Neo Gensokyo Quest

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Frown.
> "Fine."

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Look to Himekaidou.
> "Hey. Looks like we either need to find how to get to Hell, or we head upward to the Shining Needle Castle."
> Look to the replacement head.
> "And I really would appreciate a chance to have a private conversation, if you don't mind."

Seki
>Wave at the fairies

Head with fairies
>"The person waving is me."

Head with Aya
>"I had a feeling we shouldn't part ways.  You can always plug my ears if you need a private conversation."

Aya:

> Frown.
> "Fine."

Aya:

> "One way we already know how to get to..." Hatate speaks, then crosses her arms. "You'd think a head would know when two people need a moment alone. But ah well. You were the one curious about her head so much anyways, Aya."

Seki:

> You regroup with the stopped group, which continues now that the fairies joined.
> "I guess Luna feels like there's something with the moon... so..." The orange fairy looks around.
> "Understandable... I wouldn't write that off as useless. It gives us another place to check after the mansion." The maid speaks.
> "The moon itself?" The fairy asks.
> "No."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Take on a slight tone of being defeated to our speech.
> "Yeah, I know. C'mon, let's get to investigating."
> Begin flying toward the Shining Needle Castle at a clip Hatate can match without stressing herself.
> Once travel has begun, cover the head's ears.
> "So I...have a bit of a worry. You know how I have control over crows, right? I hadn't thought of it until today, but I'm worried about the possibility that my control might bleed over onto fellow karasu tengu."

[Philosopher]

Seki:
>Continue following
->"I'm afraid I don't understand.  Where will the moon lead us?"

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Take on a slight tone of being defeated to our speech.
> "Yeah, I know. C'mon, let's get to investigating."
> Begin flying toward the Shining Needle Castle at a clip Hatate can match without stressing herself.
> Once travel has begun, cover the head's ears.
> "So I...have a bit of a worry. You know how I have control over crows, right? I hadn't thought of it until today, but I'm worried about the possibility that my control might bleed over onto fellow karasu tengu."

Seki:
>Continue following
->"I'm afraid I don't understand.  Where will the moon lead us?"

Aya:

> You carry the head and start for Youkai Mountain, and the castle above it.
> "Control? Like, moving them like they're your own hands? I don't think so." Hatate argues. "You're just reliable. And probably have plenty of other leadership traits. I mean, Momizi doesn't ignore everything you say, for example."

Seki:

> "We aren't going to the moon." Sakuya repeats. "I'm just thinking about checking with some people who know a lot about the moon, and if this fairy is actually onto something."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "I don't mean quite to that degree. I mean more, like, well, I can give crows orders and commands, and they'll do what I say. I'm worried that we karasu are sufficiently related to crows that me telling other karasu to do things might influence them to do those things."
> Frown.
> "Like, I mean, not in the good way. Obviously I want to have influence, and if I ask or tell someone to do something, I want them to do it. But I want those things to happen because my words and ideas have merit, not because I'm unintentionally influencing their subconscious or something like that, you know?"
> "It's funny you mention Momi, because she's actually what got me thinking about this. I tried to get her to let me carry her the same way I did with you, and heavens above, she did everything she could to deflect the idea and shoot me down short of outright saying 'no'. But you agreed to it almost immediately, even though the way we went about it was potentially really embarrassing for you."

[Philosopher]

Seki:
>"Hmmm."

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "I don't mean quite to that degree. I mean more, like, well, I can give crows orders and commands, and they'll do what I say. I'm worried that we karasu are sufficiently related to crows that me telling other karasu to do things might influence them to do those things."
> Frown.
> "Like, I mean, not in the good way. Obviously I want to have influence, and if I ask or tell someone to do something, I want them to do it. But I want those things to happen because my words and ideas have merit, not because I'm unintentionally influencing their subconscious or something like that, you know?"
> "It's funny you mention Momi, because she's actually what got me thinking about this. I tried to get her to let me carry her the same way I did with you, and heavens above, she did everything she could to deflect the idea and shoot me down short of outright saying 'no'. But you agreed to it almost immediately, even though the way we went about it was potentially really embarrassing for you."

Seki:
>"Hmmm."

Aya:

> "Why do you think I got off on my own when we got closer to others?" Hatate questions. "It's not as embarrassing if there's no one to witness anything."

Seki:

> "We aren't going to the moon." The maid crosses her arms, repeating firmly.
> "What if the moon is important to Luna feeling weird? What if we have to go there and fix it?" One of the other fairies asks.
> "Then we'd have to go to the moon, right?" The other fairy reasons.
> "I hope we don't have to..." The kappa worries.
>_

[Philosopher]

Seki:
>"I didn't say anything."

>"Luna, is it only the moon that feels wrong?  Do you get that sense from anything else?"

