Wind Priestess Quest - The Third Gathers: Backstroke of the West.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Hm, I expected that thing to interrupt me by now. It usually does so a short time after I make Kogasa appear... Maybe if I repeat what happened in my last dream it'll work."
>"First, we did this." Go hug the real Kogasa.

>You hear a thunderous noise, which cuts you off before you can finish your first sentence. Simultaneously, the entire ground seems to shake.
>"What was that?" Kogasa asks.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"I think that was it. It should show up any second now. Koishi, can you wake me, and everyone else up after I'm attacked?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I think that was it. It should show up any second now. Koishi, can you wake me, and everyone else up after I'm attacked?"

>"That won't be necessary." You hear a familiar voice say from behind you.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Turn around
>"N-now wait a second. Don't kick me out yet!"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Turn around

>You turn around to see Gengetsu floating in mid-air. Smiling creepily.

>"N-now wait a second. Don't kick me out yet!"

>"Don't worry, I was going to evict the little troublemaker over there first." Gengetsu points at Koishi, "Then I'll kick you out."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"My friends and I were waiting on you to come so they could get a better description of you. Then we could know who to look for if we ever try to tackle that thing ourselves."
>"You did say Marisa knew a place we could go to in order to come here, right Mima?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"My friends and I were waiting on you to come so they could get a better description of you. Then we could know who to look for if we ever try to tackle that thing ourselves."

>"Oh, you were expecting me? How flattering." Gengetsu smirks, "Though, if you really want to fight it, I suggest not coming here to do so. It's better to fight it on its own turf: In Genmukai. You can't directly harm it here, nor can you harm it if you happen to enter Genmukai while you're dreaming. You have to physically travel to Genmukai."

>"You did say Marisa knew a place we could go to in order to come here, right Mima?"

>"Yeah, "Mima replies, "but why would we want to come here physically, considering what angel girl over here just said..."
>"I don't recommend it." Gengetsu adds, "It would be much harder for me to evict you if you did. Hell, I might accidentally kill you..."

>You hear another noise, followed by a second tremor.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Now that we know what to do, we'll be looking for a way to get to Genmukai a while after this current incident ends. And it seems like that thing's trying harder, so I-I guess that means I'll have to leave..."
>Brace our self.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Now that we know what to do, we'll be looking for a way to get to Genmukai a while after this current incident ends. And it seems like that thing's trying harder, so I-I guess that means I'll have to leave..."

>"_{^{We already have a way to get there...}}" Mima mutters.

>Brace our self.

>You prepare yourself for Gengetsu's danmaku spam.
>"You need to leave, too." Gengetsu says to Koishi, "You're a nuisance..."
>"Aw... Can't I stay a bit longer?" Koishi asks, "I promise not to ruin any dreams this time..."
>"No. Now leave before I evict you by force."
>"Fiiiiine~!" Koishi steps forward and disappears.

>"Alright, let's get back to business, shall we?" Gengetsu says with a sadistic smile.
>Suddenly a storm of danmaku materializes around Gengetsu. Several shots rip through your body. Your vision fades as you fall backwards.

>...

>You awaken in the guest room.
>Sitting up on the bed, you look over. Lying on the floor are Kogasa and Mima, between them is Koishi, wide awake, sitting cross-legged with a hand on each of their heads. The frying pan is on the floor nearby.
>"Good morning." she smiles, "Well, technically good afternoon. You've only had a short nap after all..."
>Mima and Kogasa begin to stir.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"I wish there was an easier way to leave, rather than have that happen... Are they still in there?"
>Slip the Pan into our hammerspace sleeves while Koishi isn't looking.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I wish there was an easier way to leave, rather than have that happen... Are they still in there?"

>"There is. It's called waking up, silly!" Koishi smirks, "I don't think so, they're waking up right now. Unless they're sleepwalkers... Are they sleepwalkers."

>Slip the Pan into our hammerspace sleeves while Koishi isn't looking.

>You get out of bed.
>Koishi doesn't seem distracted enough to allow you to take the pan.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"I don't know about Mima, but I haven't seen Kogasa sleepwalk yet."
>Poke Kogasa's cheek.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I don't know about Mima, but I haven't seen Kogasa sleepwalk yet."
>Poke Kogasa's cheek.

