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Title: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on February 20, 2020, 05:36:13 PM
> You are [Usually] Rumia. But right now you control Louise

(https://safebooru.org//images/1340/06381a17dd0e795078710022f11f075676e13fd6.png?1393414)



Except right now; Rumia, Koakuma and Kogasa are fleeing from a decrepit Makaian Castle; while a transportation spell warms up to send them back to Gensokyo; Gugnir in tow.

The legendary spear of Remilia Scarlet was stolen from her after an assault by Elis; a violent Makaian 'True Vampire' who is working along with some sort of Heretic Cult that seeks to depose Shinki, and are seeking any means to do so. Particularly the Grimoire of Alice.

As you are fleeing, Elis is being delayed by Louise, a Phantom who crossed into Gensokyo to investigate. She claims to be the only ghost in all of Makai, and is a highly talented magician. You are currently in control of Louise, buying time for Rumia against Elis.

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Important Character Status/Relations for new Players:

Rumia - As normal; except Shinki has lightly loosened the Seal so you can actually see in the dark now.

Team (9) - Daiyousei, Cirno and Mystia are currently in Patchouli's library awaiting your return. Wriggle has stayed behind at Eientei with Alice. An astral projection of a human called Sumireiko is also with Daiyousei; Cirno and Mystia.

Mayina - An orange-haired male demon of the same class as Koakuma,who has been banished from Makai for aiding the Heretics. He's quite anti-social and seems to dislike everyone, but has almost no magical power due to being outside Makai; and what he does have is finite. He's been placed as your responsibility; as you stopped Yumeko from Eradicating him. He is with the others at Patchouli's library awaiting your return.

Alice - The primary target of the Heretics; due to the power allegedly contained in her Grimoire; magic directly given to her by Shinki. You helped her narrowly escape an attack from Elis, and she is currently within Eientei; which is protected by the Power of Eternity.

Elis - A seemingly high-ranking member of the Heretic Cult. An ancient Vampire of great power and violent tendencies. She cannot resist a good fight and loves to toy with people to show her absolute superiority. She was injured by the sunlight, seemingly unaware of this weakness due to the lack of the Sun in Makai.

Louise - A 'Phantom' undead, who inhabits the destroyed Ruins of Vina, an ancient city of Makai that was obliterated in some kind of cataclysm. She usually has a mirror-familiar floating over her shoulder and rarely opens her eyes. Notably; Makai's afterlife system shouldn't have any undead; but Louise claims it was a result of her natural ability that let her linger after death.


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Makaian Terminology:

Daemon - Naturally occurring Makaian lifeform formed from the Miasma, that is more advanced than a Fairy or a Beast.

Koa - Lesser rank deamon. Generally all look somewhat similar, and often found in other worlds wearing servant uniforms under 'Servitude Contracts'. Koakuma and Mayina are 'Koa' class deamons. Koas who get enough power become Chu Daemons. However, they are not child-like like Fairies. [Makai has it's own fairies anyway]

Chu - Chu deamons are stronger and more diverse than Koa Deamons. Whereas Koa daemons are generally all similar in build, Chus can start to look rather different, as a deamon essentially starts to become their ideal self. Generally while a Koa may look like a teenager; a Chu will look like an adult in their 20's. [Provided they opt for a humanoid form].

Dai - Dai deamons are Greater Deamons and among the strongest beings in Makai. Even more diverse than Chu Deamons, but quite rare. Vampires were apparently a clan of Dai-class deamons originally who spread vampirism to other worlds. Mai is also a Dai-class Ice deamon.

Mage [Plural: Magi] - Generally the catch-all term for Non-Natives of Makai who reside there. Covers Wizards; Witches; Warlocks and such. Particularly powerful and respected Magi are called Archmagi. [And commanding the respect of Makaians when it comes to magical prowess isn't easy] Louise and Yuki are Magi.

Child of Shinki - A being directly created by Shinki. Attitudes towards them can vary quite drastically, although they usually have some element of respect for their status. Yumeko and Alice are Children of Shinki.

Miasma - Raw, chaotic magical energy that permeates Makai. Everything in Makai is connected to the Miasma, and the Miasma is thought to be part of Shinki herself. The Miasma is toxic to those who cannot withstand it, which even covers most Youkai. Only very powerful magical beings such as Witches and Wizards, and natives can stand Makai's Miasma without assistance.  Most daemons require the Miasma to power their magic, although Vampires are a notable exception having specifically adapted to invade other worlds.

Paradise - The capital [And only] City of Makai. A wondrous place of magic and crystals; with the castle of Pandemonium, Shinki's abode, floating above it. It exists at the exact center of Makai.

Vina - An ancient, but ruined City of Makai near an ocean of liquid Miasma. Was largely inhabited by Magi, and crossed over between worlds rather frequently [Making this also the home of the Vampires], usually being the place foreigners would arrive in Makai.

Servitude Contract - When someone summons a daemon, this is what the summoned daemon enters.  The terms both cover the duties of the daemon, but also responsibilities of the owner to not abuse them and such. Notably; these contracts allow daemons to feed off their master's magical energy, so they need not worry about not having Miasma.

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Character Relation Sheet:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kXTuH60F-0z7iCl90DyS22gwYSK44igteW8LRz_J0KM/edit?usp=sharing

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Gameplay:

Players can discuss about and submit actions for whatever character [Or Characters] are being controlled. I [The GM] will then parse said actions, and control any NPC's.

Asking the GM Questions is always a free action [But don't expect knowledge you wouldn't know IC]. Asking *characters* questions may not be however.

The way I run Quests; Bad Ends are possible if you make a silly enough decision. In the event of a Bad End I will parse the Bad End, then rewind time to a previous state [Usually just before the silly decision.]

Example: The players decide to willingly try and block Elis in a Spellcard-barrier with them at Dawn. Said Vampire responds by flat out blood-magic exploding Rumia and fleeing anyway because no way is she staying in the sunlight when it's just burnt her arm to the bone. This gets parsed, and then players are rewound to just before they tried to stick Elis in a 'you're stuck in here with me' situation.

This is to encourage players to take risks without worrying about permanently screwing up.
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Reserving Next post to parse prior thread's actions, but I'd rather keep that out of this already lengthy OP.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on February 20, 2020, 05:50:39 PM
> Use our mirror as a "substitute" and move it in front of us to block the magical blades that way we don't both get hit by one

> "Isn't there virtue in being clever with your magic?  Sometimes it's more effective than raw power, but I'll let off the temperature gimmick if you protest"
> Stop the cold magic and instead focus on redirecting animation magic on areas that there is no blood, forcing her to spread it out more if she wants to regain control, additionally attempt to twist the knight's arm by rotating our animated sword from the edge to gain leverage

> "But I'll respond to your blades with some of my own"
> Throw many magical knives at her and instruct our mirror to fill in holes in our pattern with kunai

> You pull the mirror towards you; but the blast which was aimed at the mirror adjusts slightly as it shoots, clipping the frame. This; in turn, causes it to only just manage to deflect the blade aimed towards you enough that it cuts your sleeve.

> You ease up on the cold magic, and decide to fight Elis' Blood magic more directly. You manage to twist the knight's arm around by focusing the magic on that part specifically, although Elis in turn seems to focus on making the Knight itself move towards you, raising it's empty gauntlet like it intends to bring it down like a hammer.

> You conjure and throw several magical knives towards Elis; which fly around the suit of Armour. The vampire dosen't even pay attention to them, letting them hit her and dissipate, any damage they did do recovering nigh immediately. Your mirror dosen't fire kunai shots because it's still recovering from the glanceing blows it took and getting back into the right position. If it were to fire right now, in it's current staggered position and in front of you, it would hit you.

> Do not lose sight of the 3 blades :dodging or another "Deflection of Shield-Mirror" might beneeded.

> Make the magical knives&kunai double arch ,aiming in a way to reduce even more dodging room, to escape and imprint a throwing effect similiar to home-in

> Switch to actual home-in aiming for the injured side of Elis when they approach her ,if able of course.

//For  stepping-up the Challenge,since Elis is doing that and "anticipating" leat the "Boredom Bar" goes up again , the experimental idea&planning of " mass animating the debris,enchanting and transmutating them ,as possible ,all/ most of them using them as gestalt/combinations from behind and sides "has its feasible potential  ,or the basics of it has it at least th ; of course with keeping pressure&dustraction at the forefront and sides by Louise ,the Mirror and the Sword...wirh the Blood Possesed Armour dodged/avoided/stopped //

[First part of your post is basically what Tom said so I'm skipping that for redundancy's sake]

> You keep an eye on the other three blades, and once they fly past you, you just follow their magical signature. They stop; and turn back around. Pointing towards you, but not flying towards you yet. They seem to be on standby.

> Elis flicks her wand, and the three blades stick themselves into the ground around you, melting into it. As they melt; they form a rune beneath you.

> The rune has the Makaian sigil for 'Blood' in the center, and starts to glow, the scarlet edges of the rune bubbleing and starting to spread over the floor. At a glance you cannot tell exactly what sort of rune this is or exactly what it will do, but since the core sigil is 'Blood' you absolutely know whatever is about to happen will involve Blood.

> No particular change in the status bars this round; but I'll post them again and explain it for any new players:

(https://i.imgur.com/1iAgIpz.png)

> Louise's Purple Bar is a sort of HP/MP combination. If this empties and you have not brought enough time; you Lose; a Bad End occurs and you'll get booted back a bit to retry. Of course; you're fine losing if you have brought enough time. You're already dead anyway.

> Elis' Green/Red bar is 'Seriousness'. If she gets excessively bored [In which case she takes a 'get out of my way' attitude] or feels like she needs to step it up; this will rise.

> The Blue/Yellow bar is 'Boredom'. Basically; how much you're keeping Elis interested in fighting you, since the objective is to distract her from chasing Rumia. The higher this rises; the quicker Elis will become more serious.

> Elis does have a third bar for her Defeat Condition, but this is not the objective and thus is hidden and will only appear if you create a situation where you can actually defeat Elis. It is not intended to defeat Elis here, merely stall her. I will not be giving hints as to this condition either. Consider it a hidden bonus.

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Any new players; I am happy to answer questions you may have. Asking questions to the GM is a free action!
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on February 21, 2020, 12:57:55 AM
> You pull the mirror towards you; but the blast which was aimed at the mirror adjusts slightly as it shoots, clipping the frame. This; in turn, causes it to only just manage to deflect the blade aimed towards you enough that it cuts your sleeve.

> You ease up on the cold magic, and decide to fight Elis' Blood magic more directly. You manage to twist the knight's arm around by focusing the magic on that part specifically, although Elis in turn seems to focus on making the Knight itself move towards you, raising it's empty gauntlet like it intends to bring it down like a hammer.

> You conjure and throw several magical knives towards Elis; which fly around the suit of Armour. The vampire dosen't even pay attention to them, letting them hit her and dissipate, any damage they did do recovering nigh immediately. Your mirror dosen't fire kunai shots because it's still recovering from the glanceing blows it took and getting back into the right position. If it were to fire right now, in it's current staggered position and in front of you, it would hit you.

[First part of your post is basically what Tom said so I'm skipping that for redundancy's sake]

> You keep an eye on the other three blades, and once they fly past you, you just follow their magical signature. They stop; and turn back around. Pointing towards you, but not flying towards you yet. They seem to be on standby.

> Elis flicks her wand, and the three blades stick themselves into the ground around you, melting into it. As they melt; they form a rune beneath you.

> The rune has the Makaian sigil for 'Blood' in the center, and starts to glow, the scarlet edges of the rune bubbleing and starting to spread over the floor. At a glance you cannot tell exactly what sort of rune this is or exactly what it will do, but since the core sigil is 'Blood' you absolutely know whatever is about to happen will involve Blood.

> No particular change in the status bars this round; but I'll post them again and explain it for any new players:

(https://i.imgur.com/1iAgIpz.png)

> Louise's Purple Bar is a sort of HP/MP combination. If this empties and you have not brought enough time; you Lose; a Bad End occurs and you'll get booted back a bit to retry. Of course; you're fine losing if you have brought enough time. You're already dead anyway.

> Elis' Green/Red bar is 'Seriousness'. If she gets excessively bored [In which case she takes a 'get out of my way' attitude] or feels like she needs to step it up; this will rise.

> The Blue/Yellow bar is 'Boredom'. Basically; how much you're keeping Elis interested in fighting you, since the objective is to distract her from chasing Rumia. The higher this rises; the quicker Elis will become more serious.

> Elis does have a third bar for her Defeat Condition, but this is not the objective and thus is hidden and will only appear if you create a situation where you can actually defeat Elis. It is not intended to defeat Elis here, merely stall her. I will not be giving hints as to this condition either. Consider it a hidden bonus.

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Any new players; I am happy to answer questions you may have. Asking questions to the GM is a free action!

> How large and complex is the sigil with its "signature" beneath?

> Is it possible to dispel it,even partly, or those of this kind have a fixed range+"condition" making it more efficient to nimbly move away from it ?

> In which position is the Mirror in relation to us and to Elis ?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on February 21, 2020, 09:42:03 PM
> Blood wouldn't have anything to do with us, we don't have any!  We can't let the knight step into the magic circle!

> Quickly dash out of the magic circle towards the side of the room
> Try and break the knight by using the leverage from the sword and parts Elis can't control, try and twist them in ways its not designed to

> Try and animate some fallen bricks behind Elis to form a sphere and hit her from behind, aim half of them at her wand
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on February 24, 2020, 09:18:33 PM
> Blood wouldn't have anything to do with us, we don't have any!  We can't let the knight step into the magic circle!

> Quickly dash out of the magic circle towards the side of the room
> Try and break the knight by using the leverage from the sword and parts Elis can't control, try and twist them in ways its not designed to

> Try and animate some fallen bricks behind Elis to form a sphere and hit her from behind, aim half of them at her wand

> You float out of the rune, putting as much distance as you can.

> As you are doing this; you try to break the armoured suit. You manage to unhinge the arm holding the sword; which floats on it's own via your animation. The Knight forms a replacement arm from blood and starts lurching towards you at a now-uninhibited pace.

> Due to the knight chargeing at you; I am not parseing the rubble command.

> Blood is seeping from the rune still. It seems to be filling the room, so it may be a summoning rune. The blood is covering the floor in a thin layer, but has not reached the other room yet.

> Since all you really did was move and pull an arm, no status update. Also this round was fairly fast so Elis' status hasn't updated.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on February 24, 2020, 09:38:56 PM
> Dash with our haste out of there and into the new room

> Oh she's summoning more blood to help with her rituals?  No thank you!
> From the new room animate the bricks on the floor to reform a "brick wall" by rebuilding themselves near the ground, this is to prevent the blood from flowing into the new room.  Make the brick wall a little over knee height, if we need something to "glue" the bricks to eachother or fill small holes use Ice.

> Shoot lasers into our mirror familiar (which would be behind her since we dashed into the new room) which should reflect them at Elis' back.  Instruct our mirror to amplify the charge of the lasers it reflects
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on February 27, 2020, 09:40:07 PM
> Dash with our haste out of there and into the new room

> Oh she's summoning more blood to help with her rituals?  No thank you!
> From the new room animate the bricks on the floor to reform a "brick wall" by rebuilding themselves near the ground, this is to prevent the blood from flowing into the new room.  Make the brick wall a little over knee height, if we need something to "glue" the bricks to eachother or fill small holes use Ice.

> Shoot lasers into our mirror familiar (which would be behind her since we dashed into the new room) which should reflect them at Elis' back.  Instruct our mirror to amplify the charge of the lasers it reflects

> Just to check for positioning; I imagine you'd want the mirror at a 90 degree angle to Elis and you, like a triangle formation?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on February 27, 2020, 11:07:44 PM
> Yes around 90, the goal it to hit her from an angle she isn't expecting and disrupt whatever shes trying to do while also staying out of the bloody room.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on February 28, 2020, 01:05:54 PM
> Is it possible to dispel or modify that summoning rune or place another one on top or next to it for counterattacking?

> Besides ice and wind, what do we have at our disposal that could "interfere" with organic matter like blood?

> Start out with weak lasers, to lure Elis to take on the attacks like the previous ones, after that charge them up to a great extent but always Mirror-Reflected and aim-adjusted , with the help of Haste as well, to reach for blindsides.

>
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on February 28, 2020, 03:38:39 PM
> No don't start with weak lasers, do normal powerful attacks
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on March 02, 2020, 03:55:38 AM
> Is the " Arm-Sword" trailing behind us even if still in the previous room and what is position to all the involved subjects ?

>. [EDITED]If possibile, after the proper positioning assessments, move it to halt  the way of the" Lurching Armour " but in a mannear to stay outside the " Blood Rune"and enhancing in a way to better clear the line-of-sight&fire, if necessary otherwi, trying to make it  a challenging distraction as to keep the attention off the " Mirrored Lasers "

Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on March 02, 2020, 08:49:34 PM
> Is it possible to dispel or modify that summoning rune or place another one on top or next to it for counterattacking?

> Besides ice and wind, what do we have at our disposal that could "interfere" with organic matter like blood?

> Start out with weak lasers, to lure Elis to take on the attacks like the previous ones, after that charge them up to a great extent but always Mirror-Reflected and aim-adjusted , with the help of Haste as well, to reach for blindsides.

>

> Runes are generally needed to be dispelled to interfere with their effects [and this stops them].

> You might be able to slow the summoning if you cover the floor, making it harder for the blood to flow.

> Is the " Arm-Sword" trailing behind us even if still in the previous room and what is position to all the involved subjects ?

