Neo Gensokyo Quest - Part 8

[Kilgamayan]

> "Well, I don't think I'd mentioned this yet, but my Reimu is also in this Gensokyo. I just don't know where...but her shrine in this Gensokyo seems a decent bet. Though I haven't forgotten my precious Ami, of course."

[Neovereign]

> "Well, I don't think I'd mentioned this yet, but my Reimu is also in this Gensokyo. I just don't know where...but her shrine in this Gensokyo seems a decent bet. Though I haven't forgotten my precious Ami, of course."

> "I could look around and gather them up in one place, maybe."
> "Why are so many of your people here?" Hatate asks.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Uh, well, Ami was an accident. Reimu felt a disturbance in the force and traveled here in pursuit. Rumia was a half-accident. Dai and myself came here to bring them all back."
> Grin a bit at Hatate.
> "Though I'll admit the idea of bringing home a tengu souvenir or four is mighty appealing~"

[Neovereign]

> "Uh, well, Ami was an accident. Reimu felt a disturbance in the force and traveled here in pursuit. Rumia was a half-accident. Dai and myself came here to bring them all back."
> Grin a bit at Hatate.
> "Though I'll admit the idea of bringing home a tengu souvenir or four is mighty appealing~"

> "Not too sure about visiting a different world right now..." Hatate looks aside.
> "I'll get going, then... Reimu and Ami, huh..." Aya takes off, again.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Wait! Should I go with you?"

[Neovereign]

> "Wait! Should I go with you?"

> "Not with your sight problem." Aya calls in the distance.
> "She's right. We would be flying blind..." Daiyousei adds.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Damn, I suppose that's true. ...Wonder why it's just us that are affected?"

[Neovereign]

> "Damn, I suppose that's true. ...Wonder why it's just us that are affected?"

> "Maybe because you're not from here?" Hatate questions. "Your Ami wasn't seeing things well, either.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Sad face.
> "Ahh...I've really not treated her right, have I."

[Neovereign]

> Sad face.
> "Ahh...I've really not treated her right, have I."

> "She sounded a tad annoyed that things weren't going her way. Though, it sounded like it was made up a bit with how they didn't seem to be going well for you, either. At least that she wasnt the only one. I don't know what you two are playing at, though, that you're so unlucky in."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Neither do I. Frankly, it's starting to get annoying."

[Neovereign]

> "Neither do I. Frankly, it's starting to get annoying."

> "Maybe it's just something the world won't agree with." Hatate says.
> "There are times you fight back against that, though." Daiyousei says. "Sometimes it turns out well. You just need to find the right methods. Maybe you guys could even be the key."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> To Hatate: "In the vein of what Dai says, if I really want to do something and the world won't agree, then I simply have to prove the world wrong and do it anyway. I imagine if you asked your me, she'd give you the same answer."

[Neovereign]

> To Hatate: "In the vein of what Dai says, if I really want to do something and the world won't agree, then I simply have to prove the world wrong and do it anyway. I imagine if you asked your me, she'd give you the same answer."

> "What is it you're even trying to do?" Hatate asks.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "A number of things. Depends on the context you're looking for."

[Neovereign]

> "A number of things. Depends on the context you're looking for."

> "Like?"
> "Think she wanted to eat someone at some point? Nonlethally, of course." Daiyousei says. "Maybe."
> "And... why can't you? That sounds easy."
> "Eh?"
> "Yeah, we can eat others here. It's one of the victory terms for danmaku duels. Makes some people more motivated to not lose, and it's like a prank." Rumia says.
> "Ooh, so you can actually eat people here?" The other Rumia asks.
> "Mhm. Only for a bit though."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Mental update: The Rumia that just asked for confirmation must be our Rumia.
> "...Huh. I suppose that tracks with some Rumia entity getting her wishes granted. But, to be clear, that's not at all the norm in our Gensokyo, and the overwhelming majority of people there couldn't do it even if they wanted to."

[Neovereign]

> Mental update: The Rumia that just asked for confirmation must be our Rumia.
> "...Huh. I suppose that tracks with some Rumia entity getting her wishes granted. But, to be clear, that's not at all the norm in our Gensokyo, and the overwhelming majority of people there couldn't do it even if they wanted to."

