Yorihime Quest

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> "Thanks, Master."
> Wait for Eirin to lead the way in and follow her.

>Lady Yagokoro sees that you are waiting.
>"Come, let's not keep each other waiting..." She said, gesturing at the two of you to follow her as she turns around and walks into Eientei.

[the old guy]

>Follow.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Follow.

>You follow Lady Yagokoro inside, with Toyohime entering first.

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>Eientei changed very little, if not at all, since the last time you and Toyohime came here. All the furnitures and hallways are still configured in the exact same way as before.
>The most notable difference this time would be the fact that Kaguya and your former pet are both absent at the moment, and so is that Earth rabbit whose pit traps have once claimed you as a victim. The last time you were here, they passed by you and your sister at least once for every few minutes. This time, you haven't seen any signs of them.
>You've followed Lady Yagokoro into the living room.
>Lady Yagokoro invites you to sit down on a couch. "I will go prepare the tea. In the meantime, please make yourselves comfortable..." She said to you before leaving the living room.

[Tashi]

> Sit down.
> "Strange, isn't it? Neither the Princess or Reisen are to be seen..."

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Sit down.
> "Strange, isn't it? Neither the Princess or Reisen are to be seen..."

>You sit down on the couch with Toyohime.
>"Perhaps Kaguya just happened to be elsewhere in the Bamboo Forest, fighting that phoenix girl when we arrived?" Toyohime wonders out loud. "And maybe Reisen is still stuck in one of those pit traps?"
>The mere mentioning of 'pit traps' makes you grit your teeth as you recall your experience with one.

[Tashi]

> Can we recall at detail those disgusting experiences?
> How much do we hate the rabbit that made those traps? or we don't know about her?
> "I'd like to meet her... Reisen, I mean... It's always nice to see how our little rabbit is doing."

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Can we recall at detail those disgusting experiences?
> How much do we hate the rabbit that made those traps? or we don't know about her?
> "I'd like to meet her... Reisen, I mean... It's always nice to see how our little rabbit is doing."

>You recall your experience with the aforementioned pit trap.
>You were just walking around the Bamboo Forest when you stepped on a pit trap and fell into it.
>One word alone is enough to describe your opinion on it: filthy.
>No wonder Lady Yagokoro described pit traps as the most primitive form of traps, yet so effective they are still being used in some part of the modern world.

>You know the pit trap is dug by an Earth rabbit Youkai because Lady Yagokoro and Kaguya told you during your previous visit. But you haven't actually met in person the rabbit that made it.
>You do feel like getting back at her some day.

>"I also want to meet her." Toyohime says. "She helped put an end to the Fairy Invasion, after all..."

[O4rfish]

>Did we meet any rabbits when we were here earlier?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Did we meet any rabbits when we were here earlier?

>Only a few. And those were all ordinary, non-Youkai rabbits.

[Tashi]

> "More than a incident resolver, I'd like to meet her like an old friend..."
> Rei'sen knows Reisen physically?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> "More than a incident resolver, I'd like to meet her like an old friend..."
> Rei'sen knows Reisen physically?

>"So do I~" Toyohime says with a cheerful tone. "I want to ask how she's doing on Earth~"

>Maybe. Maybe not. You're not quite sure since Rei'sen only joined the LDF after Reisen had already deserted.

[Tashi]

> Well, we'll ask Reisen about it.
> Did Toyohime brought peaches with her?
>> If so: "... You really like peaches, aren't you? No matter where you are, you'll always carry them..."
> "Say, nee-san... Did you trained lately?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Well, we'll ask Reisen about it.
> Did Toyohime brought peaches with her?
>> If so: "... You really like peaches, aren't you? No matter where you are, you'll always carry them..."
> "Say, nee-san... Did you trained lately?"

>You make a mental note to ask Reisen about it.

>Toyohime is almost never seen without peaches with her, this time included (and she's already halfway through one, even!)
>She simply smiles at you in response.

>"No~" Toyohime answers your question.

[Tashi]

> Do we consider Toyohime more stronger than us? Or is it the other way around?
> "Why? You don't think that something like the last incident can happen?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Do we consider Toyohime more stronger than us? Or is it the other way around?
> "Why? You don't think that something like the last incident can happen?"

//Whoa man, that first one is quite a meta-ly sensitive topic, as it almost involves the discussion of power levels. Thankfully, I have a way to make it not a power level discussion.

>This question is pretty much a can of (space) worms. Toyohime has a Fan of Mass Purification that lets her purify...as in molecularly disintegrate anything she uses it on. But without the Fan, her portal power is the only thing that stopped her from being completely useless in combat.
>Even then, Toyohime is a technical pacifist. She doesn't like fighting anyone unless she has no other choice.

>Toyohime stopped there, "ummm..."-ing for about ten seconds straight.
>"Say, where could all the rabbits in this manor have gone to?" She ended her stammering with something off-topic.
>You can easily tell that she's trying to avoid your question, but she does raise a point here...
>Other than Lady Yagokoro, you and your sister have not seen anyone else in Eientei...

[Tashi]

//Over nine thousand? *Shot*

> And, in fact, Eirin is taking a bit to return with a simple tea...
> "... DId you told Master in any way before-hand we were coming, sis?"

