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]

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.

[badladyscramble]

Yes, it usually only takes one encounter for even new comers to figure out how things work.

[paradisemiko]

Those were simple times. I miss when everything was that easy...

[badladyscramble]

Yes, well, sorry miss lazy shrine maiden, but things are getting hectic again it seems.

[paradisemiko]

I can still dream, can't I?

[badladyscramble]

You can dream when you sleep, don't do it while you're still awake.

[paradisemiko]

It's not as if I'll hurt anyone by daydreaming; I don't drive cars.

[badladyscramble]

I've wanted to try one of those but the drone mother won't let me.

[paradisemiko]

You could try lying to her and say you're practicing to get your license; maybe throw in a "gee whiz" or something to make it more convincing. Drones fall for sappy stuff like that.

[badladyscramble]

They think I'm ten.

[paradisemiko]

Then ask Sakuya or something; wouldn't she let you drive one?

[badladyscramble]

Oh, that's true. There's no adult drones in her house... I'll definitely be sure to ask her when I get the chance~

Though I think she might be a little mad at me right now...

[paradisemiko]

Because of the scarlet mist?

[badladyscramble]

[She nods]

She was mad I didn't tell anyone else before releasing it... [Well, also that she released it at all]

[paradisemiko]

To be fair, that's something she deserves to know about. You should let her in next time you want to do something like this.

(Everyone's upset that she released the mist, but that's a given.)

[badladyscramble]

Mm, maybe... I just found the package on my doorstep and wanted to get it going as soon as possible!

[paradisemiko]

Make sure you're ready; you'll probably have to fight people who don't approve of the mist. Most likely Marisa; she's been here a long time, as far as I know.