Sanae Quest (Part 6) (Completed)

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> We'll just come straight to the point. "So, why are you so vicious with incidents and youkai? You got in so many fights in the last week when you could've just talked, and you still didn't accomplish a lot."

[日巫子]

> We'll just come straight to the point. "So, why are you so vicious with incidents and youkai? You got in so many fights in the last week when you could've just talked, and you still didn't accomplish a lot."

> Reimu scowls.  "They cause problems.  If I let them off easily, they're just going to be even more troublesome..."

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> "Oh, please, like with Konngara? You didn't even bother asking her why she had Youmu's swords, and she was just keeping them safe the entire time! And you beat up Orin, too, so that she would do the job that she was already doing! Also, I was talking to someone who told me that you beat her up a few years back just so you could have her book! Is literacy among youkai such a bad thing?"

[日巫子]

> "Oh, please, like with Konngara? You didn't even bother asking her why she had Youmu's swords, and she was just keeping them safe the entire time! And you beat up Orin, too, so that she would do the job that she was already doing! Also, I was talking to someone who told me that you beat her up a few years back just so you could have her book! Is literacy among youkai such a bad thing?"

> "You think they're going to listen to me if I try talking with them?  You can't hesitate with that kind of thing!"
> "And those books were obviously stolen; you don't just pick those up off the ground, and it's not like youkai lived in the Human Village back then."

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[Sect]

> "Reimu... did you know that I fixed the ghost and jellyfish problem without getting into a fight, by just talking to the ones responsible? Or that when me, Marisa, and Patchouli went to fetch Sakuya from the Prismriver Mansion we didn't even need to use force?"
> "And besides, if you're so distrustful of youkai, then why bother befriending them, then?"

[日巫子]

> "Reimu... did you know that I fixed the ghost and jellyfish problem without getting into a fight, by just talking to the ones responsible? Or that when me, Marisa, and Patchouli went to fetch Sakuya from the Prismriver Mansion we didn't even need to use force?"
> "And besides, if you're so distrustful of youkai, then why bother befriending them, then?"

> "And how long did that take you?  Youkai are the ones that come to me, not the other way around!  I didn't ask all of those guys to use my shrine as a hangout, they all came on their own!"

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[Sect]

And thus, a line from April rears its head once more.

> "Then why do you bother sharing your shrine with Suika, then? Why not just kick her out? Okay, well, how about this? Why do you visit Satori so often, sharing tea with her? It's not like she happens to live around the corner, she lives pretty far away!"

[日巫子]

> "Then why do you bother sharing your shrine with Suika, then? Why not just kick her out? Okay, well, how about this? Why do you visit Satori so often, sharing tea with her? It's not like she happens to live around the corner, she lives pretty far away!"

> "Because--..."  Reimu cuts herself off, struggling with her words.  "U-uh, I--that's--"  She looks both frustrated and flustered at the same time.

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> "Because why? Because you're a hypocrite, that's why. You say that youkai aren't to be trusted, that they just crowd around you. They just want to be your friends, and you want that too! Back then, yeah, youkai were to be exterminated, because they hurt humans, but now? They're peaceful! When things aren't being settled through spellcard, they're taken care of by just talking or even playing with them! You don't need to exterminate them any more, times have changed! And since you don't need to exterminate them any more, then what's to keep you from becom- no, you're already friends with many youkai, you just need to actually accept that!"

[日巫子]

> "Because why? Because you're a hypocrite, that's why. You say that youkai aren't to be trusted, that they just crowd around you. They just want to be your friends, and you want that too! Back then, yeah, youkai were to be exterminated, because they hurt humans, but now? They're peaceful! When things aren't being settled through spellcard, they're taken care of by just talking or even playing with them! You don't need to exterminate them any more, times have changed! And since you don't need to exterminate them any more, then what's to keep you from becom- no, you're already friends with many youkai, you just need to actually accept that!"

> "Then what am I supposed to be doing here?  My job is a youkai exterminator and incident solver, if I can't do that, what am I supposed to do?!"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Just solve incidents, and deal with youkai when they are a problem, Reimu. I mean, Utsuho kinda needed it, right? Just, you don't have to do it all the time. I mean, I was right there during the whole Bykauren thing, remember. And now Kogasa and I are together. It'll be okay for you to beat up youkai when they're misbehaving, and be friends when they're not. "

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> Wait, didn't the dream Hakurei, Tamiko, say that the Hakurei were the guardians of the Great Boundary?
> "And besides, isn't the job of the Hakurei Clan to insure that the Great Boundary is safe and secure?"

