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

[Raikaria]

>"...Miss Decomposition over there has a point. Which is pretty surprising." Being bored is...Well, boring!
>Beat.
>"...I never thought I'd be agreeing with a dead person who isn't...Well, still in their grave."

> "Yoshika's brain may be half-rotten, but she says some smart things. In fact, she helped me get my control of dark energy to this point by saying something once that inspired me." Seiga says.

> Yoshika nods happily. "Thaaanks!" she says.

> "Makes me wonder how smart she would be if her brain wasn't half rotten." Renko states.

[Hanzo K.]

Looks like Yoshika is the epitome of 'Dumbass Has A Point' in this 'verse, eh?

>"...I gotta agree with you on that one Renko. Think she'd be on the level of some of our teachers back home?"

[Raikaria]

Looks like Yoshika is the epitome of 'Dumbass Has A Point' in this 'verse, eh?

>"...I gotta agree with you on that one Renko. Think she'd be on the level of some of our teachers back home?"

[Yeah, Yoshika isn't smart, but she knows what to say.]

> "Depends how long ago she lived. No good if she lived 500 years ago. Hard to say." Renko says, befrore she chuckles. "Although she's already smarter than that awful teacher even with her brain half rotted."

[Hanzo K.]

>Who's Renko talking about anyhow?

[Raikaria]

>Who's Renko talking about anyhow?

> You take different subjects, so you're not certain, but Renko frequently complains about a teacher that is completely useless, turns up late, and only basically reads out of the textbooks.

[Hanzo K.]

>"The one that's always late, right? Makes you wonder if they're only doing it to get paid."

[Raikaria]

>"The one that's always late, right? Makes you wonder if they're only doing it to get paid."

> "Probably." Renko says. "Worst kind of teacher, that."

> "Seconded." Seiga says. "I've been on both ends of teaching enough."

[Hanzo K.]

>Yoshika didn't chime in? That's a surprise, since she seems like the sort who would.
>"Yeah, they don't even care about actually teaching."
>Come to think of it, with that friendly-yet-creepy demeanor, doesn't Seiga remind us of a cat to a point?

[Raikaria]

>Yoshika didn't chime in? That's a surprise, since she seems like the sort who would.
>"Yeah, they don't even care about actually teaching."
>Come to think of it, with that friendly-yet-creepy demeanor, doesn't Seiga remind us of a cat to a point?

> You guess Yoshika didn't have anything to say.

> "Nyang Nyang cares about teaching!" Yoshika says.

> "Kukuku~ I always ask for something in return, of course, Yoshika." Seiga says. "However the return is the my sole reason."

> Yoshika's apparent nickname for her doesn't help you not liken Seiga to a cat... as the way she says 'Nyang' sounds somewhat like a cat mewing.

[Hanzo K.]

>Sweatdrop with a somewhat nervous smile. "You're almost like a cat when you talk like that..."

[Raikaria]

>Sweatdrop with a somewhat nervous smile. "You're almost like a cat when you talk like that..."

> "Why thank you." Seiga says. She seemed to take it like a compliment. "Most people compare me to a female dog, if you get my drift."

[Hanzo K.]

>...She's like that, huh? "Well, impressions go a long way from what I've learned. Maybe there's something about you they're seeing that might make them think that? Aside from the whole necromancer thing, since I know that would definitely freak out a lot of folks back home."

[Raikaria]

>...She's like that, huh? "Well, impressions go a long way from what I've learned. Maybe there's something about you they're seeing that might make them think that? Aside from the whole necromancer thing, since I know that would definitely freak out a lot of folks back home."

> "I'm known as the wicked hermit. There's a lot of reasons why people wouldn't like me. I don't set out to be liked anyway. I guess my habit of just coming and going as I please due to my attention span doesn't help, nor my agendas that I keep personal. Even one of my most treasured students goes out of her way to distance me from her."

> "People just don't understand Seiga!" Yoshika says. "Seiga also can be too blunt and hurt people sometimes!"

> "Now now Yoshika, there is no such thing as 'too blunt'. People should know the truth of things."

[Hanzo K.]

>If we had to venture a guess, maybe it's the whole Jiang-Shi thing that might be pushing folks away?

[Raikaria]

>If we had to venture a guess, maybe it's the whole Jiang-Shi thing that might be pushing folks away?

> You guess it might be a part, although Seiga is a little... creepy. Also, from what you've seen so far, such as Seiga twisting Byakuren's arm to let her tend to the Jiang-Shi, when she clearly doesn't want anything to do with Seiga, and Seiga's way to addressing Yoshika, and calling her 'cute' you highly doubt Seiga would part with her.

[Hanzo K.]

I was more referring to the whole potential for getting bitten thing.

>"Sometimes, the truth can hurt too much though. I found that out the hard way today."
>So what's our impression of Yoshika?

[Raikaria]

I was more referring to the whole potential for getting bitten thing.

>"Sometimes, the truth can hurt too much though. I found that out the hard way today."
>So what's our impression of Yoshika?

> "Lies create more lies, which create more pain, and more lies. Then, one day, the whole thing collapses. No empire has collapsed due to the leaders telling the truth, but countless have fallen from lies. The truth can hurt, but lies hurt more in the long run." Seiga explains.

> Yoshika seems friendly, and, for lack of a better term, derpy. She also appears to have very stiff joints, seeing as she's still standing on the disc, and not sitting, and her arms are out in traditional zombie style.

[Hanzo K.]

>"...Maybe you're right on that though."
>Gesture towards Yoshika. "Incidentally, she's got pretty good balance for a dead person."

[Raikaria]

>"...Maybe you're right on that though."
>Gesture towards Yoshika. "Incidentally, she's got pretty good balance for a dead person."

> "I'd say considering I have at least sixty times more life experience than you, I'm likely right about this." Seiga says.

> "Yoshika's joints are stiff and brittle due to her time being dead. She can't move her joints that well. She compensates by having good balance, with her arms in that position. That and if she falls over, he can just fly back up." Seiga explains.

[Hanzo K.]

>...She's that old? She doesn't look much older than 20-something, doesn't she? Must be a hermit thing or something.
>"You'd think that with all this magic, there would be a remedy for even that."

[Raikaria]

>...She's that old? She doesn't look much older than 20-something, doesn't she? Must be a hermit thing or something.
>"You'd think that with all this magic, there would be a remedy for even that."

> Sixty times twenty would make you 1,200 years old...

>  "I'm not versed in that type of magic, and, besides, healing magic interferes with the magic that creates the Jiang-Shi." Seiga says.

> "So... basically, Revive kills Zombie?" Renko says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"It's just like that one RPG that's so popular back home. Weren't they on the...Er, 20th installment or something last we checked?"

[Raikaria]

>"It's just like that one RPG that's so popular back home. Weren't they on the...Er, 20th installment or something last we checked?"

> "Yeah! I lost count, with all the spin-offs." Renko says.

> "What are they going on about Seigaaaa?" Yoshika asks.

> "I don't know, but it's something outside, so I'm perfectly happy to just listen. Although, it won't be too much longer until we're at our destination." Seiga says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"I don't get why that pointy-haired blonde guy gets so much screentime, all he's got is angst and a big sword. Why are a lot of the recent male leads so much like him? I just don't get it."
>Then glance back to Seiga. "It's a popular video game series from back home. You basically control these fictional people, and help them fight monsters and save the world."
>Beat.
>"Ah, you kinda need electricity, the game disk, and the right game system though. Among other various doodads and gizmos, if you want to play the ones made before the thirteenth one last I knew."
>Does she seem like the sort who would find things like that interesting to pass the time with?

[Raikaria]

>"I don't get why that pointy-haired blonde guy gets so much screentime, all he's got is angst and a big sword. Why are a lot of the recent male leads so much like him? I just don't get it."
>Then glance back to Seiga. "It's a popular video game series from back home. You basically control these fictional people, and help them fight monsters and save the world."
>Beat.
>"Ah, you kinda need electricity, the game disk, and the right game system though. Among other various doodads and gizmos, if you want to play the ones made before the thirteenth one last I knew."
>Does she seem like the sort who would find things like that interesting to pass the time with?

> Seiga blinks a few times.

> "We don't have electricity here. Least, not fully wired up. Kappa are working on it. Powered by a nuclear reactor."

> "Wait, you guys got NUCLEAR POWER before ELECTRICITY?" Renko says.

> "Well, one of the residents here did eat the corpse of a sun goddess and gain the power of nuclear fusion, so, yeah." Seiga says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Jeez, these guys are so hilariously backwards. They have Magic, and they got Nuclear Power before Electricity.
>".....Wow. I guess we can keep up even if we're stuck here for a few years after all. With my ability, I might be able to work something out."

[Raikaria]

>Jeez, these guys are so hilariously backwards. They have Magic, and they got Nuclear Power before Electricity.
>".....Wow. I guess we can keep up even if we're stuck here for a few years after all. With my ability, I might be able to work something out."

> Seiga grins, although you can't see, Renko does.

> You are now flying up the mountain. You see a massive forest at it's foot, and a large waterfall and a village.

> "Almost at the shrine." Seiga says. "Yoshika can't enter there, for obvious reasons, and my business is in the surrounding area, not at the shrine itself.

> Someone flies past you. If you didn't know better, you'd say it was the crazy tank woman from earlier, except she looks a good five years older at least.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"...Who was that? Does Rumia's stalker-lady have an older sister or something?"

[Raikaria]

>"...Who was that? Does Rumia's stalker-lady have an older sister or something?"

> "I don't know." Seiga says.

> "How long was Miss Robo a Loli?" Yoshika asks. "Maybe all her years caught up with her!"

> "You saying she upgraded or something?" Renko asks.

> "No. I'm saying she grew up!" Yoshika says happily.

[GuyYouMetOnline]

>"Robots don't grow up, though. Besides, I saw her earlier today. Nobody actually grows up that quickly. Which I why I thought 'older sister'."