Session Start: Sat Apr 10 00:00:01 2010 Session Ident: #MaidRPG [21:06:53] [Phantasmagoria of Water's Paradise: Day 1] [21:08:09] [It's the morning and, for the past month or so, water levels have been slowly rising. People have been Taking it Easy, in fact The Usual Suspects haven't done anything at all about this overflowing water issue.] [21:12:20] [In the beginning, it was just a slightly larger amount of water than usual, but now it's starting to get noticable. Including wells with gysers, hot springs appearing where there used to be simple steps on hills, and even the forests getting saturated with water.] [21:14:10] [Someone has to have noticed by now. And that someone is, uh... eh... one of you guys. Maybe. I dunno, this is too hard.] [21:15:31] [The day is sunny, and as usual, most people are taking it easy. People are, uh... places. We'll start with Paisly, since I know her player is finished with the character.] [21:17:44] [Session Start!] 06[21:19:09] * Paisly is busy making tea in the Forest of Magic. She's been keeping the place tidy since Marisa's been away but hrrms as she mixes up the tea. She takes a sip and looks outside. Her outfit, and her hair, is intertwined with ribbons, mostly red though some spatterings of blue here and there. She's also wearing an artist smock spotched with paint. She takes a sip of the tea and sighs. It's good tea. 06[21:23:43] * Paisly has on, underneath her smock, a totally colorful tie-die t-shirt and white shorts. Freckles spotted on each side of her nose as a ribbon falls to the side of her face in her chestnut colored hair. She's also got a small navy blue beret balanced on the side of her head. Lord knows how it stays there. Touhou. 06[21:25:25] * Tsuriko knocks on the door as floating through it would be rude. "Helo?" [21:26:09] [The shop in The Forest of Magic, which Paisly is tending, is also the house of one rather well-known Marisa. Visitors are... uncommon, but not unheard of.] 06[21:27:06] * Paisly perks up at that. "Oh! A visitor! We haven't had a visitor in a long time!" She rushes to go open the door. Along her way, she narrowly trips over a few things, but somehow manages to just avoid them before going on her way. She opens the door with a bright smile. "Hello!" 06[21:28:02] * Paisly reaches for her hand quickly, "Come on in!" She goes to drag her inside grasping her hand, probably without realizing she likely grasped nothing. 06[21:28:49] * Haruka runs towards the house, arms held up high. She's a short oni, her two horns decorated in a coil pattern with some kind of wire. Her long orange hair is messy and frazzled, and she wears a loose-fitting tiger-striped tube top and skirt. 01[21:28:59] WAHAaAAAAAA! 06[21:29:49] * Tsuriko 's floating there with a small grin on her face. "Ah, I thought I smelled some tea." She eyes the flaing hand for a moment. "Woul you like me to come in?" She is, in a word brown. Brown hair, brown eyes, when they're open anyway, a cream dress that mostly hides the fact that she has no feet. [21:30:22] [Two visitors at once! And, is that an Oni running around?] 06[21:30:43] * Haruka jumps into the air and does a little twirl. 06[21:30:55] * Paisly blinks as she looks at her empty hand then pales as she sees Haruka charging towards the house. "Aiya-aiya-aiya! She's coming to wreck the place!" She slams the door closed quickly. On Tsuriko's hand. Or rather through it. 06[21:31:07] * Tsuriko 's hair is done up in braids under a brown kerchief that seems to have far more corners than should be physically possible. 06[21:31:41] * Tsuriko ... floats through the door. "I'll make myself at home anyway. Hmph." 06[21:31:51] * Haruka stops at the door, looking up at the handle. She pauses, then knocks. [21:32:40] [Tsuriko finds some tea recently brewed in the waiting area. Mmm, tea. Paisly, meanwhile, is digging through a nearby chest.] 06[21:34:09] * Tsuriko takes a cup for herself and begins to pour. "It smells even better up close." [21:34:53] [That's okay, Paisly just needs to take it easy.] 06[21:36:24] * Haruka looks worried and shakes a small bottle 06[21:37:01] * Paisly draws out something out of the chest and holds it aloft, with an "A-ha!" moment, and runs back to the door, slamming it open quickly. She seems to have left Tsuriko to her own devices. In Haruka's face, she seems to be brandishing a paintbrush. "I shall protect Marisa-sempai's house with my life!" She sends out a beautiful spray of Danmaku out the front door. 06[21:37:48] * Tsuriko ignores Paisly as she's wandered off into "I have delicious tea heaven." 