Taghous and Grumpyhous

Session Start: Sun Feb 17 13:51:16 2013
Session Ident: #Gensokyo
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[14:11] <GMingPenguin> It is nearly the end of stage four! What will this day bring to the inhabitants of Gensokyo? Well, hopefully, the start of stage 5.
[14:12] <Haiiro-Honoo> And a lot of berries. ...That haven't been eaten. ...And some that have.
[14:12] <GMingPenguin> The location is the berry patch. The sky is overcast. The magpie is uncomfortable with the spider's presence, but some things will just have to be beared.
[14:13] <Haiiro-Honoo> But more that haven't, and Haiiro didn't eat any. That's worth something, right? ...Let's not ask about the spider.
[14:14] <GMingPenguin> For those who were not around for the spider's introduction, miss Bee Queen was sent by Kasasagi the Magpie to acquire an heirloom amulet from the spider. There was a bit of web slashing, a bit of fairy bothering, and even a little bit of punching, and the spider has joined the quest to find the pugilist youkai.
[14:14] <GMingPenguin> Unfortunately the Bee Queen was called away on some Royal Business. With how bee biology works, it's probably for the best.
[14:15] * Kendra thinks to herself, this must have something to do with that bush she violated.
[14:16] <Haiiro-Honoo> My my. ...Hopefully it isn't the process of getting digested. Haiiro can only imagine. Honoo doesn't bother with this whole imagining thing, and simply flutters about, being a fairy that's getting completely impatient. Haiiro's impatient too, but she can hide that.
[14:16] <Anegumo> "Hmm. So. You are the others the little bee spoke of."
[14:18] * Kendra nods, "More strange people keep showing up, eh?"
[14:18] <Haiiro-Honoo> "...Ah, we were mentioned? ...I'd hope you can recognize us simply by looking at us. We're distinctive, after all." Honoo is a fire fairy that is [i]clearly[/i] a fire fairy, and Haiiro is literally black and white. Her eyes are the shade of...well, all those berries she was picking. Just because.
[14:22] <GMingPenguin> "Well, these aresomeof the others. A couple of them seem to have wandered off. Such is their lot in life I suppose."
[14:23] <Anegumo> "Strange people?" She runs one of her hands through her hair, "When you gather so many youkai, lovely morsel, it tends to happen."
[14:24] * Kendra gets in a couple warmup stretches, she couldn't look any more bland and less threatening unless she was asleep. "Well.. There are a lot of youkai, sure. Gensokyo is a busy little place I guess. We'll probably run into them again later."
[14:24] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Quite correct. ...And who are you?" NOW is a good asking time.
[14:25] <GMingPenguin> "If not, they will miss out. I'm sure you have a couple of exciting battles ahead of you before you achieve victory."
[14:25] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Naturally. That's how incident solving works, after all."
[14:25] <Anegumo> "Then, where are we off to? I could be on the trail by now... Myself? You may call me Anegumo."
[14:27] <Kendra> "Anegumo, huh? Glad to have less K's around here. I'm Kendra."
[14:27] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Well, that's what our friend here is supposed to be telling us. And hello then, Anegumo. I do hope we catch the one that punched you soon." Even if not told, she knows, she knows.
[14:28] <Anegumo> "A youkai does not simply walk into my parlor, assault me, and expect to get away with it."
[14:29] <GMingPenguin> "Parlor invasions are some of the worst invasions. Especially when tied with evictions."
[14:30] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Indeed. Had we not met up with you, you might have gone through the same motions as us. At least we're on the right path now. ...Or at least, we imagine we are. For the third time."
[14:33] <GMingPenguin> "Andnow, I can reveal to you the path you need to walk."
[14:33] <GMingPenguin> Kasasagi closes his eyes, then pulls a single pearl out of a pocket and drops it to the ground.
[14:34] <GMingPenguin> "That pearl was the last pearl of a necklace I had to dismember to mark the path. With it free, the others are no longer hidden." He motions with a hand, and a little bit to the east you see a second pearl laying on the ground.
[14:34] <GMingPenguin> "Follow the path of pearls, and you will find the assailant."
[14:34] <GMingPenguin> ...is that a tear in his eye?
[14:35] <Kendra> "What an interesting trick!"
[14:35] <Haiiro-Honoo> "...So, what do we do with all these berries?" It's totally canon, they've been picking ALL the berries and have built quite a surplus.
