Myon Quest - Scattered Souls

[Neovereign]

> You are Myon, the phantom half of Youmu Konpaku.

> Well, you are Youmu Konpaku as well, but in order for others to differentiate when they mean something directly corresponding to Youmu's phantom half and Youmu's human half, they use Myon for the latter.
> Regardless, you are Youmu Konpaku, a special creature who is half human, half phantom. It’s fine enough to call yourself human. Although you’re a bit easily deceived and a tad sensitive, you’re honest, hardworking, diligent, and skilled! It’d be nice if people saw your better traits more often!
> However, you are also currently incapacitated, with no way to get up...
> Your phantom half is fine and able bodied, however.
> You aren't sure why this happened.

> You are currently on your way home from the human village. Or, were before this... you didn't really get that far. Kourindou is nearby, and you could turn back towards the village, too. There's also heading on, towards Misty Lake...
>_

[Tom]

> Youmu is scared of ghosts right?  Scare Youmu awake!

> Assuming nothing happens make a run for Kourindou.

[Neovereign]

> Youmu is scared of ghosts right?  Scare Youmu awake!

> Assuming nothing happens make a run for Kourindou.

> You try to scare your human half awake, but nothing you can do seems to get to her unconscious self.
> Not too mention Youmu isn't really scared of herself either.

> You float to Kourindou in spirit form, abandoning the human half to the wilds...

> Kourindou opens up easily, however, the shopkeeper is facedown on the desk.
> You can see a small spirit with his likeness floating above his body, confused.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> ???
> Give ourselves a quick look-over. Do we look the same as we usually do, including how large or small we normally are?

[Neovereign]

> ???
> Give ourselves a quick look-over. Do we look the same as we usually do, including how large or small we normally are?

> You recall your previous appearance vs your current. You appear to be the same large size as usual. Wait, maybe a bit bigger? Not quite, but something is off.
> This spirit looking a bit like Rinnosuke tips you off at something you might not have noticed alone. Even though you've been in your usual featureless state and not actively trying to appear as such, you can see a bit of your physical body in your appearance.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> When we entered Kourindou, did we make physical contact with the door to open it, or did we phase through the door/wall?
> Do we seem to be the same size as under normal circumstances when we actively try to look like our human half?

[Neovereign]

> When we entered Kourindou, did we make physical contact with the door to open it, or did we phase through the door/wall?
> Do we seem to be the same size as under normal circumstances when we actively try to look like our human half?

> You physically opened it. There's no seals, so you could just pass through it, but that'd be ruder than barging in like so.
> You seem larger. Thus, it doesn't seem like you're partway into taking Youmu's form.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Try speaking: "Uh...?"

[Neovereign]

> Try speaking: "Uh...?"

> Youmus voice - well, your voice, comes out. That's normally not supposed to happen, you think...
> "Huh?" The spirit above Rinnosuke questions. "Oh. Sorry, there's... a bit of an unexpected situation. I'm afraid we're not open right now due to that."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> We've never spoken before, have we?
> We've observed that Spirit Rinnosuke appears to be 'a small spirit', and that we seem to be larger than normal. Does that makes us larger than his spirit?

[Neovereign]

> We've never spoken before, have we?
> We've observed that Spirit Rinnosuke appears to be 'a small spirit', and that we seem to be larger than normal. Does that makes us larger than his spirit?

> You aren't supposed to be able to.
> Very much so. Even if you were your usual size, you would still be larger. After all, your usual size is enough that you could possibly engulf a fairy entirely, if not some humans.
> You aren't sure if you're big enough now to engulf a human of his size though. Probably not a good idea to try anyways.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Did our voice at least sound like our human half's voice?
> What were we doing at the Human Village, anyway?
> When we look at the spirits that float around the Netherworld, do we normally see formless blobs, or do we see humanoid shapes?

> "Y-yeah...uh, sorry for intruding. ...Are...are you...feeling okay, as you are?"

[Tom]

> Is there anything in Kourindou that may help us raise our human half?

[Neovereign]

> Did our voice at least sound like our human half's voice?
> What were we doing at the Human Village, anyway?
> When we look at the spirits that float around the Netherworld, do we normally see formless blobs, or do we see humanoid shapes?

> "Y-yeah...uh, sorry for intruding. ...Are...are you...feeling okay, as you are?"

> Is there anything in Kourindou that may help us raise our human half?

> Mostly.
> Getting out a bit. Checking out the village. It's not like you can't visit the most prominent place of humans in Gensokyo just to visit it instead of only when getting groceries after all.
> They're always formless.

> "I was feeling fine just earlier. I don't think this was a heart attack on that note, but am I really dead? Hm..." He seems... disappointed with this fate, rather than alarmed or worried.

> You look around, but... you're not sure what you should even be looking for. An elixir or something? You don't even see any liquids on display right now anyways.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we know of Geidontei?
> Does Rinnosuke's spirit seem directly attached to his body?
> "Well...I'll get back to myself, I guess.  Good luck to all of us."
> Exit the shop heading back to our human half. One we reach her, try engulfing her, so that we just have her with us for safety.

