Scene #4024: A Place in The Sun

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Konoe Kanno	It's been a bit of a while since that whole Takamagahara incident had sort of blown over. The floating land returned into the sky, no longer shadowing over Gensokyo. The day and night cycle was back to normal, thanks to the work of a certain Laser Witch and her plucky companions. And Amaterasu, the goddess of the sun, had finally awakened. Ultimately, Amaterasu thought it would be good to settle in Gensokyo, and she had a shrine constructed at the base of Youkai Mountain. This is the Kanno Shrine, named after Konoe, who was made the shrine's sole miko. Nevermind the fact that Konoe was technically some sort of demi-god herself, and the goddess she was serving was her own mother...Amaterasu just laughed and said it was all fine. Don't worry about it. And in that manner, Konoe had gotten herself a home. Amaterasu slept most of the days away lazily, and Wakahirume and the others occasionally visited, via a portal within the shrine building. Things were nice and peaceful... Which is why something just has to happen to throw a wrench into the works. What is that thing? Well, on this very quiet day, Konoe could be found off by the gate of the shrine grounds, humming to herself and sweeping away fallen leaves and the like. ...When an odd figure was spotted stumbling their way up the stairs leading up. They were quite tall, wearing a long military-like trenchcoat with a katana strapped to one side... and they had a gourd in one hand, which they took occasional swigs from. "....?" Konoe's ears twitched, and she looked up at the approaching figure, who was clearly male. With short black hair and deep red eyes. "Excuse me, sir, can I help yo-mmmph!" A hand covered the cat miko's face, and shoved her back. "....Nnnnnnnnot lookin's fer ya....kitty..." He mumbled, stepping onto shrine grounds with a bit of a stumble. "Wwwwhhhhheeeeeres.....Amaaaaaaterasu...?" He looked left and right in a drunken manner, before taking another swig of his gourd. Konoe stumbled back, dropping her broom, and frowning. "...." Breathing a heavy sigh, she picked up the cleaning implement and moved around to step in front of the drunk man. "Excuse me, sir. You're clearly drunk, so I'm going to have to ask you to-GWEH!" One moment, Konoe was in front of the man, and another, she found herself swatted aside, landing with a SPLASH into the nearby pond. A great number of koi swam away in panic at the sudden new addition to the pool. "Daaaaamn c...cat....wheres....Amaaa......suuu....wench gotmuh.....ssssoooord...." He mumbled, lowering his arm and then wandering off towards the shrine building. "........" Konoe groaned and then stepped out of the pond, squeezing water out of her robes. "......" She needed help. That man just swatted her like she was a fly. AND he did it while drunk! She produced an ofuda, and spoke into it. "Um....this is Konoe Kanno. I need a.....bit of help. There's a drunk man on shrine grounds mumbling about finding mom. I tried to ask him to leave and he just swatted me aside....A little help please?" She lowered it and stared at the man, glaring, but not actually moving just yet. Damn it, drunk people....
Xiaomu	In response to the request for assistance, Xiaomu is headed into Gensokyo, mildly grateful that she doesn't have to be able to fly to help out with this one. There's one relatively important question that's weighing on her mind, though - and it has nothing to do with video games or manga or the like. What's the reported drunkard actually drunk on? If it's beer or whisky or something comparably occidental, then he's probably just some old drunk who doesn't actually know where he is. If it's sake of some derivation, then the odds are higher that he knows what he's doing at a Shinto shrine, and maybe sobriety is optional. In point of fact, she can think of one or two kami for whom public intoxication is part of their normal profile - and that's BEFORE you go delving into the eight million gods and sacred spirits. ... no pun intended about 'sacred spirits,' either. For once. Anyway, Xiaomu is coming in on lightcycle, and actually maintaining a relatively sedate pace rather than opening the throttle all the way like she might normally. It's a clean, environmentally-friendly means of transportation, even less pollution than you'd get by walking - and if Reiji wanted to hitch a ride, holding onto his partner in transit is entirely his responsibility. Just look out for low-hanging torii ... although really, Xiaomu is respectful enough to stop and de-rez the lightcycle BEFORE she hits the shrine precincts proper. She even goes to the trough of running water and rinses her hands and mouth properly, first thing once she's on the Kanno Shrine grounds. Just ... don't ask her to leave her (Buddhist) monk staff or her (equally Buddhist) prayer beads or anything. She's respectful of Shinto, she's not a convert (even if she is one of the worst at keeping Buddhist vows).
