1st Spellcard: Transcendence of Faith "Armed Only With Prayer"

[paradisemiko]

Action A: 842 Hastings Boulevard; locked to housemates

(Greetings, housemates! You have a new daughter/sister in your home who's understandably worried about her new location and the loss of her powers; unlike typical Mayfield newbies, however, Reimu here has gone and pretty much littered decorated the entire house with paper charms to ward off the evil that brought her here. You just might see her writing up a few more charms or hanging up the finished ones, but she's taking as much of her shrine as she can into this new place.)

Action B: Outside 842 Hastings; Open to all

(With the house now buried protected by charms and seals, Reimu, in an unfortunately gray plaid dress, sits outside her home in a state of meditation and prayer. With her hair bow gone, her long hair flowed with the wind. While she should investigate the area, the lack of her power and even her normal clothes made her feel vulnerable. With her shrine gone (again), the yin-yang orbs missing and the Hakurei border nowhere nearby, Reimu resorted to prayer as her only means of leveling her mind so she could think rationally.

Translation: this is the best time to annoy her and disrupt her with whatever you want. Fellow Touhou girls are more than welcome to taunt greet her and tease comfort her regarding the formerly powerful miko of Hakurei losing everything but her sense of self.)

Comments

[badladyscramble]

No, no, take your time and enjoy being on the short end of the stick for once~

It's definitely not your color, that's for sure.

[paradisemiko]

I'll only do so because I can only manage throwing sticks at enemies for now.

I feel I should try painting a good enough dress red and white, but the other options in the house made this one look decent.

[badladyscramble]

Too bad sticks are so easy to graze.

Ew, don't paint your clothes... if you're really so desperate, maybe I'll ask my maid to sew you something.

[paradisemiko]

Too easy to graze. They'd Cirno look like a challenge.

I appreciate the offer, but I can't ask you to do that. I'm sure I can manage with these dresses for now.

[badladyscramble]

If you say so. Well, they gave me back my dress pretty soon... instead of anything useful.

Gah, just noticed previous grammar error. NEED EDIT BUTTON

[paradisemiko]

I dunno; the right dress can be pretty useful in the right weather, but then again, there are few problems a spellcard or two can't handle.

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[badladyscramble]

If it's just functionality, there are plenty of things you can buy, though I doubt they'd have them in your colors.

Spellcards or any of your powers are really the sort of thing you want when things start getting crazy around here...

[paradisemiko]

I'm sure my luck wouldn't allow me to find something with my colors unless it was tacky. Sure I love red and white, but polka dots are just not for me.

That's why I'm hoping to at least get a few of my powers back. I'd even be fine with just flying; I can't imagine grazing on foot.

[badladyscramble]

Hahah, it really was a pain when I couldn't fly... well, I hope you can run fast.

[paradisemiko]

(The reassurance helps greatly. Thanks, Remi.)

Actual running...? This is going to be like miko training all over again!

I guess I should start practicing my somersault kicks...

[badladyscramble]

Do tell me when you do; I'd love to see how often you fall flat on your face before you get it down again.

[paradisemiko]

I'll be sure you're the first to know.

Would you like some...orange juice...while you're here? This home is desperately lacking tea.

[badladyscramble]

You could always ask your "mother" for some money to go shopping. Of course, you'll have a hard time finding the green tea you prefer.

In any case, I'm fine.

[paradisemiko]

I'm sure it'll be lacking, but since it's tea, it'll already be better than the "coffee" they have.

Would she really just give the money over that easily?

(Poor Reimu, so used to slaving away for less than minimal donations.)

[badladyscramble]

There's nothing wrong with coffee... but I'd hardly call what they serve around here "coffee".

I don't see why not. Unlike you, most households here have someone who gets paid for their work.

[paradisemiko]

(Fun fact: when non-Americans want to have watery/not very good coffee, they ask to have it made "American.")

My work was essentially charity back home. That technically makes me a good person.

Perhaps there's a way to profit from these drones, if it's that easy...

[badladyscramble]

Very technically.

I'm sure it wouldn't be hard, but what's the point? There's nothing worth buying here that's especially hard to get in the first place.

[paradisemiko]

I really could use a proper shrine here; perhaps a temporary Hakurei shrine. These houses are just far too plain and I can't imagine just what would happen if the town tried to bring mine from Gensokyo.

[badladyscramble]

I wonder if they'd let you build something like that? I guess buying the materials could be expensive.

Yes, yes, maybe one day you'll open your mailbox to find a shrine inside~

[paradisemiko]

I'm guessing they won't make it that easy for me. They might set off boredom earthquakes to destroy it, like Tenshi did.

...can they really do that? The entire Hakurei Shrine? But where would it go? I wonder if it could fit in the backyard without crushing this house...

[badladyscramble]

Or who knows what else. A few months ago, they leveled the whole town for a few days just to punish us.

Well, it's not like you like this house, do you? So it's no problem if you crush it.

[paradisemiko]

It sounds as of the ones in charge enjoy using excessive amounts of force. Or maybe they're too afraid to only punish the guilty.

I could do without the house itself, but the real problem is the people living in it. Not just the lifeless ones, but actual, living people whose deaths I don't want to be responsible for...

[badladyscramble]

Or they just like seeing us squirm. Their sadism is rather obvious.

Well, just tell them to stand out of the way when you open any packages. They'd come back to life, anyway.

[paradisemiko]

Well I now have to worry about what this town gives back to me, but that should do the trick. Grazing danmaku is one thing, but grazing a building should be easier.

[badladyscramble]

Or harder. Getting around one of those would be pretty hard on foot.