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>>33125592
The other half are after your principle. The person you were hired to keep safe and protected until her wedding day, even if it cost you your life. She had at one time been an annoying, pompous, self involved bitch. That was before you knew she had been tortured, experimented on, and neglected by those who were supposed to keep her safe and healthy. Her marriage to a rival clan of Yakuza consisting of sorcerers and witches was meant to help seal a three way exchange of power between her father's corrupt zaibatsu, Clan Ryo, and Clan Kaga.

Oh, and she is apparently wanted by at least two government organizations, one of which isn't even Japanese. And possibly some religious group. And maybe some Chinese gangsters who claim to be divine beings.

Of course that was before she confessed her love to you, and you accepted her confession. And consummated it later.

After your two subordinates offered to help you relieve the tension she created in you. Repeatedly.

Which happened after you promised her elder sister, who looks like her little sister, that you would get her dominatrix lover out of the sorcerously sealed trap that she had created at her lovers behest. Yeah, that one still confuses you a little. Oh, said promise was made after giving said elder sister special attention to the point of climax (which weirdly didn't involve anything resembling sex).

Which your girlfriend is perfectly okay with, apparently.

Hence standing in the rain.

Well, that's not quite true. Mostly you're standing in the rain because not even you are sure you're okay with THIS.

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>>33125602
Sure, they had been planning on taking naked pictures of your principle, getting a whole lot of yen for them, and plastering them all over the internet, humiliating her very powerful Zaibatsu owning father and her slightly less well known but equally dangerous finance's father. Which would have been taken while you were kissing her, against the very dangerous leader of your clan's very explicit and threatening orders. Intuitively, the part of you that did this recognized at least one of them as being wholly and irredeemably evil with a capital psychopath, so there is that.

But still.

On the other hand, which you currently lack, you are going to rescue a sorceress who knows much, much more about what is happing to you than anyone else you dare risk speaking to. The leader of your clan knows, which is why she planned on having your best friend keep tabs on you and keep you from learning about it. Said best friend sided with you, because she realized you were a better person than the head of your clan. Which put her on a hit list.

The spiritualist who is related to your principle is also on said leader's hit list for not turning over said sorceress. Who happens to be her dominatrix lover. Said spiritualist knows what is going on with you as well. Two names on multiple hit lists.

To top things off, in three days you have to fight an actual oni who serves an actual rain god who so happens to be a True Dragon, because you rescued the oni's niece from a life of slavery and abuse. That would be the other subordinate who is now your best friend's lover. You best friend being the first subordinate you have. That's a hit list at the end of a really big iron club.

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Oh, and you're mostly dragonettes, which means there is an ACTUAL demigod with a dragon slaying sword out there wanting you all dead just because you are related to dragons. Especially you, because you're her draconian equivalent, and that probably pisses her off no end.

Too Long, Didn't Read: You, a malfunctioning demigod pretending to be a dragonette, are all that stands between everyone who loves you and fates worse than death, if not just death.

But you've cleaned up the mess, washed off the house, and cooled down. And your girlfriend is waiting inside with a nice, hot bath for you. Her sister is cooking breakfast. Your two subordinates have tea ready and waiting, and probably a dish of Red Bean Jelly waiting for you and your lover.

And right now there could be nothing better.

[] Go inside, drop the Barrier, bath time.
[] Keep the Barrier up, take advantage of the timelessness to sneak into the bathroom.
[] Do a quick perimeter sweep, then go inside.
[] You'd pray, but that seems to lead to strange shit, and occasionally horrifying danger.
[] Let loose with one brief, primal deluge of rain, lightning, and thunder. Blow off some goddamn angst, you edgy little lizard! Jeez.

>>33125646
>Do a quick perimeter sweep, then go inside.

>>33125646
>[x] Do a quick perimeter sweep, then go inside.
Sweep sweep!

>>33125646

>[] Do a quick perimeter sweep, then go inside.
>[] Let loose with one brief, primal deluge of rain, lightning, and thunder. Blow off some goddamn angst, you edgy little lizard! Jeez.
>[] Go inside, drop the Barrier, bath time.

Story was good. Surprised that she became friends with Akari.

>>33125646
[x] Do a quick perimeter sweep, then go inside.
[x] Keep the Barrier up, take advantage of the timelessness to sneak into the bathroom.

>>33125646
>[x] Let loose with one brief, primal deluge of rain, lightning, and thunder. Blow off some goddamn angst, you edgy little lizard! Jeez.
>[x] You'd pray, but that seems to lead to strange shit, and occasionally horrifying danger.
>[x] Go inside, drop the Barrier, bath time.

Does the phrase "I'm in a weird place right now" translate effectively into japanese?

>>33125685

They had some common ground.

>>33125646
>[] Keep the Barrier up, take advantage of the timelessness to sneak into the bathroom.
As to Kiki, eh she's okay I guess. Still not thrilled with her preeminent position and would like to reduce her from being "our girlfriend" to "one of our girlfriends"

>>33125646
>[x] Do a quick perimeter sweep, then go inside.

Kiki is great. I don't believe Kiku didn't notice ANYTHING wrong with her until after she made friends with Akari though. And don't understand why Kiku didn't try to do more to help her.

Are we going to get a Kiku's Tale immediate backstory pastebin or is the flashback all we're getting?

>>33125685
>>33125762
How about we NOT make this situation any worse by calling up even more of Horobi's powers by calling a deluge or praying?
They've always had unpredictable consequences in the past, and we've got plans that could be adversely affected by doing something stupid.

>>33125767
Point. I'm mostly annoyed at how we've basically been informed that she's the most important to us by literally everyone without the players really saying anything. Especially since I don't really see why she'd the most important

>>33125796

The option is "You'd normally pray, but that seems like it's not a good idea". I feel it's an observation that should be explicitly made.

>>33125767

Bah, it will be like ancient royalty. One "official" queen (Kiki), lots of concubines. In our case it will be a marriage both political and of love, but that doesn't mean we'd neglect our harem.

>>33125592
We Mistral now?

>>33125827
It was part of the original write up.

>>33125831
It's not an observation, it's an actual action with a warning about the possible consequences.

You really think it's just an observation?

>>33125856
Doylist pls. The Watsonians are talking.

>>33125856
Doesn't make it less annoying.

>>33125834
I'm thinking we marry them all at once.
>>33125856
And thus as /tg/ we are contractually obliged to take it off the rails.

>>33125827

You mean, besides the fact that we've been shown, not told, every time Ryukusa gets close that she feels more strongly about Kiki on some levels than she does the others?

Probably some reincarnation afoot, or something. Great cosmic principle(s) we don't understand yet. Or it might just be the supernatural chemistry.

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[X] Go inside, drop the Barrier, bath time.
[] Keep the Barrier up, take advantage of the timelessness to sneak into the bathroom.
[X] Do a quick perimeter sweep, then go inside.
[] You'd pray, but that seems to lead to strange shit, and occasionally horrifying danger.
[] Let loose with one brief, primal deluge of rain, lightning, and thunder. Blow off some goddamn angst, you edgy little lizard! Jeez.

A quick sweep of the perimeter takes you about half an hour subjective time, but since you purposefully excluded everyone else from your barrier, you can take all the time you need to do it in any case. So a thorough, careful inspection to help ground your wicked thoughts and raving mind is just what the boss ordered. And you should know, because apparently you're the boss according to everyone.

With that completed and revealing nothing, there is nothing stopping you going inside and removing the barrier. It was only the supernatural nature of the....incident that allowed you to clean it under the Barrier's effect in any case. Otherwise you would have has to clean it with actual rain, which could have attracted attention.

That would have sucked, and is something to consider when fighting the normal humans who seem to have your lover's pretty pink head in their cross-hairs.

Of course....you could have a little fun.

>>33125917
>You mean, besides the fact that we've been shown, not told, every time Ryukusa gets close that she feels more strongly about Kiki on some levels than she does the others?
Our body seems to react yeah. Doesn't mean that I would have preferred to have the option to actually accept when offered to relieve stress, rather than Ryukusa refusing for us and saying we had to sex up Kiki first.

>>33125917
Horobi noticed Kiki has liked Ryukusa for years and is shipping them hard. Kiki's mom feels the same way.

>>33125917
>You mean, besides the fact that we've been shown, not told, every time Ryukusa gets close that she feels more strongly about Kiki on some levels than she does the others?
That would fall under basically being informed yes.

>>33125979

That's not how the "tell" part of "show, don't tell" works.

I know quests are interactive, but at some point you have to lean back and let regular narrative conventions apply.

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>>33125936
Still, taking a deep breath, you slip inside, and walk down the emptiness of the house. To your surprise, Kiku's door is vibrant with power....as is the wall it's attached to. She's apparently working on something, most likely the ritual to send you across the Barrier to her entrapped lover.

You tighten your robe, and let the barrier collapse.

Yui is up and out of her seat instantly, her taiko sticks in hand, and ready to pounce. Miko-Kiku glances back, and then utterly ignores you, while Akari has merely placed one hand under the kotatsu, and is sipping tea....her eyes fixed on you.

“All cleaned, all clear. Still, I wouldn't go outside unless you absolutely have to.”

Yui relaxes, and Kiku calls from the kitchen, “Breakfast in twenty-five minutes.” You make a gesture and Akari slowly places her hand on top of the kotatsu. Yui, however, noticed. No, that's not a stupid oni-chick at all.

“Please explain to Yui-niji-chan, Akari? I need a shower.”

“Hai, aniki.”

You walk down the hallway, then into the safe-room, where you can taste steam and floral scents. The door is open just a crack, and as you slip inside the room is darker than you expected; the only lights are from the burning incense and a single paper lantern hanging from a hook in the ceiling, washing the bathroom (bathing the washroom?) in a strange combination of pale yellow and dim red. She is dressed in a very simple pink and white robe, far less luxurious than what you are used to her being in. Kumatori Kiki is sitting on one of the scrubbing stools, of which there are three, yet the rinsing basin is empty. The tub is full of hot water through. The steam has obscured the mirror she faces, away from the door.

