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Remilia kept staring down at the fallen one, silently judging her possibilities before spotting her wounds: and quickly, she pressed a heel against it, wanting to hurt her before doing a good deed. “This is for the Scarlet Mist incident.” Remilia hissed between her teeth, quickly removing her foot.
Of the injuries she had, the calf was likely the worst spot to have a heel go into it. Tearing through the sarashi, the slit of the wound tore open from the pointed support, freshly-clotting blood failing as it plunged into the wound, knocking at the bone as it passed it.
The scream Reimu let out was one of pure agony, the youkai strength on such a fresh wound on top of the added pain of something entering it being too much to hold anything back. She writhed and screamed out, body convulsing as she reflexively tried beating at the leg, tears streaming down her face, unintelligible sobs and begging constantly streaming from her mouth for the few seconds it lasted.
Once the shoe was pulled away, Reimu immediately went fetal, an emotional wreck from what was the most painful thing in her life. Shaking and crying freely, she whimpered out as the blood flowed from the violated wound. "Mnnh... G-ghh..."
Reimu groaned, watching Remilia approach. Normally, she would have made a witty retort, or gave a smirk, In her condition, however, she couldn’t really act cocky or confident and in control. “Don’t bother with threats when I’m already dying…” she groaned out, clenching her teeth as she released the fairy from her hold, setting her to the side.
"…That’s your fairy, I think, better be the right mansion…" she stated, doing her best to keep her tears of agony from flowing, wiping her eyes with a sleeve. "Certainly hope you have good medicine here… whether I like it or not, it took everything to get here—…" Her voice choked lightly at the end of that, shivering again as she fought the pain. She had a feeling Remilia was getting at least some pleasure from seeing her so defenseless and crippled before her.
"Yes indeed, this is the fairy I wanted back. May I know, though, what you had done to my property?" Remilia snapped her fingers, pointing to the approaching maids to get the fairy up and taken care of. At Reimu’s remark, though, Remilia lifted a brow condescendingly as well as looking down. "Pray tell, have I heard well? Medicine, for you? I hope this is a joke: unlike the maids here, I have no obligation to tend to you. I could as well leave you to bleed to death."
She growled a bit, frustrated with the vampire's higher-than-thou attitude already. After a moment, however, she let out a shaky sigh. "...I know, alright?" A couple tears managed to escape before she kept them in check, wiping with her sleeve once more.
"...I'm weak, I'm defenseless... Congratulations, you have a Hakurei begging to live at your feet..." she admitted, groveling a bit, albeit with no lack of attitude on her part. "...Just... name your price; I wanna go home to my family alive..." she asked, a whimper audible in her tone as she begged.
Remilia arrived there within seconds, being alerted by maids that were startled by the sudden appearance of the shrine maiden. The vampire glared down at Reimu upon arrival. Needless to say, the broken glass needed to be repaired, and the vampire wouldn’t let that go. Lateness was one thing; deliberate destruction of one’s possession was another.
"Well, well, well, what have we here? Any particular reason I should not be killing you this instant, shrine maiden?"
Reimu groaned, watching Remilia approach. Normally, she would have made a witty retort, or gave a smirk, In her condition, however, she couldn't really act cocky or confident and in control. "Don't bother with threats when I'm already dying..." she groaned out, clenching her teeth as she released the fairy from her hold, setting her to the side.
"...That's your fairy, I think, better be the right mansion..." she stated, doing her best to keep her tears of agony from flowing, wiping her eyes with a sleeve. "Certainly hope you have good medicine here... whether I like it or not, it took everything to get here--..." Her voice choked lightly at the end of that, shivering again as she fought the pain. She had a feeling Remilia was getting at least some pleasure from seeing her so defenseless and crippled before her.
The sound of shattering glass echoed through one of the upper hals of the mansion as Reimu flew through it, holding a dressed-up fairy close to her chest as she faltered and fell to the floor, shivering, looking a little pale, drenched in a cold sweat from the pain she was enduring. She attempted to get back into the air, but only managed a foot before painfully hitting the ground again.
"Sh-shit... anyone!?" she called out, unwilling to crawl on the glass-covered carpet or attempt flying again. Her head hurt too much, and her leg was a few degrees past that. Safe to say she wasn't really moving anymore without assistance.
Reimu didn’t register the damage she took until the attack faded and the scenery was exposed, her exhausted face contorting into excruciating pain. “GhaAAH!” In a panic, she vanished off that, falling by where the bones and the fairy lied, curling inwards under the stinging, immense pain, blood flowing out of the holes left.
