Neo Gensokyo Quest - Part 8

[Kilgamayan]

> Look at Hata.
> "You thinking of asking her to go after Ami?"

[Neovereign]

> Look at Hata.
> "You thinking of asking her to go after Ami?"

> "Yep." Hatate answers.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "That's, um..."
> Shift a bit awkwardly.
> "It's a good idea, but I was hoping to not have to ask a human, given what it entails."

[Neovereign]

> "That's, um..."
> Shift a bit awkwardly.
> "It's a good idea, but I was hoping to not have to ask a human, given what it entails."

> "Well, Ami made it through in one piece. Reimu should too, right? And maybe she'll figure more out there."
> "I'm right here..." Reimu says.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Sigh, then look to Reimu.
> "So here's the deal. One of my cute subordinates appears to have been sent to an alternate Gensokyo. We're trying to figure out how to get to where she is and bring her back. The thing is that she got sent there by going in here."
> Keep our mouth open and point within it.

[Neovereign]

> Sigh, then look to Reimu.
> "So here's the deal. One of my cute subordinates appears to have been sent to an alternate Gensokyo. We're trying to figure out how to get to where she is and bring her back. The thing is that she got sent there by going in here."
> Keep our mouth open and point within it.

> Reimu blinks.
> "How did that... Okay, I think I have an idea..." Reimu considers. "Maybe something's happening when you're in darkness. That feeling of danger got greater in the deeper shade of the forest."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Darkness..."
> "...Hata, you were looking at someone on your phone earlier, when Ami was still with us, and a bubble of darkness was gradually surrounding you. Whoever you were looking at talked from your phone, and implied you were rude for staring. Who was it?"

[Neovereign]

> "Darkness..."
> "...Hata, you were looking at someone on your phone earlier, when Ami was still with us, and a bubble of darkness was gradually surrounding you. Whoever you were looking at talked from your phone, and implied you were rude for staring. Who was it?"

> Hatate shrugs.
> "I was mostly checking for big news or incidents. That's what came up, but it wasn't that clear an image."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Frown a bit.
> "Well, that's suspicious."
> Set Hatate down.
> "Can you show us? I'd bet my tail feathers this is connected to what Reimu is feeling."

[Neovereign]

> Frown a bit.
> "Well, that's suspicious."
> Set Hatate down.
> "Can you show us? I'd bet my tail feathers this is connected to what Reimu is feeling."

> Hatate repeats what she has been doing.
> Immediately, that sphere of darkness begins to appear around her.
> You can't properly see the figure in her phone. Despite her abilities, it's shrouded in darkness.
> There is a familiar thing glowing faintly in the dark on its body though. A ribbon, more like Rumia's and affixed the same way, than the weirdly colored other ribbon. But it glows a bit more like the other ribbon that's been going around than Rumia's own. You don't think hers glows.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Keep your focus, Hata."'
> Grab onto Hatate's arm and gently pull her away from the sphere of darkness. (Pull Reimu away as well if she's getting caught in it.)

[Neovereign]

> "Keep your focus, Hata."'
> Grab onto Hatate's arm and gently pull her away from the sphere of darkness. (Pull Reimu away as well if she's getting caught in it.)

> You pull Hatate away.
> The sphere continues to form, but another additionally starts at Hatate's new position.
> "Hm..." Reimu tosses a Yin Yang orb into the forming sphere's center.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Pull Hatate a little further away while keeping an eye on what happens to the orb Reimu tossed.

[Neovereign]

> Pull Hatate a little further away while keeping an eye on what happens to the orb Reimu tossed.

> You glide further away with Hatate~
> Reimu's orb is engulfed...
> Though it drops out from before the completed sphere a second later.
> Another begins at Hatate's new position...
> "Still not getting any clearer." Hatate says.
> Reimu picks up the orb and floats to the center of the previous forming sphere
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "That's fine. Keep doing what you're doing."
> Shift direction 90 degrees and float away from the new sphere, still keeping an eye on Reimu.

[Neovereign]

> "That's fine. Keep doing what you're doing."
> Shift direction 90 degrees and float away from the new sphere, still keeping an eye on Reimu.

> You float away, but a new one still begins in Hatate's new spot. It's like you're being watched.
> Reimu is engulfed...
> ...
> "That's ominious... looks like this is the right way, then." You hear Reimu, as the orb flies out from the sphere.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> That's fine. If we're being watched, we're distracting whoever's doing this.
> Keep gently floating back in our current direction.
> "Did you find a passage to somewhere, Reimu?"

[Neovereign]

> That's fine. If we're being watched, we're distracting whoever's doing this.
> Keep gently floating back in our current direction.
> "Did you find a passage to somewhere, Reimu?"

> Reimu doesn't answer after your continued glide.
> The old spheres begin to dissipate, with Reimu absent.
> No new ones are forming?
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Take a quick glance around us to make sure we're not being set up for a surprise.
> If they are not, take another look at Hatate's phone.

[Neovereign]

> Take a quick glance around us to make sure we're not being set up for a surprise.
> If they are not, take another look at Hatate's phone.

> You look around...
> The distance you can see is more limited than normally... is it a massive sphere?
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Grunt in sudden irritation.
> Scoop up Hatate and jet straight upward.

[Neovereign]

> Grunt in sudden irritation.
> Scoop up Hatate and jet straight upward.

> You head upwards.
> The sphere does seem to be starting from all sides except above, contrary to the others starting from one side. Thankfully, this brings you out from its range.
> The spheres all stop and begin to dissipate.
> "Oh, I can see them now." Hatate says.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look at the phone. Hopefully Reimu is putting a stop to this!

[Neovereign]

> Look at the phone. Hopefully Reimu is putting a stop to this!

> The figure... does appear to be Rumia. But maybe mixed with someone else, like Yukari. The blonde hair is long, but she does have a ribbon and no hat...
> You're able to observe this thanks to the surrounding area not being pitch black anymore. Her outfit even resembles Rumia's dress.
> She's pointing towards your view of her, as if she's pointing the two of you out... there's something black forming on her finger.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Okay, Hata, break it off!"
> Zip to the Hakurei Shrine. Hopefully our Rumia is still there!

[Neovereign]

> Zip to the Hakurei Shrine. Hopefully our Rumia is still there!

> You dart for the Hakurei shrine, being cut off, a bit literally, by a sudden laser narrowly missing you.
> "...Ow." Hatate comments, having closed her phone. Though there's still a graze across her arm.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Gods. Where does that kind of power come from?"

[Neovereign]

> "Gods. Where does that kind of power come from?"

> "P-Portals, maybe? Teleportation? We were looking into people that could do that..." Hatate comments, rubbing her arm.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> If we stopped our flight to Reimu's place, resume it.
> "No one should be able to hijack you like that. I might have to actually get directly involved in this story if they're going to treat you that way."

[Neovereign]

> If we stopped our flight to Reimu's place, resume it.
> "No one should be able to hijack you like that. I might have to actually get directly involved in this story if they're going to treat you that way."

> You continue towards Reimu's shrine.
> "Maybe they can travel through phones or something..." Hatate considers. "Or it's a phenomenon like Cirno's not too long ago, where saying her name made her appear."
> Rumia is still present in the shrine. She's sitting outside, eating some snacks.
>_