[COMPLETE] Rumia Quest VI; Cont: Reaching for the Sky

[Darkoda]

>Well now that she's much closer, open fire with everything. Try to at least get the lightning shots to hit, that speed is being an issue.

[Raikaria]

>Well now that she's much closer, open fire with everything. Try to at least get the lightning shots to hit, that speed is being an issue.

> You open fire with everything not-explosive. You don't want to blow up yourself. However, all of the fire is just so you can corner her so your duel shock blast hits her.

> It's successful!

> The false Rumia falls to the ground, struggling to get up.

> "Fuck you, robot bitch, I'll kill you for that." she spits, looking at you.

> A large amount of dark energy gathers around her, forming a shell. More is gathering.

[Not a fan of using strong language, but with this character, it's justified]

[Darkoda]

>Back away enough to use the explosive stuff as well then open fire yet again.
>"Going to need to get up first cast-off. Rumia's a far better fight than you are and she wasn't even trying to kill me!"

[Raikaria]

>Back away enough to use the explosive stuff as well then open fire yet again.
>"Going to need to get up first cast-off. Rumia's a far better fight than you are and she wasn't even trying to kill me!"

> You open fire with everything.

> Nothing happens, and the mass is getting larger. In fact, it's floated up now.

> "I'll kill you I'll kill you I'll kill you!" you hear.

[Why does I'll kill you sound so awesome in Japansese anyway? I can't spell it but imagine her saying that in typical mental fashion.]

[Darkoda]

>Combine everything into a cannon with extreme piercing power. Also build ourselves the most powerful shield we can, then shoot the mass.

[Raikaria]

>Combine everything into a cannon with extreme piercing power. Also build ourselves the most powerful shield we can, then shoot the mass.

> You focus your armor and the bits left over, as well as your drones, into making two things, one is the ultimate laser cannon, of course, tipped with an eye, for your right arm, while the other is the ultimate sheild generator, socked with your left.

> You fire a beam of light, and it goes right through the darkness. Which promptly explodes with massive force, enough to send you flying even with the shield.

> You stand back up, and see the false Rumia standing over you, her hand heading for your neck. She has a huge gaping hole in her gut, bleeding black blood.

> "I'll.... kill... you!" she screeches, sounding not even human... not like she ever was, but youkai usually sound human.

[Darkoda]

>Move to the side and shield if we can't get out of the way in time.
>Then give her some spanner-fu to the noggin.

[Raikaria]

>Move to the side and shield if we can't get out of the way in time.
>Then give her some spanner-fu to the noggin.

> You roll to the side, and use the momentum to crack her in the head with your spanner.

> She falls to the side, but still hasn't given up, and is now clawing across the ground to get to you.

[Hanzo K.]

>"I have to give you credit, you do have one of the things I admire about Rumia. Determination. But you aren't Rumia, so I'll finish the job and erase you without a trace...!"
>Let's fall back far enough and get to work on constructing a Hyper-Gravity Cannon! We'll make it so powerful that the shot actually distorts time and space itself for what it hits!

[Raikaria]

>"I have to give you credit, you do have one of the things I admire about Rumia. Determination. But you aren't Rumia, so I'll finish the job and erase you without a trace...!"
>Let's fall back far enough and get to work on constructing a Hyper-Gravity Cannon! We'll make it so powerful that the shot actually distorts time and space itself for what it hits!

> There is no answer except a hiss.

> You fall back, and construct a Gravity Cannon. You're not sure if it can twist time and space, after all, this is, seemingly, the Gap World, which you think operates differently to Gensokyo. Still, when you fire it, there's not exactly anything resembling life left at the point of impact, just a mess.

> You note your energy levels have dipped significantly after all that building and fireing.

> You also note that the chains she used to bind Tenshi has fallen apart into individual links, which are slowly disintergrateing. Your sensors also seem to indicate energy flowing from the remains to Rumia. The energy matches the sort of energy she's used in the past, so you guess without the other Rumia around, the energy is just returning to Rumia.

[Hanzo K.]

>Wonder if she's finally free...? Ah well, let's fall back to rejoin the others and try to regenerate the expended energy.
>In fact, let's tend to Rumia. "You guys holding up okay?"

