!4wzC./fhQs 2011/10/17 (Mon) 17:50 No. 19787 [x] Take Sunny to the fairies’ house, along with a box of toys.
You glance over your shoulder to see if Sunny’s in the room with you. Nope, the coast’s clear.
“We probably shouldn’t leave a fairy unattended in a house full of nice things. We should take her back to her house,” you say. Alice nods in agreement.
“And, um… do you think we should leave them with a gift?”
“Oh?” Alice smirks. “What kind of gift?”
“Well, I was thinking…”
Alice interrupts you, pushing a finger against your lips to shush you. “I think I know what you have in mind. One moment.” She sits up and leaves the room, coming back a minute later with a box holding two dildos, a leash, and the dog-tail with anal beads from last night.
“Her friends should have fun with this.” Alice smiles coyly at the mental image. “Now then, let’s be off.”
You get up and follow Alice out to the dining room, where Sunny’s playing with Shanghai.
“I’m gonna get you!” Sunny lunges at the doll, who disappears under the table. Sunny hits the ground, her breasts pillowing out underneath her to soften the fall. She whips around and grabs for the doll, which slips through her grasp, doing what looks like the doll equivalent of giggling. Sunny makes one last dive for the doll. It can’t dodge in time, and is suddenly smothered between Sunny’s chest.
“Pow! Gotcha!” Sunny kneads her breasts up and down, almost crushing the doll as it flails its small doll limbs in an attempt to escape.
“Play nice with my dolls, Sunny.” Alice glares at Sunny, who takes her hands away from her chest and lets Shanghai free. The doll flies at Alice and hugs her, pressing her small arms against Alice’s collar, as if needing her love after that horrific, scarring experience.
“Aww, there there, Shanghai.” Alice pets Shanghai’s head softly, cooing to her. Shanghai breaks the hug and reaches into the satchel she keeps by her side, digging out a piece of paper with the word “scary!” written on it and displaying it to Alice.
“Tsk, so mean, Sunny. Scaring poor Shanghai like that. I’m tempted not to give you your present.”
“Huh? Presents?!” Sunny perks up, apparently having selective hearing. “What’re you giving me?”
Alice hands Sunny the small box of toys, now with a lid. “We’re going to be at the shrine for a while, so we’re taking you back to your friends’ house for today.”
“Aww, but there’s so much cool stuff here!”
“Exactly, I don’t want you breaking it.” Alice picks up Sunny and sets her on her shoulders, Sunny’s breasts resting on top of her head like a hat.
“Well then, off we go!” Alice heads for the door. It take you a moment to look away from Alice’s boob-hat and follow her. It’s sexy in the weirdest way. Once the two of you are outside, Alice wraps her arms around your chest.
“Ready to go?”
“Can you really carry all of us?” you ask.
“Pssh, this is nothing.” Alice takes off without any further warning, the familiar feel of gravity suddenly vanishing as she carries you up. You’re a little more used to it now, but it’s still kind of whoa. She’s arrived at the entrance to the fairies’ house in about a minute. Sunny floats off of her head, still holding the box.
“Take care, Sunny. I’ll be back to see you later!”
“Yeah, thanks for the gift!” Sunny waves at Alice and disappears inside to her house. You notice she still hasn’t opened the box. She’s sure in for a surprise. Alice veers off away from the house, towards the village. In just a few minutes, you’ve made your way to the entrance to the shrine, where Alice sets you down. Suika and Yuugi are standing on either side of the door, both looking very annoyed at something.
“Um, hello Suika. Yuugi.” You think they won’t try and drag you off to who-knows-where with witnesses around, but you can never be sure.
“Hey yerself,” Yuugi shoots back with a frown.
Aww! What’s wrong, Yuugi~?
“That fuckin’ shrine maiden is making us be her bodyguards for the meeting. Says we should do honest work for once,” Yuugi replies as if hearing Tenta’s thoughts.
“Is this meeting really that important?” You’d figured it would be a fairly simple meeting, what with the short notice. And how lazy the shrine maiden can be.
“Eh, it’s probably just an excuse to keep us off the booze. Says we can’t drink on the job.”
