Reimu Quest (Part 9)

[日巫子]

>"Well...at this point, she ought to be be aware of the giant gap between before and after the border breaking. After that...mmm, see what you can find on Tamiko Hakurei? And other border disruptions, that'd be nice. And border repairs, if any. Akyuu might be good to bother about that, too."

> Marisa takes a small notepad and pencil out of her pocket and scribbles something down.  After giving it a once-over, she nods.
> "Alright, ze.  I'll see you 'round!"
> Marisa mounts her broom and flies away, over the edge of the island and out of sight.

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[Hello Purvis]

>Turn to Iku: "Can you arrange for a room with some beds for Sanae and I? It'd be faster than going back to the shrine."

[日巫子]

>Turn to Iku: "Can you arrange for a room with some beds for Sanae and I? It'd be faster than going back to the shrine."

> Iku, hovering above the grass nearby, nods.  "Very well.  Suika, will you be staying too?"
> "Can I?" Suika asks as she chases Tenshi around.
> "Of course."
> "Then okay!"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Yeah, it wouldn't hurt to have you around, Suika. But right now, Sanae and I need to talk a bit."

[日巫子]

>"Yeah, it wouldn't hurt to have you around, Suika. But right now, Sanae and I need to talk a bit."

> Suika giggles.  "We won't get in the way!"
> She and Tenshi have taken to flying around now, shooting harmless bursts of danmaku at each other.
> Iku folds her hands together.  "Well, then, I'll go prepare a guest room.  I'll come get you when it's ready."
> She walks off, leaving you and Sanae alone.  Sanae seems to realize this, as she glances around her.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"So, I bet you've probably pieced together another part of the story, huh?"

[日巫子]

>"So, I bet you've probably pieced together another part of the story, huh?"

> Sanae grimaces.  "I don't know..."

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[Sect]

> Grimace. "Well, that other universe that apparently got us unstuck..."

[日巫子]

> Grimace. "Well, that other universe that apparently got us unstuck..."

> Sanae covers her ears.  "No way, I don't want to hear it."

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[Sect]

> "... Then maybe I'm putting my faith in the entirely wrong person, if they're not willing to help."

[日巫子]

> "... Then maybe I'm putting my faith in the entirely wrong person, if they're not willing to help."

> "Since when have you put your faith in me during this incident?"

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[Sect]

> "Good question." Cross our arms. "You're a goddess now, right? You have your own shrine, your own followers, hell, your own world."

[日巫子]

> "Good question." Cross our arms. "You're a goddess now, right? You have your own shrine, your own followers, hell, your own world."

> "Urgh..."  She looks uncomfortable.  "You say that like I have any idea what I'm supposed to do with all of that."

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[Sect]

> "I think your first step is to stop hiding with your head in the ground and start using that power of yours. Jeez, to think that I'm actually missing that gungho-ness you had when you first came here."
> Put our hands on her shoulders. "Listen. Yeah, that dream world you created kind of got us into this problem. But, but, I have a few ideas that I need your help with, and only you can do this."
> "Sanae, are you a bad enough goddess to save Gensokyo?!"

[日巫子]

> "I think your first step is to stop hiding with your head in the ground and start using that power of yours. Jeez, to think that I'm actually missing that gungho-ness you had when you first came here."
> Put our hands on her shoulders. "Listen. Yeah, that dream world you created kind of got us into this problem. But, but, I have a few ideas that I need your help with, and only you can do this."
> "Sanae, are you a bad enough goddess to save Gensokyo?!"

> You take Sanae by the shoulders and give her a pep talk.  It feels like Sanae would have been the one doing this just a few years ago, and you're starting to feel nostalgic for that time.
> Sanae takes her hands from her ears.  "What can I do?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"That's what we need to find out. We need to go back there and figure out what happened. And you're the best person for the job. Then we figure out how to fix it."

[日巫子]

>"That's what we need to find out. We need to go back there and figure out what happened. And you're the best person for the job. Then we figure out how to fix it."

> "And when we get there...how do I know you're not going to do what you did last time?" Sanae asks, giving you a look.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Do what? Pinch you?"

[日巫子]

>"Do what? Pinch you?"

> "That, going around throwing accusations at people, and picking fights," Sanae says with a frown.  She shrugs your hands off her shoulders.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Hey, she picked a fight with me. But yeah, now that I know what's happening that shouldn't be a problem."

[日巫子]

>"Hey, she picked a fight with me. But yeah, now that I know what's happening that shouldn't be a problem."

> "But you were the one who barged, throwing around accusations," Sanae says.  "Promise me you won't do that again."

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[Sect]

> "I promise that I won't do it... without good reason."

[日巫子]

> "I promise that I won't do it... without good reason."

> Sanae still doesn't look satisfied.
> "Okay," she says, but you can see the doubt in her eyes.

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[Hello Purvis]

>"So the question is, how do we investigate it? It's your world, after all. What do we do?"

[日巫子]

>"So the question is, how do we investigate it? It's your world, after all. What do we do?"

> "Wh...well...Look for anything out of the ordinary, I guess.  What did you see the last time you were there?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"Well, I mostly told you. About that one city being crystalline and that big old black void in your shrine. Um, I always went through a tunnel and saw a really huge...space. Big enough I didn't feel like dealing with it at all."

[日巫子]

>"Well, I mostly told you. About that one city being crystalline and that big old black void in your shrine. Um, I always went through a tunnel and saw a really huge...space. Big enough I didn't feel like dealing with it at all."

> "A huge space?"  Sanae blinks.  "In a tunnel?  Where was it?"

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[Hello Purvis]

>"You know where that shrine is? The one where we met? If you follow that black road away from town it'll lead to a tunnel, and that's where it was."

[Sect]

> "Also, the little Konngara showed me where the Hakurei shrine used to be in that world."

[日巫子]

>"You know where that shrine is? The one where we met? If you follow that black road away from town it'll lead to a tunnel, and that's where it was."

> "But...it's supposed to just wrap back around to the road," Sanae says.  "It's not supposed to lead anywhere else."

> "Also, the little Konngara showed me where the Hakurei shrine used to be in that world."

> "Oh, she did?  What was there?"

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