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

[Neovereign]

>"I think they're trying something. We should stop them."
>Continue. Fire more frequently.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I think they're trying something. We should stop them."
>Continue. Fire more frequently.

>You continue firing on them, Reimu doing the same, however, the smoke aura seems to be absorbing most of the damage.
>Suddenly the orbs flash white, firing a lightning-fast bolt of energy traveling along the same direction of the red lines, at the same time a large randomized burst of danmaku is released from them.
>"Whoa!" Marisa yells before trying to dodge the fast projectiles, only to have both of them catch her in the left arm, sending her flying off her broom to the ground below!
>"Marisa!" Mima exclaims, before rushing after her.
>The orbs begin lining up another shot, this time focusing their beams on Reimu.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"We're not making any progress and it'll take out all of us at this rate! I'm not waiting for that to happen!"
>Spellcard: Great Miracle "Yasaka's Divine Wind"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"We're not making any progress and it'll take out all of us at this rate! I'm not waiting for that to happen!"
>Spellcard: Great Miracle "Yasaka's Divine Wind"

>You declare your strongest spellcard!
>A storm of pure danmaku develops around you, blanketing the area around you in an expanding cloud of bullets. But you are currently too far from the orbs to effectively make use of your storm, as the gaps between the bullets at that range make them every easy to dodge. You will need to get closer, before your spellcard times out, to do any damage.
>The orbs discharge their attack at Reimu, who just barely manages to graze the projectiles.
>"Going all-out, huh?" Reimu remarks, "Is that really wise?"
>_

[Neovereign]

>"I don't see you coming up with any better ideas."
>Head closer to the orbs.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I don't see you coming up with any better ideas."
>Head closer to the orbs.

>You head closer to the orbs. Reimu follows.
>As you do so, they prepare their attack once again. Locking on to you this time.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Charge our gohei with a moderate miracle and continue the spellcard.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Charge our gohei with a moderate miracle and continue the spellcard.

>You channel faith equivalent to a moderate miracle into your gohei, which begins glowing with a white light. The next nonspell you fire from it will be five times as powerful as it would be normally. As a side effect, your spellcard's time was extended by a small amount.

>Faith: 340
>>You have enough faith to perform up to 3 moderate miracles, or up to 17 small miracles.

>The orbs discharge their attack once more. You're close enough now where you won't be able to dodge it due to its speed...
>"Fantasy Heaven!" Reimu exclaims, and a groups of eight yin-yang orbs begin circling her. Acting quickly, she uses the orbs to block the incoming shots.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"What happened to not going all out?"
>It's smoke won't hold out forever, so keep it up as long as we can.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"What happened to not going all out?"

>"I think what you meant to say was 'thank you'..." Reimu snarks, "Anyway, someone else had to have a powerful attack ready in case you were taken out."

>It's smoke won't hold out forever, so keep it up as long as we can.

>You get close enough to catch both orbs in your maelstrom. The storm of danmaku begins to shred through their smoke auras. Reimu begins firing wave after wave of homing amulets at them as well. Slowly, their surfaces begin to crack...
>_

[Neovereign]

>"It's working! They cracking apart."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"It's working! They cracking apart."

>"Let's keep up the punishment then!" Reimu shouts.
>The orbs become increasingly cracked, and their smoke auras fizzle away.
>Suddenly both of them shoot a blue laser out from themselves, which converges on a point behind them. At the convergence point, space begins to distort, until a hole of some kind opens up. Beyond it you can see what appears to be Genmukai.
>The orbs begin edging closer to the hole.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"N-No! They're trying to escape. What do we do now?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"N-No! They're trying to escape. What do we do now?"

>"Cut them off! Don't let them get away!" Reimu answers.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"On it!"
>Get in the orbs' path.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"On it!"
>Get in the orbs' path.

>You fly around the orbs and position yourself between them and their portal.
>The orbs do not seem to be stopping, and are continuing to edge towards the portal, despite you being in the way. They seem to be accelerating.
>Both orbs are now heavily damaged. It shouldn't be long now until they're destroyed.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"I have a bad feeling about this Reimu."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I have a bad feeling about this Reimu."

>"Why?" Reimu replies.
>The orbs continue edging closer. Chunks are now visibly chipping off of them.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"I don't think they're stopping. I feel as if they might try to take me with them."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I don't think they're stopping. I feel as if they might try to take me with them."

>"Then get out of the way!" Reimu exclaims, "It's not like they're going to last much longer anyw-"
>Just then both orbs shatter in a brilliant explosion. The shockwave knocks you dangerously close to the portal. Suddenly two streams of grey smoke fly at you, and seem to phase right through you. and travel through the portal, which remains open. Your spellcard times out shortly after.

>You feel exhausted and extremely nauseous. But you're otherwise okay.
>"Alright... we got them..." Reimu pants as her own spellcard times out.
>You feel the still-open portal humming behind you.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Get away from the portal.
>"It's...still here? I don't care. They're stopped for now...Is Marisa alright?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Get away from the portal.

>You fly away from the portal.

>"It's...still here? I don't care. They're stopped for now...Is Marisa alright?"

>"How am I supposed to know...!?" Reimu asks, "We're up here... and she's down there..."
>A shot of danmaku suddenly flies up between you and Reimu.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Still... here?"
>Locate the assailant

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Still... here?"
>Locate the assailant

>You look down and see a single construct flying towards you and shooting. However, that's not all you see...

>All the constructs in the area seem to be going crazy. A few are still attempting the ground slamming behavior, but most are scattered, flying around erratically, shooting everything in sight. You also see a steady stream of star-shaped danmaku being shot by a figure on the ground, which is destroying quite a few of the constructs.
>_

[Neovereign]

>Destroy the construct then fly down to the figure.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Destroy the construct then fly down to the figure.

>You fire your supercharged gohei at the construct, which obliterates it instantly.

>You exhaustedly fly down to the figure, which is revealed to be Mima, blasting the constructs with her staff.
>On the ground nearby is Marisa, lying on her back in the snow.
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Is Marisa alright?"

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Is Marisa alright?"

>"She's fine." Mima replies, "Those bolts that hit her were some kind of stun magic. My best guess is that she'll recover in an hour or so..."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"I'm glad Reimu and Marisa came."
>Call Kanako.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"I'm glad Reimu and Marisa came."
>Call Kanako.

>You dial Kanako.

>Kanako picks up the phone, "I hope this is good news..."
>_