03[21:40:48] * Row2 (rowyn2001@66.201.146.49) has joined #MaidRPG 06[21:40:59] * Haruka leaps up over the danmaku attack, leaving it to explode against whatever happens to be behind her. "Big problem!" 01[21:41:37] The the the sake is watered down! 06[21:41:44] * Haruka shakes her bottle for emphasis. 02[21:42:10] * Paisly (rowyn2001@66.201.146.49) Quit (Ping timeout) 03[21:42:15] * Row2 is now known as Paisly 01[21:42:25] Kourin said something about.... something! 06[21:42:54] * Haruka waves her bottle around 06[21:43:02] * Paisly looks out the door, then blinks. "Oh. Sake?" 01[21:43:16] Is this really sake? [21:43:27] I don't...know? 06[21:43:31] * Haruka tries to feed some to Paisly. [21:43:34] I have guests! 06[21:43:45] * Paisly ignores the sake and goes back to see how Tsuriko is doing. 06[21:43:50] * Tsuriko has tea, ALL IS RIGHT WITH THE WORLD. [21:44:02] ( TEA! ) 06[21:45:13] * Tsuriko has in fact, forgotten about the whole staying on the ground thing and has floated up near the ceiling with her cup. 06[21:46:41] * Paisly calls up. "How is your tea?" [21:48:07] Absolutly divine, if I ever find heaven I'm sure it will be like having a never ending cup of this tea. Ahhhh. 06[21:51:52] * Myoujin approaches the little shop, and knocks on the door before entering. "Oi." 06[21:52:09] * Haruka manages to slip the mouth fo the bottle into Paisley's mouth and tilt it enough for her to get a good taste. Or chug. 01[21:52:13] See?! 06[21:52:39] * Paisly starts to say something else, but gets apparently manhandled by Haruka. Her cheeks turn bright red as she gets an unprepared mouthful of sake that she half spits out. 06[21:52:51] * Paisly coughs and sputters and chokes. 01[21:53:08] It's ruined! [21:53:36] No no, the tea is fine, but you'll have to get you own cup. This one is mine. 06[21:53:55] * Haruka waves her bottle around [21:54:21] [Just as Pailsy gets a face full of sake, a sudden GUSH of water comes from all the containers of water in the room, pushing it out in a gyser-like fashion for a fraction of a second, getting water everywhere.] 01[21:54:38] Waaaah! [21:54:40] ...Huh. 01[21:54:44] It's trying to get into the sake! 01[21:54:55] Umm... I was told Black-White could fix it, and she lives here! [21:54:56] Aaah! 01[21:55:01] So! How do we fix it?! [21:55:04] Uhm, hey, sign says this is a shop. Anyone gotta map of this place? 06[21:55:08] * Paisly goes and rushes to get a mop. "Mop mop mop!" [21:55:11] AGLK! [21:55:20] THE TEA IS NOT OKAY! 06[21:55:22] * Paisly doesn't hear Myoujin. Because *MOP* [21:55:27] Oiiii? 06[21:56:36] * Tsuriko pulls a handkerchief out of her sleave and starts to dry her face. "Whoever has tampered with my tea shall pay dearly." 06[21:56:38] * Haruka pulls out a picture of a girl with short red hair in a purple witch's hat and robe. "Black-White! Have you seen her?" 06[21:57:00] * Paisly starts mopping the floor. "It's a mess. A mess. Marisa-sempai will be mad at me." 06[21:57:33] * Myoujin frowns at the picture. "Yeah, she made off with a sealed jar from my shrine. Why?" 01[21:57:46] Eeeh? [21:57:50] You don't think she's responsible for this crime against tea do you? [21:58:02] What? Oh no, she'd never do that. She's a magician. Why would she need to do that? [21:58:03] ...no? [21:58:21] ( Oh wait. I missed the 'red hair' bit. ) [21:58:35] ( Thought she was talking about Marisa. And everyone's been stolen from by Marisa. :V ) [21:58:59] (It's an old picture of Marisa I think. XD) [21:59:05] ( ...! ) [21:59:14] (Marisa stole the precious thing!) 06[21:59:36] * Myoujin shrugs. "I think she's responsible for stealing somethin' from the shrine. I didn't get *that* good a lookit her, she was movin' fast, but... are you sure it's red hair?" 01[22:00:16] Black-white! Red hair! Purple dress! [22:00:24] Oh she looked like that a loooooong time ago. I found one of her old pictures. [22:00:38] You've seen her?!? 06[22:00:52] * Tsuriko floats down to look at the picture. "Does Marisa have a tea hating twi... Ahh. I do rather like the blond hair more. Brings out her eyes." [22:02:16] If we can find her, we have to find her. She left quite all of the sudden. Without even telling me where she went! [22:03:31] Uh, yeah, I came here to get my stuff back, see. 'Cuz, y'know, it's important the jar remain sealed. Doom an' stuff. And then I got lost, and now I'm here. 01[22:03:36] Blonde black-white? [22:03:36] Can ya help me get unlost? 