Youmu:

> "Who was performing? Maybe they might know something. Or even just be able to tell us if they were affected or not."
> "Also, it definitely seemed like the ribbon kept trying to detach Alice from herself, even if it hasn't happened in a bit."

Myon:

> Try to inch-float a little closer to be able to hear that side conversation better.

> "That would be me." Alice answers. "It was a doll show. And that's why I stopped getting so close."
> "Perhaps the cat got some control over it now?" Miko suggests.
> "Oh right, Orin could do that. She was able to control the spirits that were around that palace in the underground." Marisa explains. "But if she could just pull spirits out of people, that'd make fights a lot easier for her."
> "She can't normally." Satori answers. "Which means this ribbon is changing that."
> "Maybe it's something from Kourindou? I know some weird stuff pops up there sometimes." Marisa suggests.
> "I guess that's close to the Human Village... we could ask him if he's seen either this cat or the ribbon. Otherwise, there's no leads." Aya speaks.
> "So, we could ask Rinnos-"
> "Aya just suggested that." Miko speaks.
> "O-Oh, she came back out? Didn't think she'd want to leave her body for long."
> "I'd like to get back but everyone keeps declining or ignoring me..."

> You mosey over more.
> "Even with her tails, she can't express things in Charades much better than anyone else." Yukari comments.
> "Hmhm, maybe we should have a game night. I wonder how it'd be planned." Yuyuko responds.
> "Ah, I'm sure that'd be nice for Ran's shikigami. I hear she hasn't had the chance to play with one of her friends thanks to getting in trouble with Ran. Rin, another cat, I believe."
> "Oh, won't she rebel at this age with that treatment?"
> "It'll be a lesson to Ran if she does. But she probably has Chen close enough to be a good girl."
>_

> "...Yeah, maybe not..."

>"I think we'd be okay," Koa says, her mouth half full.

>_

> "I see Youmu and Yuyuko over there, you guys stay here, this needs to be private."
> Hand over Shinmyoumaru to Shion, put on our hat and follow Youmu and Yuyuko.

Youmu:

> "There's a ribbon on her that apparently she didn't put there and can't remove on her own. I could just cut it off, but there's no guarantee that doing so would actually fix the problem."

Myon:

> Can we hear what Mistress and Lady Yukari are saying?

> They're talking about Charades more. Something about Ran as well.

> "It doesn't look sealed on there." Reimu notes.
> One of the dolls tries to tug it off, to no success.
> "Must be magic then." Marisa says. "Where did she get it?"
> "It seems she doesn't know." Satori answers. "That it was just on her recently."
> "What about places she's been?"
> Satori looks over at the cat again, and answers for her: "Just the village today. Around the time someone was doing a performance."
> "So this did start with the village, then." Alice comments. "I guess we caught it early. But finishing this up... hm."
> "You can take your time, right? There's no rush since the trouble has been caught." Marisa says.
> "What about where she got the ribbon from? Why is it keeping her from turning back into a human if it's not a seal?" Reimu questions.
> "Right. Someone else could be causing trouble, and we have not clue who." Satori says.
> "I doubt anyone remembers everyone who was at the vil-"
> "I'm a bit confused." Aya suddenly interjects, floating into the room. "Why did I get got too if I was only flying near the village?"
> "Well, it was a massive amount of the villagers caught too. Maybe it was a large radius." Miko says. "Though she's not doing much now."
> "Right. And the entire Misty Lake wasn't subject either when we found her there, only a handful of fairies close to her." Alice adds on.
>_

youkai: goof around, go on hunting raids to spirit humans away from the outside world and eat them. Generally a good life.

humans: Probably sucks, you're stuck with 1850s level technology and are at risk of being attacked by youkai if you ever leave. Unless you have magical powers like the main characters you're living a pretty ordinary but backwards life.