Neo Gensokyo Quest - Part 6

[Neovereign]

Eternity:

> Shrug.
> "You'd know that better than anyone else here, I imagine."

---

Aya:

> Grit our teeth and frown a bit.
> "Doin' just fine so far."
> Brace ourselves for what's about to come, and how much more aggressive it might make us.

Seki:

> With Aya having responded, keep our focus on controlling these spirits.

Eternity:

> "B-But I don't know." Sunny argues, practically whining for some hint.

Aya:

> The feeling is starting to be accompanied by some passivity. Like... Laziness. A sensation of just letting this happen. Letting what happen? Ah, you hadn't noticed it before, but there's starting to be a lot more desire than your own, practically trying to shut yours down and out.
> It's quickly increasing. Maybe you ought to stop this before it gets too much.

Seki:

> A lot of the spirits are starting to flee the area now. You don't notice Aya's size getting bigger or anything, at least from the parts of her figure you can see past the spirits.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Eternity:

> Were we present for any of Aya's previous interactions with the Sanyousei?

---

Aya:

> Oh, that's not good...
> "...Well...uh...maybe not..."

Seki:

> With however many spirits already in Aya, use our freed-up control over them to take control of the fleeing spirits to make them stop.
> However, also stop stuffing more spirits into Aya.
> "Do we need to stop?"

Aya:

> "...Maybe..."
> ...Do we need to stop...?

[Neovereign]

Eternity:

> Were we present for any of Aya's previous interactions with the Sanyousei?

---

Aya:

> Oh, that's not good...
> "...Well...uh...maybe not..."

Seki:

> With however many spirits already in Aya, use our freed-up control over them to take control of the fleeing spirits to make them stop.
> However, also stop stuffing more spirits into Aya.
> "Do we need to stop?"

Aya:

> "...Maybe..."
> ...Do we need to stop...?

Eternity:

> You don't recall...

Seki:

> You stop trying to send more spirits into Aya and just settle for stopping the spirits around in general.

Aya:

> Ah, those desires are... Not lessening, but rather like that just suddenly stopped abruptly. You guess you're fine now...?
> "I... thought you two were in trouble, but it looks like you're tearing up this place..." You hear a voice, coming from a blonde girl in yellow... is that armor? Bloomers too? What kind of outfit...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> We are still clearly ourselves, then?
> Do we feel physically any different?
> Do we feel spirituality any different?

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> We are still clearly ourselves, then?
> Do we feel physically any different?
> Do we feel spirituality any different?

Aya:

> Yes.
> Your hair feels a bit fluffy. Like you messed with it fresh out of bathing... Your chest doesn't feel any bigger.
> You're not really the best at this sort of thing. It feels like those... other feelings and desires are just out of reach, not flooding through you like earlier. Like past a door or wall.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Eternity:

> Is Piece present?

---

Aya:

> "...Okay. I'm okay. You can keep going."

Seki:

> Send all the remaining spirits into Aya.
> To the unknown blonde: "We seen to be doing okay for ourselves. It seems sending spirits into people is something I can do. I could probably even place yours within her, if you've ever wondered what it's like to be a tengu."

[Neovereign]

Eternity:

> Is Piece present?

---

Aya:

> "...Okay. I'm okay. You can keep going."

Seki:

> Send all the remaining spirits into Aya.
> To the unknown blonde: "We seen to be doing okay for ourselves. It seems sending spirits into people is something I can do. I could probably even place yours within her, if you've ever wondered what it's like to be a tengu."

Eternity:

> Yep. She looks like she's thinking about the light idea. Though you don't know if she's even gonna share her thoughts.

Seki:

> You stop and resume with the spirits that are left.
> "The only person touching my spirit is lady Keiki. I don't want to be anything but what she wants me to be." The girl shakes her head. "I came to help since there were a lot of animal spirits around here, and humans have been having a really rough time out here, but you two don't seem to be humans anyways, and have things... taken care of."

Aya:

> Seki seems to be continuing, though all of those troubles are starting to quickly return again. Maybe she was stopping it? You... should probably ask her to do so again, before these spirits drown you out from even hearing your own thoughts again.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Eternity:

> "Hey, Piece, you have the magic life force fire that makes people do lunatic things. Watchable thinkin'?"

---

Aya:

> "Urgh...wait..."

Seki:

> Stop again, keeping the remaining loose spirits from fleeing.
> Does Aya feel spiritually different to us?

[Neovereign]

Eternity:

> "Hey, Piece, you have the magic life force fire that makes people do lunatic things. Watchable thinkin'?"

---

Aya:

> "Urgh...wait..."

Seki:

> Stop again, keeping the remaining loose spirits from fleeing.
> Does Aya feel spiritually different to us?

Eternity:

> "Huh? I don't think that means they can do things they can't do." Piece explains.

