Myon Quest - Scattered Souls

[Kilgamayan]

Myon:

> Come running into the shrine proper, pulling the chest out of us and holding it up to show it up. (Keep the rest of the trash inside us for now.)

Youmu:

> Point at where Myon is coming from.
> "That one."

[Neovereign]

Myon:

> Come running into the shrine proper, pulling the chest out of us and holding it up to show it up. (Keep the rest of the trash inside us for now.)

Youmu:

> Point at where Myon is coming from.
> "That one."

> You head into the shrine and show off the box.

> "From the tunnel?" Reimu asks. "I don't remember any little box like that. What was in it?"
> You notice Aya return to the shrine, and quickly step in.
> "Alright-" She wastes no time. "According to Rinnosuke, that ribbon enhances its wearer's abilities, but also makes it uncontrolled. Apparently, its also meant to do something else, something probably more beneficial, but he can't get a grasp on what or how to get it to do such - likely given it's supposedly unfinished. He calls it the Inverse Ribbon. Or maybe thats what its called in the first place."
> "Sure matches its color I guess." Marisa comments.
> "That thing is annoying to hold onto." Aya continues. "It made me overshoot and kick up too much wind as well. I don't think it's uncontrollable entirely though. I still managed to get a bit of control and stop myself from just taking the entire place up in a tornado."
> She doesn't appear to be wearing the ribbon now though, from what you see.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> To Aya: "Huh. I'll take it if you don't want it."

Myon:

> Shrug our shoulders at Reimu.
> Then open the chest.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> To Aya: "Huh. I'll take it if you don't want it."

Myon:

> Shrug our shoulders at Reimu.
> Then open the chest.

> "I let Rinnosuke take it since he said he was interested in it."

> You-
> "Is it really smart to open a chest from hell?" Marisa questions.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "What did he give you in return?"

Myon:

> Shrug at Marisa while pointing at Reimu.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "What did he give you in return?"

Myon:

> Shrug at Marisa while pointing at Reimu.

> "Hm? Was I supposed to get something in return?" Aya questions.

> "Probably not... at least do it outside the shrine." Reimu says.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "I mean, he's a businessman, right? He wouldn't give you something for free, I imagine."

Myon:

> Shrug again.
> Step back outside the shrine and open the box.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "I mean, he's a businessman, right? He wouldn't give you something for free, I imagine."

Myon:

> Shrug again.
> Step back outside the shrine and open the box.

> "He's the one that tool something though." Aya says, confused.
> "Probably meant I exchange." Marisa suggests.
> "Well, I guess being stuck with that ribbon until someone else takes it off of him is an exchange?"

> You "step" outside.
> The box glows again as you do so, though with you looking at it, it seems it was just the key that did so.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> Do we know if there's a body of water at this shrine?
> "Mmm. Maybe I'll pay him another visit."
> Look to Reimu.
> "What would you like my phantom to do with the garbage she gathered down under there, by the way?"

Myon:

> Open the box!

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> Do we know if there's a body of water at this shrine?
> "Mmm. Maybe I'll pay him another visit."
> Look to Reimu.
> "What would you like my phantom to do with the garbage she gathered down under there, by the way?"

Myon:

> Open the box!

> You think there was a pond nearby if you recall correctly.
> "If it's garbage, throw it out." Reimu advises.

> You try to twist the key to open the box, but it doesn't budge...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is there an obvious garbage receptacle in the vicinity?

[Neovereign]

> Is there an obvious garbage receptacle in the vicinity?

> You don't se-
> No wait, near the path there is. It's not that big, but it should more than do.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "Oh, there's something over there. Okay. The box isn't opening, by the way. Dunno what that means."

Myon:

> Head back to Youmu, hand her the box, and then head over to the receptacle and unload the trash we gathered.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "Oh, there's something over there. Okay. The box isn't opening, by the way. Dunno what that means."

Myon:

> Head back to Youmu, hand her the box, and then head over to the receptacle and unload the trash we gathered.

> Reimu shrugs.
> You head back into the shrine - the key flashing yet again for a moment as you do so, and hand it to your human half as you head to throw out the trash.
> "What was that?" Marisa questions.
> "Must be something shiny inside it." Reimu suggests.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "It's flashed each time I crossed the shrine entrance threshold, I think."

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "It's flashed each time I crossed the shrine entrance threshold, I think."

> "Ooh. But it doesn't stay lit up or anything while you're inside?" Marisa questions.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

> Is it lit up right now?

[Neovereign]

> Is it lit up right now?

> No.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "Seems not."

Myon:

> Once we're done disposing of the garbage, float back over to Youmu.
> Then take the box, and try passing a little bit of ourselves into it, enough that we can see inside.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "Seems not."

Myon:

> Once we're done disposing of the garbage, float back over to Youmu.
> Then take the box, and try passing a little bit of ourselves into it, enough that we can see inside.

