GET SO MAD, IT DRIVES YOU MAD: VS Haiiro

[14:14:06] <~GMShifty> Haiiro's mansion has rarely been this colorful, what with all the Danmaku flying to and fro.
[14:14:12] * Aeros is now known as Komoko
[14:14:26] <~GMShifty> Worse still, Haiiro's mind is starting to play tricks on itself, as the colors fuse together and dance about.
[14:16:47] * Komoko tries not to get dizzy from all the colors
[14:18:30] <Hissori> Of course, most of the party is unable to appreciate just how colorful everything has gotten. ...But honestly, most of the party is unable to really appreciate just how colorful things have gotten. That's because if they're able to see at all, it's purple. Komoko might have seen purple for a while, but the rest remain encased in a purple prison.
[14:24:23] <Hissori> Speaking of which, a (visibly upset and slowly going kind of nuts) Haiiro, recently struck down by Komoko, opts to take purple to the next level. "Fall down, and don't get back up! Megamagic: Amethyst Prison!" Aaaaand that's a spellcard she pulled out! A purple laser barrier entraps Komoko and ko, and it shoots little curvy shots from within itself! The laser barrier proceeds to move around in the air, cleanly blasting everyone else out of their prison (which kind of hurts) if the bullets don't manage it first.
[14:25:35] <Komoko> "Nonononono!" Komoko does their best to not get hit
[14:30:24] <Hissori> The laser barrier moves around! Our heroes(?) are broken free...with laser. Haiiro continues maintaining the card, attempting to continue clinging to what reality she has left.
[14:32:26] * Komoko continues to dodge until hissori and yukiko get back up
[14:33:08] * Mir is now known as Yukiko
[14:33:38] <~GMShifty> Haiiro's face starts to turn an unhealthy color as in her mind multicolored Five Tailed Foxes peel themselves off the wall and wander around.
[14:34:56] <Hissori> It literally does, even! "I was smart enough to never eat those things to begin with...maybe I should have built an immunity..." She seems PRETTY OUT THERE now!
[14:37:30] <Hissori> "I know it isn't real, I know it isn't real..." But when you see things you know that ain't, it gives you quite a fright! The others rejoin the battle, and Haiiro looks to be tired of her casting (and maybe life in general). Yet still, another barrage! ...Also, Honoo has evacuated!
[14:37:47] * Yukiko falls out of her prison, shocked and slightly dazed at recovering her senses
[14:38:46] <Hissori> Hissori opts to...whoa, her head. Whoa, all this purple--oh, better get in there before the invincibility wears off. ...Might as well time the rest out.
[14:40:38] * Yukiko decides to join Komoko's brave assault, and adds some (horrifyingly trippy) smiley danmaku to renew the assault!
[14:42:40] * Yukiko is confused!
[14:42:46] * Yukiko gets hit by danmaku in her confusion!
[14:45:40] * Komoko gets smacked down, but not before komoko smacks some sense into Haiiro.
[14:47:25] <Hissori> The combo hit strikes the Haiiro down! She isn't what she could be, that's for sure. Still, it was enough to beat down half the party. "Ugh, there's...only three? Four? I can't even tell, but I know only one is standing right now! F-Fall over! You and...all of you!" She throws a...well, it's SUPPOSED to be a focused blast of lasers, curvy and not, but a lot of them...seem to have different places to go.
[14:47:41] <Yukiko> Ginkyo watches the proceedings, drinking some shady, bitter-smelling medicinal tea from Eirin.
[14:49:09] <Hissori> Hissori, seeing two people down and an enraged wizard, continues playing defensive regardless!
[14:50:58] <Hissori> ...And it works (for both, Haiiro's sure she got those little buggers!) Seems she still has some steam (of various kinds, from various people). When everyone gets back up, she resumes trying to shoot everyone!
[14:52:08] <Hissori> ...Though her danmaku is getting wack. Is she even shooting danmaku? Weird colorful orbs, they keep on FLASHING. Guess it's close enough.
[14:53:01] <Yukiko> Ginkyo has never seen Haiiro this discombobulated. She is watching with a scientific interest, and sends in an independent control shikigami.
[14:54:02] <Komoko> 5k5 #komoko is back on the attack!
[14:54:05] <Komoko> (er)
[14:54:21] <Komoko> Komoko gets back up and continues to try to knock sense into haiiro
[14:55:48] <~GMShifty> Haiiro is quite obviously shooting at things that aren't there at this point.
