#maonapping

[diaphanous-puppetry-archive-blog]

Part 3 - Seiga

Option D - @freshholeinthewall

With an answer set Miko opens the stone doors, allowing Seiga and Rinnosuke to enter first as she sinks back. “You know the plan, if I appear too soon she’ll be on to me. Seiga, you will be alone for part of this. I can’t risk leaving Rinnosuke with either.” With that the hermit wraps her cape, blinking and vanishing before the two as the doors set in place to reveal the inside.

Inside the roots and twisting greenery is replaced by another sight, what feels like stone plated floors and a vibrant blue sky above. Standing in the oddly open space are the two puppets, Meiling and Nobunaga. Behind them what appears to be stone steps can be seen but at this time its unsure if its all an illusion.

Whatever plan Seiga had she best be getting it started, both notice the two and begin to take position. Nobunaga in behind with all her guns and Meiling charging forward, towards which had yet to be seen but it was clear she was going in for a quick kill. If anything her forwardness left her open for now to be whisked away.

[freshholeinthewall-blog]

@illusionoftransience 

It was a peaceful afternoon, here in this modest cafe. Seiga had sat down with her company for the day at a table for two. She helped herself to a sip of her tea, which she also had to help herself in preparing as there were no staff present today. Or any other customers, which added to the peace. 

Actually it was just the two of them, and the cafe was completely deserted, as was a good chunk of the general area, as humans were much too afraid to step out here after so many disappearances, courtesy of one troublesome spider youkai.

“So...” Setting her cup down for now, Seiga once more glances up and down at... a shrine maiden, was she? “Judging from the depressing scene here, everybody’s rather frightened of the big bad spider. You don’t feel the same?”

[diaphanous-puppetry-archive-blog]

Part 3 - Rinnosuke

Option H - @betweenhumanandyoukai

As Miko and a few others enter the stone doors, Rinnosuke is treated to a tug on his sleeve. Beside him armed with her blue Naginata is Kokoro, waiting patiently for him to be ready to move. She doesn’t look worried or scared, almost happy that she’s able to help. 

“Mister shoppers.” Kokoro spoke, “whenever you’re ready we’ll go on. Everyone else is fighting hard, so we gotta go find the villagers before they get to Mao....at least...that’s what Miko Papa said. ‘Kokoro make sure you go find everyone and bring them home from a dance.’ ....is that right?”

[diaphanous-puppetry-archive-blog]

Part 3 - Alice

Option A - @alicemistressofpuppets

With an answer set Miko opens the stone doors, allowing herself and Alice to enter. “You best be quick, if you take too long dealing with Meiling it won’t spell anything good for me.” The hermit tells Alice, she knows out of the two of them she has the harder of the paths having to remove the marble from the equation without the ease of surprise.

Inside the roots and twisting greenery is replaced by another sight, what feels like stone plated floors and a vibrant blue sky above. Standing in the oddly open space are the two puppets, Meiling and Nobunaga. Behind them what appears to be stone steps can be seen but at this time its unsure if its all an illusion.

With her own blade drawn Miko summoned forth countless swords of light to meet the sudden and initial fire the small warlord would produce, guns and holy swords clashes in the air as Meiling leaped forward.

“Go now! Take her out of here!” Miko shouted, enjoying the ranged exchange between her and Nobunaga as gaps a plenty opened around them for Alice’s use. “Go now and hurry on back!”

“I’m expecting someone as thorough as you in preparation to be back as soon as you can you hear~”

[diaphanous-puppetry-archive-blog]

Part 3 - Alice BadEnd

Option I - @alicemistressofpuppets

With an answer set Miko opens the stone doors, allowing herself and Alice to enter. “You best be quick, if you take too long dealing with Meiling it won’t spell anything good for me.” The hermit tells Alice, she knows out of the two of them she has the harder of the paths having to remove the marble from the equation without the ease of surprise.

Inside the roots and twisting greenery is replaced by another sight, what feels like stone plated floors and a vibrant blue sky above. Standing in the oddly open space are the two puppets, Meiling and Nobunaga. Behind them what appears to be stone steps can be seen but at this time its unsure if its all an illusion.

With her own blade drawn Miko summoned forth countless swords of light to meet the sudden and initial fire the small warlord would produce, guns and holy swords clashes in the air as Meiling leaped forward. 

“Go now! Take her out of here!” Miko shouted, enjoying the ranged exchange between her and Nobunaga as gaps a plenty opened around them for Alice’s use. “Go now and hurry on back!”