“I HAVEN’T HAD A DRINK IN TWO HOURS!” Suika shouts, pointing to where her purple sake gourd used to be around her waist.
“Yea, we’re kinda on edge now.” Yuugi sighs, glares up at the noonday sun, and sighs again. “Has sunlight always been this fucking bright?”
“Yeah, um. Good luck with that.” You decide to head in as quickly as possible before Yuugi gets any ideas for stress relief or Alice hears anything about your escapades with them. You do a double-take as soon as you step in. The princess of the netherworld, Yuyuko Saigyouji, is sitting at the table. She looks just like she always does in drawings and pictures, short pink hair sitting under a blue mob cap, a light blue kimono with ghostly designs and dark blue trim. She could kill you with a snap of her fingers. Sitting next to her is Yukari Yakumo, the youkai of boundaries. Her long blonde hair flows all the way down to her waist, with a white mob cap on top. She’s wearing her usual purple dress with white trim, with long silk glove and stockings. It’s like stepping into the cover of a history textbook.
“Look, Yuyu! The man of the hour is here!” Yukari says with a schoolgirl lilt.
“Yes, it would seem so. And he brought a friend!” Yuyuko takes a fan out of her sleeve and pops it open, hiding her smile behind it.
“Hello, Yukari. Yuyuko.”
“Alice! By any chance, would you be Tenta’s new girlfriend?” Yukari and Yuyuko giggle to themselves like gossiping old ladies.
“He seems to have taken a liking to me, yes.” Alice has a slight smirk, acting awfully casual to two of the most powerful figures in Gensokyo.
“Hey, I’m here too.”
Oh hi Reimu. She’s sitting at the back of the table, opposite from you. It was kind of easy to miss her with the other two in the room.
“So, um. Is everyone here?” you ask, taking your seat. Alice sits beside you.
“Oh, goodness no! I told about half of Gensokyo about this meeting!” Yukari laughs, apparently finding your question amusing. Reimu gives a tired glare at her in response.
“This is why I don’t invite you to these sorts of meeting, you know.”
“And yet, here I am!” Yukari poofs her parasol open, giving it a dainty twirl. “Anyway, I should bring some of the other guests now.”
“Eek!” A gap opens above the right side of the table, and a green-haired woman in a modernized shrine maiden’s outfit, complete with a blue skirt, falls into one of the chairs. Sanae, from the shrine up on the mountain. She clutches her gohei to her chest and darts her eyes around the room. Yukari laughs at the confusion and surprise on her face.
“W-why did you do that? I was almost at the shrine already!”
“You wouldn’t want to be late, would you?” Yukari snaps her fingers, and another gap opens, this one standing up vertically. A woman you instantly recognize steps out. Eiki Shiki, the judge of the dead, and the woman from Tenta’s dream. Seeing her in person is a lot different from seeing her in a dream, the sense of power and status exuding from her is so strong you feel like you shouldn’t look directly at her.
Wow, did the Yama have such amazing legs back in Tenta’s dream? Those things go on for miles. Not to mention those stockings. Black stockings, running all the way up to just an inch below her skirt, leaving just a glimpse of her smooth skin. Speaking of legs, Alice’s boot just smacked your shin. Ow. You look at her, and she gives you a look that lets you know your staring was pretty obvious. Shiki takes her seat next to Sanae.
“Thank you, Yukari. Your gaps can be useful to help others, when you tell people beforehand.” She shrugs her head towards the still slightly rattled shrine maiden.
“Yeah, you’d think so, but...” Another finger-snap, and another woman tumbling out from a gap into a chair. This time, it’s a woman with the distinctive long, floppy ears of the lunar rabbits that took up residence in the bamboo forest. She has on an oddly modern dress, a white blouse and red tie, and a blue skirt looking a little too short to be business-like. And sunglasses. She takes a minute to straighten herself out, neatening her skirt and blouse and seating the sunglasses squarely on her nose. She doesn’t seem that fazed to have fallen through a gap of nothingness.
“Mr. Beast, I presume?” she says.
“Er… yeah.” Mr. Beast? That’s a new one. She stands up from her seat and crosses the table, offering her hand for a handshake.