[14:36] <Haiiro-Honoo> In fact that bush might not even be a berry bush anymore.
[14:38] <GMingPenguin> "I was testing your patience. You may have them all. Honoo, however, has to give half to me." He turns to Honoo and whispers, "I know."
[14:40] <Haiiro-Honoo> "...Oh? Ah. I suppose that's alright, then. Even without a real purpose, I suppose [i]someone[/i] learned a lesson." She nudges Honoo promptly, and she looks quite defeated as she gives the crafty bird half of them.
[14:40] <GMingPenguin> Kasasagi grabs his half cape with one hand and swipes it over the berries, and when the cape finishes passing over them, the berries are gone.
[14:41] * Anegumo finds herself in quite an odd situation. surrounded by delicious looking youkai and yet she has decided she will not eat them...for now. "Odd directions, but if this does get us to that youkai, I shall give you a reward, Dumpling. If not...well, shall we be off?"
[14:42] <Haiiro-Honoo> He's still cool. "...In any case...would picking up the pearls mess up the tracking? You know, just in case. Once we know, we'll be off~"
[14:43] <GMingPenguin> "The pearls should be fine to pick up now. I hid them all as I dropped them in the first place, they arenot inherently magical."
[14:44] <GMingPenguin> He hangsitshead, "the damage to the necklace has been done, keeping the pearls would just serve as a reminder to the destruction I had to bring to its beauty. It is better for you to keep the pearls now, anyways."
[14:44] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Ah, alright then. I'm sure we'll meet again, so...so long~" And off she goes, Honoo in tow.
[14:45] <Anegumo> "You were not planning on dismembering this lovely necklace, were you?" She asks the magpie somewhat accusingly before she leaves.
[14:45] <Anegumo> She gestures to the gold chain around her neck that has a large ruby hanging from it
[14:46] <GMingPenguin> "What! No! I only destroyed that one out of necessity, it hurt my heart deeply to have to do so! I don't know if I could do so a second time!"
[14:48] <Haiiro-Honoo> ...And then she comes back, and grabs the pearls this time. "If you don't hurry up, you'll lose the way~"
[14:48] * Kendra follows along, "Okay okay~"
[14:49] <Anegumo> She seems satisfied with that, and she follows the three.
[14:49] * Anegumo keeps glancing at Kendra, licking her lips occassionally, Why does this human look so very tasty? She may be tempted...
[14:51] <GMingPenguin> At first, the pearls are easy to follow.
[14:52] <GMingPenguin> Once you reach one, the next one is just visible in the distance.
[14:52] * Kendra feels slightly uncomfortable, like she was moments before a battle. "I.. I guess she started running out of pearls."
[14:52] <GMingPenguin> About a third of the way through the length of a long pearl necklace, however, you reach one pearl and fail to see the next.
[14:53] <Haiiro-Honoo> "And that one, and that on--I knew this would happen. They're just too shiny. If they were nondescript, then maybe this would have been easier, but..."
[14:53] <Haiiro-Honoo> "...Maybe I'll have to make due with a bracelet." :(
[14:56] <Anegumo> "Hm." She looks along the general same direction for another pearl.
[14:57] <Haiiro-Honoo> Haiiro scans the area for any pearls, or more importantly, anyone that'd pick some up. Or traces of someone that did.
[15:07] <Anegumo> She smiles, and licks her lips. "There, in that tree..." She begins approaching.
[15:07] <Haiiro-Honoo> Her investigation takes her to the bottom of a particular tree. Perhaps it's the same tree Anegumo's going for?
[15:09] * Anegumo shoots out a line, attempting to snare whatever is in the tree.
[15:12] <Haiiro-Honoo> ...Well, if it is the same tree, she's got it more than Haiiro does. Best wait.
[15:12] <GMingPenguin> Anegumo's line flies into the tree, but all it catches are branches. Four large fairies, however, explode out of the tree!
[15:14] <GMingPenguin> "Wahahaa! Someone's come to play!" shouts the obvious leader of the four, who is slightly larger and brighter than the others. She also has the pearl affixed to a headband. "With me girls, let's show them how to play ubertag!"
[15:14] <Kendra> "Whoa, starting up trouble?"
[15:14] <Haiiro-Honoo> "So close...but hey, this is fine too!" Her body is ready, and so is Honoo's!
