Reimu Quest (Part 9)

[日巫子]

>"So what do we do about it?"

> "We have two options," says Yukari.  "First, take Sanae out of the picture.  This would be the most simple option as it removes the obstacle that weakened Gensokyo in the first place and would allow Gensokyo to realign itself.  Second, find a successor to include in the Boundary contract, which will give it enough power to return Gensokyo to its rightful time.  The Human Village would be loathe to give away its children in light of the disaster, which would take us to the Outside World.  A 'pure' slate would be more preferable, anyway.  As it stands, the Boundary is stable enough for me to move it back in the timeline a few years, before any disasters make the Outside World too unstable to enter.  We have two, possibly three options if you choose that."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"This reminds me...apparently my Mother was still in that dream world. Why?"

[日巫子]

>"This reminds me...apparently my Mother was still in that dream world. Why?"

> "'Mother'...do you mean Hakurei Tamiko?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah. That'd go back to the whole telling people to lie to me and hiding my past thing, by the way."

[O4rfish]

>"And how bad is the Outside World if a few thousand years is enough to destroy it?"

[日巫子]

>"Yeah. That'd go back to the whole telling people to lie to me and hiding my past thing, by the way."

> "Maybe she was a memory, or a ghost."  Yukari bows her head over the gap.  "'People'?  I only told Ran not to say anything."

>"And how bad is the Outside World if a few thousand years is enough to destroy it?"

> "Who's to say?  It's all a matter of opinion, how good or bad a place is."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"From what I heard from people there, she wasn't a ghost. So, what's with this contract business you're talking about?"

[日巫子]

>"From what I heard from people there, she wasn't a ghost. So, what's with this contract business you're talking about?"

> "It's a contract in the loosest of terms.  What it really is is the spell that binds someone to the Boundary."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"What would binding another person do, though?"

[日巫子]

>"What would binding another person do, though?"

> "Provide reinforcement and strength to the Boundary.  It would heal the damage, basically."

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[O4rfish]

>"What effects does binding someone have on them?"

[日巫子]

>"What effects does binding someone have on them?"

> "The same they have on you."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Okay, here's a question. Are Bhava-Agra and places like that also affected?"

[日巫子]

>"Okay, here's a question. Are Bhava-Agra and places like that also affected?"

> "Yes.  They're inside Gensokyo, after all."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Then why is the Dragon God and the Yama and so on just standing aside and doing nothing?"

[日巫子]

>"Then why is the Dragon God and the Yama and so on just standing aside and doing nothing?"

> "We're not as backed up as you think we are, Reimu.  There are many more worlds out there and other places like ours.  What makes you think we'd get special treatment?  Besides, the Yama's jurisdiction only lies with the dead.  She can't do anything for us."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, there's the part where they've been drug into this too. And in The Dragon God's case, he helped put up the barrier to start with so there's a professional interest, I'd think."

[日巫子]

>"Well, there's the part where they've been drug into this too. And in The Dragon God's case, he helped put up the barrier to start with so there's a professional interest, I'd think."

> "Really?  I haven't noticed that at all."  Yukari sews faster.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"That's not what Akyuu recorded. And given your track record with lying to me, I'm gonna go ahead and say she's correct on the matter."
>"Speaking of that, I'm noticing your two solutions are "Do a thing you want done" or "Do a thing you want done".  So, what's the real answer where everyone can come out ahead?"

[日巫子]

>"That's not what Akyuu recorded. And given your track record with lying to me, I'm gonna go ahead and say she's correct on the matter."
>"Speaking of that, I'm noticing your two solutions are "Do a thing you want done" or "Do a thing you want done".  So, what's the real answer where everyone can come out ahead?"

> "There are no other answers."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Like hell. It's either hassle the people you hate or it's make my life and someone else's more miserable. What are you trying to lie about this time?"

[日巫子]

>"Like hell. It's either hassle the people you hate or it's make my life and someone else's more miserable. What are you trying to lie about this time?"

> "I'm not lying.  If there was some other option, I would have done it already."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"You didn't even know this was happening until it was too late. Don't think I forgot how you messed around my shrine for some time after the storm broke out. This whole thing blindsided you as much as it did anyone. So instead of taking some time to leave a note or wake us up or something, you vanished in the least actually helpful way possible."
>"What aren't you telling me, Yukari? Either you're holding something back or you're making something up. Out with it, before more people die."

[日巫子]

>"You didn't even know this was happening until it was too late. Don't think I forgot how you messed around my shrine for some time after the storm broke out. This whole thing blindsided you as much as it did anyone. So instead of taking some time to leave a note or wake us up or something, you vanished in the least actually helpful way possible."
>"What aren't you telling me, Yukari? Either you're holding something back or you're making something up. Out with it, before more people die."

> "Yes, of course, that's it," says Yukari.  "Whether or not everyone else survives if or when the Boundary goes down, you're going to die along with it.  So unless you have a better idea, start considering my options, because we're running out of time and that fish bowl you've been constructing--"
> She jabs a finger at the shards.
> "--isn't going to save us."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Given you won't tell the truth when two lies will do, that seems to suggest I'm on the right track. So out with it, what else are you hiding?"

[日巫子]

>"Given you won't tell the truth when two lies will do, that seems to suggest I'm on the right track. So out with it, what else are you hiding?"

> "I've already told you everything about the incident," says Yukari.  "What else do you want?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Tell me what you haven't figured out yet, for starters.  You didn't know this was coming any more than the rest of us, so there's got to be things you haven't figured out yet."

[日巫子]

>"Tell me what you haven't figured out yet, for starters.  You didn't know this was coming any more than the rest of us, so there's got to be things you haven't figured out yet."

> "I haven't figured out what is causing the world to end Outside, nor do I know how something that was supposed to just exist in a dream ended up being something physical that collided with us."

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[Hello Purvis]

>"That last one seems really significant. What do you know about that dream world, anyways?"

[日巫子]

>"That last one seems really significant. What do you know about that dream world, anyways?"

> "Frustratingly little, and only through word of mouth.  I have never been there myself."

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