>Is it cold enough to complain and get an agreeable response from everyone except Cirno?
>Since it's winter, would Letty be around soon? What is our relationship with Letty?
(The image link's borked man. Might wanna fix that.)
>What sort of mischief has Cirno been up to?
>Did anyone actually believe Aya's claims that we would kill everything within a mile randomly?
(Not seeing the image either, probably because its form zerochan and they don't like hotlinking)
>How has Shinki's visits been going?
>Did we ever get around to playing with Koishi?
>Orbreaking Alice's mindvisiting our little sister?
>We did fill Dai in on what really went down right?
>Current power status
>"So...what do we do now guys? Find more incidents to solve? Maybe head down to the underground to do something?"
>"Well, since Kogasa and Sanae know each other, maybe we should check the mountain first, and get a look at that kappa stuff!"
>Let's mosey on to the mountain!
>"So...What've you guys got planned for today? Besides what we're already doing?"
>What the hey, let's do loops as we go!
>Stop looping, that person's interesting! "Hey look at that! She's got fire coming out of her back! Awesome...."
(I fully expect Cirno to not get the memo and end up crashing into us. xD)
>"...Uh-oh. Mysty, Wriggle, let's go fix Cirno's goof-up."
>Let's go help her.
>"DOn't worry, I don't eat people anymore."
>"Who are you? And what's a jetpack?"
>"Well, we can help you get where you need to go for now I guess? Were you heading up the mountain?"
>"Wow, so then it was kind of a good thing we ran into each other huh? ..Not so good for Cirno here running into you literally though. She's a bit literal-minded sometimes, compared to the rest of us."
>Let's carry her with us then! Since we're Youkai, we're a lot stronger than a human. So this should be no problem for even us!
>"Hey Cirno, maybe if you go pichuun and respawn, you'll feel better? You are a fairy after all, isn't that how it usually works?"
>Let's keep moseying!
>Spazwave back! "Hiiii~!"
>Let's fly over!
>"Heading to the Kappa VIllage for the tech-thingy? Same here!"
>Giggle, "Crowbrain. Doesn't roll off the tongue as good as it should."
>Smile cheesily.
>"Naaah, Mystia, you're smart. Not a birdbrain. You're a bird WITH brains~!"
>Do a creepy suspicious stare at Rikako.
>"Wha~t's wron~g? Ri~ka-ko?"
>"Woooow....Can you tell what I'm thinking about too?!" 'Wonder what I should have for dinner tonight..?'
>Sparklyeyes. "Woooow! That's so cool! It's like you're some sort of mindreading master or something!"
(Ah, to be young and derpy again.)
>"Well, we were already on the way, so we may as well go~!"
>Let's go! "Just follow us, and you'll be at the kappa village in no time!"
>Beat. "...That is, if nobody else has forgotten the way."
>Well, what are we waiting for then, let's move! "Alright then, let's go!"
>Follow Wriggle!
>Feel thankful that not all of our friends forgot the way!
>Let's just keep moving along!
>Let's fly over to Sanae! "Hiii!"
>"Have you seen Kogasa lately? We've been looking for her today y'know!"
>"Huh...I would've thought you've seen her by now. Wonder where she is?"
>Nod. "Okay!"
>Beat.
>"I get the feeling we're missing someone else, aside from Kogasa."
>Beat.
>"Oh yeah! Wasn't Dai interested in coming too?"
>....Facepalm. It's tough being one of the few in the group with what passes for common sense huh?
>Say in a sarcastic tone; "...This can only end well."
>"...But it wasn't Danmaku, was it? That could be bad."
>Would it be okay to poke Reimu?
>>If so... poke her in the shoulder. It's only polite to see if she is okay after that electrocution...
>"Wow...You sound kinda like a smarter Cirno! That's so cool.."
>Panicflail. "I said it was cool!"
>Giggle. "Well, Cirno had crashed into that lady's jetpack-thingy, and when she touched you, BZZZT! Maybe it's because she's an ice fairy that it happened like that?"
>"I figured she still had something funny, but I didn't know she had that much charge from the jetpack-thingy stashed away! I gotta figure out how she didn't go poof from it!"
>"....Think we should stop them?"
>".....I still wanna know why she didn't go poof."
>"She's a Yuki-Onna who Cirno likes to hang around with in Winter, she's usually asleep the rest of the year though. She's kinda like a big sister I guess? But I never knew she taught Cirno stuff, guess that's why she's stronger in the spring too."
>Nod. "Maybe if you tag along, you'll get to meet her! We were gonna go looking for her and Kogasa after this anyways."
>Let's pay attention and see what they're unveiling!
>"...How do they put the sun in that? Isn't the sun in the sky?
>For a laugh, let's put some darkness in there! Surely this can't go wrong!
>"Oof...yep, it's a sun alright. Can't even put any darkness in there to see what'd happen!"
>"Maybe when I finally get strong enough to not need the ribbon then?"
>"So....since it looks like this is over, what should we do next? Visit that graveyard that Kogasa's supposed to show up at? Or look for Letty?"
>"Well, I wasn't gonna try seriously y'know, just to see if I could do it, y'know?"
>Fistpalm. "Oh yeah! Let's do that then!"
>"Hi!"
>Wander over and stare at the frog with our typical goofy smile!
>"Hiya Mr. Frog! ...Or is that Ms. Frog? You all look alike~"
>Blink a few times confusedly, then reel back in surprise!
>"No way! You think so?! That's awesome!"
>Blink confusedly. "Eh? Sure~!"
>Reel back in shock! "Wh-whaaa?!"
>Stare at the tadpoles! "Woooooow~! Really? That's kinda cool!"
>Turn to look at her! "Wow, so you're Suwako? I'm Rumia~! So...you're a god? Wow...But y'know, you're nothing like Shinki was."
>Smile. "For one thing, you seem a lot nicer than she did at first."
>Nod with a smile. "I'll have to remember that then!"
>Nod. "Oh yeah, now this feels more like how it did around Shinki! You must be really strong then!"
>Nod. "But she's got a point miss purple-hair! It was really cool! I couldn't even make any darkness near it.."
>Hold our arms out like we usually do. "Something kinda smells like fish~"
>Beat.
>"....I like fish."
>Let's float around while sniffing the air! "Hmm...That fish smell wasn't from the fish that just jumped...I wonder what it was~?"
>Clueless-seeming headtilt.
>Clueless headtilt. "Who's teasing? I'm just wondering what that other fish smell is!"
>Look of realization. "Ohhhh....I get it!"
>Turn to Mystia with a big ol' smile. "There's a lot of fish here, maybe even lampreys~!"
