10-11-2016, 11:29 PM
In hindsight, wandering blindly along probably hadn’t been the best idea. Utsuho’s vision swam, bright colors swarming about through her mind. All sense of direction was gone, replaced only by that vivid splurge, which was already starting to fade away. Reality flooded back into the hell raven’s eyes, way ahead of her own sense of being. Without being able to really tell she was even moving her legs, she took a few shaky steps forward, not yet taking in her surroundings, before everything washed over her at once.
Intense vertigo assailed the young youkai, and she tumbled forward, face-first into the dried out grass at her feet. The stiff, yellowed plants scratched at her face, and Utsuho couldn’t help but grin a bit. Though it was uncomfortable, it was a welcome change from the plain empty of that last place.
A childish giggle escaped her, and she spread her limbs out, welcoming all the new sensations. The glorious nuclear furnace in the sky rained its heat down upon the land from high above, bringing both life and death to this unfamiliar territory. No wind blew to rustle the dehydrated foliage, despite the long flats being suitable for it.
Of course, although this was a nice change from before, it still wasn’t the most welcoming. Utsuho placed her left hand against the ground beneath her chest, pushing herself halfway up. Not a cloud was to be seen in the sky. In fact, it looked like this place probably hadn’t seen clouds in years if the dustiness was anything to judge by. This land definitely was not home, nor anything even remotely recognizable.
Despite this, she wasn’t quite still at square one. The few foreign trees that dotted the plains didn’t obstruct her view of the horizon at all, and in the distance, she could faintly see something that wasn’t quite like any other silhouette. It was much more dense and clustered. The human village, perhaps? She hadn’t actually seen it before. It wasn’t often that she was allowed on the surface in the first place, and the little she had been was mostly around her reactor’s entrance.
Still, it was better than nothing. Back aching from her awkward half-laying position, Utsuho brought her legs beneath herself and pushed up to her feet. It was time for more walking. The hell raven took a few confident steps forward, her concrete boot kicking up a lot of dust, before stopping in her tracks, head darting around rapidly to take in the new scenery.
“Hello!” she announced cheerfully towards the dozen or so figures that now surrounded her from a safe distance, waving her right hand in greeting as if it didn’t currently have a nuclear control rod affixed to it. When the figures failed to greet her in return, her waving slowed down, soon coming to a stop, and being brought down to her side completely.
“What’s a lone prime like you doin’ here?” One of the figures, covered in dust and dusty clothing, finally gave a response.
“I could ask you the same thing,” Utsuho began. Grinning cheerfully, she opened up her mouth to continue on that tangent, before her brain kicked in again and she remembered her situation. “Oh! You guys know here! Do you think you can help me?”
“Sure we can,” spoke a second dusty figure, his voice deliberately low. He paused for a moment, mouth open and ready to speak again, but stopped short by the hell raven.
“Great! You see, I need something from a town around here...” sudden insight dove into her mind, and her smile turned a bit nervous. It was called the human village for a reason, she doubted a hell raven would be allowed in there. “Problem is, I can’t go in it. At least, not alone.” Several of the people exchanged glances, some starting to whisper amongst themselves.
“So yer in the same boat we are,” dusty figure one drawled.
“Oh, is that so?” Utsuho’s expression fell. “I really need to get there too....” A third figure hastily leaned over to the first, whispering something into her ear.
“Hows about this?” figure one said a few moments later. “We pool our strength together, and all a’ us strike at once. Witha prime at our side, we can all get what we’re goin’ for.”
“Ah!” the hell raven’s face brightened again, not seeing the fatal flaw in a large group of who she thought were other youkai marching on the human village, even if they had benevolent intentions. “Great idea! With my ultimate nuclear fusion,” she took on a regal stance, shifting her feet and raising her left hand up, pointing skyward. A blob of light and plasma materialized just past the tip, a miniature second sun floating above her head, “I’ll make sure no one stands against us!” Though her intentions were, for the most part, harmless, she immediately jumped into a rather violent train of thought.
“Yeah, yeah. Just follow us, and be ready,” the woman grunted, jerking her head towards the horizon and turning around, a silent command that caused the remaining figures to break formation. Deflated, Utsuho dropped her hand again, manifested nuclear energy fizzling out.
