Author Topic: Magical Lotus - Mahou Shoujou Byakuren - Episode 4, Part 3 (Read 46872 times)

Oldmansour · « **Reply #930 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:01:13 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 02, 2016, 06:22:44 AM

>"Yes?"

>"You're... making a lot of noise."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #931 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:14:51 AM »

>"Oh."
>Oh dear
>"My apologies."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #932 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:17:39 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 02, 2016, 07:14:51 AM

>"Oh."
>Oh dear
>"My apologies."

>"I know I shouldn't complain." she says meekly. "It's just... Well, it sounds like you're shouting static at each other. It's... It hurts my ears."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #933 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:26:38 AM »

>Bow apologetically
>"Oh, I'm very sorry. I didn't realize."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #934 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:32:05 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 02, 2016, 07:26:38 AM

>Bow apologetically
>"Oh, I'm very sorry. I didn't realize."

>Kiku raises her eyebrows. "How... did you know we were communicating?"
>"I'm still psychic, Kiku. Not as strong as I was, but I still have my ability. But I can't understand what you were saying." Looking at you and White Rose, she asks, "I... I'm sorry to ask, but, how did you manage to defeat my psychic sense last night? I really have never met minds like you twos' before."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #935 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:42:24 AM »

>"I'm afraid I don't really have an answer to give you. We'd never had an encounter with a real mind-reader before; that out minds were unusual in a way that defeats your senses was as much a surprise to us as you."
>"I had, uh, actually planned to avoid you entirely last night; that... didn't quite work out."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #936 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:57:01 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 02, 2016, 07:42:24 AM

>"I'm afraid I don't really have an answer to give you. We'd never had an encounter with a real mind-reader before; that out minds were unusual in a way that defeats your senses was as much a surprise to us as you."
>"I had, uh, actually planned to avoid you entirely last night; that... didn't quite work out."

>"Didn'git 'way frm m'eyes." the green haired woman says. "I seen ye."
>"And I can see what she sees." Satori adds.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #937 on:** March 02, 2016, 07:59:23 AM »

>"That does bring me to something I had meant to ask; what was it that happened to the sacred flame?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #938 on:** March 02, 2016, 08:04:31 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 02, 2016, 07:59:23 AM

>"That does bring me to something I had meant to ask; what was it that happened to the sacred flame?"

>Looking entirely ashamed of herself, Satori lowers her chopsticks and replies, "I don't know."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #939 on:** March 02, 2016, 08:05:57 AM »

>"You don't? I... had thought it connected to your activities in some way, though I wasn't sure how."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #940 on:** March 02, 2016, 08:25:03 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 02, 2016, 08:05:57 AM

>"You don't? I... had thought it connected to your activities in some way, though I wasn't sure how."

>"It probably does, since it's back to normal now. I just don't know how either." The small woman looks down. "I kept the shrine maidens around me from remembering, from thinking about it. I had to solve the mystery. Something was wrong in my house, something... beyond my control. I couldn't live with that. But I couldn't solve the puzzle."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #941 on:** March 02, 2016, 08:34:14 AM »

>"And so the voice that spoke to me thought it last night...?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #942 on:** March 02, 2016, 08:54:01 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 02, 2016, 08:34:14 AM

>"And so the voice that spoke to me thought it last night...?"

>"Was me."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #943 on:** March 02, 2016, 08:58:49 AM »

>"I had wondered, but... you can do that?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #944 on:** March 03, 2016, 04:44:28 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 02, 2016, 08:58:49 AM

>"I had wondered, but... you can do that?"

>"I could. I don't know if I could now."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #945 on:** March 03, 2016, 05:49:47 AM »

>"And was this something you could do before it turned black?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #946 on:** March 03, 2016, 06:35:39 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 03, 2016, 05:49:47 AM

>"And was this something you could do before it turned black?"