>Headtilt. "Aww....Well, I guess we can always go fishing some other time!"
>"Well, guess there's always the rivers and ponds. But yeah, map time!"
>Look to Mystia. "Hey Wriggle, this map doesn't have that place where Yuuka is. We should add that!"
>"Well....looks like.....We just have to head past the Human Village huh? Even i know where that's at!"
>Shake our head. "I don't think we need to go through or over it, we should be fine if we go past the outskirts right?"
>"Of course, we could just fly really high? Maybe if we're high enough, we'll look like birds to them!"
>Let's giggle too. "Well yeah!"
>"So...Are we decided on what we're gonna do then?"
>Look to Cirno. "But if we have Kogasa along, that boosts the odds of finding her!"
>Smile. "Alright then! Let's find Kogasa, and have her help look for Letty!"
>"Hey...Doesn't snow always follow Letty? Maybe she's around here then!"
>Let's go see what they're arguing about!
>"So...what happened? Maybe I can help?"
>"So...she might try to do what Shinki did?! That's bad news!"
>Glare. "That's exactly the same thing! They're both bad news!"
(Hooray for simplistic troll logic.)
>Puzzled headtilt. "Any ideas where she might be?"
>"Hmm..and she probably wouldn't be at The Garden, Yuuka probably would've driven her off before she got settled in."
>"So I guess that leaves that lake of blood then?"
>Look to Mystia and Wriggle. "You guys remember where it is?"
>Nod. "Okay, I got a plan! Mysty, you go tell Sanae what happened. Cirno, you just search around here for Letty. Wriggle, you go visit Reimu and see what she knows about this Rika person, and let her know what happened. I'll go get Kogasa, and we'll all meet back up here!"
I say Cirno.
>Is it snowing anywhere right now?
>If Star doesn't help us, we'll just beat her and make her help.
>Head for the three fairies' home.
>"Yahoo! Snow!"
>Let's fire a few icicles around as we go along, just because we're in a good mood!
>Giggle. "Hehe, whoops! Sorry 'bout that!"
>Let's proceed onward to the tree!
>Let's leave a trail of icicles scattered about for no reason other than we want to!
>But as we do that, make sure to keep moving! Even if we forget stuff, Rumia's been pretty sharp lately. Girl's growing up, but she'll never be as awesome as us!
>Wait, if the snow's following us, maybe that means Letty's following us! Look around for her!
>Let's pick up the pace! Full steam ahead!
>Let's bombard it with ice shots!
>"Heeey! You guys!"
>Blink. "...Oh yeah! Now I remember why I was here!"
>Frown a bit, then look up to the sky. "S'much as I don't like doin' this, I kinda need you guys to help me find Letty, and since Star's got a pretty neat ability that can do that, you guys are my best shot at findin' 'er."
>Spray icicles everywhere! "Gaah! I knew you guys wouldn't wanna help! Good thing I was ready to settle this the usual way!"
>Aim for where sunny's head popped out of earlier!
>"I'm gonna make you guys help me if it's the last thing I do!"
>Let's make for that hole then!
>"Problems? Like what? Some youkai tease you dweebs for losing again?"
>Let's superchill the area! "I know you guys are using sunny's invisibility trick! You guys tried that the last time!"
>Let's make it even colder! We'll push it to the limits of even our cold resistance!
>"Nuh-uh! You guys refused to help, even when I was askin' nicely! So now I gotta make you guys help!"
>Let's do this!
>We'll give each of them a headshot with an ice chunk danmaku, but spray a bunch more danmaku all over the place in the process!
>Let's drop more on Sunny! We'll bury her in ice!
>"Grin confidently. "See? Star's a smart girl, she knows when you guys are beat!"
>"Hehe, whoa! I was wondering when you'd try that! Snow Sign: 'Diamond Blizzard -Lunatic-'!"
>"Hey! I ain't letting you guys get away y'know!"
>Let's keep up the card for now.
>Cancel the card if it hasn't run out alrady.
>Then make annoyed stomping motions, even though we're in midair.
>"That ain't what got me mad! It was you three dweebs refusing to help when I was asking nicely!"
>"You guys declared it on me first!"
>Then turn back to sunny. "Alright, I'll knock you down! Cold Body: 'Super Ice Kick'!"
>"But doin' something like that IS a declaration of war! Now give up and help me find Letty already!"
>Facefault so hard we leave a crater in the ground.
>Grab sunny, and yank her down too, then get up!
>"Oww...Sometimes even for a fairy, you're pretty stupid Sunny! Tha-that was all a part of my strong and powerful plan!"
>Let's dump more snow on sunny just to be sure!
>"So uh...are you guys gonna help me find Letty, or do I have to keep fighting you guys?"
>"She's a Yuki-Onna, and really cool!"
>Grin childishly. "She's kinda like my big sis in a way. And she's the only person I'll ever admit to being stronger."
>"Anyhow...Uhh...she's got this weird pin or something she always wears, she says it's got something to do with silver or something."
>Let's make an ice sculpture of Letty's pin!
Fun Fact: Her pin is the Alchemical Symbol for Silver.
>Alright then, let's get to work making a life-size ice sculpture of her!
>"Well, what I do know about them is that they're kinda like spirits of WInter or something. She usually sleeps the rest of the year though, but she's been kinda late this year, and nobody's seen her."
>"Well, I just hope I can find her. I'm gettin' worried!"
>"Lead the way! Maybe we'll get a better read on her if we're closer!"
>Follow when they move to go that way! ...Er, whichever way that is.
>"Alright, let's go!"
>Let's get going!
>"Arrite, let's stop so you can do a scan then!"
>"Really?! Which way?!"
>Let's go!
>"Awesome! Let's try to get in then!"
>Let's charge at the door! Full speed ahead~!
>"B'duuuuh...Which way'd the iceberg go...?"
>"Buuuh....Wha? Letty..? Letty!"
>Let's fire a few icicles around in celebration!
(To be honest, I was half expecting it to be Alice. :V)
>Let's try to stand up!
>Then we'll wait for letty to come outside.
>"I've been lookin' all over for you Letty! Where were ya? I even had Wriggle, Mysty, and Rumia helpin' out!"
If it's alright with you GYMO, we can move on from here and leave Cirno to Letty and Marisa.
>Brrr. S'cold. let's get to looking around!
>"Sanae? Are you around here somewhere? There's trouble!"
>Let's head to a door and knock!
>"There's big trouble! Apparently someone called Rika stole the Kappa's Reactor! Rumia told me to let you know and stuff, and Wriggle's already gone to tell Reimu too."