06[22:04:34] * Tsuriko nods absently at Haruka and then floats over to Myoujin. "As somebody who has been lost siii... for a very long time, I have a secret to let you in on." [22:04:59] [Flashback from Paisly's memory: * Marisa's holding a large sack. It's morning and the sun's barely coming up. "I'm going out to do some shopping-ze." Paisly is still sleeping in a chair at an easel, paints a mess all over the place.] 06[22:05:09] * Haruka is also wearing a large ring of drums on her back. Forgot to mention that. [22:05:10] [Well, maybe not from Paisly's memory. Just a flashback. :P] 06[22:05:34] * Paisly turns to Myoujin. "Well, if you don't have anywhere to go, then you're hardly lost at all!" [22:06:18] ... I suppose it's not a very good secret if everybody knows it... 06[22:08:19] * Myoujin frowns. She's young but tallish and lean, with darkly tanned skin, reddish hair, and green eyes. She wears sleeveless miko robes, her arms are wrapped in prayer strips and spirit wards, and she's wearing black leather fingerless gloves with yin-yang signs over the knuckles. "That's not right." [22:09:42] Wherever you go, there you are? That was another good tip for being lost, but even less of a secret. [22:11:16] But...I think we should find Marisa-sempai. She's been gone far too long. Her tea will get cold. 06[22:11:45] * Myoujin rubs her shoulders (which are bare, as per Miko dress code). By the by, her robes are white and grey rather than white and red. 'Cuz the GM wanted to know. [22:12:03] [Hey, color is IMPORTANT in Touhou.] [22:12:11] [You are now the Grey-white.] [22:14:10] I'm afraid I am closing the shop now. So you will all have to leave. [22:14:12] No, the problem is not the tea getting cold. It's the tea exploding and getting all over the place and being compleatly WASTED, which I will simply not stand for. 01[22:14:17] But what about the water? 06[22:14:28] * Paisly looks at Haruka. "Water?" [22:14:57] You did notice how why the room was deluged, did you not? [22:15:23] It was ruining the shop! 06[22:16:26] * Fortuna walks on the road in the general direction of the shop with a very lumpy pack over her shoulder, ringing a small gong. "Fortunes told! Fortunes told here! Fortunes told! Better than warm beer!" [22:17:02] Ah lucky you, to not be traitorously attacked by a cup of divine tea. It exploded in a shower of hot water. As did the pot. 01[22:17:04] Better than beer... ? 06[22:17:20] * Haruka looks out the door to see what this is about. Sake? [22:17:46] But it's still ruining the shop! She entrusted me with the shop. 06[22:18:01] * Myoujin sighs. "Great." 06[22:18:03] * Fortuna happens to be a girl whose visible body is mostly covered in bandages. Her cream hair is mostly tucked up under a Mongolian-style cream fur-rimemd sky blue hat, except for two hanks on either side of her face, which hang loose in the front and are held with light blue clips. 06[22:18:20] * Myoujin perks up at Fortuna's offerings. "Well, hey, why not." [22:18:25] Running the shop means taking care of your customers you know. Even the dead ones. 06[22:18:39] * Fortuna is wearing a sleeveless padded Chinese-esque tunic made of sky blue silk that compliments her dark blue eyes, with dark blue and cream piping and detailing over her bandages. The tunic is belted, with cream fur trim at the sleeve openings and hem. 06[22:18:43] * Myoujin walks over to Fortuna. "Hiya. You got a fortune that'll get me out of this forest?" 06[22:19:13] * Fortuna is wearing over *that*, a cream robe with sky blue trim, reminiscent in style of that of a Chinese monk. She's also wearing comfortable-looking dark blue boots with cream trim and little sky blue danglies. [22:19:22] I got all the fortune you need right here! [22:19:35] But I had nothing to do with the tea exploding! 06[22:20:01] * Haruka runs over to Fortuna, curious. 06[22:20:19] * Fortuna rummages in her pack and pulls out a scroll and some crystals. "What's your numbers? Birthday? Birth hour? Birth year? Siblings?" [22:20:28] Or do you want the quickie version? [22:21:02] It happened in your shop. Therefor you are responsible. 06[22:21:05] * Tsuriko nods to herself. [22:21:06] Quickie. 06[22:21:24] * Paisly looks after Tsuriko. Then pauses. "Waaaaaaait a minute." 06[22:21:38] * Paisly pokes through her. "You didn't even *pay* for the tea. Hence, you're not a customer." 06[22:21:55] * Paisly folds her arms. "This is what Marisa would say. Ze." 06[22:22:04] * Fortuna squints at Myoujin, tilts her head, makes some musical sounds, then bangs her gong three times. "Heyyy now, looky that! Something strange has happened!" [22:22:18] You're chasing a mystery! [22:22:40] I would have paid! You were buisy with the chest thingy... thing. [22:22:58] But I'm not going to pay for a cup that exploded in my face! No matter how taisty it was. [22:23:14] Let's see what the wheel of destiny sings to you! 06[22:23:32] * Haruka peeeers. 