>You kneel down and poke Kogasa in the cheek.
>Kogasa opens her eyes, "Hey." she smiles, "That was some awakening, wasn't it?"
>Mima stirs some more, "Ugh... My head..." she says as she sits up, "Was smacking us in the back of the head with a frying pan really necessary?"
>"Well, it was easier for me to bring you into Sanae's dream if you were asleep or unconscious," Koishi replies, "and neither of you looked like you were going to go to sleep anytime soon..."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Yea, and I'll have to go through it every night until this thing stops..."
>"Even though you had to, please apologize for hitting them Koishi. I'm not waiting this time."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Yea, and I'll have to go through it every night until this thing stops..."

>"That sounds terrible." Kogasa comments.

>"Even though you had to, please apologize for hitting them Koishi. I'm not waiting this time."

>"Well, I didn't have to." Koishi shrugs, "It's just easier that way. And you're not waiting for what?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Waiting for you to apologize to them. Now say sorry already. And give me back my pan before you start hitting anyone else with it."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Waiting for you to apologize to them. Now say sorry already. And give me back my pan before you start hitting anyone else with it."

>"Sorry already. And give me back my pan before you start hitting anyone else with it." Koishi smirks, "Are you happy now?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Will you stop avoiding- never mind, it's useless to try..."
>"We'll go to Genmukai with Reimu and more help when this is finally over. For now, let's check on Nitori and the others to see how it's going."
>"Return to the observation room.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Will you stop avoiding- never mind, it's useless to try..."

>"Avoiding what?"

>"We'll go to Genmukai with Reimu and more help when this is finally over. For now, let's check on Nitori and the others to see how it's going."
>"Return to the observation room.

>"Whatever you say..." Mima remarks.
>You start heading back to the reactor observation room.
>"Bye." says Koishi as the three of you leave.
>_

[WodofGar]

>"Try not to hurt anyone with my pan, koishipan Koishi."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Try not to hurt anyone with my pan, koishipan Koishi."

>"I'll try."

>The three of you make your way back to the reactor observation room.
>Mimi-chan is still on the floor, but a panel on her side is now open. Utsuho is sitting at a nearby table, dissecting a cylindrical object resembling Ruukoto's core. Ruukoto herself is sitting on the table with her core exposed. She smiles mechanically when she spots you.

>Nitori, on the other hand, is with Kanako, in the center of the room. They appear to be trying to calm down a visibly panicked Kappa.
>_

[WodofGar]

>Oh dear.
>"Umm, what happened while I was gone?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Oh dear.

>You have a bad feeling about this.

>"Umm, what happened while I was gone?"

>"This kappa came down from Genbu Marsh," Kanako replies, "apparently something is happening up there, but she hasn't been making any sense so far. We've been trying to calm her down."
>"Alright, start from the beginning. What happened?" Nitori asks.
>"Uh... w-well..." the kappa began, "I was minding my own business when suddenly this... rift... of some kind... opened up in the sky... and a pair of these... creepy red things came out before it closed. And then - then then then - and then they started raining down danmaku over the marsh... so naturally we fought back... but then... then - you know those weird orb things that started appearing around the time the reactor went up? Well... suddenly a swarm of those things started flocking in from all directions... like the red things were... controlling them somehow... I-I'd never seen such a big swarm of them before..."
>"So then what happened?" Kanako questions.
>"Well... we all sorta... got scared and retreated inside... We don't know what's going on now..."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Excuse me, but were the red things veiny, at all?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Excuse me, but were the red things veiny, at all?"

>"No..." the kappa replies, "they were spherical, but they had a red x-like marking on them, kinda reminded me of a pupil... They also were surrounded by these... creepy looking tentacles... the tentacles looked like they were made of some kind of grey smoke..."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Does that sound familiar Mima?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Does that sound familiar Mima?"

>"I think I remember seeing a pair of beings that looked like that in Genmukai once..." Mima answers, "But that was a long time ago..."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"That thing is after me, so what if it managed to release some of them while I was dreaming? It's entirely possible, right?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"That thing is after me, so what if it managed to release some of them while I was dreaming? It's entirely possible, right?"

>"I guess..."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"You remember them, so you know how to deal with them, right? Then again, Reimu might show up and stop them."