>Let's follow. "Yeah, I heard that she plans to use it to take over gensokyo or something. Apparently her and Rikako used to work together until differences made 'em break up or something."
>Nod, and bow politely.
>"If it's alright, I'll give you the news now."
>"A little while ago, the Kappa's Reactor was stolen by someone called Rika. According to Rikako, she probably wants to use it to take over Gensokyo!"
>We should definitely tell Rumia about this later.
>"I'll help out too. I was going to anyways, since Rumia's the one who suggested we split up, and I know she'll definitely try to help get this resolved."
>Everything. We'll be sure to talk to Sanae about this too when we're not here though.
>"Yeah, but just because it's dangerous, that doesn't mean I won't help. Since Rumia's going to help, I will too. That's what friends do. I might not be all that strong, but I know I can do something at least."
>Nod. "Yeah. I just hope nothing too bad will happen. But I think we've already spent enough time here, who knows what'll happen with that reactor thing, right?"
>Let's go with Sanae when she moves to go.
Well yeah, but we weren't done here.
We intended to wait until we got a good distance away, then we'd talk things over with Sanae. :V
>"Hey, Sanae? Wasn't it kinda suspicious that she knew they were scientists? I mean, she wasn't at the unveiling was she?"
>"It's kinda hard not to notice, I think even Rumia kinda caught on some too....Maybe. It's hard to tell what she's thinking sometimes, but mostly it's just food though."
>Pause. "Think we should consult Suwako on this then? If it's gonna get as bad as I think it might, we might need her around."
>"Well, it is Cirno, she's not that bright, you have to understand that."
>"Huh, so...no good asking her for help right now huh?"
>Pause. "Y'think Rumia could handle handle her with the ribbon off if Kanako tried something crazy?"
>Nod. "But didn't it take you, Suwako, and Kanako to bust down Shinki's Barrier?"
>Pause. "Come to think of it, it's been a while since then hasn't it? Y'think Shinki's visited Alice yet?"
>"Huh. Well, I was thinking that if push came to shove, Shinki could be helpful to have helping if it gets too dicey. We both saw how strong she is, and Rumia actually fought her."
>"Well, I suppose that with Shinki and Rumia working together, they might be able to manage it if Kanako tried something crazy. You said that she doesn't try to do these things intentionally, so it's the accidental screwups we gotta be careful of."
>"Huh, I guess an exception could be made if she was trying to protect gensokyo though, seeing as how Alice loves it and all."
>Frown. "Besides, if things are gonna get as bad as I think they will, we're gonna need all the help we can get."
>Headtilt. "Huh, maybe she used a different name then? I've heard of people doing that sometimes."
>"Well, this is Gensokyo, you can't exactly rely on Outside World Common Sense all that much here."
>"Anyhow, let's get moving, there's already a meeting place set up. You can thank Rumia for thinking clearly enough for that."
>Let's just fly over to her. This snow is not conducive to a little firefly like us.
>"Hey, you seen Reimu around? I kinda need to talk to her...Like, yesterday practically."
>Sigh a bit. "Thanks. And it's Wriggle, okay? Wriggle Nightbug."
>Let's head back to the pond out back!
>Pause. "Whoa. I've seen a lot since becoming a Youkai, but a talking turtle is new."
>Shake our head to focus. "Anyhow, there's some pretty big trouble brewing. Know anything about a girl named Rika? She stole that thing the kappas made. Rumia said for everyone to split up to handle things faster, and I got picked to handle this. Mystia's already gone to warn Sanae, and Cirno's gone off to find Letty, and Rumia went to find Kogasa."
>Nod. "Well, We do know she's a scientist- whatever that is- with a big tank, whatever that is. From what I hear, there's a good chance she might try to take over Gensokyo with that thing the kappas made."
>Nod. "I can kinda see where the old-timer's coming from. He wants to relive a time where he actually did something."
>Look to Genji. "Isn't that right, old-timer?"
>Nod. "That's pretty understandable, but I kinda figured you were older than that. Seein' as how you were callin' me young and all. But just 150?"
>Pause. "Well, you are a turtle, those guys do live pretty long. There's hardly any insect out there that'll get old enough to be a youkai y'know. Except maybe firefiles, since everybody loves them."
>Laugh a bit. "Yeah, I kinda wonder about that myself. But anyhow, we should get to the meeting place, I'm pretty sure Mystia's already warned the people over at the Moriya Shrine, so she probably brought some of them along too."
>"Well, looks like that's settled huh? And like it or not, we don't really know what she looks like, so we kinda need all the help we can get."
Oi, GYMO, you got anything to chip in? Don't let me stop you from chipping in.
>Nod. "Alright then, next stop; The Meeting Place!"
>Let's roll!
>Let's float over with a grin!
>"Hiya! Have you seen Kogasa around? I'm looking for her!"
>Pause to fidget with our ears, that was loud! "L-loud.."
>"A-anyhow, I heard she hangs out in the graveyard somewhere around here! She's a karasasa, and a friend!"
>Wow...She makes echoes? "Wow...Echoes huh? That's pretty cool! I guess you would have to be loud to do that, huh?"
>Nod. "So who's Nue?"
>...Unidentifiable huh?
>Beat.
>"...Are you Nue?"
>"A Tanuki? Wow...That's pretty cool, I don't think I've ever met a Tanuki before!"
>Beat (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Beat).
>"What's a Tanuki? Is it something you eat?"
>Make the face we usually make when something tastes bad. "Bleh, no way. Youkai don't taste good."
>Beat.
>"Heeey....calling me slow is mean y'know!"
>Beat.
>"...That's true, Cirno's not exactly the smartest, even if she's a smart fairy."
>Fistpalm. "Oh yeah! That's right! So where is this graveyard anyways?"
>Nod with a smile. "Okay! I'll go look around!"
>Fly off for the back, but then pause in midair. "Oh yeah, I'm Rumia! See ya around!" Then resume flying off to the back to look around!
>Well, Kyouko said to chat up Byakuren for the info, so let's go see her then!
> Fly over while waving energetically. "Hiiiii!"
>Blink a few times in a surprised way. "Wow! How'd you guess?"
>"I was already gonna go looking for her earlier today, but then something crazy happened over at the mountain! This thingy that the kappas made got stolen! I remember hearing that the person who stole plans to do bad things with it."
>"..It's a pretty scary thing too, I couldn't even make and darkness near it..."
>Smile brightly. "I think we can take care of the other stuff once everyone's all together! I already told Wriggle to go take to Reimu, and Mysty went to go tell Sanae!"
>Once she leaves, let's see if we can find those other two people. She did say we could wander around, just so long as we didn't leave the graveyard.
>Let's have a little fun with them then, spread out a relatively heavy Darkness Field!
