YAFFERS !nmVOHsTRd. 2008/06/23 (Mon) 15:10 No. 13177 [X] Use the GLAND.
"It is time to do what has to be done!"
With a ridiculous exlamation, you reach inside the backpack and take out the mysterious perfumes. Hell, it's not even a deodorant, but it'll have to suffice. After all, it's not about the smell itself but about the principle, right?
So, you spray one dose of the blueish substance on your chest.
"Sssmokin'!" throwing the flask up, you make a 360 degrees spin and aim your fingers at your reflection in the mirror. "Check please. BANG!"
At the same time you 'shoot' the reflection, flask falls into your backpack without a noise. Perfect.
Refreshed, filled with new energy, you storm down the corridors, towards the meeting place. Dining room, that is.
And approaching the door, you open it with a loud thump.
"Na-Na-Na-Na-Nanaya tank! Rrrrrready to roll!"
Reimu almost chokes on her tea as you enter the room, waving cheerfully, spouting out random nonsense.
With a scowl, she puts down her cup as you take a seat on the opposite side of the table.
She wipes her lips with a sleeve. Huh. Now that you look at her, she's back in the usual red-and-white miko outfit. Are those like her everyday clothes? Well, at least she sleeps in another garment. Damn, it has to take ages to tie those ribbons.
"You're awfully cheerful compared to how you were after I woke you up."
"Am I?" you chuckle "Well, let's say a shower can do miracles with tired man's soul."
"Really." she frowns. For a few seconds she remains like this, then sighs. "Whatever. It's not my business. Anyways, there are some sandwiches in the kitchen for you. I can't have you running around doing tasks with an empty stomach, now can I? Go grab 'em, you'll eat on our way there."
"And 'there' would be?"
"Isn't that obvious?" she grins "Human village, of course."
Three minutes later the two of you are standing in the front yard of the shrine. While you are gulping down the last remains of your breakfast, Reimu takes out a small purse and hands it to you.
"Money." she answers before you even ask "And a shopping list. You're going to buy all the things listed and then wait for me in a place specified."
You nod. Well, it should be easy enough, right? Unless, she's hiding something...
"That's all?"
"For now, yes it is. Alright, we should get going now." she reaches out her hand to you "Paw."
"What?"
She frowns.
"Give me your hand. We're going to fly."
"Fly?"
You choke on the thought. Fly? Like, high above the treetops? What if she drops you by an accident? Or on purpose? Yeah, prospect of flying is tempting, but the unexpected consequences could be... unpleasant, to say the least.
"Fly. You know, in the air? Fly?"
"I understand, but... Eh, whatever."
Your grab her hand and squeeze tightly.
Then...
Without warning, she takes off. With a momentum of a bullet being shot from a carabine, she launches herself in the air, dragging your screaming figure behind her.
"Woaaaaaaah!" Your frightened yells quickly become excited ones as the fear fades out, substituted by the overwhelming feeling of being high above everything else. "Yeaah!"
You glance up at Reimu. She seems to be enjoying herself as well. A wide smile stretches her face, her black hair fluttering behind her, whipping the air with each gust of wind.
The feeling is...
Magnificient.
Some people... No, MOST people from the outside world would probably pay millions just to feel like this for once. The sole awareness of the world beneath your feet is enough to make you feel enthusiastic about life.
"Hold on tightly!"
Reimu's voice breaks through the humming of the air, reminding you of the obvious need to hold onto her hand.
"Now you tell me!" your excited voice sounds quiet, faced with the loud buzzing "Didn't you say just yesterday that I'm not allowed to touch you?"
"Hahahaha!" she laughs "Try doing anything dirty and we'll see how much you love earth!"
You can't help but shake involuntarily at her cheerful, but totally serious statement.
After a few minutes, a large opening in the endless majesty of the Forest Of Magic enters your view. A ridiculously large, probably human-made meadow. On it, tens of houses, of various styles, and a field of what looks like some kind of corn-growing.
"I'm going to drop you here!" Reimu's voice turns your attention back to her "After you're done, wait until noon and meet me under the stinky moose!"
"Under the--?"
"Bombs away!"
Your question gets cut off by her shout. And next second...
Her hand is gone.
She let go of you! High above the village, she simply decided to drop you down like a bag of stones!
"WOOOOOOAAAAAAH!"
You're falling. Straight down, towards a big house with a thatched roof. You're going to die. For sure, you're going to die. A fall from this height, it's going to end it death for sure.
What was she thinking? What the hell was she thinking, dropping you down like that?
"I HAVE NO REGRETS!"
With that shout, your body hits the roof. Which, being probably very weak in the first place, exposed to your impact simply broke and let your body fall further down.
Straight into a hay rick.
You're alive. Ridiculously startled, with your heart on the verge of exploding, but alive. With difficulty, you lift yourself up from the hay and look around.
"Pfeh." Some of it got inside your mouth. And clothes. Damn it. "Hello."
Greeting a curiously-looking horse to your right, you start cleaning your clothes from the itching crap. Seems like you landed in a barn of sorts. Altough there is only one animal here, this surely is a barn. No doubt about it.
'Thank god for that hay stack' you sigh in thoughts.
Finally, last straw of the yellow irritant is gone from your clothes and hair.
"Excuse me for my sudden intrusion."
Giving the horse a polite apology, you leave the barn.
:FAST FORWARDING MEMORY TO A MORE RECENT ONE:
There aren't many people in the village. Perhaps, it's due to the early hour of you arrival, but only a few people pass you as you make your way towards what looked like a central square from above. With resignation, you take out the purse and pull out the shopping list.
"What the hell." It's all in japanese. The damn miko assumed you'd know the accursed moonrunes good enough to read what she wrote! Great! Now you're fucked! "Goddamnit!"
As you're about to throw it out though, something changes. Letters blur out, dissolve in a shapeless mass of black and white, then...
Rearrange themselves, forming lines in pure english. As weird as it was, you can't help but feel thankful for this sudden... Hm, miracle?
"How convenient..."
It must be another magical trick of Gensokyo. Or something along these lines.
-Shopping List-
This simple line, written in neat, tidy letters opens the list. Beneath it, a whole list of groceries and drinks. What is she, organising a party or what? Didn't she say yesterday that she's practically broke? Oh, but then again, she has the money from your 'donation'...
-PS. Don't forget to buy flowers!-
"Flowers?"
The bottom line looks weird, compared to the other ones, every single one stating a name of something to eat or drink.
Why flowers?
[ ] Get on with the work, groceries first
[ ] Get on with the work, flowers first
[ ] Stroll around the village, work can wait
