Myon Quest - Scattered Souls

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "Hmm, alright. I'll try something else, then. ...Um, please let Myon out if she gets trapped, okay?"

Myon:

> Try passing through the box to where the water entity is.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "Hmm, alright. I'll try something else, then. ...Um, please let Myon out if she gets trapped, okay?"

Myon:

> Try passing through the box to where the water entity is.

> "You won't be able to get in anyways." Reimu speaks.

> Reimu's words seem right. You can't get through...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "Shoot, you're right. I don't suppose you can make it smaller?"

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "Shoot, you're right. I don't suppose you can make it smaller?"

> "Let's worry about what this is, first." Reimu suggests.
> "I can control water, but not that. It's got a mind of it's own." Nitori explains.
> "It looks like you, too. But I don't see any ribbon on you." Reimu notes again.
> "What's this about a ribbon? Am I supposed to have one? Did I miss a memo?"
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "Someone stuck a ribbon on a cat that made her abilities go out of control and start separating people's souls from their bodies."

Myon:

> Hold up our ribbon arm to show it off.

Myon:

> "The culprit, or a related party, might have done something similar to you without you noticing."

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "Someone stuck a ribbon on a cat that made her abilities go out of control and start separating people's souls from their bodies."

Myon:

> Hold up our ribbon arm to show it off.

Myon:

> "The culprit, or a related party, might have done something similar to you without you noticing."

> "As far as I know, I've still got full control of my abilities. This thing just... seems to take after me." The Kappa gestures. "Haven't seen a ribbon like that around, either."
> "This seemed to have started just earlier today with the Human Village. It's been stopped already, for the most part." Reimu says.
> "Well I saw this water thingy around yesterday. Does that help?" Kogasa says.
> "If it's connected, then they were at Youkai Mountain before the village. Judging by how Nitori doesn't have anything similar on hand like the ribbon, I'm not sure if it is or not..."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> Nod.
> "They could be related and just different kinds of effects, or they might not be related at all. Do you have any sort of supernatural affinity for water?"

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> Nod.
> "They could be related and just different kinds of effects, or they might not be related at all. Do you have any sort of supernatural affinity for water?"

> "Of course. I can freely control it. Usually." Nitori says, looking over at her doppelganger.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Myon:

> Frown a bit.

Youmu:

> "Mmm. Kind of regretting having Myon empty herself of the water she had earlier, but whatever. Do you think you'd be able to learn anything about or do anything with your water clone if you had direct contact with it?"

[Neovereign]

Myon:

> Frown a bit.

Youmu:

> "Mmm. Kind of regretting having Myon empty herself of the water she had earlier, but whatever. Do you think you'd be able to learn anything about or do anything with your water clone if you had direct contact with it?"

> "I got the chance before. Nothing really came out of it. Maybe it's another urban legend?"
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Myon:

> Could we fit this kappa within ourselves?

Youmu:

> Look to Reimu.
> "Do you think you'd be able to learn anything from studying it?"

[Neovereign]

Myon:

> Could we fit this kappa within ourselves?

Youmu:

> Look to Reimu.
> "Do you think you'd be able to learn anything from studying it?"

> Alone, most definitely.
> Given the water lookalike's... form, you suppose it could "fit" as well alongside her.

> "Dunno. It still seems like Nitori's just playing some trick. With that device floating above it." Reimu gestures to the strange thing hovering above the water figure.
> The figure almost seems to cover it, as if it understood.
> "Oh, now that you mention it, I was so hung up on it being like me and being made of water that I didn't notice that." Nitori approaches the barrier. "I didn't make this, though..."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> What does the device look like?

Myon:

> Give the entity a curious look.
> Gently place a hand on the box somewhere the entity can see.
> "...You can understand us, can't you? Can you speak?"

[Neovereign]

> What does the device look like?

Myon:

> Give the entity a curious look.
> "...You can understand us, can't you? Can you speak?"

> It's a small disk. Kinda like a spinning top? The top of the lookalike's body even points towards it a bit, as if it's being carried by it, despite having no visual physical connection.

> The creature shakes it's head.
> "Well, it seems to know what we're saying at least." Reimu considers.
> "If that's the case, then where'd you come from?" Kogasa asks.
> The creature's form shifts slightly. It still looks like Nitori, but there are clear differences compared to earlier. There's some triangles on the bottom of it's dress now, and it has really tiny ears atop it's head.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Does this shape look familiar enough to possibly be someone we know?
> If not:

Youmu:

> "...I'm afraid I don't recognize who that is. Do any of you?"

[Neovereign]

> Does this shape look familiar enough to possibly be someone we know?
> If not:

Youmu:

> "...I'm afraid I don't recognize who that is. Do any of you?"

> Nope... Not a clue.

> "You barely changed how you look. Can't you do any better than that?" Reimu questions.
> "Maybe it can't look too different from me?" Nitori considers.
> "Maybe it's too tired." Sanae suggests. "I was going to say that if it's made of water, it's probably headed for my shrine's lake, but then Reimu solved the problem before I could come up with a plan."
> The water creature quickly nods it's head.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> Shift our focus to Reimu and the other flesh-and-bone people present.
> "Do the small ears or dress pattern provide any clues, then?"

