Poingnant!ZaY0isljFw 2025/09/16 (Tue) 04:02
No. 45537
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Dark. Dark, dark, dark. Every way I turn there is only dark. It was already a new moon night, but now everything is pitch black. And yet… I can tell exactly where I am: stood up from the table, like the women present. Like me, they’re whipping their heads every which way to capture some sort of bearings.
Wait…
Yes, I can tell where they are, too. I can see them, despite all being dark. What should be an empty void without any end is instead filled with the normal, mundane things. The tatami floor, the walls, the furniture, and the people, they’re all in perfect sight.
In the instant just before everything dimmed, I thought I heard a familiar voice shout, “You fools!” but in the moments that followed there have been no further signs of my vulpine friend. A part of me wonders if I imagined it, like the idea of what she would say in the moment is what manifested in my ears. I’d hope not, of course. I’m not given to hallucinations.
Reimu, as I can see in this inky darkness with perfect depth, walks to the open door outside, glancing around at the trees to look for the same thing I heard. When she finds no such sign, she turns back to us.
“So you all see in the dark, too?” Reimu asks what we’re all thinking.
“Somehow,” Keine confirms.
“Is this really seeing?” I wonder, feeling like I still have and idea of what’s around me even with my eyes closed.
“Oh! This is fun! It’s like I’m in my bubble but everything’s still there!” Rumia squeals in excitement, darting around the room with perfect environmental awareness..
Reimu picks up the explanation, “Right, so I released whatever was in the ribbon, but I was kinda hoping we’d get attacked by it. I didn’t think it was something… uh… larger?”
“Why did you follow his goading, Reimu?!” Keine cuts. “We had no idea what the ribbon contained and now it’s all around us!”
“Well… it was either now or later, I think,” Reimu casually deflects. “If you really need me to give you a book report, I’d say he would have found someone to unseal it, anyway, and then it would still be my problem, somehow.”
“I plead the fifth,” I joke, rais
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Catalyst 2025/09/16 (Tue) 04:27
No. 45538
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Reimu can handle herself, probably. Reimu’s ability only means she’ll get to the bottom of things, eventually, so…
[x] Finding out what has suddenly possessed Rumia could be key to everything.
Anonymous 2025/09/16 (Tue) 06:14
No. 45539
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Tanner should listen to Keine for once instead of making her constantly fear for his life. Besides, if necessary, Reimu's intuition should guide her back to the shrine anyway.
[x] Reimu’s intuition is sure to guide us out.
