Wind Priestess Quest - The Third Gathers: Backstroke of the West.

[WodofGar]

>"Wait, can't fairies just get obliterated and regenerate? Have you tried that yet?"

[Neovereign]

>"I'm not just going to give my money and trust to someone out of nowhere, but you do seem trustworthy. Could you show us to them, so I know your not just lying."
//It was from Don't Roll to Dodge, a fairly recent forum game that I think was sadly discontinued. The GM added character cards near one of the last posts.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Wait, can't fairies just get obliterated and regenerate? Have you tried that yet?"

>"Why would we do that?"  Star looks appalled, "That's mean! Not to mention painful... Besides, Sunny and I firmly believe in not killing our own... Unless it's either on accident or in combat... But that's not the point!"

>"I'm not just going to give my money and trust to someone out of nowhere, but you do seem trustworthy. Could you show us to them, so I know your not just lying."

>"Well, it's a bit far away... Is whatever you're doing urgent?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Won't be urgent until about half an hour later. Wait, how much do you even need for the medicine?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Won't be urgent until about half an hour later. Wait, how much do you even need for the medicine?"

>"About ?1840..." Star replies.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Take us there." Sigh.
>Wonder why we're doing this for fairies.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Take us there." Sigh.

>"Alright, follow us." Star smiles, "See what happens when you don't act rash, Sunny?"
>"Shut up, Star!" says the other fairy as she flies into view.

>Wonder why we're doing this for fairies.

>Indeed, you wonder why on Earth you're doing this. It's not like you had to help them...
>"Why are we doing this?" Mima asks.
>"Yeah, Sanae, exactly why are we doing this?" Kogasa adds.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"I...don't know. Maybe I'm feeling sympathetic. The ones I helped before did help us in return afterwards."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I...don't know. Maybe I'm feeling sympathetic. The ones I helped before did help us in return afterwards."

>"So do you think that maybe these fairies will help us later, somehow?" Kogasa replies.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Well, that Sunny one can apparently turn things invisible, though it doesn't seem that useful since you can still hear them..."
>To the two fairies: "You'll owe me for this, got it?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Well, that Sunny one can apparently turn things invisible, though it doesn't seem that useful since you can still hear them..."

>"It might come in handy for surprising people..." Kogasa remarks.

>To the two fairies: "You'll owe me for this, got it?"

>"No way!" Sunny exclaims.
>"Sunny... It's the least we could do if they help us..." Star says unamusedly.
>"No! I'm not doing anybody's chores! Reimu already worked us to the bone last month! I'm not ready to do that again!"
>"And whose fault was that? Whose idea was it to do that stupid Onigiri prank? Besides, owing them doesn't necessarily mean we'll have to do chores..."
>"And what about Luna? Is she going to be roped into this too, without even having a say in the matter."
>"I'm sure she won't mind..."
>"That's a lie and you know it! You can't possibly know how she'd react!"
>"Snowball."
>"Snowball? What the hell's that supposed to-"
>Sunny is promptly smacked in the head with a snowball, coming from the direction opposite from where Star was looking. You honestly have no idea how Star knew about it.
>You hear several triumphant giggles coming from the same direction.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Identify the culprit

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Identify the culprit

>You look over and see a group of four severely frostbitten fairies, grinning idiotically, three of them are carrying haphazardly-made snowballs.

>"Ugh! You'll pay for that!" Sunny shouts, "But luckily for you I don't have time for this, so..."

>Sunny rushes out in front of all of you, holds her arms wide, and proceeds to bathe the entire area in front of her in a quick flash of the brightest light you've ever seen.
>"AAAHH! Where did everybody go!" one of the fairies shouts.
>"I can't see a thing!" exclaims another one.
>"Too bright! Too bright! Too bright!" yet another one screams.

>When the flash fades, you see the four fairies randomly wandering around with their arms in front of them, trying to find their bearings.
>"Let's just go." says Sunny as she returns to the group.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Solar Flare! Yeah!"
>Continue. "Ow, my eyes."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Solar Flare! Yeah!"

>Patchouli suddenly appears right next to you.
>"Why Solar Flare when you can Royal Flare!"

>Continue. "Ow, my eyes."

>"Oh, don't be a baby! I wasn't even aiming at you guys!" Sunny comments, "And, Star, next time there's something flying at my head, could you please warn me?"
>"I did warn you..." Star says flatly.
>"Less than two seconds is not a warning!"
>"Yes it is. And it was less than five seconds, actually."
>"That's just as bad!" Sunny turns around, "You three, help me settle this: If someone warns you about something less than five seconds before it happens, is it a real warning?"
>"Sorry, I'd rather not involve myself with this stupidity..." Mima replies.
>"Uh... I think it depends on what the 'something' is..." Kogasa answers, "What do you think, Sanae?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"The earlier the warning, the better. But still, if you reacted fast enough to dodge it, wouldn't it be a warning? She could've just not warned you at all you know."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"The earlier the warning, the better. But still, if you reacted fast enough to dodge it, wouldn't it be a warning? She could've just not warned you at all you know."

