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insaeno

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #90 on: December 30, 2009, 09:52:20 AM »
I'd hunt some fairy and get some PnP.

It should do something, right?

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #91 on: December 30, 2009, 11:14:26 AM »
Something as long as you can hold on to it.

It's presence sparks a ecosystem in Gensokyo over the collection of it.
 :munch:

Luckily we find that the addictive qualities of the substance are mostly mental rather than physical. You'd still have to be able to contain it though.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #92 on: December 30, 2009, 01:23:03 PM »
I want my Gensokyo power to be the ability to teleport food away from starving orphans
Wotters gonna' wot


Angry Fox

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #93 on: December 31, 2009, 04:38:19 AM »
A mix of Sakuya and Yukari. Or maybe its ExSakuya?
The complete ultimate power of time and space. Some say Sakuya already has that.
Yukari has at least the space part down and is considered powerful with that.
So its like that...

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #94 on: January 01, 2010, 07:43:36 AM »
Well, as someone with a technical and scientific background, I could carve out a niche for myself helping the residents of Gensokyo use outside world tech that happens to find its way in. The main problem is providing electricity, but I know how batteries and generators work. I think I could build such things if I had the materials. Of course, I would have to survive long enough to make it to a place of safety first. I'm moderately fit, but can't fight much and am not at home in the wilderness. But if I didn't become youkai food, I could go places.

After all, who can afford to buy (probably from Rinnousuke's shop) outside world items and hire a specialist (me) to teach them how to use and maintain them? Mostly rich people. Like Remilia. (Or Kaguya, but I doubt that the lunarians would much care for the "primitive" technology of Earth.) If I could get hired as Remilia's tech-minion at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, then I could meet Patchy. I could probably trade knowledge with Patchy for at least a little bit of magical knowledge. After all, she's expressed interest in things like "how does nuclear fusion work?" which I understand at least the basics of. She also has a lot of outside world books in her library that she likely lacks the knowledge context to make use of or properly understand.

Once I know some magic I can start doing more interesting things, like making some technology-assisting magics to help me out. To start with, simple stuff like making a magic-powered eternal battery or a spell to fuse broken circuit boards without heat or tools, but eventually I'd want to create something that would allow access to outside communication networks such as the internet and the cell phone system. It would not only make my life more enjoyable and convenient, but it would expand the range of services I could offer, thus making me more useful. And the more useful I become, the more wealth I can accumulate, the more knowledge/power I can get, the more interesting people I can meet, and the less likely I am to get eaten.

Fun stuff to do besides that basic plan:
1) Visit and talk to Sanae. As a fellow immigrant from the outside world, we'd have a lot in common and could enjoy each others' company. I'm not that interested in Sanae as MAI WAIFU but it's always good to have friends.
2) Get a pet and raise it from infancy. Take VERY good care of it and be very loving, so that it will live long enough to become a youkai and be well-disposed towards me. Who wouldn't want, say, a cute little nekomata of their very own?
3) Enroll in Keine's history class. The history of a place like Gensokyo must be very interesting, not to mention that many of the historical figures will be immortal or at least very long-lived and so will still be around. So it should double as a "who's who" of contemporary people.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #95 on: January 03, 2010, 02:30:24 AM »
I'd attempt to find work at the SDM, if that don't work, Eientei, If THAT don't work, I'd steal ability based vitamins from Eirin's lab. I'd use these to steal alice's grimoire. I'd use this to tunr myself into a youkai. All my problems are solved, since the book can lend me some danmaku skills. I'd return it before the night was over. Noone ever knows. I'm in slightly easier street. I'd hide my form and try to make money in the human village. I'd likely steal things from various sources to establish myself. When I'm established. I'll scare the crap out of humans for kicks.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #96 on: January 03, 2010, 02:07:23 PM »
Plan A (happily ever after): Do what everybody else does and try and become a youkai either through Alice, Yukari or Byakuren. Learn magic, damaku and flying and enjoy my careless millenia long life. Might build a mansion and get a familliar if I'm powerful enough. Otherwise serve a more powerful youkai if I get bored.

