Wriggle Quest: The Value of the Small

[Hanzo K.]

>"So burn the vines then. It's like those weird games from the outside world that Sanae, Maribel, and Renko always talk about. If she becomes a mass of vines, then burn the vines. Mass of water? Intense heat to evaporate it."

[Raikaria]

>"So burn the vines then. It's like those weird games from the outside world that Sanae, Maribel, and Renko always talk about. If she becomes a mass of vines, then burn the vines. Mass of water? Intense heat to evaporate it."

> "I'm not a fire goddess. Nor is Suwako." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Ah, but you just said ' as well as any other gods who agree to help'. So you don't need to worry about that angle yourself, just hope you can recruit one able to use fire. Even a god of blacksmithing should be able to do the job, right?"

[Raikaria]

>"Ah, but you just said ' as well as any other gods who agree to help'. So you don't need to worry about that angle yourself, just hope you can recruit one able to use fire. Even a god of blacksmithing should be able to do the job, right?"

> Kanako laughs. "A god of Blacksmithing wouldn't be able to torch a mass of vines. I guess failing all else I can trick Utusho."

[Hanzo K.]

>"I was more referring to the mass of water she might turn into. Forges are pretty hot after all."

[Raikaria]

>"I was more referring to the mass of water she might turn into. Forges are pretty hot after all."

> "If she turned into water Suwako would have some fun." Kanako says. "She may not be a Water Goddess, she's an Earth Goddess, but she has power over water to a large degree, as Water is a large part of the Earth." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"So there you go, as long as you bring along the right team to counter her different forms, you're set. Fire? Either you or Suwako can take care of that, her by dousing it, and you by blowing it out. Water? Suwako's job. Earth? No challenge, Suwako handles that. It all loops to the opposing element."

[Raikaria]

>"So there you go, as long as you bring along the right team to counter her different forms, you're set. Fire? Either you or Suwako can take care of that, her by dousing it, and you by blowing it out. Water? Suwako's job. Earth? No challenge, Suwako handles that. It all loops to the opposing element."

> "Of course, however, there are countless other things that could happen, a fight between gods can be decided in a moment, or over months." Kanako says.

> Sanae is talking to Renko and Maribel about their combinations. It seems Sanae is aware of what happens when she's in a trance, but not in control.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, if she happens to follow that pattern, then remember what I said. You'd be surprised what kind of wisdom you can learn from something as simple as a bug. Heck, I remember hearing about wisemen who do nothing but watch ants go by all day, and they get a weird kind of enlightenment from it."

[Raikaria]

>"Well, if she happens to follow that pattern, then remember what I said. You'd be surprised what kind of wisdom you can learn from something as simple as a bug. Heck, I remember hearing about wisemen who do nothing but watch ants go by all day, and they get a weird kind of enlightenment from it."

> "Really? I've not heard of it." Kanako says.

> "Yes, don't worry, we have plans, and backup plans, and backups upon backups, and even then, we are not ready to act yet." Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"They don't just watch ants though, they watch other swarming insects too. Like bees, certain species of butterfly, termites even. Humans are weird sometimes."
>"Another thing I was wondering about though, what'll happen to the Fairies? Cirno and Dai are my friends you know, and Rumia's pretty protective of even them."

[Raikaria]

>"They don't just watch ants though, they watch other swarming insects too. Like bees, certain species of butterfly, termites even. Humans are weird sometimes."
>"Another thing I was wondering about though, what'll happen to the Fairies? Cirno and Dai are my friends you know, and Rumia's pretty protective of even them."

> "The fairies will be absolutely fine. Nothing will happen to them, Titania is just their creator, their source of energy is nature and magic, not Titania, or else they all would have died when she sealed herself to reduce her faith consumption."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, just hope that things don't get broken by this little thing."

[Raikaria]

>"Well, just hope that things don't get broken by this little thing."

> "Things cannot get any more broken than they would be if I took no action, and did not help Sanae." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, just be careful, 'kay?"

[Raikaria]

>"Well, just be careful, 'kay?"

> "If I wasn't being careful me and Suwako would have gone and fought Yuuka about two weeks ago.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Either way, try to find a different place to fight in that won't wreck gensokyo, okay?"

[Raikaria]

>"Either way, try to find a different place to fight in that won't wreck gensokyo, okay?"