>>33125994
>That's not how the "tell" part of "show, don't tell" works.
I said been informed. The fact that XS did a decent job of the informing was irrelivent.
>I know quests are interactive, but at some point you have to lean back and let regular narrative conventions apply.
True, which is why I'm in favor of keeping Kiki around despite not caring for her that much personally. Doesn't mean we can't treat them and care for them equally.

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>>33126011
Her voice is soft when she speaks. “Please sit with me, Ryukusa-san?” She sounds....sad, or perhaps uncomfortable. Not how you left her this morning at all.

[] Join her on another stool
[] Sit on the edge of the tub.
[] Kneel slightly behind her and to the side.
[] Crouch, rather than sit, near her.
[] Hug her from behind.

>>33126027
>[x] Hug her from behind.

>>33126027
>[] Join her on another stool

>>33125994
Honestly, I just think its out of character for Ryukuza to decide that any one of the girls who's smiles we protected is the "most precious treasure." That's bullshit, they're all our precious treasures equally. To point at the others and say "you're not as important to me" is nonsense.

>>33126077

Agreed. However, Horobi most certainly has some kind of say/influence in the matter.

>>33126096
We did instantly forgive her for years of abuse. Sure, she had extenuating circumstances, but that's not how it usually works

>>33126077
As long as you don't start voting for the most Anti-Kiki options out of spite, there's no problem with that.
All smiles must be protected, after all.

[X] Join her on another stool

>>33126121

Reading from Kiki's backstory, it's less "abuse" than "being a stuck-up bitch". And discovering she's been used as a lab rat by her father and his associates since birth kinda mollified us as well.

>>33126027
>[x] Join her on another stool
What's going on here

>>33126147
>Reading from Kiki's backstory, it's less "abuse" than "being a stuck-up bitch". And discovering she's been used as a lab rat by her father and his associates since birth kinda mollified us as well.
Still kinda fast.

>>33126170

We did Water Eyes her dossier. Which means we instantly understood everything there was to observe about her from a picture, which included figuring out the existence of her history of abuse.

Probably changed Ryukusa's perspective a little.

>>33126124
>As long as you don't start voting for the most Anti-Kiki options out of spite, there's no problem with that.
Nah, I'm just giving feedback like XS asked. The most "anti-Kiki" option I'll likely propose, vote for is calling her one of our precious treasures, and reassuring the others that they are just as important as Kiki. Maybe gently scolding Akiria for assuming that she's less important to us.

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[X] Join her on another stool

You silently settle on one of the other stools, turning it to face her directly. Opening your Water Eyes doesn't need a blink or a movement. You can see she is troubled, more by her situation than anything you have done or said to her. Not her situation with you precisely. But instead, the situation that has thrown you together so abruptly. It's clear to you, under this power, that her self assurance granted by her own spirit-eyes is not nearly as strong as it was last night.

She relaxes, slowly, your presence seeming to soothe her in some way. Your Pearl is slowly pulsing within your chest, reacting to her presence, but there is another sensation, a strange, gently roiling sensation, as though it is bubbling inside or shifting internally. Not an unpleasant or uncomfortable sensation, just different. It is very difficult not to reach out and touch her, hold her.

Apparently she feels the same because her hand reaches out, and you instinctively allow it to slip into yours, before she takes a deep breath. “My father wishes you to protect me for the wedding to the finance he chose for me. Or, was chosen for me. I know you have already decided on what you are going to do, and I agree with it. I want what you want. Not just for me, but for Yui-san, and Akari-san and Jinyuu-sensei.” She doesn't seem to have realized that her sister is now part of this, or is trying to ignore that. “But I thought I should ask formally, so there is no doubt in your mind later.”

How ominous sounding. But you don't think it's your mind she is really trying to settle.

[] Not necessary, Kiku-hime.
[] That depends on what exactly you are asking, really, because it's not really legal in Japan.
[] I doubt a lot of things, but not you, and not my niji-chans, and not Kiku-chan.
[] If you would like, Kiku-hime.
[] I need to tell you something, too.

>>33126170
>>33126147
I don't even really see it as being a stuck -up bitch so much as Ryukusa is phenomenally impatient/overactive and their constant misunderstandings probably led to them squabbling all the time.

>>33126228
>[x] That depends on what exactly you are asking, really, because it's not really legal in Japan.
Lighten the mood, then...
>[x] I doubt a lot of things, but not you, and not my niji-chans, and not Kiku-chan.
>[x] I need to tell you something, too.

>>33126228
>[x] If you would like, Kiku-hime.
>[x] I need to tell you something, too.

>>33126228
[x] I doubt a lot of things, but not you, and not my niji-chans, and not Kiku-chan.
[x] If you would like, Kiku-hime.
[x] I need to tell you something, too.

>>33126228
>[] That depends on what exactly you are asking, really, because it's not really legal in Japan.
Or anywhere. Maybe if we got ourselves declaired legally a dude and moved to Saudi Arabia.

>>33126228
>[] I doubt a lot of things, but not you, and not my niji-chans, and not Kiku-chan.
>[] If you would like, Kiku-hime.
>[] I need to tell you something, too.
Name slips everywhere

>>33126228
>[X] That depends on what exactly you are asking, really, because it's not really legal in Japan.
>[X] I doubt a lot of things, but not you, and not my niji-chans, and not Kiku-chan.
>[X] I need to tell you something, too.

>>33126228
[] If you would like, Kiki-hime.
>Kiku
>Kiku
>Kiku
These options lack proofreading!

>>33126228
>[x] I doubt a lot of things, but not you, and not my niji-chans, and not Kiku-chan.
Indeed not.

>>33126336
To quote Yui:

Faaaaack.

>>33126374
At least in this scene it's merely amusing. Imagine if they were both in the room!

>>33126228
>[x] I need to tell you something, too.

Why aren't you using your Eyes right now?

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[X] That depends on what exactly you are asking, really, because it's not really legal in Japan.
[X] I doubt a lot of things, but not you, and not my niji-chans, and not Kiku-chan.
[X] If you would like, Kiki-hime.
[X] I need to tell you something, too.

You let the Water Eyes close, because as useful as they are it's been proven you don't always have a clear head for emotional things – which is something you'd never thought you might have to admit, like, ever – and too much information can be worse for that than too little. Also, it's unlikely that things will change that much just yet. You hope. Maybe. Ah, fuck it!

“Well....that really depends on what you wish to ask, Kiki-hime. I don't think we can get married in Japan. I think they allow it in Switzerland. And a couple of states in America.”

It's a good thing she regenerates because, damn, she had to have dislocated her jaw.

“Ryu-chan!” You smile, and squeeze her hand gently, her outrage dissipating almost instantly under the firm touch. “You may ask anything you like of me, Kiki-hime. But it's only fair I get to tell you something too.”

With a small smile, she pulls her hand gently free of yours, and then gets off the stool, kneeling on an entirely-too-conveniently-placed-towel, her hands on her thighs. Keeping her eyes lowered she takes several deep breaths, steeling herself. It is worth noting that she's dressed similarly to you – short simple robe in two colors, and....well, nothing really underneath, which you kind of ignored when you went outside earlier. Yours happens to be black with silver satin edging, hers pink with white.

Totally planned on her part, and rather flattering, in a way. As if you were married, as you keep threatening to do to her.

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>>33126419
While she doesn't open her eyes, she smiles a little, and relaxes more. She takes another breath, a more normal one, and then speaks formally and softly. “Ryuu Ryukusa. Please protect me from those who wish me harm, regardless of what claims they have upon my person. I will pay you whatever price you think is fair for such a difficult and dangerous duty. I do not wish you to be my father's shinobi any longer, but my....my samurai. My warrior.” Kumatori Kiki hesitates for a moment, and you let her compose herself, her words.

You can feel eyes upon you, five pairs of them, but you ignore them in favor of not distressing Kumatori Kiki any further than she's distressing herself.

She half bows, her hands on the floor before her, fingertips touching. “Please destroy those whom mean me harm, Ryuu Ryukusa, in the name of Ame-no-Horobi-no-Mikado.”

Your Pearl gives one strong, terrible pulse of power, and begins to beat in time with your heart, her heart, in hard, strong, distinct pulses, very much unlike previous times when it simply throbbed gently.

[] accept
[] counteroffer
[] correct her
[] name the price
[] reply

>>33126438
[] correct her

What price? Why even bring up price?

>>33126438
>[X] name the price
"Your smile."

>>33126438
>[x] accept
>[x] name the price
Her of course,she will be with us for the rest of our lives

>>33126438
>[] counteroffer
>[] correct her

We were going to do that anyway, stupid princess.

>>33126463
[] correct her
"I will be your protector but not your servant. I will protect you as I protect all my Precious People."

>>33126463
She's hiring us away from her dad.

>>33126494

Yeah, so? Protecting her is what we intended to do already, and already swore to do. Killing any who means her harm is just "business as usual", no need to get all formal.

Hell, if it wasn't so inappropriate, I'd suggest merely burst out in laughter and hug her!

>>33126438
[x] counteroffer
[x] name the price
She will become our bride.
The price is her smile.

>>33126438
>[x] correct her
There is no deal. That said, obviously
>[x] accept
her plea.

>>33126494
>"I will be your protector but not your servant. I will protect you as I protect all my Precious People."
Agreed. then add "Plus, you'll be starting training soon, and you'll be calling me sensi then. Or possibly other, much ruder names"

>>33126438
You know this isn't going to get you out of training, right?

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[XXXX] correct her
[XXX] name the price

The sensations you are feeling are MUCH stronger than the other times. The source of your confusion last night, the troublesome and somewhat dangerous interaction between your Pearl and hers.

You take your own deep, slow breath, and reach our, drawing stray fuchsia hair away from her sky blue eyes, turned a strange golden color in the lantern's light. “I will protect you, Kumatori Kiki, because that is what I, in my own name and with my own strength, wish to do.” With a shake of your head, and a gentle smile you go to your own knees and slip your arm around her. “And the price will be your happiness, your safety....your smile, Kiki-hime. Nothing more. Or less.”