> If possibile, after the proper positioning assessments, Move to be in the way of the" Lurching Armour " but in a way to receive it outside the " Blood Runeand keep it as a way to better clear the line-of-sight&fire, if necessary otherwise keep the line-of-sight&fire cleared as it is, and as a sort-of challenging distraction, on a different side from the "Mirror as to keep the attention off the " Mirrored Lasers "

> The arm is floating stationary, as it has no instructions. It is roughly in the middle of the room.



> Yes around 90, the goal it to hit her from an angle she isn't expecting and disrupt whatever shes trying to do while also staying out of the bloody room.

> No don't start with weak lasers, do normal powerful attacks

> You circle around Elis and the Armour, fleeing into the opened room. As you do this; you launch magical blasts at the Vampire, causing her to focus on deflecting them.  When you arrive at your destination; you launch a larger blast at your mirror; which reflects the blast towards Elis at a different angle.

> Elis makes an upwards motion, and a thick wall of blood rises from the ground and absorbs the laser, before it falls back down to the ground.

> The Knight is still following you. The blood is now starting to trickle through the rubble into the other room, although this is slow.

> Many small globules of blood rise from the pool and start floating around Elis. She appears to be preparing something...
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on March 02, 2020, 09:13:01 PM
>We don't know any ice magic, do we?
>If we do know, would we be skilled enough in it to freeze the blood surrounding Elis?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on March 02, 2020, 09:49:54 PM
>We don't know any ice magic, do we?
>If we do know, would we be skilled enough in it to freeze the blood surrounding Elis?

// Great thinking, we did perform some cold magic before so it's possible we can freeze it given more energy

> If we can, drop both rooms into sub zero temperatures

> If we can quickly try animating her wand to fly out of her hand and onto our side of the room

> Attempt to dispel the runes

> Instruct our mirror to follow up with a barrage of erratic bullets
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on March 11, 2020, 09:52:33 PM
// Great thinking, we did perform some cold magic before so it's possible we can freeze it given more energy

//( The Repeated&Boosted Commands are on my latest post) //
> If we can, drop both rooms into sub zero temperatures

> If we can quickly try animating her wand to fly out of her hand and onto our side of the room

> Attempt to dispel the runes

> Instruct our mirror to follow up with a barrage of erratic bullets

//I don't know if try and animating The Wand would work since when we tried to "snatch" it, as Sakuya during Time-Stop, it could not be moved //

> Fastly Ponder between what would be best between Sub-Zero Temperatures and an Extremely Cold Icy Wind,then go ahead.

>If we cannot Dispel The Blood Rune Outright,since we could be needing more time to analyze before doing it,  use either the Sub-Zero Temperature or the Icy Wind the cover it with a Thick Ice Layer.

> If Lasers could be fired at this moment from the Mirror, Fire Them Repeatedly  at Elis' to Hamper Her Progress,  otherwise do so with Focused Bullets.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on March 12, 2020, 07:35:32 PM
Note: Work is hectic atm and most of my free time is absorbed by Mafia.

Will try to update on days off but will be sporadic at best otherwise.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on March 20, 2020, 05:05:56 PM
//Oh boy, I am going to have to get used to this. This posting system is daunting man. First time posting on this forum, and I only recently got in to Touhou, but I just finished bingeing this quest and now I wan't in.

//What material is the roof made out of? Do we have access to water summoning spells? If we flood the upper floor (or this one) will it leak and drip through the ceiling?

//Patchy told us that direct water magic cast at a vampire wont do anything, but if the water is flowing naturally, ie; flowing downhill due to gravity, it will become damaging to them.

//If we can flood the room we are in then Elis will be forced to play 'the floor is lava', which she may very well do anyways (touhous tend towards floating after all), but now it wont be a choice. This will also have a secondary effect of diluting any blood that is on the floor, or if we are lucky, washing away the magic circle itself.

//The big prize I am looking for however is creating a situation where water is falling from the ceiling in multiple places, forcing Elis to literally start dodging raindrops. This will hopefully force her to spend part of her "turns" dodging, making them take longer.

//How far into the fight are we btw? We have the bars for our magic and her mood, but we dont know how much time has passed, or how long our actions are taking each time we make them.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on March 20, 2020, 09:48:50 PM
// Were pretty much still in the opening phase, neither have managed to deal any significant damage to the other, pretty much just experimenting with spells
// I like the flood with water idea, let's try that
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on March 21, 2020, 07:37:26 PM
//I understand that we are in the "Opening phase" of the fight, but we have been given an explicit win condition: 30 seconds pass without Elis getting to the rest of the party.
//I want to know how many seconds have passed and how many we have left. Unless everything is happening at Sonic+ then we should already be a few seconds in from Animating the suit and having her counter it.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on March 21, 2020, 10:52:16 PM
//Oh boy, I am going to have to get used to this. This posting system is daunting man. First time posting on this forum, and I only recently got in to Touhou, but I just finished bingeing this quest and now I wan't in.

> What material is the roof made out of? Do we have access to water summoning spells? If we flood the upper floor (or this one) will it leak and drip through the ceiling?

> Patchy told us that direct water magic cast at a vampire wont do anything, but if the water is flowing naturally, ie; flowing downhill due to gravity, it will become damaging to them.

//If we can flood the room we are in then Elis will be forced to play 'the floor is lava', which she may very well do anyways (touhous tend towards floating after all), but now it wont be a choice. This will also have a secondary effect of diluting any blood that is on the floor, or if we are lucky, washing away the magic circle itself.

//The big prize I am looking for however is creating a situation where water is falling from the ceiling in multiple places, forcing Elis to literally start dodging raindrops. This will hopefully force her to spend part of her "turns" dodging, making them take longer.

//How far into the fight are we btw? We have the bars for our magic and her mood, but we dont know how much time has passed, or how long our actions are taking each time we make them.

// Welcome to Touhou and here MotK/Maidens of the Kaleidoscooe V. 3!
Have fun with Rumia Quest Revival, now on an Occasional Uploading Pace,  and hopefully also  with checking out the other Quests and Other Boards o

// Please remember that writing in  "//...  //" is for players and  parser-players  discussions while doing so in
" >...  " is for the RPG/CYOA commands.

// For an helpful example, I have edited the quote of your 2nd and 3rd paragraphs as Commands //

> Yes, Rumia also discussed with us that a Gensokyo mage named Patchouli // (not directly to Patchouli since she and Louise did not met) //told us of Vampires being weak to both Natural Sun and Natural Flowing Water...

// (Repeated&Boosted Previous Commands) //
> Fastly Ponder between what would be best between Timing and Efficiency between causing Sub-Zero Temperatures, an Extremely Cold Icy Wind or Transmutating the Roof in Flowing Water.

>If  however we are able to Dispel The Blood Rune outright,do so.

> If Lasers could be fired at this moment from the Mirror, Fire Them Repeatedly  at Elis' to Hamper Her Progress,  otherwise do so with Focused Bullets.

// The downside of turning,  without timing,  All or a Major Part of the Roof to Flowing Water, if it is possible in a Big Quantity and in a Short Time,  could however be too much Time and\or Miasma-consuming giving Elis an Opening to Boost&Unleash her "Sooner Than Us "Prepared Blood Incantations against Louis;  the worst risk for it to be a Step Ahead for Elis in going after Rumia, Kogasa, Koakuma+Gungnir //

//  Moreover we do not know  the time for the Teleport to Activate, save for it to be around average to avoid early returning by accident,   required to Stall Elis and have the Trio Safely Be Teleported Back at the Mansion in Gensokyo with  Spear the Gungir in tow //

// Finally,during and after " Roof-To-Flowing-Water" we must first be  prepared for Elis' Seriousness (Bar) to shoot up and resist being overwhelmed, at least until the
 R. K. K. Trio+Gungir is "Back at Their Home ", since it would be Provoking  1 of her, Vampire's, Recently Unknown Weaknesses and especially her "Cornered" Reprisals which are Very Bad...

//...  like That One  during the Risen Dawn of the Sun, after Rumia&Sakuya's "soon to be overwhelmed short stalling ", while successfully defending Alice's Grimoire, and Alice indirectly , near  her Cottage in a fairly deep part of the Forest of Magic... but  costed  us and Rumia the so far 1st and only, hopefully till the end, Game-Over by underestimating a Wounded Elis and getting imprudently ahead in trying to corner her. //
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on March 21, 2020, 11:20:30 PM
Just as a status update; I've been pretty ill last few days.

I'm starting to feel better, so hopefully I can update tomorrow.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on March 21, 2020, 11:42:36 PM
Just as a status update; I've been pretty ill last few days.

I'm starting to feel better, so hopefully I can update tomorrow.

// Laudable Dedication but People's Health comes first, of course this is not limited  just to Online&IT Activities  ,  so I kindly and humbly advise to recover more thoroughly  without straining yourself //
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on March 22, 2020, 02:09:20 AM
Just as a status update; I've been pretty ill last few days.

I'm starting to feel better, so hopefully I can update tomorrow.

//Oh dear. It's not COVID, is it?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on March 22, 2020, 02:29:14 PM
//Oh dear. It's not COVID, is it?

They don't test in my country anymore; but it probably was considering Public Transport user.

// Laudable Dedication but People's Health comes first, of course this is not limited  just to Online&IT Activities  ,  so I kindly and humbly advise to recover more thoroughly  without straining yourself //

It's not a strain, it's more the focus. I'm mostly better now.

===

>We don't know any ice magic, do we?
>If we do know, would we be skilled enough in it to freeze the blood surrounding Elis?

> You can use basic Ice Magic

> You're not sure. It depends if Elis is doing anything else to it.

// Great thinking, we did perform some cold magic before so it's possible we can freeze it given more energy

> If we can, drop both rooms into sub zero temperatures

> If we can quickly try animating her wand to fly out of her hand and onto our side of the room

> Attempt to dispel the runes

> Instruct our mirror to follow up with a barrage of erratic bullets

> You cannot perform such a feat of Ice magic. Someone like Yuki could, or a specialised Ice mage, but it's quite difficult to overcome natural heat quickly over such a large area.

> You cannot animate items being held by someone else, their own magic interferes with it.

> You flick a quick basic dispel at the Rune. It seems to shrink and lose some markings, but not dispel. Meanwhile; the mirror starts launching an array of bullets. Most of them, due to the erratic nature, miss. However some collide with some of the blood orbs and cause them to pop.

//I don't know if try and animating The Wand would work since when we tried to "snatch" it, as Sakuya during Time-Stop, it could not be moved //

> Fastly Ponder between what would be best between Sub-Zero Temperatures and an Extremely Cold Icy Wind,then go ahead.

>If we cannot Dispel The Blood Rune Outright,since we could be needing more time to analyze before doing it,  use either the Sub-Zero Temperature or the Icy Wind the cover it with a Thick Ice Layer.

> If Lasers could be fired at this moment from the Mirror, Fire Them Repeatedly  at Elis' to Hamper Her Progress,  otherwise do so with Focused Bullets.

> You direct the mirror to focus it's barrage more, while you unleash a blast of Icy Wind from your hand. This further hampers Elis' blood orbs, causing some to freeze and fall to the ground, and others to pop.

//Oh boy, I am going to have to get used to this. This posting system is daunting man. First time posting on this forum, and I only recently got in to Touhou, but I just finished bingeing this quest and now I wan't in.

//What material is the roof made out of? Do we have access to water summoning spells? If we flood the upper floor (or this one) will it leak and drip through the ceiling?

//Patchy told us that direct water magic cast at a vampire wont do anything, but if the water is flowing naturally, ie; flowing downhill due to gravity, it will become damaging to them.

//If we can flood the room we are in then Elis will be forced to play 'the floor is lava', which she may very well do anyways (touhous tend towards floating after all), but now it wont be a choice. This will also have a secondary effect of diluting any blood that is on the floor, or if we are lucky, washing away the magic circle itself.

//The big prize I am looking for however is creating a situation where water is falling from the ceiling in multiple places, forcing Elis to literally start dodging raindrops. This will hopefully force her to spend part of her "turns" dodging, making them take longer.

//How far into the fight are we btw? We have the bars for our magic and her mood, but we dont know how much time has passed, or how long our actions are taking each time we make them.

> The roof is made of stone.

> I'm intentionally not giving out timescales because 1) The party do not even know if 30 Makaian Seconds = 30 Gensokyian Seconds 2) Louise can't really focus on time right now and 3) There's a chance you guys figure out the actual wincon rather than the stall condition. [Again, no hints to this. This is a bonus.] Put simply; it's OOC information to Louise if she's stalled enough or not. Also this is a pretty high-level battle.

However I will be speeding things up a bit because we're out of the testing phase and this is dragging on a little. I think you're being a little over-cautious with magic.

Also remember part of this is for me to test out this sort of battle system.

--

> Elis looks a little irritated upon being blasted by the cold wind, and makes an under-arm sweep with her wand. Following the and's movement, a ripple passes through the blood on the floor, until the blood spikes up and strikes you.

> You feel your magical essence get disturbed a little bit, but the attack was clearly intended as a physical assault, so the big spike of blood that would have stabbed you in the abdomen dosen't actually do much.

> The vampire tilts her head in confusion as the blood spike simply melts through you.

> "That's... unusual..." she says in a legitimately dumbfounded tone.

(https://i.imgur.com/MAB94Hq.png)

- You took some damage from the magic within the blood when it struck you. You also used a fair amount of magic, partially in upkeep.

- Elis has gotten more serious due to annoyance at her blood orbs being stopped and curiosity. She's lost her boredom due to being confused by why she didn't successfully stab you.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on March 22, 2020, 11:47:55 PM
> Look mildly annoyed "You could've ruined my beautiful dress!"
> In response to that attack lash out with a spray of water on her.  Follow that by summoning an array of moving magic circle familiars that spray out water like sprinklers (not that we know what those are), try to go for as large volume of water as we can to dilute her precious blood on the floor.  If we can use a little earth magic to muddy the water and taint her blood

> Our mirror familiar should stay guard and preemptively reflect/block any magic attacks aimed at us in retaliation to the water.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on March 24, 2020, 02:36:28 AM
>feign that the blood spike did more damage than it actually did. Act wary of them.
>If she continues to probe us with them in response to see what effect they actually have on us, back away from them and attempt to freeze them as she makes the attacks.

//We have her interested in what we are now, that has captured her attention nicely, we should try throwing her mixed messages so it takes her longer to figure out what is going on.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on March 24, 2020, 04:48:45 AM
// Great idea on feigning damage
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on March 25, 2020, 03:59:57 AM
>feign that the blood spike did more damage than it actually did. Act wary of them.
>If she continues to probe us with them in response to see what effect they actually have on us, back away from them and attempt to freeze them as she makes the attacks.

//We have her interested in what we are now, that has captured her attention nicely, we should try throwing her mixed messages so it takes her longer to figure out what is going on.

> Distance ourselves from the Blood Spike and be prepared to dodge around or fly above them while feigning, convincingly and not exaggerating, to have suffered  pain and fatigue and not just being oddly damaged.

> Look mildly annoyed "You could've ruined my beautiful dress!"
> In response to that attack lash out with a spray of water on her.  Follow that by summoning an array of moving magic circle familiars that spray out water like sprinklers (not that we know what those are), try to go for as large volume of water as we can to dilute her precious blood on the floor.  If we can use a little earth magic to muddy the water and taint her blood

> Our mirror familiar should stay guard and preemptively reflect/block any magic attacks aimed at us in retaliation to the water.

> While still acting,  always in a convincing and not exaggerated manner, pained, fatigued and wary in Facing&Avoiding Blood Attacks, retailate with the Planned Water Sprays and Earth Sprouts,  also causing Mud Floods, Position the Mirror for Block&Bounce and even Unleash,as soon as capable, Focused Bullet Barrages and Lasers.

// As long as we keep coordinating, the acting is convincing enough and we can make the most out of it, including for  Experience,  this should be nifty //
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on March 25, 2020, 11:01:39 PM
> Look mildly annoyed "You could've ruined my beautiful dress!"
> In response to that attack lash out with a spray of water on her.  Follow that by summoning an array of moving magic circle familiars that spray out water like sprinklers (not that we know what those are), try to go for as large volume of water as we can to dilute her precious blood on the floor.  If we can use a little earth magic to muddy the water and taint her blood

> Our mirror familiar should stay guard and preemptively reflect/block any magic attacks aimed at us in retaliation to the water.

>feign that the blood spike did more damage than it actually did. Act wary of them.
>If she continues to probe us with them in response to see what effect they actually have on us, back away from them and attempt to freeze them as she makes the attacks.

//We have her interested in what we are now, that has captured her attention nicely, we should try throwing her mixed messages so it takes her longer to figure out what is going on.

> Distance ourselves from the Blood Spike and be prepared to dodge around or fly above them while feigning, convincingly and not exaggerating, to have suffered  pain and fatigue and not just being oddly damaged.

> While still acting,  always in a convincing and not exaggerated manner, pained, fatigued and wary in Facing&Avoiding Blood Attacks, retailate with the Planned Water Sprays and Earth Sprouts,  also causing Mud Floods, Position the Mirror for Block&Bounce and even Unleash,as soon as capable, Focused Bullet Barrages and Lasers.

// As long as we keep coordinating, the acting is convincing enough and we can make the most out of it, including for  Experience,  this should be nifty //

> You feign that the blood spike did more damage than it appears as you prepare some water magic, four spheres of water forming around you which begin to launch blasts of liquid towards the Vampire.

> Elis raises a barrier of blood from below her, which blacks the water easily, with the blood of course being thicker.

> As you prepare some earth magic to combine with the water magic, Elis opens a hole in her guard and shoots a projectile from her wand, which quickly fies towards you. Luckily; the mirror was already in position to intercept it; and the comet-like blast bounces off it back at Elis, erupting into a shower of stardust on impact.

