Rumia Quest VI: Succession [Complete]

[Raikaria]

>"Uh-oh. It's the dimbulb in blue Rumia told us about."

> "She made a big mistake... freezing a frog..." Suwako says, hunched over on her lillypad.

> Suddenly you realise that Suwako resembles a frog somewhat. Renko seems to as well, as she asks "Are you a frog goddess too?"

> "Not quite, but gods take after a plant or animal usually. I am connected to frogs. Yatagrasu is connected to crows. Kanako is connected to snakes." Suwako says. "So I get annoyed when someone mistreats frogs."

> Suwako puts her palms together, and two pillars of earth rise from the lake, before they crush the fairy and the frozen frog she was holding falls into the water.

[Hanzo K.]

>"....Uh, do you think that maybe that was a bit much...?"
>What do we know about these fairies from our dreams?

[Raikaria]

>"....Uh, do you think that maybe that was a bit much...?"
>What do we know about these fairies from our dreams?

> "No. Fairies are immortal, if you kill them they just re-spawn somewhere slightly different shortly afterwards." Suwako says.

> You know little. You know they seemed to be the weakest of things you saw in this world, in general.

[Hanzo K.]

>"....Oh."
>Hmm...Well, let's set up the picnic. "Renko, help me set up would you?"

[Raikaria]

>"....Oh."
>Hmm...Well, let's set up the picnic. "Renko, help me set up would you?"

> Suwako grins. "Well, I better be getting back to Kanako, or else she'll start ratting about how I should be attempting to gather faith or something."

> The god vanishes.

> You and Renko start to set up the picnic. The first thing you do is take the blanket out from the basket, which reveals the food underneath. It's not a massive picnic, just some sandwiches, rice balls, and fruits.

[Hanzo K.]

>"I'll set the blanket and such, you handle the food, okay?"
>Let's set the blanket and the eating implements.

[Raikaria]

>"I'll set the blanket and such, you handle the food, okay?"
>Let's set the blanket and the eating implements.

> You lay the blanket down, while Renko sorts out the food and places it on it.

> It's all finger food, there are not really eating implements, except tissues for afterwards.

> A fairy drifts over. She is in a simple white dress, with blonde hair.

> "What are humans doing at our lake?" she asks from a distance at which you can hardly make her out. She seems cautious.

[Hanzo K.]

>Smile a bit and beckon her over. "Having a picnic. And waiting for someone."
>What sort of fruits did we bring?

[Raikaria]

>Smile a bit and beckon her over. "Having a picnic. And waiting for someone."
>What sort of fruits did we bring?

> "But humans never come here." the fairy says, staying where it is.

> You have a couple of apples, and a couple of pears.

[Hanzo K.]

>"We were told to wait here, this is our first time in this land after all."
>We can spare a pear for her, can't we?

[Raikaria]

>"We were told to wait here, this is our first time in this land after all."
>We can spare a pear for her, can't we?

> "Hmm. Inter...inter...uh... I forgot the word." the fairy says.

> You can, but you're also aware you won't have any food if she tells her friends.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Oh, don't worry about us. We won't be hanging around here for long. I always wanted to visit the places I saw in my dreams after all."

[Raikaria]

>"Oh, don't worry about us. We won't be hanging around here for long. I always wanted to visit the places I saw in my dreams after all."

> "Uwwwa... OK!" the fairy says, flying off.

> "They really are dumb... aren't they?" Renko asks.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Just a little. She seemed shy."

[Raikaria]

>"Just a little. She seemed shy."

> "Maybe. Still, she forgot her sentence halfway through." Renko says, picking up a rice ball.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's snack on one too. "Well, maybe since they look like children, they're mentally stuck as children?"
>Let's muse on that. "Immortal children...Some people would kill to be like that in a way."

[Raikaria]

>Let's snack on one too. "Well, maybe since they look like children, they're mentally stuck as children?"
>Let's muse on that. "Immortal children...Some people would kill to be like that in a way."

> You munch on a rice ball.

> "Who doesn't want to live forever? Although, I guess if they have the minds of five year olds they don't really appreciate it." Renko says.

> The other young woman pauses. "So... what do you think of that Rumia and what she was going on about? You know, you looking like some all-mighty youkai?"

[Hanzo K.]

>Munch thoughtfully. "You know, I'm not sure. But maybe if it's somehow related to my ability suddenly growing stronger...Then I think I'd like to find the truth to it. That's one of the reasons why we formed the club to begin with after all. To find the truth."

[Raikaria]

>Munch thoughtfully. "You know, I'm not sure. But maybe if it's somehow related to my ability suddenly growing stronger...Then I think I'd like to find the truth to it. That's one of the reasons why we formed the club to begin with after all. To find the truth."

> "Maybe it's just that you found a new application of your powers. I mean, have you ever tried to mess with those boundaries before?" Renko asks.

[Hanzo K.]

>Have we? Or did we just not have the oomph to do it?

[Raikaria]

>Have we? Or did we just not have the oomph to do it?

> You tried, but nothing happened before, you couldn't even feel them, your hand would just pass through.

[Hanzo K.]

>"I tried before, I couldn't do it at all. My hand just went right through, like it was air."

[Raikaria]

>"I tried before, I couldn't do it at all. My hand just went right through, like it was air."

> "Interesting. We need to find out more about all this, and, depending on what Rumia finds, it might help." Renko says.

> Renko thinks again.

> "What boundaries are around here anyway? Are there any large ones in Gensokyo that differ from the outside?"

[Hanzo K.]

>Are we recharged enough to look at the ones in the area that might fit her description?
>If so, let's have a gander and see if we can see 'em.

[Raikaria]

>Are we recharged enough to look at the ones in the area that might fit her description?
>If so, let's have a gander and see if we can see 'em.

> It hardly takes any effort to look at boundaries.

> You open your 'inner eyes' and see massive amounts more large boundaries, the ones which, from what you can tell, are boundaries between worlds, as they are similar to the Gensokyo boundary. Some are damaged, or ajar, one in particular, which is partially open, reveals red along it.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Oh yeah. Lots of them. Boundaries to completely other worlds even, just like the one between our world and this one. Some of them are ajar, open, or even broken. One of the ones that's ajar had red along it. I don't think I want to tinker with that boundary anytime soon."

[Raikaria]

>"Oh yeah. Lots of them. Boundaries to completely other worlds even, just like the one between our world and this one. Some of them are ajar, open, or even broken. One of the ones that's ajar had red along it. I don't think I want to tinker with that boundary anytime soon."

> "Other worlds? Like this one? Amazing!" Renko says, before adding, "Wonder why some are damaged though."

> The red border opens somewhere along it, miles away, before it closes back to it's previous state.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Oh. That red border opened a little, then closed back to how it was when I saw it first. I'm not sure how many miles away though, but it's a good distance I think. You always were the distances one of the outfit after all, so it's not my specialty."
>Pause thoughtfully. "I think someone came in from that world. Or entered that one from here."

[Raikaria]

>"Oh. That red border opened a little, then closed back to how it was when I saw it first. I'm not sure how many miles away though, but it's a good distance I think. You always were the distances one of the outfit after all, so it's not my specialty."
>Pause thoughtfully. "I think someone came in from that world. Or entered that one from here."

> "What is this place, the crossroads of the multiverse?" Renko asks.

> "Not far off!" Rumia says, arriving. "That red place was probably my home, and it was probably the goddess and creator of that dimension coming to visit her daughter."

===

> You are now in control of Rumia, a bit of time in the past. You are currently in the Human Village, outside Keine's house.

[Hanzo K.]

>Let's knock! "Oooi, you home?"