[Raikaria]

>Wonder if she's finally free...? Ah well, let's fall back to rejoin the others and try to regenerate the expended energy.
>In fact, let's tend to Rumia. "You guys holding up okay?"

> That's the problem, while you do have energy generators, they'll take a while to generate the massive energy you used. It's faster if you eat, or plug yourself into a power source. Neither is an option here.

> "... What was that?" Tenshi asks. "I couldn't break free of those chains, and felt like all my power was sapped from me."

> Rumia groans, and opens her eyes.

> "Where...is...she?"

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"There wasn't much left when I got through with her."
>The the remains can still be seen, point them out.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Seems you regained that energy though, so she might be gone completely, might not. Hard telling with you involved."

[Raikaria]

>"There wasn't much left when I got through with her."
>The the remains can still be seen, point them out.

> They are still there.

> "Wait, what... how did you? How did she? What's going on? She's dead?" Rumia asks.

>"Seems you regained that energy though, so she might be gone completely, might not. Hard telling with you involved."

> "Yeah, I got my energy back." Rumia says, forming a sphere of dark energy to test.

> "Yes, yes, that little plaything died. That was fun." Enkura's voice rings. "Oh, and she's dead. For good. I pulled her out of your mind and turned her into a physical form. I didn't anticipate that her power would transfer back to the other her, but, alas, can't have everything my way."

> She chuckles.

> "Well, now that I've got rid of that thing lurking in your head for you, maybe you can leave me?"

===

> You have been returned control of Rumia.

> You still have control over Rika.

[Hanzo K.]

Rumia
>Stand up fully. "So, entertained enough to not cause anymore trouble for a while?"
>Let's review what we can still do now that the old us is gone for good.
>...Hey, this means we can visit Shinki and the others for longer now! Guess this means we get to sample Makai Cuisine!

Rika
>"Hyper-Gravity Cannon, little something I thought up on a spur-of-the-moment whim. No kill like overkill, like some people would say."

[Raikaria]

Rumia
>Stand up fully. "So, entertained enough to not cause anymore trouble for a while?"
>Let's review what we can still do now that the old us is gone for good.
>...Hey, this means we can visit Shinki and the others for longer now! Guess this means we get to sample Makai Cuisine!

Rika
>"Hyper-Gravity Cannon, little something I thought up on a spur-of-the-moment whim. No kill like overkill, like some people would say."

> "Hmmmmmm~ nope." Enkura says. "I was just wonderin' if you were gonna let me be because I helped you. Even if I didn't mean to."

> You check if all your powers are functional. The only thing that seems to be gone is the chains, but you didn't like those anyway. However, your memories of her time, while they were fuzzy before, are gone completely now. For the better, honestly.

> You guess you can visit Makai longer. Although you're not sure if they even eat in Makai. It is full of demons and other beings that get more than enough sustenance from the Maisma and energy Shinki puts out anyway.

===

> "Hyper what?" Rumia says.

> "It's like she dropped a massive boulder on her. A massive, invisible boulder." Tenshi explains.

> Rumia seems to understand that.

[Hanzo K.]

Rika
>"Less that I dropped it on her, and more that I shot it at her faster than anyone could track."
>Point a thumb at the remains. "See that? That's what happens when you get hit by a High-speed Supergravity Bullet. Isn't pretty is it? I didn't use it earlier because I didn't think of it until recently."

Rumia
>Eeeegh. Wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that, not if it pretty much could take down the old us in one blast, huh?
>Oh well, at least we've finally overcome the darkness, with a little help from Rika. She says she wants to be the one to take us down, but ends up helping us by doing what we couldn't. She definitely cares.
>Hmm....if Enkura snapped, then there might be a way to fix her up too, just like Flan was.
>"Maybe another day. For now, we'll need you to stay in here and be a good little girl."

[Raikaria]

Rika
>"Less that I dropped it on her, and more that I shot it at her faster than anyone could track."
>Point a thumb at the remains. "See that? That's what happens when you get hit by a High-speed Supergravity Bullet. Isn't pretty is it? I didn't use it earlier because I didn't think of it until recently."