> This actually seems to have had enough power behind it to briefly stun the Vampire, causing her to stagger in mid-air, and the blood barrier to splash back to the ground. However, you can sense that reflecting that blast drained quite a bit of energy from the mirror's wards. You're not sure if it'll be able to reflect something like that again without being recharged.

// Stopping your actions there due to a situation change.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on March 25, 2020, 11:49:15 PM
// Don't advance time

> Could we animate her wand to grab it?  Or can we think of some other way to get it in our possession

> Do we think she's capable of somehow summoning it back if we obtain it?

> Could the mirror still reflect/powerup one of our own lasers/light magic?  Could we achieve two things at once and recharge it while at it (since it'd be powering up from our own magical energy)

> How powerful a water blast can we summon upon her?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on March 25, 2020, 11:53:00 PM
>Is that our only mirror or are we able to summon replacements if necessary?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on March 26, 2020, 08:23:28 PM
// Don't advance time

> Could we animate her wand to grab it?  Or can we think of some other way to get it in our possession

> Do we think she's capable of somehow summoning it back if we obtain it?

> Could the mirror still reflect/powerup one of our own lasers/light magic?  Could we achieve two things at once and recharge it while at it (since it'd be powering up from our own magical energy)

> How powerful a water blast can we summon upon her?

> To be able to do this while she's holding it you'd have to overpower Elis' own magic. You don't think this is worth trying.

> Potentially.

> You figure a ray of light would be alright, if it's from you. The mirror seemed to reflect some sort of light-based missile with physical force behind it. For it to recharge it would have to actually absorb magical energy from you, not redirect it.

> Probably powerful enough to launch her into the wall; but not much more than that.

>Is that our only mirror or are we able to summon replacements if necessary?

> You have other mirrors. But they're not as enchanted as this one. In fact they're just regular mirrors.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on March 26, 2020, 11:23:08 PM
> Do we think we can collapse the room upon her and bury her in the rubble/debris?

> Could we somehow blow a hole into the side and let the outside miasma sea flood in?

> If we somehow break her wand do we think it she can mend/repair it on the spot?

> Could we freeze her into a block of ice?

> Is there anything made out of silver in our or her room?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on March 27, 2020, 11:48:34 PM
//Are you sure we should try collapsing the room we are in? If it doesn't finish her (which I doubt it will) it will force us out of the room. The only way to go is up, and Rumia and crew are in that direction.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on March 28, 2020, 01:01:53 AM
// We broke down a wall in a fight scene and opened up a new room, which is the one we're in now.  Elis is in the room we were in previously so its alright
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on March 28, 2020, 09:31:51 PM
> Do we think we can collapse the room upon her and bury her in the rubble/debris?

> Could we somehow blow a hole into the side and let the outside miasma sea flood in?

> If we somehow break her wand do we think it she can mend/repair it on the spot?

> Could we freeze her into a block of ice?

> Is there anything made out of silver in our or her room?

> wait,do not attempt any of that for known reasons an our current situation.
// Sorry   :( but nothing can be employed or be effective at all or in the present duel,although in the future some   8);) could and even with "evolvingpotential " in the future with more experience,set-ups,team-ups,freedom of movements could //
 
//  :( No,we could not for  have not enough Destructive/Black Magic to collapse the room or the roof nor have that   Earth&Rocks Magic Specialized to attempt it nor it is weakened enough so we can collpapse it by combining Animation,Transmutation,Focused Lasers  untl it collapses and of course Elis would at best only being slow down since it is Only Physical ( ref. to all Exceptional Physical Prowess&Regeneration shown by Elis in the Gensokyo while still playing around);even if we could it at some degree that would be " rasing too much her seriousness (bar)" which is a condition for defeat if we are not prepared&experienced enough,like right now,  also with Mirror in need of Recharge//

//  8) ;)  That Miasma Opening Plan would be nice when we shall we have more options,set-ups,allies and greater freedom of movement to put it use but with the conditions limitations,being Louise alone,and in Elis' Home it would equally recover&boost both with :( the disadvantage being just on Louise for  "Leaving Herself Open by Blast Open Miasma Holes by in the Right Wall "together with "Expending Miasma to Gain it" ; in addition we cannot 
"Retreat Outside to Gain Miasma or Take it Outside "  lest we Game over by letting Elis go after Rumia+Kogasa+Koakuma  //

//  :( We cannot affect the Star Wand or Elis power over it since we would need to directly overpower her magic and Louise does not specialize in "Power", she is , and Elis has a definite  advantage in "Power&Destruction";same for "increasing seriousness(bar) too much,too quickly,too unprepared" //

//  :( No ,Louise can only use Basic Ice Magic and only Mai  8) ;) or a Specialized Ice magic can perform Great Ice Feats but that could freeze All the Blood but  would be out-of-scope on Elis retailating and opposing Raw Power like this //

//  :( Silver here is not a weakness for Vampires ,more a general way to have an effect on All Youkai,specifically Elis could laugh off and near-instanlty regenerate Sakuya's Silver Knives Truly Impaling Her even with Sakuya Fighting Seriously  with Time-Manipulation //
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on March 28, 2020, 10:45:46 PM
> You feign that the blood spike did more damage than it appears as you prepare some water magic, four spheres of water forming around you which begin to launch blasts of liquid towards the Vampire.

> Elis raises a barrier of blood from below her, which blacks the water easily, with the blood of course being thicker.

> As you prepare some earth magic to combine with the water magic, Elis opens a hole in her guard and shoots a projectile from her wand, which quickly fies towards you. Luckily; the mirror was already in position to intercept it; and the comet-like blast bounces off it back at Elis, erupting into a shower of stardust on impact.

> This actually seems to have had enough power behind it to briefly stun the Vampire, causing her to stagger in mid-air, and the blood barrier to splash back to the ground. However, you can sense that reflecting that blast drained quite a bit of energy from the mirror's wards. You're not sure if it'll be able to reflect something like that again without being recharged.

// Stopping your actions there due to a situation change.
// How abou this and adding upon it ?//

> Could a Full Force Focused Blast throw Elis back in the first room and on the Debris or close enough?

> Could we manage a quick further  Dispel of the Blood Rune, in succession?

> In succession, Could we close-in to "Reinfoce&Animate the Debris" to "Repeat-Bombarding" her and even upgrading it to
" Chain-Bombarding "  with putting it together with added Focused Lasers&Bullet Barrages from us and the Mirror?

> If we come back to the first room we should bring the Animated Sword at our side and keep distance&avoidance from  Elis Blood Possessed Armor .

Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on March 28, 2020, 11:24:11 PM
> Do we think we can collapse the room upon her and bury her in the rubble/debris?

> Could we somehow blow a hole into the side and let the outside miasma sea flood in?

> If we somehow break her wand do we think it she can mend/repair it on the spot?

> Could we freeze her into a block of ice?

> Is there anything made out of silver in our or her room?

> For you to collapse the roof upon Elis, you would need to essentially unhook it from all the walls. Since you're below it, if you were to simply blast it you'd just make a hole and blast any debris upwards.

> Wands are magical foci bound to the user. You wouldn't be able to break it while it is surgeing with Elis' magic. She'd have to exhaust herself.

> The castle is on an island, it's above sea level.

> Perhaps, although it would require quite a bit of effort to do so.

> Not that you can see.

// How abou this and adding upon it ?//

> Could a Full Force Focused Blast throw Elis back in the first room and on the Debris or close enough?

> Could we manage a quick further  Dispel of the Blood Rune, in succession?

> In succession, Could we close-in to "Reinfoce&Animate the Debris" to "Repeat-Bombarding" her and even upgrading it to
" Chain-Bombarding "  with putting it together with added Focused Lasers&Bullet Barrages from us and the Mirror?

> If we come back to the first room we should bring the Animated Sword at our side and keep distance&avoidance from  Elis Blood Possessed Armor .



> You are fairly confident you could blast Elis back into the wall, and this would likly give you enough time to fully dispel the rune.

> You could enchant the debris with a basic locomotive spell and set them to target Elis. It is fairly heavy, so it won't last too long unless you put a lot of magic into the rubble. Defying gravity is a lot easier for a lightweight mirror with wings than a chunk of rock.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on March 29, 2020, 02:39:47 AM
> Blast Elis to the wall with considerable force, if possible try to aim the blast so she hits head first or loses her wand (if the wand falls knock it further away from her with a rock or something)

> Cast a slowness debuff on her immediately after we blast her to buy us some extra time for the next steps

> Start dispelling the runes immediately after

> If we have any time left (slow spell?) try and recharge our mirror's lost magical energy

> Be ready for an Elis counterattack (unless the blast knocks her out), by bringing our already animated sword between us and her ready to intercept anything thrown at us
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on March 29, 2020, 04:52:51 AM
//Do we have a (Slow) spell? Like the opposite of our (Haste) spell?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on March 29, 2020, 05:44:45 AM
// We certainly do but our specialty is buffs

// I edited in the slow-spell into the actions, might as well
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on March 31, 2020, 10:59:03 PM
//Do we have a (Slow) spell? Like the opposite of our (Haste) spell?

> Yes. However, Louise is better at buffs than debuffs.

> Blast Elis to the wall with considerable force, if possible try to aim the blast so she hits head first or loses her wand (if the wand falls knock it further away from her with a rock or something)

> Cast a slowness debuff on her immediately after we blast her to buy us some extra time for the next steps

> Start dispelling the runes immediately after

> If we have any time left (slow spell?) try and recharge our mirror's lost magical energy

> Be ready for an Elis counterattack (unless the blast knocks her out), by bringing our already animated sword between us and her ready to intercept anything thrown at us

> You decide to capitalize on the opportunity and launch a simple, brute-force blast of magic energy, enough to blast the vampire into the wall. Despite your attempts, she's more than able to prevent you making her hit her head or drop her wand, although she dosen't have time to brace.

> Even as Elis is flying backwards, you weave a slow curse upon her. The vampire's recoil upon hitting the wall looks to be in slow motion, although she quickly starts to glow with a red aura and start speeding back up.

> You fling another dispel at the blood-rune, and this manages to fully erase it. However, this dosen't cause the already summoned blood to dissapate.

> You pump some magical energy into the mirror to recharge it's wards. Immediately after you do this however, you feel an intense magical energy surge through the air, and everything red-shifts.

> The red aura which was surgeing around Elis after she was slowed has intensified further, looking like crimson fire. The blood near the vampire is bubbling violently, as if boiling.

> "I see you weren't bluffing... to think I've gone so many Aeons without a decent fight and then I have two in such quick succession, first those two young Vampires, and now a strange being like you in Makai."

> You've only felt magic on this level a handful of times in your existence. There were those two maniacs from Gensokyo, the one in Green and that one in Blue, and when you saw Yuki and Mai go all out against each other for the position of Guard of Pandemonium [They tied; and thus both got the role]. If Elis is on that sort of level, you don't think you can stall much longer.

> Elis puts her wand out in front of her, and starts channelling a massive amount of energy. This energy looks like a swirling vortex of stardust, and blood is also being sucked into the swirling; growing mass.

(https://i.imgur.com/OWj8Ln0.png)

- You used quite a significant amount of magical energy

- Elis has decided to stop playing around after being thrown around; and has decided you weren't just bluffing about your magical skill.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 01, 2020, 03:04:38 AM
//Can we buff ourselves against magic damage? Do we know anything about the type/effect of the magic that she is casting? I play a lot of pokemon, do we have any kind of Light screen/Reflect type spells?

>Cast [Insert Defensive Self Buff Here]

//Edit: Did we create the wards on our mirror? If so, is there any way we could enchant something to reflect a large attack one time even if it fails afterwards? Say, something capable of reflecting whatever Elis is brewing up here? I know we probably dont have the time to set it up at this point for this particular attack, but if we could dodge or tank this one and then set it up for the next one that would be great.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 01, 2020, 04:13:31 AM
// OOC Info: Elis' MP bar is also ticking down like ours with her spell casts right?  She doesn't get to repeatedly cast for free does she?

> If any of this is outright impossible due to the room layout being unfavorable or our mirrors being too small to be convincing don't attempt this

> Quickly create a bright flash or spark to temporarily blind or obscure Elis' darkness accustomed vision.  Besides she's more focused on the spell she's about to cast than tracking us

> While she's blinded summon our largest basic mirror in front of us and dash to the side, preferably behind some of the remains/outcroppings of the half destroyed wall between us and Elis

> Immediately after dashing angle the mirror so we can see Elis through it (which means she can see us through it).  Or better yet if we can make our mirror magically show our image do that instead
> Make our eyes glow so she can see "us" clearly in our old location (through the mirror) with her impaired (but recovering) vision
> Have our magic mirror float in front and to the side of the substitute mirror and shoot aimed shots at her to both distract her and make it look more convincing that we're still there

> Let her fire at the disposable mirror we substituted for ourselves and waste her charge shot

> The setup would look like such if words are confusing:
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Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 01, 2020, 04:17:57 AM
//I would ask about the room layout first. If there's no place to hide this strategy would be moot from the get-go
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 01, 2020, 04:26:08 AM
Edited to have "If any of this is outright impossible due to the room layout being unfavorable our or mirrors being too small to be convincing don't attempt this"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 01, 2020, 10:54:24 PM
//Can we buff ourselves against magic damage? Do we know anything about the type/effect of the magic that she is casting? I play a lot of pokemon, do we have any kind of Light screen/Reflect type spells?

>Cast [Insert Defensive Self Buff Here]

//Edit: Did we create the wards on our mirror? If so, is there any way we could enchant something to reflect a large attack one time even if it fails afterwards? Say, something capable of reflecting whatever Elis is brewing up here? I know we probably dont have the time to set it up at this point for this particular attack, but if we could dodge or tank this one and then set it up for the next one that would be great.

// You can, but doing so would be largely pointless, since you'd be using magic to prevent... losing your magic. After all; your HP is essentially your MP as a phantom without a physical form.

// You made the wards on your mirror; over a long period of careful enchantment. Rechargeing them is a simple matter, but making a new one altogether is different.

// OOC Info: Elis' MP bar is also ticking down like ours with her spell casts right?  She doesn't get to repeatedly cast for free does she?

> If any of this is outright impossible due to the room layout being unfavorable or our mirrors being too small to be convincing don't attempt this

> Quickly create a bright flash or spark to temporarily blind or obscure Elis' darkness accustomed vision.  Besides she's more focused on the spell she's about to cast than tracking us

> While she's blinded summon our largest basic mirror in front of us and dash to the side, preferably behind some of the remains/outcroppings of the half destroyed wall between us and Elis

> Immediately after dashing angle the mirror so we can see Elis through it (which means she can see us through it).  Or better yet if we can make our mirror magically show our image do that instead
> Make our eyes glow so she can see "us" clearly in our old location (through the mirror) with her impaired (but recovering) vision
> Have our magic mirror float in front and to the side of the substitute mirror and shoot aimed shots at her to both distract her and make it look more convincing that we're still there

> Let her fire at the disposable mirror we substituted for ourselves and waste her charge shot

> The setup would look like such if words are confusing:
[attachment=1]

// Elis does have limits. However, as a Vampire, these are very high. Vampires are kind of broken. Immense physical and magical power; incredibly hard to kill; regeneration... Elis of course has her mental weaknesses that can be taken advantage of.

As for the layout:

(https://i.imgur.com/S8Jj3si.png)

And yes, this means if you weren't keeping Elis' attention right now she'd have bolted up the stairs after Rumia/Koakuma/Kogasa and the encounter would have ended. Elis could quite happily exit stage left right now if she wasn't so enthralled fighting you. [And no; you wouldn't be able to keep up with her].

> You release a magical flash. Elis isn't as effected by it as you'd think [She's only weak to sunlight] but she still is dazzled by it long enough for you to move out of the way behind the wall and create a mirror image of yourself. [No need to summon a mirror when you can accomplish the same but more with a basic illusion.]

> "You're just going to stand there? Do you think yourself impervious?" Elis cackles, before she says "Bloody Nebula!"

> Elis releases the magical vortex, which impacts with the mirror image and erupts into a wave of force; stardust and blood. Even from the distance you are at, in the corner of the second room, the blast is still quite strong. It rips through the wall, blowing the hole larger, and the blast wave also blows open the wall at the back of the room, as well as opening a large hole in the ceiling to the floor above. Fires are also now burning where various old tomes and bookshelves were.

> You hear Elis cackleing madly. "Not so high and mighty now, are you? I vaporized you! Now; to chase down those other meddlers..."

(https://i.imgur.com/52pLmjC.png)

(https://i.imgur.com/SVDsqef.png)

- Despite not taking a direct hit; Elis' Bloody Nebula was immensely powerful and still did a high amount of damage. That thing pulverized the fort, and was clearly intended as a fatal attack.

- On the plus [?] side; she thinks she obliterated you. So her own status has completely reset. However, it is likly to rapidly change should you reveal yourself to be... alive isn't the right word. [Not doing so will cause her to leave the area however]


---

Side note: I intend to wrap this part up in the next post~2 barring things going out of my expectations. I would like feedback on this sort of battle system, since this is basically a trial run and similar [although not identical; since Gensokyo =/= Makai and Rumia and co =/= Louise] systems may be used for future fights where appropriate if you guys liked it.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 01, 2020, 11:00:01 PM
>Would it be possible to animate the flames from the fires into familiars? (If not, then whatever they're attached to?)

// thinking maybe surprising her with kamikaze familiars that would hopefully set her on fire in the process.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 01, 2020, 11:02:36 PM
>Would it be possible to animate the flames from the fires into familiars? (If not, then whatever they're attached to?)

