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

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"When you have a pattern in mind, then yes, you write the name of it down, then you can declare them later in battle. They're pretty easy to follow, I mean, even Cirno has a few."

>"Alright, and I'm assuming anything can go into these patterns, as long as it's danmaku, am I correct?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Well, it's supposed to be elegant, not powerful. With the intent of outdoing your opponent, I suppose, rather than beating them physically."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Well, it's supposed to be elegant, not powerful. With the intent of outdoing your opponent, I suppose, rather than beating them physically."

>"Well, elegant really isn't my forte. If you want to be victorious, you have to be powerful. Tell me, does my former apprentice use elegant spellcards?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"She's used some of other people's spell cards, though with her own touches, but I guess she focuses on power a bit more than elegance sometimes. She's got one where she tries to ride her broom straight into her opponent and one where she fires a gigantic laser, the master spark. But I'm pretty sure the rules were made so Youkai and others wouldn't try to overwhelm humans with power. So if you want to even fight, you have to learn to be elegant in your battles."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"She's used some of other people's spell cards, though with her own touches, but I guess she focuses on power a bit more than elegance sometimes. She's got one where she tries to ride her broom straight into her opponent and one where she fires a gigantic laser, the master spark. But I'm pretty sure the rules were made so Youkai and others wouldn't try to overwhelm humans with power. So if you want to even fight, you have to learn to be elegant in your battles."

>"Pffft. Yeah, right. I'm sure there's a loophole or two somewhere. All rules have them."
>You hear a dinging sound and the elevator music shuts off. The elevator doors slide open.
>You immediately see a bunch of Kappa scrambling around. A few are huddled together. Several more are staring at you curiously.

>You feel a tremor and some dust begins to fall from the ceiling. Some kappa utter a small scream, while others begin looking around cautiously.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"So, it looks like they're still attacking."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"So, it looks like they're still attacking."

>"No shit." Mima snarks.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Whatever, now where's the exit? Anyone?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Whatever, now where's the exit? Anyone?"

>A nearby kappa points towards a door on the far side of the room.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Okay, thanks. Come on Mima."
>Head through the door.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Okay, thanks. Come on Mima."
>Head through the door.

>You lead Mima through the door.
>You are now in a large, open hall, with several branching corridors. At the far end is a very large door with some stairs leading up to it.
>The kappa in here are behaving just like the ones in the last room.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Go to the large door.
>"These things aren't invincible like the other ones you mentioned, are they?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Go to the large door.
>"These things aren't invincible like the other ones you mentioned, are they?"

>You walk over to the large door, talking to Mima along the way.
>"I wouldn't know. Like I said, I never fought them." she replies.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Well, we'll find out soon enough."
>Open the door. Get on the flo-

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Well, we'll find out soon enough."
>Open the door. Get on the flo-

>You open the door.
>You are treated to a sight of a massive swarm of the orb constructs. There must be thousands of them out here. They all seem to be rising up and pounding themselves into the ground at regular intervals. High in the sky you spot a pair of red, orblike entities, a cross-like mark is located in the center of both of them, and they both seem to be surrounded by a halo of dark grey smoke, which forms itself into six tentacles spaced at even intervals around them.

>They appear to be circling each other. A strange, reddish-white light appears to be growing between them and is steadily intensifying.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"...Uh...S-Shouldn't Reimu be here if there's something like this happening?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"...Uh...S-Shouldn't Reimu be here if there's something like this happening?"

>"Well, if it just started recently, she probably just noticed it and is probably on her way..." Mima responds.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Well then, let's get rid of them."
>Shoot at the two orbs with the cross marks.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Well then, let's get rid of them."
>Shoot at the two orbs with the cross marks.

>You brandish your gohei and fire danmaku at the two orbs.
>As your stream of projectiles gets closer, the two orbs begin to glow. Suddenly, a red aura appears around a couple of blue constructs nearby, and they quickly position themselves in front of your stream and take the hit. The constructs are destroyed, but the red orbs remain unscathed.
>The light between the orbs finishes intensifying, and the orbs quickly retract their smoke tendrils. Their smoke auras then merge on top of the light, and space distorts around it for a split second...