Rumia
>Eeeegh. Wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of that, not if it pretty much could take down the old us in one blast, huh?
>Oh well, at least we've finally overcome the darkness, with a little help from Rika. She says she wants to be the one to take us down, but ends up helping us by doing what we couldn't. She definitely cares.
>Hmm....if Enkura snapped, then there might be a way to fix her up too, just like Flan was.
>"Maybe another day. For now, we'll need you to stay in here and be a good little girl."

> You are satisfied when Rumia pulls a face.

===

> Well, technically she finally did kill you. Just not... you you. The other you.

> "Little girl?" Enkura says, angrily.

> There is a swirl of darkness in front of you, before someone appears.

> She looks very similar to Yukari, however, her hair is matted and darker, and she is wearing an outfit that is like a cross between Yukari's and Tenshi's, but is black. Instead of the bonnet, she wears some sort of hairclip, with an eye on it, like inside the Gap World. She looks about five years younger than Yukari did too, although, her state doesn't help.

> "Spare me the 'You look like Yukari.'. Of course I look like her. She's my mother." she says, looking at you angrily, while swaying. "Enkura Yakumo. Firstborn of Yukari."

> "And... that's why I couldn't tell you." Tenshi says. "Yukari made me promise. It's also why she hates Celestials... her becoming one lead to her becoming this. She went into seclusion for a whole year after seeing what became of her, and sealing her away..."

[Hanzo K.]

Both
>Facepalm.

Rumia
>"Sheesh, how many kids did she have...?"
>Great, we find out Maribel's got a big sister, except she's nuttier than Keine's Homemade Walnut Cookies. Mari sure won't like this.
>"Well, I used that phrasing because that's how you were acting somewhat. If the shoe fits and all that."

Rika
>This is a doozy of a thing to find out, huh? We'll have to completely re-examine our data on Yukari.

[Raikaria]

Both
>Facepalm.

Rumia
>"Sheesh, how many kids did she have...?"
>Great, we find out Maribel's got a big sister, except she's nuttier than Keine's Homemade Walnut Cookies. Mari sure won't like this.
>"Well, I used that phrasing because that's how you were acting somewhat. If the shoe fits and all that."

Rika
>This is a doozy of a thing to find out, huh? We'll have to completely re-examine our data on Yukari.

> You both faceplam. Tenshi does too.

> "Two. And different fathers. We're step-sisters. We're a good... uh... 300 years apart or something." Enkura says. "By the way, I know she's just outside. I may not have inherited true boundary manipulation, but I inherited the ability to sense when one's effected, and I feel a whole mass of boundary messes from that way."

> Keine's cookies are nutty. Of course, you usually get headbutted when you take them, because they're for her class.

> "If the shoe fits, it can be used to clobber you over the head!" she says, before you get a boot to the head from a boot she forms in the air.

---

> Well, you didn't know a lot about Yukari. You didn't even know how her gaps worked. Or how old she was.

[Hanzo K.]

>Rika
>Facepalm again. This girl's crazy, but would probably make a good comedy pair with Rumia.
>..Er, if we aren't already teamed with her!

Rumia
>"B'duh! Okay, I earned that one, I'll admit it. Guess Maribel's already at work or something? It's a shame that, compared to everyone else, you went nuts. She could use a big sister to help her work her way through things you know."

[Raikaria]

>Rika
>Facepalm again. This girl's crazy, but would probably make a good comedy pair with Rumia.
>..Er, if we aren't already teamed with her!

Rumia
>"B'duh! Okay, I earned that one, I'll admit it. Guess Maribel's already at work or something? It's a shame that, compared to everyone else, you went nuts. She could use a big sister to help her work her way through things you know."

> N-No one else can be a pair with Rumia! What are you thinking Rika! Get yourself together.

---

> "No. Her very existence is a twist of boundaries. So's mine. It happens when you're like us. Some things twist subconsciously, or in reaction to you. Especially when you don't have full control over it..."

> "Why would I want to help someone surpass me? I'm the ultimate, I am the inheritor of Gensokyo!" Enkura declares, before the Gap World changes into what seems to be a copy of Makai.