“I’m Reisen Udongein Inaba. I’m here on behalf of Eientei’s pharmaceutical devision.”
You take her hand and shake it. Wow, she’s got a pretty strong grip. “…Good to know.”
Reisen nods to you, then takes her seat again. A knock comes from the door.
“Yeah, come on in,” Reimu calls to the door. The people behind it let themselves in. The first to come in is the local schoolteacher, Miss Keine. You still instinctively call her ‘miss’ even though you haven’t set foot in her classroom for years. That woman knows how to teach someone their manners. She’s still wearing that… interesting hat, along with her recognizable dark blue dress with white sleeves.
Next to her is a short young girl with purple hair. She doesn’t look a day over thirteen. Her green kimono has bright yellow sleeves with flowers drawn onto them, looking out of place on a body that doesn’t seem to get much sun. She’s the latest member of the Hieda lineage, Akyuu.
“Is this the meeting?” Keine asks.
“Yeah, take a seat.” Reimu waves at the remaining empty chairs. Once the two of them are seated, there’s only one empty chair left.
“Well, then.” Reimu clears her throat. “Everyone I’ve invited is here, so-“
“Wait! That empty chair, it calls to me! It orders me to fill it!” Yukari stands up and waves her hand dramatically, making yet another gap poof into existence. A girl falls out, does a somersault in the air and spreads open her bat-like wings, falling softly into the chair. She adjusts her pink bonnet over her short-cropped blue hair, her dress tinged a similar color of red. She’s the vampire from the mansion over the lake, Remilia Scarlet. You remember when you were young and she spread a red mist over all of Gensokyo, and suddenly feel old.
“Gaps again, Yukari? If you want to get a reaction from me you’ll have to try harder.” She props an elbow on the table and rests her chin on her hand, smiling in victory.
“Pah. You’re no fun.” Yukari waves dismissively at the vampire.
“Well then, with the seats all cleared.” Reimu butts in. “Since we’re all here, let’s begin. First question: how many people here have first-hand experience with the beast?”
Yuyuko, Yukari, and Shiki all raise their hand. Akyuu raises her hand after a moment. “Well, technically,” she says.
“Alright, then to get the rest of you up to speed. The Tentacle Beast of the Underground, also known as ‘the beast’ or ‘Tenta,’ was sealed three centuries ago by one of my ancestors. The seals have worn off, and Tenta has returned, using the local plum farmer,” Reimu gestures lazily at you, “as his host, because of his weakened state. Tenta was considered dangerous because he fed on sexual desire and release. Though he was able to keep himself in check most of the time, he occasionally became uncontrollable and required intervention from the Hakurei family or other local powers. He also had quite a cocky streak.”
Still do, baby.
“Tenta says ‘still do, baby’,” you inform the table, eliciting chuckles from half of them and glares from the other half.
Oh, for… was that really necessary?
‘The meeting’s in your honor. I figured you’d want them to know your opinions.’
Reimu looks at you. “So you can communicate with him, then?”
“Yeah. Telepathy.”
“Well, that should simplify things.”
“I can make them even simpler!” Yukari chimes in, raising a gloved hand. Not waiting for any response, she waves her hand at you and- WHAT THE HELL
A gap appears over your chest. You can’t resist craning your head down to take a look, and you accidentally headbutt Tenta. You reel back and hold your forehead, the pain distracting you only for a moment from the incredibly bizarre sensation of Tenta being forcibly removed from you. Tenta pulls his arms out and pushes against your chest, crawling out of you. He tumbles and lands in a heap on the floor. He looks just like he did in your dreams, black dreadlocks, a black-and-purple robe with spiral patterns. He flops around on the ground for a few seconds, getting used to having limbs again. Once he’s got the hang of it, he gets to his feet, brushes his hair out of his eyes, and flashes a cheeky double thumbs-up. “What’s good, everyone?”
The table has a surprising lack of reaction. Remilia grins to herself, Keine looks a little wary, and the green-haired shrine maiden leans away from Tenta, looking to be on the verge of screaming. Tenta apparently notices, as he puts his hands on the table and leans towards her.