Seki:

> You stop. There's not much spirits left in the area, though now they're attempting ranged attacks at the two of you. Still, with you stopping them, they're really slow...
> It feels like there's a huge wad of spirit in her that's trying to crush another. And a bunch of other spirits that aren't that noticeably compared to the two...
> The blonde seems to be heading for the remaining spirits now, attacking them without caring about your situation. There's a bunch of statue soldiers, you think, also heading towards where the two of you are. Or at least, nearby. Even something bigger further in the distance. Other spirits are attacking them...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Eternity:

> "It might help them unlock abilities they didn't know they had."

---

Aya:

> How do we feel now?
> "...Wait, did you say 'Keiki'? That's one of the names we were given as someone worth meeting."

Seki:

> Try compressing the large wad of spirit within Aya.

[Neovereign]

Eternity:

> "It might help them unlock abilities they didn't know they had."

---

Aya:

> How do we feel now?
> "...Wait, did you say 'Keiki'? That's one of the names we were given as someone worth meeting."

Seki:

> Try compressing the large wad of spirit within Aya.

Eternity:

> "It could also just make them make fools of themselves..."
> "Uhh..." Sunny seems unsure about such.

Aya:

> Not that great. It feels like someone just told you you'd be doing unpaid overtime...
> The blonde girl seems preoccupied and away... You don't think she heard you.

Seki:

> It feels difficult to put that visual into practice... It doesn't help that it's not as easy to mess with as the large groups of souls outside of her were.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Eternity:

> "I see...hmm..."
> Let's dwell on this for a while, to see if someone has an idea.

---

Aya:

> Have a sit and take a rest for a moment, then.

Seki:

> Try expanding the spirit that's getting crushed, then, since that one is probably Aya herself. (Make sure to keep it within her body!)

[Neovereign]

Eternity:

> "I see...hmm..."
> Let's dwell on this for a while, to see if someone has an idea.

---

Aya:

> Have a sit and take a rest for a moment, then.

Seki:

> Try expanding the spirit that's getting crushed, then, since that one is probably Aya herself. (Make sure to keep it within her body!)

Eternity:

> You try to think...
> "I guess we could try it anyways. There's people here strong enough to stop us." Clownpiece starts to low-
> "D-Don't you have your torch? You don't have to show the flames covering your body." Daiyousei quickly holds onto Piece's dress.
> "I thought it'd be quicker. Okay." Piece retrieves her torch, it's flame igniting more than usual.
> "Do we just like, chant for Sunny to turn into light?" Star questions, covering her eyes.

Aya:

> You sit down and rest.
> With so many of the nearby spirits gone, you now notice the ground a bit more. There's some more humanoid spirits that... don't see to be in the best state. Probably none you can save or do anything about. There's no physical bodies aside from you, Seki, and that blonde girl and her statue followers.

Seki:

> Once again, you don't see how you'd actually be able to do such. Trying to stretch it out wouldn't actually be making it bigger...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Seki:

> Getting a feel for the nature of the large wad of spirits, as well as the nature of what we assume is Aya's spirit, does it feel like they could be combined, or like one could absorb the other?
> Are we aware of the humanoid spirits?
> If so, did we stuff any into Aya?
> If so,  did they become part of the large wad, or are they loose on their own?

[Neovereign]

Seki:

> Getting a feel for the nature of the large wad of spirits, as well as the nature of what we assume is Aya's spirit, does it feel like they could be combined, or like one could absorb the other?
> Are we aware of the humanoid spirits?
> If so, did we stuff any into Aya?
> If so,  did they become part of the large wad, or are they loose on their own?

Seki:

> You don't think they do. The few that aren't sort of do, however.
> Yes, but they seem more like scraps in the wind. You hadn't noticed any of them until now, with most of the beast spirits gone.
> The statues don't seem to have anything like that. You wonder if that puppeteer's dolls are the same, or if they did have something...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Seki:

> How many of those other spirits are within Aya? The ones that aren't part of the large wad of animals or part of herself.

[Neovereign]

Seki:

> How many of those other spirits are within Aya? The ones that aren't part of the large wad of animals or part of herself.

Seki:

> There's quite a few. Most seem similar to the big wad, but split up. If the big wad was also split up somehow, maybe they'd be in the same category. You wonder why they aren't together. Or why the large one is together in the first place.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Seki:

> Huh, that's weird.
> Pull the big wad out of Aya, so we can see what it is.

[Neovereign]

Seki:

> Huh, that's weird.
> Pull the big wad out of Aya, so we can see what it is.

Seki:

> You separate the large grouping from Aya, though it pulls away from you when it's finally out. It appears to be two large... No, one large two headed wolf. You think it's still a spirit...
> ...
> It's probably a good idea to do something about it before it realizes how close it is to the two of you...

