5th Bite - The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil

[badladyscramble]

[Early Monday morning, Remilia finds a package on her doorstep. Having long since decided it's no use fretting over these things, she opens it immediately - and as realization spreads in her mind, she grins wickedly and heads for the roof. Finally, something that can go right...]

[Action - All Day Monday, Around Town]

[Throughout the day, hints of red mist start to fill the town, spreading around out from Ricardo Street. Also throughout the day, Remilia can be found walking around with her parasol or at her usual hangouts (Sakuya, Flandre and Meiling's houses), seeming a lot more upbeat than usual and grinning far more than is possibly normal. She seems very pleased with herself.]

[Action - All Day Tuesday, Around Town]

[Now the town is entirely drowned in Scarlet Mist, cutting out much of the sunlight and leaving what's left of it deep crimson. Most people can only see a few yards, but Remilia has no trouble navigating through the red cloud that covers even over the tallest houses and buildings. Delighting in her freedom from the sun, anyone in the mist might hear a delighted, wicked laughter or spot a dark shape with large, bat-like wings flitting about through the mists. Feel free to call her out, or maybe she'll stop by herself when she sees those rendered helpless or frustrated by their surroundings.]

[Phone - Tuesday Evening]

Ahh, the world's so much better painted in red! Truly, a devil's delight. Much better than the boring white of all those houses and picket fences, don't you think? But~ I'm sure there are some of you who disagree, don't you?

You're welcome to come and find me if you dare to argue - the Scarlet Devil won't refuse a fun date~ Especially from a certain red-white miko, hmm? It's going to be a fun night.

[Action - Tuesday Night, 506 Ricardo]

[And in a relatively clear patch of the mist, Remi is standing on top of the roof of her house, posing dramatically with her wings out and hands folded before her chest, awaiting the night's entertainments. The thinning mist above her paints the moon a deep red, making for quite the silhouette.]

Hmhmhm, I wonder if she'll come~

[OoC: The Scarlet Mist mini-event has begun! The details can be found here, but basically red mist will begin filling the town on Monday; by Tuesday Morning, most of the town will be so covered in red mist, you can't see more than a few feet to a few yards at most. Feel free to respond to any of the prompts or make your own posts complaining about/dealing with the red mist.

It all goes away Tuesday night at midnight, after Marisa beats the crap out of her, so for anyone who fights her, just know she's either going to win or escape since her fight against Marisa will be the last one.

You can also come fight her faithful servant, Meiling, over here, as it's a midboss's gateguard's duty to take on anyone who wants to challenge the final boss.]

Comments

[paradisemiko]

(Reimu will put off her slice of cake for a bit later; she decides to stick with tea for now.)

Did you get that census in the mail? I had to fill one out, but parts of it didn't make sense at all.

[badladyscramble]

Oh, that thing? Yeah... somehow, I get the feeling I put things on there I shouldn't have...

[paradisemiko]

...Was it a strange compelling to be entirely honest? That's what I felt when I filled it out.

[badladyscramble]

Yes, exactly so! This town can really be so troublesome...

[paradisemiko]

To think that even forms can't be trusted...it gives me all the more reason to not attend school.

[badladyscramble]

If you don't, they'll just drone you though... the school's usually harmless enough, so it's not worth it.

[paradisemiko]

It's not; but there are days where I'll be worse off than droning if I don't go; the Yama is one of my teachers...

[badladyscramble]

Uwahh... I'm suddenly glad I'm not in the upper division, even if it is boring as all hell.

[paradisemiko]

You're lucky. It's a lecture if you go, but an even worse lecture if you don't; it doesn't help that she teaches law-something something.

[badladyscramble]

How boring. Does she track you down and lecture you in person?

[paradisemiko]

She can, but she's not opposed to phone calls, either. One time, she called me to tell me to do my homework because she knew I wasn't doing it.

[badladyscramble]

What, was she watching with her mirror? Just how seriously does that woman take these silly jobs?

[paradisemiko]

Very seriously. She says it can all still be a learning experience or something like that.

[badladyscramble]

Ugh. Some people can be such killjoys. I bet she was happy to fill out that form truthfully.

[paradisemiko]

Particularly the afterlife question. I put they should ask her to prove that Mayfield is far from an afterlife.

[badladyscramble]

Oh, I put down something like that as well. Actually, I'm sure most of those from Gensokyo referenced her.

[paradisemiko]

It is the most appropriate answer for us to put down, isn't it? I mean, she's already here and whatnot...

[badladyscramble]

Probably. I wonder if the town will care?

They kept asking about that "communism" thing - do you know what that was about?

[paradisemiko]

I think it was political...something something. The Yama mentioned it once, but I couldn't trouble myself with remembering it.

[badladyscramble]

Hmph. Well, I've never really submitted myself to any human policies, so I just ignored it mostly.

[paradisemiko]

You're really not missing anything. It's all just about how humans take care of things without spellcard battles. It's definitely not as beautiful and infinitely more boring.

[badladyscramble]

I can imagine. Bureaucracy has always bored me. It's quicker just to fight it out.

[paradisemiko]

Much quicker. I've heard that they have their own way of fighting things out, but it's with guns and murder and bloodshed.

[badladyscramble]

Too messy. Plus no one's every happy afterward.

[paradisemiko]

They usually end up regretting it, but I don't pay attention to that enough to really learn about it; Gensokyo's much simpler.