>"...Are you guys asleep or something?"
>Put some more oomph into the darkness then!
>"Y'know, it's kinda rude to ignore someone."
>"Whoa! I knew there was something funny about you! I kinda know stuff like these!"
>Dodge 'em!
>"Owwwwww."
>"That hurt. What did you do?"
>"Yeah, so you better be careful, 'cause I'll have that power back someday!"
>Beat.
>"I'm Rumia. Who're you?"
>"Wait... you want me to have my power back? Why?"
>"Also, what's a jiang-shi? Is that something you eat?"
>"Wah! Don't eat me!"
>"So you teach me now, then I teach you later? Okay!"
>"Wait, why wouldn't Byakuren want us to teach each other?"
>Nod with a cheerful smile. "Well, I dunno how much I'd be able to teach you, since it just comes naturally, but I always keep promises!"
>Smile. "Well, you seem kinda fishy, but you use dark energy too, so I guess you aren't all that bad."
>"But just to let you know though, before this seal came around, I wasn't a very good person. I'm trying to work past the old me!"
Well GYMO? What's your thoughts? Should we accept now?
Eh, we can do this, I mostly just wanted GYMO's say on things too.
>"Um... okay!"
>Shake on it.
>"Hey, that's not nice! Don't call me a liar! I said I was gonna do it, so I'm gonna do it!"
>"But... but... why would you do that? You're going first anyways! Do you just do that every time you make an agreement with somebody or something?"
>Beat.
>"Not forgetting about it is nice, though."
>"Oh, yeah, that's smart. But I don't think it'll take that long. It's already started. I get more of it whenever I help people."
>Go meet them!
>"Nope, not bored at all! I met a strange lady and her jing-... jang-... zhang-... zombie thing!"
>"Hey, if you have all that dowsing stuff, does that mean you're good at finding things?"
>"Who's Mamizou?"
>"Let's find Kogasa, Nazrin!"
>"Well, she has an umbrella! Or... is an umbrella, or something. It's really weird-looking, and it even has a tounge! Can you find that?"
>"Um... no."
>"She's living there now?"
>"Just kidding. You think she's lost, right?"
>"AH!"
>"Come on! We have to go help her!"
>Fly off.
>Pause.
>Fly back.
>"Um, which way is the forest?"
>"Oh, yeah! It was a... a... reactor! That's what it was called! A nucular reactor! Or something like that."
>"It's got a really bright sun or something. I couldn't make it darker at all! The hell raven made it, I think."
>"OkayIgottagohelpKogasabye!"
>To the forest!
>Well, nothing for it then, let's go in there and search around!
>Smile cheerfully. "Just a drifting shadow~!"
>Beat.
>"Oh, you were asking me what my name is, weren't you? It's Rumia!"
>"Have you seen a Karakasa around here? I'm looking for her!"
>"Not a shadow? But watch this!"
>Let's make it darker! "See? But about that boss rabbit, I think I'd like to meet her, maybe she'll be a new friend!"
>"Oh! Right! I keep forgetting that I can see, but others can't."
>Let's drop the darkness levels enough for the rabbit to see.
>"Wow....It's so big! So where's this boss rabbit then huh?"
>"I'm Rumia, I'm looking for a Karakasa who happens to be a friend of mine! I heard she ended up somewhere in this forest, and this rabbit said that you'd probably know where!"
>Nod with a big grin. "Yep! She's a friend of mine y'know! She helped out back in that makai thingy down in the underground!"
>"What?! But she's my friend! I'm not leaving without her...Because friends stick together!"
>Ramp up the darkness to maximum!
>"So it's the will of your boss huh? I'll just have to get past you first, and then beat her next!"
>Let's fire a barrage of lasers!
>"Oh? Well, you're going up against Rumia, the Sealed Darkness! ...Though right now, I'm just 'The Little Shadow'."
>"I'll warn you right now though, things might get bad if you make me go insane. There's a reason why I was sealed with this ribbon y'know."
>Point at the ribbon for emphasis, then fire off a barrage of regular shots in all directions!
>Follow it up with a concentrated barrage aimed right at her!
>Too bad we're probably not strong enough yet to keep ourselves in control for long when the ribbon comes off, otherwise we'd use that huh?
>"Friends never give up on friends!"
>Let's use Moonlight Ray - Lunatic-!
>So about 20 seconds huh? Should be enough for this, it's just a pain that we can't touch it.
>"Whoa....That's a neat trick!"
>Did her card cancel ours out?
>Well, nothing for it but to ride it out for now.
>Well, let's keep it up then! Our lasers can protect us since they're not direct offense.
>Alright, follow it up with a mixed barrage! Both spread and concentrated!
>Let's counter by flying up at full speed, leaving a thick barrage as we go!
>Quickly move to the side.
>As soon as we get a chance, break a branch off a tree, stick it through a loop in the ribbon, and use it to pull the ribbon off.
>Hmm...
>Dive down to the ground, upside-down, and move sideways while pressing the ribbon against the ground. Maybe we can scrape it off!
>Could we form danmaku behind her? If so, then start scraping our head against a tree, and while she watches, form as many shots behind her as we can and send them all at her while she's distracted.
>Laser her. If she returns fire, dodge to the side. Then find a shot on the outer edge and move in so that it hits the ribbon. If that doesn't take the ribbon off (which it probably won't), immediately fire at Reisen whike she's shaking her head at us again.
>What is our position relative to Reisen and the mansion?
>Start spraying her with shots while flying circles around her.
>Keep circling and shooting.
>When we next pass between the mansion and Reisen, stop shooting and dart into the mansion.
>Look away.
>Is she within arm's reach? If so, punch her, then keep going. If not, accellerate to full speed, pass under her, and keep going. If she gets in our way again, don't stop. Charge right into her.
>Get to the door and enter, being sure not to look at Reisen.
>"Kogasa!"
>Dash around Reisen and stop in front of this woman.
>"Give me my friend back!"
>"That's 'cuz she's asleep right now! Wait, you said she was burnt? She must have gotten caught in a fight or some, and needed to heal!"
>Headtilt. "Eh?"
>Reel back a bit, and stick fingers in both our ears and wiggle them around in there to try to clear away the ow.
>"Owwwwwwwww."
>"Owwww....That was louder than Kyouko..."
>"WHAT? I THINK THERE'S SOME FISH IN THE LAKE? WHY ARE YOU ASKING ABOUT FISH? OH, HI KOGASA!"
(Playing up the hearing glitch for fun. xD)
>"EH? HOLD STILL? OKAY! AND WHAT'S THAT ABOUT A PRIZE KOGASA? I HAVEN'T WON ANYTHING!"
