Neo Gensokyo Quest - Part 2

[Neovereign]

Seki
>Shrug at the leader's question

>Try to feel for a symbol of our station as a dullahan and for weapons

>Watch our mistress

Aya:

> "I can imagine. What sort of satisfaction are you looking for, then? We did learn why your buddy's gods are all out of sorts - I could fill you in on that if you like."

Seki:
> You do not feel any.
> The mistress raises her hand, a large spear manifesting above it.
> "Not trying to grab her and run? Good." The Oni speaks

Aya:

> "That's her problem. I want to know why you decided to do such.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Give Iizunamaru a wind-order to begin planning on how to get the rank-and-file tengu to safety in case this encounter goes south.
> "Why I abducted that rabbit? Because I saw you two escape from the Bamboo Forest and thought she was the one that could teleport. I didn't want you and your buddy to escape our group that easily again. Clearly an incorrect guess on my part, but that's the benefit of hindsight."

[Philosopher]

Seki
>Watch our mistress with interest
->Can we feel any other connections similar to our carriage?

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Give Iizunamaru a wind-order to begin planning on how to get the rank-and-file tengu to safety in case this encounter goes south.
> "Why I abducted that rabbit? Because I saw you two escape from the Bamboo Forest and thought she was the one that could teleport. I didn't want you and your buddy to escape our group that easily again. Clearly an incorrect guess on my part, but that's the benefit of hindsight."

Seki
>Watch our mistress with interest
->Can we feel any other connections similar to our carriage?

Aya:

> "Hm. You ought to be more careful about making decisions. Speaking of, you may have more trouble to deal with. While we're leaving this mountain alone for now, others might not."

Seki:

> You can't
> "Stop!" Kogasa shouts.
> Remilia pauses.
> "We just want to make sure Sanae's okay. We don't want a fight." Kogasa speaks.
> "Doesn't look like the rest of your group agrees." The Oni points out.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "Yeah, we know. That's actually sort of what this town hall here is all about."
> "You do prompt a curiosity, though. I'm having a very tough time reconciling all I've observed of your faction. You seem perfectly content to act and present yourself as a hostile invading force, but you've been relatively...lackadaisical about it. A lot less proactive than you could be. Your faction also appears to be in the same general boat as us Terrans, but you all have shown negative interest in working together to fix our respective issues. What exactly is your goal here?"

[Philosopher]

Seki
>What do our instincts say about how to get the priestess?

>Is the mistress the only one showing hostility or killing intent?

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "Yeah, we know. That's actually sort of what this town hall here is all about."
> "You do prompt a curiosity, though. I'm having a very tough time reconciling all I've observed of your faction. You seem perfectly content to act and present yourself as a hostile invading force, but you've been relatively...lackadaisical about it. A lot less proactive than you could be. Your faction also appears to be in the same general boat as us Terrans, but you all have shown negative interest in working together to fix our respective issues. What exactly is your goal here?"

Seki
>What do our instincts say about how to get the priestess?

>Is the mistress the only one showing hostility or killing intent?

Aya:

> "We've gotten the land we needed, at least. You won't find us riled up, for a while, at least."

Seki:

> Your instincts suggest you continue what you are doing before you stopped here.
> Both mistresses seem ready to fight. As does the swordswoman, the rabbit, and the maid.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "What's wrong with the land on the moon that you needed land here?"

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "What's wrong with the land on the moon that you needed land here?"

Aya:

> "It's no issue working with you would help fix. Thus, cooperating would only make things worse for us. Yet here I am,  telling you to watch out on this mountain..."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Frown.
> "You can't possibly know for sure that Gensokyo can't help you with this. Didn't Gensokyo fix your home's recent fairy invasion?"

[Philosopher]

Seki
>Prepare for. . .
->Haha, like hell a rokurokubi can take an oni

>Do we feel we can stun by calling out names?

>What do our instincts say we can do to get our prey from the youkai?

>Do we feel a connection to a whip?

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Frown.
> "You can't possibly know for sure that Gensokyo can't help you with this. Didn't Gensokyo fix your home's recent fairy invasion?"

Seki
>Prepare for. . .
->Haha, like hell a rokurokubi can take an oni

>Do we feel we can stun by calling out names?

>What do our instincts say we can do to get our prey from the youkai?

>Do we feel a connection to a whip?

Aya:

> "You residents of Gensokyo all have your own issues to deal with, among each other and the state of this world as well."

Seki:

> Your feelings are still lingering on Sanae when it comes to names.