// thinking maybe surprising her with kamikaze familiars that would hopefully set her on fire in the process.

> You can animate the flames, although without their fuel they will not last long. It may be better to animate the burning tomes.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 01, 2020, 11:07:08 PM
> How many burning tomes could we animate and control, taking into account both our ability to control many at once and keeping our remaining energy at safe levels.

>would it be possible to create a single gestalt familiar out of several of them, or would that be functionally the same as controlling several familiars?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 01, 2020, 11:10:32 PM
> How many burning tomes could we animate and control, taking into account both our ability to control many at once and keeping our remaining energy at safe levels.

>would it be possible to create a single gestalt familiar out of several of them, or would that be functionally the same as controlling several familiars

> It largely depends on how much energy you want to put into them; how long you want to animate them, ect. If your idea is to basically fling them at Elis, it wouldn't be too straining. That's a simple A->B movement enchantment on a bunch of lightweight objects.

> You could combine them into one large burning-book-fire. It would still use the same energy, given the mass is still the same.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 01, 2020, 11:15:37 PM
>how much of the bar would a single book,  either as a familiar or simply flung cost? If negligible, then how many could we manage before the bar actually begins to drop?
>>Building off of that, how much would the bar drop in the latter case?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 01, 2020, 11:38:02 PM
>how much of the bar would a single book,  either as a familiar or simply flung cost? If negligible, then how many could we manage before the bar actually begins to drop?
>>Building off of that, how much would the bar drop in the latter case?

> You could animate all of the burning books with no trouble, it's a very basic enchantment on such light items.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 01, 2020, 11:42:41 PM
>can we make familiars explode or otherwise destroy themselves and scatter their remains? If so how much would that cost?

>would we be able to do something similar with just flinging the tomes, assuming its possible? Would it cost the same?

>speaking of, would flung tomes home in on their target or would we need to turn them into familiars to achieve that effect?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 02, 2020, 01:26:14 AM
//I want to take this chance to blindside her, but I dont know what we have that could really deal a knockout blow. Vampires are weak to sunlight, which we have proven is true for Elis, but we dont have any of that. Of their other weaknesses, a stake through the heart and fire seem to be the only ones we have access to, and I dont think we have much in the way of fire magic. Maybe we could we try casting a [Sneak] spell and stab her through the back with an icicle or something before dumping the rest of our magic into the most powerful fire spell we have at point blank?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 02, 2020, 01:42:54 AM
Of their other weaknesses, a stake through the heart and fire seem to be the only ones we have access to, and I dont think we have much in the way of fire magic.
//We have a bunch of burning books in the area. I'm currently trying to see if it would be feasible to launch a swarm of them at her in a kamikaze attack to see if she'll ignite. Or otherwise weaponize them against her
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 02, 2020, 02:50:41 AM
//I feel like that would be a lot easier to see coming allowing her to dodge. We need to hit her with something to lock her movements.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 02, 2020, 02:59:17 AM
//I feel like that would be a lot easier to see coming allowing her to dodge. We need to hit her with something to lock her movements.
//Well, that's the reason I said swarm. If we overwhelm her with sheer numbers there will be a greater chance of at least one connecting. Especially if (assuming low cost) we can direct them on separate paths to flank her, etc.

//EDIT: Plus since she thinks we're dead we might have the advantage of surprise on top of that, which might hurt her reaction time slightly.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 02, 2020, 03:53:58 AM
//What I mean is that, we should use the surprise opportunity we have to snare her so that our follow up attack with the books will have a better chance to do lots of damage.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 02, 2020, 04:11:49 AM
//What I mean is that, we should use the surprise opportunity we have to snare her so that our follow up attack with the books will have a better chance to do lots of damage.
//Oh, fair enough. My main concern though is energy cost (mostly on the snare/immobilization spell, assuming we can cast one in the first place, since Rai said animating or flinging every book in the room, without any extra effects like what I asked about in my last set of inquiries, would have negligible cost) since our HP/MP bar is so low right now.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 02, 2020, 04:23:11 AM
// Battle system is awesome indeed, in fact I liked it so much I added it officially with this update!  So yeah, we'd love to see more of these!

// Lets wait until she turns around to leave before hitting her with anything, as this will waste more time for Rumia and make our attack more unexpected since it'll be from behind her.

> Has the structural integrity of the castle weakened after all the explosions?  Could we level the entire castle by further damaging it?

>  Can we see her or at least somehow figure out when she turns around to leave? (she'll surely gloat for some time over her "victory" given how big her ego is, giving Rumia & Friends more time)
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 02, 2020, 06:43:23 PM
> Has the structural integrity of the castle weakened after all the explosions?  Could we level the entire castle by further damaging it?

>  Can we see her or at least somehow figure out when she turns around to leave? (she'll surely gloat for some time over her "victory" given how big her ego is, giving Rumia & Friends more time)

> Not particularly, it's a hole in the wall. It's sturdy enough it won't collapse just from that. That said, you're not an architect.

> You cannot see her from your position. If you could; she'd also be able to see you.

>can we make familiars explode or otherwise destroy themselves and scatter their remains? If so how much would that cost?

>would we be able to do something similar with just flinging the tomes, assuming its possible? Would it cost the same?

>speaking of, would flung tomes home in on their target or would we need to turn them into familiars to achieve that effect?

> You couldn't make them explode, although you could animate the individual pages [or what remains of them] and cause them to tear out of the bindings. This would use more magical energy however due to requireing more finesse.

> For them to home in without guidance you'd need to make them familiars rather than just animation. If you were to guide the books then you wouldn't need to do this, but to guide them with any real effect you need to see what Elis is doing.

> It is worth noting there are enough books for you to perform an effective 'shotgun'. After all; there were bookshelves lining the walls in this room, albeit, a lot of the books were outright destroyed by Elis' attack; the ones not directly in the line of fire were not obliterated.


---

Reminder: Don't worry too much about the Magic bar. Remember, Louise is already dead, and as I said towards the start, I fully intend this to be a case of stalling and not winning. You're almost certainly going to run your bar out to end the encounter. The encounter is designed for this to happen.

It's more designed as a limitation so you don't do something absurd like 'animate the castle' and blow all your magic in one go.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 02, 2020, 08:13:20 PM
> Stall for additional time by letting her gloat over her victory
> Summon a tiny familiar with minimal energy that will just point towards Elis (like Rumia's floating compass but minus the darkness), make it discreet and hide it behind the fire to our left

> The moment the familiar moves/spins (she moves) shotgun her with all the books we can animate in this room. Discreetly use a mirror to guide the books onto Elis

> After the impact create another flash and dash back to where we were standing before she "vaporized" us
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 02, 2020, 08:39:05 PM
> Stall for additional time by letting her gloat over her victory
> Summon a tiny familiar with minimal energy that will just point towards Elis (like Rumia's floating compass but minus the darkness), make it discreet and hide it behind the fire to our left

> The moment the familiar moves/spins (she moves) shotgun her with all the books we can animate in this room. Discreetly use a mirror to guide the books onto Elis

> After the impact create another flash and dash back to where we were standing before she "vaporized" us

> You wait for Elis to stop her cackleing. She's not gloating anymore however.

> As she's going this, you summon a small magical light of a familiar and it floats towards Elis, pointing at her.

> The familiar starts turning slowly, if you recall, to the direction of the stairs. At that moment, you send all the burning books towards that location like a barrage of fireballs. You don't know if it actually connected or not however from your position, but you do hear the vampire swear in surprise.

> You float out from behind the corner and release another flash of light, before returning back to where Elis was.

> It seems Elis got pelted by a couple of the books; from some minor marks on her clothing, but the fire didn't see to actually do much.

> "Die already!" she says venomously, actually sounding frustrated, as she performs another under-arm sweep with her wand as she did before, and, like before, you see a ripple passing through the blood pool, wider than before.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 03, 2020, 01:27:48 AM
> Immediately fly upwards as fast as we can and out of the room we were in using the hole in the roof that was made earlier
> Drop the animation/familiar on the knight, arm and sword and reclaim any energy we had lent to them

> Once upstairs if she hasn't given into the chase taunt by saying "Oh my, the great Elis gives up in frustration!?"

> Using basic animation fling debris down into the hole we came up from

> Inspect new room, are there more exits we can get her to chase us through?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 03, 2020, 03:01:55 AM
//I like everything Tom has proposed and have nothing to add.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 03, 2020, 03:09:38 AM
//Considering the last time she used the attack it destroyed a large portion of the fortress I honestly doubt simply flying up into an adjacent room would allow us to dodge lol
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 03, 2020, 07:55:11 AM
> Immediately fly upwards as fast as we can and out of the room we were in using the hole in the roof that was made earlier
> Drop the animation/familiar on the knight, arm and sword and reclaim any energy we had lent to them

> Once upstairs if she hasn't given into the chase taunt by saying "Oh my, the great Elis gives up in frustration!?"

> Using basic animation fling debris down into the hole we came up from

> Inspect new room, are there more exits we can get her to chase us through?

> You fly up to the next floor using the hole that was made, and manage to do so before the wave of blood erupts into spikes where you were.

> You taunt the vampire, and in response, she smashes up from the lower floor, breaking through.

> "Says the Archmagus running away!" the vampire says angrily, before with another mad cackle, she just outright lunges at you, her still-skeletal arm reached out to strike.

> You don't have the time to dispel the active familiars considering the situation.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 04, 2020, 01:10:22 AM
> Elegantly dodge her tackle diagonally with our haste and respond by hitting her with a powerful spray of water

> If we have time dispel the familiars and reclaim their energy

> "Running away?  I call that a height advantage!"

Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 04, 2020, 04:41:42 AM
//We are a phantom of sorts right? Shes attempting to hit us with her physical strength here. Do we need to dodge? Or will she pass right through us? If its the latter:

>Bring the remaining flaming books up behind us so she hits them when she passes through.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 04, 2020, 06:50:24 AM
>Bring the remaining flaming books up behind us so she hits them when she passes through.
//Didn't we use all of them up already? Plus even if there are some remaining they'll be on the floor below us and thus unable to assemble behind us in time. Not to mention we don't even know if she'll actually pass through us or not.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 04, 2020, 07:18:15 PM
//Some of them pelted her, and they didnt do much, but she didnt destroy them and we still have them active, so we might as well try to use them.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 04, 2020, 07:22:16 PM
//We are a phantom of sorts right? Shes attempting to hit us with her physical strength here. Do we need to dodge? Or will she pass right through us? If its the latter:

>Bring the remaining flaming books up behind us so she hits them when she passes through.

// Yes; a prurely physical attack should not harm you, but you don't know if Elis is using any magic to enhance the attack.

> You can neither see the books from your current location, and you doubt there's much of them left anyway.

> Elegantly dodge her tackle diagonally with our haste and respond by hitting her with a powerful spray of water

> If we have time dispel the familiars and reclaim their energy

> "Running away?  I call that a height advantage!"

> You manage to narrowly dodge Elis' strike; primarily because it's telegraphed. Even Hasted, Elis is faster than you.

> You release your control over your familiars, except your mirror. You're unsure if the books were even still working, but you do hear a small clunk as the metal arm falls to the ground.

> "You think height will save you!" the vampire screeches angrily, before a magical circle appears below her, and her glowing red aura increases even more. You feel wicked energy flowing from the vampire, her face hardly even looking humanoid anymore as it twists. Energy starts to crackle around Elis as she channels.

> The walls, ceiling and floor around Elis start to splinter and crack; her magical energy starting to tear apart the fortress. Whatever she's up to, it's using an incredible amount of magic, even by Vampire standards.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 04, 2020, 11:06:09 PM
// Looks like an AoE attack we won't be able to dodge, might as well go all out on her now

> Do we think we could use up all our energy for a magical explosion of our own and level the fortress with our combined blasts? (Mayina style)
> If so do we think we could take her out with us?

> If we think we can either bury her in the rubble or take her out with us proceed to explode
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 05, 2020, 02:25:08 AM
// Looks like an AoE attack we won't be able to dodge, might as well go all out on her now

> Do we think we could use up all our energy for a magical explosion of our own and level the fortress with our combined blasts? (Mayina style)
> If so do we think we could take her out with us?

> If we think we can either bury her in the rubble or take her out with us proceed to explode

>We would still technically be able to survive this given our undead nature, right? Or will this actually end us if we tried it?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 05, 2020, 08:27:01 PM
// Looks like an AoE attack we won't be able to dodge, might as well go all out on her now

> Do we think we could use up all our energy for a magical explosion of our own and level the fortress with our combined blasts? (Mayina style)
> If so do we think we could take her out with us?

> If we think we can either bury her in the rubble or take her out with us proceed to explode

> You think you could discharge all of your remaining magic, but you're not sure what would occur if you did so. You've never tried.

> You doubt Elis would be killed; Vampires are very difficult to kill.

> You're fairly sure your combined power wouldn't *leave* any rubble.

>We would still technically be able to survive this given our undead nature, right? Or will this actually end us if we tried it?

> You are unsure what would happen if you were to release every single bit of your magical essence. You figure it's best to keep just a trickle in reserve. Just in case. You don't know for 100% sure; because you're unique in Makai and have simply never done that.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 05, 2020, 09:19:05 PM
> Her explosion should take out her castle on its own then, so that'll do
> Assume we've stalled for enough time and phase through the walls with our ghostly abilities to get out of there and fly back towards our mansion in Vina to recover

> On the way out enhance our defenses to lessen the blow from Elis' oncoming explosion and drop low, flying just above the miasma

> Use any remaining magic to go invisible, hide or otherwise disappear from Elis and leave her wondering as to what happened to us

> If we can absorb any magic from the liquid miasma surrounding Elis' fortress do so, if not just focus on getting back to Vina

Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on April 06, 2020, 02:39:10 AM
> Her explosion should take out her castle on its own then, so that'll do
> Assume we've stalled for enough time and phase through the walls with our ghostly abilities to get out of there and fly back towards our mansion in Vina to recover

> On the way out enhance our defenses to lessen the blow from Elis' oncoming explosion and drop low, flying just above the miasma

> Use any remaining magic to go invisible, hide or otherwise disappear from Elis and leave her wondering as to what happened to us

> If we can absorb any magic from the liquid miasma surrounding Elis' fortress do so, if not just focus on getting back to Vina

// The battle system is more than fine with adding more "status bars "as needed by the Encounter,Objectives,Variations,etc. //

// As a hopefully good suggestion:about Objectives,if possible,they should be added as well alongside their own sort of "progress/status bar" ;except of course in the case where they  and/or their " progress/status bar" start off as hidden and remain that way either because they must remain mysterious or because the players have not yet meet enough requirements/managed enough progress before and/or in-battle //

> Quickly "unsummon" our Mirror Familiar to keep it from this Overwhelmingly Ruinous Attack .

> While retreating back to Vina, look back to see what we can about the Castle-Fortress,the Bay,Elis and hopefully nothing at all indicating Rumia and her group.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 08, 2020, 10:02:04 PM
// Just as a heads up; quite busy the next couple of days. I'm working in healthcare and receiving training [relating to a promotion]. But this training requires me work late shifts to be able to be trained due to the overall workload.

I am unlikely to be able to update until Friday.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 08, 2020, 11:23:17 PM
//Working in health care during the current events huh? Must be harsh. Good luck with it.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on April 09, 2020, 10:07:51 PM
// Just as a heads up; quite busy the next couple of days. I'm working in healthcare and receiving training [relating to a promotion]. But this training requires me work late shifts to be able to be trained due to the overall workload.

I am unlikely to be able to update until Friday.

// 8) I see you are online now,so it is the best time to pray and wish for your success on that and benefits for all involved(regardless of normalcy or emergency)  :D //
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 10, 2020, 01:03:30 AM
// Good luck with your promotion and stay healthy
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 10, 2020, 08:52:54 PM
> Her explosion should take out her castle on its own then, so that'll do
> Assume we've stalled for enough time and phase through the walls with our ghostly abilities to get out of there and fly back towards our mansion in Vina to recover

> On the way out enhance our defenses to lessen the blow from Elis' oncoming explosion and drop low, flying just above the miasma

> Use any remaining magic to go invisible, hide or otherwise disappear from Elis and leave her wondering as to what happened to us

> If we can absorb any magic from the liquid miasma surrounding Elis' fortress do so, if not just focus on getting back to Vina

// The battle system is more than fine with adding more "status bars "as needed by the Encounter,Objectives,Variations,etc. //

// As a hopefully good suggestion:about Objectives,if possible,they should be added as well alongside their own sort of "progress/status bar" ;except of course in the case where they  and/or their " progress/status bar" start off as hidden and remain that way either because they must remain mysterious or because the players have not yet meet enough requirements/managed enough progress before and/or in-battle //

> Quickly "unsummon" our Mirror Familiar to keep it from this Overwhelmingly Ruinous Attack .

> While retreating back to Vina, look back to see what we can about the Castle-Fortress,the Bay,Elis and hopefully nothing at all indicating Rumia and her group.

> You de-summon the mirror as you promptly turn to retreat.

> As you flee, you hear the fortress crumbling, and you can see the ground below you warping. It is at this point you realise that Elis wasn't intending to perform an explosion of sorts, she is using some sort of gravity-based attack, which fits with her saying you wouldn't be able to fly away.

> Except you don't have mass in the first place. So her attack probably would not have effected you.

> You see neither Elis pursuing you, or Rumia's group. You feel quite worn out after all this, so you head home, replenishing your magical power as you absorb maisma from the surroundings.