[14:57:42] <Yukiko> Ginkyo stands up and gently dodges danmaku to begin preparing some light tea snacks for everyone once they're done abusing each other mentally and physcally.
[14:58:26] <Hissori> ...And in the opening, Hissori strikes! She's up, they're up, she's just shooting randomly at this point.
[15:03:54] <Hissori> A clean dodge of the halberd, into some strange happy danmaku...but with her knowledge, she dodges...right up to Komoko's blade, She can't manage to get out of the way of that one, so the flighty one is struck down regardless! And right back up with her. "Nnnn. Maybe if there's some of that gold, you'll go away! Rainbow Sign: Old Irish Legend!" Haiiro isn't the only one seeing rainbows, because there are laser rainbows coming from the air! They explode into gold danmaku coins on hitting the ground, making it quite unsafe. Some jump up, so you have to keep an eye on them!
[15:05:19] <Yukiko> Ginkyo's jaw drops silently and she covers up her mouth with a tail to be polite. Haiiro using a spellcard! Would wonders never cease!
[15:05:34] <Yukiko> Ginkyo resolves to tell all her friends about this event.
[15:09:58] <Hissori> Haiiro might end up actually shooting Ginkyo, considering she's aiming at a bunch of them!
[15:13:15] <Hissori> Hopefully Hissori can land this hit so that doesn't come to pass. Eesh.
[15:13:56] <Yukiko> Ginkyo is noting down Haiiro's danmaku as notes to sell to Marisa later, doing her best to stay un-pichun'd.
[15:15:42] * Yukiko dodges with her (imaginary) magical punchghost pulling her out of the way of some of Haiiro's spellcard!
[15:17:37] <Hissori> Her face when the card after the next, then. For now, Komoko's still putting work in (despite tasting the rainbow), and Yukiko too, while Hissori (for once) isn't doing a fine job! Haiiro's irritation is apparent. She bursts into a sequence of rainbow lasers!
[15:18:17] <Yukiko> Ginkyo scrambles out of the room, deciding that being colorful instead of monochrome isn't worth it if it hurts like lasers.
[15:20:16] <Hissori> Even if Komoko is down, Yukiko's dodging was impressive enough that Hissori continues to fight! STRIKE THE LASER.
[15:21:25] * Yukiko is actually getting excited from the impromptu lightshow and joyfully releases a spellcard bursting with smiling danmaku and glittering ofuda and purification salt
[15:21:38] <Yukiko> "[Joy Sign] Laugh in the Face of Death!"
[15:23:22] * Yukiko begins dancing around with the lights
[15:29:12] <Hissori> Haiiro tries, but Hissori's getting in her game, and the spellcard declaration gets glitter in her eyes! ...Glittering ofuda. This hurts! "...All these Ginkyos. Maybe we can try this! The Story of the Simon That Said!" Another spellcard! A red flash! An incredible amount of red danmaku, and a large amount of various other danmakus! The red ones don't hurt, the rest do, as well as the white curvy lasers that hunt you down.
[15:31:25] <Hissori> Hissori doesn't understand the gimmick immediately, and after the close shave earlier, opts to go a defensive approach when she sees a field of bullets.
[15:35:15] * Yukiko 's ecstatic dancing causes her to walk straight into a laser made of pain, ending the happiness
[15:37:22] <Hissori> The wrath continues! A blue flash! The other bullets haven't quite left yet, so Simon's about to get kinda confusing, since the other red ones shot have become painful again. Thankfully, it's mostly blue shot this time around!
[15:37:51] <~GMShifty> Honoo and a line of her fairy friends have collected to watch the show. Including one who has managed to reclaim her Wasabi peas.
[15:38:48] <Yukiko> Ginkyo sits behind them, taking more notes on Haiiro's never-before-seen spellcards. She does mental math, wondering how much the Gensokyo Chronicler human would offer for them. Or maybe the bookshop girl.
[15:39:42] <Hissori> Hissori had them on hand! ...When did they...that said, Honoo explained she's not on her A-Game (on purpose you see, she's only testing them), and they might have to dodge some stray bullets. Haiiro recognizes this, and...hopes they can handle the Ginkyos near them on their own.
[15:40:01] <Hissori> THAT said, Hissori takes the moment to strike!
[15:41:35] <Hissori> ...And Haiiro's actually used all of these before! Not that Ginkyo was around for THAT. Jerk. :(
[15:42:00] <Yukiko> Ginkyo feels like a bad person for some reason all of a sudden.
