Reimu Quest (Part 11)

[Hello Purvis]

>"Not immediately..."

[日巫子]

>"Not immediately..."

> As you say this, the woman's clothes are slowly replaced by flowing robes.  Six pure white wings unfurl from her back, shedding feathers as she looms over you.  Everything seems to shrink down in her presence, until she's blocking out the sun.  She stares you down wordlessly, and slowly reaches out towards you.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Back away calmly and steadily.
>We do remember this, right? If so, what do we recall about that encounter?

[日巫子]

>Back away calmly and steadily.
>We do remember this, right? If so, what do we recall about that encounter?

> You back away.  You bump into the bed, still in the middle of the road, and move around it until it's between you and her.
> You definitely remember this.  This is the last person you'd want to face off against again.  The one and only time you encountered her she was intent on trapping you, but you managed to get away.  The world you fought her in wasn't any better.  It was surreal and disorienting.  If you let your guard down for even a moment, you're done for.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"So what are you doing here?"

[日巫子]

>"So what are you doing here?"

> "I found my way in," she says.  "I was looking for you.  Or your successor.  The oni was not as interesting."
> She doesn't follow you anymore, but her eyes are fixed on you.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Why?"

[日巫子]

>"Why?"

> "Too many generations apart from you.  Not a human.  I like humans better," she says.  "The present and future are more interesting."

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[O4rfish]

>"You ... think humans are descended from oni?"

[日巫子]

>"You ... think humans are descended from oni?"

> "No," she says.  "Where are you?"

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[Hello Purvis]

Oarfish what?

>"I meant why are you following me! Stop being evasive and tell me the whole story already."

[日巫子]

>"I meant why are you following me! Stop being evasive and tell me the whole story already."

> "No one has ever been able to find me before.  I wanted you to stay, but you left," she says.  "But then my eye was drawn to this cosmic event.  I had never seen this place before."

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[Hello Purvis]

>What do we know about this customer's background?

[日巫子]

>What do we know about this customer's background?

> You know nothing.  You're just as clueless about her as the first time you met her.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"How about we start with that part, then. Who are you?"

[日巫子]

>"How about we start with that part, then. Who are you?"

> "I am Sariel," she says.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"That's not very informative. Keep going."

[日巫子]

>"That's not very informative. Keep going."

> "What?"  Sariel tilts her head in confusion.  "What do you want to know?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"I have no idea who or what you are, or why I should consider you anything other than a crazy stalker and possibly killer. The fact you're not being forthcoming about all this isn't helping things."

[日巫子]

>"I have no idea who or what you are, or why I should consider you anything other than a crazy stalker and possibly killer. The fact you're not being forthcoming about all this isn't helping things."

> "I am the harbinger of the end," says Sariel.  "I will be waiting for another 100 trillion years."
> As she says this, her eyes flicker towards the sky.  She steps away.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"This isn't encouraging me to think you're someone I should leave running around."

[日巫子]

>"This isn't encouraging me to think you're someone I should leave running around."

> "You can't--Oh."
> Sariel looks to the sky, as if she has spotted something.  She spreads her wings and races off down the road, leaving feathers in her wake.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Glance up just for a second to confirm whether or not it is Sanae.
>Assuming it is, immediately chase after Sariel. "Get back here!"

[日巫子]

>Glance up just for a second to confirm whether or not it is Sanae.
>Assuming it is, immediately chase after Sariel. "Get back here!"

> You look up.  Indeed, it is Sanae flying in with Compass leading her.  Without missing a beat, you turn and chase Sariel down the road.  You yell at her to stop, but she doesn't even look back.  Strangely enough, she doesn't leave the road.  It looks like she's headed for the tunnel in the mountain, but you still might be able to catch her first.

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[Hello Purvis]

>In the past, we have created a favorable tailwind to speed us along. Let us do the opposite; create an unfavorable headwind to come at Sariel from the front and slow her down to a snail's pace, if not completely blow her off course.
>Be sure to ease the effect away before it hits us, though.

[日巫子]

>In the past, we have created a favorable tailwind to speed us along. Let us do the opposite; create an unfavorable headwind to come at Sariel from the front and slow her down to a snail's pace, if not completely blow her off course.
>Be sure to ease the effect away before it hits us, though.

> You summon a wind that blows from the direction of the tunnel, headed towards Sariel from the front.  In response, she tucks her wings close to her body and speeds on through, only slowing down a little bit.  You manage to cut the wind off before you get caught up in it, but you aren't any closer to her than you were before.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Give ourself a good tailwind, then, and estimate if we can catch her like this before she reaches the tunnel, and how much time we'll have before she reaches it.

[日巫子]

>Give ourself a good tailwind, then, and estimate if we can catch her like this before she reaches the tunnel, and how much time we'll have before she reaches it.

> You propel yourself forward with another gust of wind.  You guess you have two or three minutes before she gets into the tunnel, and you don't know if you can catch her in time.
> Sariel keeps her wings close to her to reduce air resistance and flies close to the ground.  When she gets close to the tunnel, she turns around and shoots a few bullets in your general direction.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Dodge around the bullets as they come, and take this time to imagine that the tunnel is completely filled with concrete. Not just at the entrance; the whole way through.

[日巫子]

>Dodge around the bullets as they come, and take this time to imagine that the tunnel is completely filled with concrete. Not just at the entrance; the whole way through.

> You dodge the bullets.  It's a laughable excuse for an attack--there's no way any of these could hit you when there are so few of them.  You then use your imagination to fill the tunnel with concrete.
> Sariel is going too fast to stop herself when the concrete blocks her way out.  It fills up before she can reach it, but she smacks into it before she can move away.  Rather than bouncing off, she actually goes through a few feet.  The tunnel rumbles and concrete collapses around her, burying her in rubble.  A dust cloud goes up, obscuring your vision.  Through all the chaos, you can't tell what happens after that.

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