> Hop out of her arms, turn to Akyu and meow, and then run into the school.
> Make CAT CHEN meow and use a head gesture to make Akyu follow you into the school.
Cat Chen tries to lure Akyu into the schoolhouse, and most of the mob murmur and such, before she does head in after Kitty Chen.
She arrives in time for your shpiel.
I think it's all about the parser's personal preference. Parser dislikes character ---> character gets punished and cursed at for absolutely no reason.
> @Keine: "Reimu has once been a child too, you know. She has also once needed support growing up. She needs to have lived in the village at one point, right? The Hakurei Shrine is not a place for many residents to live in. Maybe her mother worked there while her father raised her in the village, before she got further trained by her mother. Reimu was intelligent. She needs to have learned to read, calculate and more from people besides her parents. She needs to have gone to school, living in the village at one point. These girls might have more education than Reimu ever had. I think they are all more than capable of performing the task. The new maiden won't be completely alone either. Reimu's friends and her familiar Genji are all there to support and teach the new Maiden. It isn't as impossible as you think."
EDIT: "And you know, Reimu couldn't fly or use magic at first either. She had to bounce an orb around to get things done. And even then she could take down the Angel of Death. When she got Genji she could defeat enemies without the giant orb, defeating them with simple amulets, despite having hardly any powers. It wasn't until her teens when she learned her own abilities, and even then she had already beaten a ghost, an archmage, an evil scientist, the Angel of Death and the Goddess of Makai. With the little spiritual power one begins with, one can do amazing things."
>Letter From the Author: I've heard a lot of questions about how I chose the fate of the characters in CDO. I'll say honestly, they're not at -all- based on my personal preference. For example, while I'll admit I'm not a fan of Eirin and Kaguya, the idea of them being sent to space seemed more fitting for their fate. I killed off a lot of characters I -do- like as well, and while I'll admit Remilia isn't exactly the nicest vampire, I definitely painted her out as a bitch because I liked the concept of how her power worked, and how it'd save Patchouli, not because I dislike her. This definitely applies to Keine as well, despite the harsh treatment shes given, its all flavor. In fact, Keine is one of my more favorite characters. The school teacher was just the perfect match for the role.
Keine shakes her head. "I guess you haven't really heard much of Reimu's past. I... Well, Let me explain.
Reimu Hakurei was born to the previous Hakurei Shrine Maiden on *Bzzt*. Her mother was at that point, sickly and frail. Her father was a random man who left her mother after 'becoming the priest' of the Hakurei Shrine. I've not been able to trace his history, but I'd like to think he was eaten by a youkai. Genji mostly looked after Reimu as a child, and around a full year later, her mother passed away without ever speaking to her daughter. Being the only remaining Hakurei, the shrine's duties were instantly passed to her. She literally had to act as a conduit of faith for the entire border at the age of 1, she literally had to learn how to handle massive amounts of faith channeling through her before she talked or walked.
The closest thing Reimu had throughout her life to a family was Genji, and even then, the two were rather distant. Genji mostly taught Reimu everything she knew. She didn't even know there was a human village until she was seven, and by then she could read and write well. She didn't really leave the shrine much before Remilia acted up, and even when she did, chances are it was for extermination. Even after, she didn't stop by the school too often. I did start teaching her a while after the moon incident, but she mostly made me walk up to the shrine.
These girls, in contrast, have lived happily without fear of youkai, most knowing their parents, and completely sheltered from the practices of how to kill a youkai in twenty different ways with a toothpick. I'm not sure how many of them would ever actually adjust well. The shrine requires a lot of maintenance, and while you are all there to help whoever goes... Its a huge burden to put on their shoulders. I'm not sure if its even right to put them through this, necessity be damned."
