09-17-2017, 05:29 PM
“Is everyone ready?” Yuuka asked, her voice muffled by the door she had changed behind for a moment, before it slid open, mostly silent in its frame. She stepped out from the room, now dressed in an incredibly elegant and flowery yukata, almost as though she was wearing a flower bed. Clownpiece shifted uncomfortably in her own dress, suddenly feeling out of place amongst all of her flower-clad friends.
“Just a moment!” Reimu shouted from what sounded like the outside of the shrine, words stifled slightly by the wall between them. Suddenly, the back door slammed aside with a clatter, thrown open by her foot. The shrine maiden stumbled inside, sidestepping through the doorway as she tried to carry in a large, wooden backpack frame with a fair amount of sake bottles and various other things strapped to it. Smiling with her usual, deadly grin, Yuuka opened up her mouth to say something, likely a snide comment about how Reimu just told her off for slamming doors, but was swiftly silenced by a harsh glance from the miko.
“Alright, who wants to carry this?” she asked with a grunt, some of the bottles clattering together as she roughly set the pack down.
“Sorry, my back just isn’t what it used to be any more.” Yuuka sarcastically ruled herself out without a moment’s hesitation, casually turning and heading off towards the front of the shrine. Immediately, the shrine maiden turned to face Clownpiece, throwing a gaze that made her blood run cold.
“Since you’ve decided to move in, how about you pull your own weight,” she said with a false smile, tapping her hand against the top of the frame. The frame that was probably a lot more than her own weight. The hell fairy took a nervous step backwards, glancing around as she tried to find a way out of it. A flash of blue appeared in the corner of her eye, a small glimpse of her friend’s yukata.
“Cirno!” She suddenly shouted the ice fairy’s name, turning to face her and catching her in the act of trying to sneak out. A purple circle painted the air as she deftly spun her torch around her hand
“What?” Cirno pressed up against the wall and stared at Clownpiece, a startled expression on her face. With a dramatic motion, the hell fairy swept the torch out to the side and above her head, casting a purple light upon her friend. Her eyes shifted subtly, no longer holding that surprised look to them.
“I think you should stand back.” A condescending tone suddenly appeared in the hell child’s voice. “A weak ice fairy like you couldn’t carry this. You’d only get in the way.” She grimaced internally, but kept up the smug smile. That had come out a bit meaner than she’d wanted, but it was all she could come up with on a moment’s notice. A look of determination and irritation spread across the ice fairy’s face.
“You take that back!” She yelled, storming forward, right towards the pack. “I’m the strongest fairy there is! A little...” her voice fell for a moment as she secured it to her back. “Weight like this...” she grunted, straining to stand. Clownpiece dropped her torch back to her side, casting a bit more of the maddening light her way, unlocking strength she didn’t know she had. Suddenly, the frame felt like it weighed nothing to the blue-haired girl. “Is nothing to me!”
“I apologize, oh strongest fairy,” the hell fairy bowed, apologizing in a melodramatic tone. “I should not have doubted your strength.”
“That’s right!” The strongest fairy crossed her arms over her chest and began to proudly strut away, walking steadily in spite of the massive rack of sake on her back. Reimu cast a quick glance towards Clownpiece, raising an eyebrow at her. The blonde-haired child simply smiled widely, and followed after her friend.
---
The sun hung high on the horizon when the group finally touched down on the outskirts of the village. Bright afternoon light poured down from the spotless sky, tinting the vibrant pinks and purples that surrounded the little duchy with warm oranges and yellows. Clownpiece couldn’t help but stare in awe. The small fairy, who normally sought out pranking targets with a keen eye, passed up all the wandering humans in favor of gawking at the flowering trees. It was a sight she never got to see in hell, and had seen only twice on earth. Of course she was going to stare.
“Am...” Cirno gasped from somewhere off to her side, breathing heavily as she tried to eke out her words. “Am I... done now...?”
“I guess....” Reimu responded after a moment, and soon the distinct sound of straps being loosened could be heard. “I’m gonna go set up further in the village and introduce myself, if you need me.”
“See you around!” Clownpiece called out excitedly, spinning on her heel to face the shrine maiden, waving.
“Yeah, see you,” she called back, shouldering her pack and stepping forward. Her steps paused for a moment, and she turned just enough to look at the fairies plus one. “If you want a drink, get it from me.”
