Ran Quest 2: Dream World Havoc

[Hello Purvis]

>"Chen, keep behind me and pick them off!"
>Interpose self between Chen and Yukari. Since we can't expect much help from Yukari at the moment, try to conserve power and not do anything too fancy with our danmaku, just some waves of our favored kunai-shaped bullets. Try to take advantage of the fact they're in a small area and have to come through the hall.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"Chen, keep behind me and pick them off!"
>Interpose self between Chen and Yukari. Since we can't expect much help from Yukari at the moment, try to conserve power and not do anything too fancy with our danmaku, just some waves of our favored kunai-shaped bullets. Try to take advantage of the fact they're in a small area and have to come through the hall.

>"Nyan!" Chen does as you say
>You keep yourself between her and Yukari and conserve energy by using rather simple kunai-shaped danmaku.
>You don't lose any magic power at all. Chen goes in a flurry, throwing danmaku around.
>The guards don't have enough space to even get close enough to you safely. When they get enough hits they turn into a splash of colorful fluid.
>They keep comming.
>Yukari backs off to a wall, terrified

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yukari, please don't move too far from us! But, you have to remember, this isn't the first time we fought for you!"

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"Yukari, please don't move too far from us! But, you have to remember, this isn't the first time we fought for you!"

>"I... I..." Yukari looks like calming down a little.
>The soldiers don't seem to end, and as they are defeated and splashed, the colorful dream water raises. if this thing keeps up, you might drown!
>The eyes look like they have a joyous expression.
>There are no windows in the room.
>Chen fights her best. The soldiers aren't skilled enough to be able to hurt youkai such as you two.
>You glance back to check on Yukari. She has... a calm expression on her face.

[Yonowaaru]

>Attempt to attack the eyes in the walls.

[Hello Purvis]

>That is, add enough spread to hit them, too.
>Fall back, closer to Yukari.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Attempt to attack the eyes in the walls.

>That is, add enough spread to hit them, too.
>Fall back, closer to Yukari.

>You spread your danmaku enough to hit the eyes. You don't lose any magical energy, how convenient.
>The eyes don't look like they're affected though. the kunai bounce back of them and disappear.
>You fall back closer to Yukari. She notices, looks at and touches a wall with her back. And then she... blends in with the wall itself.
>You hear a familiar voice shouting form nowhere "GET HER BACK HERE FROM BEHIND". That's Yuugen Magan. The guards are comming now starngely less. Chen looks a bit tired. The colorful water is knee deep now.

[Hello Purvis]

>Fall back to Yukari's side. Glance back.
>"Let's get out of here!"
>Lead her out by the arm.
>"Chen, watch out backs!"
>If we're not pressured, and feel we can, try allowing Chen to take some of this energy we're benefiting from.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Fall back to Yukari's side. Glance back.
>"Let's get out of here!"
>Lead her out by the arm.
>"Chen, watch out backs!"
>If we're not pressured, and feel we can, try allowing Chen to take some of this energy we're benefiting from.

>As you attempt to take Yukari's hand, she actually physically blends inside the wall, like in water! She passed through the wall! Oh, darn, how did she do that?

[Hello Purvis]

>Try to push through the wall after her.
>If this seems to work, shout, "Chen! Follow me!"

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Try to push through the wall after her.
>If this seems to work, shout, "Chen! Follow me!"

>The wall's solid. Chen fights of the guards. She pants a bit.

[Hello Purvis]

>Blast it down.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Blast it down.

>Damn wall! You focus and blast the door open
>Your body feels heavy.
>The wall is open though. it reveals an alley at the back of the house. Yukari is there sitting on the ground with eyes wide open, looking at you. She's mixed between fear, amazement and confusion.
>As you blast the wall, the colored water spills outside. what a relief.
>Chen manages the remaining soldiers, but you hear noises and loud steppes from the other side of the house comming towards here

[Yuyuko Yakumo]

>What are we waiting for? Take Yukari and Chen and run down the ally.
>Pause every so often to take care of some of the soldiers following us, if they do.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>What are we waiting for? Take Yukari and Chen and run down the ally.
>Pause every so often to take care of some of the soldiers following us, if they do.

>You don't lose a second, you take Chen in your one hand and a terrified Yukari in the other before she manages to protest.
>You run through the alley and you hear soldiers yelling behind you.
>On the other hand there appear soldiers in front of you, comming from behind a corner!

[Hello Purvis]

>If it's an alley, then it should be pretty confined.
>As such, send out a tight cloud of kunai danmaku in front of us, don't stop moving if we don't have to and don't let go of Yukari.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>If it's an alley, then it should be pretty confined.
>As such, send out a tight cloud of kunai danmaku in front of us, don't stop moving if we don't have to and don't let go of Yukari.

