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raikaria:
So my previous idea was kinda dying down, and honestly; I think I was running it a bit too close in themes to what I've done in the past.

So I had an idea.

What if I try something different from what we've done here before? Not just me.

What if I take a twist on something we know, but we... change things up a little; and the quakes get larger as we proceed?

What if we use canon as a basis... but change things up and see what happens?

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Gensokyo - 2002

A few months ago; night became even more dangerous than usual.

A new youkai that no-one in Gensokyo had seen before appeared, and started seeking out violent fights. Showing her superiority with strength and magic. The attacks were often vicious and brutal, often leaving the more stubborn of youkai on death's door before they would admit defeat.  The attacker was swift, to the point few could even get a good look at her beyond a flash of scarlet.

Normally; fights between youkai would not be an issue. But the freqency and absolute domination of this newcomer were rousing even the youkai to action.

The young Hakurei Shrine Maiden had been pushing for a more regulated, less hazardous form of settleing disputes. After all; she was still... young. Yet to have an heir, and the last of her line. If she were to be killed, even by accident, by an overzelous youkai causing a major incident, it could be cataclysmic for Gensokyo.

The Youkai of Gensokyo had laughed off her suggestion before. They all knew what actually killing the Hakurei Maiden could do; after all. But this newcomer... with her brutality? She might not know. What would happen if she targeted the Maiden?

And so; the Youkai petitioned for the Maiden to implement her "spellcard" system, surprising her. However, she did so with zeal.

The next night after the declaration of the "Spellcard Rules"; Gensokyo became engulfed in a scarlet mist...

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CHARACTER SELECTION/EXPLANATION

So; the twist with this story is we'll be going through the incidents... with characters not involved in them. How the characters you choose to resolve incidents... well... resolve them, could have future impacts on other incidents.

The first step before you play the Scarlet Mist Incident is to go over a few ground rules:

1: Do try to avoid metagaming. Unless a character has a *very* good reason to, they would not know the culprit beforehand. In this case, no-one is going to be familiar with the SDM, they only arrived a few months ago, and very few [if any] have gotten a good look at the Scarlet Devil who has been asserting her dominance.

2: Do try to stay somewhat in character for the character you choose. Kinda links with 1 a bit. If you pick; for example's sake, Keine; her first action isn't going to be kicking down doors and taking names like Reimu would. Yuyuko isn't going to be afflicting people with the power of DIE.

3: While there can be combat, there will often be non-violent resolutions. Not everyone is as trigger-happy as Marisa or Reimu. That said; just because there *are* non-violent solutions dosen't mean they'll always be easy. For example in this case: Remilia started the Scarlet Mist incident specifically to pick a fight to test out the spellcard rules. So; spoilers: convincing Remilia to back down without a fight is gonna be hard. Not impossible; but difficult. On another note about combat, you may not have to win if the circumstances are right.

4: There will be a banlist of characters depending on incident. Reasons for bans will be given.

Anyway; with those guidelines out of the way:

Onto the banlist; and with this being EoSD... the banlist is fairly long:

SDM Residents - Do I need to explain? I will allow Cirno/Daiyousei/Rumia as they are more bystanders.
Reimu/Marisa - Heroines normally
All Characters Outside Gensokyo - The mist does not effect them. This notably includes characters like the Moriya Shrine who have not arrived yet; as well as characters like Eiki; the cast of WBaWC except Kutaka; the entire cast of LoLK; Youmu/Yuyuko...
The Underground Youkai - Still underground and doing their own isolation thing. Remember even by the time of SA it was literally taboo for youkai aboveground to go overground and vica versa with a few exceptions [Rin collecting corpses for example since that's kinda her job]. This also include the Myouren Crew who are still stuck underground.
Auun; Narumi; Yatusashi; Benben; Kokoro - They are not born yet [Auun and Narumi were animated by Okina's powers in 16; Kokoro came to life just before HM; and Yatusashi/Benben were brought to life by Sukana's use of the Miracle Mallet]
Yukari/Okina - The incident is below the point where they would intereve. Also; Yukari is probobly sleeping, and Okina is still being the secret God.
Eientei - Until IN; they were in isolation keeping their existence secret. So wouldn't reveal themselves now. [Also since Eientei is effected by Kaguya's power of Eternity it's questionable if the Scarlet Mist even effects it so if they are even aware]
PC-98 - Most of them lack characters, are not in Gensokyo [Hi MS] or would just turn this into Mima Quest. I may start to allow some PC-98 characters in later incidents that make sense, but leaving them be for now. [This does not include Alice/Yuuka; they're in Windows; they are fair game]
Akyuu/Kosuzu - Akyuu is like... 4. Kosuzu is even younger; if born at all.