"F-fuck, I gotta…" she stammered aloud, thoughts racing as she reached under her outfit, tearing off her sarashi, using the strips as tourniquets and bandages as she reluctantly adjusted to a sitting position. She’d have to let the blood dilute the salt in her wounds for now, wincing constantly under the pain. After she stemmed the blood flow for now, she looked to the fairy, nudging her lightly in her position. "Gah, c’mon, wake up…"
The fairy maid groans, she’s alive at the very least. Her uniform identifies her as one of Remilia’s maids, which makes sense since this pond wasn’t too far from the lake. She shifts, and her eyes flutter open. She smacks her lips, the dehydration having gotten to her. She doesn’t say anything, but she’s clearly not in any condition to move on her own.
Whatever Reimu does, it will require the help of another.
The crippled miko groaned as the pain continued to wrack her body, tears starting to form. "Ffuuuck..." she whined, attempting to stand before immediately crying out loudly, her calf bending where the hole was from trying to put pressure on it. Must have snapped the bone there. The fact she hadn't bled out yet at least meant that the root never hit the artery in her thigh from the second entry point, at least, Realizing her right leg was thoroughly unusable, she wobbly floated over and picked up the fairy. "Ghh..." She would have liked to head over to Eientei -- that would be probably the easiest solution, with the resident doctor there. However, in her condition, constantly wincing and holding in sobs from the pain throughout her leg, she doubted she'd make it even halfway there, let alone attempt to 'fly' there. She could barely concentrate; she'd likely reappear inside something gruesomely if she forced it. The mansion. She wasn't too far off from the lake here, and this fairy already belonged there, if that youkai was right. "...Ten minutes away... Just..." Biting her lip, she floated up, even simple flight difficult under the blood loss and agony, before making her way off to the Scarlet Devil Mansion, doing her best not to start crying outright.
The tree’s shriek was barely drowned out by the blast, but through the light Reimu would see the light of the beast’s eyes, filled with rage. Roots burst froth from the ground and water on both sides of the barrier blindly, one piercing Reimu’s calf from the front and pinning it it to her thigh, the root entering her field of view. The calf of the leg was impaled from the front and the root came out the back, her knee bent and the root went into the back of her thigh and out the front of it. All the while, salt filled both of the wounds.
The root was inert though, it had died immediately after it impaled her. In front of her, the tree was burning away, the youkai fading away. The water levels receded rapidly, reducing down to the pond, which had the illusion over it shattered. The water wheel and settling trough identified it as an abandoned salt-well.
All around the clearing, the faces in the trees broke free. All around, skeletons fell forward in the clothes they’d been wearing when they were caught. All except for one, the fairy fell down with her flesh intact, though she was unconscious and severely dehydrated.
Reimu didn't register the damage she took until the attack faded and the scenery was exposed, her exhausted face contorting into excruciating pain. "GhaAAH!" In a panic, she vanished off that, falling by where the bones and the fairy lied, curling inwards under the stinging, immense pain, blood flowing out of the holes left.
"F-fuck, I gotta..." she stammered aloud, thoughts racing as she reached under her outfit, tearing off her sarashi, using the strips as tourniquets and bandages as she reluctantly adjusted to a sitting position. She'd have to let the blood dilute the salt in her wounds for now, wincing constantly under the pain. After she stemmed the blood flow for now, she looked to the fairy, nudging her lightly in her position. "Gah, c'mon, wake up..."
That could be a problem. The trees with the youkai’s victims are all under the water, submerged with only about their heads showing. And despite the ofuda, the water has started rising again, just contained within. From outside the barrier, it would appear as if the water was filling the thing air surrounded by the ofuda.
If Reimu wants to get that fairy out, she’ll have to either go under the rising salt water, or defeat the youkai quickly. Speaking of the youkai, its using its salt encrusted roots to try and dig under the ofuda. Reimu is running out of time. "IF YOUR HEART WILL NOT BREAK, I WILL DRAW OUT YOUR TEARS THROUGH PAIN!" A salted branch manages to scrape along the shrine maiden’s forearm. Not a deep cut, but it left salt behind in the wound.
Reimu winced at the hit, teeth clenching from the salt added, noting the situation and the ground the beast was gaining. Not like the ofuda had anything over a minute in them anyway. "Fuck," she groaned out, not exactly willing to dive into a lake the beast had control over. She decided to gamble on the high salt content in the water to help shield the fairy under there. Still, she was drowning, another timer on the many already existing.