The relief in her voice is good to hear, and her arms slip around your waist. “Hai, Ryukusa-chan.” Your pearl ceases to thunder in your chest, the pulsing the more familiar softness of your entwined heartbeats, and you feel something heavy rise from you, a dangerous shadow passing away from you. “But there is one thing I have to take care of.” You kiss her cheek, and linger long enough to smell the sakura blossoms you now know is the scent of her skin, and rise, walking to the door.

You open the bathroom door quite violently, and look down at your kneeling audience, noting, as you do so, that only Kiku, Akari, and Yui are here. You suspect that Jinyuu-onee-sama is one of the other set of eyes, since she knows of the place and helped create the defenses and protections....but you can only guess at the other set of eyes. It would require powerful magic indeed to penetrate the protections of this place, but it would definitely have to be magic of some sort.

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>>33126778
Setting aside the corundum for later, you look down at the collective trio. “I hope that you aren't planning to join us, because really, there's just no room.”

Kiki graces the joke with laughter, rather than jealousy or being spiteful or upset at the interruption.

“You didn't feel that aniki?” Yui is looking up at you with bright, glowing green-blue eyes.

You note that Miko-Kiku is carefully sliding several paper seals into the sleeve of her miko outfit. Politely, you do not mention it. “Not that I'd say – and neither did Kiki-hime.”

“Something big moved in here. We thought something might happen.” While Akari can lie with a straight face, you can tell she's neither lying nor making a joke. Kiki steps up behind you and lays her hands on your shoulders. “If we had heard something strange, we would have come in.” In no uncertain terms, she's telling you a potential threat was sensed and she was ready to kill anyone and everyone in the room except Kiki.

Which does not exclude you. But that was inclusive in your original orders to her – Kiki is to be protected at all costs.

“While I'm flattered, I did nothing more than announce my engagement. Nothing that you should have been surprised by I'm sure. And nothing you can say will convince me you're all not just a bunch of peepers!” The flicker of Akari's smile tells you she got your countersign perfectly, and that all is well. Yui runs a hand through her hair, looking away and very embarrassed. Miko-Kiku, being Clan Ryo trained, knows what almost happened just now all too well....and would have helped.

Yui blinks and suddenly looks interested again. “Can I wear a tuxedo?”

[] You'll wear a Ryukusa-approved Tux!
[] Ah, you'll wear a lovely dress!
[] Formal kimono for you!
[] Nope, full o-yoroi dress armor!
[] Lingerie only wedding!

>>33126807
>[] Ah, you'll wear a lovely dress!

Frilly dresses for everyone!

>>33126807
>[] Ah, you'll wear a lovely dress!

>"My price is your smile"

That's adorably cheesy

>>33126807
>[] You'll wear a Ryukusa-approved Tux!
Ryukusa brand fashion sense is truly the best. Also while a lingerie only wedding sounds nice, we can save that for another time.

>>33126778
>.but you can only guess at the other set of eyes.
Sup Hinata. We're going to visit you eventually, we swear.

At least I hope it's Hinata. Anyone else would be even more likely to be hostile.

>>33126807
>[] Ah, you'll wear a lovely dress!

>>33126807
[X] You'll wear a Ryukusa-approved Tux!


Tomboys in tuxedos! TOMBOYS IN TUXEDOS!

>>33126807
>[x] Ah, you'll wear a lovely dress!

Everyone shall be frilly!

>>33126807
>[x] Lingerie only wedding!
But seriously.
>[x] Ah, you'll wear a lovely dress!
I wanna see her in a dress.
Lingerie is still mandatory for our minions, of course.

>>33126807
>[x] You'll wear a Ryukusa-approved Tux!

>>33125646
>Oh, and you're mostly dragonettes, which means there is an ACTUAL demigod with a dragon slaying sword out there wanting you all dead just because you are related to dragons. Especially you, because you're her draconian equivalent, and that probably pisses her off no end.
This is actually a lucky break. Her dad would kick our ass, being an actual god with the sword.
She is under trained (although I bet she got some proper training since then) so we stand a chance of beating her and claiming the grass cutting blade (would be useful against the old snake) or destroying it

What would Ryukusa's life have been like if she had been in the Special class with the 3 other demigods and two demon-born?

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[X] Ah, you'll wear a lovely dress!
[] Formal kimono for you!
[] Nope, full o-yoroi dress armor!
[] Lingerie only wedding!


“No, Yui, I'm putting you in a dress. A very pretty one. Designed especially for you.” You look down sternly at her, your eyes narrowed, your expression as ominous as you can manage. “One that will proudly display your tail to everyone.” You had noticed she seemed to be embarrassed by her tiny tail. And holy crap is it hard to keep a straight face!

“Faaaack!” She hangs her head, and looks positively devastated.

Kiku shakes her head and stalks off. “Baka oni-tomboy.”

Akari slips her fingers into Yui's hand as she guides her to follow after Kiku. “I think you will look very pretty in a dress.”

“.....you....you....stupid lizard...” Yes, that sounded much more the submissive sort of thing you expected from her. Of course, now you HAVE to put her in a dress! But not pink. So not her color.

You slide the door shut and leans back against it, and Kiki is standing there, looking at you with shining blue eyes, a smile upon her lips. Ignorant of the fact that Akari just threatened to kill you if you had not countered three “somethings” with three “nothings.” Better she just not know some things. But possession is a real threat for your kind.

“A real wedding?” she doesn't look like she quite believes it, though, which is good. You'd heard rumors about misunderstandings like that.

“No, Kiki-hime. It just sounded non-threatening and made Akari-chan smile. Personally, I think she'd suffer a mild heart attack at the thought. And...to be honest....I” How do you explain this? You said you wanted to tell her something. Now you have that chance.

>>33125947
I also got the feeling akari was most important to us.
and we planned to sex all of them after the whole thing was over.
the way i see it though, kiki was more assertive while akari took "not yet" for an answer.

>>33126807
>[] You'll wear a Ryukusa-approved Tux!

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You close your eyes and take a deep breath, and she lets you, watches you. Letting you take the time you gave her. “I don't know how much of this is you and I, and how much is the strangeness that is part of me now. I can't tell anymore. I don't regret one word, or one thing that has happened. But there is a fate before us.” Wait, that's what Kiku-chan said to Er Yin.

Kumatori Kiki smiles, and shakes her head. “They are all very devoted to you, Ryu-chan.” She steps forward and slides her hand along your chest, stroking the upper slopes of your breasts, before spreading the robe open past your shoulders and allowing it to fall to the floor. “I would be jealous, if I did not understand you.” Her fingers gently unlace the silken cover that hides the blue tinged stump of your left arm, which ends two inches above where your elbow should be.

The twinned snakes made of silver, with their sapphire eyes, is affixed and wrapped tightly to your arm, pierced through the bones. You did that yourself as a makeshift tourniquet, and the effect is rather stunning on your pale skin and with your sapphire eyes and horns. She traces them slowly, one finger upon each snake. It occurs to you she's never seen the wound before – it was covered before Akari let her get near you. Unlike a human wound, there isn't a seal or a cap of scar tissue. The wound looks as it would as if fresh, save that it varied shades of blue, as if viewing it through a blue filter glass. It is also numb, the flesh cool and slick, like glass.

And inside a Barrier, the limb exists, in a way. A really, really scary sort of way.

“Does it hurt?”

[] It never hurt. I was more worried about you.
[] Not anymore; it's as healed as it can be.
[] It was what had to be done, that's all. It's fine.
[] Kushinada is to blame. She'll pay, eventually.
[] I'll get better. You worry too much.

>>33127088
>[x] It never hurt. I was more worried about you.
>[x] It was what had to be done, that's all. It's fine.

>>33127088
>[x] It never hurt. I was more worried about you.

>>33127088
>[x] It never hurt. I was more worried about you.
>[x] It was what had to be done, that's all. It's fine.

>>33127112
>>33127123
>>33127128

Good ole /tg/ hivemind is firing up its synapses again...

>>33127088
>[] I'll get better. You worry too much.

>>33127088
>[x] It never hurt. I was more worried about you.

>>33127088
>[] I'll get better. You worry too much.
I still want to fix it eventually.

>>33127088
>[] Not anymore; it's as healed as it can be.
>[] It was what had to be done, that's all. It's fine.

I embrace our phantom-limb.

>>33127088
>[] It never hurt. I was more worried about you.
>[] I'll get better. You worry too much.

>>33127088
>[x] It never hurt. I was more worried about you.
>[x] I'll get better. You worry too much.
Yup

>>33127175
Me too. Plus, that's originally why we wanted to deal with the void dragonne anyway.

>We are going to rescue a void dragonette sorceress from a soul
>Said void dragonette worships Horobi
>Said void dragonette is a seer
>Said void dragonette is horribly mutilated (and blinded) by a blade of some sort
>We had a vision from a past life of being attacked in bed with the grass cutting blade while our previous incarnation was cuddling with his harem, which included his personal seer dragonette.
... I am calling this now, she is the the seer from that dream/memory. and her injuries are from that night.

>>33127258
>Said void dragonette is horribly mutilated (and blinded) by a blade of some sort

When did we find that out?

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[X] It never hurt. I was more worried about you.
[] Not anymore; it's as healed as it can be.
[X] It was what had to be done, that's all. It's fine.
[] Kushinada is to blame. She'll pay, eventually.
[] I'll get better. You worry too much.

“No. It didn't hurt when it happened. Of course, I was much more worried about you, so any pain was kind of something I didn't really notice.” She nods, her expression still serious, just before she leans close, kissing your shoulder softly. You lift your head slightly, as she kisses you throat, your thudding carotid, your cheek. You lower your head, flushed and much warmer now. “It was just what had to be done, that is all. It is of no import at all.”

“It was important to me.” Her hands move to your waist, and she looks down, and gently touches the place where your Pearl beats, quick and sure in time to your hearts. “I am glad you were my first. That we shared that together. And I will be your second....if you like.” Her eyes come up, and they shimmer, that strangeness to them. Wood Eyes. “But they deserve you too. Need you. You would not be the same without them.”