Plan B (Body hijack): Learn the ability to possess others if I'm not capable to efficiently become a youkai or if I have become a very weak youkai. Find nearest God-Hax Touhou and possess her. Easy supreme power. :V

Plan C (Overlord of Gensokyo): Find Nitori and Eirin and build a friendship with them by providing knowledge from the outside world. I'll propose to build new gadgets with them,  like say a PNP/magic gathering machine. After said machine is done and working properly, I'll use said machine behind their backs, hoping to become the strongest youkai in existence. Results will either be 1) It works perfectly, and immediatly attain stage 7 youkai form (Absolute Divinity) and go on and rule over Gensokyo/create my own world 2) It goes haywire and dumps me at stage 5 (monster/One Winged Angel), pretty much dooming me to be obliterated by the Gensokyo Top 3) It screws up royally and makes me explode.

Plan D (PNP): Just gather PNP to become a youkai. I'll start out trying to battle weaker fairies with simple weapons and possibly learn danmaku. Keep going up the evolutionary chain until I'm relatively safe from most Gensokyo dangers, then follow the lines of Plan A.

If possible in any of these plans, I'll try and find a spell or potion to turn me female, cuz apparently females are just way better at magic in every way and overall just stronger than males in Gensokyo. Only as a female can my power reach it's full potential. At least this logic works in Disgaea, which flat out states females are just better at magic.

(In case you're wondering after reading these plans, yes, I am extremely power hungry and have aspirations for godhood)

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #97 on: January 03, 2010, 02:29:23 PM »
Plan A (happily ever after): Do what everybody else does and try and become a youkai either through Alice, Yukari or Byakuren. Learn magic, damaku and flying and enjoy my careless millenia long life. Might build a mansion and get a familliar if I'm powerful enough. Otherwise serve a more powerful youkai if I get bored.

Assuming those three are willing to assist you. Yukari will most likely be asleep. Not sure how Byakuren would address you, and Alice would probably ignore you. Build yourself a mansion. Sure I'd love to as well, where do I hire builders?

Plan B (Body hijack): Learn the ability to possess others if I'm not capable to efficiently become a youkai or if I have become a very weak youkai. Find nearest God-Hax Touhou and possess her. Easy supreme power. :V

"Find nearest God-Hax character and posess her" and the statement from below "f possible in any of these plans, I'll try and find a spell or potion to turn me female" The thing I've always wondered about possession spells and those who have them is how strangely well adapted they are to their new body. First example: ganondorf in twilight princess posesses Zelda in the end game and is very well adjusted in the new body. Most cases of humans posessing animals or other creatures show the humans well adapted to their new temporary form. I beg to differ, first of all there are anatomy issues and brain functions that will have to be adjusted for one to properly control a new form. It's like trying to play touhou with your xbox controller. So assuming "nearest god-hax" doesn't murder you with colorful danmaku cascades, you would be faced wit hthe difficulty of adjusting to a teenage female's body. Kinda difficult even by standards of fantasy.

Plan C (Overlord of Gensokyo): Find Nitori and Eirin and build a friendship with them by providing knowledge from the outside world. I'll propose to build new gadgets with them,  like say a PNP/magic gathering machine. After said machine is done and working properly, I'll use said machine behind their backs, hoping to become the strongest youkai in existence. Results will either be 1) It works perfectly, and immediatly attain stage 7 youkai form (Absolute Divinity) and go on and rule over Gensokyo/create my own world 2) It goes haywire and dumps me at stage 5 (monster/One Winged Angel), pretty much dooming me to be obliterated by the Gensokyo Top 3) It screws up royally and makes me explode.
First you'd have to figure out how to build said machine. Nitori would likely be of great assistance. The whole plan may take years. And we haven't even comepletely figured out the evolutionary line. I'd predict that option 3 would be the most likely. Although I'd assume you'd survive.

Plan D (PNP): Just gather PNP to become a youkai. I'll start out trying to battle weaker fairies with simple weapons and possibly learn danmaku. Keep going up the evolutionary chain until I'm relatively safe from most Gensokyo dangers, then follow the lines of Plan A.
This proves that plans later in the alphabet are often better. I don't know much of japanese mythology so the whole "become a youkai thing" doesn't make that much sense to me.