> "Sounds disappointing."
> "That's both Ami and Reimu at the shrine now. Yours, of course." Aya returns. "Just leave you three, and figuring a way to get back."
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Shrug at whoever said it was disappointing. "It's as natural to us as your way is to you. As much as we might have to consider the possibility that this Gensokyo's reality is only that way because a Rumia wished for it."
> To Aya: "Can we go meet them as a group?"

[Neovereign]

> Shrug at whoever said it was disappointing. "It's as natural to us as your way is to you. As much as we might have to consider the possibility that this Gensokyo's reality is only that way because a Rumia wished for it."
> To Aya: "Can we go meet them as a group?"

> "I don't see why not." Aya says.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Let's do it, then. Oh, but can we pick up my Ami along the way? Or is that too inconvenient?"

[Neovereign]

> "Let's do it, then. Oh, but can we pick up my Ami along the way? Or is that too inconvenient?"

> "I meant all of them are at the shrine. Ami and Reimu. And our Reimu, I suppose. Unless you're asking me to bring others too?" Aya asks.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> "Oh, I thought Ami was somewhere else, sorry. Yeah, let's go."
> Hoist Dai and our Gensokyo's Rumia up so that we're carrying Rumia at our side like a sack of grain with one arm, and supporting Dai by hugging her into us with the other. (Position her so her chest presses into ours.)

[Neovereign]

> "Oh, I thought Ami was somewhere else, sorry. Yeah, let's go."
> Hoist Dai and our Gensokyo's Rumia up so that we're carrying Rumia at our side like a sack of grain with one arm, and supporting Dai by hugging her into us with the other. (Position her so her chest presses into ours.)

> You lift Dai and your Rumia.
> Well, I guess this is the optimal way to travel in here..." Dai holds the light further away and ahead, a bit awkwardly as she has to move it around your hold.
> The other Aya leads the way,  flying off again,  taking Hatate with her.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Follow them, keeping pace with ourself.
> Grin at Dai.
> "Of course. That is definitely my only reason for doing this~"

[Neovereign]

> Follow them, keeping pace with ourself.
> Grin at Dai.
> "Of course. That is definitely my only reason for doing this~"

> "This flirting doesn't really work that well, at least for me." Dai says.
> "You should take her to Misty's stand sometime. That'd work, maybe." Your pack of Rumia provisions says.
> "Don't give her ideas."

> Dai is spared from any further attempt of Rumia's by your arrival at the Hakurei Shrine.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Have a look around for who is here.

[Neovereign]

> Have a look around for who is here.

> You look around.
> Darkness... big surprise. Anyone here must be out of view, or in the shrine.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Do we have any money? (Presumably it would be at home.)

> "If you're outright uninterested, you can say so."
> Continue on toward the entrance. If we still don't run into anyone, head inside.

[Neovereign]

> Do we have any money? (Presumably it would be at home.)

> "If you're outright uninterested, you can say so."
> Continue on toward the entrance. If we still don't run into anyone, head inside.

> Yes. Thankfully, you believe you've left any funds you had at home. It's a dangerous job you have, and you can rush home to get funds anyways. Your transformation would've lost it if you did carry your cash anyways.
> "Disinterest doesn't mean I'm not open to changing my mind." Daiyousei makes the light bigger and brighter. "I'd say nows not the time, but I suppose it's not really an incident or peril."
> The greater light does allow you to see... no one is outside.
> You head into the shrine, the darkness within still feeling a bit weird to just sit in the shrine like this, aside from Dai's light.
> The Rumias are here, alongside yours of course. Ami and two Reimus are present. Hatate too.
> "Ah, good. Pickups here." Ami says.
> "Sorry again. Didn't expect you'd get sent here just from being in complete darkness." Rumia apologizes.
> "I hope no one else has." Reimu speaks
> "Not yet, as far as I know."
> Judging by their reactions to their appearance, you take it your Reimu is the one that spoke, as the other wrests her gaze away from you upon your scanning of those in the room.
>_