User:NekoRex/Village3

Reimu_Hakurei finally arrives in the village, making the trip from her shrine to their without any issue. She doesn't have to worry really when she leaves her shrine after all. She's there after hearing about problems in the village...and because she recently ran out of some foodstuffs. Mostly the food issue. But since she's here she might as well ask around.. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko is standing by herself in a secluded corner of the town square, her expression half-hidden behind the shaku held up to her face. She seems to be observing the few people going about their business, but her expression is unreadable, so it's impossible to tell what she's really thinking. Hieda_no_Akyuu Finishes up writing an abridged portion of the Gensoukyou Chronicles before setting down her brush and standing up, taking a moment to stretch as she had been sitting for several hours now. With that, she decides to take a small break, slipping out of her house to take a short stroll around the village. She looks quite tired, probably due to the various night terrors that have been plaguing the village... Marisa_Kirisame lazily flies into the village overhead after a bit, looking around and eventually spotting the easily-seen miko in red, and flying down towards her. Marisa_Kirisame looks completely healed from her recent injuries, and carrying her regular grin on her face. Reimu_Hakurei looks up, not bothering to wave or anything, knowing Marisa will see her in the small crowd. Most of the villagers don't seem to want to get that closer to her after all. Marisa_Kirisame waves as she flies down herself, eventually landing in front of Reimu, hopping off her broom as she does so. "Yo! Get bored of the view at the shrine, ze?" Hieda_no_Akyuu Catches sight of the hermit, not too unusual of a sight, but the way she is just standing there is...odd. Breathing a heavy sigh, she makes her way closer, presenting a friendly bow to her once she is within comfrtable talking distance. Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Hello Toyosatomimi-san. What brings you here, today? Reimu_Hakurei:. "Something like that," she answers, looking past Marisa at a group of villagers standing off the side of the road. "There's something strange happening here too, you know." Toyosatomimi_no_Miko glances briefly at Akyuu, before stepping out from the shadows and giving a small bow in return. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. You probably already know that I am an ally of the humans in Gensoukyou. With all that has happened, is it really so unusual that I should be here, now? Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Mm, I figured that might be the case. I've yet to determine what might be causing it, it doesn't really match up with the ability of any youkai that I know of, so progress has been all but non-existent. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. A pity... and when everyone longs for nothing more than a solution... Marisa_Kirisame:. "Hm? Must be a big deal if you caught wind've it" Marisa replies, with a shrug. "Not much news gets to me. What's happened this time?" Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Yes, everyone is quite eager for this to be over with, myself included. I don't suppose you know anything about it? Reimu_Hakurei:. "I hear about little stuff too you know, I just don't make a big deal out of it." She does like Marisa thinking she's not clued into the villager's lives, even if it's completely true. "Children are dissappearing at night. That kind of thing." Reimu tries to sound like it's not a big deal, but it does worry her a bit. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. I haven't been in the village for long, but I have heard of several children going missing. If this is the work of some youkai, then it's quite possible these events are connected. Hieda_no_Akyuu:. My only question is how they get into the village without being seen, on top of making their exit with a child. It's quite frustrating.. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. Mmm... perhaps they don't. Marisa_Kirisame:. "Kids gone missing?" Marisa repeats, scratching her head. She wasn't exactly the easiest to track kid herself. "Ya mean you think youkai got 'em?" Toyosatomimi_no_Miko looks out at the crowd once again, gazing over the people milling about the marketplace - far fewer than usual. Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Hmm? They do away with them while inside of the village, perhaps? Plausible, but might make it easier for them to be caught. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. People have been having nightmares... and children have been going missing... Hieda-san, are you familiar with, as they call it, "sleepwalking"? Reimu_Hakurei:. "Or they decided they hated living here enough to decide to go live in the woods on their own." And obviously that's not what happened. "I don't have a clue what youkai did it though. Hieda_no_Akyuu:.	Of course. But even if the children got up and went to leave the village, surely the guards at the gate would have seen them...  Marisa_Kirisame:.	"Hmmm, if it's a youkai then, I bet they don't hide too far outside town, ya know."  Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:.	Perhaps they are merely being lured somewhere inside the village?  Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:.	This is all conjecture, of course.  Marisa_Kirisame:.	"Assuming they even live in the woods, heh." Marisa adds. "A new troublemaker is always interesting to hear about. Gives something new to blast to bits." Hieda_no_Akyuu:.	