“By the way, my name’s Utsuho Reiuji, but everyone calls me Okuu.” Though it was a bit late, the nuclear youkai figured they might as well get each other’s names, considering they were working together. The group was already starting to make their way to a cluster of trees, and in order to catch up, she briefly lifted off the ground, rushing forward. This seemed like an odd direction to Okuu, the silhouette was in a different direction after all.
“Cool, I’m Hila, this is Bob,” the supposed leader responded, jerking her head over to the only other person who had spoken thus far. She hadn’t even bothered to glance back at Utsuho when she talked. “You can get to know everyone else on the way there.”
“Isn’t this one the way?” the hell raven asked, floating over the ignored masses, catching up quickly with the woman, and planting herself heavily on the ground by her side, her name already forgotten.
“Nah, see that grove a’ trees?” Bob was the one to speak this time, pointing to the cluster. “We stashed our vehicles there, gotta get those first.”
“Huh...” Okuu hummed curiously. She sort of wanted to question why they didn’t just fly over there. Maybe they had a good reason though. Like, flying would be suspicious enough. Most humans can’t fly. Except the shrine maiden. And the witch. And the maid. And the other shrine maiden. Maybe humans could fly after all?
That wasn’t a thought she had much time to entertain. While she was lost in her own little world, they had already come upon the vehicle stash. Four brown, rusty boxes on wheels, hidden behind the foliage, with a few broken branches thrown over the top of them for good measure.
“No way!” Utsuho gasped, rushing forward away from the group and up to one of the cars. Stopping roughly, she examined one very closely, head bobbing around in a very birdlike manner, sniffing occasionally. “Gas? Really? You could get entire orders of magnitude more energy efficiency with nuclear energy. Get your hands on a tokamak and you could run a reactor for years!”
“The fuck are you babblin’ on about?” Hila growled, strutting up behind the youkai.
“Argh!” Okuu gritted her teeth, ruffling her hair with her free hand. “And I suppose I can’t just pump a gas reactor full of hydrogen...”
“It’s called a gas engine, not a reactor,” the woman grumbled, ripping open the rusted door with a scrape. “And it’s the best we’re gonna get out here. ‘Sides, you’re a prime, ain’tcha? Just summon up a reactor or whatever.” All the woman got for that comment was a blank stare from the hell raven. A heavy sigh escaped her mouth. “Nevermind. Hop in the back, we’ve got a town to hit.”
Intense vertigo assailed the young youkai, and she tumbled forward, face-first into the dried out grass at her feet. The stiff, yellowed plants scratched at her face, and Utsuho couldn’t help but grin a bit. Though it was uncomfortable, it was a welcome change from the plain empty of that last place.
A childish giggle escaped her, and she spread her limbs out, welcoming all the new sensations. The glorious nuclear furnace in the sky rained its heat down upon the land from high above, bringing both life and death to this unfamiliar territory. No wind blew to rustle the dehydrated foliage, despite the long flats being suitable for it.
Of course, although this was a nice change from before, it still wasn’t the most welcoming. Utsuho placed her left hand against the ground beneath her chest, pushing herself halfway up. Not a cloud was to be seen in the sky. In fact, it looked like this place probably hadn’t seen clouds in years if the dustiness was anything to judge by. This land definitely was not home, nor anything even remotely recognizable.
Despite this, she wasn’t quite still at square one. The few foreign trees that dotted the plains didn’t obstruct her view of the horizon at all, and in the distance, she could faintly see something that wasn’t quite like any other silhouette. It was much more dense and clustered. The human village, perhaps? She hadn’t actually seen it before. It wasn’t often that she was allowed on the surface in the first place, and the little she had been was mostly around her reactor’s entrance.
Still, it was better than nothing. Back aching from her awkward half-laying position, Utsuho brought her legs beneath herself and pushed up to her feet. It was time for more walking. The hell raven took a few confident steps forward, her concrete boot kicking up a lot of dust, before stopping in her tracks, head darting around rapidly to take in the new scenery.
“Hello!” she announced cheerfully towards the dozen or so figures that now surrounded her from a safe distance, waving her right hand in greeting as if it didn’t currently have a nuclear control rod affixed to it. When the figures failed to greet her in return, her waving slowed down, soon coming to a stop, and being brought down to her side completely.
“What’s a lone prime like you doin’ here?” One of the figures, covered in dust and dusty clothing, finally gave a response.