[15:42:09] <Yukiko> Ginkyo bites a fairy to feel better.
[15:42:23] <Hissori> They're probably very spicy. You may not feel better.
[15:44:15] * Komoko continues to swing with the blunt edge of the blade at Haiiro.
[15:49:09] <Hissori> Hissori totally hasn't been using the sharp edge of this thing either! She's a magician. Probably frail. Either way, the weapon users still smack her around pretty hard! "Hnn...I...I think I'm still shooting. I'm shooting, right? All I'm hitting are Ginkyos. ...Wait, then it isn't as bad. Frig it, let's keep shooting. Famous Color Mimicry: Vengeful Spark!" A large buildup of energy! A laser line tracer (you know the one)!
[15:49:11] <Hissori> A pause.
[15:50:41] * Yukiko gets back up, ready to dance again!
[15:52:10] <Hissori> ...And then the laser tracer, not aiming at anything in particular, bends towards Yukiko and quickly begins to fire!
[15:52:32] * Yukiko wonders why she deserves the misfortune of a giant laser
[15:53:51] * Yukiko mimicks Remilia's blocking crouch, and cowers under her hat, incidentally avoiding damage for no reason other than pure luck (and cowardice)
[15:54:07] <Hissori> The laser isn't as big as what you'd expect from something with a clear inspiration, but it is still very large! The colorful laser's color also actually comes right off the laser in an attempt to make sure something else gets hit!
[15:54:57] <Hissori> Hissori, not being near Yukiko, thanks various gods and attempts to hit her...but...not too hard, would rather not lose control and just walk into the laser.
[15:55:35] <Hissori> The laser continues to bend to strike anything else, eventually passing harmlessly over Yukiko!
[15:55:40] <Yukiko> Ginkyo watches the laser from the safety of the sidelines, watching the glorious giant laser pummel through walls and getting a hankering for a Reisen-fix.
[15:59:03] <Hissori> Hissori actually tries to get close, but the laser wrapping around stops this plan, somehow not hurting Haiiro despite it actually going through her at some point. The laser stops, and another tracer is made!
[16:01:03] <Hissori> ...It bends towards Komoko, and continues leaving destruction in it's wake once it quickly begins to fire!
[16:01:13] <~GMShifty> Honoo cheers for her Boss!
[16:01:37] <Yukiko> Ginkyo has put 2 and 2 together and realizes it it time to get out of dodge before Haiiro runs out of PCs.
[16:02:04] <Yukiko> Ginkyo finishes her notes and literally hightails it out of there in fox form towards the Youkai Mountain
[16:02:07] <Komoko> "W-wha!"
[16:02:31] <Hissori> Hissori continues trying to get close enough to actually get a hit in before it starts on HER!
[16:02:32] <Yukiko> Ginkyo jumps through a strange gap while running away.
[16:03:35] <~GMShifty> A mess of red pupiled eyes form in the gap momentairly, and gaze about frantically before it snaps shut.
[16:08:07] <Hissori> Haiiro can't see it, cause she's busy trying to dodge the bullets before realizing other folk are closing in REALLY FAST. The laser can't curve fast enough!  Smashed down!
[16:09:25] <Hissori> "Gah, can't hit everything at once! At least I got most of the Ginkyos. I feel like there's less now." She calms down slightly, and begins an array of confusing, curvy bullets.
[16:10:04] <Hissori> ...Perhaps too calm, the confusingness isn't as bad as it could be. She's dropping her guard! Hissori knows it!
[16:12:51] <Hissori> Or maybe she's just holding onto her sanity really tightly!
[16:13:19] * Yukiko has begun dancing again, the dangerous atmosphere and bright colors going to her easily-mislead head
[16:13:55] <~GMShifty> The fairies morph into mini taunting Ginkyos... in Haiiro's head. To everyone else, theyre just cheering.
[16:15:53] <Hissori> While her bullets aren't anything, Haiiro's getting better at dodging! She slips here and there, being as slippery as anyone with the audacity to shoot curvy bullets ought. Keep it together, keep it together...
[16:17:17] <~GMShifty> The fairies get a little too into it and add to the fun!
[16:18:07] <Hissori> Honoo imagines what Haiiro is thinking, and definitely adds to the chaos!
[16:18:49] <Hissori> Hissori bunkers down! Sudden unforseen gallery shooting! Defense, defense!