Just because a character was not introduced before EoSD dosen't mean you cannot select them. For example; Aya and Nitori are perfectly selectable characters. [Hell; the entire Touhou 18 cast is legal]. If you want to have a character like Minoriko go and resolve this incident, do it! See what ripple effect that would have down the line!

Neovereign:
//Never played a quest with them as a playable character, so...
> Daiyousei

Tom:
// Greater fairy sounds good!  Though it'll probably make things hard difficulty since she's only a midboss...
> Daiyousei

Evil_Nazgul0616:
// Might I propose a different fairy?

>Luna Child

// Also Rai, are we locked into our character choice for the whole quest, will be forced to pick a new one each incident, or will we only be forced to switch if the character we're playing gets banned for an incident? If so would it be temporary?

raikaria:

--- Quote from: Evil_Nazgul0616 on May 15, 2023, 06:20:26 AM ---// Also Rai, are we locked into our character choice for the whole quest, will be forced to pick a new one each incident, or will we only be forced to switch if the character we're playing gets banned for an incident? If so would it be temporary?

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Character selection re-occurs at every incident. Different characters will be available for different incidents. *However* of course your actions in one incident might impact other, or even impact which characters may get involved. If anything; I encourage using different characters in part because more characters enter Gensokyo as the games progress. For example; after Touhou 10; the Moriya crew will be available [Well; Kanako will take a bit longer because... you know]; after Touhou 11 the Underground and aboveground start interacting again, after Touhou 12 Byakuren's crew is about and so on.


--- Quote from: Neovereign on May 14, 2023, 06:31:58 PM ---//Never played a quest with them as a playable character, so...
> Daiyousei

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--- Quote from: Tom on May 15, 2023, 06:18:17 AM ---// Greater fairy sounds good!  Though it'll probably make things hard difficulty since she's only a midboss...
> Daiyousei

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> ERROR NO NAME FOUND - Placeholder - "Daiyousei"

> Race: Water Fairy

> Character Abilities: Short-range teleportation [Limited to a few meters; and has a wind-up]; greater magical power and skill than most fairies

> Other:
Racial - Fairy: You are the size of a human child; and have the strength of one as well. However, you also have Ressurective Immortality, and can grow in power around areas connected with your natural aspect.
Fairy Bond - Fairies are all nature spirits; so have quite a kinship with fairies they get along with, and a habit of attacking in groups. As such; you may be able to call in an [Assist] from other fairies. [Assist] can call in both named and unnamed fairies.
Greater Fairy - Your status as a "Daiyousei" gives you a diplomacy boost against lesser fairies.

Notable Relations:
Lilly White - Friend [She *does* team up with Lilly to attack Cirno in GFW...]. Lilly White is added to the potential Assist pool. However, since the Scarlet Mist Incident occurs during Summer; she is not as strong as in Spring.

[I'm not putting Cirno as a friend since Dai chose to side against her during GFW]

--- Quote from: Evil_Nazgul0616 on May 15, 2023, 06:20:26 AM ---// Might I propose a different fairy?

>Luna Child

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>> Luna Child

>> Race: Light Fairy

> Character Abilities: Muting Surrounding Sound; higher magical power than average fairy [Remember GFW is exaggerated from Cirno's perspective; she's not as crazy as in that]. Gains further power at night-time; but weakened at day.

> Other:
Racial - Fairy: You are the size of a human child; and have the strength of one as well. However, you also have Ressurective Immortality, and can grow in power around areas connected with your natural aspect.
Fairy Bond - Fairies are all nature spirits; so have quite a kinship with fairies they get along with, and a habit of attacking in groups. As such; you may be able to call in an [Assist] from other fairies. [Assist] can call in both named and unnamed fairies.

Notable Relations:
Star Sapphire - Friend - Star Sapphire is added to the Assist pool. Star Sapphire is far less likely to lose interest or flee.
Sunny Milk - Friend - Sunny Milk is added to the Fairy Assist pool. Sunny Milk is far less likely to lose interest of flee. She is stronger at daytime and weaker at night.

[Basically Dai gets a Fairy diplomacy boost and teleportation but Luna has a better assist pool and Muting. Feels weird to have Luna without Sunny/Star, but if I gave Dai *nothing the choice would be obvious so I gave her Lily.]

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