---


> Control has reverted to Rumia

---

> There is a flash of purple light, and you find yourself back in Patchouli's library, along with Koakuma, Kogasa and Gungir. [Kogasa still seeming quite enraptured by the spear]

> You can see a concerned looking group of Mystia; Cirno, Daiyousei and the projection of Sumireiko nearby. You can also hear Patchouli wheezing and coughing from behind you. Mayina is in view as well; he just doesn't look concerned and is standing further back.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 10, 2020, 09:48:09 PM
>"We're back!"
>Turn to Patchouli
>"...are you okay?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 11, 2020, 12:52:20 AM
> Before that
> Elegantly spin around and T pose holding the spear out for Patchouli!
> "Ta-da~!"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 11, 2020, 01:14:46 AM
>Take our pose, spin around and put up two fingers in a V for victory.
>"Mission accomplished~!"

//Edit: No strawberries I didn't see Tom's post before I wrote this.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 11, 2020, 01:41:35 AM
> Elegantly spin around and T pose holding the spear out for Patchouli!
>Take care not to accidentally hit her or anyone else with the spear while we do this.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 12, 2020, 07:34:31 PM
>"We're back!"
>Turn to Patchouli
>"...are you okay?"

> Before that
> Elegantly spin around and T pose holding the spear out for Patchouli!
> "Ta-da~!"

> You spin around, weilding the spear, and say 'Ta-da!'.

> You note the lance feels rather heavy in your hands, despite it's size being right for someone like you, and you being a Youkai, so easily able to wield a spear of this size if it was normal.

> You then show concern for Patchouli.

> "It's my illnesses..." she wheezes. "Using that level of magic really... took it out of me..."

> "Lady Patchouli is quite unhealthy, even on the best of days." Koakuma remarks. "It's to the point she cannot even utilize two of her seven elements most days."

> "It was the least I could do for Lady Remilia..." Patchouli coughs.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 12, 2020, 07:49:55 PM
> "We'll return it to her then, you should get some rest"

> "The place we were sent to was the city of Vina ... or what little's left of it, you wouldn't happen to know a way to find out what happened would you?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on April 12, 2020, 07:53:12 PM
> You spin around, weilding the spear, and say 'Ta-da!'.

> You note the lance feels rather heavy in your hands, despite it's size being right for someone like you, and you being a Youkai, so easily able to wield a spear of this size if it was normal.

> You then show concern for Patchouli.

> "It's my illnesses..." she wheezes. "Using that level of magic really... took it out of me..."

> "Lady Patchouli is quite unhealthy, even on the best of days." Koakuma remarks. "It's to the point she cannot even utilize two of her seven elements most days."

> "It was the least I could do for Lady Remilia..." Patchouli coughs.



//  8) HAPPY HOLY EASTER  ;D !!! //

// What do you all think about the Elis fight outcome ? Has it turned out in an an advantageous stalemate? //

> Wait before departing to Remilia's.

> To Patchouli : " And you have done it very nicely,both on accounts of sensing us in and calling us back".

> Wait for her to recover enough:'' Should I take this to Miss Remilia now or...?"

> Once the response is given,go to back to our group,ask if everything was fine here,thank  Mystia and the others for keeping an eye on Maiyna and on Riga,ask Mystia for the Riga Communication Doll .

> Proceed to Remilia's,unless Parchouli suggest somewhere else.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 12, 2020, 07:55:10 PM
Edited my reply to ask for some more info
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 12, 2020, 08:00:06 PM
>Don't leave the room yet.
>"So how has everyone been while we were gone? Any unexpected bad things happen?"

//@QM: Would Mystia have been able to hear any distress calls from Alice during that time considering how the dolls were initially paired? Or is our magic required only for outgoing messages?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on April 12, 2020, 08:28:13 PM
>Don't leave the room yet.
>"So how has everyone been while we were gone? Anything unexpected bad things happen?"

//@QM: Would Mystia have been able to hear any distress calls from Alice during that time considering how the dolls were initially paired? Or is our magic required only for outgoing messages?

// Well,"Alice-Rumia Doll Comm. Line" does only function with the 2 of them but anyone close enough could hear it once activates depending on voice volume and (Mystia's advantage) hearing while skilled enough individual are able to ( Dangerous if Hostile Makaians come across it )trace it back to where Alice is and eventually to her //

> Now that it comes to mind... Koakuma took an Outside World Magic Book for Patchouli while we took a Rusty Makaian Knife when in Elis Castle...

> Did both of us,of course by also looking at what Koakuma is carrying, manage to take them back here?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 13, 2020, 02:11:20 AM
>Notice Kogasa's behavior. "Kogasa? You seem awfully focused on the spear... Ah! Does it have some kind of secret surprise aura that only you can detect?!"

>Inspect Gungir for surprises
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 13, 2020, 02:15:57 AM
>Notice Kogasa's behavior. "Kogasa? You seem awfully focused on the spear... Ah! Does it have some kind of secret surprise aura that only you can detect?!"
> Add onto that "Or any improvements you'd like you discus with Remilia?  Considering your experience with metalworking"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 13, 2020, 02:49:12 AM
> Add onto that "Or any improvements you'd like you discus with Remilia?  Considering your experience with metalworking"
>Do we even know about her metalworking abilities?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 13, 2020, 03:29:03 AM
// Of course, she's told us she's a blacksmith which comes in handy considering she's an umbrella.  Additionally she told us that she repairs Reimu's persuasion needles, but doesn't get paid since Reimu can't afford it.  We learned about this shortly after we met her
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 13, 2020, 03:43:29 AM
// Of course, she's told us she's a blacksmith which comes in handy considering she's an umbrella.  Additionally she told us that she repairs Reimu's persuasion needles, but doesn't get paid since Reimu can't afford it.  We learned about this shortly after we met her
//Did we?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 13, 2020, 04:06:29 AM
// Here's your evidence, one-hundred percent backed by science links:
// First mention of blacksmithing: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408558#msg1408558 (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408558#msg1408558)
// Fixing Reimu's needles: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408616#msg1408616 (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408616#msg1408616)
// Why she became a blacksmith: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408618#msg1408618 (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408618#msg1408618)
// Even Mystia knows this: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1413704#msg1413704 (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1413704#msg1413704)
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 13, 2020, 05:38:23 AM
// Here's your evidence, one-hundred percent backed by science links:
// First mention of blacksmithing: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408558#msg1408558 (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408558#msg1408558)
// Fixing Reimu's needles: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408616#msg1408616 (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408616#msg1408616)
// Why she became a blacksmith: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408618#msg1408618 (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1408618#msg1408618)
// Even Mystia knows this: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1413704#msg1413704 (http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21454.msg1413704#msg1413704)
//Alright. Also wow I forgot we played as Mystia briefly
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 13, 2020, 06:15:14 AM
// Yeah at this point we've played as everyone from our group except Cirno, Daiyousei and Mayina
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 13, 2020, 07:17:41 AM
// Yeah at this point we've played as everyone from our group except Cirno, Daiyousei and Mayina
//I don't think we've ever played Wriggle. However, I do think we did Kogasa at one point, though I can't exactly recall when.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 13, 2020, 06:47:46 PM
// We played as Wriggle during the Mayina fight
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 20, 2020, 10:15:37 PM
[Apologies for delays; busy work busy work]



//  8) HAPPY HOLY EASTER  ;D !!! //

// What do you all think about the Elis fight outcome ? Has it turned out in an an advantageous stalemate? //

> Wait before departing to Remilia's.

> To Patchouli : " And you have done it very nicely,both on accounts of sensing us in and calling us back".

> Wait for her to recover enough:'' Should I take this to Miss Remilia now or...?"

> Once the response is given,go to back to our group,ask if everything was fine here,thank  Mystia and the others for keeping an eye on Maiyna and on Riga,ask Mystia for the Riga Communication Doll .

> Proceed to Remilia's,unless Parchouli suggest somewhere else.

> "It is not difficult to be able to sense when my familiar is holding an artifact of great power." Patchouli says modestly. "Even an apprentice magician should be able to feel power such as that."

> "Yes, you should return Gungir to Lady Remilia as soon as possible." Patchouli answers.

> Mystia returns the small communication doll to you.

>Don't leave the room yet.
>"So how has everyone been while we were gone? Any unexpected bad things happen?"

//@QM: Would Mystia have been able to hear any distress calls from Alice during that time considering how the dolls were initially paired? Or is our magic required only for outgoing messages?

> "Well; Sumi's been all curious, he's been a grouch, and Daiyousei has mostly been stopping Cirno from being... well... Cirno." Mystia answers.

// Yes, while Riga is tuned to your magic to send, receiving is done from Alice's end.

>Notice Kogasa's behavior. "Kogasa? You seem awfully focused on the spear... Ah! Does it have some kind of secret surprise aura that only you can detect?!"

>Inspect Gungir for surprises

> Kogasa shakes her head.

> Add onto that "Or any improvements you'd like you discus with Remilia?  Considering your experience with metalworking"

> Kogasa shakes her head, but this time she answers. "How can an item of such power not have become a Tsukumogami? It's clearly old enough, and powerful enough to do so. It even feels like it has some sort of will of it's own... but it's not a Tsukumogami... it's like nothing I've seen before... it feels like it could spring to life and force a Karakasa like me to kneel before it like some sort of ruler and I wouldn't be able to resist. An item like this... for a lowly umbrella like me to be in it's presence, it makes me feel.... unworthy to be near it, but I don't want to move away either. It's... strange."

> The Karakasa seems entranced, or in awe. Patchouli seems to summon a piece of paper and scrawls down something, as if taking notes.

// Well,"Alice-Rumia Doll Comm. Line" does only function with the 2 of them but anyone close enough could hear it once activates depending on voice volume and (Mystia's advantage) hearing while skilled enough individual are able to ( Dangerous if Hostile Makaians come across it )trace it back to where Alice is and eventually to her //

> Now that it comes to mind... Koakuma took an Outside World Magic Book for Patchouli while we took a Rusty Makaian Knife when in Elis Castle...

> Did both of us,of course by also looking at what Koakuma is carrying, manage to take them back here?

> You check your pocket and find the rusted knife. Koakuma sees you doing this and brings the book out of a large pocket as well, giving it to Patchouli; who almost seems to pounce upon it, open it, and begins reading.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on April 21, 2020, 07:07:45 PM
[Apologies for delays; busy work busy work]

> "It is not difficult to be able to sense when my familiar is holding an artifact of great power." Patchouli says modestly. "Even an apprentice magician should be able to feel power such as that."

> "Yes, you should return Gungir to Lady Remilia as soon as possible." Patchouli answers.

> Mystia returns the small communication doll to you.

> "Well; Sumi's been all curious, he's been a grouch, and Daiyousei has mostly been stopping Cirno from being... well... Cirno." Mystia answers.

// Yes, while Riga is tuned to your magic to send, receiving is done from Alice's end.

> Kogasa shakes her head.

> Kogasa shakes her head, but this time she answers. "How can an item of such power not have become a Tsukumogami? It's clearly old enough, and powerful enough to do so. It even feels like it has some sort of will of it's own... but it's not a Tsukumogami... it's like nothing I've seen before... it feels like it could spring to life and force a Karakasa like me to kneel before it like some sort of ruler and I wouldn't be able to resist. An item like this... for a lowly umbrella like me to be in it's presence, it makes me feel.... unworthy to be near it, but I don't want to move away either. It's... strange."

> The Karakasa seems entranced, or in awe. Patchouli seems to summon a piece of paper and scrawls down something, as if taking notes.

> You check your pocket and find the rusted knife. Koakuma sees you doing this and brings the book out of a large pocket as well, giving it to Patchouli; who almost seems to pounce upon it, open it, and begins reading.

> How big and shaped is the rusted knife and what could it be used for?

> That book from Makai really seems to have piqued Parchouli interest,uh.

> To everyone in our group :" Well,let's go and make another visit to Miss Remilia".

>Go in front of Remilia's room,announce who we are and the Gungir-Retrieving has been successful ,enter politely,if allowed,present it to her with a flourish and give it back to her or place it where indicated.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 21, 2020, 07:33:48 PM
> How big and shaped is the rusted knife and what could it be used for?

> That book from Makai really seems to have piqued Parchouli interest,uh.

> To everyone in our group :" Well,let's go and make another visit to Miss Remilia".

>Go in front of Remilia's room,announce who we are and the Gungir-Retrieving has been successful ,enter politely,if allowed,present it to her with a flourish and give it back to her or place it where indicated.

> It is shaped like a standard knife used by humans for eating.

> You figure Patchouli really likes books; given how many she has.

> Everyone follows you back towards Remilia's room. The Vampire seems to be waiting for you, looking more healed then previously. Instead of looking like a badly burnt wreck; she actually resembles Remilia more now, although she still has patches where it looks like someone ripped her skin off.

> Remilia looks with some surprise at Gungir.

> "I suppose the fact you have that means Elis was a bit more shaken up then she was letting on." the vampire remarks.

> Suddenly; everything shakes. This lasts about five seconds, and is enough to surprise even Remilia. It's a rather violent shaking as well, enough you hear some or the ornaments such as vases outside crash to the ground.

> "What was that?" Mystia squarks.

> "Is someone attacking with Earth-Elemental magic?" Mayina questions.

> "No... that was an Earthquake..." Sumireiko's projection answers.

> "There was one earlier as well. Shortly after I retired to my coffin. It was a little weaker than this one however."

> "I didn't notice no shakeing." Cirno protests.

> "that's because we were probably flying when it happened." Daiyousei responds.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 21, 2020, 07:44:10 PM
>How common are earthquakes in gensokyo?

>"Do you think it's a natural one?"

>We should probably do a check in with Alice and Wriggle to see if they're holding up well. (This is more of a mental note. Don't actually do it yet unless someone else says to go ahead.)
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 21, 2020, 08:06:12 PM
>How common are earthquakes in gensokyo?

>"Do you think it's a natural one?"

>We should probably do a check in with Alice and Wriggle to see if they're holding up well. (This is more of a mental note. Don't actually do it yet unless someone else says to go ahead.)

> They are not common. The last time you remember one was when the weather went haywire a few years ago. If you recall from the Bunbunmaru; that was related to a 'Celestial'.

> "I haven't heard of a single natural Earthquake in Gensokyo. Gensokyo is sealed off from the Outside. The causes of natural Earthquakes should not even apply." Remilia explains.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 21, 2020, 08:09:11 PM
>"Think it's one of those celestial whatchamacallits like what was in the newspaper a few years back?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 21, 2020, 10:12:54 PM
>"Think it's one of those celestial whatchamacallits like what was in the newspaper a few years back?"

> "If it was the Celestial, then everything around here would be enveloped in a heavy Fog." Remilia replies. "This is... something else."

> A fairy maid enters the chamber; looking panicked.

> "Lady Remilia; China-san says something strange is happening outside!"

> "It's Meiling, and it's still daylight, I cannot go out to see for myself." Remilia states flatly to the maid.

> "Without the Boss I didn't know who to report to..." the fairy says, sounding scared despite Remilia not sounding annoyed or angry. She flies off immediately after saying this.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 22, 2020, 01:21:41 AM
> Gesture to Remilia "May I?"

> Create as large a demarcation sphere as we can possibly can around Remilia

> "Would this suffice?"

> If she agrees then go outside with her and check out what happened!
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 22, 2020, 01:27:42 AM
//Should we check in with Alice and Wriggle real quick just to make sure everything's still fine on their end?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 22, 2020, 02:54:26 AM
// Lets do it on the way out

> If we end up leaving, let Remilia lead the way and fall behind to discreetly contact Alice
>> Whisper "We're back from our little excursion in Makai, everything alright at Eientei?"

// Whatever is happening outside could be be bait to draw her out so lets wait until we find out more about it before telling her
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 22, 2020, 07:38:28 PM
> Gesture to Remilia "May I?"

> Create as large a demarcation sphere as we can possibly can around Remilia

> "Would this suffice?"

> If she agrees then go outside with her and check out what happened!

> Remilia shakes her head.

> "What if something forces us apart? I cannot take such a risk." the vampire responds simply. "I shall rely on reports from my Gatekeeper."

[Not parseing Tom's post since it was reliant on leaving; which was conditional on Remilia accepting]
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 22, 2020, 08:30:21 PM
> "I understand"

> Hand the spear over if we haven't already

> "We'll check out what's going on outside and help Meiling"

> Bow before leaving

> On the way out discreetly activate Alice's doll and whisper "We're back from our little excursion in Makai, everything alright at Eientei?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 22, 2020, 09:10:10 PM
>Specifically ask Alice "Did anyone over there happen to feel an earthquake?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 22, 2020, 10:13:02 PM
> Don't do that lets see what's happening outside before worrying Alice, it could be bait to draw her out of hiding for all we know
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 22, 2020, 10:15:38 PM
> "I understand"

> Hand the spear over if we haven't already

> "We'll check out what's going on outside and help Meiling"

> Bow before leaving

> On the way out discreetly activate Alice's doll and whisper "We're back from our little excursion in Makai, everything alright at Eientei?"

> You hand over the spear to Remilia, before you excuse yourself and leave.

> As you leave Remilia's room and start to head down the corridors; you activate the doll and speak to Alice.

>Specifically ask Alice "Did anyone over there happen to feel an earthquake?"

> "Eientei itself is fine, however some panicked rabbits ran in from outside talking about an earthquake. It didn't effect Eientei itself due to Kaguya's powers."

> At this point, you leave the Mansion, and enter the garden area outside.

> Immediately, something looks terribly wrong.

> There are several cracks in the sky. The cracks look like if you threw one of Cirno's ice blocks at a tree. They're not massive, but they are certainly noticeable.

> "Do you lot see the sky; or is that just me?" Meiling shouts to you.