[16:19:26] <Hissori> Doesn't help that Haiiro's REALLY FEELING IT. This is the incident girl's power?
[16:19:38] * Yukiko regrets letting the fairies live
[16:21:06] <Yukiko> "[Happiness Sign] Silky Bubble Lace!"
[16:21:18] * Yukiko drops a spellcard in panic over horrendously powerful fairies
[16:25:01] <Hissori> Haiiro's acting like a PC with these dodges! "Are you all gone? I'm shooting, but nothing's shooting back! Why are the Ginkyos shooting at someone that isn't me? Do they infight?"
[16:25:19] <~GMShifty> Hallucinatory multicolored Mofujin join The hallucinatory Ginkyo! They hang from Haiiro calling her Boss. Haiiro begins think to herself, when did I get these fluffy tails?
[16:26:18] <Hissori> She answers the question with some leftover SAN. "...Oh god, it's fox wizardry. That's what it is! Confusing, but not today!" She continues her assault!
[16:27:13] <Hissori> Hissori recovers from her sudden stopping, and resumes her own attack!
[16:30:16] <Hissori> "Just because she's not there doesn't mean she's not there..." Pew pew!
[16:30:50] * Yukiko is nearly on her last legs! She deathbombs to save herself!
[16:33:50] <~GMShifty> Whats that Haiiro feels on her head? Fluffy fuzzy fox ears?!?!
[16:38:57] <Hissori> You know what they say! If you can't beat them, convert them! You know, the Moriyans. ...Wait, this is bad! AAAAAA. She can still panic-dodge, but eventually a smiling fluffball beans her in the face. "Maintain sense of self maintain sense of self maintain sense of se--Seeing What One Wishes: Selective Perception! It's all in my head! Everything is all in my head! I have 6 Thought! I have 6 Thought!" The world goes white! The people go black. It's just like that Bad Apple thing. Black bullets are shot! A fair few of them curve, some stretch out in laser fashion! Eventually, the color swaps to black world, white people...and while the bullets being shot are now white, the ones being shot before are still black. Thankfully, the colors flicker sometimes. You're sure this isn't intended.
[16:41:44] <Hissori> Hissori starts to feel kinda bad...but definitely thinks that knocking sense isn't going to work. Maybe knocking out might? Full power!
[16:59:49] <Hissori> ...She might feel less bad after getting shot, but she still manages to pull off FULL SYNC, barely clipping Haiiro, followed by Yukiko. The finisher from Komoko really does it, though! Spell, break! "Dammit, sanity still slipping. I know people are shooting at me and I am too bitter to stop but for the love of Inari please hurry up, ain't got much energy left anyway, get a solid hit and bunker down!" She starts shooting those weird orbs again!
[17:00:48] <Hissori> Hissori doesn't even but LET'S KEEP GOING YEAH! Swing!
[17:03:31] * Komoko isn't even sure whats going on anymore, just weaving in and out of the danmaku with amaterasu's blade
[17:06:34] * Yukiko is dancing frantically in the light and color show, shooting off danmaku like Haiiro is (now assuming that the entire assembly has progressed beyond danmaku play into some sort of gestalt interpretive danmaku dance)
[17:14:30] <Hissori> Haiiro's dancing too, feeling like she's barely in control of herself right now! She still manages to get some sick dodges despite this, but in the end she dodges a bit too close to Hissori's halberd, and is struck down! ...And back up, really woozy "This is it! BEFORE I FULLY TURN, I WILL EXPEND ALL MY ENERGY! I will not become Ginkyo if I can help it! If I become her, I'll just...have to make sure I end up as something else! Spirit: Ever Changing Fantasy!" Before she realizes that this is somewhat Ginkyolike in itself, she mostly poofs out of existence. It's one of those survival cards, better Full Defense!
[17:17:13] * Komoko full defenses!
[17:17:42] <Hissori> And then the party was encased by a laser grid. Not much more, honestly you can probably avoid this part in your sleep. She's really losing it! THE CARD GOES SLOWER, as she attempts to resist what she imagines is the return of the Inari curse!
[17:18:20] * Yukiko feels some strange pseudo-divine faith whirling around Haiiro and puts on a full defense, not knowing what to expect from this opponent anymore!
[17:19:58] <Hissori> It might be coming from her. Not willfully, yet at the same time, sort of willfully. HELIX LASERS are shot! They would remind old timers of Shinki's cheeto lasers. They curve more if you move more, so maintain self-control! A field of curvy bullets are also shot, forcing some movement here and there.