“No promises~” Yuuka responded cheerfully, eliciting a rather annoyed look from the miko. With a small huff, she set back off to make some acquaintances. “Well...” The flower youkai slowly turned to face the three fairies. “How about we...” she paused a moment, as if searching for the right word to use. “...introduce ourselves as well.”
“Yeah!” The hell fairy cheered, raising her torch high above her head. “I’ll give them all a glimpse of the hell that awaits!”
“That’s nice,” she said after a moment, still smiling politely. “Just don’t do anything too permanent. We live around here, after all.”
“Okay!” The blonde-haired girl didn’t lose any of her cheer despite having a lot of her plans prematurely shut down.
“Can we...” Cirno still gasped for breath, leaning over, hands on her knees. “Can we at least... rest first...?”
“Nope~” Yuuka answered cruelly, turning away and setting off without a wasted moment. With a heavy sigh, the ice fairy trudged after her, followed shortly by the green-haired sun fairy, worrying over her health, and then the hell fairy, skipping along cheerfully. Thus began the quartet’s several-hour meet and greet.
---
“She’s okay then?” The doctor asked, a note of relief to his voice. Since their arrival at the village, the sun had sank lower onto the horizon. The once-lively yellows and oranges had become calmer oranges and reds, staining the hamlet with a tired tint that warned about the coming nightfall.
“Yup! She’s just fine!” Clownpiece answered cheerfully, standing tall. She’d gotten through that ordeal without his help (or at least, with very little help from him), and she was going to make it known. “In fact...” she crossed her arms over her chest and leaned in just a bit closer. “You might even see her here tonight. I told her where we were going.”
“That’s... er...” he hesitated for a moment, taking a small sip from his dish. “...Marvelous.” His gaze flitted from one fairy to the next, as if contemplating how much of a pain all of them together would be to deal with. “Well... it was nice to formally meet you....” his eyes settled on the hell fairy as her paused for a brief second. “Clownpiece? I um... wish your friend... the best of luck.” With that said, he scurried off rather hurriedly, towards of group of people sitting contentedly under one of the town’s many cherry trees.
“Thanks for the help!” Yuuka sarcastically called after him, twirling her parasol above her head. If he heard her call, he didn’t give any response, continuing on just as stiffly as he had been before.
---
By now, the sun had set even lower onto the horizon. Long shadows enveloped the duchy, and high above, the deep navy sky began to show the first signs of stars. Having taken cover beneath the dense canopy of the forest, the sun was now out of sight and out of mind. And of course the rapidly approaching night meant one thing in particular. It was time to start drinking.
“So how’s your little entrepreneurship going?” Yuuka asked as the group made their way up to Reimu’s makeshift stand, set up in the busiest part of town. Exhausted from the long day, the fairies all carried themselves with a tired air, but the promise of booze had done a bit to lift their spirits up.
“Actually, it’s been going great!” There was an unexpected cheer to the shrine maiden’s voice. She shifted her chair, something that had probably been loaned to her by one of the villagers, slightly to the side, and shook the portable donation box sat next to her. The distinct rattling of coins could be heard from within. “Hear that? That’s the wonderful sound of donations. I’m actually getting them now that nobody thinks of me as a ‘youkai shrine-maiden.’”
“That’s... nice,” the flower master responded after a moment, taking a second to glance at the few sake bottles she had remaining. “How long will that last when they see you hanging around us?”
“Just,” her voice took on a much sharper tone, and she shot a glare at the group. “Don’t scare them away from the shrine.”
“Oh, so you told them where you live?” She asked, leaning in to inspect one of the bottles a bit closer, almost making it a point not to pay attention to Reimu.
“Why wouldn’t I have?”
“Oh, no reason.” The green-haired youkai picked one up, inspecting it rather thoroughly. “It’s just, they’re going to have a tough time getting there, aren’t they?” Suddenly, she turned to face the miko. “What with all the forest in the way.”
“That’s a good point...” she lifted one hand up to her chin, sinking away into a deep thought. Her eyes suddenly flicked over to the star-spangled fairy. “Clownpiece.”
“Yes?” It was her turn to be on the defensive.