She winced once again as she reappeared where an ofuda was missing, the one she needed to finish the field. "This is gonna suck..." she whined, well aware of the strain she was going to be put through as she threw several barriers up, forming a wall between her and the wooden abomination, the last piece of the wall of ofuda, separating the rest of Gensokyo from this lake. Holding out her hands to the nearest ofuda, she snapped her fingers in her right hand, the set of papers surrounding the body of water, lighting up even more as they activated. And then the entire area was bathed in a dominating violet that was nearly opaque, the sound of the energy roaring and audible for a good distance in all directions, the light shooting up a good mile. And Reimu swore and cried out under the strain, inaudible under the attack as she held up the barriers, knowing she only needed this to last for a few second before that thing was done moving. Or ceased to exist, depending on how strong or weak it's form was.
Reimu knelt down, patting Aya’s shoulder gently as she looked to the picture. She had no clue what a matesprit was, but by how happy they both looked, it was damn close to how she was with Daichi. And by the look of the other, it wasn’t exactly her species, either, another thing she could relate to.
"Hmm…" There really wasn’t a realistic way to track down the perpetrator, when access past Gensokyo was involved. Usually involved other dimensions, and then you had a high chance of grabbing the wrong one. "…I can’t do much other than offer my condolences and say you can do anything without me stepping in…" Reimu replied, looking over the crushed tengu. "…You have any pictures of those you think are responsible on you, or any at your place" she tried, wanting a little involved to help cheer up the other even slightly.
She leans upon Reimu, still gazing down at the photograph.
"Thank you … I am trying to keep my sanity at this point … I know I’ve started to lose it … " She goes through her notebook and glances at the very few notes, "I do not have much information other than what Alice’s friend was able to determine, and I know I can give him what I find to him … since he is around those parts."
The tengu keeps washing off the blood that is on her robe and puts it back on, dripping wet and removes the lower part, washing off more of the blood from one of her many rampages. "It’s … really tough … I’ve been flipping out lately as you can tell … No deaths but I’ve been hurting a lot of people …"
Reimu nodded. "Might have to meet this friend, then. Again, I'll need a description to get anywhere," she stated, hugging the tengu comfortingly. "And I'd only be a hypocrite if I chastised you for your actions, so,,, no death, no foul, I guess?" She gave a light chuckle, hoping to help lighten the mood. "...If it means anything, you two look great together."
The beast grabbed its face in pain, reeling from the impact. It was in this time that it noticed that waters being contained. "Enough of these gamesssss!" The youkai dropped its visage of the pearl woman, limbs of wood bursting forth from the kimono and the light above vanishing below a massive canopy of leaves. Reimu went from dodging two hands to dodging hundreds of salt-encrusted branches. Roots lashed out at the barrier, trying to breach the ofuda.
"LITTLE HUMAN. I WILL NOT BEND TO YOUR WIND." A cage of wood closed in on the shrine maiden from all sides, branches and roots leaving little room for an out.
Reimu gasped out, taken off-guard and forced onto the defensive for a moment, holding out her hands to the side as a cube of barriers formed and strained at the onslaught of pressure. Obviously not meant for holding off constant assault.
"Ghh, alright, took off the gloves," she muttered, dropping the feild before flying out of existence once more, reappearing once more, panting lightly from having to do it so often, immediately moving to avoid the branches that would certainly follow after her to, at the least, crush her, throwing out the remainder of the ofuda in quick succession, running out just shy of finishing.
"Shit, gonna have to use myself to hold it together," she cursed under her breath, dodging further as she made her way for the tree the fairy was in, hoping she was still fine in all of this. She needed to pull her out of there before activating her barrier; this was likely going to shred anything inside that wasn't her, and the fairy needed to be a good distance away in case the ofuda started failing under the strain.
The youkai hissed from the needles impaling it, piercing its skin and poking holes in its kimono. "Yoooouu! How dare you!"
It hasn’t noticed the sealing circle, too enraged to think about that. As the pool of tears reaches the sealed areas though, it hisses like it had touched hot metal. With the pool no longer growing, the youkai stops gaining size too. It hasn’t registered this yet, instead clawing at the areas where Reimu goes, smashing some of the trees that don’t hold her prey.
And Reimu kept at it, throwing the ofuda into the shore, containing the rising waters quickly and efficiently. Dodging an enlarged hand, she clenched her unoccupied hand, purple glowing within the fist, letting it build.