If possible in any of these plans, I'll try and find a spell or potion to turn me female, cuz apparently females are just way better at magic in every way and overall just stronger than males in Gensokyo. Only as a female can my power reach it's full potential. At least this logic works in Disgaea, which flat out states females are just better at magic.
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Well maybe in Disgaea, and yes the lack of male spellcasters in Gensokyo seem to support that theory, but jsut one counter-example can tear down that theory. Now the question comes: Who the heck could brew such a potion. Answer obviously being Eirin. Then the question comes: Why the heck would she ever do that? Finally: Assuming you get ahold of it, what potential side effects may come of it, not to mention the likely painful process.

(In case you're wondering after reading these plans, yes, I am extremely power hungry and have aspirations for godhood)

Sorry to rain on your parade like this, but there have to be easier ways than this to achieve godhood

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #98 on: January 03, 2010, 03:01:32 PM »
I would be the gatekeeper of SDM when China get's fired.

Toasty

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #99 on: January 04, 2010, 07:52:32 AM »
Forget her being fired. Kill china, take job. *awesomeface*

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #100 on: January 04, 2010, 08:59:45 AM »
Now how would you go about killing China?


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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #101 on: January 04, 2010, 09:11:52 AM »
and WHY!?
She is a perfectly nice person and never did anything bad to you, why would you kill the poor girl!?
Wotters gonna' wot


Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #102 on: January 04, 2010, 09:23:43 AM »
well, "nice" is debatable but kuma is right she didn't do anything to you.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #103 on: January 04, 2010, 03:35:43 PM »
Find Yuyuko, get sent to Hakugyokurou, enjoy life in the beautiful Netherworld. At least, I believe life is supposed to be good for honest people.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #104 on: January 04, 2010, 06:58:34 PM »
well, "nice" is debatable but kuma is right she didn't do anything to you.
She doesn't have to. It's her job that he wants.

If there's an obstacle to your goal, you get rid of it. Simple as that.

@OkashiiNaito: Why not come with me to Makai, fellow Shinki-ist? Who knows we just may become demons if we live there long enough.

We just need to find away to get in...or ask Sara to open the gate...
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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #105 on: January 04, 2010, 11:18:25 PM »
We just need to find away to get in...or ask Sara to open the gate...

She likely won't do that anytime soon. Unless you plan to take her out. As a human.

OkashiiKisei

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #106 on: January 05, 2010, 02:54:53 PM »
@Neco-Arc Erebus: I accept your noble offer. Strange I didn't think of that earlier.... I bet attaining youkai/demonhood is far easier in Makai than any where else. Shinki might have a few jobs for us too!

But yeah, getting past the gate.... At least the Makai residents seem friendly enough (more than most Gensokyo residents), and wouldn't bother us that much. I mean, Reimu did start most of those fights herself, afterall.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #107 on: January 11, 2010, 11:13:10 PM »
Another possible plan when falling into Gensokyo: Take residence in the human village as soon as possible, find an unused house (or if I'm forced to, build a simple cottage) and try and get on the Human Village's good side. Try and convince Rinnosuke to give me a few forms of electronics in his shop, and try making contact with Yukari or Kanako (and thus Utsuho) to provide energy. Otherwise ask Nitori for some gear.

When everything is set and ready, I will start my deep research into the mysteries of PNP. Maybe I can even make PNP based inventions, like a PNP tree! ......though it would turn into a youkai in seconds and fly away thanks to it's own produced PNP....... I can always try and make a human safe dosis of PNP, sure to cause evolution! (like the Red Gem from Cave Story the Doctor made.....hmmmm.....PNP and Red Flowers are starting to look quite alike....)

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #108 on: January 11, 2010, 11:35:53 PM »
tl;dr raining on parades

Quote from: mew77's signature
Logic can get you killed, so be smart don't think.

oh the irony.

But anyway, assuming I survive the first few hours upon entering Gensokyo, I'd probably stay in the Human Village and try to make regular visits to the Hakurei Shrine, since it's a nest for youkai after all.

And I can try to learn some magic and danmaku for basic defense from the more dangerous youkai from anybody who's going to bother to teach me.

Very basic, but very plausible.