“Seeing as you’re still living in my shrine rent-free...” Reimu started, leaning forward just enough to be imposing. “How about you help me by carving out a road for the nice villagers here.” She stated her question more like a demand, leaving no room for the hel child to wriggle her way out. Clownpiece once again felt her blood run cold, and she made a few uncertain noises, while shooting pleading, uncertain glances between Cirno, Yuuka, and Daiyousei, searching for a way out of this. Of course, it was every fairy for themselves, and in the end, she found herself caving in to Reimu’s demands.
With little else to talk about at the moment, the group of primes all pitched in to buy a few bottles of sake off of the stingy shrine maiden. Once they were done socializing and back at the shrine unwinding, there would be stories to share, and drinks to sleep off. For now though, there was only talking, drinking, and of course, enjoying the view.
---
Night fell over the hamlet. The once bright flowers were now stained silver and blue under the moonlight. Paper lanterns dotted the many roads of paths of the village, providing well-needed illumination to the town’s night-owls, and those who were just stumbling along, enjoying the night’s festivities. Of the group of Gensokyo natives, only four remained. Reimu had long since packed up her stand, and was enjoying a few drinks of her own while she wandered along with the others. Yuuka and Daiyousei enjoyed the night as well as they could while they dragged along a half-unconscious Cirno. A few too many drinks, coupled with general exhaustion from having been tricked by Clownpiece earlier in the day hadn’t left the ice fairy in the best shape.
Said hell fairy was nowhere to be seen amongst their little group, however. When the sun had just started to dip below the horizon, and the moon had just started to rise on the other, she’d vanished. With a surprising amount of stealth for such an ostentatious fairy, she’d snuck away, disappearing into the nearby forest along with her white-clad friend, who had finally decided to get up and enjoy the little festival as well.
A loud pop sounded in the distance and a bright, magical outburst exploded high in the sky, spilling festive colors across the nighttime hanami. Gasps rose up from the drunken populace, and most, if not all of the still-conscious visitors turned up to face the vivid display, slack-jawed. Brilliant fireballs burned bright trails across the sky, soaring high into the air before exploding into dazzling patterns of red, white, and blue stars. Volley after volley of fiery flowers all exploded into bloom high above the party. For the humans of this little backwoods duchy, who perhaps hadn’t seen a show like this before, it was possibly the perfect way to finish off a flower-viewing festival.
“Just a moment!” Reimu shouted from what sounded like the outside of the shrine, words stifled slightly by the wall between them. Suddenly, the back door slammed aside with a clatter, thrown open by her foot. The shrine maiden stumbled inside, sidestepping through the doorway as she tried to carry in a large, wooden backpack frame with a fair amount of sake bottles and various other things strapped to it. Smiling with her usual, deadly grin, Yuuka opened up her mouth to say something, likely a snide comment about how Reimu just told her off for slamming doors, but was swiftly silenced by a harsh glance from the miko.
“Alright, who wants to carry this?” she asked with a grunt, some of the bottles clattering together as she roughly set the pack down.
“Sorry, my back just isn’t what it used to be any more.” Yuuka sarcastically ruled herself out without a moment’s hesitation, casually turning and heading off towards the front of the shrine. Immediately, the shrine maiden turned to face Clownpiece, throwing a gaze that made her blood run cold.
“Since you’ve decided to move in, how about you pull your own weight,” she said with a false smile, tapping her hand against the top of the frame. The frame that was probably a lot more than her own weight. The hell fairy took a nervous step backwards, glancing around as she tried to find a way out of it. A flash of blue appeared in the corner of her eye, a small glimpse of her friend’s yukata.
“Cirno!” She suddenly shouted the ice fairy’s name, turning to face her and catching her in the act of trying to sneak out. A purple circle painted the air as she deftly spun her torch around her hand
“What?” Cirno pressed up against the wall and stared at Clownpiece, a startled expression on her face. With a dramatic motion, the hell fairy swept the torch out to the side and above her head, casting a purple light upon her friend. Her eyes shifted subtly, no longer holding that surprised look to them.
“I think you should stand back.” A condescending tone suddenly appeared in the hell child’s voice. “A weak ice fairy like you couldn’t carry this. You’d only get in the way.” She grimaced internally, but kept up the smug smile. That had come out a bit meaner than she’d wanted, but it was all she could come up with on a moment’s notice. A look of determination and irritation spread across the ice fairy’s face.
