Sumireko Quest

[the old guy]

>Wait

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Wait

>You wait.
>The APC continued moving slowly for several minutes before coming to a complete halt again. You hear the brakes being applied, so this APC won't be moving again for a while.
>"We have arrived at Fort Pentecost. Prepare to disembark." The driver announces.
>You see the back door of the APC unfolding into a ramp...and then gets blinded by the lights from outside the APC.

[AzyWng]

>Wait until we are not blind to act, if we act at all.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Wait until we are not blind to act, if we act at all.

>You wait.

>It took only a few seconds for your eyes to adjust to the light.
>You see a lot of Foreign Soldiers outside the APC. Some marched past in the background in a uniform formation, some directed cargo trucks and transport helicopters in unloading cargo, some standing guard in front of a large building that stood directly opposite of the APC...
>...But most of them are standing around the APC you're in, all having their weapons pointed at you.
>You are pretty sure this is a military base.
>One of the soldiers in the APC draws his handgun and presses the muzzle against the back of your head. "Walk." He tells you in a threatening tone.

[AzyWng]

>Walk.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Walk.

>You slowly walk out of the APC as one of the soldiers put his handgun against the back of your head.

...

>You are led into what looked like an interrogation room, complete with a mirror that you can guess (from watching all those movies and TV series) is actually only a mirror on one side and a transparent sheet of glass from the other.
>The soldiers have decided to leave you in the room and lock the door behind you.
>Now you're all alone in the room. You think...

[Tashi]

> Look around. Is there ANYTHING besides this things?

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Look around. Is there ANYTHING besides this things?

>You look around the interrogation room.
>Right in the middle, there's a metal table that looks to be bolted to the floor. There's also three chairs next to it: two on one side, and one on the other. The chairs don't seem to be bolted down.
>You also see a second door behind the single chair. Though given where you are, there's no doubt it is locked.
>You then hear the door you just got sent into the room from unlock...

[Tashi]

> Expect that general-colonel-whatever that tried to persuade us.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Expect that general-colonel-whatever that tried to persuade us.

>You expect that general to walk in through the door.

>Nope. It was Reimu. A battered, bruised Reimu, being thrown into the room by two Foreign Soldiers, one of who, you can see, is holding a cattle prod.
>After throwing Reimu in with you, the two soldiers closes the door and locks it again.
>Reimu was left lying on the floor, next to your feet.

[Tashi]

> "H-Hey! Reimu!"
> Is she unconscious?
> How bad is she injured?
> Can we lift things with ESP while being restricted?
> Remember the maximum weight we can lift.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> "H-Hey! Reimu!"
> Is she unconscious?
> How bad is she injured?
> Can we lift things with ESP while being restricted?
> Remember the maximum weight we can lift.

>"Ugh..." You hear Reimu utter. "What...is this...place...?"
>Looks like Reimu is conscious. She just don't have the stamina to do anything.
>Aside from her clothes being torn on many parts, you also see burn marks over many spots on her body. Looks like they cattle-prodded her a dozen times on their way here...

>Your ESP allows you to lift things up without physical contact. Your gesturing when ESP-lifting something/someone is just to look cool, as you can do so by just putting your mind to it.
>The maximum weight limit of your ESP-lifting is roughly the weight of a suburban car. Anything heavier either won't budge or will give you a very severe headache if you try.

[Tashi]

> "Wait a second."
> Concentrate and lift Reimu. Guide her to one of the chairs and set her there in a sitting position.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> "Wait a second."
> Concentrate and lift Reimu. Guide her to one of the chairs and set her there in a sitting position.

>You try to ESP-lift Reimu.
>Nothing happens. Weird...

>"Don't...try...Sumi..." You hear Reimu struggling to tell you something. "They...have a way...to...suppress...our powers..."

[Tashi]

> ... Wait... Did they suppressed the powers... of Reimu? Reimu Hakurei?!
> "W-What?"
> Pause and ponder... HOW?!

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> ... Wait... Did they suppressed the powers... of Reimu? Reimu Hakurei?!
> "W-What?"
> Pause and ponder... HOW?!

//Surprising, eh?

>You ponder at the surprising revelation.

>You then notice that there's some kind of collar around Reimu's neck, which definitely wasn't there before the both of you were captured.
>Reimu struggles to lift a finger and point at your neck. "Collar...suppress...power..."

[Tashi]

> Look down and check if we have it too.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Look down and check if we have it too.

>You look down, only to immediately remember that there's absolutely no way a human can look at her own neck without a mirror.

//Have you tried looking at your own neck without a mirror?  :V

[Tashi]

//Well, maybe if it was necklace-like collar...

> Feel it. Move our head around and feel for it.

[AzyWng]

>Examine Reimu's collar while we're at it.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

//Well, maybe if it was necklace-like collar...

> Feel it. Move our head around and feel for it.

>Examine Reimu's collar while we're at it.

>You feel for the collar.
>There is indeed a collar around your neck.
>You then examine the collar on Reimu's neck.
>It looks to be simply a black metallic collar that wraps around her neck at just the right tightness so as to not cause breathing problems. You assume that you have a similar collar.

[the old guy]

>Are there any key holes on Reimu's collar?

[AzyWng]

>Look for buttons, too.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Are there any key holes on Reimu's collar?

>Look for buttons, too.

//Sorry for the hiatus!

>There are neither keyholes nor buttons on the collar. If there is even a way to remove the collar, only the Foreign Military knows...

[the old guy]

>Look at the interrogation chair.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Look at the interrogation chair.

>You look at the chairs and table in the middle of the room. They're exactly the same as you saw them a minute ago.

>You then notice the door on the other side of the room unlock...

[AzyWng]

>Back away from Reimu before the people entering the room force you apart.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

>Back away from Reimu before the people entering the room force you apart.

>You back away from Reimu.

>The door opens, and entered a Foreign General accompanied by two Foreign Soldiers armed with SMGs.
>You notice that this General is not the same one you encountered at Kourindou. In fact, this one is a woman.
>These two soldiers also have a slightly different loadout than the ones from Kourindou, and Alice's House.

>As the door closes, the woman-general sits down on the chair behind the interrogation table, and the two soldiers stand guard behind her.

[AzyWng]

> Wait for the general to say something.
> Look around.

[Lt Colonel Summers]

> Wait for the general to say something.
> Look around.

>You see the woman-general open a document and start shifting through its contents.

>"Usami Sumireko. Age: 17. Hometown: Kyoto, Japan, Outside World. Second year student at Higashifukami High School. Possesses the ability of ESP. Collected seven Occult Orbs which are used for entering Gensokyo by means of penetrating the Hakurei Barrier. Then gained the ability to enter Gensokyo via dreams. Refused to cooperate with the Coalition for the sake of world safety, then conspired with the locals to evade capture..."
>The woman-general then looks at you.
>"I believe that this is not everything that makes you you, is it not?" She tells you...with an accent that clearly isn't British. It sounds like Irish?