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Fresh Faces in the Kaleidoscope (Completed!) (+Epilogue)
Esifex:
UH OH I HEAR SOME PLOT COMING
Ahead of Sara, sheltered from any direct probes with her telepathy, Koishi felt a pang of sorrow. Her Third Eye was open, but rather than convincing anyone around her that they couldn?t see her, she was instead using it to blot out Sara?s sensation of being inspected. It had been a long time since she?d used her Third Eye to actually read into someone?s mind rather than talk to their subconscious, but being a satori, the ability and talent was there.
The reason for her melancholy was her new traveling companion. The thoughts roiling about through Sara?s mind and the effect they were having upon her subconscious were disturbing. Disturbing enough that she had to act on them.
Glancing back to make sure that Sara?s physical distance was still far beyond earshot, she slipped her hand into the rut-sack that Yukari had given her and pulled out the small plastic rectangle. She pushed the single button on it, hoping it was still working like Yukari said it would be.
?Yukari? Yukari, can you hear me? I don?t know if I?m doing this right?? she said into it. She felt as though she?d picked up a rock and had started talking to it.
Yukari?s voice came out of the small arrangement of holes in the shell. ?Yes, Koishi. I can hear you, and you?re using the walky-talky correctly. What?s wrong??
Koishi blinked at the little box in her hand. Fascinating, but the why and how would have to wait. ?Sara, of course. Her thoughts are turning towards some kind of twisted justice, what she feels is justified revenge. She?s planning on heading back towards the human village and psychically forcing her memories of her getting forced out into everyone there. I know you?re not normally psychic, so you don?t know what that means? but that?s nigh equivalent to mental rape.?
?I think you?re over-exaggerating a bit, Koishi.?
?I?m not. Forcing memories into someone else?s mind can lead to confusion of identity, and can imprint parts of the senders? personality onto the recipient. For a non-telepath, there?s no defense. You can?t stop someone like Sara, who can broadcast directly into anyone?s mind.?
?Her name is Esifex now. Please don?t make me repeat this.
?Very well. I?ll take with the shrine maiden, and we?ll intercept you outside the human village.?
?You think we need her? Isn?t she just human??
There was a pause before Yukari answered. ?She is. That won?t be a problem. Remember the massive potential she has ? she?s defeated us both before, remember??
?That was different, Yukari. That was danmaku. Esifex isn?t going to play by danmaku rules with her telepathy ? she?s on a righteous vendetta right now.?
?Reimu will be fine. Trust me. Now, do yourself a favor and put the walky-talky back in the pouch. The longer we discuss this, the more you?ll dwell on it, and the more likely Esifex is to pick up on your thoughts. We don?t want to tip her off if we can salvage this situation.?
Koishi sighed. ?Right, right. We?ll see you at the human village. If there?s a change in the plan, I?ll find the time to contact you.? She slid the walky-talky back into her satchel and continued on the path. A quick glance behind her confirmed that Esifex hadn?t moved any closer.
Koishi did a double-take. Esifex hadn?t moved at all.
What in the name of the True Hell? she thought. Her Third Eye narrowed as she fine-tuned her focus.
Esifex was astral-projecting; that?s why her body hadn?t moved.
So where was her mind?
Am I that far gone?
Have I changed that much?
I?ve changed, yes. But it?s their fault. Why is it that you can?t trust a human to be good to a human? I?ve gotten more aid from Koishi and Yukari than I have the humans. They have what?s coming to them.
I bring my mind back into my body and inhale deeply. Autonomous muscle function keeps me breathing while I?m out and about, but it doesn?t do well towards keeping me from getting light-headed when I start to move about again under my own proper power.
I banish what I?d just overheard from my mind and go back to neutrality. I have no clue how well Koishi can snoop around through my head, but I don?t need to be leaving any hints lying around what I?d heard.
So, Yukari and the shrine maiden, together in one place? Let?s see if I can?t convince them to send me home.
For the sake of proper comprehension of the story, Esifex only started eavesdropping on Koishi right around Yukari saying she'll bring Reimu along. Thusly when the inevitable big misunderstanding happens, no one is surprised or accuses me of ass-pulling.
Thus concludes our broadcast day. Pending review this may or may not be the last we see of this for a little while.
Kasu:
This is still all kinds of awesome. I love the humour you inject into the story as well.
MysTeariousYukari:
I am loving this! :* Please continue it! Also, are you really like that Esifex? I haven't spoken with you much/at all, but I think of you as much much nicer then the Esifex in the story is being shown as now, anger and confusion, with the confusion making the anger even worse.
Chaore:
Well, given his lack of breasts...
Actually, according to Ran that pretty much is him! : D
Iced Fairy:
Hm... I wonder if the Sara bleed over is occuring, though I can kind of understand the general rage against humanity there. Still follow that line of reasoning too far and you might end up a youkai yourself. Ah well nothing a shrine maiden can't handle.
I do like the Koishi though. Loads of fun.