It you did not know she was using Wood Eyes, you might have been more suspicious. More concerned. You look at her with Water Eyes....

>One, and only one.
[] Her
[] You
[] Horobi
[] Inari

>>33127258
>from a soul
seal

>>33127277
>[x] Her

>>33127277
>[x] Her

We've always put others first.

>>33127277
>One, and only one.
I don't understand the question

>>33127277
You.
Also, there were 3 for it didn't matter and 4 for it getting better. FYI

>>33127277
Wait, we're using Water Eyes to examine a person, right?
[x] Inari
A new threat? The other set of eyes that was watching us?

>>33127312
Chose only one, please.

>>33127277
>Inari

>>33127277
>[x] You
This is going to be one of those absolute future things isn't it?

>>33127314
Noted.

>>33127258
Dun dun dunnnnnn

>>33127277
[] Inari

She's known quantity, ourselves and horobi might not be the brightest idea. Let's see who our little spy is...

>>33127277
>[] Horobi

>>33127277
>[x] Inari

>>33127372
>A new threat? The other set of eyes that was watching us?
It's probably Kiki's mom.

>>33127277
>[x] Inari

I'm pretty sure this is the part I'd be dying to save at where this a video game. But anyways, let's go for something dynamic.

>hhotties indecedent

apparently inari is also an indecent hottie

>>33127326
But I don't understand what for nor have any idea of what the action is...

You remember that shitstorm about bad communication right?

>>33127277
>Her eyes come up, and they shimmer, that strangeness to them. Wood Eyes. “But they deserve you too. Need you. You would not be the same without them.”
>It you did not know she was using Wood Eyes, you might have been more suspicious. More concerned.

I'm a little disturbed that she's only acting this way because she knows, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that she can't possibly change us. If she could, she would do so.

>>33127344
So what does that mean?

>>33127277
>[x] Inari
I guess? Let's see.

>>33127425
WHO ARE WE LOOKING AT WITH WATER EYES

us
her
our patron god-thing
what is most likely her patron god-thing

This isn't hard to understand.

>>33127271
Kiki's tale, the hotel.

>>33127459
>WHO ARE WE LOOKING AT WITH WATER EYES
but it said
>You look at her with Water Eyes
>You look at her

we're already doing that...

>>33127476
good point, maybe its "you look at her and come to a conclusion about X"?

>>33127473
I think you mean Kiku's and there was no mention whatsoever of Er Yin Long being blind. She did have some scars if the character art is to be trusted, but she wasn't blind or otherwise mutilated.

>>33127496
Actually there was a mention of her being blind. Tough it doesn't say anything about mutilation.

Speaking of severed hands, I was thinking
>Hand can't be reattached for dragonettes because the soul portion of the hand was severed as well.
>Natural result of this is weaker in chi and jung
>Chi did get weaker, jung remained the same
>We used yin to draw all power from hand
>This turned it into stone
>When our allies searched, they couldn't find the severed soulstuff, only the physical remains
>Have a ghost hand in barriers
We must have consumed our own severed soul portion, this is why jung didn't go down (have the same amount of soul) while chi did (have less flesh). This is also the source of the ghost hand, we still have the soul of our hand, we are just missing the physical portion (which is really good if we ever try to regenerate it, or if we want to attempt to get a prosthetic which we animate with water magic, I say we go prosthetic). They thought what we did was go backwards in the elemental cycle (water affects stone, impossiburu!), but that isn't the case at all, what we did was consume all the water elemental essence (and soul) from the physical object (our ex flesh), since the elements comprise all matter, with all the water removed the stone became dominant. (or maybe we removed all elements other than stone from it because the stone was the one element we couldn't consume at all in it?) It really is just a lifeless rock now. Probably be easier to grow a brand new replacement hand than repair that one.

... hey, it occurred to me, since our human body is a huge limiting factor on our ability to exert power outside a barrier, would learning the lesser magics of chi sorcery and increasing our chi allow our body to withstand more power and thus exert more power in the mortal world outside a barrier?

If she's blind, it functionally doesn't matter because her Void Eyes work just fine.

>>33127540
I don't understand why you all want to repair the arm when we have a perfectly functional ghost-arm that we barely know how to use.

>>33127517
it said she was covered in knife scars. IIRC eyes too (hence mutilation, lost eyes)
>>33127496
I keep confusing kiki and kiku...
anyways, read the part about her undressing for her beloved "properly". at first she didn't do it properly because her lover is blind. But then she learned better since her lover can HEAR her undressing properly (sexy)/improperly (boring)

>>33127559
>I don't understand why you all want to repair the arm
In that post I am EXPLICITLY stating I DO NOT want it repaired, I want a cool prosthetic
I was explaining WHY we have a ghost arm.

>>33127559
Because
1. We can't use it outside a barrier
2. We'd like to have a freaking arm back.
really, this isn't complicated.

>>33127559
>I don't understand why you all want to repair the arm
My guess is because missing an arm lowers your chi, which makes you weaker outside of barriers, reducing the amount of magic your body can stand you exerting in the real world

>>33127559
Because its our freaking arm? Really, isn't complicated.
Plus, I don't want her to be remembered as an one armed swordsman.

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[X] Inari

Of all the possible complications that a dragonette's powers cause which should be taught, you're fairly certain that if this had been one of them, they would have mentioned it to you. Using your Water Eyes to look at Kiki should have done nothing unusual, had no repercussions, even if you looked into her Wood Eyes. After all, they're your eyes seeing what is present outside of you, right?

FUCK YOU ARE GOING TO KILL THAT STUPID SNAKE BITCH FOR FUCKING WITH YOU!

It isn't so much the reflection of you in her eyes, or the reflection of her in your eyes, but that combination of both, the infinite mirror images, spread out over the surface of your eyes. The possibilities like branches spreading out before you, instantly collated and made clear by the purity of your insight. A hundred thousand lifetimes.

You know, from your basic school lessons, about one of the chief deities of Shinto, Inari. Fox goddess, rice goddess, swordsmiths' patroness, and a dozen other things. Shapeshifter and mysterious force. Sometimes seen as a serpent. Or a Dragon. Not one deity. Three, sometimes five deities. Born long after Horobi's death, before Ryujin's birth....mysteriously born, out of nothing. Five deities, acting as one, changing shape....different bodies, different elements. Five elements.

Five deities.

>>33127277
>[] Inari

>>33127559
I hope you are not serious and that this is just poorly executed sarcasm...

>>33127540
>... hey, it occurred to me, since our human body is a huge limiting factor on our ability to exert power outside a barrier, would learning the lesser magics of chi sorcery and increasing our chi allow our body to withstand more power and thus exert more power in the mortal world outside a barrier?
>MFW nobody tried that before because "hey, those weakling human sorcerers have nothing worth learning for someone as awesome as me"
Although in retrospect, it might just be a matter of effective use of time. those 20 years to learn chi manipulation might be better spent getting better at barrier combat.

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>>33127616
Five beings called one god. Inari was not a god. It was a group of spirits, hidden apart, kept away from each other. Because Horobi was too dangerous to let live, and could not be allowed to have his harem of dragons and oni to keep him safe and sane and stable...and kind. An unkind god is feared and dangerous and would never be allowed to return. But a kind god....

You blink, and Kiki-hime is smiling at you, her eyes closing, her Eyes closing. A heartbeat's worth of time lost to you.

Apparently, your hyperactivity serves a purpose after all.

These are your people. Your Precious Treasures, each and every one. And they will do anything to stop you from being with them, protecting them, and holding them close, because somehow, they are the key to Horobi's sanity.

[] Tell her about your vision.
[] It's not important right now....hold her close.
[] Kiss her.
[] Okay, you can go into shock now. Too much is too much.
[] Thank you, and kiss her, and never ever do that again.

>>33127627
No, I'm serious. Ghost arm is far cooler than any real arm or prosthetic we could possibly get.

>>33127586
>>33127605
Going to have to go with the "of course an amputee wants their arm back. Shit's not complicated"
Also, still not thrilled with how the whole situation was handled in the first place.

>>33127633
>>[] It's not important right now....hold her close.
>[] Kiss her.
Interdasting. Who the fuck has the balls to work against Horobi like that?

>>33127641
while true, we are still crippled when outside of barriers, and that ain't cool at all

>>33127633
[x] Tell her about your vision.
[x] Kiss her.
[x] Thank you, and kiss her, and never ever do that again.

>>33127616
>>33127633

Okay, you lost me here...

>>33127616
>>33127633
so wait, the old snake isn't a water dragonette but a composite goddess made up of 5 different spirits?

>>33127633
>[x] Thank you, and kiss her, and never ever do that again.

>>33127641
So you are essentially saying that you would deliberately remove your own spine because getting pushed around in a wheelchair is fun...

You are fucking retarded.

>>33127633
>[] Kiss her.
we should totally do this again!

>>33127641
Eh, I'm just not thrilled with how it happened in the first place. Also, if we get our arm back before we meet susano's kid again we can play dumb when she asks us how we got our arm back.

>>33127664
No.
Inari is a composite of the spirits of Horobi's harem, kept apart in order to keep Horobi insane and vengeful, because it's easy to unite everyone against an insane god of destruction, but not against some dude who just wants to chill with his girls.

>>33127641
>Ghost arm is far cooler than any real arm or prosthetic we could possibly get.
A prosthetic would probably turn into the ghost arm inside a barrier anyways. especially if the prosthetic is animated water in a specially made glove.

>>33127633
>[x] It's not important right now....hold her close.
>[x] Kiss her.

>>33127633
>[x] Tell her about your vision.
>[x] Kiss her.

>>33127641
getting our arm back does not magically remove our abilities inside a barrier...

>>33127682
Or just simply tell her "I got better."

>>33127664
The Horobi's harem is 5 people, and if they reincarnate, they make Horobi happy, and not likely to destroy everything.

Ryukusa's harem are Horobi's reincarnated harem. If any of them die Horobi doesn't get to reincarnate.