>"Hey, I can hear now! Thanks!"
>"I came here to find you, Kogasa! That Nue person told me you were here. Although I was surprised that that lady thought you were just an umbrella. She looked surprised, too!"
>"It's what they do....Or something. I don't really know much about them aside from the fact that Kogasa's nice, and a friend."
>"'Cause she's a karakasa!"
>"It's what they do....Or something. I don't really know much about them aside from the fact that Kogasa's nice, and a friend."
>"Yeah, and that."
>Grab it.
>"She's my friend. I came here looking for her."
>"Let's go, Kogasa."
>Leave.
>...DId we agree to meet the others somewhere?
>Is the mouse youkai Nazrin?
>Fly over.
>"HI, guys!"
>"Where's Cirno?"
>"Oh. Okay."
>Beat.
>"Why were we all finding everyone again?"
>"Oh, yeah!"
>Beat.
>"WHy are we all standing around here, then?"
>"Oh! Let's go, then!"
>Beat.
>"Where are we going?"
>"I dunno what a Deva is, but maybe!"
>"Well, we won't learn anything standing around here! Let's go!"
>Go!
Hmm....tough call, maybe Wriggle and Mystia?
>Nod. "So there was something else that smelled fishy? I guess it wasn't just that lake then....Wait, that means Suwako lied?! She was so nice...I can't believe she'd do something like that..."
>Beat.
>"Oh, I found Kogasa, but I had to go all the way to that rabbit place to get her. There was a really loud person there! Even louder than Kyouko from the temple! Apparently she thought Kogasa was just an umbrella. She got all beat up a while back, so she was sleeping to heal. She's okay-ish now, but she's still kinda banged-up. THe doc said something about the metal still being kinda messed-up from heat or something."
>Poke at our ears while smiling obliviously. "Even after the doc helped me get my ears working again, they still kinda tingle. And there's a funny ringing noise. It sounds weird~!"
>Beat.
>"Oh! I even went up against some weird rabbit who tried to stop me from saving Kogasa! She was really strong though, I couldn't even do anything to her! But she couldn't really do much to me either though, guess I'm getting stronger!"
>"Well, I was right next to her so...But anyways, the doc had to stick this thingy in my ears. It kinda hurt, and there was a pop sound too. but after that, I could hear again~!"
>Beat.
>"I still don't know why they were asking about fish though. Maybe they were hungry?"
>"Oh. I guess so."
>Beat.
>Wave at Marisa! "Hiiiii!!! We're looking for someone! Wanna help?"
>Wuh-oh! Let's get outta there! Take Kogasa too, since we're still holding the umbrella
>"Whoa?! What's going on?! Why's she attacking us?!"
>"Hey Kogasa, I don't think you can fight right now, you're still healing from earlier yeah? You should be able to hide somewhere until all this gets settled right?"
>"So...she might just be in a bad mood? I'll see if I can find out what!"
>Let's give Kogasa back her Umbrella-self, and fly at Marisa at top speed! We'll crash right into her with a hug~!
>Wuh-oh! We didn't think this through did we?
>Let's get outta the way!
>"Reimu, get her to stop!"
>...Let's just stay out of this one.
>"Okay. I'll help. I don't think Mystia can blind her without hitting you, too, but I think I can help."
>Form a sphere of darkness around Marisa.
>Well, she's already used up two of her biggest cards, so let's fly in there at top speed again!
>Gotta keep her distracted after all!
>Blink. "I dunno, maybe?"
>Wow, who knew she could do things like that? Maybe she can help if our ribbon ever gets knocked off!
>"Wow.....That's awesome!"
>Beat.
>"So, uh....Why were you all blasty-boom earlier? We were just flying by, I waved and said hi, then you shot a Master Spark at us!"
>"...There's something funny about that, but I dunno what~!"
>"But why did you shoot at us? Wouldn't it have been better to follow the things or something?"
>"Maybe it's the same person who stole the... the... the sun-thing! We're chasing her! Come on!"
>"It's all connected!"
>"Come on, let's go!"
>That's good! Having more people helps!
>Onwards!
>"Let's split up, gang!"
>"Wriggle, Mystia, Dai, let's go!"
>Pick a random direction and go that way.
>"Nope!"
>Keep going.
>Wait.
>"Wriggle, can't you use bugs to search the area?"
>"Couldn't you just call some of the ones you do know?"
>"Okay. We'll just search ourselves."
>Search!
>"Nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooo."
>"...Okay, that's kinda creepy."
>"Mystia, touch my ribbon. Don't take it of; just touch it."
>If she's able to touch it without problems: "If things get bad, then whoever's closest to me, take the ribbon off and hand it to me. I can touch it when it's not on my head, so I'll put it back on before I go crazy."
>"We're looking for someone named Rika!"
>Which of us is fastest? Whoever that is, tell them to go get the others.
>"Hi!"
>"Oh, we don't want to trespass. We're just looking for someone. Is there a human in these mountains anywhere? If she's not here, we'll leave. She stole something, and it's really really important that we get it back."
>"Nazrin, are you sensing the stolen sun-thing in the mountains, or do you think it's further on?"
>"Okay. We'll go look other places in the range. Bye!"
>Head off. Go in the direction Mystia went; we need to let her know what happened and that there isn't a fight or anything.
>"So, where do we look now? There was a big bald guy made out of clouds! Clouds Mysty! He was made of clouds! Isn't that awesome?"
>"He looked kinda like a stormcloud. I don't like rain much. He was pretty nice though, if a bit creepy at first."
>Nod. "Alright then, lead the way Naz!"
>"Hey, let's look in there!"
>Enter!
>Knock on the walls a little. "Wow...Hey guys, this isn't a normal cave, is it? Think someone should go find the others?"
>"Hmm...So...who here's not the best at fighting again? Because I guess that maybe that person could go find the others while the rest of us look around a bit."
>But we do know she's good at finding things.
>"Nazrin, go find the others."
>We'll explore a little, but not too far.
>We'll stop here and wait then.
>"Wow...This place is kinda neat huh?"
>"Uh-oh, let's try going back, maybe we'll find her back at the entrance?"
>"Guys, we went ahead to look at the path, but now Dai's gone missing!" Panicflail.
>Nod. "Then let's try to find her!"
>Point down the path. "There was a place where the paths go all branch-y and stuff up ahead!"
>Float up to the display and poke it. "Wow....Hey, have you seen a fairy with green hair? Her name's Daiyousei! We came here with her, but she just vanished all of a sudden!"
>Turn to Wriggle and the others with a surprisingly serious look. "...."