> "Can't promise that, unless Shinki lets us use her backyard or something." Suwako pipes up.

[Hanzo K.]

>"There's gotta be a way to not wreck Gensokyo. If you guys fight, then who knows how many will die? It'd be worse than just having let Titania run free, even I can tell you that."

[Raikaria]

>"There's gotta be a way to not wreck Gensokyo. If you guys fight, then who knows how many will die? It'd be worse than just having let Titania run free, even I can tell you that."

> "No. Titania running free would be complete Genocide of the human race, and several races of youkai. Across the whole world." Kanako says.

> "Don't worry, we have plans. We can't say everything yet, of course. Plans aren't 100% finished anyway." Suwako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Still an 'end of the world' sort of situation. Or at the very least, the place'll be so wrecked you won't even recognize it. Nevermind that there'll probably be no survivors among the non-divine save for the Immortals, and the Fairies. I bet even the Celestials would go belly-up too."

[Raikaria]

>"Still an 'end of the world' sort of situation. Or at the very least, the place'll be so wrecked you won't even recognize it. Nevermind that there'll probably be no survivors among the non-divine save for the Immortals, and the Fairies. I bet even the Celestials would go belly-up too."

> "Aren't you a little pessimist? Besides, we know a few more things about Yuuka than most, if the fight is taken to her, then Gensokyo is safe. Yuuka doesn't actually live in Gensokyo." Suwako says.

[Third Man]

Wriggle Quest is yes.

>Did we know that?
>What exactly is our relationship with Yuuka?

[Raikaria]

Wriggle Quest is yes.

>Did we know that?
>What exactly is our relationship with Yuuka?

> You had heard Rumia tell you that Elly let slip once that the 'real' Yuuka lives somewhere that isn't the Garden of the Sun. Which explains why you'd never seen Yuuka's gatekeeper until that time with the whole fairy revolution.

> Your relationship with Yuuka, by your terms, is not good. Being an insect youkai with command over insects, you command the insects and watch over them when they are pollinating large amounts of flowers, such as those in the Garden of the Sun. Unfortunately, this makes you a prime target for Yuuka's... less savory hobbies. Of course, as everyone keeps telling you, Yuuka apparently likes you, since you're the only one, besides -maybe- Elly, that can touch her sunflowers and not be outright vaporized for it.

[Third Man]

>"Rumia mentioned once that the one in the Garden of the Sun isn't the real Yuuka, but where is the real one if not in Gensokyo?"

[Raikaria]

>"Rumia mentioned once that the one in the Garden of the Sun isn't the real Yuuka, but where is the real one if not in Gensokyo?"

> Kanako looks at Suwako, before looking at you.

> "We know... but... we can't tell you exactly where, because it's not in this dimension. She lives in a world between our world and another dimension, a 'dimensional island' of sorts. The only way there is guarded by Elly." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>...Well. This is news.
>"So fighting there is the idea then, huh?"

[Raikaria]

>...Well. This is news.
>"So fighting there is the idea then, huh?"

> "Basically." Kanako says. "A little Dimensional Island in between worlds. Of course, that means playing on Yuuka' home turf, so that's one of the major reasons why everyone's apprehensive."

> "Not to mention since we won't be in this dimension, we won't have our full godly power. We'll be mortal to non-divine things." Suwako says. "Which is why a lot of gods are thinking twice about helping."

> "It's like Shinki is only nigh invulnerable outside of Makai, but in it she's completely invincible in every sense of the word." Kanako says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"The way I understand things though, is that you guys would still be just as vulnerable even if it wasn't her turf. Seeing as there's weapons out there that can hurt gods, iit'd make sense that Titania can do the same thing to her attacks."
>Beat.
>"Then again, she's probably got everything set to genocide regardless of who the opponent is."

[Raikaria]

>"The way I understand things though, is that you guys would still be just as vulnerable even if it wasn't her turf. Seeing as there's weapons out there that can hurt gods, iit'd make sense that Titania can do the same thing to her attacks."
>Beat.
>"Then again, she's probably got everything set to genocide regardless of who the opponent is."

> "Except we don't know how long it would take to make Yuuka turn into Titania, and while she's Yuuka, she can't hurt gods here. We're adding a whole extra stage of danger into the equation." Kanako says.