> You don't. Especially not any boney whips. You don't even know how such a thing would even work.
>_

[Philosopher]

Seki
>Tense up

>Can we strike the enemies with blindness

>Is Sanae within the flying range of our heads

>Watch in silence

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "And yet I'm still tying to help your faction out with their problems."

[Neovereign]

Seki
>Tense up

>Can we strike the enemies with blindness

>Is Sanae within the flying range of our heads

>Watch in silence

Aya:

> "And yet I'm still tying to help your faction out with their problems."

Seki:

> You don't know

> You believe so.

> There's silence. It feels like someone's going to make the decision on one side or the other.

Aya:

> Toyohime sighs.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "I mean, I'm both this land's fastest woman and its best purveyor of information. I may not be able to single-handedly solve your problem, but I imagine I can at least help, and without impacting my own pursuits very much."
> Look at the crowd, and then back at the woman.
> "Perhaps you wish to discuss something in private?"

[Philosopher]

Seki
>"We're after the priestess, not a fight."

>Try to use the technique that we used to get here to get Sanae without moving the carriage

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "I mean, I'm both this land's fastest woman and its best purveyor of information. I may not be able to single-handedly solve your problem, but I imagine I can at least help, and without impacting my own pursuits very much."
> Look at the crowd, and then back at the woman.
> "Perhaps you wish to discuss something in private?"

Seki
>"We're after the priestess, not a fight."

>Try to use the technique that we used to get here to get Sanae without moving the carriage

Aya:

> "No. I should just carry on..."

Seki:

> "Well we don't wanna give her up." The Oni responds.
> Nothing seems to come from such an attempt...
> "They actually have something interesting down here, at least." Sanae herself speaks.
> "...Trains?" The plain girl of your group questions.
> "Yeah!" Sanae responds.
> "Hm... whatever it is you're doing with trains down here, I can help out in exchange for you letting Sanae go." The girl offers.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Can we sense that this woman has an affinity for the wind at all, in a way that we could take advantage of with our subconscious command ability?

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Can we sense that this woman has an affinity for the wind at all, in a way that we could take advantage of with our subconscious command ability?

Aya:

> None you notice...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "C'mon, lady. What have you got to lose?"
> Try giving this woman a wind-order to ask for our help.

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "C'mon, lady. What have you got to lose?"
> Try giving this woman a wind-order to ask for our help.

Aya:

> You try...
> "I didn't even come here with my sister's okay. She'd be more upset than she would be now if she heard I-"
> The woman pauses.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Act like we don't have an idea of why she paused.
> "If she heard you what?"

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Act like we don't have an idea of why she paused.
> "If she heard you what?"

> "Nothing." The woman shakes her head, before vanishing in her unspectacular fashion.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Roll our eyes and sigh.
> "Crimony. Pride really does come before the fall, huh."
> Look back to Iizunamaru.
> "Sorry about that, Boss. Now, where were we?"

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Roll our eyes and sigh.
> "Crimony. Pride really does come before the fall, huh."
> Look back to Iizunamaru.
> "Sorry about that, Boss. Now, where were we?"

Aya:

> "I think she doesn't think you can do anything for them." The fox speaks, out again. "I even tried to argue that Gensokyo's residents are good at tackling new problems. She seemed to consider it for a bit. Guess she needs evidence?"
> Megumu considers.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "Oh, was that pause because of you? Yeah, she did seem to be considering something...but we can worry about her later."
> Gesture generally across the crowd and the village.
> "We should probably keep working on this first."

[Philosopher]

Seki
>Raise an eyebrow at the excitement in Sanae's voice

>What abilities do we have that we can use to fight to or get Sanae
->Do our Dullahan instincts have anything to add that might help

>Ask the plain girl, "Are you sure about that?"

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "Oh, was that pause because of you? Yeah, she did seem to be considering something...but we can worry about her later."
> Gesture generally across the crowd and the village.
> "We should probably keep working on this first."

Seki
>Raise an eyebrow at the excitement in Sanae's voice

>What abilities do we have that we can use to fight to or get Sanae
->Do our Dullahan instincts have anything to add that might help

>Ask the plain girl, "Are you sure about that?"

Aya:

> "Hm. Where was I? Well, anyways, we need to get all the Tengu back together first and foremost. Anyone know where they might be?"

Seki:

> You're not that strong a Youkai... Oni would definitely obliterate you. What would throwing your head at them do?

> "Yeah. I know more about the outside world than Sanae. This place is a subway. These tunnels should lead to other subways."
 
> "It's not just about the trains either. Besides, why trade when what we're doing now works fine?" The Oni questions.
>_

[Philosopher]

Seki
>"So why a human? Wouldn't a kappa be better for your purposes?"