>"Wow...Even I wouldn't have an outburst like that, right?"
>Let's uh...float away from Mysty, she's craaaazy.
>"Yeah, but I've never seen Wriggle get like that, only Mysty ever gets like that. But she's never been this mad before."
>Beat.
>"Except for that one time with Cirno, that was kinda funny."
>"So...how do we fix this?"
>Let's keep an eye on Mysty.
>Grin, and head over to Marisa.
>Whisper; "I got an idea! Is that Blazing Star spelled you used earlier charged up and ready?"
>"Aww. Well, that one should still work right? Because I was thinking you could use Blazing Star, or that card, to zoom up the center path real fast and keep her busy while the rest of us catch up."
>Check the ribbon, just to be sure.
>"So, how are we going to do this then..?"
>Then we'll just beat the crap out of her!"
>Onward!
>"So...how do you think she'll handle being caught in a Dark Orb if it comes to my ribbon needing to come off?"
>Let's keep on keepin' on.
>And what exactly is 'this'? Do we even remember?
>"Heh, I'm always up for a good fight Letty, you know that!"
>Grin. "After all, You're the only one I'll recognize as being an equal to The Strongest!"
>Let's take flight!
>Grin. "Hey, it's cuz I respect you y'know! You're the only one out there worth it, 'xcept maybe Rumia and some of the others."
>Stare at a passing cloud with a smile. "Rumia's sure gotten a lot stronger y'know?" Look back to her with a grin. "But not as strong as us!"
>Let's make a few icicles float around us.
>Grin. "Didn't forget her, she's 'some of the others'. And besides, since this is our first fight of the season, I figured I'd make it special, y'know?"
>"'Sides, it's boring to keep doing the same old thing ain't it?" Let's fire them in a random, forward-based barrage, all while forming more to keep up with demands.
>Alright then, let's make an iceberg overhead!
(Naturally, it's one of her skillcards in 'soku.)
>Dodgedodgedodge!
>"I figured something like that'd happen! Now watch this!"
>Let's use our version of the giant ice hammer!
>Stare. "Whoa....I never thought to try something like that Letty! Maybe it'll work on Master Spark too!"
>Maybe we can use this sometime with our Freezer Sword!
>"Wow..."
>Hey, let's try what she just did! Let's make a generic-looking ice statue, leave it floating, then try to do what Letty did!
>Nod energetically. "Y'mean Permafrost? Yeah! I get it! Just make the ice really really hard, and nothing can stop me!"
>Let's give it a shot! Coat one of our forearms with ice, then make the ice denser and denser!
>Compact the ice together so that it's the same as if we expanded the ice, only smaller and tighter!
>We can do this! We just need to keep trying!
>Let's try making an arm-blade instead of a lance this time!
>Grin. "I figured using my Sword Freezer this way would be a bit better."
>Now let's change it up again, this time making the head of a large warhammer, just like we tried earlier!
>Grin. "It's a trick I used back during the Daidarabocchi fuss. I guess just holding it doesn't make it as good as making it a part of me, huh?"
>Huh....a weapon that suits us huh? Let's try making a sword like Letty's! Well, just to give it a shot at least.
>"Hmm...Nope, that one didn't feel right at all. Maybe a spear or something..."
>Let's try making a pair of three-pronged spears, one for each arm!
>Well, let's try making a bigger hammer then!
>Well, we've used Great Crusher before, so it's just awkwardly-sized is all.
>"Huh, guess swords and hammers fit me!"
>Let's try making a giant icicle over our arm next!
(Great Crusher is one of her spellcards in soku, for those not in the know.)
>"Heh, this feels pretty okay. Wonder how it'll do?"
>Let's give it a test by making another ice chunk to pierce through!
>Hmm...let's try boosting the density of the ice then! Make it real big, then compact the ice together to make it like permafrost!
>Heck, maybe we can even add some grooves to it and make it spin!
>Nod. "Eh? Okay then! Let's go!"
>Let's make some cool shoulder armor while we're going! Spikes, curvy sweeps, the whole shebang!
>"Then we've gotta go in after them!"
>Enter!
>"...Wait, why are they even here?"
>"This cave isn't normal."
>"Hey, that's Mysty! Let's get going!"
>Let's book it down the tunnel!
>"...Dai! Who's the jerk that stuck her in a cage?! C'mon Letty, we gotta go save her! Let's get going then!"
>Let's roll!
>Can we see normally in natural darkness, or does that apply only to our darkness?
>Get down there!
>Stay alert. This could get nasty.
>"That's not nice! Come on, let's go beat this mean person up!"
>Onward!
>Oh yes it is.
>"Sanae, can't you learn how to build something by taking it apart?"
>"Oh well, maybe we can rebuild it or something~! I dunno what a robot is, but it looks cool!"
>Let's get ready for a brawl!
>"Another doorway? Okay! Let's try it!"
>"Awesome! Let's get going guys!"
>Beat.
>"Uhh...Who goes first?"
>"Wha- Cirno?"
>"Whoa! You actually showed up!"
>Tacklehug Cirno!
>"You should've seen what happened when Mysty saw Dai stuck in that cage! She flipped out even worse than that time you froze her wing!"
>Nod. "That was Mysty! She was really mad....And I'm pretty sure just about all the others were too, even me."
>Disengage from the hug, and turn to face the hole. "Okay, let's go. I'll take the point this time!"
>Let's go!
>"There it is guys! The, uh...React-y...Kappa...Thingy!"
>"Nuh-uh. Sorry, but you still have something else we're after....Our friend!"
>Are there any doorways nearby? Aside from the one we used, and the one the robot's guarding that is.
>"So this is the final boss huh? Let's do this, and save Dai!"
>Let's zip into the air if we can, and start bombarding it with lasers!
>"Heeey...that means we can blow this thing up without worry!"
>"Hey Cirno, Letty! Try smashing that shield or something!"
>"Because you guys can probably pull it off! We gotta get rid of that shield for Marisa to blow it up right? You and Cirno don't always rely on Danmaku, unlike the rest of us."
>Blink. "We'd...uh, we better get behind her then. Far behind her."
>"Guess it can't be helped huh?"
>Check the ribbon. And as we're doing that, keep bombarding the tank with everything we have short of a spellcard.
>Well, we'll just have to keep at it huh? Let's be ready to move when Marisa gives the signal though!
>"Okay! Let's give it a shot!"
>Weaken the darkness so Cirno can see.
>"...That was awesome Cirno! Now we just gotta find and save Dai!"
>".....Oh. Not good. Cirno! Get outta there!"
>Let's get outta the way!
>"Whoa....I don't think even that Dark Spark I used back in the battle underground could've done anything like that!"