But if Remilia decides to visit the shrine while I'm there and she unconsciously manipulates my fate into becoming a half-human half-youkai and I get pro magic powers or something, that's fine with me.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #109 on: January 12, 2010, 02:09:47 AM »
@Neco-Arc Erebus: I accept your noble offer. Strange I didn't think of that earlier.... I bet attaining youkai/demonhood is far easier in Makai than any where else. Shinki might have a few jobs for us too!

But yeah, getting past the gate.... At least the Makai residents seem friendly enough (more than most Gensokyo residents), and wouldn't bother us that much. I mean, Reimu did start most of those fights herself, afterall.
Indeed, the way I see it, Makai is just as safe to live in as the human village with a far superior protector just in case things go south.

But yeah the gate is probably the only true obstacle we have...perhaps if we negotiate with Sara (read: beg), then maybe she'll let us, provided we find Shinki and see if it's okay to stay in Makai. After all, outsiders may be frowned upon, given what happened in Mystic Square. However, if we play our cards right and gain the trust from Shinki then we'll be straight.

I'll do anything, KILL anything, to serve under a goddess like Shinki...
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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #110 on: January 15, 2010, 01:17:29 PM »
Lets go with "if I ended up in gensokyo somehow".

First I'd go through comp withdraw, then touhou, then nicotine, then alcohol.

If i figured I was somehow in said place I'd probably head towards the bamboo thicket till i figured out wtf to do. Seems like the safest place. =/

If by some miracle I somehow ended up in the human village I'd probably adapt for a bit, then see if i could get kiene to teach me a little danmaku, and maybe some of thems others if i catch them visiting the village.

After all didnt Marisa get that way through hard work?  :V

But even with that said, unless I was at shrinemaiden/magician level most youkai > Me

I mean...seriously?

Not even gonna go there.
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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #111 on: January 17, 2010, 07:20:25 PM »
Indeed, the way I see it, Makai is just as safe to live in as the human village with a far superior protector just in case things go south.

But yeah the gate is probably the only true obstacle we have...perhaps if we negotiate with Sara (read: beg), then maybe she'll let us, provided we find Shinki and see if it's okay to stay in Makai. After all, outsiders may be frowned upon, given what happened in Mystic Square. However, if we play our cards right and gain the trust from Shinki then we'll be straight.

I'll do anything, KILL anything, to serve under a goddess like Shinki...

Word, man. Fully supporting you.

But when I look at the last few stages of TH12 and TH5, Makai seems to look like some psychedelic dimension full of floating, rune shaped masses. Yes, it's unbelievably beautiful, but how do we get through it? We can't fly after all, and I don't think it be a nice experience to endlessly fall through a dimensional vortex. Some areas do look a bit more natural though.

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #112 on: January 18, 2010, 09:19:44 PM »
I always thought that nothing physical works on Youkai. So you either have to be a youkai or know magic to even stand a chance outside the human village.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #113 on: January 18, 2010, 09:22:46 PM »
I always thought that nothing physical works on Youkai. So you either have to be a youkai or know magic to even stand a chance outside the human village.

Oni strength. Each of the fighting games.

Really, Why the hell would they be completely impervious to physical damage? Ghosts, Sure. But jesus, Its not like they have no corporal form. I imagine they're stronger than normal humans and could take a lot, but a steam roller on them would still do something.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #114 on: January 18, 2010, 10:04:27 PM »
steam roller
I was going to do a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure joke. But instead, I thought of the fact that people definitely take damage when hit by trains, as demonstrated by Yukari.

Anyway... How would I survive? I don't know. I'd need some tech, I'm a nerd and a researcher at heart. A PDA, a netbook with a few spare laptops, and some form of self defense. I've never fought before in my life (and I'm 20 :V) so I have no clue how to use swords, guns, or anything else. But because of my high creativity and other mental traits, I'd do some awesome magic if I could learn.
If I was nowhere near civilization, I'd try a few times very quickly to do simple magic/danmaku. If I fail, lrn2stealth until I find something/someone who can help and won't want to eat me.
If I were an RPG character, I'd have awesome mind-related stats but luck and strength in the negatives. I'd probably end up somewhere I really don't want to be. So I'm going to assume I'll stumble across Yuka. Hopefully my people skills can help me out a little (yeah right) and let me serve her in her mansion. Hopefully someone there can teach me how to do a little magic and fly. I'd be able to fly fast but walk so very slow, so escape isn't a good idea. Assuming I haven't been eaten, ask permission to leave every once in a while (but not too often, as to not anger Yuka) until I'm freed; have someone escort me to the human viliage and probably live an uneventful life... and start solving (or at least investigating) incidents as soon as I'm good enough to defend myself (I'm nosy and curious).
I gotta have something for my sig, so...