"Hey, at your size, I'd think you'd be able to crush a rat like me easily," she continued taunting, still throwing ofuda with her other hand, about two thirds of the way done before she took a moment to enrage the youkai further, darting up to her head. "Too bad I'm me, huh?" And at that, she threw her glowing hand out at her face, blasting an overcharged Youkai Buster at near point blank before vanishing and watching her results from a distance, resuming her work absentmindedly, more enjoying toying with this beast than finishing her off so quickly.
Aya keeps trying to wash and wipe off the blood that has been nearly covered on the normally white traditional tengu outfit. She sighs, "…I’m not sure … I thought it would be Alice’s Grimdark friend's friends. But he doesn't know who it is … I have no clue … I believe it is someone impersonating him as he has free access to Gensokyo as he befriended many here.”
" … I just want more information … I sent out as many fairies and the recent immigrants to the Outside World to comb the area where my matesprit was last seen."
Aya just keeps staring down at a photograph that she has with her lover, tears dropping down on the photo. "I just … I just want Eridan … back in my arms again …"
Reimu knelt down, patting Aya's shoulder gently as she looked to the picture. She had no clue what a matesprit was, but by how happy they both looked, it was damn close to how she was with Daichi. And by the look of the other, it wasn't exactly her species, either, another thing she could relate to.
"Hmm..." There really wasn't a realistic way to track down the perpetrator, when access past Gensokyo was involved. Usually involved other dimensions, and then you had a high chance of grabbing the wrong one. "...I can't do much other than offer my condolences and say you can do anything without me stepping in..." Reimu replied, looking over the crushed tengu. "...You have any pictures of those you think are responsible on you, or any at your place" she tried, wanting a little involved to help cheer up the other even slightly.
And at a passing glance from the wandering miko, she gasped as she spotted the tiny youkai, sneaking up a bit as she decided to unwind herself with some help from the much nicer fox. Kneeling down as she closed in, Reimu greeted her. “Hey, there, again~! Akarin, was it?”
One could probably see the shiver that was caused by the shock of the sudden interaction that was sent flying up her spine as the Miko spoke. Akarin pivoted on her feet as she did slightly recognize the sudden voice and turn’t to face the kneeling Shrine Maiden. To be honest, Akarin was slightly surprised by the fact the Miko still remembered her name. I mean they’ve only interacted once beforehand. Akarin seemed to slightly bury her face into the hair of her doll as Reimu shocked her.
"A-ah!… H-Hi… M-Miss…"
Ah! This was kind of embarrassing.. Akarin didn’t actually remember Reimu’s name.. I-I mean it has been a while since she last saw her and at that she only properly met her once before so I guess it was understandable for her to have forgotten… A little rude of her though.. She could have at least tried to make the effort…
A-anyway, Upon realizing that she has met this person before even if she had no clue of her name, she lowered the doll back down before allowing her tail to flick once or twice.
"It's Reimu, dear~..." she replied, figuring her trailing off was from forgetting it rather than shyness. 50/50 shot; she guessed right. Petting the youkai's tail a few times, she scooped her up in a hand, lifting her up to Reimu's chest-level as she stood, the miko looking down.
"Sorry, didn't mean to scare you," she apologized, rubbing the back of her head with her free hand. "Sort of glad to see a friendly face after dealing with more unruly youkai, is all. How've you been? Want a caramel?"
"I guess … I haven’t been like this since the Incidents I caused long ago … I’ve been … been hurting inside …” Aya keeps tearing up, looking up at Reimu, continuing to clean up the Kourindou tengu outfit she wears more frequently. She lets out a sigh. " … my love of my life has been missing .. and from what I note, possibly kidnapped …"
The tengu has been mostly been preoccupied with the seadweller ever since his absence. She’s been angry, upset, everything … Her lover might be of another world … a troll … an Alternian, but Eridan means the world to her.
" … I just want him back … I want him back safely … and … punish who have been doing this to not just him … but to me …"
Reimu blinked a bit as she listened, absorbing the situation. This certainly was an odd Aya, with a past the miko would likely never figure out without prodding. However, judging by her current condition being compared to it, she'd save that for a later time. Could be rather brutal.
"...Shit," she started, letting her concern be audible as she closed in and sat by the mourning tengu. "...I understand how you feel, to an extent... a little on edge for my family as of late, myself..." Closing in a bit, she took off her dirtied sleeve and tossed it into the lake, making a mental note to grab it when she left. "...Any idea who you're dealing with?"