>Ow. We're gonna be feeling this for a while. Well, unless we end up going EX by the end of the day, that could fix us up in a jiff.
>Let's make sure everyone's okay, we can leave Marisa and Alice to their tender moment~
(I was more referring to the likely impacts we took from the shockwave/dodging. We're only so durable after all, even with being a youkai.)
>"Wow...Think I could ever be able to do that much? I know Yuuka probably can."
>Let's get Marisa off Alice then.
>"Guys, I'll leave the crazy to you. I'll go up to the surface to see what's going on!"
>Let's zoom up the tunnel!
>"....Oh."
>Let's pick up the pace! Full speed ahead!
>"...That's big. I think we're gonna need more than a few icicles to beat that."
>Check the ribbon.
>"We gotta take her down, for everyone. Not just the people here in Gensokyo, but even those guys back home in Makai. Who knows what she'll do if she wins here!"
>Let's try to completely cover that thing in darkness! It can't do anything too bad if it can't see, right?
>"Alright then..Let's do this! Just who the hell does she think we are?!"
>Let's zoom up closer to the eye, and blast it with a barrage of lasers! It can't use that laser if that eye's disabled!
>Let's look around for weakpoints!
>"Careful guys, the eye's glowing in there! it's probably gonna fire again!"
>Let's try crashing into the panel! Full speed ahead!
>Let's get outta there, we'll blast the arms with lasers as we go too! "Let's get outta there Wriggle!"
>"Oh great. Here we go again!"
>Let's send out a good barrage this time! lasers, normal shots, the whole nine yards!
>"They've got an 'a' on them, does that mean we should call them Alphas or something?"
>Keep spamming! But be sure to avoid their shots as needed.
(Ah.)
>"Guys! The panels closed! I think she ran out of the little guys!"
>Keep it up! And don't forget to rack up those graze points!
>"Not if we beat you before that!"
>Fistpalm, the fly back to the others to lend a hand if they've got any eyes left to deal with. "I think I figured something out, but we'd have to get those cloud guys to help. When she makes more of those guys, those panels open up. That's when the cloud guys slip in, and boom!"
>"So that's no good too huh? Anyone got any ideas? Because the only thing I can think of would be taking off my ribbon. But, uh, it's not coming off."
>"Try the eye, that way she can't use those death ray thingies!"
>"Come on guys! let's give 'em a hand and keep the little guys busy!"
>Let's rocket in at full speed while firing a thick barrage!
>Let's drop into the safespot ourselves to cover her weakpoint with our own barrage! "You looked like you needed some backup, Cirno. Hope you don't mind, but I'm helping you out here."
>Well, guess we'll have to settle for firing a barrage to cover her then. "You thought you guys just had to deal with her? Wrong!"
>"No way! We won't give up!"
>Let's keep dodging, then when the attack fires, barrage the eye!
>"Well, this is new, huh?"
>Let's rush right at the reactor panel! "Follow me guys! I got an idea!"
>"Whoa!" If we're close, back off!
>"Well, this wasn't how I thought it would turn out. I thought I could trick her into hitting herself."
>Get away from it, and dodge whatever comes out.
>Check the ribbon.
>We've dodged it before, so we can dodge it again.
>AFter dodging, get in close again.
>"Cirno, Letty, hit the eye more!"
>"Alright! Now we just have to take care of the arms!"
>"Not really, but hey! looks like it disabled the little guys too!"
>"Alright then, let's give it everything we've got! Maybe that thing blocking our Danmaku went kaput too!"
>Let's barrage the nearest arm!
>GO fire at what's left of the eye.
>Evade the lightning and get behind the other arm.
>After it!
>Shoot it!
>Quick! Bombard her with Danmaku! If Dai gets hit by any, we can apologize after we save her.
>Let's just swoop down and grab her, then drag her over to the reactor! After all, even we're stronger than some human girl.
>"So, gonna do something about this? Or are we gonna have to leave you here to break with your cool toy? Doesn't really matter y'know, since we already beat you, and saved Dai."
>Beat.
>"Oh yeah. You guys keep the crazy busy while me'n Cirno go bust Dai outta that cage."
>"....That doesn't sound good."
>Ribbon time now?
>"...Okay, let's finish this problem."
>Let's start by encasing the mini-sun in so much darkness that even the night itself pales in comparison! "This darkness can blot out even the night itself..!
>Then, crush the darkness, and with it, the mini-sun, into a speck. "...And with this...it is ended."
>Once the time comes close to running out, re-equip the ribbon.
>Let's try encasing it in Dark Energy then!
>Now...let's crush the mini-sun out of existence!
>Quick, get that ribbon back on!
>"Ugh....I think we're all gonna be feeling that in the morning."
>"Ooog...You awake Kogasa?"
>Let's try to sit up, but be careful about it. Who knows how banged up we are.
>"...Oof. That's new. My Dark Aura isn't here like it usually is. Weeeird."
>Hold an arm towards Kogasa. "Mind helping me find the others? I still gotta make sure everyone else is okay...!"
>"I think we're at the Moriya Shrine, Kogasa. But don't worry, I'm here after all. And it looks like you were asleep here the whole time too, so nothing bad could've happened to you."
>Let's try to stand up with Kogasa's help. And if we can muster the energy, we'll hover instead of walking.
>"Whoa...No wonder my Dark Aura's not on, I'm outta energy....I think maybe getting something to eat will help?"
>Let's try to leave the room, and find our way to the main hall, or the dining area, wherever those are. Odds are we'll find someone in the process.
>Let's make our way over to her. "Hiya. How long was I out? I'm completely out of energy, got anything to eat?"
>Wave a little. "Hiya. How ya doing? me, I'm wiped out. And apparently I was out for a whole week! Can you believe i- I guess you can, since you probably live here."
>"Umm....Yeah. What happened to everyone else? I mean, I know that Sanae's okay, and Kogasa is too, because we're right here n'stuff."
>"Rika? What happened to that crazy anyhow? She made this giant thingy and tried to wipe out all the youkai. That's why I call her crazy, 'cuz there's good youkai too."
>"...The giant thingy was kinda cool though, too bad we had to blow it up."
>Chuckle a little. "Really? It was pretty strong y'know. We couldn't even dent it until Cirno and Letty smashed the Eye."
>"I think you said something like that last time we met up, yeah?"
>"So...any idea when I'll be back to normal? Well, so far as a sealed youkai like me can be considered normal."
>"Well, that's okay. Food is food, so I can't complain~!"
>"...A favor huh? Well, if it's running an errand, orhelping her with something like crazy people from the moon trying to steal that princess -Why would they? She's weird.-, I'm always willing.Though right now, I'm anything but ready."
