>"Sure, have a look and see if I have potential. Um, I think that spinning curse lady said something about it. Nina?"
> "Oh, you ran into Hina this morning? Yeech, she's a weird one; I hate the way she wears her hair."
> "Anyway, as for the reading-"
> She puts her tea on the table, while Suika madly scampers over to near the two of you. "Oooh, I love this part," as she adjusts to a prime position.
> Reimu scoots over until she is kneeling directly in front of you, your knees practically touching. With her this close, you can't help but stare. Fine black hair reflects the light from the window with a perfect sheen, accentuating the fair skin of her face. Her flawless skin continues downward and pulls taut around her neck. She may not have money, but she still takes care of herself.
> She clamps her hands onto your temples and leans in until her eyes are only a breath away from yours. You give into temptation and glance down; unsurprisingly, her armpits appear freshly-shaved.
> Her yellow eyes bring your attention back to Reimu, that and the glowing. She starts to mutter what you assume to be an incantation in a language you can't recognize, and you feel yourself fixate on her eyes. Her voice soon fades away, as does the rest of the room, and you find yourself floating. A great lapis blue sky stretches above you as clouds carry you gently over the landscape. The weightlessness is so wonderful that you hardly realize when you start to fall. Jerked awake, you see the darkening sky just before lightning catches you. Electricity courses through your veins, boiling blood and searing your flesh. You open your mouth, hoping that screaming will alleviate the pain, but nothing comes out. Before you can find relief, you awaken back at the shrine, Suika holding a tea towel in your mouth.
> "OK," Reimu gasps for breath, "he's back. He's not going to bite anymore Suika."
> The tea towel comes out and you rush to replace it with air.
> "She also mentioned something about me having lots of trouble in my near future."
> "May I see some of your spell cards Reimu? Maybe even Mima's? I think I understand how they work and all, but I thought it would be best if I saw a few approved cards myself."
> "Trouble? Maybe so, but I'll tell you something: you've got the potential for something. For what, I have no idea, but it's a shock that you aren't proficient in magic of some kind by now."
> "Oh, spell cards, right, give me a minute." Reimu lays back and continues to gulp down air.
> Mima bobs over and holds a white slip in front of your face. In an elegant script, it reads "Astral Sign, Poltergeist Projection." At the bottom right is a large red stamp that you presume is the seal.
> Reimu finally sits up. "Wooo, wow."
>_