Seija Quest 2

[Kilgamayan]

> "Perhaps a good number of people, which is why there is just a bit more, thankfully."
> Gesture to Youmu.
> "Our half-ghost friend spotted an object underneath the floorboards of the shrine through a hole caused by the damage. It turned out to be a piece of bamboo, a handle that had been ripped off of one of the red-white's bowls. We traced its location back to a certain part of the shrine and found a hidden hatch into the underground, one I imagine extremely few people know about. It also smelled of kerosene; presumably it was used to help control where the kerosene was poured, given it is sufficiently hollow to serve as a tube."
> "So, on top of everything surrounding the gunpowder and kerosene, the culprit had to have enough experience with this shrine to know about both the bowl handles and, more importantly, the hidden hatch."

[Tom]

> "Perhaps a good number of people, which is why there is just a bit more, thankfully."
> Gesture to Youmu.
> "Our half-ghost friend spotted an object underneath the floorboards of the shrine through a hole caused by the damage. It turned out to be a piece of bamboo, a handle that had been ripped off of one of the red-white's bowls. We traced its location back to a certain part of the shrine and found a hidden hatch into the underground, one I imagine extremely few people know about. It also smelled of kerosene; presumably it was used to help control where the kerosene was poured, given it is sufficiently hollow to serve as a tube."
> "So, on top of everything surrounding the gunpowder and kerosene, the culprit had to have enough experience with this shrine to know about both the bowl handles and, more importantly, the hidden hatch."

> Patchouli comments "So... someone who knew about the explosive dolls, knew about the kerosene and knew about the Hakurei Shrine's layout?"
> She continues "There's one person with us here tonight that lives with the shrine maiden... If we can prove she knew about the gunpowder then undoubtedly we'll have our culprit..."

> The librarian looks at Shinmyoumaru, who just arrived along with the green haired shrine maiden and shopkeeper after seeing the crowd gather.
> Everyone else turns to look at the little princess disapprovingly...

[Kilgamayan]

> "Honestly, I did wonder myself...but the red-white told me the Princess was only ever a larger size while the red-white was watching her. And I doubt she could have done what needed to be done at her normal size."

[Tom]

> "Honestly, I did wonder myself...but the red-white told me the Princess was only ever a larger size while the red-white was watching her. And I doubt she could have done what needed to be done at her normal size."

> The librarian comments "You have a point oni..."
> Reimu agrees with you

> Patchouli continues "It would seem to me though that the 'princess' could just grow big outside of Reimu's sight? Or did the shrine maiden 'babysit' her all day?"

> Shinmyoumaru crosses her arms in disapproval upon hearing that

[Kilgamayan]

> Address Reimu.
> "You can tell them what today was like better than I can."

[Tom]

> Address Reimu.
> "You can tell them what today was like better than I can."

> Reimu sighs "Well in the morning we had a human visitor from the village in need of lifting a curse and Shinmyoumaru helped me throughout the ritual, leaving her little time to scheme while big.  Additionally throughout the rest of the day she helped some of the decorations for tonight's full moon festival... so you could say I kept an eye on her."

> Remilia shakes her head "So we're back to square one?"
> Patchouli explains "Not quite, we've actually cleared an otherwise obvious suspect of suspicion...  Which is why I brought this up right away, so we can focus on other ... more critical potential culprits..."
> She looks at Marisa, Mima and Reimu

> Reimu gives her an appropriate death glare, making the already weakened librarian visibly wince as her heart likely skipped a few beats...

[Kilgamayan]

> "I thought that too, but the one thing the red-white lacks is motive. At this point, if it was her, she'd have to use the wish to get her house fixed. No sense in going through all this to accomplish nothing."

[Tom]

> "I thought that too, but the one thing the red-white lacks is motive. At this point, if it was her, she'd have to use the wish to get her house fixed. No sense in going through all this to accomplish nothing."

> The librarian winks "Once again you're spot on, it would be unheard of for a Shrine Maiden to destroy her own home and shrine in hopes of gaining a "favor" from a Youkai she doesn't even know or trust... 
> The green haired shrine maiden who just arrived together with the shopkeeper chimes in "Especially considering this shrine is her only source of faith and legitimacy."

> Reimu is visibly annoyed at all the diminishing comments being thrown her way...

> She now looks at Marisa, Mima and newly present Shopkeeper

[Kilgamayan]

> We talked to Reimu about the shopkeeper earlier, right? What did we discuss?

[Tom]

> We talked to Reimu about the shopkeeper earlier, right? What did we discuss?

> He merely supplied the Hakurei Shrine with heater fuel, it's highly unlikely he would've known about the trapdoor.