>>33127694
>A prosthetic would probably turn into the ghost arm inside a barrier anyways. especially if the prosthetic is animated water in a specially made glove.
I liked the idea of never melting always warm perfectly clear ice

I really want that as a prosthetic

>>33127683
oh, OH! Well that explains why our harem is so willing to share.
So we really were destined to each other, reincarnations of lovers being reborn at the same time star crossed destiny style.
And they are basically what used to be a single being who was chopped into multiple bodies by asshole gods for the sole purpose of a smear campaign against us.

>>33127662
Okay, so when you use water eyes, you perceive cause and effect. When you use wood eyes, you perceive truths about a person or something? And when you use water eyes THROUGH wood eyes, weird shit happens.

They stack in strange ways, from what I am gathering. If only we could try that with Er Yin Long, I'd love to see what Water Eyes + Void Eyes does.

>>33127713
That is way cooler then my water glove idea, totally sold there.

>>33127718
>And they are basically what used to be a single being who was chopped into multiple bodies by asshole gods for the sole purpose of a smear campaign against us.
uhh no...

horobi had a harem of 5 not 1 who was split into 5

>>33127739
But his harem of 5 was a single deity.. some sort of divine hivemind sort of thing maybe?
Although in retrospect, based on the religions involved, 5 individual aspects with distinct different personalities who share a single divine soul fits better

>>33127752
>>33127739

Guys, it isn't 1 broken into 5. It's 5 assumed to be 1.

>>33127633
>[] Tell her about your vision.
>[] It's not important right now....hold her close.
>[] Kiss her.

>>33127762
oh... you mean, it was 5 completely separate individuals who were mistakenly said to be 1 person by religion scholars piecing together ancient myths?

>>33127782
Or possibly even by fellow deities, yes. Thats what it sounded like to me too.

>>33127720

Wood Eyes is perfect psychology. You see what led a person to be the way they are now, and you see all the paths they could grow into in the future, and how to make it happen. Which is probably why Kiki is cool with what people would normally call our weird harem predilicions. She can see the stability Ryukusa who may become Horobi needs from multiple directions. Probably.

The "mirrors within mirrors" effect probably allowed us to see the entire cause and effect of our own mentality, leading to the ultimate sherlock conclusion. Or something.

>>33127762
>>33127752
>>33127739

It's spiritual entity worshiped as 1, which is made up of 5 distinct facets. Just like Hekate has multiple faces, or the Fates or the Norns are spoken of as both a group and individuals.

Five points, five anchors, which spiritually all represent the same purpose. Each is both its own entity, and part of a single collective. It's all very metaphysical. They are all Inari, yet they are also all whatever they are on their own. And then synchronicity makes it all one singular deity, or something. Mythology is not static, it evolves over time, okay?

>>33127752
>But his harem of 5 was a single deity
please do go and reread the update

>>33127782
As >>33127794 said. The impression I get is that the five consorts conglomerated into the form of Inari after the death of Horobi. Which, as >>33127807 said, they're all five points that make up the different facets of 1 perceived entity.

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>>33127807

Again, sorry for bringing 40k into this thread, but my brains fail to compute...

>>33127834
Its basically the christian trinity but with 5 people.

>>33127633
>[] Tell her about your vision.
>[] Kiss her.
[] Okay, you can go into shock now. Too much is too much.

>>33127807
this ties in nicely with our own self being a reincarnation of horobi, yet praying to it, successfully I might add. its the whole hinduism "aspect of a deity" thing I think. We are still playing something distinct to horobi.
I suspect we could remain as as is, perfectly merge, or perhaps even diverge and split up into two completely separate beings entirely (where it was merely reborn through our body, like we are its mother).

Oh hey, I just remembered. there is a prophecy that when horobi is reborn there would be a huge calamity, and we saw a huge barrier ouside our own barrier with a tsunami.
Whether this is horobi's work or his enemies work (maybe susano's wrath?).
If that tsunami is allowed to build up and sweep through, it will destroy the spirit of the buildings of a huge swath of land which, as we know, would prompt a MASSIVE natural disaster IRL. We should probably try to destroy that tsunami, or calm it (same thing, different methods). i wonder if we can use the aspect of destruction to destroy a prophecy. Or maybe it would just redirect, the calamity could very well be the death of all the "sharks" circling around us.

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[XXX] Tell her about your vision.
[XXX] It's not important right now....hold her close.
[XXXXXX] Kiss her.
[XX] Thank you, and kiss her, and never ever do that again.

You close your eyes (again?) and slip your arm around her, and kiss her slowly, deeply, thoroughly. Her ignorance was your gift, and your lack of proper training gave you a piece of the puzzle. It really sucked, which is why doing it again is so totally out of the question until you GET some proper training, but it is still another piece of the puzzle.

You break the kiss slowly, and smile at her, relaxing against the cool door. “I see visions in your eyes....”

She giggles and looks coy.

“No, really, I saw a vision in your eyes. You really should be more careful about that. Didn't anyone teach you to control your powers at all?”

“....what powers?”

…..kami damn them all. “You're joking?” Please please please....

“I know I am strong, and regenerate, and can't be poisoned or sick....I can make plants grow better, and water can't really hurt me....I can shape stone with my hands...”

She's quite possibly more dangerous than you, totally by accident. Suddenly, visions and situations beyond control take a back seat to getting her trained in SOMETHING so that she doesn't accidentally summon an army of trees to her defense when something startles her.

[] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
[] Gently, but quickly, demonstrate why Water dragonettes are always so clean.
[] Breakfast is calling, can't you hear it Kiki-hime?
[] Undress her and lovingly bathe her.
[] Apologize, but tell her should shower quickly, despite the fact you were totally looking forward to this.

>>33127929
>[] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.

>>33127929
[] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.

(censored string of expletives). BEGIN! TRAINING! NOW!!! (okay, just after breakfast!)

>>33127960
I thought we were getting the void sorceress first so that she could help in the training montage

>>33127929
>>[] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
>[] Gently, but quickly, demonstrate why Water dragonettes are always so clean.
She gun get trained.

>>33127929
>[x] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
>[x] Gently, but quickly, demonstrate why Water dragonettes are always so clean.

Then
>[x] Breakfast is calling, can't you hear it Kiki-hime?

We've suddenly remembered we have a long to-do list, and some things on it have jumped up in priority. Like the fact that if we give her a tickle surprise she might take out the foundations of the house.

>>33127929
>[] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
>[] Undress her and lovingly bathe her.

Last funtime before going down to business. Namely: operation Double Silver Dragon

>>33127929
[x] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
[x] Undress her and lovingly bathe her.

>>33127929
to be fair, we have ALSO been mistaught a lot of things, some of them on purpose due to the scheming of the old snake.

[] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
[] Gently, but quickly, demonstrate why Water dragonettes are always so clean.

>>33127929
>[x] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
>[x] Undress her and lovingly bathe her.

No sense in not telling her, we're practically in the same position what with the hidden truth.

>>33127980
[X] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
[X] Gently, but quickly, demonstrate why Water dragonettes are always so clean.

I'm curious.
>>33127980
Akari and Yui can train her too. Yui has full control and wasn't even in school.

>>33127929

[] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
[] Gently, but quickly, demonstrate why Water dragonettes are always so clean.
[] Breakfast is calling, can't you hear it Kiki-hime?

>>33127929
>[x] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
>[x] Gently, but quickly, demonstrate why Water dragonettes are always so clean.
>[x] Breakfast is calling, can't you hear it Kiki-hime?

She really does need training. My god.

>>33127980

Yeah, we get Er Yin free. Akari/Yui/Kiku can cover the basics with her.

Actually, thinking on it, it might even be better if we don't intervene too much in the training. Impulsiveness and hyperactivity are poor traits in a teacher.

>>33127985
She almost did that once when we woke her by surprise in our bed.

>>33128022
oh, god, I am reminded of the zone wakfu lewd

Wait a second. What kind of breakfast takes 35 minutes to prepare?

>>33127834

Imagine a five pointed star. The star is made by drawing five lines, creating five angles. The star is a single geometric shape created from five pieces, which also exist as their own geometric entities.

I guess that makes Horobi the pentagram formed in the center?

>>33128022

Yeah, but we could have passed that off as just an unconscious threat response, like how we might reflexively blow wind at something. Now that we know she has no idea that she could even do that, it's even more dangerous.

>>33128107

One not made by Ryuu Ryukusa

>>33128107

The kind of breakfast they serve newlyweds after their wedding night, of course!

>>33127929
>[] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
Was she actually mis taught? with no mother (dragon parent) and being raised by scientists who were studying her, there was nobody to teach her.
I guess the highschool you went to together didn't bother teaching those things either
Although maybe her father intentionally filtered the knowledge she got to keep her under control.

Also, I seriously doubt he was behind her mother's death/disappearance simply due to the power involved. I find it more likely that he seduced her for the power he would gain, and when she died unexpectedly he capitalized on the situation by experimenting on his daughter

I am more than a bit curious about why kiku didn't put a stop to it. Maybe she doesn't know?

So... I don't like neglecting our other waifus.
as I understood it our plan was to NOT go all the way with akari/yui while we pretended our relationship with kiki was purely professional to buy us time to train until the wedding date (when we go rogue).
However, kiki was more assertive then them and we didn't have the heart to say no. So now that this cat is out of the bag, I think we can move on with the rest of the harem instead of keeping on refusing them.
OR, we could insist with kiki that we pretend proprietary until we go rogue on the wedding date. If only so we don't accidentally knock her up prematurely (we are totally knocking her up after we go rogue)

>>33128188
>So now that this cat is out of the bag, I think we can move on with the rest of the harem instead of keeping on refusing them.
I'm all for that, Kiki got to be first girl, now the others can share

>>33128188
>OR, we could insist with kiki that we pretend proprietary until we go rogue on the wedding date. If only so we don't accidentally knock her up prematurely (we are totally knocking her up after we go rogue)
I think we are going rogue sooner than the wedding date, but yeah.

