Author Topic: Hatate Quest Nelja  (Read 97906 times)

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #360 on: July 20, 2015, 01:20:57 PM »
>Nod.
>"Let's get going, then."
>Call out: "Hey! Ranka! You ready?"

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #361 on: July 21, 2015, 11:28:19 AM »
>Nod.
>"Let's get going, then."
>Call out: "Hey! Ranka! You ready?"

>"Of course, honey." Ranka's voice purrs in your ears. The little flirt managed to sneak up on you again. But then again, your attention has been pretty focused.
>"Ranka!" Aya says with delight. "Where'd you come from?"
>"Hatate here asked me to tag along."
>"Well that's never a bad idea. Come here and give us some love." Needing no further incentive, the scantily-clad air spirit flits forward and exchanges a kiss with Aya. As if you needed another reason to be envious of the elder crow. "Not that I'm complaining, Hatate, but what made you bring along a date?" she asks you once she and Ranka come up for air.

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #362 on: July 21, 2015, 05:20:30 PM »
>"It's complicated, but suffice it to say she's coming home with us."

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #363 on: July 22, 2015, 07:14:19 AM »
>"It's complicated, but suffice it to say she's coming home with us."

>Aya blinks, then looks to Ranka, who merely shrugs. "We've been talking."
>"I gathered that. So you're... from the other world?"
>"No, this one. But Hatate wants to take me with her back to her world."
>The elder crow laughs. "Can't blame her for that, I have to say. But is that even possible?"
>"I don't know. I guess she's going to find out along the way."

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #364 on: July 22, 2015, 10:05:47 PM »
>"It'll be fine, Gensokyo is a place for youkai."

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #365 on: July 23, 2015, 09:05:47 AM »
>"It'll be fine, Gensokyo is a place for youkai."

>"You got that from Yukari's travel brochure, didn't you?" Aya says with a teasing grin. "But that's not what I meant. I mean, if you're from this world, Ranka, doesn't that mean you're... well-"
>"An illusion?" the wind spirit finishes the thought. "Not anymore, I'm something else now. I was just a character, but I'm a broken one now. Hatate thinks I'm a true youkai now."
>"You don't?"
>"I don't know for sure. I just know I'm different now."
>Aya ponders the wind spirit for a moment, then gives you another grin, this one laced with admiration. "You have been busy, haven't you."

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #366 on: July 23, 2015, 02:13:59 PM »
>"Eh. It's not really hard to see, is it?"

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #367 on: July 24, 2015, 07:20:26 AM »
>"Eh. It's not really hard to see, is it?"

>"How's that?"

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #368 on: July 24, 2015, 02:51:59 PM »
>Shrug. "When you get down to it, there ain't much more to being a youkai than being able to think for yourself, right?"

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #369 on: July 25, 2015, 07:38:51 AM »
>Shrug. "When you get down to it, there ain't much more to being a youkai than being able to think for yourself, right?"

>"Wouldn't that sort of make humans youkai too?"

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #370 on: July 26, 2015, 05:10:40 AM »
>"Naw, they have the whole thing where they can live as long as they have food and stuff, and they have to be born, and I think there's some weird soul stuff that makes gods really like em? Way more complicated."

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #371 on: July 26, 2015, 12:23:04 PM »
>"Naw, they have the whole thing where they can live as long as they have food and stuff, and they have to be born, and I think there's some weird soul stuff that makes gods really like em? Way more complicated."

>"Aren't we feeling philosophical." Aya teases.

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #372 on: July 26, 2015, 09:45:28 PM »
>"Hey, you asked."

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #373 on: July 26, 2015, 10:00:19 PM »
>"Hey, you asked."

>"Hah, that I did. Well, shall we be off, Momiji?"
>"Yes." She turns her head to regard you, "Try not to get into trouble on your way to Liluye's. Now that the book's lost its grip on Aya, it may be better able to track our activities. Be cautious."

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #374 on: July 26, 2015, 10:10:50 PM »
>Nod.
>"Got it, I'll try not to do anything suspicious."
>When all is ready, depart.

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #375 on: August 01, 2015, 12:12:52 AM »
>Nod.
>"Got it, I'll try not to do anything suspicious."
>When all is ready, depart.

>"Or at least not to get caught." Aya says with a wink and a grin.
>And so, the four of you set off, Aya and Momiji back up the mountain to retreive Aya's personal effects, Ranka and yourself in the opposite direction, heading for the village. Ranka remians rather silent during the journey, no doubt still mulling over what she is, or rather what she has become. There is obviously no doubt of the matter in your mind, but Ranka herself is another matter.

>The lack of chatter with Ranka along the way makes the flight a bit on the dull side, but under the circumstances, that may be better than a number of alternatives, and in very good time, the human village hoves into view. On the surface, there appears to be very little difference between this village and the one from your reality, save for two prominant exceptions. There is a decently sized building standing just outside the south side of the city, of distinctly Chinese aesthetic. The other is in the northeast quarter of the village, and seems to be a fairly sizable amphitheater. Or at least it will be, it's still under construction. You recognize some of the forms down there on the site among the human work crew. Two of them are members of the Myoren temple, Ichirin and Minamitsu. The other two are Taoists, Mononobe no Futo and Miko herself. Never thought you'd seen those two factions cooperating, but then again, that seems to be part and parcel with this Gensokyo.