[日巫子]

>"Just solve incidents, and deal with youkai when they are a problem, Reimu. I mean, Utsuho kinda needed it, right? Just, you don't have to do it all the time. I mean, I was right there during the whole Bykauren thing, remember. And now Kogasa and I are together. It'll be okay for you to beat up youkai when they're misbehaving, and be friends when they're not. "

> "That's..."  Reimu averts her eyes.

> Wait, didn't the dream Hakurei, Tamiko, say that the Hakurei were the guardians of the Great Boundary?
> "And besides, isn't the job of the Hakurei Clan to insure that the Great Boundary is safe and secure?"

> Didn't Tamiko say that it was the job of the Hakurei to protect the Great Boundary?
> "Well, yeah, our bloodline is kind of tied into it..."  Reimu blinks.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"It's okay to do two things. Do you think police have to hate everyone because they're police? No, they have friends and families and stuff, too. It's okay to be friendly two and friends with youkai that aren't doing anything wrong. You're just hurting yourself to turn them away because of what they are."
>Smile
>"That's why I'm here, because it's not good for you to do this to yourself."

[日巫子]

>"It's okay to do two things. Do you think police have to hate everyone because they're police? No, they have friends and families and stuff, too. It's okay to be friendly two and friends with youkai that aren't doing anything wrong. You're just hurting yourself to turn them away because of what they are."
>Smile
>"That's why I'm here, because it's not good for you to do this to yourself."

> You don't think you've ever seen Reimu look this caught off guard.
> "I...Am I really hurting myself by doing this?"

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[Sect]

> "Yes. You don't realize how much of an impact you've had on the youkai here, do you? I've heard all about how you've had tea with all these youkai, a vampire in a mansion, a ghost princess, two goddesses and their miko, a satori and her pets, and made peace with them, even after they caused incidents. Really, those youkai that hang around you just want to thank you, and you cutting yourself off from them isn't good for you. When you throw in the fact that you don't get in contact with very many humans..."

Okay, this next line, I'm unsure of. Purvis?

"Pause for a moment. "... Did you know that Satori is fond of you?""

[Sect]

Dammit Purvis isn't on. Oh well, let's take the leap!

> Pause for a moment. "... Did you know that Satori is fond of you?"

[日巫子]

> "Yes. You don't realize how much of an impact you've had on the youkai here, do you? I've heard all about how you've had tea with all these youkai, a vampire in a mansion, a ghost princess, two goddesses and their miko, a satori and her pets, and made peace with them, even after they caused incidents. Really, those youkai that hang around you just want to thank you, and you cutting yourself off from them isn't good for you. When you throw in the fact that you don't get in contact with very many humans..."

> Even though Reimu has been doing this, she's probably the one who had the most impact on any of the youkai here.
> Even after they caused incidents, she still had tea with them at the end of the day.
> "...Oh.  I didn't really realize that..."

> Pause for a moment. "... Did you know that Satori is fond of you?"

> You pause for a moment.
> "Huh?"  Reimu looks somewhat confused.  "We do have tea together, she said once that she liked the company, so..."

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[Sect]

> DEEEEEENSE
> Ah, well, we'll let her figure that one out herself: we've mucked around in too many people's love lives this week.
> "She always has her doors open for you, even though she's a youkai and you're a youkai exterminator. If you don't believe me about youkai appreciating you for being you, and what you've done for them, just go and ask her how she really feels about you. I can guarantee that what she has to say will blow you away."
> Okay, we'll meddle just a bit more. :3

[日巫子]

> DEEEEEENSE
> Ah, well, we'll let her figure that one out herself: we've mucked around in too many people's love lives this week.
> "She always has her doors open for you, even though she's a youkai and you're a youkai exterminator. If you don't believe me about youkai appreciating you for being you, and what you've done for them, just go and ask her how she really feels about you. I can guarantee that what she has to say will blow you away."
> Okay, we'll meddle just a bit more. :3

> She's...so...DENSE.
> Well, you've mucked around in a lot of love lives this week, maybe you shouldn't...okay maybe you will just a little bit.  Reimu will never know what hit her.
> "...I'll ask her about it tomorrow; she's probably sleeping now."