>To send the danmaku wave you have to let go Chen. You do so and she's able to keep pace with you.
>You let out a kunai wave and the guards are caught in it right in front of you. They imemdiatelly turn into colored fluid, which you just pass as a regular puddle.
>You made it on the streets of the city

[Hello Purvis]

>Keep moving.
>Do we feel we can fly here?

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Keep moving.
>Do we feel we can fly here?

>You move down the street. there are people that look at you intently, but no one stops you.
>Yes, you are able to fly here and now.

[Hello Purvis]

>Head for the gates, keep a brisk pace and stay wary for further attacks.
>"Chen, how are you holding up?"

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Head for the gates, keep a brisk pace and stay wary for further attacks.
>"Chen, how are you holding up?"

>You head for the gate with a strady pace.
>"Nyaaa, tired..." Chen says
>It seems Yukari came to. "Wh-What are you doing to me, demon??"
>As she shouts, people around look rapidly at you. Their sight dpesn't promise a merry future

[Hello Purvis]

>"Yukari-sama, please tell me what you think happened?"
>Can we lift Yukari and fly, normally?

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"Yukari-sama, please tell me what you think happened?"
>Can we lift Yukari and fly, normally?

>"I, uh... I came here from the Far East on a diplomatic mission! My journey was long and I was on my way to London..."
>Yes, you can and are able to do so.

[Hello Purvis]

>"But you're not very certain of that, are you? And you said that I felt familiar, did you not?"
>"Chen, do feel up to flying?"

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"But you're not very certain of that, are you? And you said that I felt familiar, did you not?"
>"Chen, do feel up to flying?"

>"I... I am! I think.... Yes, you two feel familiar"
>"Nyah, I think I can manage flying, Ran-shama"

[Hello Purvis]

>"Then, I must ask you to trust me for now. Just remember, I did nothing to harm you back there, rather those people attacked us."
>Scoop up Yukari into a bridal carry, and take flight. Presuming nothing bad happens, pick an direction that it 90 degrees away from the town gate and fly that way! Preferably the clearer of those two options.
>Move briskly, but don't leave Chen behind. "If you can't keep up in the air, Chen, let me know and I'll let you cling onto my back!"
>If we can, try to give her a bit of our energy to help out with the flight.

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>"Then, I must ask you to trust me for now. Just remember, I did nothing to harm you back there, rather those people attacked us."
>Scoop up Yukari into a bridal carry, and take flight. Presuming nothing bad happens, pick an direction that it 90 degrees away from the town gate and fly that way! Preferably the clearer of those two options.
>Move briskly, but don't leave Chen behind. "If you can't keep up in the air, Chen, let me know and I'll let you cling onto my back!"
>If we can, try to give her a bit of our energy to help out with the flight.

>"Well.... - oh, my!" she squeeks as you take her into your hands in a bridal carry
>Chen manages without trouble good enough to keep pace with you actually.
>Giving her energy would be a little risky, since you don't feel you have much yourself but.... it's level stays the same for quite a while.
>As you fly, Yukari says "I'm... I'm not sure what's going on! I don't know what to do!"
>You fly pass the town gate. From what you hear, there are arrows being shot at you, but they aren't able to reach you.
>As you fly, the eerie town gets smaller and smaller, but for a second there you swear that it.... moved.

[Hello Purvis]

>Keep an eye on that town. And Chen.
>"Do you remember Gensokyo at all, Yukari-sama? Do you remember Yuyuko and Reimu?"

[Yonowaaru]

>"You must want to know the current situation, too. You are Yakumo Yukari, the Youkai of Boundaries. You've been living in Gensokyo for as long as I can remember. We are currently in some sort of dream world.. Someone else is supposed to be lost here, too, but we haven't seen her yet. I am Ran and this cat here is Chen."

[Smok, destroyer of thoughts]

>Keep an eye on that town. And Chen.
>"Do you remember Gensokyo at all, Yukari-sama? Do you remember Yuyuko and Reimu?"

>"You must want to know the current situation, too. You are Yakumo Yukari, the Youkai of Boundaries. You've been living in Gensokyo for as long as I can remember. We are currently in some sort of dream world.. Someone else is supposed to be lost here, too, but we haven't seen her yet. I am Ran and this cat here is Chen."

>Chen clings to Yukari.
>"Yuyu.... ko? That's a princess from a land north of my kingdom. We are allied. I know her well, she's a friend of mine"
>"But this... gensokyo.... I don't remember any of this."
>You look at the far away town again and it.... it appears to be changing, moving, shapeshifting, like a living creature.