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "That's the thing. Even with no one else around, she really tried avoiding doing it. And it wasn't just that; earlier, when I gave those crows the command to investigate inside me, I made sure to look at you as well while saying those things, and I noticed that you actually started moving toward me before any of those crows did, even though they got to me first."

[Neovereign]

Seki:
>"I didn't say anything."

>"Luna, is it only the moon that feels wrong?  Do you get that sense from anything else?"

Aya:

> "That's the thing. Even with no one else around, she really tried avoiding doing it. And it wasn't just that; earlier, when I gave those crows the command to investigate inside me, I made sure to look at you as well while saying those things, and I noticed that you actually started moving toward me before any of those crows did, even though they got to me first."

Aya:

> "...Well, I didn't actually go inside you like the crows did, though." She reasons.

Seki:

> "I only have a connection to the moon. In it's light, I recover faster than normal. Sunny is like that, but in the sunlight." The fairy explains. "So I don't really notice anything else, like if spring is being weird or something. That's Lily's job."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "You didn't, but that could very well have been because they went first and got stuck. Maybe you'd do it now if I told you to, since they're no longer a factor."

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "You didn't, but that could very well have been because they went first and got stuck. Maybe you'd do it now if I told you to, since they're no longer a factor."

Aya:

> "Go ahead and ask, then. We'll put it to the test."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "Alright, let's try it."
> Come to a stop.
> Move the head so we're holding it behind us, having it facing away from us, while we still cover its ears.
> Look directly at Himekaidou.
> "Hata, go inside here, as far and as deep as you can, and check out what's inside. Let me know if you see anything interesting; there could be clues as to how or why I'm being affected."
> Hold our mouth wide open.

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "Alright, let's try it."
> Come to a stop.
> Move the head so we're holding it behind us, having it facing away from us, while we still cover its ears.
> Look directly at Himekaidou.
> "Hata, go inside here, as far and as deep as you can, and check out what's inside. Let me know if you see anything interesting; there could be clues as to how or why I'm being affected."
> Hold our mouth wide open.

Aya:

> You face the head away, but still cover her ears, and give Hatate a command.
> She simply crosses her arms, staying put.
> "As I thought." She nods. "See, it's no worry." She resumes the flight towards the castle in view.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Don't follow just yet.
> "It's not 'no worry'. There could be something in there, for all we know. Even the maid considered the idea. Please, I need you to check it out."
> Open our mouth again.

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Don't follow just yet.
> "It's not 'no worry'. There could be something in there, for all we know. Even the maid considered the idea. Please, I need you to check it out."
> Open our mouth again.

Aya:

> "Ah, right. On that note, the pictures I took didn't show anything irregular for you. Even the one inside you." Hatate turns. "If anything, I'd think it's others that have something wrong. Or maybe us, the ones that didn't get the feeling that everything else is wrong, have some issue."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "You can't possibly have gotten as much internal coverage from pictures as you could from looking around inside yourself. You do raise an interesting point, though...I can investigate in you after you investigate in me."

[Philosopher]

Seki:
>"Hmm, so everything else feels fine: your friends, the trees, yourself?"

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Raise an eyebrow.
> "You can't possibly have gotten as much internal coverage from pictures as you could from looking around inside yourself. You do raise an interesting point, though...I can investigate in you after you investigate in me."

Seki:
>"Hmm, so everything else feels fine: your friends, the trees, yourself?"

Aya:

> "Don't underestimate my abilities."

Seki:

> "Yeah. I guess so."
>_

[Philosopher]

Seki:
>"I see."

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "I didn't mean it like that. I just want to be thorough. I need you to do this for me. Please, Hata."

[Neovereign]

Seki:
>"I see."

Aya:

> "I didn't mean it like that. I just want to be thorough. I need you to do this for me. Please, Hata."

Aya:

> Hatate seems to start thinking to herself as you travel... you wonder if she's considering it now.

Seki:

> You can see your group is approaching the Misty Lake.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "I know it sounds an outlandish ask, but I'm sure you can do it."

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "I know it sounds an outlandish ask, but I'm sure you can do it."

Aya:

> Hatate starts to fiddle with her camera...
> ...
> "Huh..." She looks up at the sky, then resumes.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Frown.
> "C'mon, Hata, don't ignore me like this..."

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Frown.
> "C'mon, Hata, don't ignore me like this..."

Aya:

> "Sorry. I was thinking about something with what we have so far. Like how you say you feel like everything but yourself feels wrong."
> She pauses, and quickly messes with her camera again.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "Is it something you could do while inside me? That way you can fully concentrate on it while I bring you with me."

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "Is it something you could do while inside me? That way you can fully concentrate on it while I bring you with me."

Aya:

> "I wouldn't even fit anyways... okay, not that. Then..."
> More fiddling...
> A pause...
> ...
> "Hey, real quick. Do you know what it means to be pure? If like, a place is pure or something?" Hatate questions.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> How familiar are we with purity in the spiritual/metaphysical sense?