>>33128188

XS promised us a detailed account of what happened last night. Chances are we totally knocked her up already!

However yeah, we need to share the loving.And the knocking up, if they're willing.

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[X] Explain very gently that she's been mis-taught a lot of things she should know.
[X] Gently, but quickly, demonstrate why Water dragonettes are always so clean.
[] Breakfast is calling, can't you hear it Kiki-hime?
[] Undress her and lovingly bathe her.
[] Apologize, but tell her should shower quickly, despite the fact you were totally looking forward to this.

You take a deep, slow breath, controlling your emotions because at the moment you may be in a dangerous situation. It takes no effort, and your Clever, Dangerous mind does it automatically. “Kiki-hime, some people have been very remiss in your schooling. I know that we attended Celestial High together, but someone should have been teaching you a lot more than they did.” She blinks, confused. She starts to say something but you place your fingers against her lips, and she pauses, listening intently as you disrupt her Chi to make her focus on yours.

“Whatever you've been told about your powers has been purposefully mis-taught to you, just like they did to me. You're very powerful, but you don't even know what powers you may have. We're all going to train together, but I need you to relax, and trust me, and know that I will never let you come to harm.” You take your fingers from her lips and look at her seriously. “I promised, remember?”

To your immense relief she smiles, relaxed and calm. “Yes, Ryu-chan. I remember.”

With a warm smile, you slowly push the left side of her robe from her shoulder, and then the right, spilling it along her arms and waist, partially trapping her in her kimono, since the belt is still tied. As you begin to work your fingers into the knot, and you notice her blush, and her rather taut nipples. “As much as would love to take a long, lovely bath with you, we spent most of breakfast cooking time having visions and talking. So, I am going to show you the best trick in the world.”

>>33128188
I think that with how our powers were activated sooner than expected due to our praying and letting Horobi off the leash, we won't be able to wait until the wedding before going rogue.

And even when we do go rogue, we're killing the leadership of two yakuza clans and a zaibatsu; there is absolutely no one who could stop us from taking them over and turning them into parts of our hoard.

>>33128214
>I think we are going rogue sooner than the wedding date, but yeah.
as long as we communicate properly, nobody has to know prematurely and we can have 4 whole months to train.
We make sure to update kikis father and obasan on our status, the day before the wedding we give them fake dossiers on how we plan on delivering her to the wedding... then we don't show up.
Sure, we already decided 100% we are going rogue, but there is no reason to tell them of that until we have to.

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>>33128246
You frown and consider. “Except for that mask guy. That's really cool.”

She giggles and watches as you manage the knot. “Well....as long as I get a rain check.”

“Can't, already stole Yui's rain.” She giggles, and then pauses as you finally get the obi untied and let her sleeping robe fall away. “Wait, you really did that?”

“Yes. Killed her right after. She got better though. So will I.” Slowly wrap your arm around her waist and walk her backwards into the middle of the room. You kiss her, to which she responds eagerly....sliding your hand back behind her head, you keep her entrapped in the kiss.

Then you take all the water and turn the bathroom into your own personal typhoon.

She squirms of course, the rushing winds and warm water sliding, splashing, rushing around you both, and you purposefully make it a lot more intimate and intense than you typically do just to be a tease. You keep the kiss, sharing your water breathing with her, her body responding you your power by accepting it and healing her instantly of it. In a few minutes, she's shaking like a leaf and you replace all the water in the tub, both of you perfectly dry, and not a single bit of steam or droplet of water misplaced.

“....and that's why we're always so clean.”

Her breathing is excited and her expression that of a child whose just gone on their first ever roller-coaster ride and LOVED it.

“....that was....that was....”

You nod solemnly.

>>33128259
There's still the problem that the resurrection of Horobi is causing waves in the Spirit World, and that people that have been watching us for when this happens probably already see that the timeline has been moved up.

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>>33128266
You let her dress herself, her hands shaking and her eyes still shock-wide, and slip out to breakfast....after collecting some shorts for you and pants for her, which YOU have to help HER with.

Red Bean Jelly for sure now.

As you settle at the table with what is now entirely your family. There may be one or two more, but right now, this, beyond any measure of a doubt, is a family far more yours than your Clan ever was. Breakfast is filled with laughter and warmth again, and Miko-Kiku has made sure there is plenty for everyone, even the nearly endless appetite of Yui. Akari has not only made Red Bean Jelly, she made it shaped like hearts laid out in a flower pattern. Six of them.

Your Pearl is subdued now, calm and warm within you, a heavy, potent force waiting for you to summon it forth. You're not quite sure what you would DO with it right now, but there are other things that must be done. And after a little more relaxation after breakfast, you get down to it.

[] Right, everyone stay calm. Except you, Akari, you panic. Kiki-hime doesn't know her powers.
[] Miko-Kiku, lets go save your girlfriend. Akari, Yui, guard duty. Kiki-hime, stay safe.
[] Akari, you go teach your tomboy basic surveillance and counter-surveillance. Kiku, you are with me training Kiki how to accidentally kill us all.
[] Kiku, help me through your Barrier then you, Akari, and Yui all have to help teach Kiki.
[] Akari, see what you can find out about Anonimous last claims and internet nonsense. Yui, you assist Kiku, and Kiku teach your sister some truths, she's clueless.

>>33128259

Yeah, but we've previously been operating on our next phase of the plan to provoke a clan war, thus calling off the wedding, maybe. We'd have to roll back and adjust the plan to try that.

Our attack priority has kind of coalesced into
>Anonimous (done)
>Clan Kaga
>Papa Kumatori
>The Old Snake

Not super set in stone, but the direction we've been steadily heading on.

>>33128326
>[x] Miko-Kiku, lets go save your girlfriend. Akari, Yui, guard duty. Kiki-hime, stay safe.
>[x] Right, everyone stay calm. Except you, Akari, you panic. Kiki-hime doesn't know her powers.

>>33128326
>[] Miko-Kiku, lets go save your girlfriend. Akari, Yui, guard duty. Kiki-hime, stay safe.
Time to drag her out.

>Kiki is a hime
wait a second...
... does she have hair drills?
I love drills!

>>33128289
that is an entirely fair point. if we have already been noticed then pretending to not be rogue for longer can still bite us in the ass.

On the other hand. Oba san didn't destroy as us an infant, instead she made akari our handler. she wants to CONTROL and RULE horobi rather then prevent his resurrection.
Actually I am still rather partial to the clan, just not to obasan, I would rather perform a coup in the clan and manage it kindly (goal is the happiness of the family members rather then sacrificing them like pawns for personal power) rather then destroying the clan outright.

>>33128326
[] Kiku, help me through your Barrier then you, Akari, and Yui all have to help teach Kiki.

We promised. Now, we act!

>>3312832
>[] Right, everyone stay calm. Except you, Akari, you panic. Kiki-hime doesn't know her powers.
>[] Kiku, help me through your Barrier then you, Akari, and Yui all have to help teach Kiki.

>>33128326
>[x] Kiku, help me through your Barrier then you, Akari, and Yui all have to help teach Kiki.

By the way, who is this>>33128266 elegant young dragonette?

>>33128360
You're voting for training with Kiku.

>>33128326
>[x] Right, everyone stay calm. Except you, Akari, you panic. Kiki-hime doesn't know her powers.
>[x] Miko-Kiku, lets go save your girlfriend. Akari, Yui, guard duty. Kiki-hime, stay safe.

We've got one more person to add to our little group before we start our training.

>>33128266
>You frown and consider. “Except for that mask guy. That's really cool.”
What mask guy?

>>33128327

I'm sure Anonimous wasn't only those two idiots and the psycho. And even if they were, there is still the one who offered the bounty for the pic of Kiki's booty.

>>33128373

Nope, she has to cast some ritual for us to get through her barrier and to Er Yin. After that, we're on our own!

>>33128326
>[x] Right, everyone stay calm. Except you, Akari, you panic. Kiki-hime doesn't know her powers.
>[x] Miko-Kiku, lets go save your girlfriend. Akari, Yui, guard duty. Kiki-hime, stay safe.
>[x] Akari, see what you can find out about Anonimous last claims and internet nonsense.

Let's get a full house, and then we can focus on proper training. For the moment, we can settle for Akari and maybe Yui can help her get enough of the basics to not level the house on accident while we're out.

And have Akari check on the internet thing while we're gone.

>>33128326
[] Right, everyone stay calm. Except you, Akari, you panic. Kiki-hime doesn't know her powers.
[] Miko-Kiku, lets go save your girlfriend. Akari, Yui, guard duty. Kiki-hime, stay safe.

>>33128370
No one I know.

>>33128326
Searching the internet for anonymous seems like a recipe for disaster. Our magics don't work on the internet and they are a lot better than us. Also, they already found this safehouse last night which is very concerning.

>>33128398

Well, if one lunatic and two idiots was who took the job, hopefully they don't have any active forces to field anymore.

We should try and get them to back off, but they aren't an active engagement priority, more a target of opportunity.

>>33128326
>[] Right, everyone stay calm. Except you, Akari, you panic. Kiki-hime doesn't know her powers.
Technically, more worrying is that we don't either, considering last night we accidentally turned 3 halfspirit boys into a fine red mist accidenetally

>>33128326
[] Akari, see what you can find out about Anonimous last claims and internet nonsense. Yui, you assist Kiku, and Kiku teach your sister some truths, she's clueless.

Just one thing: the " Miko-Kiku, lets go save your girlfriend. Akari, Yui, guard duty. Kiki-hime, stay safe." vote is the one that make us save Double Silver Dragon.

>>33128397
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVewblGJbHQ

Either this or Jeff McBride.

>>33128398
>the one who offered the bounty for the pic of Kiki's booty.
we looked it up, it was thousands of random nameless otakus croudfunding it.
we might be able to go after the money though, it is probably held by some shady escrow orgnization.
However, I don't want to risk going out after an annoiance like anonymous only to accidentally run into something extra super tough.

>>33128458
There are two, the difference is whether Kiku helps teach her sister or watches over us.