>Let's get to munching! Maybe it'll help! I mean, we haven't eaten for an entire week yeah? Maybe that's why we're tapped out!
(It wasn't meant as something sensible, just Rumia being typical Rumia and saying weird things.)
>"Yeah, normally I don't really even bother with cooking if I can help it, but right now I can't really be picky since I need to fill the tank back up~!"
>"...But this isn't so bad really~!"
>What all do we have to munch anyways, there's probably so many things we haven't even tried before! Cooked food is a whole new world for us to explore!
>Look to the other who aren't Kanako and Rika, with a confused look. "Uhhh..?"
>"So...she's one of us now?"
>"Whoa...So she ended up turning into what she wanted to wipe out huh? I kinda wonder if there isn't something more to that."
>"Oh well, I guess she'll learn to love being a Youkai! You don't get sick too easy, and you don't have to worry about getting lost at night either! It's a pretty fun life really, 'specially since just about all of them swore off eating people. Even me."
>If only we had the energy to flick a danmaku at her, eh?
>"Huh, that's funny, I never heard about any Youkai that didn't have a power either! Even Kogasa has one."
>"Maybe it's got something to do with that machine-thingy she made?"
>Well, let's go back to snacking, eh?
>"I wonder what she can do? Since we can't really find anything youkai-ish about her aside from being one."
>How recharged are we anyhow?
>"Who knows? But we beat her before right? We can just do it again if she does."
>Chuckle. "She can't be worse than Shinki was, and she was nuts until she got some sense knocked into her."
>Nod. "Yeah, just really crazy ways of going about 'em. But she's a nice lady, I don't doubt that. Maybe I should visit sometime when she's at Alice's, it'd be nice to know more about my past!"
>Look at Rika, how's she responding to all this?
>"Hey, I wonder if she can use Danmaku now?"
>Let's work our way over to Rika. "Hey. How you holding up? Y'know, that thing you built was pretty neat. I bet the kids in the village would like having toys like that."
>Grin. "Y'know, being a Youkai isn't that bad. You get to live longer than a human, and you don't get sick as often! Plus, it's an easier life than a human."
>Grin even bigger. "The fun thing? Fights like that one we had can be brushed away into the past, and even looked back on fondly over drinks! It's a nice and peaceful way to live, free of too much worry of human problems."
>Chuckle. "That's the pot calling the kettle black, now isn't it? Because every way I look at it, you're not too different from me."
>Beat.
>"Though you can probably make way cooler doohickeys and gizmos than I ever could. The kappa are pretty good at that too though."
>Smile. "Hey, don't worry. Being a youkai isn't really that different from bein' human anyhow. We have the same feelings too y'know. We laugh, cry, love, all that stuff!"
>"The only real differences is how we come to be, and what we can do. You used to be human yeah? So you're one of the human-type Youkai, like Alice and stuff! So in a way, you're kinda between the two."
>"Besides, you were pretty cool, making that thing. What was it again? Evil Eye Omega? Thing about Youkai? They respect strong people. And you're good at building strong things like that right?"
>"...Yeah, I guess you're right. Guess we'll have to let her come to terms with herself on her own huh?"
>Head back to where we were, but look back to Rika partway back. "Just remember that Big Sis Rumia's always around!"
>Chuckle, and set back to snacking. She'll come around eventually. Being a Youkai means we've got almost all the time in the world!
>Who knows, maybe we'll have figured things out enough by then to not need the ribbon anymore!
>"Well, I can wait. Bein' a Youkai means there's plenty of time for me to wait with. When you finally accept yourself, I'll be there to help you. It's what Letty did for Cirno, and I can't be left behind by them."
>Nod. "Yeah! Come to think of it, there sure are a lot of Youkai doing that these days, huh? Guess you gotta have something to do when you're not causing an incident."
>Beat.
>"Hang on, aren't Incidents mostly a Youkai-caused thing? Then that would mean she's been a Youkai for a lot longer, and never realized it! Because only a Youkai, or Goddess, or something like that would do something that crazy."
>"Well, what if whoever it was, was already one to begin with? Besides, I kinda-sorta remember hearing something about her not bein' able to make more. Something about not having a very big appetite or something. I think she just needs to try to eat a little more each day!"
>Huh....incidents are trickier than we thought!
>"Ah. I get it! So basically, anyone not human likes causing incidents sometimes!"
>Beat.
>"I guess I wouldn't really cause a pretty harmful one, huh? Probably just something like randomly plonking out blackouts so people bump into trees or something."
>Beat.
>"...That actually sounds kinda funny." Grin.
>Nod. "Yeah, but it's kinda funny when you think about it."
>"And when you look back, a lot of the really old incidents were actually dangerous. Like, killing folks dangerous. So really, meaningless pranks like what Cirno and Mysty do are pretty neat when you think about it."
>Nod. "Yeah, I was around during the Scarlet Mist Incident y'know. ...I was one of the first ones to get beat up too..."
>Beat.
>"...Well, except for all the fairies that got in Reimu and Marisa's ways."
>Sweatdrop. "Yeah, I kinda had to stop after that though."
>"But y'know, it's helped a lot too. I wouldn't have made so many friends otherwise!"
>"I wasn't really that involved, so I don't really know a whole lot about it either. Wriggle and Mysty were kinda-sorta involved in another one later on, like me and Cirno were in the Scarlet Mist one."
>Nod. "Yeah, probably. She'd know all about 'em."
>How much of the food is left?
>Well, may as well finish it off! "Thanks for the food by the way, I'm feeling a bit better now!"
>Are we charged up enough to find the others at least?
>"Well, I can't go full speed, but I should be able to find more food later!"
>Beat.
>"Maybe Mysty has some!"
>Shake our head. "Nah, us Youkai are made of tough stuff! I'm mostly just low on energy y'know. And food's the best way to fix that!" Grin cheesily.
>"And...Umm...Koga? I don't think arms and legs n'stuff are s'posed to bend that way."
>"...Yeah, I guess."
>"It wasn't the hat, it's because you looked like you didn't have any bones or anything."
>"It just looked funny."
>It's not creepy, just strange. Might be handy, though.
>"Hey, it's kinda cool."
>"I don't know either, but it's still kinda cool."
I'm just about ready for this to end. Hanzo?
Yeah, let's head out to find the others.
>"That sounds like a great idea! I bet people will love it!"
>"Hey, wanna come with me while I go tell Reimu about this, and find the others?"
>Grin. "That's okay, you got stuff you gotta do, yeah? Seeya around! Let's go Kogasa!"
>Let's roll!