Aya:

> Most of those aggressive desires and feelings seem to vanish entirely now. Not past a door or anything. Though, you think you feel someone glaring daggers at you now, or maybe it's more hostility than just that.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Seki:

> ...We didn't see that previously or knowingly add it to Aya's body, did we?

[Neovereign]

Seki:

> ...We didn't see that previously or knowingly add it to Aya's body, did we?

Seki:

> This definitely wasn't among the spirits you added to Aya. But it does seem the same as that big wad. There wasn't anything remotely this big out here earlier.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Seki:

> How large is it compared to Aya or ourselves?
> Does it seem corporeal at all?

[Neovereign]

Seki:

> How large is it compared to Aya or ourselves?
> Does it seem corporeal at all?

Seki:

> It looks almost thrice your size. It could probably crush your cart underfoot, though not all of it in one step.
> A bit, yes.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Seki:

> "Aya, catch!"
> Temporarily focusing all of our spirit control on this one giant wolf (thereby freeing the other lesser spirits that are currently aggro'd from our keeping them in place), control it to make it move to deposit itself fully into Aya's chest, the same way as has routinely been done to our head.

Aya:

> "Huh?"
> Look over at Banki to see what she's talking about, then look around for the source of the hostility.

[Neovereign]

Seki:

> "Aya, catch!"
> Temporarily focusing all of our spirit control on this one giant wolf (thereby freeing the other lesser spirits that are currently aggro'd from our keeping them in place), control it to make it move to deposit itself fully into Aya's chest, the same way as has routinely been done to our head.

Aya:

> "Huh?"
> Look over at Banki to see what she's talking about, then look around for the source of the hostility.

Seki:

> You attempt to force the spirit to harmlessly deposit itself into Aya, though the attempt only seems to make it lunge for her, a bit to it's own surprise if it's expression is anything to go by. But it seems to go along with the intent.
> It feels like trying to throw something that's too heavy while it's already being swung around. This is much different than the people that resisted your attempts at messing with their spirits back in the underground. You clearly have some control that's better than it's own, but you don't think it's something you can fully handle yet.

Aya:

> You glance over at Seki, only to find yourself flung backwards into the air by your wings, as if the chills and goosebumps from that hostility sent a shock through them.
> You quickly realize that there's a giant wolf attacking the two of you, now?!
> The statues and the blonde seem to notice this as well and are rushing towards you.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "What the hell?!?"
> Bank left!

Seki:

> "Put it where you put my head!!"
> Once the wolf has landed from its own unexpected leap, try holding it still.

[Neovereign]

Aya:

> "What the hell?!?"
> Bank left!

Seki:

> "Put it where you put my head!!"
> Once the wolf has landed from its own unexpected leap, try holding it still.

Aya:

> You veer to the left. The wolf tries to follow you with it's gaze, but it seems stuck.

Seki:

> Though slow, you're gradually able to keep the wolf still. You can't tell if it's struggling against your efforts, but it's expression does imply such. Either it's too weak in that regard, or you're too strong compared to it.

> "Where did this come from?" The blonde questions. "I haven't seen something like this before."
> She appears to already have a bow drawn and trained on the wolf.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Seki:

> "No clue!"
> Keep holding the wolf still.

Aya:

> "Wait, don't shoot yet!"
> Zip around behind the wolf, and deposit it into our chest from behind by sticking part of it in and then flying forward, gathering its body toward the entrance to our chest along the way as needed until we've stored all of it. (Do try to not get our hands bitten at the end!)

[Neovereign]

Seki:

> "No clue!"
> Keep holding the wolf still.

Aya:

> "Wait, don't shoot yet!"
> Zip around behind the wolf, and deposit it into our chest from behind by sticking part of it in and then flying forward, gathering its body toward the entrance to our chest along the way as needed until we've stored all of it. (Do try to not get our hands bitten at the end!)

Seki:

> You keep the wolf still while Aya moves.

Aya:

> You slide behind the wolf and scoop it up from it's tail and feet. Even at the end, it doesn't attempt to bite you. Or maybe it just doesn't know that such is an option? Or it could've been paralyzed from something.
> Either way, that definitely wasn't only a spirit anymore, judging by your difficult assets now.
> The blonde blinks... Seems like she'll say something... Then lowers her weapons.
> "Well, let us return to Lady Keiki and report of this." She turns on her heel, already starting to depart.
> Your sight's a bit obscured, but you think the soldiers are following her order.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Aya:

> "We're coming with you, if you don't mind."
> Try taking to the air. If we're successful, follow along behind the blonde.
> "Thanks for the help, by the way. Who are you, if I may ask?"

Seki:

> If there are any non-humanoid spirits still loose in the area, control them and stuff them into Aya's body.
> Then follow along behind the blonde with our carriage in tow.