[17:21:49] <Hissori> "Happy place, happy place--my fur? ...No no, I don't have fur, those aren't there, I'm not me, praise Inari--don't praise Inari--OK maybe praise her a little bit she isn't THAT bad I guess OK can you stop now" She's really, really losing it.
[17:23:41] <Hissori> The laser grid moves about! The lasers curve! The bullets curve! It all seems to be in some harmony!
[17:23:55] <Hissori> Which is insane, because she is not in harmony.
[17:26:59] <Hissori> Still, when you're on the defensive, things are a lot easier. One can at least appreciate the beauty of a spellcard in perfect harmony before it ends and Haiiro immediately flies into the floor. ...Forcibly, in an attempt to make sure she's knocked herself out cold, as her act of defiance against the thing she thought she became for a moment there.
[17:33:12] <~GMShifty> Haiiro hits her floor with a loud thud. She bounces a single time and ends up sprawled out crookedly on the floor.
[17:33:52] <~GMShifty> Honoo stops cheering, and covers her mouth with her tiny hand, wondering if Haiiro will be upset at her over the whole fireball thing.
[17:35:09] <Hissori> Hissori is torn between...making sure she's not dead, and poking her with a stick anyway. The hell did Yukiko do? ...Will the fairies take care of this? Do they know how to take care of this? Do...do fairies know...things?
[17:35:21] <Hissori> Wow, it's a lot more awkward when they end up knocked out.
[17:36:08] <Hissori> ...And she can't even begin to navigate this place. She might get lost. ...What does she even do? Aaaaaaaaaaaa.
[17:36:10] * Yukiko knows now that it's a very bad thing to feed drugs to people you want to be your friend and mentor
[17:36:20] * Yukiko is suitably chastised and needs no further punishment
[17:36:30] * Yukiko makes a Saturday Night Live pose
[17:36:44] <Yukiko> (wait, why live?)
[17:36:54] <Yukiko> (i think i mixed something up)
[17:37:06] <Komoko> (saturday night fever)
[17:37:22] <Yukiko> (that's the one)
[17:37:29] <Yukiko> (does SNL HAVE a pose?)
[17:37:56] <Hissori> ...Uh, let's at least find her somewhere comfortable to lay down, non-straightened, then get her there. ...Maybe get some water?
[17:38:14] <Hissori> ...Surely this place has water somewhere. Go explore, Hissori! Find things!
[17:38:37] * Komoko explores too! to find a kitchen, or a bedroom to put haiiro in.
[17:41:19] <Hissori> Through exploring reveals a kitchen! ...It's kind of small, though. Her bedroom is loads bigger, and...oddly spacious, as well as on the top floor!
[17:45:03] * Yukiko does what everyone else wanted to do and pokes Haiiro with a stick
[17:45:27] * Yukiko flips her over after she is sure she's alive to make sure she doesn't suffocate
[17:47:56] <~GMShifty> Haiiro is frothing at the mouth a bit.
[17:49:19] * Yukiko is unsure what to do here, and tries to remember if there was something Kosuzu said to do in this situation
[17:50:05] <Komoko> "It...eventually wore off of you."
[17:50:28] <Yukiko> "It took longer though. I think she'll be okay in time."
[17:51:36] <Hissori> Eeesh. Maybe beating people up isn't always the answer. Definitely putting her on a softer surface. FIGHT'S OVER, yep yep. "...If she's alive, I guess it'll be...fine, eventually? Or at least, she shouldn't be as nuts. Wonder how mad she'll be when she wakes up." Note written, passed to Ginkyo!
[17:51:50] * Yukiko spies Ginkyo's leftover tea
[17:52:02] * Yukiko smells the medicinal bitterness of it
[17:52:19] * Yukiko pours a small trickle into Haiiro's mouth (which is dangerous and not recommended for unconscious people)
[17:53:12] <Komoko> "Wait, didn't you just learn your lesson about putting foreign things in people?"
[17:53:38] <Komoko> (foreign is probably too big of a word for komoko, change that to weird)
[17:54:43] <Yukiko> "Oh...Oh! I'm supposed to learn things!"
[17:54:57] <~GMShifty>  Yukiko drops the tea cup on Haiiro's face.
[17:55:00] * Yukiko thinks on this, resolving to stop giving strange things to people
[17:55:11] * Yukiko hopes that wasn't her fault
[17:55:35] <~GMShifty> Thankfully its cooled off a bit, still, its enough for a sobering wakeup of the color mage!
