Neo Gensokyo Quest - Part 8

[Kilgamayan]

> How does our Rumia look again? Regular shorty with short hair, or grown out?
> "Hey. We need your help with something. Some weirdo super version of you is shooting darkness laser beams at us out of Hata's phone."

[Neovereign]

> How does our Rumia look again? Regular shorty with short hair, or grown out?
> "Hey. We need your help with something. Some weirdo super version of you is shooting darkness laser beams at us out of Hata's phone."

> She's short and clean cut.
> "A super version of me?" Rumia questions.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Walk over to Rumia.
> "Show her, Hata. Maybe she'll be able to do something about it."

[Neovereign]

> Walk over to Rumia.
> "Show her, Hata. Maybe she'll be able to do something about it."

> "Mm... hope my camera's not busted."
> Hatate approaches Rumia closely, opening her camera and trying again.
> "Geez, is it really that hard to ask for privacy..." you hear that voice again, mumbling from the camera. The Rumia lookalike is covered mostly in darkness again.
> "She does look a bit like me. But different." Rumia comments.
> Another darkness sphere is forming around you, though.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Move away from the forming sphere.
> To the phone: "Why are you abducting innocents covered in darkness?"

[Neovereign]

> Move away from the forming sphere.
> To the phone: "Why are you abducting innocents covered in darkness?"

> The other Rumia(?) doesn't respond
> Hatate moves away, but Rumia stays put.
> "I don't abduct people. I always ask first." Rumia insists.
> Another begins to form, centered on Hatate.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "What about our tengu friend very recently?"

[Neovereign]

> "What about our tengu friend very recently?"

> "Who?" Rumia questions.
> "Maybe you should step away from there." Hatate points out.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, right, I meant the other you with that question."

[Neovereign]

> "Oh, right, I meant the other you with that question."

> "Can she even hear you?" Rumia questions.
> "Hey, the darkness." Hatate says, moving away from the one surrounding her and closing her camera.
> "If it's darkness, then I'm fine." Rumia raises her arms in emphasis. Though still ends up shrouded in the sphere.
> "You can remove it right?" Hatate questions. "Since it's darkness?"
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Yeah, we need Dai for this, I think."

[Neovereign]

> "Yeah, we need Dai for this, I think."

> The darkness spheres dissapate...
> Rumia is still present, however.
> "Huh? You're still here? Did you stop it?" Hatate asks.
> "It was too dark to see so I made it less dark. Then it went away." Rumia claims.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Huh. Interesting... Wanna go see Dai about talking to that other you and finding out what's up?"

[Neovereign]

> "Huh. Interesting... Wanna go see Dai about talking to that other you and finding out what's up?"

> "Sure." Rumia agrees.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Nod, then blink in realization.
> How does (this) Rumia compare in size to Ami?

[Neovereign]

> Nod, then blink in realization.
> How does (this) Rumia compare in size to Ami?

> She's smaller than Ami, of course. Maybe around half her size?
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "...Hey, actually, if you're going to come with us, can I ask a big favor? Our friend disappeared when she went into the darkness, uh, in here."
> Point into our open mouth.
> "Would you be willing to go in there and check out if there's anything unusual? Now that we know you can keep yourself safe by making things less dark, you should be able to avoid disappearing as well."

[Neovereign]

> "...Hey, actually, if you're going to come with us, can I ask a big favor? Our friend disappeared when she went into the darkness, uh, in here."
> Point into our open mouth.
> "Would you be willing to go in there and check out if there's anything unusual? Now that we know you can keep yourself safe by making things less dark, you should be able to avoid disappearing as well."

> "If she disappeared, doesn't that mean she's gone then? Like somewhere else? Or is she just invisible? I don't think darkness makes someone invisible. People still know it's me sometimes." Rumia questions.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "She got sent somewhere else. Another Gensokyo, actually. We can see her on Hata's phone, but we can't talk to her. I think it's the same place as that other you."

[Neovereign]

> "She got sent somewhere else. Another Gensokyo, actually. We can see her on Hata's phone, but we can't talk to her. I think it's the same place as that other you."

> "Okay." Rumia acknowledges and agrees?
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "You're fine going in there, then?"

[Neovereign]

> "You're fine going in there, then?"

> Rumia nods.
> "I'll finally see if I'm good medicine or not as well."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Alright."
> Gently lift Rumia up above us, tilt our head back, open our mouth, and send her all the way down like we did with Ami.

[Neovereign]

> "Alright."
> Gently lift Rumia up above us, tilt our head back, open our mouth, and send her all the way down like we did with Ami.

> You take the darkness youkai up in your arms, then give her the Ami shortcut.
> Just like with your unofficial subordinate, she seems to vanish not too long after...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> So, uh, no longer inside us?

[Neovereign]

> So, uh, no longer inside us?

> Indeed.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Grunt in aggravation.
> "That wasn't supposed to happen. Gettin' real tired of this body, frankly."
> Scoop Hatate back up.
> "Let's go see Dai."

[Neovereign]

> Grunt in aggravation.
> "That wasn't supposed to happen. Gettin' real tired of this body, frankly."
> Scoop Hatate back up.
> "Let's go see Dai."

> "You didn't want her to go after Ami?" Hatate questions.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Rumia? It doesn't matter what I want her to do, she's gone."

[Neovereign]

> "Rumia? It doesn't matter what I want her to do, she's gone."

> "Maybe she'll return? Though I guess we should get your pick on board before trying anything else..."
>_