06[22:23:39] * Fortuna makes mystical-sounding musical noises for a bit. [22:23:52] But I'm telling you I'm not the owner! I'm just an Ordinary Apprentice." [22:25:10] Well, then we should find the owner so that I can refuse to pay her for a cup that exploded. [22:25:22] That's what I was trying to *tell* you. 06[22:25:28] * Fortuna snaps out of it and staaaaaaaares into Myoujin's eyes. "The path of the thing that you seek is not for the frail nor the weak! Set out with good luck, toss a fortuneteller a buck, and sometimes it is good to be meek!" [22:26:02] Oh. Oooooh. Sorry. Right. Let's get going then. 06[22:26:07] * Fortuna then holds out a hand and names a dirt-cheap price. 06[22:26:41] * Myoujin frowns. "Here's two bucks. As for meek, ain't happenin." 06[22:27:13] * Tsuriko floats twords the door. 06[22:27:43] * Fortuna shrugs and pockets the money. "Easy come, easy go; running fast makes the seeking slow!" 06[22:28:38] * Myoujin sighs. "I think I'm more lost than when I got here." 06[22:30:06] * Paisly goes up quickly to Haruka. "You! You were looking for Marisa-sempai too, right?" [22:30:44] Who's next? What's your fate? I'm free now so there's no wait! 01[22:31:09] Anyone who can fix the water! 06[22:33:14] * Tsuriko floats behind Haruka. "I do hope this gets cleared up soon." [22:35:31] As it would be nothing less than a tragidy if I were never able to drink tea again. Although, I suppose if I were forced to chose a last cup, that would have been an acceptable one. [22:35:37] [Ya know, things don't get fixed if you never look for who's doing the problem.] [22:35:42] [thing.] [22:35:46] [Wow I'm tired.] [22:36:07] ( Yeah. z.z ) [22:36:48] (I was going to ask the handy fortune teller which way was my lucky direction!) 06[22:48:16] * Fortuna bangbangs on the gong hopefully. So many people! Surely more than one must be a customer! 01[22:48:46] Ooooh, I wanna look for soemeone who can fix the water! 06[22:49:11] * Haruka shakes her sake bottle for emphasis. [22:49:32] Ooh! 06[22:50:10] * Fortuna hangs the gong from her arm and reaches out for the bottle. "Here, lemme examine this!" 06[22:50:32] * Haruka pauses for a mometn, then hands it over uneasily. 06[22:50:58] * Fortuna peers at it from all angles (except upside down), then cautiously dips a finger inside and sniffs it. [22:51:24] Water into rice, rice into wine! It's backwards now, for wine-water is thine! 06[22:51:49] * Fortuna hands the bottle back. "Let's look into this." [22:51:57] What. [22:52:08] Oh, okay. Looking into it's fine. 06[22:52:14] * Tsuriko obediently tries to look into the bottle. 06[22:52:40] * Myoujin mutters. "Hopefully whoever's behind this decides to put up a fight." 06[22:53:03] * Fortuna makes more musical notes, then waits. "Water from the sky: We calls it Rain. Water from the ground: It feeds the grain." 06[22:53:12] * Paisly frowns. "Why would we want to fight? All we have to show them is beautiful danmaku." 06[22:53:17] * Paisly waves her brush in the air. 01[22:53:23] hhuuuuuuuuuh [22:53:44] Maybe the grain in the fields isn't eating all its food and is spitting it back up out at us...! 06[22:54:22] * Tsuriko smiles at Fortuna. "Then we shall go to the fields." 06[22:54:29] * Fortuna blinkblinks. "We?" [22:55:05] Oh yes. I shall treat you some most wonderful tea after we can make more. 06[22:55:16] * Fortuna brightens up. "You said 'treat'?" [22:55:34] Well, what are we waiting for then? Let's go! [22:55:36] Why yes, I did. 06[22:55:48] * Fortuna dashes forth, tapping her gong excitedly. [22:55:49] She also said tea. [22:56:15] Yes, which I will pay for after I can drink it, and not a single millisecond sooner. 06[22:56:39] * Tsuriko floats off after the fortune teller. 06[22:57:49] * Myoujin stands there for a while, watching the others go, before sighing and following. Maybe, just maybe, they'll find the way out. And then she can ditch them, maybe. 06[22:58:21] * Paisly calls out as she follows quickly after Tsuriko. "I never *asked* you to pay for it!" She's wielding her brush and brandishing it wildly. 06[22:58:48] * Haruka follows along! [23:00:17] [And so the team heads off to do the awesomeness that is 'Wander around and beat up people to figure out what's going on!'] [23:00:26] [Session End.] Session Close: Sun Apr 11 00:00:00 2010