[15:15] <Haiiro-Honoo> "We'll play, and...if we win, you tell us where you found that shiny pearl!" NEGOTIATING! Even if it's pointless.
[15:16] <GMingPenguin> The three fairies line up. The middle one sticks her arms out to the sides, and the side fairies each stick one arm towards the middle and one towards the party.
[15:16] <GMingPenguin> A line of spiritual energy forms, connecting the three, and a giant ball forms between the two outstretched arms.
[15:17] <GMingPenguin> The yellow ball of energy reaches critical mass, and flies directly at Kendra!
[15:17] <Haiiro-Honoo> "...Fancy!" Danmaku barrage, ho!
[15:21] <GMingPenguin> Kendra gets wallopped by the energy ball, but instead of taking a smack to the hitbox like normal, she becomes enveloped in the energy ball.
[15:21] <GMingPenguin> The fairies shout "Tag, you're it!" then disperse in four directions while giggling madly!
[15:22] * Kendra makes a sudden move to deflect, but she isn't powered up, "What? What is this, you stupid fairies?"
[15:23] <Haiiro-Honoo> "...Ah. I believe this is your game, isn't it. I suppose you'd best give chase! Have fun~"
[15:24] <GMingPenguin> The four fairies swarm around Haiiro, Honoo, and Anegumo.
[15:25] * Kendra starts powering up with magic, "Fine, if you want to play so badl... When did there get to be more of you?"
[15:26] <GMingPenguin> The leader fairy shouts out, "Come on, tag us! When you're tagged, you're out!"
[15:26] <Haiiro-Honoo> "More of..." Tick. Tick. "Oh that's GOOD. Come on Honoo, let's play along. They earned the right." Honoo nods, and they start making it harder by mixing with them and not saying a word!"
[15:28] <Haiiro-Honoo> Minus that last quotation mark, and they totally were speaking until then. Now it's silence and fun filled expressions!
[15:28] <Haiiro-Honoo> Maybe a giggle or two.
[15:29] * Anegumo stands there, unamused. "This is foolish."
[15:29] * Kendra points at Anegumo, "You there! Hold your hand up"
[15:30] <Anegumo> "What?" She seems offput by the command, how dare a morsel speak to her as such...she complies for now.
[15:32] <GMingPenguin> "Come onnn, don't be a sourpants mcgee, chase us!"
[15:33] * Kendra looks around, and points at another 'fairy', "Hey you, do you like hot weather or cold?"
[15:34] <Haiiro-Honoo> At this point, you'd probably have to roll to know which fairy is which. The one you're trying to point at is remarkably fast.
[15:35] <GMingPenguin> "Hot weather's better! Lemonade!"
[15:36] * Kendra thinks for a moment, and gives chase after the one that answered, "Lemonade is for cooling off!"
[15:37] <GMingPenguin> "Eeek!"
[15:40] <GMingPenguin> The fairy flies away from Kendra and circles around a tree, the branches of which seem to want to high five Kendra.
[15:42] <GMingPenguin> Another fairy is circling around the tree at the same time in the opposite direction. Will you dodge the tree branch and ignore the fairy, ignore the branch and try to tag the fairy, try to dodge the tree branch and hit the fairy, or ignore both?
[15:42] <GMingPenguin> Or do something entirely different?
[15:42] * Kendra PUNCHES THE TREE BRANCH.
[15:43] <GMingPenguin> THE TREE BRANCH FALLS
[15:43] <GMingPenguin> BUT WHERE DOES IT FALL?
[15:43] <GMingPenguin> IT FALLS ON A FAIRY
[15:43] <GMingPenguin> "ACK*thwmph*"
[15:44] <GMingPenguin> This fairy is pinned under a branch. Easy tag!
[15:44] <GMingPenguin> You're 80% certain it's not Haiiro or Honoo!
[15:44] * Kendra floats down to the pinned fairy, and flicks it on the forehead.
[15:44] <Kendra> "Tag."
[15:45] <GMingPenguin> "Aww, you got me..."
[15:45] <GMingPenguin> Kendra has tagged one of the enemy fairies! Three left!
[15:46] <GMingPenguin> Suddenly, one of the remaining fairies [b]zooms[/b] past at nearly the speed of sound!
[15:46] <GMingPenguin> "OhmigoshhowdidthishappenI'mgonnadie"
[15:47] <Kendra> "Whoa, I don't think i'm getting that one."
