Re: Touhou CYOA - Second edition
(That X-Man, he's a rebel)
Byakuren though Parsee should apologise for her own actions, but the hashihime's pride and unstable condition would probably not allow her to do it. Quickly stepping in to the situation, she calls out to the blonde powerhouse
"Suwako-sama, please! Stop this before it goes too far and somebody loses their life needlessly!" Byakuren shouts at the might-be-goddess, bowing down in a gesture of highest apology. Suwako stops for a while, then the rock mass breaks apart, depositing itself evenly along the bottom of the stream. With Parsee still held in the dirt's grip, she descends down to Byakuren's level
"You actually recognised my name? You do seem to have a lot of faith in gods, are you a monk?" the goddess tells her, casually examining Byakuren.
"Well, yes. Bishamonten is the one I've been dedicating myself to, but I see no problem with other gods" she replies, getting a happy smile from Suwako.
"It's such a nice thing to see faithfull people still roaming the land.." the frog goddess explains her, turning away to look towards the sky. "This land needs more faith to continue it's existence. The recent years have been pretty bad in this aspect, I'm sure you've noticed it..."
Byakuren can't really say, she was just released some time ago from her long-time imprisonment after all, but agrees with the earth goddess
"I do have to wonder though, what is it that you hope to acchieve with someone like this here accompanying you?" Suwako changes the subject, turning to Parsee and pulling at her elvish ears, clearly wanting to tease the still-trapped bridge princess. Surprisingly, Parsee's gone silent once more, completely ignoring the blonde girl's pestering.
"I've taken her with me to maybe find her good friend once more, and break this violent streak she's going at. There should be no reservation towards helping others in one's mind." Byakuren replies, feeling like she's preaching the goddess. But Suwako's mind is similar to her own.
"You are a rare one, Byakuren Hijiri. To ensure a future for our land, there needs to be more people like you." the goddess tells her, giving Byakuren a bow of her own.
"Go to the shrine near the summit, you should offer your prayers there." Suwako continues before vanishing in a flash of light. Taking the advice, Byakuren and the now-released Parsee head on further upstream
Not a long time later, they arrive at a well-kept shrine. But something else catches Byakuren's attention. On the roof sits a purple-haired woman who's looking towards the peak of the mountain, covered in a large, dark cloud. An occasional lightning bolt strikes once in a while inside the cloud. The woman is dressed in a red shirt and a black, long skirt. Hanging over the bulges in her shirt is a mirror, but the most eye-catching thing about this woman is the thick rope circle floating just behind her back. When not given any attention, Byakuren thinks about a course of action
A. Call out to the woman
B. Head towards the peak