Rumia Quest 4: Living in the Shadows [Complete]

[Hanzo K.]

>Wrap ourselves in a coating of dark energy under the webs, then force it outward as cutting waves!

[Raikaria]

>Wrap ourselves in a coating of dark energy under the webs, then force it outward as cutting waves!

> You cannot do this. All Seiga, and thus yourself, can do with Dark energy is create orbs of it to use as projectiles, which tend to explode on impact. Yours are slightly more stable, and form a little faster than hers, and you can make more at once.

[Hanzo K.]

>Well, let's just make some outside the webbing, and hit ourselves with 'em! The exploding part should knock away the webbing.

[Raikaria]

>Well, let's just make some outside the webbing, and hit ourselves with 'em! The exploding part should knock away the webbing.

> You form a single orb of dark energy outside the webbing, mainly because this is all you can keep stable when bound like this, and also because you don't exactly like pelting yourself.

> You ram it into the webbing binding you, and it erupts, ripping the webbing apart, and hurting you a little.

> "Never seen that before... I guess I better come out and stop playing with my food." the voice says, as a Spider Youkai crawls onto the web.



Yamane Kurodani
The Trapdoor of the Blowhole
[Non-Main Storyline Boss]

*Note* There will be encounters that cannot be solved with words, although escape may be possible. These situations you will be warned when they arise, and it becomes clear speech will not work. In this case, Yamane's Web is blocking your way out, and she's above you, and has called you her prey and meal several times. It's pretty obvious she is not freindly, and at the very least, you'll have to blast through her web to get out of the underground.

[Hanzo K.]

>Time to ratchet the darkness up to full blast!
>"I'm nobody's meal!"

[Raikaria]

>Time to ratchet the darkness up to full blast!
>"I'm nobody's meal!"

> "Fool. I'm a spider youkai that lives in this blowhole. I know it, and all the side tunnels like the back of my hand... and I'm perfectly at home in darkness!" Yamane says, as you feel your right arm get web wrapped around it.

> Your darkness can't be seen through with normal night vision. Therefor, this is means Yamane is likly not dependant on her sight at all.

[Hanzo K.]

>Since spiders are connected to their webs.....
>Let's focus our Qi, and yank her right into our fist!

[Raikaria]

>Since spiders are connected to their webs.....
>Let's focus our Qi, and yank her right into our fist!

> You focus, before yanking on the web. However, it just snaps.

> "Such slow reactions... I had already tied that web to my main web about five seconds before you tried to pull me to you..." Yamane teases.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's flood the area with small lumps of Dark Energy to hinder movement!
>List of Spellcards

[Raikaria]

>Let's flood the area with small lumps of Dark Energy to hinder movement!
>List of Spellcards

> You form randomly placed orbs of dark energy. A few blow up due to contacting with the web right away, but since they're small, they don't damage much.

Spellcards:

You still have your old spellcards; they are improved slightly, in the sense that they can last longer before timeout due to your increased focus, and the amount of bullets is larger.

Moon Sign: Moonlight Ray
Night Sign: Night Bird
Darkness Sign: Demarcation
Eclipse Sign: Lunar Eclipse [A combination of Moonlight Ray and Demarcation]

You also found a couple of old spellcards which you lost:
Darkness Sign: Dark Side of the Moon
Night Sign: Midnight Bird

Finally, you have several new spellcards, which are more powerful than your old ones. Most of them are upgraded versions of your old attacks. They require more focus.

Pitch Black Sign: Absolute Demarkation - It adds in slow-moving orbs of dark energy, fired inbetween waves of aimed bullets. The orbs slowly follow the target, and the longer the spell lasts, the more there are, to a point.

Moon Sign: Reflective Mirror of the Night: Adds in orbs of dark energy that move in and out from you during the spell in a spiral pattern. Upgraded Moonlight Ray, although it's weaker than Lunar Eclipse in terms of brute force.

Shadow: Moonless Night - A new spellcard, which is basically the same concept as Seiga's Demonify: Zouhou Rumo spellcard, except the kunai are small, red and blue bullets, and are eminated from an orb of dark energy you throw out, which fades after about eight seconds, prompting you to throw another. When an orb is thrown you unlesh a larger wave of yellow bullets from yourself to cover yourself.

