Neo Gensokyo Quest - Part 2

[Philosopher]

Seki
>Take a breath to yell then let it out as we remember this a library
->Head to Patchouli's desk

>Glance around

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "I'm not really sure, but I also don't think our sisters are in their right minds. When they saw me, they asked why I wasn't already helping out, but when they saw Boss here-"
> Heft Iizunamaru a bit for emphasis.
> "-they flipped their gourds and started directly attacking us. From the sounds of it, they were ready to rumble with any daitengu, she just happened to be the unlucky first."
> Frown a bit deeper.
> "Come to think of it, are Lord Tenma or any of the other daitengu around? We don't need to meet with them, just knowing whether they're safe here or MIA is enough."

[Neovereign]

Seki
>Take a breath to yell then let it out as we remember this a library
->Head to Patchouli's desk

>Glance around

Aya:

> "I'm not really sure, but I also don't think our sisters are in their right minds. When they saw me, they asked why I wasn't already helping out, but when they saw Boss here-"
> Heft Iizunamaru a bit for emphasis.
> "-they flipped their gourds and started directly attacking us. From the sounds of it, they were ready to rumble with any daitengu, she just happened to be the unlucky first."
> Frown a bit deeper.
> "Come to think of it, are Lord Tenma or any of the other daitengu around? We don't need to meet with them, just knowing whether they're safe here or MIA is enough."

Seki
> In reaching her table, you notice her browsing the nearby shelves.

Aya:

> "I don't think you'll like what you hear..."
> The various Tengu around are getting a bit too close for comfort. Megumu doesn't seem comfortable with it either.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Blink.
> Clutch Iizunamaru tightly to our body.
> Frown even deeper and take on a no-nonsense tone.
> "All of you, stop this instant, or there will be hell to pay."

[Philosopher]

Sekibanki
>Head over to Patchouli

>"The book was quite interesting. Sadly we didn't get to finish."

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Blink.
> Clutch Iizunamaru tightly to our body.
> Frown even deeper and take on a no-nonsense tone.
> "All of you, stop this instant, or there will be hell to pay."

Sekibanki
>Head over to Patchouli

>"The book was quite interesting. Sadly we didn't get to finish."

Aya:

> "Understandable that you're unsettled about the thought of something worse having happened." The tengu speaks. "But I don't think she's dead."
> The others don't move in closer.

Seki:

> "Doesn't look like you wanted to use its knowledge anyways."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Do the tengu here appear aggressive or malicious, as if they're trying to swarm us to overwhelm us with numbers? Or do they simply seem to be crowding around in excitement from seeing us?
> Look to the one who just spoke.
> "...Tell us what happened, then."

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Do the tengu here appear aggressive or malicious, as if they're trying to swarm us to overwhelm us with numbers? Or do they simply seem to be crowding around in excitement from seeing us?
> Look to the one who just spoke.
> "...Tell us what happened, then."

Aya:

> You think it's the former.
> "Lord Tenma is not just missing. We think they might've been taken."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Dart our eyes across the gathered crowd of tengu.
> "...That is unfortunate. But...also a rather unusual thing for you to say, given the situation."
> Stare daggers into the eyes of the tengu that stopped the first one from joining Hatate and Momizi.
> Take on a commanding tone.
> "You. You will tell us why there is a very large crowd here, advancing on Boss and myself pretty menacingly. You will be honest, and leave nothing out. I will know if you're lying to me."
> For extra emphasis, give this tengu a wind-order to truthfully confess to us what exactly is going on here.

[Philosopher]

Seki
>"I can't be sure.  I didn't read it in time."

>"Speaking of that book was through science or magic that the book functioned?"

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Dart our eyes across the gathered crowd of tengu.
> "...That is unfortunate. But...also a rather unusual thing for you to say, given the situation."
> Stare daggers into the eyes of the tengu that stopped the first one from joining Hatate and Momizi.
> Take on a commanding tone.
> "You. You will tell us why there is a very large crowd here, advancing on Boss and myself pretty menacingly. You will be honest, and leave nothing out. I will know if you're lying to me."
> For extra emphasis, give this tengu a wind-order to truthfully confess to us what exactly is going on here.

