Rumia Quest VI: Succession [Complete]

[Darkoda]

>Ah well, a bit of fright every now and again won't hurt them.
>To the restaurant! We need to find out what became of Maribel and Renko too.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>Keep it as under control as we can, though. Don't want to get Keine mad at us.

[Raikaria]

>Ah well, a bit of fright every now and again won't hurt them.
>To the restaurant! We need to find out what became of Maribel and Renko too.

>Keep it as under control as we can, though. Don't want to get Keine mad at us.

> You decide to try and keep it to levels that wouldn't cause the whole populus to run to Keine, and result in you getting headbutted.

> You arrive, dragging Rika, to the restaurant. It's pretty much dusk by now, so Mystia, and Kogasa are not working at this time, it's a group of various youkai and humans.

[Darkoda]

>To a table! And make sure the Rika doesn't flip and try to spanner someone.
>"Time for your first experience at Mysty's!"
>Let her actually read a menu.

[Raikaria]

>To a table! And make sure the Rika doesn't flip and try to spanner someone.
>"Time for your first experience at Mysty's!"
>Let her actually read a menu.

> You go to a table. Fortunetly, there's mostly humans here right now, so there's no-one for Rika to spanner. Although you do spot Shou and Nazrin, although, with Shou being a Tiger youkai, and therefor a feline, liking fish and eels is not a big surprise.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Everyone comes here for a bite to eat. Human, Youkai, even a ghost ordered takeout earlier today! It's like I always say, 'Food is the one thing everyone can agree on'. The Deluxe BBQ Eel Bowls are pretty popular, I always get one. Order whatever you want on the menu, I'll pay this time. Being a hero is a damn lucrative job y'know."
>Come to think of it, this means that since she's mostly on the side of the good guys, she'll need a Yukarin too. We'll have to get in touch with Ran so that way one can get issued if she doesn't already have one.
>Laugh a bit! "Nowhere near as rich as Mysty is though, but she runs a place like this after all. It's to be expected."

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "Everyone comes here for a bite to eat. Human, Youkai, even a ghost ordered takeout earlier today! It's like I always say, 'Food is the one thing everyone can agree on'. The Deluxe BBQ Eel Bowls are pretty popular, I always get one. Order whatever you want on the menu, I'll pay this time. Being a hero is a damn lucrative job y'know."
>Come to think of it, this means that since she's mostly on the side of the good guys, she'll need a Yukarin too. We'll have to get in touch with Ran so that way one can get issued if she doesn't already have one.
>Laugh a bit! "Nowhere near as rich as Mysty is though, but she runs a place like this after all. It's to be expected."

> "... How do ghosts eat." Rika says.

> Everyone has a Yukarin coin, be they good guys or bad guys. In fact, you hear being a bad guy pays a fair bit, because that gives the good guys something to do.

> "Even I know that the Night Sparrow is rich." Rika says.

> She is still reading the menu. She looks overwhelmed.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "No clue, but from what I've heard, this one makes a habit of it. Youmu knows her better than I do. So, how hungry are ya? I know the menu like the back of my hand, so I can pick out something nice and filling."
>Chuckle a bit. "And don't worry about cash, I got it covered this time."
>Then smirk playfully. "And since I know you, I'm pretty sure I can pick out something you'll like."

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "No clue, but from what I've heard, this one makes a habit of it. Youmu knows her better than I do. So, how hungry are ya? I know the menu like the back of my hand, so I can pick out something nice and filling."
>Chuckle a bit. "And don't worry about cash, I got it covered this time."
>Then smirk playfully. "And since I know you, I'm pretty sure I can pick out something you'll like."

> Rika grumbles and pushes the menu to you.

> You see Keine come in. Mokou is with her.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's peruse the menu, and cross-reference what we know about Rika, and what we know to be filling.
>Let's keep an eye on Keine and Mokou too, gotta make sure a fight doesn't break out.

[Raikaria]

>Let's peruse the menu, and cross-reference what we know about Rika, and what we know to be filling.
>Let's keep an eye on Keine and Mokou too, gotta make sure a fight doesn't break out.

> You find the task somewhat difficult. Then, you decide that clearly for Rika's fiery personality, that one of the spicier dishes might be a good idea.

> Mokou and Keine take a table, not too far from you, and seem to wait for someone to take their order without even looking at the menu.

[Hanzo K.]

>Perhaps they're here to keep an eye on us then? Or they know what they want without looking at the menu.
>Let's peruse the spicier dishes then. "Hey Rika, how do you hold up against spicy food?"

[Raikaria]

>Perhaps they're here to keep an eye on us then? Or they know what they want without looking at the menu.
>Let's peruse the spicier dishes then. "Hey Rika, how do you hold up against spicy food?"

> The look on Rika's face says that she holds up well, since it almost looks like a 'bring it on'.

> Keine and Mokou have someone come to them, and they order. Mokou follows into the kitchen for some reason. You did overhear her reply to 'How do you like it, Rare, Medium, Well-done?' to be 'Incinerated'.

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle. Sounds like Mokou alright, that ol' firebrand never changes.
>Well, let's pick out the spiciest and most filling meal on the menu for Rika then!

