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[Reimu :: Hakurei Shrine]

Reimu smirked a little at Chiyo's awe at the power someone might have over a mountain. As a close acquaintance of people who could tear off mountaintops or alter the border between mountains and valleys or something if they felt so inclined, somehow that seemed just a little less impressive.

"I meant get you back outside, but yeah, she could probably help with your mountain, too. But, eh, don't get your hopes up too much. Like I said, she's a weird one."

[Sukina: SDM Gate]

The ivy youkain stared at the guard of the gate. Smiling brightly, the girl shook her head. "Wow, you are a BAD actor. Like, a horrible one."

With a swift knock to Kyouko's head, she said a quick "Let me down." No point attempting to get down on her own, what with Kyouko being so strong...

[Alice :: Hakurei Shrine]

Alice panted as she climbed up the stairs, even though she wasn't moving fast. The stairs seemed endless, and the blonde girl was not fond of climbing each one. After a few more minutes, she reached the top, feeling a minor sense of accomplishment. However, she did not see Marisa, and that was the important reason for climbing to the Shrine in the first place.

[Kyouko :: SDM :: Gate]

Then...Kyouko played right into Remilia's plans.

"If you won't let us through, we'll have to break through by force, we need to figure this out, And maybe that Youkai was the one that has been kidnapping humans, in which case, we need to get to them fast!" She adopted a battle stance, and prepared for a spellcard battle.

[Reimu :: Hakurei Shrine]

It was around this time that Reimu caught sight of Alice climbing up the stairs. She looked curiously in the direction of the puppeteer, then back at Chiyo. Her vaunted intuition was telling her that Alice was here with some incident. "Hold on, I need to see what she wants," she said, gesturing at Alice.

Reimu glided over to the top of the stairs. "Well," she said, "this is rare. You don't usually come out here unless you're with Marisa or there's a party or some sort of incident. And, there's no party and I don't see Marisa. Is something happening?" Even though Reimu had known Alice virtually her whole life (ever since the time, around twenty years ago, that Alice saved her when she was stuck in Makai), she had never been on better than distant speaking terms with the strange magician.

[Sukina: Scarlet Devil Mansion Gate]

The ivy on Sukina's wrist was up and active, spinning and whipping around in front of her to deflect the crystals.

Of course, Sukina smiled at this, like she smiled at everything.

Wow...bad actress, great fighter? Gotta be good at something, I guess...I think I'll let Kyouko handle this one. My head still hurts, anyways.

[Hong Meiling: Scarlet Devil Mansion Gate]

The guard's reflexes automatically kicked in, a spiral colored Qi forming in front of her as she blocked the extremely strong punch.

Mentally, Meiling praised and cursed her own reflexes. Especially cause her body kept going with the reflex.

Gathering her Qi into her fist, and at such close range of Kyouko, the youkai delivered a One-Inch Punce to Kyouko's abdomen before once again becoming still. Maybe this time she could let an attack hit...or...something.

The guard was kinda winging it, at this point.

[Chiyo :: Hakurei Shrine]

Chiyo tilted her head ever so slightly to look at Alice. Was this one of Reimu's friends? By the way the priestess spoke, it didn't really seem that way but who was Chiyo to judge? So the wolf stood there, her tail swishing from side to side and every once in a while, one of her ears would fidget... slightly.

"Ma-ree-...sah?"