sigh. "You can tell she doesn't like this."

[Raikaria]

>Sigh. "You can tell she doesn't like this."

> "Would you like it if you entered trances randomly? Besides, that is nothing to do with my plans, if Sanae gets enough faith, it's inevitable. My plans will stop her trances."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Yeah, but the big question is if she'll still be the same person and not get overwritten by a new Titania persona. It loops right back to what happened with Rumia."

[Raikaria]

>"Yeah, but the big question is if she'll still be the same person and not get overwritten by a new Titania persona. It loops right back to what happened with Rumia."

> "Oh no, the evil won't be sealed, it'll be destroyed when I kill Titania. Sanae will become a new Titania, a new Mother Nature. She will replace the corrupt god completely. It won't be coming back. Has Yatagarasu taken over Utusho?"

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, just be careful is all I'm saying. If something can go wrong, it usually will. At least, that's what I've learned from the past things that've happened."

[Raikaria]

>"Well, just be careful is all I'm saying. If something can go wrong, it usually will. At least, that's what I've learned from the past things that've happened."

> Kanako gives you a look.

> "When I came here for faith, we got beaten up. When I tried to advance Gensokyo with Nuclear Fusion, the crow went mad and tried to destroy the world, and released a bunch of Buddhists who diminished our faith even more, and they inadvertently released Taoists. I think I know Murphy's Law." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>All that should've made her more careful, but she seems intent on just hammering away with her plans and schemes regardless, huh?
>"Well, you were the one I was referring to with that after all. I mean, when weird things were happening, folks stopped thinking Yukari was behind it, and started saying you were instead. I guess that's one way to get faith, being known for being behind weird occurrences."

[Raikaria]

>All that should've made her more careful, but she seems intent on just hammering away with her plans and schemes regardless, huh?
>"Well, you were the one I was referring to with that after all. I mean, when weird things were happening, folks stopped thinking Yukari was behind it, and started saying you were instead. I guess that's one way to get faith, being known for being behind weird occurrences."

> To be fair, you don't know how careful she's been in preparations.

> "Wait... people started making me the defult cause of incidents and not Yukari?!" Kanako says, looking legitimately taken aback.

> "Not surprising." Suwako says.

> "Nope." Sanae comments.

> "Even we know your record." Maribel comments.

> "Yeah, pretty much everything for about a year and a half was your fault." Reimu says, having got back up. "We can even blame that whole Rika thing on you, seeing as without you there would have been no nuclear reactor to steal."

> Kanako looks anything but her usual self right now, and more like a kid who's hand was caught in the cookie jar.

[Hanzo K.]

>"See what I mean about being careful? This little gamble of yours might not go according to plan. 'Expect the unexpected', as Rumia would probably say if she were here."

[Raikaria]

>"See what I mean about being careful? This little gamble of yours might not go according to plan. 'Expect the unexpected', as Rumia would probably say if she were here."

> Kanako recovers, and handwaves.

> "Well, as I said, this was bound to happen anyway. It's either I go through with my plan to get rid of Titania, or Sanae is doomed to randomly split into Yuuka-like trances. Probably at the worst possible times. The gathering of faith and Sanae's ascension itself is beyond my control."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, just be careful with it. If what Bishamonten said via Shou is right, we're going to be heading for one hell of a time as a result of it. And not the good kind either."

[Raikaria]

>"Well, just be careful with it. If what Bishamonten said via Shou is right, we're going to be heading for one hell of a time as a result of it. And not the good kind either."

> "Bah, Bishamoten. He's forgotten he's a god of war, I swear, with how cautious he is about everything these days." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Guy's probably been around long enough to know when to hold 'em, and when to fold 'em. Weren't strategists usually like that to begin with?"

[Raikaria]

>"Guy's probably been around long enough to know when to hold 'em, and when to fold 'em. Weren't strategists usually like that to begin with?"

> "I've been around a long time too, and I've been in my fair share of wars. All of which resulted in victory, by the way. Not to mention I'm also a hunting goddess." Kanako says.

> "Can you not boast of your war victories when I'm right next to you?" Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Hunting's a totally different thing though."
>War, Hunting, Wind, talk about your Odd Jobs God. What's next, is she a goddess of pastry making too?