Seki
>"I can't be sure.  I didn't read it in time."

>"Speaking of that book was through science or magic that the book functioned?"

Aya:

> "We don't know. We're just making you uncomfortable and such. We can't beat you, of all Tengu and one of the Daitengu together at once." The tengu admits.

Seki:

> "You could say magic."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "...You are actively trying to make us uncomfortable...but you don't know why?"

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "...You are actively trying to make us uncomfortable...but you don't know why?"

Aya:

> "Was it something you decided yourselves, or collectively?" Megumu asks.
> "It's not like we went "Okay if Aya comes we do this." We were worried about those rabbits, too."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Be silent for a moment, then heave a heavy sigh.
> "Be at ease, everyone. I think we're both winding each other up over nothing. Boss and I are simply trying to figure how to fix things and return them to normal; if Lord Tenma really did get abducted, then rescuing them will be added to our list."
> Look back to the tengu that stopped the first tengu from joining Hatate and Momizi.
> "Like, were you worried I was going to do something malicious when I suggested she go see how Hata and Momi were doing within me? If you're that concerned, you can simply hold onto her ankles or something to make sure you can pull her back out once she's done. Have a bunch of your friends form a daisy chain if you need to."
> Look to the first tengu.
> "Go on, see for yourself that they're doing okay. Oh, the other three in there got too aggressive, in case you get curious about them."
> Retrieve our hand from Iizunamaru's chest and stretch our mouth open again.
> Give the first tengu another wind-order to enter our mouth and see how Hatate and Momizi are doing.
> Give the second tengu, the one that stopped the first one the first time around, a wind-order to let the first tengu go inside us, but hold on to her ankles so she can be pulled back out.
> Give eight other tengu close to the second tengu a wind-order to form a chain of holding onto each other's ankles with the second tengu so that they can pull each other back out of us if needed.

[Philosopher]

Seki
>Frown
->"The books from earlier. . . Should I have been able to detect magic from any of those books?"

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Be silent for a moment, then heave a heavy sigh.
> "Be at ease, everyone. I think we're both winding each other up over nothing. Boss and I are simply trying to figure how to fix things and return them to normal; if Lord Tenma really did get abducted, then rescuing them will be added to our list."
> Look back to the tengu that stopped the first tengu from joining Hatate and Momizi.
> "Like, were you worried I was going to do something malicious when I suggested she go see how Hata and Momi were doing within me? If you're that concerned, you can simply hold onto her ankles or something to make sure you can pull her back out once she's done. Have a bunch of your friends form a daisy chain if you need to."
> Look to the first tengu.
> "Go on, see for yourself that they're doing okay. Oh, the other three in there got too aggressive, in case you get curious about them."
> Retrieve our hand from Iizunamaru's chest and stretch our mouth open again.
> Give the first tengu another wind-order to enter our mouth and see how Hatate and Momizi are doing.
> Give the second tengu, the one that stopped the first one the first time around, a wind-order to let the first tengu go inside us, but hold on to her ankles so she can be pulled back out.
> Give eight other tengu close to the second tengu a wind-order to form a chain of holding onto each other's ankles with the second tengu so that they can pull each other back out of us if needed.

Seki
>Frown
->"The books from earlier. . . Should I have been able to detect magic from any of those books?"

Aya:

> "Well, honestly, none of us want things to go back to the way they were..." The first speaks. "The ones who were more ambitious about it went about the bugger things while we kept the village secure."
> None of the tengu approach to do the orders, however.
> "She asked you something, you know." Megumu speaks afterwards, gesturing to your mouth.
> "At least let me get this off my mind."
> "Yeah, it's troubling having this on our minds. Even more awkward with Miss Iizunamaru's in front of us here."
> "We really shouldn't be saying anything..." another tengu argues. "They already got other higher ups. They'll probably really change our society. If we're caught ruining it..."
> "Best to be neutral about this. That's That's we're not telling lies, but not revealing anything compromising."
> They sure seem talkative now...

