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]

They all look terribly boring.

...you know, if there's a chance this place may return my shrine, what's to say they won't return your mansion? The luxury would be very refreshing.

[badladyscramble]

Oh, I hadn't thought of that. Yes, that would be quite nice~ And maybe my other maids as well~ [For show, anyway. They were all useless.]

[paradisemiko]

(Sakuya was pretty much the only maid there. All the assistance anyone would need, really.)

Is there a chance I'd be able to reserve one of those rooms? There's no mansion like the Scarlet Devil Mansion.

[badladyscramble]

Really, a miko is begging to stay in the house of the devil? How amusing~

[paradisemiko]

(That mooching thing works so well for Suika; Reimu's gonna try her luck.)

Is it any stranger than the devil having tea parties in the shrine of a miko?

[badladyscramble]

That's different; devils can do what they want. Mikos need to at least maintain the appearance of purity. You'd get even less donations if you set up shop in the house of a vampire.

[paradisemiko]

It'd only be temporary, assuming your mansion arrives before my shrine. Besides, it wouldn't be hard to get the drones to cover any financial needs; you said so yourself.

(Miko of the month here. All about helping the people lighten their wallets)

[badladyscramble]

Well, maybe for small things. I don't think they'll cover your rent.

[Ohhh yes. Staying with the devil would not be cheap]

[paradisemiko]

(Especially not for Reimu. All of those surcharges Remilia can slap on...)

Rental fees for an old friend...I'm hurt.

(She's not.)

[badladyscramble]

If I didn't, you'd probably move in permanently.

[paradisemiko]

Now that's not...entirely true. Not really...I think. Right?

(Curses, foiled again!)

[badladyscramble]

No, it's definitely true, I'm sure of it.

[paradisemiko]

Aww...well, I tried. Maybe next time.

Care for a few charms to decorate your home? They don't have the power to seal you out of your home and they still look authentic...enough.

[badladyscramble]

So I was right!

What am I going to do if you get your powers back and they suddenly do seal me out of my house? Or in it?

[paradisemiko]

They only have power if they're made with spiritual power; these were made with just pen and paper.

In case you do, you can always give me a call and I'll take them off. Or maybe Sakuya can take them down.

[badladyscramble]

Hmph. In any case, they'd look silly. I don't want my house to look like a shrine.

[paradisemiko]

Well, if the Scarlet Devil insists on living in a house that looks no different from everyone else's, that fine with me~

[badladyscramble]

We'll paint it red then! I'm not going to cover it in talismans that don't even work.

[paradisemiko]

You imply that you'd want them to work. Once I obtain my spiritual power, I'll be more than glad to paint your home with red talismans~

[badladyscramble]

I'll kill you for real if you do.

[But only because she knows she'd be back]

[paradisemiko]

(It feels like this isn't the first time Reimu's life got threatened. She seems to laugh it off this time.)

Perhaps with flight, I could help out with that. With actual red paint. If I'm in the right mood.

[badladyscramble]

I'll just get Sakuya and Meiling to do it... I don't want to see what kind of paint job a lazy miko gets up to.

[paradisemiko]

I find it best to dump the buckets on what I want to paint and whack it with a brush until it's just right.

...say, I think there's a few brushes and some red paint in this house! We can get started today!

[badladyscramble]

No, stop it. I liked it better when you were lazy; now you'll just make a mess of things!

[paradisemiko]

But it'll be an original mess! Perhaps all your home needs is a bit of abstract art~