> "What's this place? I found it in your memories... seems more fitting, all the red reminds me of blood."

[Hanzo K.]

Rumia
>"...From what seemed to be a copy of Gap Space, to a copy of Makai. I think Kogasa would say something about an 'amazing technicolor battlefield' if she were here right now."

Rika
>So that Maribel kid is a Half-Youkai, huh?
>"Yup."

[Raikaria]

Rumia
>"...From what seemed to be a copy of Gap Space, to a copy of Makai. I think Kogasa would say something about an 'amazing technicolor battlefield' if she were here right now."

Rika
>So that Maribel kid is a Half-Youkai, huh?
>"Yup."

> It seems like it.

> You agree with Rumia. Although you're not sure if her Karakasa pal would have said that.

[Hanzo K.]

Rumia
>"Sorry, but I would know if you were the destined inheritor, Yukari charged me with keeping tabs on that person until she was able to step up to the plate, and I'm pretty damn sure it's not you."
>But, she did ask after all, and it's only fair to let her know before she gets sealed up again. "At any rate, the place you copied from my memories is called Makai. Maybe someday you'll get to see it closer, but not today. Not for a while. I can play with you for a little while longer though, a power like yours is pretty rare, so it should be fun going up against someone who can essentially mimic my own moves. Even if you're a Celestial, I don't back down easily."
>How much energy do we have to work with right now?
Then smile sincerely. "But I really have to thank you for helping get rid of the old me, maybe someday I'll return the favor."

Rika
>Wait, is she..?! No, keep it cool Rika! She couldn't be trying to charm someone else could she?! I mean, they're completely incompatible! One's a Celestial, the other's a Youkai!

[Raikaria]

Rumia
>"Sorry, but I would know if you were the destined inheritor, Yukari charged me with keeping tabs on that person until she was able to step up to the plate, and I'm pretty damn sure it's not you."
>But, she did ask after all, and it's only fair to let her know before she gets sealed up again. "At any rate, the place you copied from my memories is called Makai. Maybe someday you'll get to see it closer, but not today. Not for a while. I can play with you for a little while longer though, a power like yours is pretty rare, so it should be fun going up against someone who can essentially mimic my own moves. Even if you're a Celestial, I don't back down easily."
>How much energy do we have to work with right now?
Then smile sincerely. "But I really have to thank you for helping get rid of the old me, maybe someday I'll return the favor."

Rika
>Wait, is she..?! No, keep it cool Rika! She couldn't be trying to charm someone else could she?! I mean, they're completely incompatible! One's a Celestial, the other's a Youkai!

> "I'm the firstborn! I'm the one in line! Gensokyo is mine by birthright!" Enkura says.

> "Ah, so this is... Makai." Enkura says. "Who is this place ruled by again... I forgot..."

---

> Yes, it can't be. The body of a Celestial is toxic to youkai. Oh wait, Rumia's technically a demon from Makai. But you think Celestials are bad for them too. Makes sense, right?

> You decide if she makes a move on Rumia, you'll kill her. You don't care that she's immortal. You'll kill her anyway.

[Hanzo K.]

Rumia
>"Yukari would have told me about you if she meant for you to take over after.."

Rika
>...Killing a Celestial's gonna be hard though, and we probably don't have enough energy for another shot of Supergravity yet.

[Raikaria]

Rumia
>"Yukari would have told me about you if she meant for you to take over after.."

Rika
>...Killing a Celestial's gonna be hard though, and we probably don't have enough energy for another shot of Supergravity yet.

> "It doesn't matter what mother wanted... it's my right." Enkura answers.

---

> You don't have anywhere near enough energy. On top of firing the thing, you'd have to power the drones to make enough material to re-make it. Honestly you can't make any superweapon right now. You can still fight, but you're only at about 27% energy. Of course, 27% is a lot still.

[Hanzo K.]

Rumia.
>"Point still stands though. If she wanted you involved in all this, she would've told me about you. It's thanks to her that I am who I am today after all. My guess is that this sealing was her idea of a time-out. Compared to her, you're still technically a child after all, parent's always older and all that."

Rika
>Wow, for once the idiot has a point....Kinda.