[Raikaria]

>Chuckle. Sounds like Mokou alright, that ol' firebrand never changes.
>Well, let's pick out the spiciest and most filling meal on the menu for Rika then!

> You find a recipe that was apparently submitted by someone else, not Mystia's own. When someone suggests a type of dish, if it turns out good, Mystia adds it to the menu with credit for the submitter, and they get a cut of the money. Apparently this dish was made up by a letter that Rin delivered once, for a take-away order, and Mystia tried it out, and it was stupidly spicy, but nice. It's called 'Oku Spachial'. You think by the horrible spelling, and the fact that it was a letter, and delivered by Rin, that it's Utusho's idea.

[Hanzo K.]

>Well, let's flag down one of the servers and order a double of that. Can't lose face in front of our rival after all!
>Grin. "This is gonna be good."

[Raikaria]

>Well, let's flag down one of the servers and order a double of that. Can't lose face in front of our rival after all!
>Grin. "This is gonna be good."

> You call over one of the youkai working, and order two of those. The youkai looks slightly worried, but goes off anyway.

> Keine comes over afterwards.

> "I must say, I didn't expect to see this one here." she says. "She looks like she ages a good eight years overnight too. Not a loli anymore."

> "Yes. That's great." Rika grunts.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Yeah, well, this here's apparently the final version of what she was working on. S'pretty damn close to human apparently. She even gets hungry too! She even turned over a new leaf for the most part, and decided to join up with folks like us. Then again, having a super-guilt trip from the Yama herself will do that."

[Raikaria]

>"Yeah, well, this here's apparently the final version of what she was working on. S'pretty damn close to human apparently. She even gets hungry too! She even turned over a new leaf for the most part, and decided to join up with folks like us. Then again, having a super-guilt trip from the Yama herself will do that."

> "I'm not with you guys. I just adapted my goals to the times. I started this up before Reimu started learning how to use her orbs. Youkai all ate humans still back then." Rika says. "Things changed, I didn't. I'm still against evil youkai, however. Be they eating humans or not, evil and danger is evil and danger, and I won't stand for that."

> "They say the Yamaxanadu will visit everyone at some point during their lives to help them." Keine says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Grin. "Tryin' to play the role of the hero, eh? Someday there won't be a need for heroes though, that's just how things are goin'. Also, you gotta rethink what's 'evil' too. Nothing's as black-n-white as you think. Take me for example, I'm a youkai, something that was once considered 'black'. But I fight to protect people, something decidedly 'white'. So these days, things are all kinds of shades of gray."

[Raikaria]

>Grin. "Tryin' to play the role of the hero, eh? Someday there won't be a need for heroes though, that's just how things are goin'. Also, you gotta rethink what's 'evil' too. Nothing's as black-n-white as you think. Take me for example, I'm a youkai, something that was once considered 'black'. But I fight to protect people, something decidedly 'white'. So these days, things are all kinds of shades of gray."

> "Ironic you say that. The Yama sees things in black and white. It's her power." Keine says. "Despite that, she's probobly wiser and more powerful than anyone else."

> Keine then looks at Rika. "By the way, you deserve this."

> Keine headbutts Rika. Despite being made of metal, Rika seems dazed, and Keine is fine.

> "That's for almost causing a nuclear holocaust that one time."

[Hanzo K.]

>"...Sometimes I wonder how you can do that and not come out injured any."
>Wonder if she coulda done that to Titania-Mode Yuuka too?

[Raikaria]

>"...Sometimes I wonder how you can do that and not come out injured any."
>Wonder if she coulda done that to Titania-Mode Yuuka too?

> "Why would I get hurt?" Keine says. The look she gives you says 'You know I can't say here'.

> If she got close enough without getting atomised.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, you know what I mean."
>Let's look at RIka, she still dazed?

[Raikaria]

>"Well, you know what I mean."
>Let's look at RIka, she still dazed?

> "Yes, I do." Keine says.

> Rika has recovered. She looks like she's holding herself back from retaliating with her spanner, but thankfully puts it away.

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle. "She does that a lot. Don't worry about it. Still, s'always a marvel how that can hurt even someone like you though Rika. Bet it could even knock down a god too."

[Raikaria]

>Chuckle. "She does that a lot. Don't worry about it. Still, s'always a marvel how that can hurt even someone like you though Rika. Bet it could even knock down a god too."

> "I don't understand. According to all of my calculations... that shouldn't have hurt at all. In fact, she should have concussed herself." Rika says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Shrug. "Eh, she can do that to even folks like me too, everyone's learned to just go with it."

[Raikaria]

>Shrug. "Eh, she can do that to even folks like me too, everyone's learned to just go with it."

> "Sometimes things in Gensokyo just can't be explained..."

> Mokou comes out of the kitchen, proudly holding one bowl which seems to have some sort of cream mixed with the eels, and another which has a load of fire still burning. You can guess which is for who.

> Keine goes back to her table with Mokou's arrival.

[Hanzo K.]

>Chuckle. "That's Gensokyo for ya. She could probably have even resolved that Titana Incident a few days back if she could get close enough to let one of those infamous headbutts off."