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

[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.

[paradisemiko]

I'll have to remember that not everyone can fly. Perhaps a 5 minute warning would minimize casualties.

I suppose you'd like for me to let you know when I get a package in the mail? Face plants and injury seem like your style of humor.

[badladyscramble]

If they take longer than that, they don't deserve to escape.

It could be amusing, yes. Though who knows; you'll probably just get boring things at first.

[paradisemiko]

Hopefully, I won't have to extend it to 10 minutes; the anticipation will be too much to suppress.

Possibly, but part of the fun comes from the risk and the surprise, doesn't it?

[badladyscramble]

So impatient, you humans. [not that remi would wait at all...]

Perhaps. Well, you're not very interesting when you're just a normal human, so hopefully you'll get some of your powers back soon.

[paradisemiko]

(That could be an extra 5 minutes of flying or clogging the skies with danmaku!)

I'll be sure to save my first few spellcards just for you.

[badladyscramble]

I look forward to it. Though I've yet to get my own back... so far I've only regained my physical powers. [which are pretty impressive when you're a 500 year old vampire]

[paradisemiko]

(And smooth skin, to boot. That's the really impressive part.)

A formidable start, at least. Throwing buildings is still very intimidating. And powerful if it hits.

[badladyscramble]

Of course~ But I miss my spear...

[paradisemiko]

And I my Yin-Yang Orbs, but if we play their game long enough, they'll soon have to play ours.