“Aww, c’mon lady. I’m nothing to be afraid of!” Tenta points a hand at Sanae, and his fingers turn to tentacles, wriggling onto the table towards her. She yelps quietly and slams her gohei onto the table, pinning the tentacles under it. Smoke pours out from where she struck the tentacles, smelling like burning rubber. “Yeowch!” Tenta pulls the tentacles back into his hand as he winces in pain.
SLAM.
The sound of Shiki’s Rod of Remorse hitting the table echoes through the room.
“This is exactly the sort of behavior that got you sealed to begin with, is it not?” She says it without a trace of anger or frustration.
“…Yeah.” Tenta admits, staring at his feet.
“Do you want to go to hell?” She speaks with an even tone, the rest of the room staying respectfully silent.
“…No, Miss Shiki.”
Yukari snickers into her gloves. Shiki shoots her a glare, then returns her stare to Tenta. You can feel the heat and pressure from her stare just sitting next to Tenta. This woman is scary.
“What do you have to say for yourself, then?”
Tentanon takes a deep breath. “I’m sorry, Sanae. I shouldn’t have done that.” It sounds like his first time apologizing for anything ever.
Sanae purses her lips. “Apology accepted.”
“Now that that’s sorted out, let us continue the meeting.” Shiki relaxes slightly into her chair, her chastising now done. A few seconds pass. Awkward silence.
Aaaaaaaaaa someone say something.
Reimu clears her throat. “So, yeah. You can see why he got sealed. I’ve discussed this issue with Keine and Shiki, and we’ve decided to give him a sort of trial period. Since it seems Tenta has made a few friends in his time on back, we’re giving him a shot at rehabilitation. However, he will be on a short leash. We will keep a close eye on him. Any questions? Ugh… yes, Yukari.”
“Is there really nothing more interesting going on right now? I’m used to fending off demons and invasions, not being a probation officer.” Yukari chuckles to herself.
“Right. Next question. Miss Reisen.”
“How long will this trial period last, and what are the details of his restrictions?” Reisen asks as if reading questions off a cue card.
Reimu shrugs. “We’ll watch him til we know if he can fit in or not. If he starts messing with people, we hurt him.”
“Ah. Right.”
“Ugh, you’re no fun!” Yukari pouts. “This should be festive! The Rasputin of Gensokyo, back to share his love with the women of the world! Tonight there will be a grand party! Music and dancing and fireworks, and gallons of wine and brandy! Sound good, Yuyuko?”
“Sure!” Yuyuko nods.
“Then I am off!” Yukari pirouettes dramatically, then blinks out of sight.
“Anyway, resuming our meeting,” Reimu continues, unfazed by Yukari’s disappearance. “Some of Gensokyo’s residents took a liking to the beast, because of his powers. Namely, he can summon tentacles, secrete special aphrodisiacs, and in special cases, manipulate bodies.”
Alice gives you a rather odd look, somewhere between ‘have I been full of aphrodisiacs this whole time?’ and ‘body manipulation sounds interesting…’ The rest of the table seems to have already known this, though Sanae looks rather horrified, as if Reimu was talking about how Tenta dismembered everyone he met.
“Oh, almost forgot!” Yukari poofs back into vision at her old seat and waves her hand. Tenta suddenly disappears from sight. There’s a sudden gurgling feeling in your chest. You gasp in surprise and clutch your chest, the familiar bulge of Tenta’s presence growing back out.
God DAMN it… and I’d just gotten used to walking again.
You wince at Tenta’s voice suddenly yelling directly into your brain.
“I don’t want you out just yet. You’ll have to earn it!” Yukari laughs to herself and poofs away again.
Reimu buries her face in her hands and lets out a long sigh. “Damned woman…” Another sigh. “Okay… I think we’ve pretty much covered everything important. If you have anything you want to say to Tenta personally, go ahead.”
The room falls into silence again. Keine stands up from her seat, crouches next to Reimu, and gives her a motherly hug. “There, there. Don’t let her bother you too much.” After another moment of silence and a third long sigh, Reimu returns Keine’s hug.
“Thanks, Keine.” Reimu pats Keine on the back, a smile returning to her face.