[15:47] * Anegumo hovers in the air, not paying attention and tuning her shamisen. Letting the children play...~
[15:47] <Kendra> "Uhh.. Anegumo, if you're near a fairy that isn't Honoo. Grab it for me."
[15:48] <Anegumo> "Ehhh? you seem to be doing fine by yourself."
[15:48] <Kendra> "Well... then... keep looking less like a fairy." and goes after another random one.
[15:49] <GMingPenguin> Two fairies appear behind Anegumo. Each one grabs an armful of arm (because you have five, see), and they heave Anegumo into the air!
[15:49] <Anegumo> "H-Hey what the!"
[15:50] <Kendra> "Perfect! Hold still."
[15:50] * Kendra rushes up to bonk the two carriers on the head.
[15:51] <GMingPenguin> As Kendra approaches, they try to hurl Anegumo at Kendra while shrieking.
[15:53] <GMingPenguin> Kendra catches Anegumo in a perfect princess carry.
[15:54] <GMingPenguin> As the magical force from Kendra's sphere spreads to Anegumo and freezes her limbs, they both realize that counted as a Tag.
[15:54] * Kendra lifts her above head, "TAG"
[15:54] <Kendra> "Oh, wait..."
[15:54] <GMingPenguin> The two fairies coircle just above the lifted Anegumo, giggling madly.
[15:54] <Anegumo> "P-put me down!" Who does this tasty human think she is! She can't even smack Kendra now.
[15:55] <Anegumo> her cheeks go scarlet as her eyes. If given the chance, she WILL eat one of those two.
[15:55] <GMingPenguin> Kendra recognizes the giggling. One of those two fairies was Honoo!
[15:55] <Haiiro-Honoo> Regretting nothing, clearly.
[15:56] * Kendra sets down the spider, "Honoo, whose side are you on anyway?"
[15:59] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Yes~" What a terrible answer. ...On realizing she's been found out in at least two different ways, she'll go get mixed back up in the swarm again, or at least lose her and retain this unknown identity.
[15:59] * Anegumo sits on the ground, still in her delicate princess catch pose, grumbling.
[15:59] <GMingPenguin> The fast fairy flies by again, misdjuges its speed, and collides with the ground.
[15:59] <Anegumo> "OY! Kendra, was it! You better punch that fairy hard!"
[16:00] * Kendra lifts off to go chasing after Honoo, "Oh, don't worry about that. Come here you!"
[16:01] <Haiiro-Honoo> Ah! Gotta lose her, gotta lose her, gotta lose her!
[16:04] <Haiiro-Honoo> ...Only way to do that is by losing her through trees. And she punches those down. But what can she do~?
[16:06] <Haiiro-Honoo> By the way, I regret nothing
[16:06] * Kendra zoom zoom
[16:09] <GMingPenguin> Honoo's accomplice has followed Honoo.
[16:10] <GMingPenguin> Which means that while Kendra can easily catch up, she has a 50% chance to catch the right fairy...
[16:10] <GMingPenguin> Does she go for the one on the left, or the one on the right?
[16:11] * Kendra flies up and zoom punch, right hook to the left fairy!
[16:12] <GMingPenguin> Kendra punches the stuffing out of a totally-not-honoo fairy!
[16:12] <GMingPenguin> "Ooooooooowwwwww!" it cries as it falls to the ground, tag'd out of existence.
[16:13] <GMingPenguin> Four left, two random fairies and two party member "fairies"!
[16:13] * Kendra yells back "TAG" and keeps going after the one she didn't punch.
[16:13] <Haiiro-Honoo> Thankfully, Honoo's agile enough to probably make that a 1 to 4 guess.
[16:14] <GMingPenguin> Indeed.
[16:14] <GMingPenguin> Except that the super fast fairy is back on its wings and is flying circles around Kendra.
[16:17] * Kendra tries to follow it with her eyes for a moment, and just opts to stick out her hand palm first and hold it still.
[16:19] <GMingPenguin> [b]*wham*[/b]
[16:19] <GMingPenguin> The fairy slams into Kendra's outstretched palm.
[16:19] * Kendra can't believe that worked. Fairies. "Tag?"
[16:19] <GMingPenguin> "Yegotmeh"
[16:20] <GMingPenguin> She falls to the ground.
[16:20] <GMingPenguin> Haiiro, Honoo, and the leader fairy are still up.
