Wriggle Quest: The Value of the Small

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod and smile. "Exactly. And just think, that means you'll get to hang out with the rest of us for as long as you want. Youkai live an insanely long time after all, as you already know."
>Come to think of it, we're probably old enough to be their great-great grandmother or something, aren't we?

[Raikaria]

>Nod and smile. "Exactly. And just think, that means you'll get to hang out with the rest of us for as long as you want. Youkai live an insanely long time after all, as you already know."
>Come to think of it, we're probably old enough to be their great-great grandmother or something, aren't we?

> "Well, I gotta become a youkai first, and that's down to abilty, time, and luck... or I eat the dead body of a Hermit... but that's a no-no."

> You are actually a pretty young youkai. You are only 73 years old. Old enough to be a grandparent, not no greats.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Well, I'm sure that you'll manage it."
>Most humans with some magical ability don't progress this fast in just four months after all, do they?

[Raikaria]

>"Well, I'm sure that you'll manage it."
>Most humans with some magical ability don't progress this fast in just four months after all, do they?

Notice I got the MC's mixed in the above post, see edit.

> "Yeah, I mean, who knows, maybe Mary can mess with the Border between Human and Youkai by then!" Renko says.

> No, but that said, most humans don't have Mima. Indeed, you don't know how long Marisa was with Mima, all you know is she was encountered by Reimu during her second incident. Ironically, Mima was also involved in the first. And the third. And the fifth...

[Hanzo K.]

(Mima was also playable in PoDD. AKA, Touhou 04. AKA, Yumemi and Chiyuri's Debut Game. So she was involved in pretty much all but LLS. Funny huh?)

>"You never know, eh? You might even end up outdoing Marisa, since you took to Mima's brand of magic like a bee takes to a flower."

[Raikaria]

(Mima was also playable in PoDD. AKA, Touhou 04. AKA, Yumemi and Chiyuri's Debut Game. So she was involved in pretty much all but LLS. Funny huh?)

>"You never know, eh? You might even end up outdoing Marisa, since you took to Mima's brand of magic like a bee takes to a flower."

(LLS was Touhou 4. PoDD was Touhou 3. Mima was not in Touhou 4)

> "I doubt it... unless I spend years honing my skills in Makai or something." Renko says.

[Hanzo K.]

(Same difference, I couldn't remember right. She was essentially involved with pretty much all but LLS. She even shows up in a different outfit in HRtP, as you likely already know. And yes, it is Mima. Stage 2, hell route.)

>"Well, Mima was apparently stuck there for a while from what I've heard. So that would account for why she's above most others in her field when it comes to sheer power. I'd say that in terms of destructive power, Her and Yuuka are likely at the head of the class. Someday you might even be that strong too, since you've come this far in just four months."
>After all, messing with Gravity at all in a way that isn't flying would take a lot of magical power, wouldn't it?

[Raikaria]

(Same difference, I couldn't remember right. She was essentially involved with pretty much all but LLS. She even shows up in a different outfit in HRtP, as you likely already know. And yes, it is Mima. Stage 2, hell route.)

>"Well, Mima was apparently stuck there for a while from what I've heard. So that would account for why she's above most others in her field when it comes to sheer power. I'd say that in terms of destructive power, Her and Yuuka are likely at the head of the class. Someday you might even be that strong too, since you've come this far in just four months."
>After all, messing with Gravity at all in a way that isn't flying would take a lot of magical power, wouldn't it?

[Which is why I said 1st,, 3rd and 5th. The topic was about the 2nd, so I didn't outright mention SoEW.]

> "I don't want to have that kind of power at my fingertips, it's scary to think about it." Renko says.

> You're not sure. The Kappa have made antigravity machines...

[Hanzo K.]

>Well, excluding those, since they're not a living thing.
>"Well, there's people who are pretty strong like that, and are generally good people, Rumia's pretty strong after all. She's taken on just about all of the past threats to Gensokyo. She even stopped a Reactor the Kappas made from blowing up, and taking pretty much all of Gensokyo with it. You guys heard that story, right?"

[Raikaria]

>Well, excluding those, since they're not a living thing.
>"Well, there's people who are pretty strong like that, and are generally good people, Rumia's pretty strong after all. She's taken on just about all of the past threats to Gensokyo. She even stopped a Reactor the Kappas made from blowing up, and taking pretty much all of Gensokyo with it. You guys heard that story, right?"

> "Yeah, we've heard and read most of the stories." Maribel says. "Besides Renko, it doesn't matter how strong you are, you are you."