I think we should train Kiki enough to give her something to practice while we Answer Kiku's 100 year old Prayer...

>>33128251
>I think that with how our powers were activated sooner than expected due to our praying and letting Horobi off the leash, we won't be able to wait until the wedding before going rogue.
oh shit, I just realized!
We convinced yuis uncle, the full oni, to come back in 4 (3 now) days to have a proper duel in front of the kami and our two respective clans for yui!
This means that we only have 3 days before it is revealed that we have awoken horobi

... we need to come up with a plot to trick obasan into thinking we are now her pet destroyer. leashed and obedient
OR we need to appeal to the true dragon that manages her clan to call off that fight and let us keep her. (I think this is the better idea, as he was actually kind enough to take pity on her, and would be an excellent ally).

>[] Kiku, help me through your Barrier then you, Akari, and Yui all have to help teach Kiki.
>[] Akari, see what you can find out about Anonimous last claims and internet nonsense. Yui, you assist Kiku, and Kiku teach your sister some truths, she's clueless.

>>33128515
maybe akari can juggle teaching both kiki and yui at the same time?

>>33128527
Or we could beat the Oni without using Horobi's power in any obvious manner. Or somehow coerce him into secrecy.

I'd suppose that saying "The loser can't reveal the winner's powers, skills or any other potentialy hamful informations the loser know about them" is an acceptable condition

>>33128527
> a plot to trick obasan into thinking we are now her pet destroyer, leashed and obedient

We're about to free the one she's been trying to get her grubby hands on for 150 years, so tricking her into believing anything might be wishful thinking after that.

>>33128355
>On the other hand. Oba san didn't destroy as us an infant, instead she made akari our handler. she wants to CONTROL and RULE horobi rather then prevent his resurrection.
This actually makes me worry a lot about going against her.
Surely she has a contingency in place in case we slip our leash and turn on her

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[X] Right, we got this covered.

“So, the bad news first.” Everyone looks at you solemnly. “I still don't get the one hand clapping thing.” You looks confused, but Akari and Kiki giggle madly, while Miko-Kiku rolls her yes, and of she wasn't dressed in her miko's robes, probably would have hit her head on the table. “That said, Kiki-hime has almost no idea of how to use her abilities as a Wood dragon.” Dead silence; yes, that's the sound of it. “I can only guess as to who is responsible, but the simple fact is she can only use her passive abilities, and only the most simple of those. Yes, you can panic now Akari.” Akari blinks at you mildly, while Yui giggles and Kiku glares at you.

Kiki, on the other hand bows over her hand. “Gomennasai.”

“So, I'm going to help Miko-Kiku save her Precious Person. She will be able to help us out quite a bit as well.” Yui grins broadly, and Kiki-hime is hiding a smile as well. “Right, fine, we all know I'm a soft person. Yui, Akari, Kiki-hime is your responsibility. No teaching her perverted things. That's my job. Instead teach her some basic things, and stand guard.”

“Ryu-chan!” Kiki is blushing even worse now, and her tail is thrashing. Oh, she really lost it on that one.

Akari blushing....and Yui is snickering.

“Stay here, where it's safe. See if you can't find out anything about what Anonimous is up to, Akari-niji-chan, if you get time. I don't think they'll be bothering us any longer, but I would like to be sure.”

“Yes, aniki.” You can't tell if she suspects, but then, no one else could tell either, so that's fine.

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>>33128615
Miko-Kiku stands and and gestures to her room. Preceding her, you find she's turned a large cooking pot into a brazier, which has become a lively bed of coals. Incense and smoke fills the room, and you blink the stinging pain from your eyes. There are paper seals on each wall, and several on the ceiling and floor. She imperiously points at where she wants you to sit – notably, in front of the shrine made to you – and then picks up a stick with beads, ribbons, and paper charms attached to it. She also has a small bundle of willow sticks with shaved bark curls tied onto them with string, and Kiku places these around you one by one, until you are surrounded in a double octagon of them.

“The Burning Brightness of All Fires is one of my most powerful techniques. It is the final technique of Fire-and-Smoke. It is like that of your Water-and-Wind.” She touches her bejeweled stick to each of your shoulders, and to your hips, then to your horns, then to the top of your head. Kamuy Fuchi is the most important kamuy. She is the goddess of the hearth, the teacher of people, and the one who sits at the threshold. Our spirits wait at the hearth, to be reborn when we die, Ryuu Ryukusa.”

It must be serious, she didn't call you stupid. The incense is thick, and the smoke is becoming thicker. The spells on the papers must keep the smoke contained, and protect those in it. Then again, you are Water, and Kiku is Fire, so chances are neither of you would suffer from danger here.

[] Ask something relevant.
[] Ask something irrelevant.
[] Ask something personal.
[] Ask something impersonal.
[] Tell her something secret.

>>33128598
>We're about to free the one she's been trying to get her grubby hands on for 150 years, so tricking her into believing anything might be wishful thinking after that.
Will she KNOW right away that we freed her?
Does obasan have some sort of alarm spell on the seal that will let her know the moment it falls?
Will show know it was us who did it?
(this isn't a mocking rhetorical question, but serious questions. I suspect you might be right and she might know)

that all being said, i am really really partial of making an alliance with that true dragon. we need to some allies

>>33128615
>clapping thing.” You looks confused,
It's Yui. Stupid autocorrect.

What do you call halfoni/halfdragons/halfdevils/halfyoukai/etc as a whole?

>>33128641
>[x] Ask something relevant.

>>33128641
>[] Tell her something secret.

>>33128681
..halfbreeds?

>>33128641
>[x] Ask something relevant.

>>33128647
>Will she KNOW right away that we freed her?

The guy who cursed the Barrier probably made it so. I wonder if he's still alive. Kiku did tell us that she knows a human magician with knowledge of our situation.

>>33128647

Consider she herself, or one of her accomplices, weaved an extra spell into the barrier to prevent Kiku from shattering it herself, she'll know the barrier has been broken and Er Yin released. She's not stupid, and she want her power for herself.

Now, as whether she'll know we are the one to do it, she'll at least suspect it strongly. She knows a lot more about this situation than us, and she didn't remain head of a clan for at least two centuries by being stupid.

>>33128641
>[] Ask something relevant.

>>33128681
Spirit-born, spirit-children, and half-X or X-child are all versions used.

>From a prior thread:
>Horobi can control lightening
>Nobody can do that! Not even susano the god of storms
>This explains the enmity between them
what if horobi was not unique in his ability to control lightening, and susano just went around systematically destroying all such beings since it offends him that they can and he can't?

>>33128738
thanks

>>33128735
good points all around. in that case we should start the clan war and go rogue ASAP.

>>33128700
>>33128735

If that chi sorceror guy really know about our situation, we'll have to pay him a visit soon. At least to keep him from rating us to the ones of our ennemies who don't know yet.

>>33128746
PS. we also freaked out about it.
probably shouldn't have, obasan might even have known and simply had our education falsified as part of her various schemes to leash horobi

>>33128326
>[] Akari, see what you can find out about Anonimous last claims and internet nonsense.
What if the anonymous guys who were filming us kissing kiki used an internet enabled camera that was live streaming?
We splattered them AFTER the kiss and the while their camera is destroyed, it might have gotten that footage online already

>>33128641
>[x] Ask something relevant.
>[x] Ask something personal.
>[x] Tell her something secret.

>>33128641
>[x] Ask something relevant.

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[X] Ask something relevant.

The incense is clearly drugged. Questions flit through you mind, things you must tell, things you must not tell. Truths and wonders and mysteries.

“Will Oba-san know Er Yin is freed?”

She looks at you over the brazier, her eyes glowing brightly, everything tinted blue except where her yellow eyes and your blue eyes burn in the thick, beautiful smoke. “No, Ryuu Ryukusa. The seal is a curse pleased upon me, so if it you who breaks the Barrier, the curse remains, but Er Yin Long is free.”

She closes her eyes, and then speaks. “I could not help my sister before. The demon-child was always too close, to wary. I prayed for help, for hope. I believe in this as an answer.” Apparently the compulsion affects her too.

The delicate dragon walks slowly around the fire, shaking the bejeweled stick at it, the paper making soft rattling noises. Her voice is a soft, soothing drone. “Er Yin Long serves Horobi, but Kamuy Fuchi is her patron. Like Kamuy Fuchi, she is a sorceress, and now dwells on the threshold. So now, as you go to her, know that you visit the representative of a goddess, in that goddess' place of power. Know also that you go as the child of a god, in a place weak to that god's power.”

The incense and smoke has left everything in a deep gray haze, and the soft, sweet voice is low and gentle, encouraging.

>>33128775

We'll have to ask Kiku if he's still alive, 150 years is a lot for a human. Assuming he is, then yes, good idea!

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>>33128833
“Do not be afraid that you are blind, for in the Burning Brightness of All Fires, none can see.”

There is a soft rush and you fall backwards, your head spinning. Rather than stinking the floor your somersault over and the world explodes into white light and raw, searing heat. The weird, bubbling sensation of your Pearl intensifies, and you can feel the force that seems to have supplanted your left arm in a very real, palpable way. Like a cat you land lightly on your toes, and sink to a crouch, feeling quite blind. Blinking only turns the world into an equally intense red glare.

The sharply cadenced voice that comes from ahead of you speaks flawless Japanese, the Chinese accent being the source of her cadences.

“Do you know your name, pretty glass dragon?”

[] Yes, I do. May I know yours?
[] Ryuu Ryukusa.
[] You know what the name you want to hear is, so you're asking a silly question.
[] You are Er Yin Long, beloved of Matagama Kiku.
[] Maybe.

>>33128833
>She closes her eyes, and then speaks. “I could not help my sister before. The demon-child was always too close, to wary. I prayed for help, for hope. I believe in this as an answer.”
Mystery solved. Yay!

>>33128854
>[] You know what the name you want to hear is, so you're asking a silly question.

>>33128854
>[x] You know what the name you want to hear is, so you're asking a silly question.

>>33128854
>[x] Yes, I do. May I know yours?

>>33128854
>[] Yes, I do. May I know yours?