>"Yeah, Sunny." Star smiles.
>"Shut up, Star!" Sunny snaps, "You could've warned me earlier. This is the same reason why so many of our pranks fail and we get in trouble!"
>"No... Well, okay, I admit that I am a bit lazy... But despite that I usually give you two plenty of warning time... But you never listen. That's the real reason why so many of our pranks fail and you and Luna get yourselves into trouble."

>The five of you seem to be passing over the Forest of Magic now. You seem to be heading in the direction of the Hakurei Shrine.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Hey, you sure is this the right way?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Hey, you sure is this the right way?"

>"Yeah." Star replies, "Why?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>Wait...Oh...That's why she said fairies could get annoying if I let them stay.
>"Nothing... just that this might get awkward."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Wait...Oh...That's why she said fairies could get annoying if I let them stay.

>It all makes sense now!

>"Nothing... just that this might get awkward."

>"How so?" Star asks.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Don't worry about it. Let's just get there, quick and unnoticeably."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Don't worry about it. Let's just get there, quick and unnoticeably."

>"Alright." Star answers.
>The snow begins to fall again as the five of you approach the Hakurei Shrine. You get close, but you actually pass it and fly over the forest beyond.
>You quickly reach a small clearing. At one end of it is a peculiar, thick tree with a crude door situated on the front of it.

>"We're here." says Star.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Okay. Let's see how bad this is."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Okay. Let's see how bad this is."

>You descend down to the tree.
>Star pushes the crude door open and allows Sunny to lead the rest of you inside.
>You're in a cramped room, There doesn't seem to be anything special here, on the left and right you see a couple of doorways, presumably leading to other cramped rooms.

>"S-Sunny? S-S-Star...? Is t... that you?" You hear a weak, childish voice call out from the doorway on the right.
>"Yeah, Luna. It's us." Sunny answers as she walks through said doorway, "We have gue- WHAT THE HELL!?!"
>Sunny storms off into the adjacent room. Star closes the main door and follows.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Follow them as well.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Follow them as well.

>You enter another room, thankfully this one is a bit more spacious.
>You spot three small beds arranged along the left wall, on the floor by the central bed is a blonde fairy with rather unique, crescent-shaped wings wearing a white outfit with black bows and ribbons. It looks like she tried to get out of bed, but collapsed.

>"Luna! What are you doing on the floor!?!" Sunny yells, "We need you to get well more faster! And you need to stay in bed and get bedrest or something in order to do that!"
>"I'm s..." the blonde fairy coughs, "sorry... You two were just... g-gone for a while so I t... thought that... maybe y-you needed my..." the fairy coughs again, "Help..."
>"Luna. You'll help us by staying in bed!" Star chips in, "You're only going to make yourself worse if you do that!"
>"B-But you... g... guys need me..." the fairy coughs yet again, "Sunny... said s... so..."
>"Yeah, when you're betterer!" says Sunny, "Right now, you're useless to us!"
>"I k... know... a... an... aaaahhh-CHOO! ...and I'm... sorry..."
>"Here, let me help you back into bed" says Star, rushing over to the fairy's side.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Count out the ?1840 and hold it out. "Here."
>"I swear, if this somehow turns out to be a joke, you guys have a sick and twisted sense of humor and I'll make you pay."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Count out the ?1840 and hold it out. "Here."

>Sunny's eyes widen, "Oh... Thanks!" she says as she takes the money.
>"Are you going to admit that I was right, now?" Star remarks as she helps Luna back into bed.
>"Never!" Sunny shouts back, "Now I'm going to go get Luna's medicine!"
>"Don't buy the wrong stuff!" Star calls out as Sunny dashes out of the room.

>You have ?560 remaining.

>"I swear, if this somehow turns out to be a joke, you guys have a sick and twisted sense of humor and I'll make you pay."

>"Don't worry. If she was faking it, you could tell..." Star replies.
>"I... It's true..." Luna replies, "I'm ter... rible... at faking it..." she coughs, "B-But... Sunny does a... g-great... job at it... Sunny is the... b... best...!"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"You're letting her go get the medicine!? If we meet later and she's still sick, you're to blame as much as her..."
>"Let's just go. I don't wanna think about what I just did too much."
>Leave the ...treehouse?