[16:23] <GMingPenguin> Up until a tall, burly youkai comes from behind the three "fairies" and slams a large hand onto her back. "What the hell's going on here?" the youkai growls in a deep voice, as she holds a struggling fairy in one hand.
[16:23] <Kendra> "I'm getting tired of this game, if you hold perfectly still I wont tag you at- Whoa, THATS A BIG FAIRY."
[16:23] * Kendra rushes in to TAG THAT ONE!
[16:24] <GMingPenguin> "I'm not a fairy you idiot," the large youkai growls. She hurls the captured fairy at Kendra.
[16:25] <GMingPenguin> The voice is somewhat like a feminine Arnold Schwarzenegger doing its best to speak without an accent, plus growling.
[16:26] * Kendra knocks aside the fairy like it were danmaku, "tagTell that to my hand!"
[16:26] <GMingPenguin> With the last of the true fairies tagged, the energy sphere around Kendra drops, and so does the illusion over her eyes.
[16:27] <GMingPenguin> She sees Haiiro and Honoo just fine, Anugemo gets her limbs back, and the fairies scatter in a panick.
[16:27] <Kendra> "HAAAaaaoh wait." She slows down from not being in the bubble anymore, and just kinda stops. "Well. Um."
[16:27] <GMingPenguin> The large youkai which interrupted the game stands on the ground with her arms at her side. She looks muscular but not cut, though it's hard to tell under all of the furs she is wearing.
[16:28] <Haiiro-Honoo> "I regret nothing." Says Haiiro, with the tag done. "Oh, but you'll find me at the really big colorful mansion if you wanna play more, keep that in mind!" She does make sure those rather neat fairies don't lose her forever.
[16:28] <Haiiro-Honoo> Honoo also seems to regret nothing, but she's totally glaring at that thing. Haiiro asks the question, though. "And who are YOU supposed to be?"
[16:29] <Haiiro-Honoo> She's ready to do SOMETHING quick if it charges. She's pretty sure it might.
[16:30] * Anegumo quickly stands up out of that compromising position.
[16:32] <GMingPenguin> "Who am I supposed to be? You'rre awfully rude for some idiots playing a stupid game in my front lawn! I'm Horakuma the Cave Bear, and you jerks are in between me and my home!"
[16:32] <Kendra> "Well, we did do you a favor and chased off some annoying fairies."
[16:34] <Haiiro-Honoo> Honoo actually doesn't mind being called an annoying fairy. She'd be glowing with praise if she wasn't glowing on a regular basis. "Some of them, yes. ...Geez, with company like that, I wouldn't even be able to blame the one we're chasing for doing what she does..."
[16:34] <Anegumo> She bites one of her lacqured nails and meets with everyone, "That was extremely stupid, and now they've all gotten away."
[16:35] <GMingPenguin> Horakuma snorts in the air. "Seems like I was the one who chased them off for YOU. Now get out of my way or I'll have to force you away."
[16:39] <Kendra> "Hey now, we're just trying to find and stop a very troublesome youkai. If you're gonna be that way, we'll have to consider you a troublemaker as well."
[16:39] <Haiiro-Honoo> "...However, you're more annoying than the annoying fairies you chased off. The one that could have let us know where to go next is gone now, and who could know where she is now? You're a grumpy bear, and you've placed another barricade in our way. And you're violent."
[16:40] <Haiiro-Honoo> "If anything, I'm willing to bet you're related with the one we seek. Which means we [b]should[/b] blow you up promptly."
[16:41] <Haiiro-Honoo> "And if not, well, I know I will. You ruined a very fun game." :(
[16:41] <GMingPenguin> "You talk too much."
[16:42] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Shall we stop with the talking and start with she swinging and shooting, then?"
[16:42] <GMingPenguin> With that, Horakuma makes a swiping motion, and with it comes a flurry of danmaku.
[16:42] <Anegumo> "I agree." She shoots a spellcard at the bear
[16:42] <Haiiro-Honoo> "OK."
[16:42] <GMingPenguin> Round 1!
[16:42] <GMingPenguin> Two lives, two spellcards!
[16:44] <Haiiro-Honoo> "But maybe I'll wait for the shooting. Gimme a minute." Dodge! Honoo dodges as well. Grazing is magic.