- Last Word - Can only be used when all other spells are exhausted
Release: Demon of the Night: A survival spellcard that temporarily allows you to access the danmaku potential of your true self, although it is uncontrollable. It only lasts fifteen seconds, but the barrage is massive, a mixture of randomly fired red and blue bullets, mixed in with some curvy lasers, and orbs of dark energy, which spiral out in a manner similar to Reflective Mirror. The best way to think of it would be a mixture of Eternal Meek and Shou's nonspells.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Alright, let's see how you like this then! Pitch Black Sign: Absolute Demarcation!"

[Raikaria]

>"Alright, let's see how you like this then! Pitch Black Sign: Absolute Demarcation!"

[Side Note: Demarcation: to mark off a boundary or limit. Adding Absolute makes it sound like this 'Marking Off' is impossible to pass]

> You declare one of your newer spellcards, and the torrent of danmaku causes several snapping sounds, you can hear the web being ripped apart.

> You cannot see Yamane. You think she may have taken shelter from your spellcard by diving into one of the side holes she mentioned. Unfortunelty, you are not exactly mobile when using this spell, so it times out without hitting Yamane, who crawls out of a hole afterwards, looking at her net.

> "Time to make a new web... Spider: Cave Spider's Nest!" Yamane declares, raiseing her hand and making... a replica of her web of danmaku, which then begins to shower down upon you, at varying speeds, replenishing as she does so

[Hanzo K.]

(Well, it is an upgrade to the original Demarcation card after all.)
>So our card wore off huh? Let's counter her shots with some rapidfire dark energy shots!

[Raikaria]

(Well, it is an upgrade to the original Demarcation card after all.)
>So our card wore off huh? Let's counter her shots with some rapidfire dark energy shots!

> It seems Yamane hid unti she could counter-attack, a cowardly tactic, but a smart one.

> You use a nonspell which involves dark energy orbs, as well as normal danmaku to counter-attack Yamane's spell. You get grazed a few times, but otherwise, manage to last until it times out, or you knock her out of the spell. You're not sure which.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's drop the darkness then, and get ready for the next card.
>"Alright, here's number two! Eclipse Sign: Lunar Eclipse!"

[Raikaria]

>Let's drop the darkness then, and get ready for the next card.
>"Alright, here's number two! Eclipse Sign: Lunar Eclipse!"

> You drop the darkness, startleing Yamane for a second as she adjusts back, long enough for you to open fire with Lunar Eclipse, your spellcard highest in sheer, brute force. The spider dosen't have time to dodge this time, and gets blasted up the blowhole, hissing, as one one of the lasers makes impact.

> You notice the air around the blowhole, normally a shade of blue, is turning purple. You also feel like you're weakening. As such, you cancel your spellcard. It was a direct hit after all.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's barrel right on through with a Qi-powered flying kick like Wriggle does!

[Raikaria]

>Let's barrel right on through with a Qi-powered flying kick like Wriggle does!

> You can't focus to gather Qi right now, your head feels funny, so you just fly in a not-very dignified position [Hey, you're wearing a skirt and flying-kicking UPWARDS, gravity is a cruel mistress]

> You easily bust through the remaining web. Which isn't much.

> As you can see the surface, you see Yamane, looking furious, hovering just in your way. She's bleeding on the head, so likly took a nasty impact.

> "It dosen't matter if I can't overpower you... my Maisma is already in effect, the purple air... now then... all I have to do is keep you here a little longer..."

> "Maisma: Unexplained Fever" Yamane cries, as the air becomes rife with purple gas, and she forms swirls of danmaku around herself, which begind to slowly head towards you, unravelling.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Kh...I'll break through!"
>Charge up a big orb of Dark energy, just big enough so that she'd have to make a tight squeeze to get past, and launch it! Be sure to follow closely behind it when we do!

[Raikaria]

>"Kh...I'll break through!"
>Charge up a big orb of Dark energy, just big enough so that she'd have to make a tight squeeze to get past, and launch it! Be sure to follow closely behind it when we do!

> You charge up pretty much the biggest orb you can keep stable, before fireing it. Yamane has no choice but to cancel her spell and dodge, her spells completely lack brute force to stop your attack. The purple gases remain, however, so they are not part of her spell.