>Suddenly the light erupts into a massive red laser that strikes the ground directly below the orbs. Dozens of nearby constructs begin smashing themselves into the ground with twice as much vigor near the area where the laser is striking. You see the snow around the impact zone begin to melt, and the ground beneath it is cracking.

>"That... doesn't look good..." Mima comments.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Obviously."
>Fire at the two orbs again.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Obviously."
>Fire at the two orbs again.

>You fire another stream of danmaku.
>Just like before, the orbs glow red and several constructs take the hit for them. It seems that if you want to hit them, you either need to get much closer, or you need to take out most of the constructs first.

>The ground where the laser is hitting is cracking even further. The combined action of several constructs slamming into the ground at full force seems to be accelerating the process.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Come on Mima, do something!"
>Text Kanako. They're still here and they're breaking through the ground. We're trying to stop them, but attacking the ones in control is difficult.
>Spell-card: Esoterica "Gray Thaumaturgy". Keep trying too hit those two orbs.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Come on Mima, do something!"

>"On it!" Mima shouts, before aiming her staff and firing a pattern that looks almost exactly like Marisa's Stardust Reverie.

>Text Kanako. They're still here and they're breaking through the ground. We're trying to stop them, but attacking the ones in control is difficult.

>Kanako texts back:

Code: [Select]

Do you think they're trying to get to the reactor?

Code: [Select]

Nevermind. I'm guessing there's no time for you to explain. I trust you will do what is necessary.

>Spell-card: Esoterica "Gray Thaumaturgy". Keep trying too hit those two orbs.

>You declare a spell card!
>Two star-shaped patterns of danmaku draw themselves around you, both quickly separate into five stars each, and position themselves around you. The stars then explode into an omnidirectional burst of bullets, quickly stirking several nearby constructs and destroying them.

>Mima's danmaku is also shredding through the constructs, however, many more move in to take their place. Nothing has managed to hit the orbs yet.
>Some of the constructs are beginning to return fire now. There are now several bursts of lasers and bullet showers closing in on your location.
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[Neovereign]

>"Okay, keep it up."
>Get out of harms way.
>Aim near the area the constructs are attacking,

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Okay, keep it up."
>Get out of harms way.

>You move out of the way of the incoming danmaku and end up closer to the laser. Your spellcard continues to fire as you do so

>Aim near the area the constructs are attacking,

>You fire a few shots from your gohei at the constructs attacking the ground. Your spellcard is continuing to destroy several constructs around you.
>The constructs begin firing barrages of lasers in a spiral pattern as they strike the ground. You how have several lasers zooming towards you.
>Your spellcard will time out soon.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"It doesn't look like they're getting distracted by us at all. Maybe we need some more help."
>Graze close to some of the lasers and keep firing. Trying to go out of our way and actively dodge them all would prove to be harder.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"It doesn't look like they're getting distracted by us at all. Maybe we need some more help."
>Graze close to some of the lasers and keep firing. Trying to go out of our way and actively dodge them all would prove to be harder.

>You gracefully graze the lasers and keep up you bombardment. You manage do destroy at least five more constructs before your spellcard times out.
>Some red and blue constructs nearby begin circling each other quickly. While other constructs arrive to replace the ones you destroyed.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Spellcard: Sea Opening "Moses Miracle."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Spellcard: Sea Opening "Moses Miracle."

>You declare a second spellcard!
>A canal of lasers forms around you and speeds towards the enemies surrounding the laser. Several constructs are struck by the canal and are immediately destroyed. The surviving ones are either in the canal or are flying out of range. You begin to fire spreads of blade-shaped danmaku at the stragglers within the canal.
>The pairs of circling red and blue constructs collide with each other, forming the stronger, purple variants. The purple constructs orient their inner rings towards you and begin charging up attacks. At the same time they begin firing small bursts of danmaku in all directions.
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[Neovereign]

>"Mima, I need you to concentrate on the purple ones. They're stronger."