Face, meet fist. This is Akyu Quest!

[Kasu]

> Wait.

[Fightest]

>Test left leg.
>Make sure none of the faeries wander off, or try anything silly. If it feels like there's time, inspect the troops.

> You're fine. Gonna be sore as hell in the morning, but fine for now.
> The fairies are all here, chatting quietly, but nervously. Some are munching on sandwiches.

> Wait.

> Time passes. The fairies' nervousness is increasing by the minute.
> You hear a rustling in the bamboo trees a few dozen metres ahead of you. There seems to be quite a commotion.

[Mr_Bob]

>How loud of a commotion? Could we get a sentry in the air discreetly?

[Fightest]

> It seems pretty clear that the sentries in those trees are pulling back. It's likely that Cirno's attack has started. You've not heard any air horn signals yet.

[Hello Purvis]

>Quietly tell the troops to get ready, it will be go time shortly.
>Mentally tally how long it should take the rabbits to get there, and from that how long we can anticipate before Cirno sounds the horn.

[Fightest]

> Judging by the radius of the perimeter circle, and the expected speed at which a given rabbit travels, the horn should be sounding just around...
> Honk!
> The blast from the air horn sounds once, echoing around the bamboo forest. Some of the fairies are startled by the sudden signal. You yourself feel the rush of adrenaline channeling through your body, washing away the rest of the aches from the last fight.

[Kasu]

> Motion for the fairies to follow us.
> Head into Eientei.

[Hello Purvis]

>Stay wary. Be ready for ambushes.

[Demonbman]

>"FOR NARNIA!"
 
>Encourage Fairies

[MysTeariousYukari]

> "Come on guys, or rather, girls! Lets kick some butt!"

[Fightest]

> The fairies gather, their worry being replaced by determination.
> You start heading into the direction of Eientei. Nothing happens as you pass the perimeter line - the rabbits must have been well and truly distracted. You can just barely spot Eientei through the gaps between the bamboo trees in the distance.
> You walk no more than a few meters when you see something... strange. The bamboo trees ahead of you seem to warp and bend, some suddenly flipping upside-down, as if seen through a gigantic drop of water. Right through the centre of the visual distortion you can see Eientei, suddenly seeming much closer, as if it's no more than ten meters away from you.
> You see a pinprick flash of red, somewhere on the roof of Eientei, and something very hard and very fast zips past your cheek and slams into the fairy just behind you. She is blasted down into the ground, no longer moving.

[Mr_Bob]

>"CHARGE! TO THE SKIES! BY THE GROUND! I DON"T CARE! CHARGE!"
(Green is best! WAAAAGH!)
>Get low and sprint, with one arm spread open in front, the other guarding our face and as much body as possible.
>Get some kiai echolocation going, focus permitting, to keep our being.

[Fightest]

> You raise your arm just in time - a blindingly fast bullet smashes into your gauntlet, and, despite the armouring, it still hurts like a sumbitch. The force of the impact knocks you off your feet.
> The fairies charge forward around you as you get to your feet.
> The optical distortion has shifted position and orientation - looking through it, you can only see the night sky and the stars, despite there having to be bamboo trees there, the stars' light refracted into all the colours of the rainbow at their edges.
> Bullets find their targets everywhere - the shots are slow, but viciously accurate, each one disabling a fairy. Still, by the sheer force of numbers, the fairies make their way into the clearing.
> You are just behind them, the clearing is just ahead. You cannot see what's going on - a gust of wind has set the bamboo trees swaying back and forth, blocking all sight.

[Kasu]

> Attempt a kiai.

[Fightest]

> Your shout rattles the trees around you and sends small clumps of dirt flying. Your spiritual sight tells you that the optical distortion is clearly magical. However, you cannot see very far through your Qi, so you cannot divine any more information about the attacks.

[Hello Purvis]

>Do we still see the bit of red? Because if so, what the hell are we bum rushing the faeries for when they could be throwing waves and waves on danmakus and not getting them KOed?

