Neo Gensokyo Quest - Part 8

[Kilgamayan]

> "A Rumia that looks like she mixed with Yukari. Bigger, older, longer hair, and so on. My Hata found her by accident while looking for 'big news or incidents'. She also did this, which helped her focus."
> Strike the same pose our Hata was making to work her ability better.

[Neovereign]

> "A Rumia that looks like she mixed with Yukari. Bigger, older, longer hair, and so on. My Hata found her by accident while looking for 'big news or incidents'. She also did this, which helped her focus."
> Strike the same pose our Hata was making to work her ability better.

> "A bigger Rumia... I can try." The other Hatate says, fiddling with her camera a bit...
> "There's nothing about such a person." Hatate says.
> "Try the other thing, then. Big news or incidents." Aya says.
> Hatate resumes.
> "Hm... I guess I have something?" Hatate shows you her camera.
> It's difficult to see, but it seems to be the same image your Hatate got. Just an image, though.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "That's her. Can you get a constant image of her, where we can see her move around in real time?"

[Neovereign]

> "That's her. Can you get a constant image of her, where we can see her move around in real time?"

> "A constant image? Like a video? I can try."
> Hatate attempts again, this time, trying out your pose on top of it...
> Its... an image of you and Hatate. And the bigger Rumia behind the two of you.
> She crosses her arms in the image. Or video, you suppose.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is the Aya in the, uh, video our current self or our previous self?
> Did the bigger Rumia cross her arms, or the other Aya?

[Neovereign]

> Is the Aya in the, uh, video our current self or our previous self?
> Did the bigger Rumia cross her arms, or the other Aya?

> Your current self.
> The bigger Rumia.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Look behind the Aya and Hatate we're currently in the company of.

[Neovereign]

> Look behind the Aya and Hatate we're currently in the company of.

> It's darkness. Daiyousei's light doesn't expand that far.
> ... It should, actually. She's closer to you than the two Rumias, but they're still lit decently.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Glance back at the video to gauge how far behind Aya and Hatate the bigger Rumia is.
> Then zoom over in reality to where that bigger Rumia theoretically is, attempting to grab her.

[Neovereign]

> Glance back at the video to gauge how far behind Aya and Hatate the bigger Rumia is.
> Then zoom over in reality to where that bigger Rumia theoretically is, attempting to grab her.

> You quickly estimate, then dart over to the Rumia.
> You grasp, but there's nothing there. Just the darkness...
> "Geez, why are you after me so much? For a date?" You hear a voice a bit like Rumia's question.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Why wouldn't Gensokyo's greatest journalist pursue the most curious thing going?"
> Zip over to where we heard the voice come from.

[Neovereign]

> "Why wouldn't Gensokyo's greatest journalist pursue the most curious thing going?"
> Zip over to where we heard the voice come from.

> You dart back over towards the voice. Its darkness...
> "Maybe for some privacy, I guess?" The voice says. "I'm still trying to figure things out myself and I'd rather not be exposed by you two tengu during that..."
> "Would you mind an interview - so that we've got incentive to bother you less?" The other Aya asks.
> "You sure you won't just use that as grounds to bother me more."
> "Not immediately, no..." Aya looks aside.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, to be honest, I probably wouldn't have thought to pursue you immediately if my precious little Ami hadn't been abducted. Did you do that on purpose, or did that just kind of happen by accident?"

[Neovereign]

> "Well, to be honest, I probably wouldn't have thought to pursue you immediately if my precious little Ami hadn't been abducted. Did you do that on purpose, or did that just kind of happen by accident?"

> "Abducted? I thought it was just blinding for a while... Okay..."
> The bigger Rumia appears once more, this time in front of you, pondering in thought.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Glance over at Aya with an uncertain, pondering look, then look back to the bigger alleged Rumia.
> "...This is just a hunch, but...are you Rumia, but not only Rumia? You don't have to answer if you really don't want to, but...maybe we can help you on your self-discovery journey. At least, it's the least I can do for who I think is mixed in with you."

[Neovereign]

> Glance over at Aya with an uncertain, pondering look, then look back to the bigger alleged Rumia.
> "...This is just a hunch, but...are you Rumia, but not only Rumia? You don't have to answer if you really don't want to, but...maybe we can help you on your self-discovery journey. At least, it's the least I can do for who I think is mixed in with you."

> You look over at the other you. She glances over at the other Rumias.
> "Yes, I'm just Rumia. It's just that some things happened. No funny business like me being three mes or anything."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Huh. Could've sworn you got some Yakumo mixed into you, what with darkness functioning like gaps. Well, the offer to help out is still on the table. And maybe that date you asked about can be arranged."

[Neovereign]

> "Huh. Could've sworn you got some Yakumo mixed into you, what with darkness functioning like gaps. Well, the offer to help out is still on the table. And maybe that date you asked about can be arranged."

> "It's fine, I doubt you could help anyways. I'd need someone like myself, or maybe..." Rumia thinks for a bit. "Sunny Milk? Or Alice? They might figure something out."
> "Got something for blondes?" Aya questions.
> "It's not like that."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "So what can the rest of us do in the meantime to not get spirited away by being in total darkness?"

[Neovereign]

> "So what can the rest of us do in the meantime to not get spirited away by being in total darkness?"

> "That was just my doing. The dark here shouldn't do anything bad. Everyone here can see fine after all."
> "We cant." Daiyousei says. "Hence the light."
> "Hm. Just sit tight then." Rumia shrugs as her visage fades into the dark.
> "So is that what I look like when I eat enough people or something?" One of the small Rumias questions.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Maybe. She didn't seem sure how she got that way, though."

[Neovereign]

> "Maybe. She didn't seem sure how she got that way, though."

> "So... How come she didn't talk to you two some more?" Aya questions.
> "Huh?" The Rumias ask.
> "This has been a bit of an underwhelming reaction to a larger you. No questions to ask? No wonder why she looks different compared to the two of you. No wonder of where she came from if there's already two of you here and only two of me here?"
> "Oh, we could've asked those..." Rumia says.
> "You're implying they know each other?" Daiyousei asks.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "It certainly is curious, now that I think about it. I guess I just got used to no one really caring about my change."

[Neovereign]

> "It certainly is curious, now that I think about it. I guess I just got used to no one really caring about my change."

> "You sure they're not too stunned to speak about it? Surely you've got people stumbling over their words if they had I comment on it." Aya says.
> "That might've been the case another time, but everyone's changed from a bit to a lot recently." Daiyousei explains. "At least that's why I think they wouldn't comment."
> "Think I've got it." The bigger Rumia appears. "This might be my doing. Just not my doing." She explains.
> "...Uh..." Dai questions.
> "I think, at least. A Rumia, maybe one of us, found a way to get out desires or wishes fulfilled. Our as in all kinds of Rumias." She explains, further.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "...Huh. Wonder what that implies about the wishes that have been made so far, that some of us have wound up here?"