[Raikaria]

>"Hunting's a totally different thing though."
>War, Hunting, Wind, talk about your Odd Jobs God. What's next, is she a goddess of pastry making too?

> "Not really. Hunting is war against an animal, with the purpose of food instead of conquest." Kanako says.

> She is also technically an apprentice scientist of nuclear fusion, helping the Kappa.

[Hanzo K.]

>"That's a pretty loose definition of war though, don't you think? But what do I know? I'm just a firefly."

[Raikaria]

>"That's a pretty loose definition of war though, don't you think? But what do I know? I'm just a firefly."

> "Indeed." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"But I do know this though, guys like him don't get anywhere in his line of work without being careful. After all, a deity of war is no different from a warrior in theme, they're just insanely stronger and more magical. And just like with animals, the older and more experienced they get, the more cautions and careful they are."

[Raikaria]

>"But I do know this though, guys like him don't get anywhere in his line of work without being careful. After all, a deity of war is no different from a warrior in theme, they're just insanely stronger and more magical. And just like with animals, the older and more experienced they get, the more cautions and careful they are."

> "The same applies to hunters." Kanako says.

> Suwako just lies on her back, and stretches. She seems disinterested about this argument, since it has nothing to do with her.

[Hanzo K.]

>"So by your own reasoning and logic, you should actually be the cautious one, and he should be the one chomping at the bit to let off the next wacky scheme."

[Raikaria]

>"So by your own reasoning and logic, you should actually be the cautious one, and he should be the one chomping at the bit to let off the next wacky scheme."

> "No, he should be able to see and understand this is the only way. You don't jump into war, you do so in a calculated fashion, and I have done the calculations." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, just don't count out any sort of potential for error, even if it's just one percent. For all any of us know, this could backfire spectacularly. For example, since you'll be fighting Titania, and not Sanae, there's a good chance that you'll be the one ending up in that post instead. A sort of 'You break it, you buy it' kind of thing."

[Raikaria]

>"Well, just don't count out any sort of potential for error, even if it's just one percent. For all any of us know, this could backfire spectacularly. For example, since you'll be fighting Titania, and not Sanae, there's a good chance that you'll be the one ending up in that post instead. A sort of 'You break it, you buy it' kind of thing."

> "Don't worry, I have been planning this for years, in addition, Suwako is going to help me, as well as any other gods who agree to help. I am not going to fight fairly, while I'm as powerful as I am, I'm not taking risks." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Hmm...Say, since you said you aren't going to fight fair, would she be susceptible to say, an insect's poison? I know she's a nature goddess and all, but it never hurts to ask for clarification."

[Raikaria]

>"Hmm...Say, since you said you aren't going to fight fair, would she be susceptible to say, an insect's poison? I know she's a nature goddess and all, but it never hurts to ask for clarification."

> "Gods cannot be poisoned, and she is a nature goddess, that includes natural venom. The one who would have to be more careful of venom is me."

> "Besides, in what amounts to a fight to the death, you don't fight fair. I killed Yatagarasu, a Sun God, by ambushing her and crushing her with my onbashira. In a straight up fight she'd fry me."

[Hanzo K.]

>"So do you think that trick will work on Titania too then? You'd just have to find a place to fight that isn't Gensokyo. What's the point of making Sanae the next Titania if there's no Gensokyo for her to preside over?"

[Raikaria]

>"So do you think that trick will work on Titania too then? You'd just have to find a place to fight that isn't Gensokyo. What's the point of making Sanae the next Titania if there's no Gensokyo for her to preside over?"

> "Except she must know an attempt on her life is coming. If Yuuka does not know, Titania still would. She must be able to feel someone else encroaching on her power, her divinity, and tapping into it. An ambush would be a lot harder. In addition, she's a lot more resistant to extreme blunt force than a crow..."

[Hanzo K.]

>"You probably aren't applying enough then. It's the 'Marisa Principle' at work. 'If you aren't using enough force, use more'."
>Look over to Marisa. "Am I right?"

[Raikaria]

>"You probably aren't applying enough then. It's the 'Marisa Principle' at work. 'If you aren't using enough force, use more'."
>Look over to Marisa. "Am I right?"

> "That's how things work. If a Spark ain't working, use a bigger spark. Da ~ze." Marisa says.

> "I mean it's a lot harder to crush something that can turn into a mass of vines or other natural matter and not care." Kanako says.