>"Yes."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #947 on:** March 03, 2016, 06:45:03 AM »

>"Might I ask how? This was, um... not the first time in the last few days that a sacred flame has spoken cryptically to me."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #948 on:** March 04, 2016, 12:46:09 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 03, 2016, 06:45:03 AM

>"Might I ask how? This was, um... not the first time in the last few days that a sacred flame has spoken cryptically to me."

>"Not the first? I, I don't understand."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #949 on:** March 04, 2016, 04:54:57 AM »

>"A voice also spoke to me through the flame at one of the other shrines, a couple night ago. And if you were able to do so, I wonder who else might - what kind of power or access someone would need to do so."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #950 on:** March 04, 2016, 07:31:56 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 04, 2016, 04:54:57 AM

>"A voice also spoke to me through the flame at one of the other shrines, a couple night ago. And if you were able to do so, I wonder who else might - what kind of power or access someone would need to do so."

>Satori ponders that. "Well, when I was talking to you, I was projecting my voice from the flame. Was just a... a simple thing. I suppose... Any psychic strong enough, or maybe skilled enough, could do that, too."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #951 on:** March 04, 2016, 07:37:20 AM »

>"Do you think they would have to actually be somewhat nearby at the time? On shrine grounds, anyway?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #952 on:** March 04, 2016, 07:43:24 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 04, 2016, 07:37:20 AM

>"Do you think they would have to actually be somewhat nearby at the time? On shrine grounds, anyway?"

>"Uh... It depends. I mean, I could have been a long distance away, thanks to my...." she spares a glance over at her jack before she continues, "I have a psychic link, with her. But if... If it was someone stronger than me, or if they had a relay of their own, then..." She stops again, thinking. "There's no way to know. At least, I'd have no way of knowing now."
>"What kind of 'relay'?" White Rose asks her.
>"I don't know. It depends on the person, or the mind. If it was me, I'd need a mind to link with, but I don't know if that's true for every psychic."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #953 on:** March 04, 2016, 07:48:12 AM »

>"Fair enough. At least I know now that it can be done this way."
>"But to return to my earlier point, while the source of the flame's discoloration was unknown to you, the rest of what happened there that night was just a performance you put on for me?"

Oldmansour · « **Reply #954 on:** March 04, 2016, 07:52:42 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 04, 2016, 07:48:12 AM

>"Fair enough. At least I know now that it can be done this way."
>"But to return to my earlier point, while the source of the flame's discoloration was unknown to you, the rest of what happened there that night was just a performance you put on for me?"

>"Any idea if it was some kinda spirit or something?" White Rose asks her.
>"No. No, that's impossible, the flame is sacred, pure. All the flames. I don't think any supernatural creatures could speak through them. Except maybe the spirits of the Four Pillar Beasts themselves. But... I wouldn't know."

>Looking very ashamed of herself, Satori nods.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #955 on:** March 04, 2016, 07:58:09 AM »

>"Well, that's one mystery solved, even if it leaves us with another. Thank you."

Oldmansour · « **Reply #956 on:** March 04, 2016, 08:24:54 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 04, 2016, 07:58:09 AM

>"Well, that's one mystery solved, even if it leaves us with another. Thank you."

>Very quietly, Kiku's telepathic voice says, That doesn't discount Makai.

DracoOmega · « **Reply #957 on:** March 04, 2016, 08:31:00 AM »

>Nod in acknowledgement

Oldmansour · « **Reply #958 on:** March 04, 2016, 08:46:42 AM »

Quote from: DracoOmega on March 04, 2016, 08:31:00 AM

>Nod in acknowledgement

>Satori nods at you. "Anything I can do to help. I... owe you that, and more."

DracoOmega · « **Reply #959 on:** March 04, 2016, 08:55:02 AM »

>"Well, if I think of anything else to ask, I'll let you know."
>"Though I do have one other question."
>Look to her green-haired companion and smile politely
>"I'm afraid I never caught your name."