[Fightest]

> The bullet fire from Eientei seems to have far superior range and accuracy to Fairy Danmaku. The fairies could be picked off well before they score a bullet hit on the attacker, and that's even assuming they can pinpoint them at this distance.

[Hello Purvis]

>Try to get them into range, and let them unleash enough danmaku they don't need to aim.
>Also get out there yourself, try to get toward the gates and give the sniper something else to worry about. Stay defensive, of course.

[Fightest]

> You rush out into the clearing in which Eientei stands, behind your group of fairies.
> On all three of your sides, barring behind you, stand groups of rabbits. There are just slightly more of them than of the fairies, in total. They are all in defensive formation, trying to prevent you from passing.

[Hello Purvis]

>Frown.
>What percentage of their forces, from what we recall, seems to be here?

[Fightest]

> This is about a quarter. Just about barely enough to defend the rear in the case of a surprise assault from two sides.

[Kasu]

> Press on through the barrage.  We promised New Kid we'd get her out if something went wrong dammit!

[Hello Purvis]

>Direct the faeries to focus fire on the rabbits. Try to break their lines.

[Fightest]

> With your commands, the fairies recover from the surprise of the rabbits' being prepared for them and open fire on all sides. The rabbits respond with the same, and the area very quickly becomes a living bullet hell.
> The optical distortion shifts again, and you can now make out who has been shooting you: a tall, violet-haired girl with long ears. She is wearing a skin-tight black leather catsuit with two thin red stripes flanking the zipper going down the centre. She is standing on one knee, one arm outstretched, braced by the other arm. Her eyes are a brilliant red, flashing brightly every time she fires a bullet from her outstretched arm. The optical distortion briefly glows red every time that happens in accompaniment. She seems no more than twenty metres away.
> Her bullets smash into the fairies' ranks, expertly picking off those who are distracted by the rabbits' fire, or those that have been separated from the main group. At this rate, it's going to be a near loss on your end.

[Hello Purvis]

>Where is this gunwoman at?

[Fightest]

> It's very disorienting, what with her seeming to be no more than ten meters away, but she is on the roof of Eientei proper, easily seventy, eighty meters away.

[Hello Purvis]

>Give the order to draw back (as opposed to retreat). As well, make sure the faeries don't clump together too closely. Try to keep up the fire on the rabbits and keep their ranks in disarray, while forcing them to have to follow us to keep up their attack. In particular, to get out of the sniper's range as reaching her is not an option right now.
>Do we have enough faeries to hold things while splitting off a division to try to circle around and hit one of the rabbit groups from two sides?

[Demonbman]

>Do we have anything that we could cause a great flash with?
>If so, use it to temporaryally disarm Reisen's powers, then charge


>If not, go with Purvis's plan

[Fightest]

>Give the order to draw back (as opposed to retreat). As well, make sure the faeries don't clump together too closely. Try to keep up the fire on the rabbits and keep their ranks in disarray, while forcing them to have to follow us to keep up their attack. In particular, to get out of the sniper's range as reaching her is not an option right now.
>Do we have enough faeries to hold things while splitting off a division to try to circle around and hit one of the rabbit groups from two sides?

> You perform a strategic withdrawal, although, considering the chaos, it's more of a matter of the rapid-firing mob of fairies oozing slowly in your direction. Getting out of the sniper's range is going to be tough - she was already firing at you while you were still in the forest.
> The fairies are stronger than the rabbits, generally, and the rabbits have no actual hope of pushing you back, only holding you in place. So yes, you can perform the risky maneuver - you would be weakening your front in exchange for the possibility of crushing one of the rabbits' formations from two sides.

>Do we have anything that we could cause a great flash with?

> You have no mechanical or magical device that can do this, and your Martial Arts and Brawling are not high enough for you to consider doing it some other way.

[Hello Purvis]

>Are the rabbits fighting primarily through danmaku, or are there physical attacks involved as well?