[Neovereign]

> Do we know of Geidontei?
> Does Rinnosuke's spirit seem directly attached to his body?
> "Well...I'll get back to myself, I guess.  Good luck to all of us."
> Exit the shop heading back to our human half. One we reach her, try engulfing her, so that we just have her with us for safety.

> You're not good with alcohol... You'd normally have no reason to even head to a bar thanks to that.
> You don't see any connection from him to it. It's not like you have any for Youmu and yourself either.
> "All of us?" Rinnosuke questions as you leave.

> You head back to where your human half should be left behind. Ah, good, she's still there.
> You try to cover her entirely... It looks like it'll work!
> You jolt awake in surprise, your phantom half shooting out of your personal space. You think that managed to get you up.
> Ugh, your human half's experiences don't seem to be of any use in finding any evidence as to what happened in the first place. It's not even something you've felt before.
> At the very least, maybe that means that this wasn't something of Lady Yuyuko's doing.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> ??!?!??!?
> Stand up and check our human half over to make sure it's okay (and the proper size).
> Is our phantom half back to its normal size?

[Neovereign]

> ??!?!??!?
> Stand up and check our human half over to make sure it's okay (and the proper size).
> Is our phantom half back to its normal size?

> You examine yourself. Everything seems in order. Your swords are still present, so it doesn't look like anyone robbed you while you were out.
> In Myon's view, you seem a bit smaller than usual. Conversely, Myon is larger than normal. Maybe that's just Myon being larger alone, then...
> Unlike it previously noted, it doesn't appear to have any traits similar to you. Myon just looks a little larger than normal, nothing else.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Does our phantom half feel any different, like something got mixed into us somehow?
> How much effort does it take for us to make our phantom half look like our human half?

[Neovereign]

> Does our phantom half feel any different, like something got mixed into us somehow?
> How much effort does it take for us to make our phantom half look like our human half?

> That... might be it, if you had any way to describe it...
> It's not that difficult. What takes more effort is having it take on human movements. Of course, being a human yourself, you're used to moving like a human - but your phantom half has always been a phantom, and doing human movements on its own while you're doing other things is more difficult. Having it follow your previous actions is easier, though. Likewise, if you aren't doing much, it's easier for it to do more complex things.
> You could probably train yourself to get better at guiding your phantom half in human movements.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Put in the effort needed to make our phantom half look like our human half, to see what happens.

[Tom]

> We should probably go back to Kourindou and let Rinnosuke know how to return to his body.  If it even works for Youkai?

[Neovereign]

> Put in the effort needed to make our phantom half look like our human half, to see what happens.

> We should probably go back to Kourindou and let Rinnosuke know how to return to his body.  If it even works for Youkai?

> You have Myon mimic your appearance. It goes the same as usual, though your phantom half is noticeably bigger all around. It's like you have an elder twin sister...

> You could try...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is she hot?

> Hmm. It might be possible that a small spirit human us came out of our human half, like what happened with Rinnosuke, but it got sucked into our phantom half somehow, which is how our phantom half ended up the way it did. Then maybe our spirit got put back in our human half when we engulfed ourselves.
> ...Does that mean we're three halves now...?

> Try saying "Hello" through our phantom half.

[Neovereign]

> Is she hot?

> Hmm. It might be possible that a small spirit human us came out of our human half, like what happened with Rinnosuke, but it got sucked into our phantom half somehow, which is how our phantom half ended up the way it did. Then maybe our spirit got put back in our human half when we engulfed ourselves.
> ...Does that mean we're three halves now...?

> Try saying "Hello" through our phantom half.

> She looks pretty much like you. It's difficult to get yourself to try and come across that train of thought...

> You feel like you're confusing yourself.

> Your phantom half speaks the words you attempt. It can still do that like earlier... Just what happened to cause this. Did it reach the village too?
>_

[Tom]

> We better investigate, the village sounds like a good place to start!

> Might as well let the shopkeeper know how we returned to our body!  Having good credit with Kourindou never hurts!
> Return to the shop with our newfound body and announce "I found a way back!  Try floating into your body and covering it."

[Kilgamayan]

> Given our "phantom half is noticeably bigger all around", does that mean it is simply a consistently scaled-up version of our human half? Or are there some parts that increased proportionally more than others?

[Neovereign]

> We better investigate, the village sounds like a good place to start!

> Might as well let the shopkeeper know how we returned to our body!  Having good credit with Kourindou never hurts!
> Return to the shop with our newfound body and announce "I found a way back!  Try floating into your body and covering it."

> Given our "phantom half is noticeably bigger all around", does that mean it is simply a consistently scaled-up version of our human half? Or are there some parts that increased proportionally more than others?

> You return to Kourindou, spotting the spirit trying to get into Rinnosuke's head.
> "Ah, good for you." He speaks, though looks at the body. "I'm afraid that might be a but difficult for me..."
> Compared to you, this sprit is much smaller than the body it probably came from... you don't think it could engulf it even if the body was curled into a perfect ball.

> It's certain area's, as if there's more of your human half than your phantom half.
> Supporting this thought, your phantom half feels warmer than usual. The inverse seems true for your human half.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Can we sense temperature differences between Rinnosuke's body and his spirit?

[Neovereign]

> Can we sense temperature differences between Rinnosuke's body and his spirit?

> Given neither of them are you, you can't at a distance like this.
>_