>>33128854
>[x] Yes, I do. May I know yours?

>>33128854
[] Yes, I do. May I know yours?
[] Ryuu Ryukusa.
[] You know what the name you want to hear is, so you're asking a silly question.

>>33128854
Do we recognize her as one of the girls from the harem of horobi's memory which we saw before?

Also, I bet she is wanting the answer of Horobi rather than Ryuu ryukusa.

>>33128854
>[x] Yes, I do. May I know yours?
Its the answer to her question

>>33128854
>[x] Yes, I do. May I know yours?

It's polite to introduce yourself first, madam.

>>33128915
Kind of blind right now, anon.

>>33128854
>[] Yes, I do. May I know yours?
She didn't ask for our name, nor hers, So the right answer is we do know our name.

>>33128935
Maybe we recognize the voice?

>>33128944
We didn't hear any voices in the memory, just images and that horrible feeling towards the end.

>>33128854
>[] Yes, I do. May I know yours?
it is a riddle, she didnt ask for our name, she asked if we know

>>33128915
>Horobi rather than Ryuu ryukusa.
Maybe Ryuu Ryukusa, reincarnation of Horobi?

>>33128944
The vision wasn't exactly one of a debate club.

>>33128954
>Maybe Ryuu Ryukusa, reincarnation of Horobi?
Daughter of Horobi is more accurate, I think.

>>33129021

Nah, metaphysically, we are the reincarnation. We have some of Horobi's spirit and power, but not his knowledge and identity.

"Genetic" lineage is up in the air. Ryukusa's parents haven't really come up.

>>33129037
We've repeatedly called ourselves his daughter though

>“Ami-no-Horobi-no-Mikado, Emperor of the Rain of Destruction, Lord of the Abyssal Deeps of the Ocean, give your daughter the strength to fight HIM.”
>Ame-no-Horobi-no-Mikado, help your daughter.

>>33129021
but we are a reincarnation, not a daughter.
we have parents and neither was him

the reason we are a demigod rather then a full god is that he is DEAD and we don't have access to his full power and knowledge (yet). we haven't assumed his mantle (yet)
demi gods CAN potentially ascend to kami (or in this case kamuy) status, this is one of the thing they are known for doing. Although they are far more likely to die trying then they are to succeed in such an ascension process
Interestingly horobi is a dragon-god. So he was both a true dragon and a true god.

>>33129053
We could use that here, yeah. Just not Ryukusa alone, I doubt that holds any weight here.

>>33129053
figurative not literal daughter. when you prey to god you call yourself their child, child of god.
and that was our choice to pray to a dead god who happens to be ourself, heck we are even recalling his memories. literal children of gods don't have flashbacks to their parent's memories.

“I know my names.” Wait, that came out wrong.

Crap. Fire reveals truth.

Right, more caution is called for! Cleverness and Dangerous Mind can save you here.

“May I hear your name?” Take that, lady. “After all, you know what name you wish to hear, so to ask it serves little purpose, honestly.”

“I am Er Yin Lung, daughter of Pan Lung and the woman who became the devil Mo Ku Jen, whose name I can no longer speak.” Her voice moves around you slowly, pacing in the same manner but opposite direction of Miko-Kiku. “May I have the name by which you are called, pretty glass dragon?”

Safe enough. “I am called Ryuu Ryukusa, daughter of Owatatsumi Ryujin and Ryuu Meiko.” Wait, your father's name was Gyukojin, a river Dragon.

…..

KAMIDAMNMIT!

….wait. She asked, you answered. You asked, she answered. You volunteered stuff, she didn't say anything. Question, answer, question answer, anything else is voluntary.

Right, Kiku is damn scary. Sticking to one question is probably safer, because if the trend follows....you ask more, she asks more, and you both get to answer more.

[] What is it you really want to know?
[] What sort of test is this?
[] Do you want to returrn to your lover?
[] Will you help me?
[] Tell me what you need to know. Hah, not a question.

>>33129095
So it's figurative. Still works great as a cool title. Reincarnation has too many syllables to flow well.

>>33129053

Being figurative.

Also, we're probably a bloodline descendant WAY the fuck down the line.

>>33129067
>demi gods CAN potentially ascend to kami (or in this case kamuy) status
>Although they are far more likely to die trying then they are to succeed in such an ascension process
One major reason not to get too full of ourselves. we are not a true dragon-god kamuy yet; we just tapped into a tiny slice of those powers.
we just have the potential to become one. if we don't die

>>33129127
>[] Do you want to returrn to your lover?

>>33129127
>[x] Do you want to returrn to your lover?

This is cool as hell.

>>33129127
>[x] What is it you really want to know?

>>33129127
[] What is it you really want to know?
[] Do you want to returrn to your lover?
[] Will you help me?

>>33129127
>[x] Tell me what you need to know. Hah, not a question.

>>33129127
>[x] What is it you really want to know?

>>33129134
>Also, we're probably a bloodline descendant WAY the fuck down the line.
Good point, reincarnations of major powers always seem to happen in a blood descendant in mythology

>>33129127
[] Do you want to return to your lover?

>>33129134
>“I am called Ryuu Ryukusa, daughter of Owatatsumi Ryujin and Ryuu Meiko.”
..........or maybe not.

>>33129127
>Right, Kiku is damn scary. Sticking to one question is probably safer, because if the trend follows....you ask more, she asks more, and you both get to answer more.
why is this bad?
I want answers
I like answers

>daughter of Owatatsumi Ryujin and Ryuu Meiko.” Wait, your father's name was Gyukojin, a river Dragon.
Maybe mom was less than faithful, maybe dad changed his name to protect his identity, maybe she was a widow who remarried when you were a baby and your father was adoptive.

>>33129206
How does this disprove the theory that we are a blood descendant of horobi way down the line?

>>33129127
>[] Tell me what you need to know. Hah, not a question.

>>33129127
>[x] Tell me what you need to know. Hah, not a question.

>>33129268
Why should she tell you? She has no reason to.

>>33129186
>>33129206

Also, if Horobi is like, the Ur-Dragon God, presumably on some level, lesser dragons come from him, and thus are his descendants. At the very least, the destruction god associated with the fuck-off depths of the ocean would be the progenitor of all Water dragonkind. Or something. (Again, Mythology is not an exact science. It's not even any kind of science)

As for the other thing, that refers to Ryukusa's literal parents. Since Horobi has been dead for untold aeons (by which I mean a few thousand years, probably) it would be very hard for him to have directly sired her.

Shit, I just realized, we're like dragongirl cthulhu. That is not dead which can eternal lie, and come strange aeons, even death may die.

>>33129240
Ryujin is the dragon god of the ocean. As in, we're directly descended from him and Horobi may have served him or he may have been Horobi before.

>>33129340
... and this disproves that we are a blood descendent of horobi, how?

>>33129340
Horobi came way before Ryujin. If anyone served anyone there, it was likely Ryujin that served Horobi. At the same time, any sort of bloodline we have is definitely in question about now.

>>33129335
Eh, there are crazy gods of the other elements too that we would be demigods of if we had picked them. It's not like Horobi is the only one.

>>33129335
>As for the other thing, that refers to Ryukusa's literal parents. Since Horobi has been dead for untold aeons (by which I mean a few thousand years, probably) it would be very hard for him to have directly sired her.
Reread >>33129053
that anon said
>we're probably a bloodline descendant WAY the fuck down the line.
>WAY the fuck down the line.
Nothing about directly siring (aka, being literal father)

>>33129382
I still want to know more about the spirit of Aokigahara.

>>33129379
gods are famous for not keeping it in their pants.

that being said, remember that the various elemental dragons are not seperate species.
For example, a strong water dragonne/tte would impregnate a wood dragonette with a fire dragonne/ette child

>>33129418
In a decidedly morbid way, I want to know more about the spirit of the Forest of Suicides. Just that name and it's history alone is horrifying, I can't help but wonder what it's spirit would be like.

>>33129418
Likely to be some kind of Lovecraftian horror of despair and death.

>>33129127
>What sort of test is this?
We already know the answers to the other questions.

>>33129462
It just wants to be loved and have a harem too!

>>33129451
Was thinking about it today and came to the conclusion that the image of a hanged man swinging from a tree would definitely be involved somehow. Either as a final attack that condemns to death or maybe the image we'd be praying to.

>>33129402

That anon is me. I said way down the line.

I was talking about >>33129206
>..........or maybe not.

Basically, reiterating my point.

>>33129451
>Extremely sad spirit
>Everyone hates it because its a spirit of a place famous for suicides
>No friends, no loved ones
>Wants to commit suicide herself

[XX] What is it you really want to know?
[XXX] Do you want to return to your lover?
[X] Will you help me?
[XX] Tell me what you need to know. Hah, not a question.

You stay where you are, crouched, listening, feeling her moving around you. Ah, that works. You know exactly where she is now, feeling the flow of her blood and the presence of her water. “Do you want to return to your lover?”

“I desire to return to my lovers as once we were.” Oh, now that's something you hadn't planned for. She remembers what you caught glimpses of. Or at least knows about them. “Have you used the power of Horobi willingly?”

Shimmate. “Only in ignorance of what I was doing,” ugh, not good....wait. “and only in fear of causing worse than I wished upon the world did I do so.” Better. Experimenting to try and learn isn't strictly bad, right? And you really had no idea Anonimous was going to get...well.

“Tell me what you need to know.”

A soft, silver chuckle. “A clever, dangerous dragon indeed.” Nope, not going for it.

“What is it you really want to know?”

“I want to know if you are too dangerous to be allowed to live, Ryuu Ryukusa, or too weak to be allowed to suffer....or kind enough to be dangerous.” That....is kind of what you thought. “Do you love them all dearly?”

“Oh, by all the Kamuy, yes. Yes, yes, yes. Yes.” Easy one! Cool. “Will you help me?”

“I am helping you.”

…..um. That's odd.

[] How are you helping me?
[] Who do you love most?
[] Let me touch you.
[] Who killed them all?
[] Do you remember everything?