Maribel Hearn Quest - ACT I: Part 2

[Neovereign]

>"Or partners? You seemed really worried..."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Huh ? So does that mean Alice is of royalty or high blood or something like that ?"

>"Well, her mom is a goddess, so I'd assume so..."
>"Marisa..." Alice frowns, "stop calling her my mother... Please..."

>Turn to Marisa.
>"What about you Miss Marisa, you were worried sick by Miss Reimu before, are you childhood friends by chance ?"

>"Or partners? You seemed really worried..."

>"Well-" Marisa begins.
>"Huh?" Aya turns around, "Did something happen to you, Reimu?"
>"I-It's nothing. If it was really serious, you would've heard about it by now..." "Reimu" replies.
>"Oh come on, it obviously wasn't nothing if Marisa was supposedly 'worried sick'..."

>Hatate gets closer to the group, holding a notebook of her own.
>_

[Neovereign]

_{^{//I don't even know anymore...}}
>"Your mother's a goddess? That's probably nice..."

[Serela]

//Um, I don't think we should actively start antagonizing people XD;;; Especially to Ran, even saying that sounds like it's leading to something really underhanded; which it  -would- be to tell Aya of all people and get it reported in the news. Yukari would probably be ultra pissed, not just screwed with, and her shikigami likely wouldn't like us either... and I'm not sure what gain we'd even get from this. And it'd be hard to play it off as something small to Aya afterwards, if we said that, because it makes it -sound- like it was something big and Aya is pretty proddy, as we can already tell.

We've already gotten ourselves out of the fire in this situation, we don't need try and jump back into it for funsies XD

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

_{^{//I don't even know anymore...}}
>"Your mother's a goddess? That's probably nice..."

>"She's not my mother!" Alice snaps, "She's an arrogant woman that places her short-term goals over the safety of her own realm and doesn't care about my happiness to the point where even her most loyal subject understands me more than her! And when I left Makai, did she make even one attempt to bring me back? NO! She's perfectly content with me leaving the life she wanted me to live, and she doesn't give a damn about what happens to me at all! Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if she replaced me with a different child by now!"

>There is immediate awkward silence as everyone is now staring at Alice.
>Shanghai has a concerned look on her face.

>Alice frowns, "Sorry about that... I... kinda snapped there..."
>"Seriously, Alice? How long has it even been since you two last talked ~ze?" Marisa asks, "I mean, maybe she's changed? If Mima-sama could change in those years she was trapped in Reimaden, perhaps Shinki could've changed as well..."
>"Look, Marisa, if she cared about me in the slightest, she would've done everything in her power to bring me back. And the fact that I'm standing here, next to you, is proof that there is no point in talking to her..."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"S-Sorry for asking. I didn't know you'd... Uh, sorry..."

[Monarda]

>"But.... it's so weird..... you are just like me.... you see, my... mother left my father and i when i was born, i never saw her... and father never told me much about her.... i... i just want to know why... why didn't she tell me anything ? Why couldn't she stay ? Was it for my safety ? All this time i still had her in mind, and now on this place, i might be able to finally find her...."
>Look down.
>"Mother.... why did you have to leave ? I would have loved just a few days with you....  or just to see your face.... i want to know......"


Okay, even i teared up a bit while writing this. :V

[Neovereign]

_{^{//Congrats for getting into character. Happened to me a bit to write Lily's dialogue for when that unhappy accident happened.}}
>"At least you got to see yours..."

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"S-Sorry for asking. I didn't know you'd... Uh, sorry..."

>"It's fine," says Alice, "But I'm the one who should be apologizing... That outburst was uncalled for..."

>"But.... it's so weird..... you are just like me.... you see, my... mother left my father and i when i was born, i never saw her... and father never told me much about her.... i... i just want to know why... why didn't she tell me anything ? Why couldn't she stay ? Was it for my safety ? All this time i still had her in mind, and now on this place, i might be able to finally find her...."
>Look down.
>"Mother.... why did you have to leave ? I would have loved just a few days with you....  or just to see your face.... i want to know......"

>Everyone goes silent at your words.
>Renko walks over and holds your hand in attempt to comfort you.

>"At least you got to see yours..."

>"Yes... I suppose my situation with my mo- Shinki could've been worse..." Alice sighs, "Perhaps... maybe I can give her a chance... But not right now. We have other things to worry about..."
>_

[Monarda]

>Shed a tear and hold Renko's hand tight.
>"Thank you Renko.... i'm happy to have you in my life."
>Give her a smile.

[Neovereign]

>Hug Renko. She's one of the only things we've got to love now. And the fact that she might be taken away if this fails...

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>Shed a tear and hold Renko's hand tight.
>"Thank you Renko.... i'm happy to have you in my life."
>Give her a smile.

>"I'm happy to have you in my life too, Merry." Renko returns the smile.

>Hug Renko. She's one of the only things we've got to love now. And the fact that she might be taken away if this fails...

>You give Renko a warm embrace, but then you begin thinking of what would happen to her should you fail...
>How would you be able to cope if she was suddenly taken from you...?
>_

[Monarda]

>"Soo, i'm sorry you guys had to hear that.... it was just deep in my system for a long while... and seeing Miss Alice say that made it erupt, i think i'm ok now."
>Straighten up.
>"So where were we ?"

[AzyWng]

>Make sure to wipe the tears from our eyes first.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Soo, i'm sorry you guys had to hear that.... it was just deep in my system for a long while... and seeing Miss Alice say that made it erupt, i think i'm ok now."

>"It's fine..." says Alice, "I mean, at least you got it out of your system..."

>Make sure to wipe the tears from our eyes first.

>Straighten up.

>You wipe away your tears before straightening up.

>"So where were we ?"