Myon:

> Soften our look and tone while watching the water entity.
> "...Do you have a name? I realize you cannot tell me what it is, a simple yes or no is fine."

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> Shift our focus to Reimu and the other flesh-and-bone people present.
> "Do the small ears or dress pattern provide any clues, then?"

Myon:

> Soften our look and tone while watching the water entity.
> "...Do you have a name? I realize you cannot tell me what it is, a simple yes or no is fine."

> "None that I notice." Reimu shrugs.
> "Those were ears?" Kogasa questions.

> The creature nods it's head.
> "Should we bring it to that lake and see if it helps?" Nitori questions.
> You hear the crunch of leaves in the distance for a moment. Or, maybe something different?
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "I thought so, at least. Did you think they were something else? We might be looking at her wrong."

Myon:

> "What was that?"
> Look in the direction of the sound for any activity.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "I thought so, at least. Did you think they were something else? We might be looking at her wrong."

Myon:

> "What was that?"
> Look in the direction of the sound for any activity.

> "I thought they were cute little horns. Like on some statues and such." Kogasa says.
> "Aunn? No, those are too different from the pattern of her clothes. And she's only got one horn." Reimu corrects.

> You glance towards the sound, but there's nothing there. Must've been the wind.
> "Hm?" Nitori questions.
> You hear another of the same sound from the opposite direction.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Myon:

> Keep looking in our current direction.

Youmu:

> Look at where the new sound came from.

[Neovereign]

Myon:

> Keep looking in our current direction.

Youmu:

> Look at where the new sound came from.

> You keep your gaze fixed, while your human half looks for the new sound.

> Again, nothing there...

> Your phantom does notice something pop up in the previous position though. It's... a tengu? With a camera aimed at your group.

> "I guess they sorta fit horns more if they aren't done fully." Reimu considers. "Suika, then?"
> "They could be ears, too. Like cat ones." Sanae says.
> "Right, our first culprit was a cat, after all. That could be connected."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is it Aya?

Myon:

> Flash the camera with a peace sign and a smile.

[Neovereign]

> Is it Aya?

Myon:

> Flash the camera with a peace sign and a smile.

> It isn't. This doesn't look like her. Aya's not that... Uh... She looks different.
> You pose for the cams, and the sound comes again from the figure, who looks up from the camera, then-
> S-She vanished! Into thin air!?
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> ...Is Aya, uh, smaller or larger than this tengu?

Youmu:

> "Hey! Who's there?!"

Myon:

> Dash to where the tengu was.

[Neovereign]

> ...Is Aya, uh, smaller or larger than this tengu?

Youmu:

> "Hey! Who's there?!"

Myon:

> Dash to where the tengu was.

> If you had to say one or the other, you'd say Aya is smaller...
> "What?" Reimu questions.

> You dash over to the Tengu's previous spot, finding no one...
> "It's probably just a Tengu. I think they know us enough by now to not start a fight." Reimu says. "We have something more important going on anyways."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "It is, taking pictures of us, but she just...disappeared. They don't normally do that."

Myon:

> Sink all the way into the ground, remaining just below the surface.
> If Youmu hears a sound from this location again, immediately spring up and, if the tengu is present, try to engulf her to slow her down.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "It is, taking pictures of us, but she just...disappeared. They don't normally do that."

Myon:

> Sink all the way into the ground, remaining just below the surface.
> If Youmu hears a sound from this location again, immediately spring up and, if the tengu is present, try to engulf her to slow her down.

> "Disappeared? They're fast, so it might seem like that."

> You sink into the ground in wait...
> You hear it again, though from the sky this time. Your human half doesn't even have the time to look up before it seems to have vanished again.
> "Oh, I saw her that time." Sanae points at the sky. "It was a Tengu. Is it Aya?"
> "She did leave the shrine, but she wouldn't be hiding away like this from us if it were her."
> "You guys are friends with boss?" You hear an unfamiliar voice surprisingly close to your human half, which even causes Reimu and the others to jump. Likely that it was closer to them than you.
> Unfortunately for the new voice, Reimu responds violently to it, tossing a flurry of needles. Even Sanae has her gohei ready in surprise, though she seemed to have more restraint than Reimu.
> Thankfully, it looks like they managed to dodge...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "I rescued Miss Aya from her from disaster earlier today, in fact."

Myon:

> Make our way underground toward where the tengu is, in the hopes that we can keep her in conversation on the ground.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "I rescued Miss Aya from her from disaster earlier today, in fact."

Myon:

> Make our way underground toward where the tengu is, in the hopes that we can keep her in conversation on the ground.

> You float through the ground below the airspace of Reimu and co.

> "Disaster? What was- ah crap." The tengu expresses. "I'm not supposed to influence the story or get involved."
> "If you're talking about the water creature, you haven't done anything related to it yet." Nitori comments.
> "Yeah, but I interrupted you guys when you were. Maybe I'm not cut out for this."
> "If you're another reporter, have you seen anything about this creature before? Or the person it looks like now?" Reimu casually puts away an amulet.
> The Tengu looks it up and down... then shrugs.
>_