Yes...Perhaps we should set up a more thorough watch for a few days, see if we can learn anything.  Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:.	That would be a good idea, yes.  Reimu_Hakurei:.	"It would be a lot easier if they just showed up so we could beat them up, and get the kids back..if they're still alive." She groans, heading along now, going to where she had planned to go in the first place, Hieda's home.  	null|The_Fixening is now known as null  Hieda_no_Akyuu:.	I'll see what I can do, I suppose...Have you any plans?  Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:.	Aside from keeping a close eye on the people? Well, as... unpleasant as it may seem, we might also consider asking some of the youkai here in the village if they know anything.  Hieda_no_Akyuu:.	There are a few that visit every so often to sell things, but I suppose the one that is here most often would be Kamishirasawa-san. No doubt she is worried about this incident as well. However...now may not be the best time, since yesterday was the full moon. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. There are a few others... but that can be a subject for another time. Marisa_Kirisame follows behind. "Ah, that'd be too easy." Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Well, I suppose I can talk to those youkai that do appear here and see. Perhaps tomorrow I can talk to Kamishirasawa-san as well. Marisa_Kirisame:. "Where are we headed, anyway? Someone who might know something?" null is now known as Rinraku_no_Youjin_Kageki Reimu_Hakurei:. "Hieda no Akyuu. I figure she might know a little more than the rumors I've heard. Someone like Kosozu proably wouldn't know anything unless it was written in a book already." Marisa_Kirisame:. "Eh? I feel like we should know someone who might know where kids are going, like, uhh....." Marisa_Kirisame:. "Ah! Like that were-hakutaku! She's a teacher, isn't she?" Reimu_Hakurei looks over at Marisa, surprised that she has such a good idea. Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Right, well, in any case, I have much work to do. I hope you will excuse me, Toyosatomimi-san. Reimu_Hakurei:. "You're right. Let's head to see her then. It's gotta be better than just wandering around." Hieda_no_Akyuu Offers another bow before turning, heading back to her house so that she can get the proper paper work in order. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. Of course. Do take care. Marisa_Kirisame:. "We can still see Akyuu first if ya want. Or I could go find the teacher myself, while you visit Akyuu." Reimu_Hakurei:. "You want to split up?" Reimu thinks it over for a moment. "..Alright. Meet be back here in an hour and we'll share what we get." Marisa_Kirisame:. "Alright, give me a holler if ya need me, then." Reimu_Hakurei:. "Just make sure YOU don't get spirited away~" Reimu_Hakurei laughs a little to herself, turning to head where she remembers the Hieda's home to be. Marisa_Kirisame flies up and starts looking around for the village's school. Reimu_Hakurei stands outside the Hieda household, looking around for the girl, hearing that she had gone out. She figures she might as well just hang there outside, as opposed to doing a bit of hard work trying to find her in the village. Hieda_no_Akyuu Arrives back at her manor shortly after. She seems a little surprised to see Reimu there. Figuring that she must be here about the apparent incident, she makes her way over, offering a slight wave to the miko. Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Everyone seems to be showing up to see about the current incident. I suppose you are here for the same reason, Hakurei-san? Reimu_Hakurei:. "Took you long enough." Reimu_Hakurei:. "That's right. I figured I might as well do something about it." She looks inside the house, then back to the girl. "Do you have any food or anything?" Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Well...yes. But nothing is prepared at the moment, I'm sure. In any case, I regret to say that I don't know much at all about what's going on. I'm certain that it must be some manner of youkai, but what is happening does not match up with any existing youkai that I know of. Reimu_Hakurei:. "Children are easy targets, any youkai could be tricking them to follow them into the woods where they can take them. The problem is that it could be any number of youkai if that's true." She's still looking to be invited in for food too. Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Yes, but the problem is that even if a youkai came here to lure the children away, someone would see them. Since nothing has been seen at all, we are going to be setting up a watch to make sure we aren't missing anything. Reimu_Hakurei:. "So you're saying they are just disappearing without a trace at all?" Fujiwara_no_Mokou is on her way home from work, looking to be fairly busy with something from the food she's carrying. Of course, seeing Reimu present in the village is more than enough to catch her attention, and she stops to drift over, still carrying all of this food. Marisa_Kirisame doesn't have to look very far to spot Mokou, whom she recognizes as knowing the school teacher, and goes down to fly towards her, which, ironically, is near Akyuu's place anyway. Fujiwara_no_Mokou does, however, also notice Marisa -- and the way the witch starts to approach her is more than enough to sour her expression. She immediately turns and starts walking away. Rinraku_no_Youjin_Kageki is now known as Ze Marisa_Kirisame doesn't seem detered and flies after her, calling out "Hey! (Erm..) Mokou! Wait up!" Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. Ugh, what do you want? Marisa_Kirisame:. "You're pals with that school teacher, right?" Marisa asks, closely following behind the immortal on her broom, floating above the crowd. "Reimu 'n me are lookin' for info on kids vanishing." Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Yes, that's what I'm saying. ((Sorry about the wait, editing things on the wiki.)) Fujiwara_no_Mokou sighs, turning to look to Marisa. Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. What about Keine? She's not feeling well right now, I don't think she'd want to bother with you. Marisa_Kirisame frowns as she hears this news, but perhaps Mokou herself would know something. Reimu_Hakurei:. "There has to be something. People just don't straight up disappear. ...And I don't think Yukari has any interest in kids." Marisa_Kirisame:. "Ah, sorry to hear that!" Marisa tells Mokou. "You're her friend though, right? You know anything about it, then?" Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. Uh, yeah, I'm her friend, if you could call it that. But.. "anything". We've gone out into the forest and haven't found anything yet, no. Marisa_Kirisame:. "Hmmmm.... Anything else odd happening around town? People around here look more uneasy then usual these days." Marisa says, with a quick glance around at the other passerby on the streets. Marisa_Kirisame:. "I sorta doubt a few missin' children could cause looks like that." Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Well, that's why we're setting up a watch for a few days to see if anything happens. Reimu_Hakurei:. "It's not like you can watch all the kids at once? Unless you plan on bringing them all in one house and forcing them to stay together." Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. Besides the disappearances? Not as far as I know. Marisa_Kirisame scratches her chin, annoyed at how unhelpful Mokou is being. "Nothin' at all? Anything would be helpful if me and Reimu are gonna sort things out. Strage occurences, something creepin' around at night, whatever ya got." Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. I know what pretty much everyone else knows. Children are going missing, people are having nightmares, there's some youkai that's causing it. Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. If we're going to make a hunting party, I'd be up for that, but if you want information, ask somewhere else. Marisa_Kirisame:. "EH? Nightmares? That's the type a thing that would be worth mentioning, I think." Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. Apparently. Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. I thought that was common knowledge by now. Marisa_Kirisame:. "I live in the forest, I haven't got 'em.... er, well, at least the kind I reckon you'd be havin' at least." Marisa says, recalling she was having nightmares about Nue. Hieda_no_Akyuu:. No, no. I mean watch the gate itself. The children can't fly, so they have to get out somehow... Toyosatomimi_no_Miko had, in the mean time, taken to wandering the streets, still keeping a close eye on the villagers. Noticing Marisa and Mokou just standing in the middle of the road, talking about the current situation, she decides to pause and watch them for a moment, holding her shaku up to hide her grin. Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. From what I've heard, people have been having nightmares, and even during the day. Hearing voices and screams and all that. Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. Actually happened to me last night.. Marisa_Kirisame:. "Doesn't sound too nice. When did those start croppin' up?" Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. ... "Last night". Are you even listening to me? Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. For me. As for others, I don't know. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. A few days ago, at the earliest. Marisa_Kirisame:. "I can hear just fine, geez." Marisa says, rolling her eyes, having meant in general. She looks over at the new voice, seeing it's Miko. "Oh, hey." she greets with a wave. Reimu_Hakurei:. "I'll stay here, tonight. To help catch whatever is causing these disappearances." But she looks serious now. "I expect a meal though." Toyosatomimi_no_Miko gives Marisa a small nod in return, before taking a few steps closer and giving Mokou a brief glance. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. You know, if you speak of these matters out in the open, you might cause a panic. Fujiwara_no_Mokou gives Reimu a rather irritated glare at this attempt to get food from her. Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. None of this is for you. Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. ... Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. Actually, I think I'll be right back. Fujiwara_no_Mokou makes a soft grumble to herself, turning on her heel and quickly striding off in the direction of the homing district. Marisa_Kirisame:. ((I thought this was a seperate conversation entirely)) Hieda_no_Akyuu:. ..Well, I could certianly allow you to stay here, then. Of course, while you're staying, I can offer you dinner, too. Reimu_Hakurei:. (( Ah, Reimu is over with Akyuu, Marisa is with Mokou they're in different places. )) Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. ((oh.)) Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. ((Ugh.)) Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. ((Sorry, sorry..)) Reimu_Hakurei:. (( It's perfectly okay!! ) Fujiwara_no_Mokou:.	((/me still went back to her and Keine's house to put the food there so she doesn't have to hold it, anyways.))  Reimu_Hakurei:.	"Don't forget Marisa too, she'll be here with me." Look at that, Reimu looking out for her friend.  