>"Uh...." Aya frowns, "That's... actually a good question... I know it was something about Reimu... And I was preparing to write and everything..."
>"I'm not sure either ~ze..." Marisa shrugs
>"Wasn't it something about Marisa being worried si-"
>"THAT'S IT!" Aya whips out the notebook again, "Thank's Hatate. Now, why don't you tell me why Marisa would be worried about you? I mean, it's obviously not nothing..."
>"Look Aya, it was trivial, and it won't make a good story, that is all you need to know." "Reimu" replies,
>"Oh come on! If it was trivial, then why would Marisa worry? Besides, if something bad happened to the Hakurei Shrine Maiden, it would probably be a huge story!"

>"_{^{Did Aya actually thank me!?!}}" says Hatate quietly.
>_

[Monarda]

>"Relax, it wasn't anything much ! Miss Reimu had lost some donations she got from us and Marisa was worried about that, nothing that really makes a good story, we're better off figuring out this weird wind and flying woman stuff first."
>Look to Marisa and 00-Ran and nod to both of them. "Isn't that right ?"

[Neovereign]

>"It was because when Renko and I showed up, I had collapsed, and Reimu took me in for a while. When Marisa heard the details about it later, she wanted Reimu to be cautious about us, heh."
> Alt one? At least here, we won't be lying as much and I think it's a bit more believable than Marisa being worried about Reimu's donations.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"It was because when Renko and I showed up, I had collapsed, and Reimu took me in for a while. When Marisa heard the details about it later, she wanted Reimu to be cautious about us, heh."
> Alt one? At least here, we won't be lying as much and I think it's a bit more believable than Marisa being worried about Reimu's donations.

>Look to Marisa and 00-Ran and nod to both of them. "Isn't that right ?"

>"Uh, yeah, that sounds about right ~ze."
>"Reimu" nod.
>"Oh, alright..." says Aya, before rapidly turning to you, "So... you collapsed? What, were you attacked by a youkai as soon as you got in? Actually, how did you get into Gensokyo anyway? I don't get to interview many outsiders..."
>_

[Neovereign]

>"Yeah, I collapsed. It's Gensokyo though. How do you expect someone not to collapse when they arrive, given how different it is?"

[Serela]

>No, don't say that. People don't just randomly collapse out of amazement. XD Like maybe for a second but they don't -stay- collapsed and need help.
>Who have we told about our powers?
I'm not sure whether it's okay or not to say we tore a hole in the barrier? I mean, we're really not very strong, even if we did that, so it might not be a big deal? But, we DID tear a hole in the barrier, so it's not nothing... and it's sorta like Yukari.

Plus Aya would run an article about it so then it'd be public news.

[Neovereign]

>We didn't say anything about needing help though. We just said that we collapsed, and Reimu took us in for a while.
>And will Aya even question such a thing much? She did say that she doesn't interview outsiders much, so she probably won't look into the whole collapsing thing.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"Yeah, I collapsed. It's Gensokyo though. How do you expect someone not to collapse when they arrive, given how different it is?"

>No, don't say that. People don't just randomly collapse out of amazement. XD Like maybe for a second but they don't -stay- collapsed and need help.

>You decide not to say that due to how ridiculous it sounds.

>Who have we told about our powers?

>Renko, Yukari, Reimu, and Koishi know about your powers. You have used them in front of Chen and Kagerou as well, but they seemed to have little reaction to it, though perhaps they were more concerned with what was happening to Koishi at the time...

>We didn't say anything about needing help though. We just said that we collapsed, and Reimu took us in for a while.
>And will Aya even question such a thing much? She did say that she doesn't interview outsiders much, so she probably won't look into the whole collapsing thing.

>You doubt Aya will press the subject further unless you or someone else gives her a reason to do so. Especially when there seems to be a larger story going on.
>_

[Monarda]

>"We were at the Hakurei Shrine Ruins on our world investigating some paranormal stuff like ghosts and stuff, when we found a  portal or tear of sorts, kinda like Lady Yukari's and went through it to investigate, although my body didn't react well to entering it."

How's that ?

[Neovereign]

>I think that would make Aya question how we even saw/knew where the barrier was.

[Monarda]

>Well, it's not like we have many options, but maybe i can polish it, hold ya horses.

Edit: Done.

[Neovereign]

>Sounds very clear and believable. I like it.

[Monarda]

Alright !

>Do that action parser.

[Evil_Nazgul0616]

>"We were at the Hakurei Shrine Ruins on our world investigating some paranormal stuff like ghosts and stuff, when we found a  portal or tear of sorts, kinda like Lady Yukari's and went through it to investigate, although my body didn't react well to entering it."

>"Oh, sounds like a typical thing to happen." Aya frowns, "Though it is kinda rare to have that happen near the Hakurei Shrine, I mean, isn't the barrier supposed to be naturally thin there anyway?"
>"You are correct." says "Reimu," "There are actually multiple ways to cross near the Hakurei Shrine. Though having the gap hag spirit someone away there is quite uncommon, usually those tend to happen near Mayohiga, if I remember correctly."
>"Huh... Well, don't you guys have an incident to investigate? I mean, it's starting to get a little claustrophobic in here if you know what I mean."
>"Yes, I think we've been in this cave long enough ~ze." Marisa nods.
>_

[Monarda]

>"It's wasn't much of an spiriting away... because if we were to be eaten, then we wouldn't have arrived near the Hakurei Shrine, and as so Miss reimu wouldn't have helped us."
>Shrug.
>Try hovering a bit just to test it out.
>"So how are we going to get out of here ? I don't think walking is pretty safe with what happened, and i haven't learned to fly nor does Renko, and we need to carry poor cute Chen."
>Gently pet Chen.

[Neovereign]

>I don't think we should say anything else about the whole getting to Gensokyo thing. They know enough now.