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> "Hm, I think she'd be happy to see you no matter what time, but that's probably for the best. You should definitely go first thing tomorrow, though."
> Walk over to the porch and sit down, patting the floor next to us as an invite for Reimu to sit down with us. "Ha~... really, though, you've done such great things, Reimu... it's honestly painful to see you hurting so much..."

[日巫子]

> "Hm, I think she'd be happy to see you no matter what time, but that's probably for the best. You should definitely go first thing tomorrow, though."
> Walk over to the porch and sit down, patting the floor next to us as an invite for Reimu to sit down with us. "Ha~... really, though, you've done such great things, Reimu... it's honestly painful to see you hurting so much..."

> "Uh-huh."
> You take a seat on the porch and pat the floor next to you.  Reimu reluctantly obliges, and sits next to you.
> She's done a lot of great things, but at the same time it hurts seeing her in pain like this.
> "Geez, was it really that noticeable?" Reimu asks.  "Or have you sensed stuff like that from other people before?"

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> Grimace. "Yeah, I met a few people just over the last few days who were hurting from loneliness and the like... Layla, the person who was keeping Sakuya captive, lived alone in a run down mansion... Madotsuki, the ghost girl that lead all of the ghosts to the oni city, only really had friends in her dreams... several other people including those people I met in that dream world..."
> We won't mention Kikuri, since that's just asking for trouble.
> "But... probably the biggest example is Konngara. She lives by herself away from everyone else, the only friend I know she has is Kikuri, and... she recently had her heart broken by someone she liked..."

[日巫子]

> Grimace. "Yeah, I met a few people just over the last few days who were hurting from loneliness and the like... Layla, the person who was keeping Sakuya captive, lived alone in a run down mansion... Madotsuki, the ghost girl that lead all of the ghosts to the oni city, only really had friends in her dreams... several other people including those people I met in that dream world..."
> We won't mention Kikuri, since that's just asking for trouble.
> "But... probably the biggest example is Konngara. She lives by herself away from everyone else, the only friend I know she has is Kikuri, and... she recently had her heart broken by someone she liked..."

> "Oh...So that's why Sakuya was..."  Reimu pauses.  "And the flute's original owner..."
> There were other lonely people, like Layla, Madotsuki, Kikuri, and Konngara...There are a lot of lonely people, aren't they.
> You don't really want to mention Kikuri around Reimu, though...
> "So now it's just her," Reimu says, looking up at the falling snow.  "Huh.  If she's all alone like that, that would suck."

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[Hello Purvis]

Think we should play emotional extortion on Reirei so she doesn't chicken out come tomorrow, after having slept on it and returned things to normalcy? I think we could get away with getting her up there right now, while the fire is hot.

[Sect]

Aside from miracle-ing her shrine flat and force her to go down there, I don't see how. Besides, we have a perfectly legitimate reason to drag her down there ourself in the morning: our stuff is still at the hotel.

But if you can convince her to go down tonight, go for it.

> Watch the snow fall as well. "Yeah, it's especially hard for her... and why I want to see you get over this nonsense with not admitting that you're friendly with youkai."

[日巫子]

> Watch the snow fall as well. "Yeah, it's especially hard for her... and why I want to see you get over this nonsense with not admitting that you're friendly with youkai."

> You watch the snow fall.
> "Because she's lonely?"

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[Hello Purvis]

I think we could cajole her down there with the proper words.

>"It's a tricky situation."
>"You know, Reimu, there's a lot of youkai that are nocturnal. You could go down there right now, and talk with Satori. And she'd love that, I'd bet."

[日巫子]

>"It's a tricky situation."
>"You know, Reimu, there's a lot of youkai that are nocturnal. You could go down there right now, and talk with Satori. And she'd love that, I'd bet."

> "That sucks."
> "I know that...that there are nocturnal youkai."  Reimu continues looking up at the sky.  "Satori said she was diurnal, but it's not that late..."

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> "Like I said, she'll have her doors open for you any time, and even if it's too late to talk, you can spend the night down there. It's got to be better than up here alone, on a snowy hilltop."