[17:57:42] <Hissori> "Aghnomoretofu--oh." ...Oh. "...Honoo? Where's Honoo. No excuses, don't even say anything, someone just get her over here.
[17:57:51] <Hissori> "
[17:58:33] <Komoko> "Um. Miss Fire Fairy!" Komoko yells out the door.
[17:59:36] * Yukiko goes to reheat the tea
[18:01:30] <Hissori> Honoo, the FIRE fairy, comes in before Yukiko can even leave! Haiiro quickly speaks before Honoo can even give Yukiko a strange look for doing what she thinks she might be doing while she is in this house. "Honoo, I need to know how mad I should be. Tell me, how hard did I shoot them compared to how hard I was supposed to shoot them?"
[18:01:53] * Yukiko blanches
[18:03:04] <Komoko> even though haiiro didn't talk to komoko, komoko speaks up "Um, there were a lot of colors to the point where I was just moving my sword around a lot so I wouldn't get hit by them." Komoko thinks this is helpful.
[18:03:14] <Hissori> Honoo replies! "Uhm...well, you lost your edge pretty quick, and then it kinda got worse...but not too worse! You heated up to counteract...whatever you were seeing!"
[18:04:16] <Hissori> "I was seeing Ginkyo everywhere, Honoo. Everywhere. So...about that mad, then. Alright, thanks! ...And...it's good to hear that I at least shot semi-normally!"
[18:04:19] <Yukiko> "We were dancing a lot!"
[18:06:52] <Hissori> "I...think only you were really dancing. Others just swung around their sticks. ...Alright, well, rules dictate that despite everything, I still gotta give in to whatever related demands you all have! Just...you know WHY I was escalating to violence, right?"
[18:07:37] <Hissori> Hissori isn't sure how pleased she should be that it still worked out. ...She then blanches herself for a moment, before Haiiro gives her a REALLY sharp look and she attempts to regain her composure.
[18:10:12] <Hissori> "Come on, someone speak up. ...Er, wait, that one hasn't talked at all. ...Does she not...like, speak?"
[18:10:24] <Komoko> "Uh-uh."
[18:10:30] <Yukiko> "She speaks through writing! ...And she knows your thoughts..."
[18:10:37] <Komoko> "Uh-huh!"
[18:10:54] <Komoko> "Except I can't read it."
[18:11:46] <Hissori> "Oh, I know how Satori work. I--wow, seriously? ...I asked a question though. Before we get into how disjointed you all are, I am going to ask again. Do you even know why I escalated to violence as I did?"
[18:12:46] <Yukiko> "You wanted to become friends the fast way?"
[18:13:19] <Hissori> "Good guess, not quite it though."
[18:14:09] <Hissori> "...And really, with that sneak attack directly into the worst time I have ever had, friendship is a lot farther away than it could be." Still annoyed, yep!
[18:14:38] <Yukiko> "...Should we continue hitting you?"
[18:14:42] * Yukiko offers helpfully
[18:15:37] <Hissori> "If you hit me, I'll dodge like an incident solver and let Honoo join in WITH her fairies. No."
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[18:16:12] <Komoko> "I don't really understand, but, there's been a lot of violence."
[18:16:47] <Hissori> "I was TRYING to see if you were ready for Remilia. And see, Remilia's thing is that despite being a vampire, which have all kinds of weaknesses, Remilia pretty much doesn't have any."
[18:16:57] <Komoko> "And there'll be a lot later too." Komoko's ears sag down a bit at this.
[18:17:25] <Komoko> Komoko was getting to that.
[18:18:29] <Hissori> "But then you went on and...threw something that would definitely count as a weakness directly at me, which voided the entire reason in the first place." Even if she did, she's a mite bit cranky, and didn't consider waiting longer!
[18:21:01] <Hissori> "Basically, I mad. Gonna try not to let that get in the way of me helping you, but still, I mad. Try to get a little spotlight and suddenly some way or another it's GINKYO again."
[18:21:55] <Hissori> "...And considering that I still keep that voodoo doll in regular use, watch your back, shrine maiden." She's pretty serious about that! Hissori gets a shiver!
[18:24:07] <Hissori> "And these are the people solving incidents instead of me...uuggghhh." Honoo goes over to pat her on the back. SHE NEEDS A BACK PAT.
[18:24:34] <Komoko> "...Are we really doing that badly?"
[18:24:49] <Hissori> ...And a voodoo doll, which Honoo hands over to the Haiiro. The voodoo doll is crushed in a grip not expected of a magician.
[18:25:21] <Yukiko> "Um...I'm the human, and I've already used a Continue from the danmaku rules. I think I'm failing like it's Keine-sensei's class again..."
[18:25:31] * Yukiko droops, her smile and gaze clouded
[18:26:02] <~GMShifty> The voodoo doll's head pops off. It looks like its been replaced with one of Ginkyo's paper shikigami.
[18:26:59] <~GMShifty> The shikigami, headless, worms its way out of Haiiro's hand and starts doing a dance on her bed.
[18:27:17] <Hissori> "...And now I've lost that. Dammit, now I have to hunt her and beat her up normally. ...Or am I still seeing things?"
[18:30:34] <Hissori> "...If it's dancing like I think it is, smoke it, Honoo." ...She does! It prompts a long, painful sigh from Haiiro.
[18:32:38] <Hissori> "Forest mushrooms, headache, loss of stress reliever, and incident solvers that outright do not know how to have a straight fight against something that MIGHT be tougher than them, and have spent the entire deal running FROM the problem instead of towards it, looking for someone else to solve your problems when you are the only ones that can do it."
[18:33:46] * Yukiko stands, protesting for her and her friends
[18:33:59] <Hissori> "You couldn't even make your own battle plan! It's sad, and the only reason I can support you in any good faith is because honestly, Remilia either lied to me or she's REALLY that delusional, and that's not healthy."
[18:34:01] <Yukiko> "We tried so many places to solve it! We tried a frontal attack twice!"
[18:36:04] <Hissori> "Twice? I remember hearing about one where you attacked from within in self-defense the moment things went sour, but that was a given loss. The incident had only begun, you know you can't solve it within the first few moments, only cut the losses, get a plan, get the means to enact. SOME running around after that would have been excusable. What was the other one?"
[18:36:33] <Hissori> The words are most definitely crushing Hissori's (lack of) spirit! Eesh, she really is mad.
[18:38:29] <Yukiko> "We'd fought so many different people trying to find a way to save the Outside human that we broke! I was the weakest link, and I was shot down before we even past the gates!"
[18:38:48] <Yukiko> "I'm not as strong as my senpai! I'm not a youkai! But I'm trying! We're all trying!"
[18:39:01] <Yukiko> "But it's not good enough! We just keep getting pushed into circles!"
[18:39:06] * Yukiko is tearing up
[18:40:35] <Hissori> "...And what were you through before you got shot down? ...Also, was Koutetsko even there at that point? You guys totally lost her at SOME point."
[18:41:20] <Komoko> "When DID she go missing..."
[18:41:38] <Hissori> "I was looking forward to seeing her but no, not even THIS. Nnnnnn." She pouts.
[18:41:44] <Komoko> Despite only knowing her for a little bit, komoko starts to feel very homesick, or rather, koutetsko-sick.
[18:42:55] * Yukiko is slumps down in her seat, and faces the floor in shame
[18:43:18] <Hissori> As does Hissori! Nnnnnn. Haiiro seems bothered herself when noticing the reaction, but still keeps her focus on Yukiko anyway. "...You were probably shot a LOT, and went straight to the enemy home base without resting OR a plan."
[18:43:26] <Hissori> "Is that about right?"
[18:45:10] <Yukiko> "I...I don't remember anymore. We...we've been fighting and running and fighting so much..."
[18:46:50] <Hissori> "And see, there's your problem. You've been so caught up in everything that you've stopped thinking, or perhaps you've never thought at all. It's become survival. You probably threw that mushroom on instinct."
[18:47:46] * Yukiko says nothing, knowing its true
[18:48:08] <Hissori> "And yet, despite this, you're still trying to do things. Lemme tell you something. Self preservation and incident solving don't mesh well together, especially if you don't have skill. That's what the initial run-around is for, no one's good when they first start out."
[18:51:13] <Hissori> "But even if you run around and get stronger, which you must have done, you're still not going to get further if you have no self-confidence whatsoever. Not that it can subsitute the occasional dose of actually having a brain, of course."
[18:52:43] <Hissori> "Stop being a sad bunch and gauge yourselves. Do you think that, if you ACTUALLY REST and make me do whatever it is I'm supposed to be doing, you might have a shot?"
[18:54:29] <Komoko> "Yes! Because we have to!"
[18:54:45] <Yukiko> "...Yes. Because we know you can make us stronger. We need all we can get before we go back!"
[18:54:53] <Yukiko> "Because we /are/ going to go back!"
[18:54:57] <Komoko> "I want to do something right! I'm tired of messing up, and chasing my tail in circles."
[18:55:45] <Komoko> Komoko yawns, despite the determination. seems like komoko is tired in general. having one life, one cherry dice, and a handful of spellcards will do that.
[18:57:08] <Hissori> "Self-confidence, not desperation! Self-confidence is knowing you can, desperation is not having a clue to not believing in yourself at all and doing it anyway. If you run with nothing but desperation, you are literally just prey for a hunter. Remilia might be a spoiled one, but she knows how to hunt. I'd think someone that's somehow part wolf and part deadly spider would understand that."
[18:57:38] <Hissori> "Honestly, I'd love to boost your determination, but I'm finding that kind of hard right now, ya know?"
[18:58:28] <Hissori> "...Think on it if you must. You're free to rest here for the time being. I might not have been able to give it my all, but I certainly gave it something." She sighs again. Not the best day.
[18:59:10] * Yukiko resolves to freeload, knowing she's low on resources
[19:00:21] * Yukiko keels over, face forwards into the table
[19:00:24] * Yukiko is asleep
[19:00:41] <Komoko> "I'm not part wolf part spider, I'm a wolfspider, a tengu..." Komoko grumbles. "And on my tengu honor, I will make sure Remilia is punished!"
[19:01:10] <Komoko> "It would just help to know why she is doing all of this..."
[19:02:20] <Hissori> "You don't know? Well, neither does anyone else. It's a bother, really. It's something she honestly thinks is good for other youkai, from what I gather."
[19:03:12] <Hissori> "Then again, she also thinks she's the hero, and YOU'RE all terrible people. ...And that's looking closer to the truth than I would have expected, but I'm pretty sure she's just that delusional right now."
[19:04:09] <Komoko> "I'm not bad!" This seems to genuinely upset komoko
[19:05:14] <Komoko> "I, I just, I don't know what to do! I just woke up one day, and I..." Komoko begins to tear up, "I, I just want to do something good!"
[19:05:19] <Hissori> "Hey, hey, I said closer! Not that you all ARE, calm your fur. Mostly directed to the shrine maiden there."
[19:06:09] <Komoko> "But if what she wants to do is good for youkai, does that mean its good for me? and my friends? what about the humans? I've met some nice humans so far! I don't want anything bad to happen to them."
[19:08:49] <Hissori> "Yeeaaaahhhh, you really are new at this, aren't you. History lesson time. This might be a hard one to swallow, but it's better you learn this one quickly. Youkai exist...because people let them, by believing in the legends and whatnot. I think this might include you, I'm honestly not as sure about you."
[19:09:34] <Hissori> "By people, I mean humans, by the way. I was a human once. It was fun while it lasted, but I'm not one for having a time limit over my head."
[19:10:42] <Hissori> "Most of those lessons are grounded in fear. Most youkai will do awful things to humans as a direct result, because it is literally what they are, as the humans, ironically enough, will them to be. People listen to fear really well."
[19:11:03] <Hissori> "So, chances are, yes, it will be bad for them. And that isn't really wrong."
[19:13:14] <Komoko> Komoko hrms and grumbles, but says nothing. "I still dont want it to happen though..."
[19:13:21] <Komoko> nothing about what was just said at least*
[19:14:19] <Hissori> "...It's also why Koutetsko is confusing, and why you're confusing, and I guess the Satori too, but that's what I liked about you guys when I heard about you. Just...try not to make too much waves with that. But yeah, I understand, don't want her to get her way. I can get behind that on my OWN terms!"
[19:17:33] <Hissori> "In any case, if you want to do something good, then getting caught up in this whirlwind has probably been a bad time. But you're still going to have to learn! You signed up for roughness from the get-go, you're gonna have to learn things in hard ways, like me yelling at you all. Might be cute, but after a bad trip that kind of a welcome runs out really fast. ...But first, before anything else, you're going to have to learn how to read."
[19:19:05] <Hissori> "...Er, but you have to be rested for that. You look tired, go rest some."
[19:20:35] <Komoko> "Mmm. Okay..." Komoko can't deny the sleepiness.
[19:22:43] <Hissori> "...And I can get the rest of my sleep...huh, the Satori looks bothered. ...Eh, it can wait." And then everyone gradually went to bed!