“Well then, if the meeting is done.” Reisen stands up and crosses the table to you. You stand up to look at her face-to-face. She fishes a business card out of her shirt pocket and hands it to you. “Mistress Eirin wishes to meet with you and discuss pharmaceutical matters. Here is her business card. If you ever wish to make good on our offer, you can find us in the medicine store in the Human Village.”
“…Right, thanks.” You take the business card and give it a once-over. What the hell is a ‘phone number’? Regardless, you stow the card in your pocket. Reisen looks satisfied and turns to leave.
“Oh, before you leave. Why the glasses?”
“My eyes can induce insanity in others. I figured it’d be safer to wear these.”
“You can’t control your power?”
“Oh, I have it completely under control. But I like these.” She grins and flicks the frame of the glasses, then turns to leave the shrine. Shiki takes her place. She gives you a long, hard stare. Not a chastising stare like before, it’s more like she’s sizing up your soul.
“You’ve kept yourself in check these past few days. Whether it’s a personal revelation, or whether this farmer has kept you from stepping over the line, I don’t care. What matters is, you can redeem yourself. And I wish to see you redeemed.” Her face softens, and she cracks a smile for the first time. It’s a nice smile. “Well? What do you think?”
U-um…
“I think he has a crush on you, Lady Yama.” The smirk is wiped off your face when a tentacle whips out and slaps you gently on the cheek. Shiki lets out a single quiet laugh.
“Careful, haven’t you heard what happens when you lie to a Yama?”
Uh oh. Between her smile and her glorious legs you’d kind of forgotten you were talking to the judge of your soul. “I um it was a joke please don’t rip out my tongue lady Yama your highness.”
The Yama laughs again and smiles. If you didn’t know better you’d think she was acting a bit like a teenage girl. “Don’t worry, that’s me when I’m on the clock. I can enjoy a joke when I’m not judging someone.” She turns and takes a few steps away, then looks back at you. “And I’d know if you were lying.” She gives you one last glimpse of her smile before passing through the shrine doors and flying away.
…One-hundred percent lie.
‘C’mon, surely you like her legs, at least.’
I might, if she hadn’t tortured me and sent me to hell.
“Hello.” Remilia’s soft, breathy voice calls your attention. She’s standing awfully close to you. You almost didn’t notice her walk up to you, as she’s about a head shorter than you.
“Hello, Miss Scarlet.”
“Call me Remilia, please.” She smiles with pursed lips, the tips of her fangs showing. It’s a bit disarming, with a childish innocence and a very real sense of danger at the same time. “I’m glad you’re back, Tenta. I look forward to getting to know you. You should come to my mansion when you get the chance, you’d be a very welcome guest.”
Excellent. THIS is the reception I’ve been waiting for.
“I’ll… keep in touch with you, then.” You’re not really chomping at the bit to be alone in a large mansion with a vampire. Her invitation sounds nice and all but you’re not sure if she’d have sex with you or tie you down and drink your blood.
I wouldn’t mind either of those.
‘Hush.’
Remilia walks away and opens her parasol before walking out into the noonday sun. Sanae is apparently the last person to want to talk to you, as Yuyuko has floated off somewhere and Keine, Akyuu and Reimu are talking to each other, not paying you much mind. She takes a few steps closer to you, then changes her mind and backs off a few steps. She’s standing halfway to the other end of the room, which she decides is close enough.
“The Goddess Kanako would like to see you sometime,” she says, raising her voice slightly to let you hear.
“’Kay.” You give her a thumbs-up, and she scoots out of the shrine. That was quick. The room feels awfully empty now, even with four people in it.
And me?
Five people, right.
“If Yukari’s going to throw a party, I should probably start on damage control right away. See you all later, thanks for coming.” Reimu stands up to leave.
“It was no trouble. Anything I could do to help?” Keine asks.
“Nah, it’s fine. You can head out if you want.” Reimu walks off to some other part of the shrine, where she makes seals and sacrifices goats or whatever it is she does for the shrine. You’ve probably got a few hours before Yukari gets the party ready.
[ ] Spend some time with Keine.
[ ] Spend some time with Akyuu.
[ ] Give Marisa a visit.
[ ] Check up at the Myouren temple.