> You return to your human half and try to fit into the box a bit.
> Though you can cover around it, you can't seem to pass through it. Is there a seal inside? Or maybe the box itself is a seal?
> "What about when it's outside?" Marisa asks further.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Myon:

> Frown and knock on the box a couple of times with our knuckles.

Youmu:

> "It wasn't lit up there either. Hmm. Perhaps the boundary between the two is key?"
> Make as though we are going to walk outside. The instant the key glows, though, stop.

[Neovereign]

Myon:

> Frown and knock on the box a couple of times with our knuckles.

Youmu:

> "It wasn't lit up there either. Hmm. Perhaps the boundary between the two is key?"
> Make as though we are going to walk outside. The instant the key glows, though, stop.

> You tap on the box in annoyance. It stays silent to your provocation.

> You bring the box outside, but stop as it lights up.
> It doesn't stay lit, though...
> Marisa follows out, passing you to investigate it from not behind your back - though, it lights up again as she passes, and for a bit longer, too, you think?
> "You know Reimu, given it's from around your shrine, I thought you'd be more interested in it."
> "I don't just pick up random stuff around my house and take it in all the time like you do." Reimu replies.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Myon:

> Head out of the shrine, passing through walls as needed, in the direction of the nearby body of water.

Youmu:

> "Wait. Marisa, can you walk by thy box again?"
> If the box glows again, try opening it while it glows.

[Neovereign]

Myon:

> Head out of the shrine, passing through walls as needed, in the direction of the nearby body of water.

Youmu:

> "Wait. Marisa, can you walk by thy box again?"
> If the box glows again, try opening it while it glows.

> You head for the pond you saw.
> It seems fairly well taken care of, there's even a tortoise in it. Or, maybe it's just a big turtle?

> Marisa does so, wondering what you're getting at.
> You twist the key in the moments it glows, and the box opens up, releasing some hot smoke.
> Though, the smoke soon dissipates...
> You can see something inscribed inside the box, though aside from it, nothing else appears to be present.
> It reads: Open in Twilight. The text feels a bit weird to even look at.
> "What the hell was that?!" Reimu jumps up while you're in the middle of reading it.
> "Was that a spell?" Marisa covers her mouth. "It looks like it went bad or something."
> "What was that magic?" Alice questions, seemingly arriving with Miko once more.
> Aya doesn't chime in. You wonder if she's busy with something elsewhere in the Shrine, or if she just left.
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> Close the box, quickly!
> "Uh..."
> Frown a bit.
> "...if you're gong to have instructions on when to open the box, why would you put them inside the box?"

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> Close the box, quickly!
> "Uh..."
> Frown a bit.
> "...if you're gong to have instructions on when to open the box, why would you put them inside the box?"

> You close the box, and it locks on it's own with the key still in it's lock. Something feels off about the key when such happens, even though you see no flash from it.
> "That's pretty counterintuitive..." Marisa comments. "Seems like whatever was happening failed though. Was it supposed to open like that?"
> "Gone as fast as it showed up." Reimu approaches. "What was that?"
> "Hey, if it's from around your shrine, maybe it's your god?"
> "I don't think the Hakurei God would be locked away in a box. But that felt pretty strong..."
> "Mm... you'd think it'd be locked in an orb or something spherical given the track record, huh?"
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "It said to 'open at twilight'. In a really strange, weird-to-read way."

Myon:

> If we're at the pond, dip into it, fully submerging ourselves and standing on the bottom, keeping 'solid' the whole time.
> Then take water into ourselves.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "It said to 'open at twilight'. In a really strange, weird-to-read way."

Myon:

> If we're at the pond, dip into it, fully submerging ourselves and standing on the bottom, keeping 'solid' the whole time.
> Then take water into ourselves.

> Marisa thinks for a bit.
> "Does that mean we have to wait for the sunset, or can we just wave a light across it constantly and trick it?" Marisa questions.
> "Um... Before... that happened..." Alice speaks up. "We were going to say that Rinnosuke has the ribbon now, and it doesn't seem like much negative effect happens to him. At least, in what he's explained. Unless Aya already came by and told about such."
> "She did." Marisa responds.

> You head into the pond, the turtle moving aside slightly, as if to make way for you, despite you being a phantom...
> You start to "carry" the water. It feels a bit weird, notably different and less pleasant than carrying something more physical in yourself...
>_

[Kilgamayan]

Youmu:

> "Is she even still around?"

Myon:

> Keep taking in water, with the goal of filling our current Youmu-shape to the top.

[Neovereign]

Youmu:

> "Is she even still around?"

Myon:

> Keep taking in water, with the goal of filling our current Youmu-shape to the top.

> "Yeah, she went into one of the other rooms. I think she's filling out her notes on what's happened today." Reimu comments.

> You keep going, though you notice the turtle has dove down to inspect you.
> You're not halfway full even, but it doesn't look too happy with your work.
>_