[16:44] <GMingPenguin> As the battle is joined, Horakuma's partial beast form comes into play. She exercies her right of Bear arms, and her hair turns into fur. She also grows a bit of a snout.
[16:45] <GMingPenguin> Each swipe of her claws causes a Curve of danmaku.
[16:47] * Kendra continues on her original path of the fist
[16:52] <GMingPenguin> Horakuma mauls the crap out of the incoming danmaku, ripping and tearing it apart.
[16:54] <Haiiro-Honoo> Honoo is dancing around these bullets like they're absolutely nothing. "You should play tag! It'll help your bullets!"
[16:54] <Anegumo> Her danmaku shoot out, attempting to form an emprisoning grasp on the bear youkai.
[16:55] <GMingPenguin> Horakuma breaks her way out of the trap without breaking a sweat. "Hah! Your attacks are nothing compared to my bear strength!"
[16:55] <GMingPenguin> She marks the second round by making another swipe, flinging out more Curving bullets.
[16:55] <GMingPenguin> Declare!
[16:56] * Kendra closes in for furious furry punching!
[16:57] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Let's see about that!" Both Haiiro and Honoo throw out some neat attacks! Honoo's bullets are literally glowing with BEARPOWER. Thanks, bullets! Haiiro, meanwhile, is just fine with sending out her weird RAINBOW WAVES of danmaku.
[16:58] * Anegumo considers something to match the bear's form, but instead shoots out Laser Danmaku
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[17:09] <GMingPenguin> Under the onslaught of graze-powered danmaku, and a very empowered fist, Horakuma takes two blows at once.
[17:10] <GMingPenguin> She stumbles back int he air for a moment, glares at the people around her, then opens her mouth and [b]unleashes a terrible roar![/b]
[17:13] <GMingPenguin> "Thundrous Roar! Wild's Warning!"
[17:13] <GMingPenguin> SOmething in the loudness fo the roar feels magical, and you feel like you must resist it!
[17:19] <Haiiro-Honoo> Spellcards are dangerous. Spell effect or not, let's get the dodge on.
[17:20] * Kendra spells are for hitting things, whats the worst that could happen? PUNCH
[17:21] * Anegumo doesn't like that; she attempts to dodge it.
[17:29] <GMingPenguin> The flying teddy bears are easy enough to dodge, for the moment.
[17:30] <GMingPenguin> The roaring, however, thunders its way into your skull, and reverberates around, magically amplified so that it rings around in your ears and messes up your sense of balance.
[17:30] <GMingPenguin> [b]You are penalized -6 to deflect AND dodge[/b]
[17:31] <GMingPenguin> Starting next round, for the rest of the day.
[17:31] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Aaah--oh god I can't hear myself anymore"
[17:32] <Haiiro-Honoo> "YOU SHALL PAY!" She says this way too loudly, but perhaps no one else can even tell.
[17:32] <Kendra> "What's today?"
[17:33] <Haiiro-Honoo> "YES, TODAY!"
[17:33] <GMingPenguin> Next round, the spellcard continues while the roar continues to reverberate through your mind!
[17:33] <Haiiro-Honoo> "WHAT, YOU WERE EXPECTING NEXT WEEK?"
[17:34] <Haiiro-Honoo> "TODAY!" She fires curvy bullets to match this time, glowing with faint amounts of BEARPOWER, while Honoo shoots with gutso!
[17:35] <Anegumo> Anegumo grits her teeth, "You bastard...I won't be able to play my shamisen tonight."
[17:35] <Kendra> "The weather isn't that bleak.. Gaaah, I'll shut him right up! TAKE THIS."
[17:39] * Anegumo begins to grow in size, three of her arms retract into her kimono as her lower body becomes a spider. She fires off another Spellcard; Web Mesh Graveyard.
[17:45] <GMingPenguin> A swipe of the bear's claws sends Kendra spinning away from Horakuma. She then tries to maul the incoming danmaku, but Anegumo's web entangles her enough that a blow from Honoo sears the bear's meat.
[17:49] <GMingPenguin> Next round, Horakuma looks angry.
[17:50] <GMingPenguin> Which is why she dispenses with the danmaku and charges Anegumo for immobilizing her.
[17:50] * Kendra isn't too happy about being deflected herself, so thats what she's been doing to everybody else this whole time. "Hey, get back here!" and gives chase for more punchings.
[17:51] <Anegumo> "Of all the youkai I have devoured...You will be an interesting one!" She attempts to full on dodge.
