Reimu Quest (Part 6)

[日巫子]

> "You solved that incident, then?"

> "Uh...no?"  She looks genuinely confused at this statement.

> _

[Sect]

> "But you helped, right? So who took out...?" Wave the ofuda with the drawing for emphasis?

[日巫子]

> "But you helped, right? So who took out...?" Wave the ofuda with the drawing for emphasis?

> "Me, Yuugi, Konngara, and the bridge princess," Suika says.  "That muchshch I remember."
> She hiccups.

> _

[O4rfish]

>"Hey Suika, do you remember my mother?"

[日巫子]

>"Hey Suika, do you remember my mother?"

> Suika, about to take another drink, stops just as the gourd reaches her lips.
> "That's a sudden question.  Nah, didn't know the previous shrine maiden...I'd've told ya if I did."

> _

[O4rfish]

>"It's just ... I feel like I'm less human these days. None of my friends are humans, and I don't even remember my family or anything."
I think Akyuu and Sanae are edge cases enough for this to be accurate.

Oh right, Marisa ... well whatever.

[日巫子]

>"It's just ... I feel like I'm less human these days. None of my friends are humans, and I don't even remember my family or anything."

> Suika sits up and pats you heavy-handedly on the shoulder.
> "You're not what you eat, Reimu," she says.  "Except your friends aren't food."
> "If you're worried about your family, you could either try doing some research or letting it go.  I'll letcha make that decision for yourself."

> _

[Sect]

Oar, at least try to stay with the program instead of jumping wherever you want.

> "I'll look into it later. Sorry, everything that's happening has me a bit stressed."
> Sip the tea.
> "... The bridge princess? Really?"

[日巫子]

> "I'll look into it later. Sorry, everything that's happening has me a bit stressed."
> Sip the tea.
> "... The bridge princess? Really?"

> "Figured."
> Still, the bridge princess?
> "Yeah, I have no idea how, either," says Suika.

> _

[Sect]

> "... The bridge princess. Really." That's just embarrassing and slightly depressing, us getting taken out and leaving the job to a bunch of random youkai.
> "Well, I guess I can ask... uh... her about who it was that you guys ended up taking down, then, to see if it really was Kikuri. Next time I go through there, which'll probably be after Marisa gets the tofu."
> "... She is coming back soon, right?" Did we forget to actually coordinate?

That was one powerful seal, though.  Intact, I bet it could hold in anything."

Just like a supposedly unstoppable and broken spellcard, right?

[日巫子]

> "... The bridge princess. Really." That's just embarrassing and slightly depressing, us getting taken out and leaving the job to a bunch of random youkai.
> "Well, I guess I can ask... uh... her about who it was that you guys ended up taking down, then, to see if it really was Kikuri. Next time I go through there, which'll probably be after Marisa gets the tofu."
> "... She is coming back soon, right?" Did we forget to actually coordinate?

> You don't want to think too long or hard about this...
> "Good luck with that.  And probably not, if she's going to 'raid the Moriya's kitchen'," says Suika.
> All you did was ask Marisa to find tofu.  You never told her to come straight back after you found it, but you hope she does that on her own.

> _

[Sect]

> Do some mental calculations. If Marisa were to fly to where the Human Village people are, then fly to the Moriyas, then fly back, how long would that take? Then add an extra hour or two for her messing around.

[日巫子]

> Do some mental calculations. If Marisa were to fly to where the Human Village people are, then fly to the Moriyas, then fly back, how long would that take? Then add an extra hour or two for her messing around.

> About three...no, four hours.

> _

[Sect]

Well, we can either meet with her at the Moriyas, or we can go do one of the many OTHER things we need to do. We now have more information regarding the missing half year (Parsee and Kikuri, as well as Konngara and Yuugi since Suika said they helped take down the mysterious ofuda girl), there's Tojiko's lead regarding Crater Lake, we've yet to visit the Tengu village, the Genbu Ravine, and a couple other places I know next to nothing about, and we could always check on Satori and see if Koishi made it back from the playdate in one piece.

[Hello Purvis]

My instinct is that we should check on Satori to let her know we're going to be burning some midnight oil and grill Parsee on the same trip, since the underground is not too far off. After that, see if we can link back up with Marisa. From there, Crater lake seems like the way to go.

Or we could invert these.

>How much of a trip is crater lake from here, do we think?

[日巫子]

>How much of a trip is crater lake from here, do we think?

> An hour or two, possibly.  You're not exactly sure where it is, but the northern mountains aren't as far from your house as, say, Mayohiga.

> _

[Sect]

> About what time is it?

[日巫子]

> About what time is it?

> Midnight, you think.

> _

[Sect]

Going to Satori first sounds good. We can harass Parsee along the way.

[Hello Purvis]

>How long would a round trip to Chireiden take?

[日巫子]

>How long would a round trip to Chireiden take?

> About two hours if you hurried.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>"Alright. I'm going back underground to investigate something. If I don't come back, assume I collapsed at Chireiden or something. If Marisa comes back, tell her to leave the stuff here, assuming you're still awake."
>Once properly goodbyes are said, it's time to go hassle a bridge princess.

[日巫子]

>"Alright. I'm going back underground to investigate something. If I don't come back, assume I collapsed at Chireiden or something. If Marisa comes back, tell her to leave the stuff here, assuming you're still awake."
>Once properly goodbyes are said, it's time to go hassle a bridge princess.

> "Okaaaay.  Don't collapse," Suika slurs at you.  You wave goodbye and take off towards the Underground.
> You fly over the forest and into the tunnel.  Water still flows into it, but instead of rock, it slides down ice this time.  As you're gliding down, you narrowly avoid being hit by a stray bullet.  A few moments later, it rains down harmless shards of ice.  It seems that the youkai in this tunnel are trying to clear out some of the ice.
> By the time you make it to the tunnel where the bridge is, it's already snowing.  A good layer of it has already built up on the bridge, and no one seems to have bothered sweeping it away yet.  All you can hear is the sound of the river below.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Who's that dead sumbitch that took a shot at us? >=|
>Look around for signs of Parsee.

[日巫子]

>Who's that dead sumbitch that took a shot at us? >=|
>Look around for signs of Parsee.

> The bullet was purple; it was probably the tsurube-otoshi.
> You look around the bridge.  There is nary a footprint to be found.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Check under it.

[日巫子]

>Check under it.

> You look under the bridge.  There's snow on the stone beneath, but not directly beneath the bridge.  There are footprints leading to and from the river, and signs that someone was playing outside: snow angels, and a snowman only two heads tall.  The snow has been swept off the stairs leading up to the door in the wall, which is closed.

> _

[Sect]

> Any lights on in the haus?

[日巫子]

> Any lights on in the haus?

> There aren't any windows on the stone wall, so you can't tell.

> _

[Hello Purvis]

>Go bang on the door.