[Cut by Tom, since there's 2 players who mentioned talking to Alice I'll do that, besides, Alice is still within Eientei, and Eirin is smart enough to recognize a trap]
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 22, 2020, 10:17:08 PM
>"What in the world....?!"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 22, 2020, 10:26:12 PM
> "Could it be ... the barrier?  We need Reimu!"

> Fly up at full speed towards the cracks to inspect them closer

> If we sense any danger stop flying and let ourselves fall (as it's faster) back towards Misty lake
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 22, 2020, 10:29:11 PM
> "Could it be ... the barrier?  We need Reimu!"
> leave out the "we need Reimu" for now. We shouldn't jump to conclusions before we inspect.

>Do, however say the first part and see how the others respond to the speculation
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 23, 2020, 08:11:48 PM
>"What in the world....?!"

> Everyone else seems equally confused.

> "Could it be ... the barrier?"

> Fly up at full speed towards the cracks to inspect them closer

> If we sense any danger stop flying and let ourselves fall (as it's faster) back towards Misty lake

> "The Barrier? Isn't that really, really bad if those cracks are the Barrier?" Mystia asks, sounding legitimately worried.

> You fly up towards the sky. The cracks do not seem to get any closer.

> You sense a great power, that zooms past you in just an instant. A blurr of white; blue and gold. You're sure whatever it was had multiple tails. It was so fast you hardly could tell which direction it was heading. But you did manage to do so. It was heading to the North-West. That's not an area of Gensokyo you've been much at all, you're actually not sure what is there.

> As suddenly as you feel the power, it vanishes.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 23, 2020, 08:32:31 PM
>Fly back down.
>"Did any of you see something fly past me just now?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 23, 2020, 08:43:35 PM
>Fly back down.
>"Did any of you see something fly past me just now?"

> Cirno, Kogasa, Sumireiko and Daiyousei shake their heads. However, Mystia responds by nodding, and Mayina sort of grunts in acknowledgement.

> "Something really fast just flew past you." Mystia responds.

> "I don't know what it was, but it's speed was rater impressive." the daemon remarks.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 23, 2020, 08:44:59 PM
>"Yeah. And it felt really, really powerful too... do you think it could be dangerous?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Metalslug on April 24, 2020, 12:45:55 AM
>"Whatever it was, it had some kind of tails, and I think I saw, white, blue and gold? Mayina, do you know of anything from Makai that has those colors and is really fast?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 24, 2020, 12:50:08 AM
> "Well standing here won't change anything, lets spread out and tail them"

> Gesture to Mayina to pick him up, try a different way that looks less awkward this time

> Follow in the same general direction, flying just above the tree canopy ready to dive down if we feel like they've noticed being followed.  Maintain distance from everyone else so they don't see a clump of youkai behind them.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 24, 2020, 12:57:55 AM
> "Well standing here won't change anything, lets spread out and tail them"

> Gesture to Mayina to pick him up, try a different way that looks less awkward this time

> Follow in the same general direction, flying just above the tree canopy ready to dive down if we feel like they've noticed being followed.  Maintain distance from everyone else so they don't see a clump of youkai behind them.
>Hold on this at least for one parse session.

//Wanted to see how they reacted first before making the decision to chase the thing that is obviously leagues more powerful than us. Plus I was going to ask if they think we should find Reimu and get her involved if they seem to think there might be a connection.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 24, 2020, 01:35:26 AM
// The rest of our group probably don't know any more than we do about that thing.  Also were only going to observe and report we're not going to get involved so it doesn't matter if the thing is stronger than us
// Also that thing has already flown way past us and we can ask that question on the way, if we delay we may lose track of it and never find out where it went.  If they think we need Reimu we can deviate from our course or double back
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 24, 2020, 01:39:51 AM
// The rest of our group probably don't know any more than we do about that thing.  Also were only going to observe and report we're not going to get involved so it doesn't matter if the thing is stronger than us
// Also that thing has already flown way past us and we can ask that question on the way, if we delay we may lose track of it and never find out where it went.  If they think we need Reimu we can deviate from our course or double back
//its already long gone though. We only know what direction it was going in
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 24, 2020, 03:50:07 AM
// It might change direction and we miss it and end up going somewhere pointless, time is of the essence here
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 24, 2020, 04:36:09 AM
// It might change direction and we miss it and end up going somewhere pointless, time is of the essence here
//its already long gone
//Ask yourself: Does it make logical sense that we'd be able to witness something that passed us at a very high velocity, that is therefore already far out of sight when we start going after it, change directions? :V

//Literally our only lead right now is the initial direction it was flying in.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 24, 2020, 09:32:54 PM
// Fine delay a turn, parse actions as is
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on April 25, 2020, 02:33:30 AM
// Fine delay a turn, parse actions as is

// After a possible response by Mystia but particularly Maiyna,we should quickly tell
 a brief description and warning to Meiling for the Mansion to stay on guard,ask her who/what could be North-West to be better prepared in pursuit,in hiding,in giving directions&explantions

// That would be also usful to give directions/waning/info/ideas for anyone who passes through here to pursue or avoid or investigate

// Finally we can go to fetch Reimu's help OR another one equally or better skilled at the Hakurei Shrine or on the way to it  //

// There is  a high chance that Reimu,and maybe a few others,could already be in pursuit of it or moved to investigate  Cracks not close to the Hakurei Shrine //

// MOST IMPORTANT : depending on Meilng's answer about " North-West from the Mansion " ,and possibly another answer within our group,we either go to the Hakurei Shrine,North-West,another Important Related Location ; that could also mean a quick call-of-warning to Alice,Wriggle,Eientei //

// Sooner or later,whenever there is a safe opportunity, we should join back with Wriggle( Rumia's best friend in Rumia Quest Revival ) or have her join us back since there have been several signals that Alice is more than enough protected&hidden in Bamboo Forest/Eintei AND we are going to need a Full Team and her Bug Skills&Powers //.

> After the responses make a gesture and ask for everyone to follow you in front of the Mansion's Gates and to Meiling .

> Quicky warn and describe to Meiling what we felt coming past the Tear in the Barrier,with a great power and flying extremely fast,adding eventual insights by Mystia and especially Mayna .

> Specify it zoomed from fairly close to the Mansion to the North-West  and ask if she knows what or who could be in that direction.

> While getting ready to flight to the Hakurei Shrine,wave goodbye to Meiling and ask her to relay a message on our behalf  to Remilia,when possible of what we discussed and also one about  :" the Makaian who has already aided us at the start of the Heretical Makaians Invasion  has been the biggest help to retrieve her Gungnir".

> If Louise told us to still being secretive ,specify she prefers anonimity,but if she did not reveal her name.

> In any case keep our eyes and senses open&aware the for anything odd to the North-West and say to our group to do the same .

> Depending upon Meiling's news, other possibile ones from our group and our decision the current Fly-By Destination is either  North-West to pursue the Creature or  the Hakurei Shine or possibly...?

Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 25, 2020, 03:07:45 AM
> While getting ready to flight to the Hakurei Shrine,wave goodbye to Meiling and ask her to relay a message on our behalf  to Remilia,when possible of what we discussed and also one about  :" the Makaian who has already aided us at the start of the Heretical Makaians Invasion  has been the biggest help to retrieve her Gungnir".

> If Louise told us to still being secretive ,specify she prefers anonimity,but if she did not reveal her name.

> In any case keep our eyes and senses open&aware the for anything odd to the North-West and say to our group to do the same .

> Depending upon Meiling's news, other possibile ones from our group and our decision the current Fly-By Destination is either  North-West to pursue the Creature or  the Hakurei Shine or possibly...?
>Wait on these for the same reasons given for waiting on Tom's. The other actions in Branneg's post are fine.

//Again, I'd rather we get the responses first before we make a decision to leave the area.

> Quicky warn and describe to Meiling what we felt coming through the Tear in the Barrier,with a great power and flying extremely fast,adding eventual insights by Mystia and especially Mayna .
>Don't explicitly state that it's a tear in the barrier. That still hasn't been completely confirmed and we won't want to cause unnecessary panic if it turns out it isn't the barrier.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 25, 2020, 07:19:22 AM
// Okay now that I've reread more yes it might not be the barrier since we've had no indications leading up to an assault on the barrier. 
// Heretic YgMg is loafing around in Vina, heretic Elis is/was busy fighting Elis and is probably throwing a temper tantrum, Mayina is dying of boredom at the mansion and Donita has probably forgotten about the whole affair, safe to say they're occupied.  So barring there being more heretics we don't know about (maybe) or a third party (unlikely) it's possible that this is something else entirely.
// As for what could it be the suspects are Tenshi, Suika, the Nuclear Reactor / oni underground (cause earthquake), maybe Fladre with her ability
// The one indication we have that it's the barrier is that the flying thing was described like Ran but then again why would Ran be flying when she can just teleport...
// If it ends up being the barrier since no one was going to attack it the only other explanation is that something happened to Reimu and it's manifesting the damage on the barrier...
// A lot of things don't make sense so let's indeed use a turn to learn more
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 25, 2020, 09:13:23 PM
>"Yeah. And it felt really, really powerful too... do you think it could be dangerous?"

>"Whatever it was, it had some kind of tails, and I think I saw, white, blue and gold? Mayina, do you know of anything from Makai that has those colors and is really fast?"

> "Anything can be dangerous." the deamon comments flatly. "But I don't know of anything in Makai like that."

> After the responses make a gesture and ask for everyone to follow you in front of the Mansion's Gates and to Meiling .

> Quicky warn and describe to Meiling what we felt coming through the Tear in the Barrier,with a great power and flying extremely fast,adding eventual insights by Mystia and especially Mayna .

> Specify it zoomed from fairly close to the Mansion to the North-West  and ask if she knows what or who could be in that direction.

> While getting ready to flight to the Hakurei Shrine,wave goodbye to Meiling and ask her to relay a message on our behalf  to Remilia,when possible of what we discussed and also one about  :" the Makaian who has already aided us at the start of the Heretical Makaians Invasion  has been the biggest help to retrieve her Gungnir".

> If Louise told us to still being secretive ,specify she prefers anonimity,but if she did not reveal her name.

> In any case keep our eyes and senses open&aware the for anything odd to the North-West and say to our group to do the same .

> Depending upon Meiling's news, other possibile ones from our group and our decision the current Fly-By Destination is either  North-West to pursue the Creature or  the Hakurei Shine or possibly...?

// The fast thing did not come *from* the damaged sky. It flew past you.

> You fly over to Meiling, and explain what just happened. She seems to think for a few moments.

> "I don't know for sure, but that might have been the Kitsune. I've heard there is one that lives in Gensokyo. A fast, powerful being with multiple tails." the gatekeeper says.

--

// Okay now that I've reread more yes it might not be the barrier since we've had no indications leading up to an assault on the barrier. 
// Heretic YgMg is loafing around in Vina, heretic Elis is/was busy fighting Elis and is probably throwing a temper tantrum, Mayina is dying of boredom at the mansion and Donita has probably forgotten about the whole affair, safe to say they're occupied.  So barring there being more heretics we don't know about (maybe) or a third party (unlikely) it's possible that this is something else entirely.
// As for what could it be the suspects are Tenshi, Suika, the Nuclear Reactor / oni underground (cause earthquake), maybe Fladre with her ability
// The one indication we have that it's the barrier is that the flying thing was described like Ran but then again why would Ran be flying when she can just teleport...
// If it ends up being the barrier since no one was going to attack it the only other explanation is that something happened to Reimu and it's manifesting the damage on the barrier...
// A lot of things don't make sense so let's indeed use a turn to learn more

// I'm just going to say regarding what's going on, there have been various suggestions and hints of other events going on other than the main on you've focused on. Although to be entirely fair, the biggest hint to the overarching problem has been entirely inferred and never outright stated. There are also a few characters you have met who might have some answers, if you have the right questions.

// Also as far as I'm aware Ran can only really teleport short distances, and regardless; her power is presumably; similar to Chen, variable based on her distance to Yukari. [Although as a Kitsune Ran's baseline power level is really high. Yukari is just... Yukari.]

// Actually I'll give a hint. You've been asking a lot of 'why' but you haven't asked 'how'. There was a couple of somewhat major events which should have raised a flag that something is seriously wrong.

// Also Rumia and co aren't really aware of the Underground. Remember regular Youkai are forbidden from going there. It's a land for the outcasts even among Youkai society.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 25, 2020, 09:27:15 PM
>"Is that so? Do you know if it's dangerous or not? Do you think it knows anything about the sky cracks?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 25, 2020, 09:42:42 PM
// What if this is Mima trying to get Hakurei's attention for a fight?  Having lived for years near the shrine and Reimu she'd certainly know about the barrier

> "Well its long gone now..."

> Discreetly sidestep away while everyone's busy gawking at the sky and ask Alice "Hey, are you seeing what we're seeing in the sky?  Could you ask Eirin if she knows anything about it or if she can find out with her science magic?"

> Also communicate "Could you also ask Wriggle if she can track a being with multiple tails called a Kitsune with her bug familiars?" explain the direction of the unknown region of Gensokyo we saw it fly towards
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 25, 2020, 09:45:37 PM
>"Is that so? Do you know if it's dangerous or not? Do you think it knows anything about the sky cracks?"

> "Dangerous? Not unless you provoke her or give her reason, I assume. And given how long Kitsune need to live to become Kitsune in the first place, she's probably older than Gensokyo, so probably has at least some idea." Meiling explains.

// What if this is Mima trying to get Hakurei's attention for a fight?  Having lived for years near the shrine and Reimu she'd certainly know about the barrier

> "Well its long gone now..."

> Discreetly sidestep away while everyone's busy gawking at the sky and ask Alice "Hey, are you seeing what we're seeing in the sky?  Could you ask Eirin if she knows anything about it or if she can find out with her science magic?"

> Also communicate "Could you also ask Wriggle if she can track a being with multiple tails called a Kitsune with her bug familiars?" explain the direction of the unknown region of Gensokyo we saw it fly towards

> "I haven't been outside, but the rabbits who came inside mentioned something like that. Eirin seemed really concerned and went to her lab." Alice responds.

> You hear Wriggle. "I can ask the insects, it'll take some time for the message to spread however."
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 25, 2020, 09:58:42 PM
>"Thanks, Wriggle."

>Look to our companions, "So... Do you think Ms. Reimu is going to do anything about this? I mean, this is kinda like an incident on top of an incident, right? Unless they're related... Mayina, would anything in Makai that you know of be powerful enough to crack the sky like that?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 25, 2020, 10:08:57 PM
> To Alice "Alright, stay safe and let us know if you find anything"

> Look at Mayina "Like maybe your former contractor?"

> Look at Meiling "Do you following her to wherever it was she went would provoke her?"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 26, 2020, 08:47:39 PM
>"Thanks, Wriggle."

>Look to our companions, "So... Do you think Ms. Reimu is going to do anything about this? I mean, this is kinda like an incident on top of an incident, right? Unless they're related... Mayina, would anything in Makai that you know of be powerful enough to crack the sky like that?"

> "Don't worry about it; it's what I do." Wriggle says.

> "Whenever things get serious; Reimu fixes it quickly." Mystia says happily.

> "Even if she has to bash some heads together." Daiyousei adds.

> Mayina thinks for a few moments.

> "Know someone? You forget, I was just some country daemon. All the big, strong daemons either lived in their own realms they ruled over, or lived in Paradise. I suppose Shinki could do it. Maybe a daemon skilled with illusions."

> To Alice "Alright, stay safe and let us know if you find anything"

> Look at Mayina "Like maybe your former contractor?"

> Look at Meiling "Do you following her to wherever it was she went would provoke her?"

> "I never met my contractor." the male daemon states. "So I do not know."

> "It would depend why you follow her." Meiling responds. "I've never really met her. I just know a bit about their species. As long as you're not a Tanuki; she shouldn't be hostile to you without provocation."
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 26, 2020, 09:39:41 PM
> "I suppose if we stay far behind and don't get in her way she won't mind then, lets follow"

> Point in the direction we saw the thing fly towards

> Gesture to Mayina to pick him up, try not to hold him awkwardly this time

> Fly off in that direction staying low and just above the tree line
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 26, 2020, 09:49:07 PM
//Just a small thought before departure... Did we intend to report back to Remilia after seeing the cause of the "quake"? I read back to when we initially went out and noticed that we kinda left it open ended if we were going to come back or not.

>Do the following before leaving
>"Assuming we can catch up at least... Hey, Miss Meiling, do you know if there's anything significant in that direction that could narrow down where the kitsune could've possibly went?"

//EDIT: Also I'm not going to post an action to wait this time, but if you feel that it would flow better if we waited one more parse after Meiling's response to the above feel free to add a wait in.

Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 26, 2020, 10:58:20 PM
// You're right Remi might have something to say about the situation or thank us for retrieving her spear
> Actually yes, cancel the current actions and report back to Remilia with the situation
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 26, 2020, 11:46:58 PM
// You're right Remi might have something to say about the situation or thank us for retrieving her spear
> Actually yes, cancel the current actions and report back to Remilia with the situation
>Do parse the dialogue though (Both tom's "I suppose if we stay far behind and don't get in her way she won't mind then, lets follow" as well as my question to Meiling.)

>EDIT: Leave out the last two words of Tom's as we aren't giving chase just yet.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 27, 2020, 06:29:35 AM
// Alright so composed actions for easy parsing
// Could we request and update to the Character Relations (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kXTuH60F-0z7iCl90DyS22gwYSK44igteW8LRz_J0KM/edit?usp=sharing) to help us on our decisions?