[17:52] <Haiiro-Honoo> "A-ah! ...H-Have at you! We'll see how you like this! Black Bale!" Focus your power and let loose a series of black explosions!
[17:56] <Haiiro-Honoo> Honoo fires at will!
[18:00] <GMingPenguin> Horakuma runs down Anegumo and with a few swipes of her claws, renders Anegumo into paste. Just kidding. Anegumo takes a Hit and falls to the ground, but isn't pastified.
[18:01] <GMingPenguin> Then Kendra blind sides Horakuma.
[18:01] <Anegumo> She winces, "Another scar to add to my collection..."
[18:02] <Kendra> "Pay attention to MEEE."
[18:02] <GMingPenguin> Horakuma hrumphs. "Ancient Bear Charge. One Hundred Meters in an Instant."
[18:03] <GMingPenguin> Then she charges Kendra. Then Haiiro. Then Honoo. All at once.
[18:03] <Haiiro-Honoo> Ohgodbears--well Honoo remembers one that wasn't too awful but this one is very very awful--timetoGETOUTOFTHEIRWAY
[18:06] <GMingPenguin> What's everyone else's actions?
[18:06] <Haiiro-Honoo> ...These ones? These ones sounds more fitting right now.
[18:06] * Kendra readies a fist for the charge.
[18:08] * Anegumo licks her wounds before shaking off the ringing in her head.
[18:16] <Haiiro-Honoo> Honoo actively avoids the direct charge and does so making the charge look like it was LIGHTYEARS away, and gathers spiritual powers from the rest of it. Haiiro can do little but get hit. Or at least, end up in the path.
[18:17] * Kendra sees a particularly strong attack, claps her hands together and creates a split second palm-shaped shield in front of everybody.
[18:17] <GMingPenguin> Horakuma's charge would have flattened Haiiro had it not been for the timely intervention of Kendra, who's shield instead turns the charging bear into a ping pong ball
[18:17] <GMingPenguin> Anegumo recovers enough to rejoin the fray as Horakuma prepares for her next charge.
[18:19] <Haiiro-Honoo> Honoo is offended! She fires rapidly while Haiiro still looks for cover, though you're pretty sure she yelled "THANKS~" really loudly. Or at least, that's what she did.
[18:19] <GMingPenguin> It's a furious one. She aims at Kendra first then tries to charge the rest of the party afterward!
[18:20] * Anegumo focuses on dodging again.
[18:20] * Kendra slides back ready to throw the finishing blow, for all this chasing face-punchers she sure does a lot of face punching.
[18:32] <GMingPenguin> Horakuma barrels over Haiiro and Anegumo, Hitting both of them then sending them crashing to the ground. When she gets back to Kendra, instead of barrelling over her, she gets a fist to the face.
[18:32] <GMingPenguin> Horakuma goes crosseyed for a moment, then stares Kendra in the face.
[18:33] <GMingPenguin> "I didn't ask for this," she mumbles, before crashing her way through the forest.
[18:33] <Kendra> "Th-- well okay. Bye"
[18:34] <GMingPenguin> As she leaves, her defeat causes a dispersal of spiritual energy which you can use to recover a life, a spellcard, and a cherry die.
[18:34] <Haiiro-Honoo> Getting hit clears her senses. "You totally asked for this!"
[18:34] <Haiiro-Honoo> Honoo, sadly, can't use this to clear her hearing. But hey, she got a...cherry die!
[18:34] <Anegumo> "My dinner!"
[18:35] <GMingPenguin> The undergrowth trampled by her passage presents a clear path, and in that clear path you can see a couple of white dots . . . she's travelling the same direction as the Magpie's trail!
[18:35] <GMingPenguin> But that will be an adventure for next week!
[18:35] <Kendra> "Ooh, pearls!"
[18:36] <Haiiro-Honoo> "Ah--owow. Good, at least there's this!" She picks them up as she goes.
[18:36] <Anegumo> "Hey, wait I-urgh!" She's forced to follow after the three, before she loses track of them.
[18:36] * GMingPenguin is now known as CrazyPenguin
[18:37] * Anegumo is now known as Aeros
[18:37] * Kendra is now known as Saegrimr
[18:37] * Saegrimr ([email protected]) has left #Gensokyo (Now, behold the unbridled terror that is a man with proper dick placement!)