Re: Touhou CYOA - Second edition
Turning to Parsee, Byakuren adresses the bridge princess.
"So, now might be a good time to seek out solutions to your problems. Let's head back underground, and see what can be done. Parsee nods back at Byakuren, both concern and joy detectable in her mind.
They start to walk, but Ichirin stops them.
"It'll take time to walk. Let's fly instead so we'll save time, and it's less tiring." she tells them, turning to Unzan then. "Would you be willing to carry us Unzan?" Ichirin asks the cloud, which nods at them and lowers his huge hand to ground level. Ichirin hops onto it, telling the other two to come on aboard. When all three females are on his hand, Unzan lifts them onto his shoulder. The three of them sit down, small pieces of the cloud wrapping around their waists to keep them from falling.
"Ok, just tell him where to go." Ichirin asks Byakuren, who tells Unzan to head to the foot of the mountain. The nyuudou takes off, slowly at first but picks up speed quite fast. After a few minutes of soaring through the air, the cave entrance is in sight.
The trio jump off from Unzan once he is at ground level. Before they can enter the cave complex, sounds of hushed conversation can be heard coming from down the path. Byakuren stays alert, a possible ambush on her mind already. They patiently wait for the sounds to get close, but ease up as the upcomers turn out to be Suika and Yuugi, both looking quite down in the dumps. A strong smell of alcohol hangs over the disheveled oni pair, as if they had been drinking for a few days straight. Once her emerald eyes spot Yuugi, Parsee starts to slowly lurch toward the shapely oni.
"If it isn't Byakuren. Did you find Parsee somewhere?" Yuugi asks Byakuren as the bridge princess grabs her.
"Yuu..gi.." Parsee manages to say as she holds onto the oni lady.
"Where'd you vanish into? Since we saw you nowhere, Suika and me decided to head out and look for you..." the oni asks the clingy Parsee
"What...?"
"Yeah, we were having a drinking bout. Took us a few days to decide who won. Did you think I abandoned you or something?" Yuugi asks back with a silly grin.
For a minute, it seems like the whole world goes silent as Parsee's gaze is locked in place when she registers what has transpired. Her green energy explodes into being as the bridge princess backs off from Yuugi and smacks the oni right to the face.
"YUUGI I HATE YOU!" she yells at the oni before running down into the cave. Looking after the fleeing Parsee, Yuugi rubs her cheek.
"What was that about? I better go after her, clear this misconception up.." she says out loud. The girl oni Suika can barely manage to hold a giggle.
"Lover's quarrel...." she says with a teasing grin until Yuugi grabs her by he horns and gives the smaller oni a good shake.
"Quiet you."
With Yuugi now goig back to her subterranean home, Suika too heads out into the surrounding forest to look for new things. Byakuren thinks about the strangeness that just happened, and that she didn't even get to say anything. Opting to leave the oni and bridge princess to their own devices, she takes off with Ichirin and Unzan. As they rise above the treeline, a few spots represent themselves for exploration
A. That curious yellow area in the plains
B. The town by the sea
C. The Scarlet Devil Mansion