> "I suppose if we stay far behind and don't get in her way she won't mind then"

> Point in the direction we saw the thing fly towards

>"Assuming we can catch up at least... Hey, Miss Meiling, do you know if there's anything significant in that direction that could narrow down where the kitsune could've possibly went?"

> After Meiling's response report back to Remilia and explain the situation, also ask her about the Kitsune and what lies in the direction it flew towards
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 27, 2020, 09:55:01 PM
// Alright so composed actions for easy parsing
// Could we request and update to the Character Relations (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kXTuH60F-0z7iCl90DyS22gwYSK44igteW8LRz_J0KM/edit?usp=sharing) to help us on our decisions?

> "I suppose if we stay far behind and don't get in her way she won't mind then"

> Point in the direction we saw the thing fly towards

>"Assuming we can catch up at least... Hey, Miss Meiling, do you know if there's anything significant in that direction that could narrow down where the kitsune could've possibly went?"

> After Meiling's response report back to Remilia and explain the situation, also ask her about the Kitsune and what lies in the direction it flew towards

// There's not much to change, but yes I need to update it. Specifically the relation to Remilia [Has upgraded to Business, she considers you worthwhile to use and not completely under her notice now] and adding Magan/Sumireko. Patchouli/Koakuma were more helping you simply because it was helping Remilia.

> "I... don't think you have much choice in that, I'd be surprised if you could move that fast." Meiling says. "I sure know I can't."

> "I don't really leave this gate much." Meiling answers. "I'm a gatekeeper; after all. I'm afraid I'm not much use on geography. I can tell you which direction the biggest landmarks are but that's about it."

> You head back inside, prompting a few moments of confusion from Meiling, before she figures you came out on Remilia's behalf to start with and lets you re-enter.

> Remilia seems to be expecting you when you re-enter, as she is already sitting up in her coffin.

> The vampire listens, and thinks for a few moments.

> "That would certainly be Ran Yakumo. The direct servant of Yukari Yakumo. Do not be mistaken, just because she is a servant dosen't mean she is weak." Remilia states. "As for what is out in that direction, I do not leave the mansion all too often, given I can only go out at night."

> Remilia thinks.

> "I think the Gyser Fields are out that way, and if I remember correctly; Sakuya said there is a village filled with cats right at the Border in that direction. I don't know the exact lay of the land, nor the exact direction the Kitsune flew."
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 27, 2020, 09:57:13 PM
>"Yukari Yakumo? Who's that?"

//Edit: OOC, but isn't the geyser supposed to be close to the Hakurei Shrine in canon?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 27, 2020, 10:43:27 PM
>"Yukari Yakumo? Who's that?"

//Edit: OOC, but isn't the geyser supposed to be close to the Hakurei Shrine in canon?

> Remilia looks a little surprised.

> "I would have thought you'd know of her, although I suppose she is rather lazy and doesn't make herself known too much. She's an ancient youkai, older than Gensokyo, who even had a hand in creating it. She is someone I would not even oppose given the chance."

// The Geyser Control Center is directly under Youkai Mountain, suggesting the Geyser Fields are around that area or even on the mountain. It would also make sense from a simple standpoint regarding water. A large amount of water wells up from Youkai Mountain for the source of the Great Waterfall and River the Kappa live in. The Geysers being in that area work too.

We don't have a map of Gensokyo in canon anyway, so I can take some liberties and assumptions.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 27, 2020, 10:56:21 PM
// The Geyser Control Center is directly under Youkai Mountain, suggesting the Geyser Fields are around that area or even on the mountain. It would also make sense from a simple standpoint regarding water. A large amount of water wells up from Youkai Mountain for the source of the Great Waterfall and River the Kappa live in. The Geysers being in that area work too.
//In SA the geyser is near the Hakurei Shrine and Reimu and Marisa make a spa out of the resulting hot springs that form around it.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 28, 2020, 01:29:45 AM
> "Would she have anything to do with the cracks in the sky or be able to help?"

> Just in case this whole thing is an Elis Illusion (Mayina hinted that someone skilled with illusions might be behind this) take a very good look around the room for any oddities, do we feel like we're being watched or is someone watching Remilia's javelin?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on April 28, 2020, 03:52:42 PM

[/quote]
> Remilia looks a little surprised.

> "I would have thought you'd know of her, although I suppose she is rather lazy and doesn't make herself known too much. She's an ancient youkai, older than Gensokyo, who even had a hand in creating it. She is someone I would not even oppose given the chance."

// The Geyser Control Center is directly under Youkai Mountain, suggesting the Geyser Fields are around that area or even on the mountain. It would also make sense from a simple standpoint regarding water. A large amount of water wells up from Youkai Mountain for the source of the Great Waterfall and River the Kappa live in. The Geysers being in that area work too.

We don't have a map of Gensokyo in canon anyway, so I can take some liberties and assumptions.


// https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Strange_Creators_of_Outer_World/Gensokyo_Geography "Gensokyo Geography ( Rough Mapping & Directioning " SO FARUP TO " Perfect Memento in Strict Sense and Curiosities of Lotus Asia 27 ")
Vol. 2018 Spring! (March 30, 2018)
Case 1: Gensokyo's Geography as Seen From "Embodiment of Scarlet Devil"
Vol. 2018 Autumn! (August 01, 2018)
Case 2: Gensokyo's Geography as Seen From "Perfect Cherry Blossom"
Vol. 2019 Spring! (March 04, 2019)
Case 3 & 4: Gensokyo's Geography as Seen From "Imperishable Night & Curiosities of Lotus Asia"
Vol. 2019 Autumn! (October 28, 2019)
pertaining ,but not a demand an enforcing-retroactivity confirmation and clarification is that " Scarlet Devil Mansion" is " Scarlet Devil Island ,Deep Foundations and Moon Phases Tidal W  /w small earth bridge(s) and small hystms to&from in Misty lake and Mist Area " ( a visual indication with the latest,but there were a fair number  circumstancial previous ones text dialogue (Reimu and then Marisa)  is " INSULAR...Insularity" adjective"SDM by the Touhou " Vengeful Spirit Chasing Detective manga " Cheating Detective Satori (CDS) //

// Geyser Fields from the Underground,Under youkai mountain Slopes,some of the foot an an Hotspring Extension (quite Seasonal or else private but not that used" is in the Hakurei shrine Area (which is the Border beween Forest of magic and Hakurei Border Forest //

// "Sekibanki"(not typen in yet in Rumia's Tites nand relations is in the "Neutral Encountered or possibily "Neutral ? Uencountered//

// " Sakuya " is still " Dismissive relation tier " because she has yet to re-awaken and re-establish or more needs to be built and clarified for and through her ? //

// In fact I am suggesting to " augment " ,for sakes of CyoA-RPGText Adventure clarity&quality such as questing ,back-logging ,back-tracking ,back-detail recalling,far less wall-text/complex-parsing&replying/over-reading strain( alas   :-[ vast majority is mine,but very less so  for others in this Text Adventure Quest or in anything else ever (and very hopefully keeps  and improves that a-ways   :) ) ;

//In specific by adding under the " F " (Free except for overarching "OC info/additive" info) or "G" ( "Relations" one) or "H" ( "??? and "S" one)  Columns abbreviations or initials or "*, / ,# with small notes " or "other  text note  tags",  to "stamp" that there are have been "Relation-   :-*Improvements " or "  :'( Worsening " or " Occasional Double Status "//

// On another note,I am going to correct my previous post about " Speedy Ran " simply quick-flying past

// Very Good & Level-Headed Approaches,the previous posts as well, and If I may add my very humble thoughts but also wall-text-turning ones ...//

// A number of Objectives and ??? Objectives ??? both main&Secondary... The Gensokyo-Makai Sigil/Border weakening is ingrained in  " the Gensokyo Barrier(s)" but it is not fundamental per se  ,  this coinciding with  Heretic Makaians getting too close to Powerful Artifacts and causing " Potential Nasty Raid & Skirmishes "
( e.g. Human Village - " Makai Heretical Fireys Squad" against " Ex-Keine,Sekibanki and then the Team)  ... //

// ... "Lumia " /"Lumina" ;),her Legend and Destructions in Makai ( Entire Vina Region Slaughtred,in Ruins and Grief-Stricken)... Rumia's Safe Awakening,De-Sealing,Growing Winning over her Darkest ,Worst and Corruptive Side , Responsibility Gains&Upkeep ...
Team Rumia + Friends & Allies & Friendly's Positive Overall Growth and Betterment  ( incl. Makai,Gensokyo,Other World Outside Near-Human World )  //

// " People&place with POWERFUL ARTIFACTS against Shinki and the " and especially with innocents   " ( Keine,even if not Ex/Werehakutaku  + Human Village  //

// Examples of Stronghold are " Eientei and its  Power over Eternity( Kaguya's and supported by Eirin ) " distrupts Makaians' Magics as seen by Maiyna trying and felt as-if blocked ; Myouren's Temple ) to  fend off and possibly trap/capture/interrogate "Makaian Heretic Invaders " without mixing-up or getting "too" in the spotlight " Orthodox Makaians " //

// Regardless there could still be " Fanatical Orthodox Makaians and Overzealous Inquisitors " in Gensokyo or " a few Chaotic-for-the-Worse Gwensokyans or Related   " //

// "Possible "LEADS IN THE SHORT&LONGER TIME-VIEW  :  "Sekibanki" ( Human Village ; Misty Lake General Area and Paths and Connecting Forest; Base of Youkai Mountain to the previous mentioned ) //

// "Okina Matara" ,who may have been taking turns with her Matarajins ( Secret Matara God Servants ) " Mai" ( ;) "Mai Tereida" not " Mai " Nine Circles of Frozen Magic" " from Makai)  and "Satono" who  , since she/they is still(?) guarding the Gensokyo-Makai-Sigil-Seals Tunnel Border(?) after Mima managed to get free from the Seal in there //

// " Yukari "or " Ran"  and/or "Chen" should not have wrapped-up just yet investigative maintenance,surveillance,collaborativeness in the " North Hakurei Cave and a Point of makai Border" Okina (Matara) and Matarajins ( Mai Tereda and Satono Nishida) //

//  "Mima" at large was fighting off Reimu and and could attempt&some harrowing in humans Reimu related to Reimu  ( a check in-out should be ,e ha and ,but by now she must have taken haven somewhere, near Hakurei shrine is a l

// Reimu is still "Unfriendly" and without (please ,go look over that INTERESTING ;) check colums of "Alice" and "Shou" )" ??? S " and there could/might be "  ::)darknening chances of  Discord Sown by Mima and sort-of rumours " //

// "Aya" (only one Neutral and not encountered on "rumia Titles Google Sheet"and and tengus  who has not been encountered yet //

// More "news" or " realizations" might come by encountering againor "picking the trail " Marisa ( MINI-HAKKERO ARTIFACT,then KUSANAGI BLADE in Kourindou ( Rinnosuke/Kourin) and could be other interesing ones inside  Marisa's Forest House or kourindou  //

// MOST IMPORTANT and MOST PREPARED Gensokyo's side "Myouren Temple" and "The Letter Delivered Underdoor mostly courtesy of  Kyouko (FRIENDLY,especially with mystia ) "
..... Byakuren who has had connections with Makai & Hokkai and "experience with experiences regarding sealing & de-sealing as both Byakuren herself and Myourenji  " where the fitsr one PUT TO USE around Myourenji Temple  (still active?)Anti-Makai/Demon Barrier w/o effect on Familiars and Still Untested aggrsevely ( Byakuren's ARTIFACT ! HOKKAI's MAGICIAN's Scroll AND Shou's Jeweld Bishamonten pagoda ;
and also the Divine Spirit Mausoleum ( Miko ,s " Crown Prince Sword on the Outer Skirts nearing their Senkai ,especially close the "Divine Spirit msausoleum"  )  ; BUT Ichirin & Unzan are likely still on the look-out for mostly-ordinary or direct approaches and they were "Unfriendly" ( even " Unfriendly+" considering there was mostly a chase-off and some Send-Off Danmaku Exchange on the Inner Porch of myourenji and Outside the "Demon "Barrier  )    //

 (https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kXTuH60F-0z7iCl90DyS22gwYSK44igteW8LRz_J0KM/edit?usp=sharing)
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on April 28, 2020, 09:30:54 PM
 // Ta-da?!  :o "Simpler and more to -thepoint "command and actions for parsing :)  //

> Specify we have heard bits& pieces about Yukari but more on the vague side, so we here with a desire to learn and help forward about the " what & 

> " Mhmh! This Ran heading over to Geyser Fields ? What could be now...ooh-aah under or above them or close-by them in a material or methaporical sense ? "

  > Visualize&Think:... anything encountered,heard or peeked even recently  : the over North-West Direction,Geyser Fields,Youkai Mountain's Geysers zone, adiacent routes   :o 8) .

> Precise with gratitude that " Rumia,Kogasa and Koakuma Trio" - briefly introduce Kogasa " as an Umbrella  Tsukomogami who Surprisingly  Talented Blacksmith Youkai" - with the Great Aid and cool aid of the Smart  and Loyal  Miss Patchouli and ,in Makai,as well another Great Aid ,who is the same  at the start of the Heretical Makaians Invasion as " Materializing Blurs ", in stalling and goading Elis .

> If Louise's secrecy still remains valid ,specify she prefers anonimity, non-intrusiveness and de-fusing this Multi-Dimensional Incident mainly on Makai-Side,but if she did not, do reveal her name still citing the reasons beforehand.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 28, 2020, 09:42:02 PM
> Precise with gratitude that " Rumia,Kogasa and Koakuma Trio" - briefly introduce Kogasa " as an Umbrella  Tsukomogami who Surprisingly  Talented Blacksmith Youkai" - with the Great Aid and cool aid of the Smart  and Loyal  Miss Patchouli and ,in Makai,as well another Great Aid ,who is the same  at the start of the Heretical Makaians Invasion as " Materializing Blurs ", in stalling and goading Elis .

> If Louise's secrecy still remains valid ,specify she prefers anonimity, non-intrusiveness and de-fusing this Multi-Dimensional Incident mainly on Makai-Side,but if she did not, do reveal her name still citing the reasons beforehand.
>Don't do this.

//Forgive me,  Branneg, I know you're trying to participate as well but this is kinda hard and confusing to follow. Why do we even need to mention Louise? Additionally why would we need to demand Remilia to praise us? We're beneath her in her eyes and doing so will surely hurt relations. I'm sorry if you meant something completely different but that's how I interpreted these commands.

//Also I checked that link to the touhou wiki describing geography. I did not see any mentions of the SA geyser being next to youkai mountain.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on April 28, 2020, 09:44:52 PM
//In SA the geyser is near the Hakurei Shrine and Reimu and Marisa make a spa out of the resulting hot springs that form around it.

// And yet the control center is under Youkai Mountain in Hisoutensoku. That said; entirely possible the Underground just spans under the entirety of Gensokyo. Attempting to apply common sense to Gensokyo's Geography is a fool's errand.

> "Would she have anything to do with the cracks in the sky or be able to help?"

> Just in case this whole thing is an Elis Illusion (Mayina hinted that someone skilled with illusions might be behind this) take a very good look around the room for any oddities, do we feel like we're being watched or is someone watching Remilia's javelin?

> "If anyone has the ability to do anything about it; it would likely be Yukari." Remilia remarks.

> You did not feel like you are being watched. It's also still daylight; and you could feel that on your skin while you were outside. [It's somewhat irritating].

// Ta-da?!  :o "Simpler and more to -thepoint "command and actions for parsing :)  //

> Specify we have heard bits& pieces about Yukari but more on the vague side, so we here with a desire to learn and help forward about the " what & 

> " Mhmh! This Ran heading over to Geyser Fields ? What could be now...ooh-aah under or above them or close-by them in a material or methaporical sense ? "

  > Visualize&Think:... anything encountered,heard or peeked even recently  : the over North-West Direction,Geyser Fields,Youkai Mountain's Geysers zone, adiacent routes   :o 8) .

> Precise with gratitude that " Rumia,Kogasa and Koakuma Trio" - briefly introduce Kogasa " as an Umbrella  Tsukomogami who Surprisingly  Talented Blacksmith Youkai" - with the Great Aid and cool aid of the Smart  and Loyal  Miss Patchouli and ,in Makai,as well another Great Aid ,who is the same  at the start of the Heretical Makaians Invasion as " Materializing Blurs ", in stalling and goading Elis .

> If Louise's secrecy still remains valid ,specify she prefers anonimity, non-intrusiveness and de-fusing this Multi-Dimensional Incident mainly on Makai-Side,but if she did not, do reveal her name still citing the reasons beforehand.

[I'm not actually sure what you're aiming to do with this? There's not much need to introduce anyone to Remilia.

Also regarding the wall of stuff; Sakuya is still dismissive because she's unconscious and unaware of events. She can't exactly change opinions right now The Mini-Hakkero isn't really an artifact as much as it's a creation by Marisa.]

//Also I checked that link to the touhou wiki describing geography. I did not see any mentions of the SA geyser being next to youkai mountain.

// Thing about that geography link is ZUN is being speculative himself. He gives multiple different possible locations for Misty Lake/SDM for example; including the SDM being on an island in the Misty Lake. I'm simply putting the Gysers nearer to Youkai Mountain due to Hisoutensoku's events and I feel putting it in the same area as a few other places would reduce the willingness of surface youkai to go there.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on April 28, 2020, 09:53:42 PM
// And yet the control center is under Youkai Mountain in Hisoutensoku. That said; entirely possible the Underground just spans under the entirety of Gensokyo. Attempting to apply common sense to Gensokyo's Geography is a fool's errand.
//Actually that's easily explained. That just means that the hell of blazing fires is directly underneath Youkai mountain. The heroine in SA does traverse a long distance underground  from the Hakurei Shrine geyser to get there anyway. Plus the control center is related to the geyser itself in name only, really. As its really more the control center for Okuu's fusion reactor.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on April 28, 2020, 11:56:16 PM
> Visualize&Think: anything encountered,heard or peeked over,recollecable  : among the North-West Direction,which should be Geyser Fields around Youkai Mountain's Geysers zone,Kappa Bazars,Mountain Lower Youkai-Mountain Rivers Plain...   .

