Maribel Hearn Quest: ACT II - Part 2

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I-I-I don`t know ! Let`s get away from it !"
>Flee from the rift quickly !

>You flee from the expanding tear, Renko and the others do the same, and all of them, save for Marisa, who was the closest one of them to you, disappear safely into the nearby trees.
>The wind begins to pick up. You can barely hear anything over the howling as you soon find yourself tripping.
>You land on the ground. The wind continuing to get stronger. Marisa notices you and turns around, beginning to run back to your location.
>_

[Monarda]

>Quickly try to get up and follow them.
>"Ugh..."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Quickly try to get up and follow them.
>"Ugh..."

>You get up and attempt to follow, before you feel the wind suddenly begin to die down.
>Marisa stops what she's doing and seems to be looking at the tear.
>_

[Monarda]

>Look back ourselves, what`s going on ?

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Look back ourselves, what`s going on ?

>You look back.
>It's Yukari...

>Fortunately, her back seems to be turned towards you, but you don't know for how long. She is currently facing the tear and seems to be closing it.
>_

[Monarda]

>Hide ! Quickly !
>Once we get near enough to Marisa, tell her as quietly as we can while running to hide. "Don`t tell her i`m here, please."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Hide ! Quickly !
>Once we get near enough to Marisa, tell her as quietly as we can while running to hide. "Don`t tell her i`m here, please."

>You get up quickly, and begin running for cover. Quickly telling Marisa to keep your presence a secret as you do so.
>"Why?" Marisa asks as you sprint by her.
>You hear the wind die down completely.
>_

[Monarda]

>If we are still at a close enough range."Just don`t or she will take me back."
>If not just focus on hiding.
>Dive on a bush or something, go behind a tree, dunno.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>If we are still at a close enough range."Just don`t or she will take me back."
>If not just focus on hiding.
>Dive on a bush or something, go behind a tree, dunno.

>You dive into a nearby bush.
>"What happened!?" you hear Yukari say.
>"I don't know! Some outsider girl just tried to make a gap to my house!"
>"Outsider girl? Where is she?!"
>"She's not here..."
>"Well, where did she go? And don't even bother lying to me about this, Marisa..."
>"Or you'll do what ~ze?"
>"Do you seriously want to find out...?"
>_

[Monarda]

>Stay quiet.
>Hope that Marisa doesn`t tell her where we are.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Stay quiet.
>Hope that Marisa doesn`t tell her where we are.

>You remain as quiet as possible.
>There is an uncomfortable silence...

>"Would you tell me where she is, if I told you that she had played a small, indirect role in Reimu's current condition?" Yukari asks.
>"What?!"
>_

[Monarda]

>Don`t run away, all we can do is trust her, Lady Yukari is much faster than us.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Don`t run away, all we can do is trust her, Lady Yukari is much faster than us.

>You stay put.

>There is another long pause...
>"Alright..." Marisa sighs, "She's in that bush over there... Now tell me exactly why she's related to what happened to Reimu."
>"Perhaps some other time. I honestly wasn't going to tell you either way..."
>"Wha- You tricked me!"
>"What did you expect? Now, if you'll excuse me..."

>You suddenly feel yourself falling.
>You are floating in a purple, eye-filled void. The bush is floating away from you.
>Yukari appears from a gap in front of you, she looks quite irritated.
>"What the hell were you thinking, trying to travel using a tear?! Do you have ANY idea how dangerous it is to use tears on spatial boundaries!?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"No. I don't. You never helped me with these abilities..."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"No. I don't. You never helped me with these abilities..."

>"Well, of course, I wanted you to figure things out on your own... But I never expected you to show such a poor lack of judgement about something that should've been blatantly obvious! Besides, why the hell were you even using a tear to travel in the first place when you know how to gap!? Unless..." She frowns, "Unless I was mistaken earlier when I thought you learned to travel by gap the last time we met..."
>_

[Monarda]

>"Gah ! That's what i did wrong ! I made a tear instead of a gap... i got careless...."
>Frown.
>"And like i would have time to do that ! You took ages to learn and master all your capacities, i don't have that luxury ! And i can't sit here while you obviously isn't even worried about Sumireko ! How many secrets are you going to keep from me ? I can count three big ones right off the bat !"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Gah ! That's what i did wrong ! I made a tear instead of a gap... i got careless...."
>Frown.

>"Are you sure that's what happened?" Yukari gives you a skeptical look, "Because creating a tear instead of a gap is not something someone does accidentally..."

