Keine Quest (Part 4): Broken History

[Hello Purvis]

>Check how Orin and Utsuho are doing. As well as Shikieiki.

[DracoOmega]

>Check how Orin and Utsuho are doing. As well as Shikieiki.

>Utsuho is standing a few feet from the exit of the building, looking around at the village and staring at the sky. Orin is next to her. They seem to be speaking quietly. Shikieiki is keeping a watchful eye on Utsuho from a polite distance. You seem to be attracting a few curious onlookers. It's hard to tell if they're in response to the Yama, Utsuho, or both.

[Hello Purvis]

>Approach the Yama.
>"Thank you for arranging this. It is better than any solution I could have achieved."

[DracoOmega]

>Approach the Yama.
>"Thank you for arranging this. It is better than any solution I could have achieved."

>You walk over to Shikieiki.
>"All I did was facilitate," she replies. "The others were what made this possible. I cannot compel Kanako, but truth alone is a powerful tool for change. Where I pass judgement, there can be only truth. Sanae brought justice in its wake."

[Hello Purvis]

>Nod.
>"It was more than I could do, regardless."

[DracoOmega]

>Nod.
>"It was more than I could do, regardless."

>"Don't forget that I would not be here were it not for you as well. In that sense, you are the ultimate reason Utsuho is now free. Nevertheless, I am grateful to have been of help." She looks up at the sky. "Although I should return to Higan. I fear I may already be cutting things rather close."

[Hello Purvis]

>"Very well. Will you need an escort back?"

[DracoOmega]

>"Very well. Will you need an escort back?"

>Shiki smiles. "No, I should think not. Is there anything else?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yes, since I'm going to hell anyways..." Molests
>"I don't think there is any more reason to take up your time. Give my regards to Komachi, please."

[DracoOmega]

>"Yes, since I'm going to hell anyways..." Molests
>"I don't think there is any more reason to take up your time. Give my regards to Komachi, please."

>Shiki frowns. "Haven't you been there once today already?"
>Shiki nods. "I will do so. Good luck with your endeavors. And don't forget to heed what I told you." She turns and flies off into the night.
>"You seem to have a talent for reunions," Ran says, after Shiki has gone.

[Hello Purvis]

>"Better than a talent for the latter."
>Look around. What's everyone up to?

[DracoOmega]

>"Better than a talent for the latter."
>Look around. What's everyone up to?

>"Agreed," Ran says.
>Orin and Utsuho are still nearby. It seems like Orin may have been waiting for you to finish speaking to your other companions. Ran is next to you. Mokou is presumably wherever you left her, assuming she hasn't wandered off somewhere.

[Hello Purvis]

>Dang it, Mokou, you need to keep up with the cool kids more often ;_;
>Look to Orin, "Yes?"

[DracoOmega]

>Dang it, Mokou, you need to keep up with the cool kids more often ;_;
>Look to Orin, "Yes?"

>Yeah, she missed the show... Although, perhaps the fact that the show consisted of many people being emotional with each other in a very small room was a disincentive?
>Orin take a step towards you. She looks like a wreck, eyes swollen and puffy. But she's smiling. "I... just wanted to say thanks again, you know? I- I really don't know how to put it. I almost can't believe this is real."

[Hello Purvis]

>"You're welcome. But it was Shiki who did real work. I'm just glad it worked out as well as I hoped."

[DracoOmega]

>"You're welcome. But it was Shiki who did real work. I'm just glad it worked out as well as I hoped."

>"Yeah, well... you were the one who went and got her. I sure as hell wouldn't have thought of it, and I doubt she'd have listened to me, either. I'm... not so good at the talking stuff. ...thought I'd blown it there a couple times. But just, thanks... I'm sure Okuu's grateful, too. She's just..." Orin frowns. "I'm just gonna hope she'll be ok. I've missed her..."

[Hello Purvis]

>"You'll have your work cut out getting her back to normal, to be honest. I've go no doubt she's going to have nightmares, odd episodes, and the like. But I think you can do it."
>"Where'd we leave Mokou at?"

[DracoOmega]

>"You'll have your work cut out getting her back to normal, to be honest. I've go no doubt she's going to have nightmares, odd episodes, and the like. But I think you can do it."
>"Where'd we leave Mokou at?"

>"We have to," Orin says, quietly. "Not going to accept that we can't." She tries to smile again. "Satori's good at that stuff. She'll understand what Okuu's gone through probably better than Okuu herself. ...I feel kinda sorry for what she's gonna have to see."
>"I believe she was over in that direction," Ran says, pointing towards the area where the reporters had originally gathered.

[Hello Purvis]

>"We're going to go get Mokou, Orin. I suppose you two want to head straight home?"

[DracoOmega]

>"We're going to go get Mokou, Orin. I suppose you two want to head straight home?"

>"I, uh..." Orin looks back at Utsuho. "I think we should. But thank you so much again. Drop by sometime, ok?"

[Doll.S CUBE]

> "Yeah sure, I will"

>Wave them goodbye and go search for Mokou.

[DracoOmega]

> "Yeah sure, I will"
>Wave them goodbye and go search for Mokou.

>Orin nods "Looking forward to it. Good luck with ya!" She turns and heads back to Utsuho and after a moment's conversation they take off through the air. You see Utsuho look back once in your direction. You can't read her expression. Soon they pass out of sight.
>You wave goodbye and head back to where you last saw Mokou. You find her sprawled out on a bench beneath a large oak tree, looking at once comfortable and bored. She turns her head idly towards you as you approach and smiles when she recognizes you.
>"Well, group seems to have shrunk," she says. "That good or bad?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Things went as well as can be expected. Utsuho was cleared by the Yama, and Sanae freed her. Kanako's not happy and still not admitting she did anything wrong, but hopefully Sanae can talk some sense into her."

[DracoOmega]

>"Things went as well as can be expected. Utsuho was cleared by the Yama, and Sanae freed her. Kanako's not happy and still not admitting she did anything wrong, but hopefully Sanae can talk some sense into her."

>"I'd say that counts as pretty damn good!" Mokou says."So, let me see... since I met you, you've broken through a ward I spent seven years banging my head against, pulled someone out of a different universe, travelled to the future, and forced a god to do what you wanted, even though they still don't agree with you." Mokou flashes you a wide grin. "You're a damn scary woman, you know that?"

[Hello Purvis]

>Open hand gesture.
>"I had a good role model."

[DracoOmega]

>Open hand gesture.
>"I had a good role model."

>Mokou just laughs and shakes her head. "Ok, so what's the next impossible thing you're gonna pull off today?"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Supper. Let's head back to the mansion, relax a bit, and plan our next move."

[DracoOmega]

>"Supper. Let's head back to the mansion, relax a bit, and plan our next move."

>"Sounds good to me." Mokou stretches and stands up. "Let's get going, then."

[Hello Purvis]

>Get going, then.

[DracoOmega]

>Get going, then.

>You head back towards the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Ran and Mokou in tow. It is a pleasant trip and a pleasant change from the intensity of the last little while. There's a certain satisfaction in returning to rest after a good deed done. Hopefully, Utsuho will be able to heal, given time.
>Meiling nods to you as you approach and lets you in without complaint.