// Actually I was testing if there was possibility or not  ,even partial,but seems the test is  is NO ,for the aim of going to even more proper give credits and growing proper reputation to Rumia and also Kogasa and the Rumia's Team + (also asble blacksmithKogasa (mentioning Koakuma and Patcholui help from the Mansion as well) alongside some stability and truce with Orthodox & Neutral Makaians   to :Remilia both as a person,Head of the Scarlet Devil Mansion and Main Figure for Scarlet Devil mansion and an Important Authority with important guests within Gensokyo;not to mention she is indirectly involed in mkai as fladre's due to Elis and her Vampirization //

// Ah no I am sorry "Geyser Fields and Very Seasonal Hotsprings+Hotbaths near Hakurei Shrine are unmentioned"  https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Strange_Creators_of_Outer_World/Gensokyo_Geography is o await updatesthe Geysers are for a research apart unmapped through " Locs. of Subterrenean Animism-Hisotensoku-Hakurei Shrine-SoPM-Middle Chapters of "Wild and horned hermit"+Preview of Touhou Gyouku Ibun 17.5//

// (Correct me if I am being misleading oer way imprecise)Oh I almost glosse over that  and we have to remembert hat we are at "Potentially Precarious Unfriendly
 with Reimu" since Aunn (Neutral) could clearly regognize,smell and recall the trick to move her from "North-Hakurei Cave Genmukai Tunnel "(too cutel dutiful and loyal for her own good)since https://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=21614.0 (thread no. 1-2-3) and we did not ask Reimu in any way for the needed trip to Non-Portal Passage Gensokyo-Makai (with a crowing  encounter with a Friendly at the end and Mayina's) saving  ;for a time "Aunn was "Unfriendly" then she returned to" Normal without interaction so there is at least a Stabization on the short-mid term //

// (highlighting she is Neutral" ) "Mima's de-sealing and  situation&plan&approaches is an Important loose end to warn avoiding putting  "Punishing Danmaku"  feet in Rumia's or the Team if we do not show-off results and/or good explanation with insight ( "Alice's Grimoire","Remilia's Gungnir","Sakuya team-Upo and rescue ")  ;in deails and resume by the previous thread : Potentially Lethal High-Powered magic(Boosted by Makai-Side "Genmukai Tunnel" ) SpellCard R  DoublSealed ind Genmukai  and Gensokyo ì-Side Makai Barrier...
 Finally she Revengevfully fighting Reimui at the Shrine Site     (eventhough the full  power "and constant " hell" full of hakurei exorcism is  excessive there ios no GOOD OR CONSTRUCTIVE point in getting revengeful)  ... //
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on April 29, 2020, 02:39:31 AM
// The underground most certainly spans the entirety of Gensokyo, there's an entire oni city down there which is larger than the surface village, in addition to the hell of blazing fires, an entire nuclear reactor (its not just the main reactor core room, the supporting machinery room are likely far larger) and a futuristic elevator that connects the reactor core to the Moriya Shrine on top of youkai mountain.  Its entirely possible there's multiple hot springs given than the vents connecting it to the surface could simply be angled so they end up in multiple places. 
// The one by Youkai Mountain probably just happens to be the largest and thus was named "the hot springs" but that doesn't prevent the pond behind the Hakurei Shrine (where Genji lives) from becoming a smaller hot spring

> "If the kitsune already went to alert her of the situation then it'd be a waste to follow her.  She'll most certainly come to where the cracks are to try and fix them"

> When Remilia excuses us leave and while in the hallway discreetly activate our communication doll
> "Hey Alice we left your house in a hurry because of Sakuya's injuries, is there anything you'd like us to get you from your house in case things get rough?  Like your dolls" *whisper* "or that item I brought"
> Realize Elis kind of rudely interrupted us and Alice never got a chance to read her mother's letter.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on May 03, 2020, 12:00:27 AM
// The underground most certainly spans the entirety of Gensokyo, there's an entire oni city down there which is larger than the surface village, in addition to the hell of blazing fires, an entire nuclear reactor (its not just the main reactor core room, the supporting machinery room are likely far larger) and a futuristic elevator that connects the reactor core to the Moriya Shrine on top of youkai mountain.  Its entirely possible there's multiple hot springs given than the vents connecting it to the surface could simply be angled so they end up in multiple places. 
// The one by Youkai Mountain probably just happens to be the largest and thus was named "the hot springs" but that doesn't prevent the pond behind the Hakurei Shrine (where Genji lives) from becoming a smaller hot spring

> "If the kitsune already went to alert her of the situation then it'd be a waste to follow her.  She'll most certainly come to where the cracks are to try and fix them"

> When Remilia excuses us leave and while in the hallway discreetly activate our communication doll
> "Hey Alice we left your house in a hurry because of Sakuya's injuries, is there anything you'd like us to get you from your house in case things get rough?  Like your dolls" *whisper* "or that item I brought"
> Realize Elis kind of rudely interrupted us and Alice never got a chance to read her mother's letter.

> Tell Alice also about the cracks in the sky after the tremor and that a certain Ran Yakumo,who have we heard about by Remilia ",was going at high-speed to the North-West of the Mansion and that over there we now know there is the Geyser Fields near Youkai mountain,as told by Remilia.

> Ask her if she or anyone else at Eientei knows more about what could be important North-West  from the Mansion and about that Geyser Fields.

> Would it take relatively long to reach the foot of Youkai Mountain from the Mansion or from any point we know of close enough around the mansion and close enough to Youkai Mountain ? If not  we could try to check the situation around those Geyser Fields or at least the way to them...

// Certainly we do not have to quickly follow Ran's Trail and we can even delay for some time going to check Geyser Fields,Foot of Youkai Mountain and the Travel-Route between the Mansion and those,but it is still a potentially very interesting&helpful lead to follow and opportunity to catch...//

//...but going and stopping at as far as Eientei,or even going first to Alice's House(Forest of Magic) , would take too much time  //

// It is very likely that new developments in the Heretical makai Invasion and their Hunt for Artifacts are going to be found around the Foot of Youkai Mountain and around the Underground ( Geyser fields above and below ),or at least during the Mansion-Youkai Mountain travel //

// The underground/Underworld spans wider than depicted but even more than wider it is deeper layered https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Underworld //

// In any case, since Eientei is so far been proven more than protected enough and since Rumia's group needs more  good members than before ,what do you think if soon we tell Wriggle (Doll. Comm.) to join back the Team and we make a stop for her on the edge of the Bamboo Forest of the Lost after we have left the Mansion? //

Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: raikaria on May 06, 2020, 08:56:52 PM
> "If the kitsune already went to alert her of the situation then it'd be a waste to follow her.  She'll most certainly come to where the cracks are to try and fix them"

> When Remilia excuses us leave and while in the hallway discreetly activate our communication doll
> "Hey Alice we left your house in a hurry because of Sakuya's injuries, is there anything you'd like us to get you from your house in case things get rough?  Like your dolls" *whisper* "or that item I brought"
> Realize Elis kind of rudely interrupted us and Alice never got a chance to read her mother's letter.

> Remilia nods, and excuses you. You talk to Alice.

> "I'm capable of looking at that at a less perilous time. If you have nothing better to do, then I suppose so. I'd rather you not go into my house without me there." Alice responds.

> Tell Alice also about the cracks in the sky after the tremor and that a certain Ran Yakumo,who have we heard about by Remilia ",was going at high-speed to the North-West of the Mansion and that over there we now know there is the Geyser Fields near Youkai mountain,as told by Remilia.

> Ask her if she or anyone else at Eientei knows more about what could be important North-West  from the Mansion and about that Geyser Fields.

> Would it take relatively long to reach the foot of Youkai Mountain from the Mansion or from any point we know of close enough around the mansion and close enough to Youkai Mountain ? If not  we could try to check the situation around those Geyser Fields or at least the way to them...

> "A Kitsune?" Alice responds. "Ran Yakumo... nothing good can be happening if she's on the move. It means Yukari is taking enough notice to give Ran instructions."

> "I've not spent much time in North-West Gensokyo, but I am aware that there's a village near the border, and a hill of poisonous plants, based on what Marisa has told me." Alice responds.

> Youkai Mountain would take a few hours to reach.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on May 06, 2020, 09:02:54 PM
//She knows the letter is from Shinki, right? I forget if we explicitly told her or not when we gave it to her.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on May 07, 2020, 12:30:51 AM
// Yes she certainly knows that, we told her and she could hardly believe she had shown herself to or cared about stage 1 bosses lowly youkai like Rumia.  They don't exactly seem like a model family so Alice might have personal reasons to not be too interested in it

> Discreetly whisper to Alice "What if lady Shinki knew something was going to happen and had information about it?  It seems unusual that she'd send a letter now, but its your choice.  Its a gamble but as you're probably aware we're not exactly the strongest magicians capable of fixing the sky ourselves, we still want to help any way we can though!"
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on May 08, 2020, 12:17:10 AM
// Yes she certainly knows that, we told her and she could hardly believe she had shown herself to or cared about stage 1 bosses lowly youkai like Rumia.  They don't exactly seem like a model family so Alice might have personal reasons to not be too interested in it

> Discreetly whisper to Alice "What if lady Shinki knew something was going to happen and had information about it?  It seems unusual that she'd send a letter now, but its your choice.  Its a gamble but as you're probably aware we're not exactly the strongest magicians capable of fixing the sky ourselves, we still want to help any way we can though!"

// The letter could be useful but would it not be better to deliver it AFTER we go over checking and completing info-check/fact-check-event-check the Geyser Fields,"Poisonous Flowers Hills "( Nameless Hill ) and the "Village on the Border"( Outer Mayohiga)? //

// It would take more time ,yes,but the Timing of the Cracks in the Sky ,the Sudden Appearance of Ran,the Importance &Worry about those denotes an higher priority than Shinki's Letter Delivery to Alice from her Home to Eientei with Alice herself assessing it as lower priority //

// There is also the fact that Rumia and Group are ,in case of quite likely Events or Adtermaths to the North-West, so far the most aware and experienced,Gensokyo-side, among the Invading Heretic Makaians and the Orthodox Makaians,especially having a Makaian Prisoner and Exile ( Mayina) and a Corroborated Witness of a Benefical Makaan(Louise,even if we keep her anonymous) //

// Of course Shinki's  Letter could be useful as a good complement but we also have to remember it has to be mostly related and private to Alice //
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on May 08, 2020, 09:09:23 AM
// Even if we go to the Geyser Fields, Nameless Hill or Mayohiga we can't actually do anything, Rumia & friends are just Stage 1 and 2 bosses and will just end up being spectators to whatever Ran will do.
// Shinki might have known something was going to go down in Gensokyo and sent the letter to warn Alice, so there could be useful information in it for Alice like how to deal with this situation or avoid it.
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on May 14, 2020, 03:48:02 AM
> How long do we think it would take to go to Eientei via Alice's?
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on May 17, 2020, 06:17:28 AM
// Even if we go to the Geyser Fields, Nameless Hill or Mayohiga we can't actually do anything, Rumia & friends are just Stage 1 and 2 bosses and will just end up being spectators to whatever Ran will do.
// Shinki might have known something was going to go down in Gensokyo and sent the letter to warn Alice, so there could be useful information in it for Alice like how to deal with this situation or avoid it.

// We should not go there nor as mere spectators nor getting over our head but still as a Teamwork Group of 5 with some utility and  some surprises  ( 6 when  Wriggle is reunited with  at Eientei and of course - Mayina ) ,moreover thanks to an " Expedition There " we can relay & receive counsel about all the important and/or uncommon happenings without missing them not just  to Alice but also to ,through her,all Eientei and to some extent additional forewarning the Bamboo Forest of the lost,maybe through the occasional Earth Rabbit, maybe by Tewi or Reisen ; as long as we are careful not to show the the Riga Comm. Doll around Skilled Heretical Makaian ,especially when the " Doll. Comm. Lnk  Riga-Tallinn is Active . 

// Shinki's letter to Alice certainly has its own kind of  utility and priority but there are more signs and hints both in-universe and out-universe that the true utility and priority should first be to check and interact around the Geyser Fields and from there then the "Letter Reveal" ; of course I agree the "Expedition" should be limited considering the Interactions should be proportioned to Rumia's Group we have the "Letter Retrieval,Alice's Reveal and Wriggle's Reunion "//
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Evil_Nazgul0616 on May 17, 2020, 08:04:16 AM
// We should not go there nor as mere spectators nor getting over our head but still as a Teamwork Group of 5 with some utility and  some surprises  ( 6 when  Wriggle is reunited with  at Eientei and of course - Mayina ) ,moreover thanks to an " Expedition There " we can relay & receive counsel about all the important and/or uncommon happenings without missing them not just  to Alice but also to ,through her,all Eientei and to some extent additional forewarning the Bamboo Forest of the lost,maybe through the occasional Earth Rabbit, maybe by Tewi or Reisen ; as long as we are careful not to show the the Riga Comm. Doll around Skilled Heretical Makaian ,especially when the " Doll. Comm. Lnk  Riga-Tallinn is Active . 

// Shinki's letter to Alice certainly has its own kind of  utility and priority but there are more signs and hints both in-universe and out-universe that the true utility and priority should first be to check and interact around the Geyser Fields and from there then the "Letter Reveal" ; of course I agree the "Expedition" should be limited considering the Interactions should be proportioned to Rumia's Group we have the "Letter Retrieval,Alice's Reveal and Wriggle's Reunion "//
//Gonna side with Tom on this one since the main issue involves Makai and the letter might offer some insight.

//Of course, that being said, if we end up being railroaded I wouldn't be able to argue with it lol
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on May 23, 2020, 02:13:35 AM
// If we go to Alice's Cottage for Shinki's Letter and perphaps some other good wanted by Alice ?) ,we should stay alert to clear any misunderstanding and/or "avoiding  any Snoopy  :lives:  "snoopers " //

> If others come really close to Riga or Tallinn they are able to listen to the communication line,right?

> Quests List

> Item List
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Tom on June 17, 2020, 10:22:51 PM
> Cancel previous actions (other than informative of course)

// Actually on second thought I believe we should pursue Ran over going to Alice's house.  Like Alice said we can do that later whereas whatevers going on in near the border might be gone or we might be too late.

> Tell Alice "You're right but lets not forget about it"

> Head outside to the gate if we haven't already
Title: Re: Rumia Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on June 18, 2020, 12:24:15 AM
> Cancel previous actions (other than informative of course)

// Actually on second thought I believe we should pursue Ran over going to Alice's house.  Like Alice said we can do that later whereas whatevers going on in near the border might be gone or we might be too late.

> Tell Alice "You're right but lets not forget about it"

> Head outside to the gate if we haven't already

// I agree since the "timing and opportunity potential"seems far greater and stricter in Ran Trail's up to around Youkai's Mountain/Geyser Field than Shinki's Letter at Alice's Cottage (also notice that Alice deemed it secondary to protect her Grimoire in a safer location and,always at Eienteo, escorting the Unconscious Sakuya for Treatment

> Greet Meiling and say,since at the Mansion things seems resolved and looking up,we are setting off to keep on helping to resolve this Incident.

> Start to take-off to follow that Kitsune's Trail while also be alert for any signs of her or other particular signs during the Fly-By.

> Look briefly to our group as well,checking up the actual composition and say in both a chipper and pensive tone :" Well,well,it seems our Next Route is keeping our senses sharp in following through a Kitsune's Trail till our Next Stop the Geyser,right?"

Title: Edited Adjusted Reply: RUMIA Quest Revival - 3.5 [Newcomers always welcome]
Post by: Branneg Xy on July 04, 2020, 10:19:49 PM
// I agree since the "timing and opportunity potential"seems far greater and stricter in Ran Trail's up to around Youkai's Mountain/Geyser Field than Shinki's Letter at Alice's Cottage (also notice that Alice deemed it secondary to protect her Grimoire in a safer location and,always at Eienteo, escorting the Unconscious Sakuya for Treatment

> Greet Meiling and say,since at the Mansion things seems resolved and looking up,we are setting off to keep on helping to resolve this Incident.

> Start to take-off to follow that Kitsune's Trail while also be alert for any signs of her or other particular signs during the Fly-By.

> Look briefly to our group as well,checking up the actual composition and say in both a chipper and pensive tone :" Well,well,it seems our Next Route is keeping our senses sharp in following through a Kitsune's Trail till our Next Stop the Geyser,right?"

> Rapidly Take Off being on Trail,Path,Watching out for " Investigatiness & Resolution".


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Some ,by the Parser Author Raikaria, "Debriefing or equivalent" ,if at all Possible remembering your rightful disclaimer cirmustances presented and again presented afain at the Start of this " Revival Quest(Rumia's Hero of Shadows)"
WOULD and IS INDEED VERY APPRECIATED about 1 ,of your own Free Will : Updates;Hiatus;Continuation/Discontinuation;some sort of Re-Boot or Retcon;
;Q&A;Other Explanations,Announcements,Considerations,"Priorities and Important Matters(even as hints or inklings if Sensible Matters)" and... ;-)) Other Much Better Choices than Suggested by me...

A Best-Wishing and Best-Praying Thank You * 3 ,regardless :meiling: