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Adhoc vote count started by Erien on Jun 10, 2024 at 1:46 PM, finished with 28 posts and 24 votes.
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The vampires win as usual it seems.
 
Adhoc vote count started by Erien on Jun 12, 2024 at 9:42 AM, finished with 30 posts and 24 votes.
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To the surprise of absolutely noone the vampires win.

Guys. Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil can legally drink in the United States. Let them rest.

:p
 
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    [The Scarlet Devil Mansion]

    Thanks to @Armoury for the beta!

    —

    "Come on! Less talking more going!" Cirno interrupts. Then she pauses, looking at you. "Where are we going anyway?"

    Thank you Cirno, truly the voice of wisdom amidst madness.

    "We shall start with the Scarlet Devil Mansion, as, of the two, they are the most unpredictable."

    A flicker of uncertainty flashes across Shinki's face, before she washes it away with bravado. "Ah yes, the so-called 'devils'." Shinki says dismissively. "They have claimed that name for themselves."

    "Can't imagine why, not like it's worthy of respect." Sariel cuts in snidely, not even bothering to look up from her entertainment device. Shinki turns to glare, but remains quiet.

    "I like Remilia! She's my height, but a bit weaker." Cirno says with a smile, cutting through the awkward silence.

    "Regardless, Remilia isn't who we are speaking to, though we shall have to be civil with the lord of the mansion in any case," you say with a smile. "Would you like to come along Cirno?"

    Cirno's grin illuminated even this dark place.

    —

    The palatial mansion towers over the lake, the dark spires and clock towers jutting upwards imposingly, crowned with images of snarling beasts. The beautiful sunny day that you approach it on, you suspect, does not exhibit the mansion in the way that its designer intended - this seems to be a building meant to loom ominously through a foggy night, perhaps Ideally light by flashes in a storm. In truth, plainly illuminated like this, it seems overdone.

    But that seemed to be the norm of things in Gensokyo, except for Miss Hakurei, she seemed one of the few that knew how to live properly. Your eyes shifted from the mansion, to the wrought-iron gate out front. It allowed entrance past a series of blood-red walls, and the gate was, of course, covered in skulls. Metalwork thankfully, not actual bone. Next to it was… a woman, bedecked in green with bright red hair. Her clothing was Chinese, as was the woman herself. But she wasn't really a woman now, was she?

    She was already looking at your group, though you were a good half mile away. More specifically, she was looking at you, her eyes meeting your own. That was, you suppose, an invitation. Or, perhaps a threat. It didn't particularly matter in any case.

    She straightens up from her lean against the wall, moving in front of the gate proper. Her pose is apparently casual - even if, upon further inspection, you can see her weight shifting, ready to move quickly should the need arise.

    As your entourage closes the distance, and approaches the gate itself, she gives you a small bow - barely a dip of the head, and yet even that would be a painful concession from a species as prideful as hers. "Lord Bodhisattva, Lady Angel, Lady Goddess. What busine-"

    "Hey!" Cirno cries out. "I'm here too! I'll kick your butts!"

    Meiling pauses for a moment, flummoxed, before continuing. "... and Lady Fairy, my apologies. But please, why have you all arrived here?"

    "Not for a fight, I assure you, nor to chastise the mistress of this place. We seek another living among you, she calls herself Koakuma at this time."

    Meiling blinks, slowly. "... are you sure?"

    You smile. "Quite sure. Might you let us in?"

    Meiling pauses for a moment. "I … see." Her eyes snap from one member of your entourage to another, before returning to rest on you. "To the best of my knowledge, neither the librarian nor the lady of the house were aware of any actions done by the assistant that would warrant such a response. So I would ask that you not take out your wrath upon them."

    And with that last request, she opens the gate.

    —

    As your motley gathering steps into the mansion grounds proper, with a whisper of noise, a maidservant appears from seemingly nowhere, prepared to escort you, dressed in a frilly outfit of white and blue.

    She seems unperturbed by your presence - perhaps some magic by the gate or its guard has already told her who she will be guiding through the mansion. Or perhaps she simply lives in blissful ignorance.

    "Good morning, Sakuya," You say warmly.

    A small smile peeks through engrained professional neutrality. "It is lovely today, isn't it. Just the library, right?"

    "Indeed, if you could please lead us there?"

    "Of course." A vague sensation of vertigo washes over you as the maid opens the front door. For a brief moment, you can see the entrance hall, before the mansion's layout seems to twist and warp before your very eyes, and you're left seeing some distant corridor. "Patchouli did say that she was in the middle of something delicate and not to disturb her… but I'm sure she can handle it."

    The maid steps into the corridor, and once the rest of you do the same, she shuts the door behind her, and the vertigo unwinds, as the effect is released. She then reopens the very same door, which now leads to an enormous hall, stretching far out of sight. Every available vertical surface is lined with bookshelves, with staircases winding through it in crazed pathways with no apparent rhyme or reason. A warped space within a warped space, a pocket dimension meant to stretch out into infinity by the witch who created it.

    A few moments pass, as the enormity of the place sinks in. Sariel's eyes flick to some of the distant bookshelves, her attention piqued by something for once. "Are those the originals? Fancy."

    "Most things in Gensokyo are fancy." You reply.

    "And boring," Cirno grumbles. "Why are we in the library?"

    "Because that is where the person we seek resides," you look to Sakuya. "Do you know where the librarian is at the moment?"

    Sakuya smiles brilliantly. "No. But there's a trick to it." She walks up to the nearest bookshelf, looking through it, before tugging on one of the books at apparently random - pulling it almost all the way out, just barely hanging within the bookshelf by a thread.

    The maid then takes a step back, as slowly, slowly, the weight of gravity pulls the book the rest of the way down, and it falls to the ground.

    An instant passes - and an arcane sigil sketches itself into existence, a teleportation circle, as the librarian fades into reality before you. "-uya, fuck off."

    "Greetings, master of the library, might I have a moment of your time?" You say.

    Patchouli's eyes flick to you. She opens her mouth. Then her eyes flicker to Sariel, and Shinki. She closes her mouth and nods.

    You smile.

    —

    The guest room has seen better days. And years. And decades.

    It seems that through her many years of ensconcing herself in the mansion, the librarian had, at some point, given up on the idea of peaceful guests entering her domain, and so relegated the guest room to the storage of various volatile magical reagents. Sariel is sitting on a barrel that has been slowly leaking mercury, while Shinki has sat on the small remaining portion of the bed not covered in piles of books. You yourself have remained standing.

    Patchouli, for her part, looked both annoyed and nervous. "What's this about? I don't have the Necronomicon anymore, Marisa stole it."

    "Nothing of the sort, I seek to speak to your servant, one Koakuma."

    Patchouli now just looks confused. "Koa…kuma? Why would you wish to speak to that devil?"

    "She isn't one of mine," Shinki replies.

    Patchouli looks to the goddess, then frowns. "That… shouldn't be possible. I summoned a servant from Makai, per the usual contract. Solomonic Key, Dee's refinements."

    "And a being appeared," Shinki replies. "But she wasn't one of mine. I would much like to speak to her, especially with this…" Shinki looks to Sariel. "Lovely woman having some say to her existence here."

    Patchouli opens her mouth to speak, but before she can the door to the room opens, stepping in was… Koakuma. Dressed in a simple dress, her wings glinting in the faint light. She enters carrying a tray of tea, then stops, on the spot.

    "Hello again Samyaza." Sariel says quietly.

    The tea tray drops, but not the teacup, that is smashed against the wall. A sharp piece of ceramic is held in Samyaza's hand, then twisted as the woman leaps across the room to stab at Sariel. Cirno, who was in the way, screams and ducks, covering her head. Sariel shifts to the side, letting Koakuma tear past her. The woman recovers quickly, turning around… her eyes no longer red, now they were a complete, pitch black. No color of any other kind remained. "You."

    "Sup." Sariel says, straightening up.

    "You dare come here!?"

    Sariel tilts her head. "I've been here for quite some time little angel, this man wishes to speak to yo-"

    Samyaza… Koakuma roars, and dives for Sariel again. Sariel steps out of the way easily, causing the table, and the books, and the reagents, and the Patchouli to go flying.

    … Well, she might need to work this out of her system.

    —

    [] [Interject - Stop the fight]

    [] [Cirno, solve this]

    [] [Let them… make up?]

    —

    AN - Erien: So I've assumed you've all studied the book of Enoch?

    AN - Redshirt: Sakuya canonically messes with Patchouli all the time, don't @ me.
     
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    • [X] [Interject - Stop the fight]

    Might be a good idea to step in, as a guest it would be rude to let the house of our hosts get smashed up in a fight with someone we brought with us.
     
    [] [Let them… make up?]

    Probably should be this -

    *scrolls down seeing the other votes and seeing the I Choose You picture...*

    [X] [Cirno, solve this]

    Go Cirno! Cool their heads! Wait, wouldn't Myouren* be able to tell Cirno commands like a Trainer is to Pokemon like dodge here or do that??? :V???

    EDIT: *Naming convention confuses me! Or rather I forgor...
     
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