Seija Quest

[Tom]

> How curvaceous is this half-ghost person?

> Less than you are!

> "Huh. Maybe that gets us out of cooking duty?"

> "Sure hope so, Reimu's cooking is uhh ... repetitive to put it nicely.  She could just makes noodles every day for breakfast, lunch and dinner if you let her!"

[Kilgamayan]

> How is our cooking?
> "What's with the phantom zipping around?"

[Tom]

> How is our cooking?

> Quite decent actually!  During the revolution Shinmyoumaru would demand all sorts of exquisite dinners befitting of a princess and royalty which you begrudgingly prepared in order to keep her satisfied and thus uninvolved with your work below.

> "What's with the phantom zipping around?"

> She whispers "She's half a ghost, and that would be her other half.  I don't understand it myself how someone can be both a ghost and alive at the same time."

[Kilgamayan]

> "Hoh...interesting. I wonder what she can do with it."

[Tom]

> "Hoh...interesting. I wonder what she can do with it."

> "It can pass through most objects and I've seen it shoot danmaku!  Unfortunately it can't help her much with cooking because it can only interact with things magically and thus very clumsily.  But even though she's half a ghost she's actually terrified of them!  Lady Mima loves playing pranks on her and seeing her reactions~"

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, that doesn't bode well. Hopefully that doesn't disrupt dinner preparation."

[Tom]

> "Oh, that doesn't bode well. Hopefully that doesn't disrupt dinner preparation."

> "She probably has other things on her mind now considering what we heard earlier"

> As Shinmyoumaru finishes someone else reaches the top of the steps!
> "Oh that's Tenshi, of course she wouldn't miss an incident like this..."

> She takes one quick look at the shrine maiden to see if she's watching, grabs some snacks from a table and starts heading towards the back yard.  She notices you after she's taken the snacks but just smiles innocently and continues.

[Kilgamayan]

> "What's her deal?"

[Tom]

> "What's her deal?"

> "Spoiled is an understatement, according to Reimu she's a Celestial but unlike those who've worked hard to become one she was just born as one.  Her only goal is fighting off boredom apparently and no wonder she's here, she wouldn't dare miss out on an incident"

[Kilgamayan]

> "Sounds like someone unlikely to make it unsolvable, though."

[Tom]

> "Sounds like someone unlikely to make it unsolvable, though."

> "No doubt!"

> Youmu and Reimu appear to have finished their conversation and are both heading towards the shrine in somewhat of a hurry leaving you alone in the front yard.

[Kilgamayan]

> Have a glance down the stairs to see who else is coming.

[Tom]

> Have a glance down the stairs to see who else is coming.

> You glance down the stairs and don't see anyone else coming for now.

[Kilgamayan]

> Follow the shrine maiden and the half-ghost, then.

[Tom]

> Follow the shrine maiden and the half-ghost, then.

> The shrine maiden and half ghost head inside the shrine and you follow.
> Youmu momentarily stops to look at the peculiar doll on the donation box before closing the door behind her.

> You're between the shrine's front door and donation box

[Kilgamayan]

> Did the phantom go inside with the human body,  or was it left outside?

[Tom]

> Did the phantom go inside with the human body,  or was it left outside?

> It phased through the door after she shut it

[Kilgamayan]

> Try preparing an application of our inversion abilities, to be used on Youmu, that switches her phantom from being part of her humanoid body to being part of our humanoid body. (Do NOT actually perform the inversion just yet.)

[Tom]

> Try preparing an application of our inversion abilities, to be used on Youmu, that switches her phantom from being part of her humanoid body to being part of our humanoid body. (Do NOT actually perform the inversion just yet.)

> You mentally plan out such a switch and realize it would require considerable amounts of energy as you can't think of anything comparable to replace the phantom with. It would be easier if hypothetically you had a half phantom or even a ghost familiar of your own.
> Beyond that you're unsure how splitting half of someone's existence from them will affect them.

[Kilgamayan]

> Hmmm...
> What about switching species, so that we become a half-ghost and she becomes an amanojaku? Could we try setting that up?
> Alternatively, consider the possibility of replacing the phantom with ourselves, so that we become half of her existence.

[Tom]

> Hmmm...
> What about switching species, so that we become a half-ghost and she becomes an amanojaku? Could we try setting that up?

> In terms of magical energy it would again be comparable to switching sizes with Shinmyoumaru.  However the complexity of such an inversion is beyond anything you've done before meaning you can't guarantee success without experimentation.

> Alternatively, consider the possibility of replacing the phantom with ourselves, so that we become half of her existence.

> While your previous thought could theoretically work if you had a phantom of your own to swap their physical manifestations with, replacing the phantom with yourself is outright impossible since one's existence can only be affected as a whole.  Switching places with the phantom would be identical to trying to invert your species.

[Kilgamayan]

> Grah. We'll have to brainstorm ideas later for either making that phantom part of us or grafting us onto her existence, then.
> Open the door and step back inside as well.

[Tom]

> Grah. We'll have to brainstorm ideas later for either making that phantom part of us or grafting us onto her existence, then.

> More likely the former than the latter

> Open the door and step back inside as well.

> You slide the door open and step back inside to find Reimu and Youmu busy preparing various snacks and doing some light cooking.  You hear them mention something about having less than thirty minutes left until sunset.
> Mima has returned to reading her book and doesn't look too interested in helping with the cooking.  Marisa is sitting by the table focused on adjusting something inside a small octagonal box you vaguely recognize.

[Kilgamayan]

> Make our way into the kitchen (though obviously without getting in the way).
> "Yo. Need some help?"

[Tom]

> Make our way into the kitchen (though obviously without getting in the way).
> "Yo. Need some help?"

> Reimu is a little surprised at your offer
> "Oh?  Sure, can you help us prepare these spring rolls?"
// Continuing with this action will cause 15 minutes to pass (these can be timeskipped unless there's something to discus)

[Kilgamayan]

//That is fine. I do want to converse a little bit, but am okay with finishing the time lapse once that conversation is over.

> "You got it."
> Clean our hands and get to work on said spring rolls.
> Once we've begun, glance over at the half-ghost.
> "Don't think we've met before. How's it goin'?"

[Tom]

// Yeah didn't mean it would immediately timeskip, maybe should have worded it a bit differently?

> "You got it."
> Clean our hands and get to work on said spring rolls.

> You ask Reimu about washing your hands but she only points at a bucket of strong sake in which you dip your hands.  She explains that unlike the village the Hakurei Shrine doesn't have running water due to it's elevation being above the village's water tower, and that the faucet in her kitchen is just for show.

> Once we've begun, glance over at the half-ghost.
> "Don't think we've met before. How's it goin'?"

> She glances at you for a moment
> "Well I'm here at Lady Yuyuko's request to help with the cooking for tonight, as Reimu would have a hard time preparing enough food on her own.  Some of our guests tonight have should we say 'u-unnatural appetites' or are very picky".

[Kilgamayan]

> "I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the name you just dropped."

[Tom]

> "I'm afraid I'm not familiar with the name you just dropped."

> She looks surprised at your response
> "You haven't met Lady Yuyuko? Well, she's my employer and mentor at the house of Hakugyokuru. You'll surely get to meet her later tonight"

[Kilgamayan]

> "I can imagine. But no, I haven't. I did also say I didn't think we'd met before, after all."