Touhou: Silence of the Red Sun

[ ] IGNORE THE DERAIL AND ASK "How did you get in here?"

[ ] "How did you get in here?"

[X] "How did you get in here?", while holding a tiiiiny little sphere of fire close to her nose.

"HOw did you get in here?" the barrier around Taiyou, appropriately named the Taiyou Border, was pretty much impenetrable. There was the Hakurei Barrier, and then the Taiyou Border which was the same thing on a MUCH smaller scale. It surrounded the forest and the large village itself. Those on the outside couldn't see it, let alone enter. This was strange, so how did the fairy get in?

"Eye was just flying around and freezing frogs!" Cirno says with a smile. Yes, that was well and good but it didn't answer your question. Wait, did it? Did she just end up here by wandering around? This was strange.

"Did you see anyone strange on your way here? Anyone at all?"

"You lady."

"Not 'here', ON your way here, did you see anything?"

"Eye'm not telling you anything! Eye won!" this was getting annoying.

[ ] Interrogate her
[ ] It's a waste of time, go find out who may be doing this yourself
[ ] Ask Cirno to come along and help you find the culprit
[ ] Free

[ ] Interrogate her by tying her hands behind her back and tickling her. No freezing, no escape!

[ ] It's a waste of time, go find out who may be doing this yourself

[ ] Ask Cirno to come along and help you find the culprit

[ ] Interrogate her by tying her hands behind her back and tickling her. No freezing, no escape!

[] What Rain said, then drag her along with you to help find the culprit.

There was Cirno, standing right in front of you. She wasn't going to listen to you no matter what you said. Fairies were stupid in that regard. So, the only way to get any information out of the stubborn fairy was to interrogate her, but could you get close? You had the blessings of the sun goddess Amaterasu, so a little bit of 'ice' and 'freezing' was absolutely nothing to you. In you go, with hands out.

"Eye! What are you doing?" Cirno floats upward but you're as fast as lightning. You grab her by the arms and pull her down. "BAKA! BAKA!" she struggles...

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A couple minutes pass, and after her desperate attempts to escape, Cirno was tied with rope. You got the rope 'somewhere', but she was tied up. "I'm not going to use force, but I'm going to do this." you bend down and take off the fairy's foot wear.

"Hey! Let me go!" the young fairy struggles in the knotted bonds.

"I thought you were the strongest?" you bring up the naginata, or rather the 'end' of it' the one with the feather, and you go to work.

"AHaha...ahahahaha! E-eye'm not laughing!" Cirno wiggles and bashes about. Her face lights up a bright red as she continues with the boisterous laughter.

"Oh?" you move the naginata in a swift motion. You continue the onslaught.

"PFFFTAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

"Where is the culprit? You saw something besides me, didn't you?"

"PFtahaha... EYE DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING!... Huff..."

"Lying." another attack with the feather.

"HAHAahha...hahaha.. the puppet lady! THE PUPPET LADY! EYE TOLD YOU NOW STOP!"

"Puppet lady?" you stop the tickle attack for a second...

Who was that?...

[ ] Go into the Forest of Magic
[ ] Throw Cirno over your back and go find her
[ ] Go back and ask Heitaro
[ ] Free

[ ] Throw Cirno over your back and go find her.

Always have a loli on hand, yes.

[ ] Throw Cirno over your back and go find her

Cirno makes a good defense system!

[ ]Walk softly and carry a little gi- I mean...Throw Cirno over your back and go find her.

[ ] Let Cirno go off to do fairy things, then go find the "puppet lady"

You grab Cirno and fling her over one-shoulder. You crouch low and push off of the ground. You float just a FEW inches above ground because it was faster than walking.

"You gave me a bit of trouble there uh.. what's your name?" you ask without looking at the fairy. You were too busy looking left, right, and forward, trying to find this puppet person. Another step...

The bushes move on their own. "Huh?" you turn around in response. They move again. A large, orb of darkness moves out of the greenery and into the air just a couple of feet before you.

You...

[ ] Destroy it with LETHAL force
[ ] Throw Cirno at it
[ ] Use Cirno as a club
[ ] Slash the orb with your naginata
[ ] Free

[ ] Use Cirno as a club

[ ] Throw Cirno at it

[ ] Use Cirno as a club

[X]
Flee while bombarding it with several small shots.

[ ] Use Cirno as a club

And upon seeing the large, dark orb just ahead. You walk forward and use the fairy on your shoulder as a weapon. You swing her downward onto the seemingly-confused dark, flying orb.

SMACK.

"OUC-" the orb was about to verbalize its pain but it was frozen upon being hit by the fairy. Wow, Cirno's cold body temperatures were truly something. It was surprising she didn't freeze the ro-... well, the ropes were frozen. She wasn't strong enough to break free of them, it seems. The frozen .. wait, was that a blonde-haired girl with a ribbon? Another youkai. A darkness-manipulating youkai? Well, she was frozen now. Not like she mattered much anymore if she was in permanent stasis.

"Ahhh.. That hurt lady! Ouch." Cirno would probably be rubbing her head right now if she wasn't being restrained by you.

"SHhhh." you silence the fairy, looking at the darkness youkai.

You could thaw it out, but then again it'd just get in the way.

[ ] Just keep moving
[ ] Incinerate the youkai until nothing remains
[ ] Thaw it out and speak to it
[ ] Free

[ ] Thaw it out and speak to it

[ ] Thaw it out and speak to it. Stripping it first to check for hidden weapons is an option.

[ ] Thaw it out and speak to it

[ ] Thaw it out and speak to it

"Sigh..." there was no a frozen youkai only a few feet away. Why was she frozen? Because you smashed her over the head with an ICE FAIRY. She really wasn't doing anything wrong, she was just flying around the forest. She didn't impose any threats, you just thought she did. "Uh.. sorry." you reach a hand out, touching the ice. In a bright, white light, it melts instantly. THIS was what the power of light was capable of.

"Aha! Fairy and... human!" the darkness youkai lips her lips as she shakes her head from left to right. Was she a dog trying to dry herself off? It was quite endearing. She moves forward, and swiftly bobs her head forward as if she was a snake trying to capture its prey. The so-called-prey? Your finger. Of course, you're quick enough to move it back.

"So you're one of the ones that eats humans?" your eyes turn into menacing slits.

"Yeah!" she answers as if boasting. Did she not catch your change in mood?

Cirno doesn't say much of anything, probably because she's still dizzy and recovering from a concussion.

[ ] "Sorry." and then exterminate her.
[ ] "If I see you anywhere near my village, there will be hell to pay."
[ ] You find her attempt rather pathetic, so it's nothing to worry about
[ ] Free

[ ] You find her attempt rather pathetic, so it's nothing to worry about

[ ] You find her attempt rather pathetic, so it's nothing to worry about. Besides, she might eat some of the brats!

[] Apologize, then hit her with Cirno again.

[] Apologize, then hit her with Cirno again.