> "Yeah, I guess I'll always be me, Mary." Renko says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Which of the escapades that Rumia got up to and we weren't involved in do we consider the best story?
>"Exactly. Rumia's still the same old goofball even now. A bit more serious sometimes, but still screwy."

[Raikaria]

>Which of the escapades that Rumia got up to and we weren't involved in do we consider the best story?
>"Exactly. Rumia's still the same old goofball even now. A bit more serious sometimes, but still screwy."

> You consider the whole Makai thing the greatest. Because you had a role in it, after all, you, Mystia, Kogasa and Cirno defended the Palace of the Earth Spirits from Yuki and Mai.

> Not to mention Shinki was scary, and Rumia constantly claims Shinki is the strongest being she knows.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Got a question. Which of the stories do you like best? I like the Makai Incident myself."
>Definitely something to tell the kids later on if we ever end up with any.

[Raikaria]

>"Got a question. Which of the stories do you like best? I like the Makai Incident myself."
>Definitely something to tell the kids later on if we ever end up with any.

> "I prefer the whole Rika thing. After all, Rika's crazy." Renko says.

> "I gotta say the one with the moon people." Maribel says. "So curious, people who live on the moon..."

[Hanzo K.]

>They never met Kaguya and Eirin, did they?

[Raikaria]

>They never met Kaguya and Eirin, did they?

> They have now, but Maribel still finds the whole 'people on the moon' fascinating.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Yeah, we all seriously thought Rumia died up there. I still remember the welcome back party, she had this red scarf. Apparently she was trying to look cool."

[Raikaria]

>"Yeah, we all seriously thought Rumia died up there. I still remember the welcome back party, she had this red scarf. Apparently she was trying to look cool."

> "I... didn't see anything about that in the Chronicles." Maribel says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Yeah, she was gone for a whole three days. Everyone thought that she'd died to achieve what she was after. But it turns out that she was just lying low in Makai until the next time Shinki could visit, which was three days after her departure to the moon. I wonder why it wasn't in the chronicles when just about everyone turned up for the party? Even Shinki participated."

[Raikaria]

>"Yeah, she was gone for a whole three days. Everyone thought that she'd died to achieve what she was after. But it turns out that she was just lying low in Makai until the next time Shinki could visit, which was three days after her departure to the moon. I wonder why it wasn't in the chronicles when just about everyone turned up for the party? Even Shinki participated."

> "Maybe the scarf wasn't seen as important enough." Renko says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Shrug. "Guess so."
>"So, what did you guys have on the schedule for today? Just wander around?"

[Raikaria]

>Shrug. "Guess so."
>"So, what did you guys have on the schedule for today? Just wander around?"

> "Well, we were planning on seeing Reimu, and then seeing Rumia on the way back." Maribel says.

[Hanzo K.]

>Nod. "Let me pass along some info to Dai, and I'll join you guys. I heard something that I think she might want to know about."

[Raikaria]

>Nod. "Let me pass along some info to Dai, and I'll join you guys. I heard something that I think she might want to know about."

> "Well Dai's at the Myouren Temple right now." Maribel says. "Unless she left already, but then she'd be here."

[Hanzo K.]

>"Ah. Guess I missed her then. I can just pass the information to her next time I see her, or to Rumia. Maybe Reimu might even have something that can help me piece a few things together."
>A Divine Messenger looking for Hina, and a strange secret that Minoriko seemed intent on hiding. Could they be related somehow?

[Raikaria]

>"Ah. Guess I missed her then. I can just pass the information to her next time I see her, or to Rumia. Maybe Reimu might even have something that can help me piece a few things together."
>A Divine Messenger looking for Hina, and a strange secret that Minoriko seemed intent on hiding. Could they be related somehow?

> "Well, Reimu is tyhe one who's job it is to find out what's happening when something's wrong or odd." Renko says.

> "Even if she's insufferably lazy. And to think, Yukari was apparently lazier!" Maribel says. About two months ago she stopped calling Yukari 'Her' and started calling her 'Yukari', although she refuses to call her 'Mum'.

> You figure the odds are there is some link, and Reim, as a Miko, and linked to divinity in some way, may know something anyway.

[Hanzo K.]

>Shrug. "Well, at least it's something interesting to investigate."
>Grin a bit. "I can't let Rumia have all the fun you know."

[Raikaria]

>Shrug. "Well, at least it's something interesting to investigate."
>Grin a bit. "I can't let Rumia have all the fun you know."

> "Oh yeah, besides, if she doesn't know, she probobly doesn't need to get involved." Renko says.

[Hanzo K.]

>"Maybe. You guys done here? I can wait if you aren't."

[Raikaria]

>"Maybe. You guys done here? I can wait if you aren't."

> "Yeah, we're done." Maribel says.