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #376 on: August 01, 2015, 01:24:22 AM »
Byakuren sends her goons to do the grunt work while Miko goes out and dirties her own hands with the same? The Crown Prince is so wonderfully altruistic! As expected of the great Taishi-sama! The Myouren matriarch could learn a thing or two from her.
[22:40:12] <Drake> "guys i donwloaded esod but its not workan"
[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> FUCK YEAH

[22:28:39] <Edible> Mafia would be a much easier game if we were playing "spot the asshole"

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #377 on: August 01, 2015, 02:02:24 AM »
Looks like the wannabe dictator is trying to sabotage the project and pin it on someone else. Typical.

>"So, where's this crazy barber at?"

>_

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #378 on: August 01, 2015, 02:27:50 AM »
Don't look at me, I'm just a half-ghost.

EDIT: What the fuck I'm an idiot INCOMING NAME CHANGE
[22:40:12] <Drake> "guys i donwloaded esod but its not workan"
[22:40:21] <Drake> REPORTED
[22:40:25] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> PROBATED
[22:40:30] <Drake> ORGASM
[22:40:32] <NaturallyOccurringChoja> FUCK YEAH

[22:28:39] <Edible> Mafia would be a much easier game if we were playing "spot the asshole"

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #379 on: August 01, 2015, 03:13:47 AM »
>"So, where's this crazy barber at?"

>_

>Ranka tilts her head back and listens to the wind as it flows through the glory that is her golden hair. "Down the road from Yuuka's flower bar." she replies, pointing towards a stretch of buildings just west of the edge of town.

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #380 on: August 01, 2015, 05:28:58 AM »
>Head that way.
>"Yuuka has a bar? How many died so far?"

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #381 on: August 01, 2015, 09:09:35 PM »
>Head that way.
>"Yuuka has a bar? How many died so far?"

>Ranka laughs. "I guess she doesn't have one in your world?"

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #382 on: August 02, 2015, 05:01:44 PM »
>"She's got more of a no man's land, or anything else for that matter."

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #383 on: August 03, 2015, 01:54:36 PM »
>"She's got more of a no man's land, or anything else for that matter."

>"She used to be that way here, too. I forget exactly why she moved into the village. Something about a bird, I think? I don't think she's hurt anyone, either. At least I don't remember hearing about anything serious."

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #384 on: August 07, 2015, 02:18:06 AM »
>"Huh. What about injuries?"

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #385 on: August 07, 2015, 02:37:02 AM »
>"Huh. What about injuries?"

>"I remember hearing about a peeping tina that Yuuka caught a couple of months ago, but other than that, I don't know. The human village is a pretty hard place to cause a lot of trouble in, really. You've got the Haukrei shrine on one side, the Taoist temple on another side, and the Buddhists on the third side. Plus Keine and her students in town. She teaches danmaku every now and then. I think it was her firebird girlfriend's idea. There it is." she points out a brown and white walled building with the typical rotating blue and red pole outside the door.

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #386 on: August 07, 2015, 03:20:12 AM »
>Head for it.
>Can one teach danmaku?

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #387 on: August 09, 2015, 02:09:24 AM »
>Can one teach danmaku?

>Up to a point, yes. In some ways, danmaku isn't too dissimilar from martial arts or swordplay. There are differing styles and tactics, and these styles can be taught by others. One cannot create a spellcard for someone else, though, those have to be made by one's self, for one's self.

>Head for it.

>Casting one last look around to see if you can spot Yuuka getting up to no good, which she doesn't seem to be, you come in for a landing and enter into the Blue Moon Barber Shop.
>The air in here is more humid than it is outside, and there is a peculiar smell in the air. Part of it seems to be coming from the bottles of sterilizing fluid that contain the various hair-treating impliments not currently in use, but you can't place the faint smokyness in the air. A row of five seats occupy the wall to the left of the entrance, currently occupied by Celes and that winged horned youkai that she was with at the Moriya shrine. End tables bracket the row of seats, with a selection of books to read while one waits. The barber's chairs and the large mirrors they sit in front of are on the right side of the building, and presently only one of them is occupied, by Hong Meiling.
>You would guess the woman working on her now-wavy hair would be Liluye. She is of average height, her reddish-gold hair falling down to about halfway down her back, and her long bangs are kept out of her eyes by a red and black leather headband. Her olive-tinged comlexion is fairly weathered and tight, the face of a woman who has spent most of her days working, though her slender, dextrous fingers bely this. You can see the muscular defintion of her arms and legs through the white body-length smock she wears, not what you'd call 'ripped', but in very fine condition. Despite her profession, she has the bearing of a warrior, and would have even without the pair of dagger hilts sticking out of the belt at the small of her back and the tomahawk on her right hip.

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Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #388 on: August 09, 2015, 02:30:41 AM »
>Nod toward Celes.
>Does it seem Meiling has just arrived, or is finishign up, or what?

Re: Hatate Quest Nelja
« Reply #389 on: August 09, 2015, 02:39:36 AM »
>Nod toward Celes.
>Does it seem Meiling has just arrived, or is finishign up, or what?

>The steward tips her cap to you in greeting.
>At a glance, you would guess she's close to finished.