“You take that back!” She yelled, storming forward, right towards the pack. “I’m the strongest fairy there is! A little...” her voice fell for a moment as she secured it to her back. “Weight like this...” she grunted, straining to stand. Clownpiece dropped her torch back to her side, casting a bit more of the maddening light her way, unlocking strength she didn’t know she had. Suddenly, the frame felt like it weighed nothing to the blue-haired girl. “Is nothing to me!”
“I apologize, oh strongest fairy,” the hell fairy bowed, apologizing in a melodramatic tone. “I should not have doubted your strength.”
“That’s right!” The strongest fairy crossed her arms over her chest and began to proudly strut away, walking steadily in spite of the massive rack of sake on her back. Reimu cast a quick glance towards Clownpiece, raising an eyebrow at her. The blonde-haired child simply smiled widely, and followed after her friend.
---
The sun hung high on the horizon when the group finally touched down on the outskirts of the village. Bright afternoon light poured down from the spotless sky, tinting the vibrant pinks and purples that surrounded the little duchy with warm oranges and yellows. Clownpiece couldn’t help but stare in awe. The small fairy, who normally sought out pranking targets with a keen eye, passed up all the wandering humans in favor of gawking at the flowering trees. It was a sight she never got to see in hell, and had seen only twice on earth. Of course she was going to stare.
“Am...” Cirno gasped from somewhere off to her side, breathing heavily as she tried to eke out her words. “Am I... done now...?”
“I guess....” Reimu responded after a moment, and soon the distinct sound of straps being loosened could be heard. “I’m gonna go set up further in the village and introduce myself, if you need me.”
“See you around!” Clownpiece called out excitedly, spinning on her heel to face the shrine maiden, waving.
“Yeah, see you,” she called back, shouldering her pack and stepping forward. Her steps paused for a moment, and she turned just enough to look at the fairies plus one. “If you want a drink, get it from me.”
“No promises~” Yuuka responded cheerfully, eliciting a rather annoyed look from the miko. With a small huff, she set back off to make some acquaintances. “Well...” The flower youkai slowly turned to face the three fairies. “How about we...” she paused a moment, as if searching for the right word to use. “...introduce ourselves as well.”
“Yeah!” The hell fairy cheered, raising her torch high above her head. “I’ll give them all a glimpse of the hell that awaits!”
“That’s nice,” she said after a moment, still smiling politely. “Just don’t do anything too permanent. We live around here, after all.”
“Okay!” The blonde-haired girl didn’t lose any of her cheer despite having a lot of her plans prematurely shut down.
“Can we...” Cirno still gasped for breath, leaning over, hands on her knees. “Can we at least... rest first...?”
“Nope~” Yuuka answered cruelly, turning away and setting off without a wasted moment. With a heavy sigh, the ice fairy trudged after her, followed shortly by the green-haired sun fairy, worrying over her health, and then the hell fairy, skipping along cheerfully. Thus began the quartet’s several-hour meet and greet.
---
“She’s okay then?” The doctor asked, a note of relief to his voice. Since their arrival at the village, the sun had sank lower onto the horizon. The once-lively yellows and oranges had become calmer oranges and reds, staining the hamlet with a tired tint that warned about the coming nightfall.
“Yup! She’s just fine!” Clownpiece answered cheerfully, standing tall. She’d gotten through that ordeal without his help (or at least, with very little help from him), and she was going to make it known. “In fact...” she crossed her arms over her chest and leaned in just a bit closer. “You might even see her here tonight. I told her where we were going.”
“That’s... er...” he hesitated for a moment, taking a small sip from his dish. “...Marvelous.” His gaze flitted from one fairy to the next, as if contemplating how much of a pain all of them together would be to deal with. “Well... it was nice to formally meet you....” his eyes settled on the hell fairy as her paused for a brief second. “Clownpiece? I um... wish your friend... the best of luck.” With that said, he scurried off rather hurriedly, towards of group of people sitting contentedly under one of the town’s many cherry trees.
“Thanks for the help!” Yuuka sarcastically called after him, twirling her parasol above her head. If he heard her call, he didn’t give any response, continuing on just as stiffly as he had been before.
---
By now, the sun had set even lower onto the horizon. Long shadows enveloped the duchy, and high above, the deep navy sky began to show the first signs of stars. Having taken cover beneath the dense canopy of the forest, the sun was now out of sight and out of mind. And of course the rapidly approaching night meant one thing in particular. It was time to start drinking.