[Lt Colonel Summers]

//Over nine thousand? *Shot*

> And, in fact, Eirin is taking a bit to return with a simple tea...
> "... DId you told Master in any way before-hand we were coming, sis?"

>That too. It isn't supposed to take this long to boil water and prepare the tea leaves. Something is odd...
>...But Toyohime, with her lax attitude, doesn't notice the oddity.
>"This was supposed to be a surprise visit, so no." Toyohime answers, then finishes eating the peach in her hand.

>Just then, Lady Yagokoro came back to the living room, carrying a tray of tea with her.
>"I'm sorry for taking so long..." Lady Yagokoro apologizes as she sets the tray on the table.
>She then sits down on the couch opposite to you and Toyohime. "So, how has the Lunar Kingdom been doing after the Fairy Invasion?" She asks you.

//Building up the suspense for the reveal of the plot. Please wait warmly and proceed as normal for now.

[Tashi]

> "Things have been... a bit difficult since then, but we managed to maintain ourselves well. I'd like to thank Reisen for helping at the resolution of that incident."
> Glance at the tea. The tea looks strange?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> "Things have been... a bit difficult since then, but we managed to maintain ourselves well. I'd like to thank Reisen for helping at the resolution of that incident."
> Glance at the tea. The tea looks strange?

>"I see..." Lady Yagokoro said. "Although I don't believe Udonge will be expecting you to thank her, considering that she deserted and you know about it..."

>There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the tea. It looks and smells just like normal green tea.

[Neovereign]

//I wouldn't trust that tea. No others in the place. Mastermind Eirin we haven't seen in a long while. ^{_{I swear we're gonna get drugged into becoming immortal and have to find a cure...}}

[the old guy]

>"I don't care about that. She's clearly redeemed herself."

[Tashi]

//Also there's the fact that she was waiting for us when we arrived at Eientei... Cheesy. Also, Eirin took her time to do a simple tea, which makes me wonder if she throwed an extra element in that tea.

> "That only makes it better, doesn't it? We always considered her our friend. I don't know if she likes the idea to return the feeling, but we always care about her."
> Give Toyohime a quick glance. Did she grabbed a cup of tea?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

//I wouldn't trust that tea. No others in the place. Mastermind Eirin we haven't seen in a long while. ^{_{I swear we're gonna get drugged into becoming immortal and have to find a cure...}}

//Nope! Wrong!

>"I don't care about that. She's clearly redeemed herself."

//Also there's the fact that she was waiting for us when we arrived at Eientei... Cheesy. Also, Eirin took her time to do a simple tea, which makes me wonder if she throwed an extra element in that tea.

> "That only makes it better, doesn't it? We always considered her our friend. I don't know if she likes the idea to return the feeling, but we always care about her."
> Give Toyohime a quick glance. Did she grabbed a cup of tea?

//Oh, there won't be any extra elements in the tea itself. The teacup, on the other hand...just wait and see...

>"I see..." Lady Yagokoro nods. "Udonge will be flattered to hear about that..." She then pour tea into a teacup and takes a sip from it. "...If she was here..."

>You take a quick glance at Toyohime.
>You see her already drinking the tea from her teacup...but then she seemed to notice something in the teacup itself.
>Lifting the teacup in front of her face, tilted at a slight angle, she looked inside of it for a brief moment.
>Toyohime then glances at you, her smile this time is disguising a frown as she shows you the inside of her teacup.
>Inside the teacup is a string of words written with food coloring in the same shade of green as the tea, only exposed when the tea in the cup is half-drained.

[Tashi]

//As a recommendation, parser, don't tell details not-in-game like that to discard the possibilities of the players. It can add much more suspense effect at the quest :3

> "... 'If'?"
> Considering that Toyohime is someone really... carefree... if she's concerned about something, then it must be really serious.
> Take a look at it. What it says?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

//As a recommendation, parser, don't tell details not-in-game like that to discard the possibilities of the players. It can add much more suspense effect at the quest :3

> "... 'If'?"
> Considering that Toyohime is someone really... carefree... if she's concerned about something, then it must be really serious.
> Take a look at it. What it says?

//Oh right. Thanks for reminding me.

>The writing in the teacup says...
>"RUN"

[Tashi]

> Grip the hilt of our sword.
> Glance at Eirin quickly, then at Toyohime.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Grip the hilt of our sword.
> Glance at Eirin quickly, then at Toyohime.

>You grip the hilt of your sword.
>You quickly glance at Lady Yagokoro at Toyohime.

>"Master, what is going o..." Toyohime tries to ask Lady Yagokoro a question.
>But then you hear the sound of something metallic cluttering and rolling on the wooden floorboard.

[Tashi]

> Look to where the sound came from.
> Ready our sword for anything that might happen.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Look to where the sound came from.
> Ready our sword for anything that might happen.

>With your sword ready, you look toward the source of the sound.
>You see a small grey cylinder made of metal that has a spring-loaded lever of some kind at one end.
>"Get away!" You hear Lady Yagokoro frantically yelling at you. "Its a grenade!"

[Tashi]

> How close is the grenade?
> Is there any exit besides the one that the grenade possibly came from?
> Is our sword capable of easily cut walls? If so, do we think we can cut Eientei ones?
> This commands must not take any time.