Seki:

> "Can you tell the difference between a regular book and a magic one?" Patchouli questions.
>_

[Philosopher]

Seki
>. . .Can we?

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Let go of our mouth.
> "...Mmm. Sounds like the situation is more complicated on a macro level than any of us expected, huh. Well, perhaps we can all talk it out at some point like mature adults. Probably best to at least read from the same newspaper, if not get on the same page. In the meantime, though..."
> Pull our mouth open again and issue the same wind-orders as before.

[Neovereign]

Seki
>. . .Can we?

Aya:

> Let go of our mouth.
> "...Mmm. Sounds like the situation is more complicated on a macro level than any of us expected, huh. Well, perhaps we can all talk it out at some point like mature adults. Probably best to at least read from the same newspaper, if not get on the same page. In the meantime, though..."
> Pull our mouth open again and issue the same wind-orders as before.

Seki:

> You haven't tried...

Aya:

> The first tengu, with no more to say, starts to climb in.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Set Iizunamaru down on her feet next to us so we have both hands free to help this process.
> Help her in as we're able and swallow her down. If there is indeed a chain of tengu holding onto each other as we ordered, keep helping them along and swallowing the first nine down until the first one indicates she's found what she's looking for. Make a game note if it appears we're going to keep going with the tenth one.

[Philosopher]

Seki
>Didn't we try before on this book?
->Try to tell if it is magic

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Set Iizunamaru down on her feet next to us so we have both hands free to help this process.
> Help her in as we're able and swallow her down. If there is indeed a chain of tengu holding onto each other as we ordered, keep helping them along and swallowing the first nine down until the first one indicates she's found what she's looking for. Make a game note if it appears we're going to keep going with the tenth one.

Seki
>Didn't we try before on this book?
->Try to tell if it is magic

Aya:

> None of the Tengu seem to help out as originally expected.
> "How are you even supposed to see anything in here?" The Tengu questions when she's fully down.

Seki:

> Yes, but you don't have any example of a non-magic book to compare. It's unfair to say you can tell the difference between two things when you haven't tried one of them.
> The book still feels like a plain book as far as you can tell. Nothing's off about it.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "Huh. You should be able to see a little bit, at least..."
> Give a wind-order to the second tengu to volunteer to head in as well to keep the first tengu company since it's apparently very dark.

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "Huh. You should be able to see a little bit, at least..."
> Give a wind-order to the second tengu to volunteer to head in as well to keep the first tengu company since it's apparently very dark.

Aya:

> Megumu covers your mouth, whispering.
> "What are you trying to get at here? Is this seriously what we came here for?"
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Whisper in return.
> "I'm trying to relieve their concerns about Hata and Momi."

[Philosopher]

Seki
>"It doesn't feel magical, but that isn't true, is it?"
->Stare hard at the book
-->"I may not like the truth, but it is good to learn of my ignorance."

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Whisper in return.
> "I'm trying to relieve their concerns about Hata and Momi."

Seki
>"It doesn't feel magical, but that isn't true, is it?"
->Stare hard at the book
-->"I may not like the truth, but it is good to learn of my ignorance."

Aya:

> "That so?" Megumu questions. "Hey, hurry up in there. Bring out miss Himekaidou and miss Inubashiri so that everyone here knows they're alright. The rest of you can gather around and wait for her."
> The second Tengu stops her approach.

Seki:

> "It's not a lot of magic."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> Whisper to Iizunamaru: "I hope they don't mistake this for us trying to abduct her..."
> Wait for the tengu we swallowed to do as Iizunamaru instructed.

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> Whisper to Iizunamaru: "I hope they don't mistake this for us trying to abduct her..."
> Wait for the tengu we swallowed to do as Iizunamaru instructed.

Aya:

> You wait... As do the rest of the Tengu...
> A few moments later, it feels like she's coming back up.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "Oop, feels like she did it."
> Make no effort to block anyone escaping us. Do lick the chest of anyone that goes through our mouth, though.