“So how’s your little entrepreneurship going?” Yuuka asked as the group made their way up to Reimu’s makeshift stand, set up in the busiest part of town. Exhausted from the long day, the fairies all carried themselves with a tired air, but the promise of booze had done a bit to lift their spirits up.
“Actually, it’s been going great!” There was an unexpected cheer to the shrine maiden’s voice. She shifted her chair, something that had probably been loaned to her by one of the villagers, slightly to the side, and shook the portable donation box sat next to her. The distinct rattling of coins could be heard from within. “Hear that? That’s the wonderful sound of donations. I’m actually getting them now that nobody thinks of me as a ‘youkai shrine-maiden.’”
“That’s... nice,” the flower master responded after a moment, taking a second to glance at the few sake bottles she had remaining. “How long will that last when they see you hanging around us?”
“Just,” her voice took on a much sharper tone, and she shot a glare at the group. “Don’t scare them away from the shrine.”
“Oh, so you told them where you live?” She asked, leaning in to inspect one of the bottles a bit closer, almost making it a point not to pay attention to Reimu.
“Why wouldn’t I have?”
“Oh, no reason.” The green-haired youkai picked one up, inspecting it rather thoroughly. “It’s just, they’re going to have a tough time getting there, aren’t they?” Suddenly, she turned to face the miko. “What with all the forest in the way.”
“That’s a good point...” she lifted one hand up to her chin, sinking away into a deep thought. Her eyes suddenly flicked over to the star-spangled fairy. “Clownpiece.”
“Yes?” It was her turn to be on the defensive.
“Seeing as you’re still living in my shrine rent-free...” Reimu started, leaning forward just enough to be imposing. “How about you help me by carving out a road for the nice villagers here.” She stated her question more like a demand, leaving no room for the hel child to wriggle her way out. Clownpiece once again felt her blood run cold, and she made a few uncertain noises, while shooting pleading, uncertain glances between Cirno, Yuuka, and Daiyousei, searching for a way out of this. Of course, it was every fairy for themselves, and in the end, she found herself caving in to Reimu’s demands.
With little else to talk about at the moment, the group of primes all pitched in to buy a few bottles of sake off of the stingy shrine maiden. Once they were done socializing and back at the shrine unwinding, there would be stories to share, and drinks to sleep off. For now though, there was only talking, drinking, and of course, enjoying the view.
---
Night fell over the hamlet. The once bright flowers were now stained silver and blue under the moonlight. Paper lanterns dotted the many roads of paths of the village, providing well-needed illumination to the town’s night-owls, and those who were just stumbling along, enjoying the night’s festivities. Of the group of Gensokyo natives, only four remained. Reimu had long since packed up her stand, and was enjoying a few drinks of her own while she wandered along with the others. Yuuka and Daiyousei enjoyed the night as well as they could while they dragged along a half-unconscious Cirno. A few too many drinks, coupled with general exhaustion from having been tricked by Clownpiece earlier in the day hadn’t left the ice fairy in the best shape.
Said hell fairy was nowhere to be seen amongst their little group, however. When the sun had just started to dip below the horizon, and the moon had just started to rise on the other, she’d vanished. With a surprising amount of stealth for such an ostentatious fairy, she’d snuck away, disappearing into the nearby forest along with her white-clad friend, who had finally decided to get up and enjoy the little festival as well.
A loud pop sounded in the distance and a bright, magical outburst exploded high in the sky, spilling festive colors across the nighttime hanami. Gasps rose up from the drunken populace, and most, if not all of the still-conscious visitors turned up to face the vivid display, slack-jawed. Brilliant fireballs burned bright trails across the sky, soaring high into the air before exploding into dazzling patterns of red, white, and blue stars. Volley after volley of fiery flowers all exploded into bloom high above the party. For the humans of this little backwoods duchy, who perhaps hadn’t seen a show like this before, it was possibly the perfect way to finish off a flower-viewing festival.
Quote:Sorry for the long post >.>
Glossed over a lot of the specifics in case you guys wanted to do anything in particular. Otherwise, feel free to have darklings attracted by the fireworks show or whatever.
Clownpiece and her assist are out somewhere, firing all these off into the sky. Oh, and they’re drunk, which is probably why they thought this was a good idea <.<
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Yuuka Kazami Wrote:Reimu comes back to make another pass at Meira and she just has an idiot neck child.
Credit to Yuuka for the sig