> You use the chance to dash past Yamane, and get out of the blowhole. Yamane tries to follow you, but is knocked back into the hole by a blast of energy.

> You see Soga floating next to you.

> "Blasted Spider, attempting to eat other youkai. Dispicable." the spirit says. "I ought to outright kill her with a bolt of lightling..."



Soga no Tojiko
High Voltage Spectre

[Hanzo K.]

>Breathe a sigh of relief. "Man...Thanks for the save there Soga. I was almost spider chow! Let's get the heck outta here before she comes back for another round."

[Raikaria]

>Breathe a sigh of relief. "Man...Thanks for the save there Soga. I was almost spider chow! Let's get the heck outta here before she comes back for another round."

> "If she dares comes back, the next shot will be fifty times higher voltage, and twenty times greater ampage. In short, fatal." Soga says, crossing her arms.

> "Well, that was the infamous Yamane. What we need to do now is get you to Eientei for Eirin to check up on you. Quickest way to to that is viva Senkai." Soga says.

> "Ready? You remember how to get in, right? Wouldn't blame you forgetting in your state. Focus and take a prayer stance for thirty seconds while focusing on Senkai. Then you'll be there."

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod, and get to using the prayer to enter Senkai!

[Raikaria]

>Nod, and get to using the prayer to enter Senkai!

> You focus, which takes a couple of tries to to the increaseing migrane you are getting, but you open your eyes and are in Senkai, and you see three familiar figures.


Seiga Kaku
Motherly Wicked Hermit


Mononobe no Futo
Guardian of the Taoist Saint


Toyosatomimi no Miko
Pinnicle of Taoism

[Hanzo K.]

>"Oogh...I feel like I just went out drinking in the Underground....Stupid spider..."
>"Which way to Eientei again...?"

[Raikaria]

>"Oogh...I feel like I just went out drinking in the Underground....Stupid spider..."
>"Which way to Eientei again...?"

> "Kukukuku... you went to the underground alone and you're still alive? Seems we taught her well, right, Futo?" Seiga says.

> "What do you mean we? I didn't teach her anything." Futo says.

> Miko laughs. "Futo, you can deny it all you want, you took a shine to her. I caught her training to control her Qi anyway."

> "Anyway, you've only ever left Senkai with one of us opening the location for you before Rumia. Unfortunetly, the place you need to go, we've never been, so we can't open it, you have to." Miko explains. "The way to exit is the same as to enter, except you focus on your intended location, or the person you want to meet. In this case, it would be Eirin, or Eientei. Unfortunetly... we've never actually met her, or been there."

> "Don't get used to using this place as a gateway either. Senkai itself dosen't tend to like being used as a doorway. Sure, when there's a need, it's fine, but just coming and going the next second won't be tolerated by this sanctuary unless there is need. Like the illnesses Yamane has given you right now." Seiga warns. "If there's not a pressing need to immediately leave, the gate won't open until a sufficient time has passed."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Then that'll have to do, it's a good thing I've already met her."
>Let's focus on Eientei, we'll open the doorway there sooner or later!

[Raikaria]

>"Then that'll have to do, it's a good thing I've already met her."
>Let's focus on Eientei, we'll open the doorway there sooner or later!

> You focus on Eientei for thirty seconds, and open your eyes. Instead of being there, you instead see a portal.

> You can see rabbits playing in front of Eientei, and Reisen is standing there too, looking right at the portal, with a curious, cautious look.

> "Weird, she shouldn't be able to see the portal..." Miko says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"It doesn't matter right now though, because that's where I gotta go."
>Let's head through!
>"Hey, uh, is Eirin in? I kinda need her to take a look at me."

[Raikaria]

>"It doesn't matter right now though, because that's where I gotta go."
>Let's head through!
>"Hey, uh, is Eirin in? I kinda need her to take a look at me."

> "True." Miko says.

> You go through the portal, and appear in the open space in front of Eientei, scareing a few of the inabas. Some stay still in confusion, and one looks at you annoyed, before she stops looking annoyed and looks worried.

> "Don't touch her! You'll be infected if you do!" she cries. "Eirin, we have one Yamane's attacked!"


Reisen Udongein Inaba
Red-Eyed Alien Rabbit