>"And like i would have time to do that ! You took ages to learn and master all your capacities, i don't have that luxury ! And i can't sit here while you obviously isn't even worried about Sumireko ! How many secrets are you going to keep from me ? I can count three big ones right off the bat !"

>"You don't think I'm taking care of the problem with Sumireko? Because I do have a friend searching for her as we speak. Though, of course, I shouldn't have to tell you this, because until now I was pretty sure you had at least some trust in me..."
>_

[Monarda]

>"Yes, i just made a mistake, they happen..."
>Look curiously and with some doubt.
>"Well, you obviously showed that you can't really be trusted just a minute ago, which is frustrating because i really want to, and who would that friend be ? It can't be Miss Ran or Chen, obviously not Miss Reimu nor Reisen, nor Miss Marisa or Miss Patchouli."

[Neovereign]

>We probably shouldn't say she couldn't be trusted outright like that...
>"From the implications you've been giving me, It seems like you just want to get rid of Renko."
>Frown accordingly.
>"And how you only answered 'maybe' to my question before. And how you won't give reasoning to some of your actions."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Yes, i just made a mistake, they happen..."

>"I still highly doubt it was a mistake... Gaps and tears are created through completely different techniques."

>Look curiously and with some doubt.
>"Well, you obviously showed that you can't really be trusted just a minute ago, which is frustrating because i really want to, and who would that friend be ? It can't be Miss Ran or Chen, obviously not Miss Reimu nor Reisen, nor Miss Marisa or Miss Patchouli."

>We probably shouldn't say she couldn't be trusted outright like that...

>You omit the first part.
>"It's somebody you haven't met yet. Her identity isn't important right now."

>"From the implications you've been giving me, It seems like you just want to get rid of Renko."

>"That's... Well... I do see her as a bad influence on you in light of recent events, but believe me when I say that I honestly have absolutely no intention to get rid of her..."

>Frown accordingly.
>"And how you only answered 'maybe' to my question before. And how you won't give reasoning to some of your actions."

>"My reasons for some of the actions I have taken against you are in your best interests. You just haven't realized it yet..."
>_

[Neovereign]

//Darn not thinking correctly earlier. I probably should've let Raf's action be parsed.
> "Why are you so keen on going against me? You haven't even tried to help. You're answer has always been to just send me away every time."

[Monarda]

//Keep in mind we are talking to Lady Yukari here, we need to hold our ground steadily.

>"And are you sure they are for my best interest ? Or do you just think that what you plan for me is my best interest ? You keep hiding what do you plan for me, why did i have to develop my powers on the outside world,  how you even found me among billions of other people, or even if you are my mother or not !"
>Sad frown.
>"I just can't stand still here, Renko and i finally managed to find Sumireko after all this time with the help of Sarie-."

[Neovereign]

//Disregard this post.

[Monarda]

//Are you mistaking Sariel with Yuugen ?

[Neovereign]

//Ygmg's been helping us search for Sumireko, as well as get us into Makai, but Sariel had sorta helped us get out of there.

[Monarda]

//Well without Sariel how we would have even went to that dimension where Uriel was ? And she also distracted him while we rescued Sumireko from that cocoon thing.

//Heh, this quest is really neat, even though it still bothers me that i messed up like that, i still like how swapping two terms made such a difference, still, this is a really odd situation to be in.

[Neovereign]

//I'm confusing Sariel with Shinki, rats. That explains everything.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

//Darn not thinking correctly earlier. I probably should've let Raf's action be parsed.
> "Why are you so keen on going against me? You haven't even tried to help. You're answer has always been to just send me away every time."

>"I haven't tried to help? I just said I had a friend searching for Sumireko, did I not?"

//Keep in mind we are talking to Lady Yukari here, we need to hold our ground steadily.

>"And are you sure they are for my best interest ? Or do you just think that what you plan for me is my best interest ? You keep hiding what do you plan for me, why did i have to develop my powers on the outside world,  how you even found me among billions of other people, or even if you are my mother or not !"
>Sad frown.
>"I just can't stand still here, Renko and i finally managed to find Sumireko after all this time with the help of Sarie-."

>"Trust me... Once your powers fully develop in the outside world, you will thank me, for all of this..." Yukari frowns, and takes a deep breath, "Would it at least satisfy you... If I gave you a definitive answer to that question you asked me the first time you were in Gensokyo?"
>_

[Monarda]

>Look surprised, then snap back.
>"The one i asked.... before i left ?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Look surprised, then snap back.
>"The one i asked.... before i left ?"

>"...Yes..."
>_