Marisa_Kirisame:.	"Seems like most people already know about as much as I do." Marisa replies to Miko with a shrug.  Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:.	It's easy enough to hear from the people all around, but even then we can only guess at the truth.  	Marisa_Kirisame watches Mokou trod off, and considers following briefly, but decides she's already gotten as much as the immortal will tell her.  Hieda_no_Akyuu:.	Yes, it shouldn't be too much trouble. I suppose she will be by later?  Marisa_Kirisame:.	"Whatever is causing it is probably smart to stay hidden, heh. Won't be for long with us on the case, though."  Reimu_Hakurei:.	"She went to go talk to that schoolteacher to see if she knew anything. She'll be here sooner or later," Reimu told Marisa to meet her back on the street, but she figures the witch will find her at Akyuu's. Hieda_no_Akyuu:.	Ah...but, you see, Kamishirasawa-san probably isn't feeling too well. I don't think Kirisame-san's endeavors will turn out much.  Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:.	Well, let us all hope that you're able to find the source of these troubles, and put a stop to it.  Marisa_Kirisame:.	"Probably can with a bit of info, like where kids are going." Marisa says, before asking, "Have you heard anything? When did kids start vanishing? If that was only a few days ago, might be connected with the nightmares somehow..." Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:.	Yes, I believe the two are connected somehow.  Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:.	It's my own theory that the youkai responsible for this is influencing people's dreams somehow, to force them to sleepwalk to some place where they can be easily... "collected".  Marisa_Kirisame:.	"Eugh." Marisa gags. "Not something I wanna think too hard about."  Reimu_Hakurei:.	"Not feeling well? What's her problem?" Hieda_no_Akyuu:.	You don't already know? After the full moon, she's...well, she doesn't feel very well. If you want details, you'll have to ask her yourself.  Reimu_Hakurei:.	"Eh, I don't really care." Big surprise that Reimu isn't too interested in doing any amount of work that won't benefit her.  -»	SunkenPirate (AndChat272@50F309E4.343B1EC6.E7D0AC21.IP) has Joined #human_village  Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:.	It's not a pleasant thing to think about, this much is true... which is why we need to put a stop to it as soon as possible.  	Fujiwara_no_Mokou walks back after some time, now not weighted down with bags of warm food. Looking to the others as they're still gathered, she stops, glaring at Reimu.  Marisa_Kirisame:.	"Well, Reimu and I are lookin' to do that as well, so anything you find out you oughta find one of us and relay."  Fujiwara_no_Mokou:.	And I don't really care if you're too weak to get out of bed and can't keep anything down when you eat it. Marisa_Kirisame:. ((Reimu is still in another castle)) Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. ((... ARKJDFG)) Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. ((I thought she had gone over to Marisa!)) Marisa_Kirisame:. ((I think Reimu is waiting for the other way around)) Reimu_Hakurei:. (( Yeah she's not moving. )) Fujiwara_no_Mokou:. ((... /headdesk)) Hieda_no_Akyuu:. Well...that's..fine, I suppose. I have some work to do, so you'll have to excuse me. Look for Chauen inside when you're ready. Hieda_no_Akyuu With that, she heads inside, presumably to go and get all her paperwork for the night watch tonight all sorted out. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. I will leave you to your business, then, but I will continue to keep an eye on this village for the forseeable future. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko:. Farewell, Kirisame-san. Toyosatomimi_no_Miko gives Marisa a small nod, before turning and walking away, soon disappearing around a corner and heading off to some other part of the village. Marisa_Kirisame:. "See ya." --	Toyosatomimi_no_Miko (CalmRiver@totally.not.an.owl) has Left #human_village (~) Fujiwara_no_Mokou has no idea where she is anymore, and figures it might be a bad idea to keep being here. As such, she just heads home now. Reimu_Hakurei gives a nod to Akyuu, letting the girl go, while she stands out in front of the Hieda household, waiting for Marisa to show up eventually. Marisa_Kirisame looks around, and decides to go find Reimu, but it doesn't take her long to figure she never left Akyuu's since she's been quite near that house the whole time. Marisa_Kirisame subsequently walks up to Akyuu's door and taps it with her broom Marisa_Kirisame doesn't take long to notice Reimu is in front of Akyuu's house, having been nearby the whole time, and flags her down, floating over. Reimu_Hakurei:. "Hey, did you find the schoolteacher?" She asks, once Marisa joins her. Marisa_Kirisame:. "Nah, but I found Mokou, which is about as close as I could get. I also saw Miko while I was talking to her. I didn't find out too much, other then that the villagers are having nightmares during the day and night." Hieda_no_Akyuu is now known as Kareru_Mayou Reimu_Hakurei:. "Nightmares? I didn't hear about that.." She thinks that over for a bit, wondering if that information helps narrow it down.. "I told Akyuu that we're gonna stay the night in the village, to help the watch find whoever is causing this. And we can stay for dinner." Marisa_Kirisame:. "Sounds like fun~" Marisa says with a grin. Reimu_Hakurei:. "Let's go inside, I'm starving already. I don't get to eat at a place like this all the time, I'm going to eat everything I can." Marisa_Kirisame:. "Sounds good to me!" Marisa cheers.