“I could ask you the same thing,” Utsuho began. Grinning cheerfully, she opened up her mouth to continue on that tangent, before her brain kicked in again and she remembered her situation. “Oh! You guys know here! Do you think you can help me?”
“Sure we can,” spoke a second dusty figure, his voice deliberately low. He paused for a moment, mouth open and ready to speak again, but stopped short by the hell raven.
“Great! You see, I need something from a town around here...” sudden insight dove into her mind, and her smile turned a bit nervous. It was called the human village for a reason, she doubted a hell raven would be allowed in there. “Problem is, I can’t go in it. At least, not alone.” Several of the people exchanged glances, some starting to whisper amongst themselves.
“So yer in the same boat we are,” dusty figure one drawled.
“Oh, is that so?” Utsuho’s expression fell. “I really need to get there too....” A third figure hastily leaned over to the first, whispering something into her ear.
“Hows about this?” figure one said a few moments later. “We pool our strength together, and all a’ us strike at once. Witha prime at our side, we can all get what we’re goin’ for.”
“Ah!” the hell raven’s face brightened again, not seeing the fatal flaw in a large group of who she thought were other youkai marching on the human village, even if they had benevolent intentions. “Great idea! With my ultimate nuclear fusion,” she took on a regal stance, shifting her feet and raising her left hand up, pointing skyward. A blob of light and plasma materialized just past the tip, a miniature second sun floating above her head, “I’ll make sure no one stands against us!” Though her intentions were, for the most part, harmless, she immediately jumped into a rather violent train of thought.
“Yeah, yeah. Just follow us, and be ready,” the woman grunted, jerking her head towards the horizon and turning around, a silent command that caused the remaining figures to break formation. Deflated, Utsuho dropped her hand again, manifested nuclear energy fizzling out.
“By the way, my name’s Utsuho Reiuji, but everyone calls me Okuu.” Though it was a bit late, the nuclear youkai figured they might as well get each other’s names, considering they were working together. The group was already starting to make their way to a cluster of trees, and in order to catch up, she briefly lifted off the ground, rushing forward. This seemed like an odd direction to Okuu, the silhouette was in a different direction after all.
“Cool, I’m Hila, this is Bob,” the supposed leader responded, jerking her head over to the only other person who had spoken thus far. She hadn’t even bothered to glance back at Utsuho when she talked. “You can get to know everyone else on the way there.”
“Isn’t this one the way?” the hell raven asked, floating over the ignored masses, catching up quickly with the woman, and planting herself heavily on the ground by her side, her name already forgotten.
“Nah, see that grove a’ trees?” Bob was the one to speak this time, pointing to the cluster. “We stashed our vehicles there, gotta get those first.”
“Huh...” Okuu hummed curiously. She sort of wanted to question why they didn’t just fly over there. Maybe they had a good reason though. Like, flying would be suspicious enough. Most humans can’t fly. Except the shrine maiden. And the witch. And the maid. And the other shrine maiden. Maybe humans could fly after all?
That wasn’t a thought she had much time to entertain. While she was lost in her own little world, they had already come upon the vehicle stash. Four brown, rusty boxes on wheels, hidden behind the foliage, with a few broken branches thrown over the top of them for good measure.
“No way!” Utsuho gasped, rushing forward away from the group and up to one of the cars. Stopping roughly, she examined one very closely, head bobbing around in a very birdlike manner, sniffing occasionally. “Gas? Really? You could get entire orders of magnitude more energy efficiency with nuclear energy. Get your hands on a tokamak and you could run a reactor for years!”
“The fuck are you babblin’ on about?” Hila growled, strutting up behind the youkai.
“Argh!” Okuu gritted her teeth, ruffling her hair with her free hand. “And I suppose I can’t just pump a gas reactor full of hydrogen...”
“It’s called a gas engine, not a reactor,” the woman grumbled, ripping open the rusted door with a scrape. “And it’s the best we’re gonna get out here. ‘Sides, you’re a prime, ain’tcha? Just summon up a reactor or whatever.” All the woman got for that comment was a blank stare from the hell raven. A heavy sigh escaped her mouth. “Nevermind. Hop in the back, we’ve got a town to hit.”
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Yuuka Kazami Wrote:Reimu comes back to make another pass at Meira and she just has an idiot neck child.
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