[Kilgamayan]

> "So, as seemingly unlikely as they are, that leaves two people here."
> Look to Reimu again.
> "Unless you're rethinking the likelihood that the shopkeeper knew about that secret hatch."

[Tom]

> "So, as seemingly unlikely as they are, that leaves two people here."
> Look to Reimu again.
> "Unless you're rethinking the likelihood that the shopkeeper knew about that secret hatch."

> Reimu takes a moment to think and replies to the librarian "I doubt he knew about the crawlspace, let alone the hatch to access it"
> Surprisingly the shopkeeper speaks up "I can speak for myself you know..."
> He continues "While I did know about the crawlspace and hatch from previous shrine maidens I can assure you someone my age doesn't have the dexterity to take apart a puppet without damaging it.  As miss Alice said, it was taken apart meticulously without compromising the structural integrity of it's parts."

[Kilgamayan]

> Look between Reimu and Alice.
> "I'll trust your judgments on that matter."

[Tom]

> Look between Reimu and Alice.
> "I'll trust your judgments on that matter."

> Alice states "I have to agree it would be difficult for anyone other than a dollmaker to disassemble these puppets, let alone an older Youkai such as Mr Rinnosuke"
> Reimu has been looking away and avoiding eye contact since the mention of previous shrine maidens...

[Kilgamayan]

> "You okay, red-white?"

[Tom]

> "You okay, red-white?"

> She whispers back "It's nothing really"

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod slightly, then look back to Alice.
> "I'll take your word for it on the matter, then. In that case, there are only two people left."
> How are Marisa and Mima taking the proceedings?

[Tom]

> Nod slightly, then look back to Alice.
> "I'll take your word for it on the matter, then. In that case, there are only two people left."
> How are Marisa and Mima taking the proceedings?

> Both have crossed their arms in disapproval of what has been going on

> Mima speaks up "Aren't we dismissing the little princess a tad too soon?  Who's to say she didn't set up the whole donation box explosion thing while we we're all busy watching Tenshi and Yuuka battle it out over the courtyard?"
> Everyone seems to nod in agreement except Patchouli upon hearing this

[Kilgamayan]

> Did that happen after we arrived?
> If so, we were with the Princess at the time?

[Tom]

> Did that happen after we arrived?

> Yes

> If so, we were with the Princess at the time?

> You were busy experimenting with your abilities and only caught the end of the duel where Tenshi and the flower lady annihilated eachother.

[Kilgamayan]

> Was the Princess part of that, or were we trying it on our own?

[Tom]

> Was the Princess part of that, or were we trying it on our own?

> She was helping you by providing the mallet's energy ... and motivation!

[Kilgamayan]

> "During that fight specifically? She was with me the whole time."

[Tom]

> "During that fight specifically? She was with me the whole time."

> Mima responds "Hmph...  I guess we'll have to take your word for it."

> Remilia comments "What if she had help?  I'm sure a princess would be more than capable of commanding her subjects to assist in her plans..."

[Kilgamayan]

> "That's possible, but who here might have helped her?"

[Tom]

> "That's possible, but who here might have helped her?"

> Reimu gives your hand a gentle squeeze

> Remilia comments "Well I saw that celestial walk right up to the donation box right before it burst..."
> Mima agrees "Who's to say she didn't ignite the fuse right then and there?"
> Everyone except Shinmyoumaru, Alice and Patchouli seems to stare at Tenshi
> Annoyed she comments "Why would I, a respectable celestial have anything to do with some inchling that happens to live at the Hakurei shrine?"
> She continues "Besides would I be dumb enough to get exploded in the process!?  I'm sure the purple Youkai and ghost princess can attest to what happened to their precious Mahjong game."

[Kilgamayan]

> Return the gentle squeeze.
> "She was also distracted by grabbing at the spring rolls she dropped."

[Tom]

> Return the gentle squeeze.

> Reimu discretely winks and rubs your hand

> "She was also distracted by grabbing at the spring rolls she dropped."

> After a moment of realization Marisa comments "But what if the spring rolls themselves were what ignited the box?"

> Tenshi: !
> Mima: !
> Remilia: !
> Sakuya: !
> Youmu: !
> Reimu: !
> Shinmyoumaru: !
> Rinnosuke: !
> Patchouli: !

> Patchouli comments "That's an interesting concept, igniting the box by dropping a spark or ember from above..."
> She frowns "I must admit I was too busy trying to figure out how they might've delayed the reaction, or set it off remotely"

[Kilgamayan]

> Did any of them actually fall inside?

[Tom]

> Did any of them actually fall inside?

> You believe some might've fallen inside?  It all happened really fast so your memory is not the clearest.