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #115 on: January 18, 2010, 10:43:10 PM »
You've all gotta remember - most of the time, people like Yuka aren't actually gonna kill you on sight.

If you ran across Yuka, she'd probably just look at you, blink, twirl her parasol a little, then continue on her way.

Assuming you're not stomping on sunflowers or summat.


Tracking down Yukari would actually be a good idea - if you can hang around long enough for her to wake up, she may actually be so terribly amused by your request to actually go ahead and Yukari Hax you into Youkaidom, just so she can see what the outcome is.

On top of that, I reckon Reimu would actually help you back to the human village on sheer principle of being a shrine maiden - she's lazy, but not callous. Theorycrafting here - she's liable to grumble and complain about having to walk you alllllllll the way there and then go allllllllllll the way back to her shrine, but she'll do it anyways.



Of course, I'd still be a precognitive youkai with chess-theme bullets and the ability to screw with peoples heads.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #116 on: January 18, 2010, 11:08:28 PM »
On top of that, I reckon Reimu would actually help you back to the human village on sheer principle of being a shrine maiden - she's lazy, but not callous. Theorycrafting here - she's liable to grumble and complain about having to walk you alllllllll the way there and then go allllllllllll the way back to her shrine, but she'll do it anyways.

According to PMISS, You do actually go to the shrine to get the hell out of there. If you survive.

You've all gotta remember - most of the time, people like Yuka aren't actually gonna kill you on sight.

If you ran across Yuka, she'd probably just look at you, blink, twirl her parasol a little, then continue on her way.

Assuming you're not stomping on sunflowers or summat.

We're not actually worrying about Yuka, We're worrying about Rumia and the such. Youkai DO eat humans, and while the strong ones may not care, we're definitely not fit to fight a youkai of weak calibur. Survival may even come from hunting for a strong one.

Toasty

Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #117 on: January 18, 2010, 11:37:09 PM »
I've changed my plan to the following:

METAL TOAST SOLID

Pre-mission requirements: Find yukari, obtain the power, and hopefully lifespan, of a satori. (considering how i would most likely enter gensyoko, she'd be obliged - although reluctant considering my choice of power. This will aid in her possibly simply tossing me underground)

Mission: Find the entrance to the underground. If it's sealed, take side quest "bug yukari to let you in, because you'd be nothing but a pain in her but while above ground, using the satoriness to aid your case". Avoid all enemies including the bridge troll, bucket hobo, and spider, keeping quiet and polite if you encounter anyone (the excact opposite of this starts most boss battles). Live underground, obtain own underground palace. Be neighbours with satori.

Main goal: Destroy the hell raven, a creature able to cause nuclear explosions at the snap of a finger, in order to drop the overall temperature of the underground and also get rid of an annoyingly dangerous character.

Items required: Cardboard box.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #118 on: January 18, 2010, 11:43:10 PM »
Main goal: Destroy the hell raven, a creature able to cause nuclear explosions at the snap of a finger, in order to drop the overall temperature of the underground and also get rid of an annoyingly dangerous character.

Items required: Cardboard box.

I don't think you'd score points with Satori by killing one her pets.... if she really hated Okuu she would have destroyed her long ago, or just given her to the Moriya's. That's actually a better choice than destroying her. The Moriya's and Kappa's want that nuclear power after all.

Another required item would be a towel. It's omnifunctional. Every hitchhiker/transdimensional traveler knows this.

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Re: If YOU were a resident of Gensokyo
« Reply #119 on: January 18, 2010, 11:52:10 PM »
I'm not one to plug, But I motion to a very very ground zero Underground I know. :V