Though the gap provided wouldn’t be as good as promised, it would instead take Alice and Meiling to a small clearing in a forest unknown to Alice but well known to Meiling.

[diaphanous-puppetry-archive-blog]

Part 3 - Byakuren

Option C - @magiciansandmayhem

With an answer set Miko opens the stone doors, allowing Byakuren and Seiga to enter first as she sinks back. “You know the plan, if I appear too soon she’ll be on to me.” With that the hermit wraps her cape, blinking and vanishing before the two as the doors set in place to reveal the inside.

Inside the roots and twisting greenery is replaced by another sight, what feels like stone plated floors and a vibrant blue sky above. Standing in the oddly open space are the two puppets, Meiling and Nobunaga. Behind them what appears to be stone steps can be seen but at this time its unsure if its all an illusion.

In line with the their specialties, the guards act with Meiling moving forward. She charges towards Byakuren, the puppet knowing full well what type of person they are and knowing her fellow puppet has an unyielding rage towards Seiga. Though she would never reach her, a well placed gap or hole the reality of which hard to tell as the pace everything was about to move, set the guard’s charge off on an odd foot. A gap opened up for Byakuren to hit Meiling back through once she reacted.

Once sent Seiga would follow leaving the monk behind with the other, A scowl across her face as she looked on Byakuren. A monk who stood for most of what the Oda clan set out to destroy. Fanatic zealots of religion.

“Well what are you waiting for?” The called out, a sprawl of guns littering the air above and around her. “Unless you plan...on returning her you might as well get started so I can get her back..” The puppet in line with her friend being taken, as if she was actually in control yet her eyes only saw lies. The sight of the monk to her, was one that implied she was coming to ruin the home Nobunaga had found herself in-cooperated into.

[diaphanous-puppetry-archive-blog]

Part 3 - Reynolds

Option B - @timestrandedodst

With an answer set Miko opens the stone doors, allowing Reynolds and Seiga to enter first as she sinks back. “You know the plan, if I appear too soon she’ll be on to me.” With that the hermit wraps her cape, blinking and vanishing before the two as the doors set in place to reveal the inside.

Inside the roots and twisting greenery is replaced by another sight, what feels like stone plated floors and a vibrant blue sky above. Standing in the oddly open space are the two puppets, Meiling and Nobunaga. Behind them what appears to be stone steps can be seen but at this time its unsure if its all an illusion.

The moment the two were in sight the guard reacted, one of the puppets almost acting overly angry at the sight of Seiga but she would be restricted to move. Instead Meiling would move to attack the hermit in place of Nobunaga, the puppet clearly having issues so strong she wanted to act outside of her control to kill her. This made it easy for Meiling to slip into Seiga’s trap, a hole made that she tried to avoid, jumped over it so she wouldn’t fall in but instead finding her landing to be all but a gap. As quickly as they were entered, Meiling was divided away. Though that was the easy part, now came the actual conflict.

The puppet’s attention turned to the other who was left with her, sword set ablaze as she stared in anger towards Reynolds. “Bring her back......and leave..” She demanded, her guns floating above as more and more formed.

[diaphanous-puppetry-archive-blog]

Part 3 - Koakuma

Option F - @sophisticatedsuccubus

With an answer set Miko opens the stone doors, allowing Koakuma and Sakuya to enter first as she sinks back. “You know the plan, if I appear too soon she’ll be on to me.” With that the hermit wraps her cape, blinking and vanishing before the two as the doors set in place to reveal the inside.

Inside the roots and twisting greenery is replaced by another sight, what feels like stone plated floors and a vibrant blue sky above. Standing in the oddly open space are the two puppets, Meiling and Nobunaga. Behind them what appears to be stone steps can be seen but at this time its unsure if its all an illusion.

From the get go the plan to separate the two guards would commence, having planned for Sakuya to stop time and remove Meiling from the field so she could both defeat and release her from Mao’s control. Meiling would make it easy too, charging forward as she would with Nobunaga behind, the pausing of time leaving her extended for Sakuya to take away.

The next moment that Nobunaga and Koa would be able to move, both Meiling and Sakuya would be gone. The red clad girl grinding her foot into the ground with a growl, “where is she..” She asked, almost a cold tone towards the other. “Where have they gone?” Nobu asked again, sword now raised with her hollow eyes drawn on Koakuma.