Reiji Arisu	It's a little known fact that, in addition to being a(n ADORABLE KITTY) nascent demigoddess and Shinto priestess, Konoe Kanno is ALSO a member of the interdimensional occult special operations unit, Shinra. When she calls for help, it isn't so strange for one or more of her fellow agents to appear to lend their aid. The appearance of this one, though, is... probably overkill, for most situations. This one may not be one of those situations. "Stop right there!" A voice suddenly roars over the shrine grounds. It comes from... somewhere vaguely upwards. A figure stands mysteriously atop a great mountain pine. It casts its silhouette against the brilliant reds, golds and vermilions of the setting sun. Its arms are crossed, casting a daunting shadow across the shrine. "Sacred places are meant for man and god to mingle; temples such as these are cornerstones to the harmony that plays out between human and spirit." The voice goes silent as the tree trembles. A cloud of dust scatters as taller man makes landfall just next to the blonde Sage Fox. "Disturbing that harmony endangers all things in nature," the man says, "I'm going to have to ask you to either shape up or get out of here." His hair is mostly black, except for a streak of pure, snowy white on one side of his head. His jacket is a brilliant red. In his hand is a veritable arsenal of blades and firearms. "Xiaomu," Reiji Arisu murmurs to his side, "Something about this guy doesn't sit right. Stay on your toes."
Reina Kinney	Reina's quick to arrive as well, having had experience being here in the past, and is more than eager to provide assistance. That is, assuming there's no more strange stuff to deal with. Then again, isn't dealing with a drunkard strange enough as is? "Not as strange as some of the things I've heard Renee telling me about recently," Reina comments to herself as she teleports into the area while thinking about the young girl she's become a Big Sister to. (Hey, even GUARDIANS have to have pastimes!) Once she enters the shrine, she too uses the water to rinse her hands and mouth as well, having studied up on traditions like this. If you ask Reina her religion, she'll tell you she's not a believer in anything, but that's just a cover for her true self. She is, nonetheless, respectful of other cultures and their traditions, which is why she takes her time washing up. It's only after she finishes washing that she looks to Xiaomu, whom she intentionally refrained from greeting previously. "I agree with him," Reina adds after Shinji finishes speaking. "Something about this doesn't sit well with me, and while I'm not always one to follow gut instincts, there's definitely something here that tells me it's more than just that." She narrows her eyes a little.
Kazuko Kawakami	Kazuko didn't normally play late night drunk cop, but Gensokyo isn't exactly her normal place to be hanginga round. If anything, it's rather surprising to her that something as mundane as that can actually be a problem! Still, if it's enough to get an actual request for help, the martial artist isn't going to be turning that down! Kazuko arrives not too long after Xiaomu, Reiji, and Reina, her blunted naginata strapped to her back in... A t-shirt and bloomers? With a tire tied to her waist, no less. It's that time of night, after all, and that can only mean that she's come right from her evening jog! She gives the man a disapproving glare and even growls quietly before seeking out Konoe, moving to assist her should she need it. The others can handle the talking here!
Kotone Yamakawa	Kotone Yamakawa is a bit late in responding to the call but she does come to Gensokyo something was up and she was concerned. She thought they'd finished with issues ther ebut it seem to not be the case she's on her custom built Knight motorcyucle and is speeding along to catch up with Xiaomu and the rest.
Reimu Hakurei	Meanwhile, at the Hakurei Shrine, Reimu is currently sweeping up more of the dust that happens to be lying around the place. As she continues to sweep up most of the dirt, one of her Yin-Yang Orbs begins to vibrate. As it rumbles, she merely takes a few steps over to the nearest wooden wall and lays the broom against it as she takes it out. It was currently quite peaceful for once, but as expected, that never lasts here. Soon, the message plays and Konoe's voice comes along mentioning a drunken man swatting her aside. From there, she rolls her eyes as three more Yin-Yang Orbs materialize around her as she slowly begins to float into the air. She groans to herself once more, "If yesterday's conversation proved to be any indication and Amaterasu is involved, then this will either prove to be a headache or I'll be seeing property damage again." As she flies off into the sky, she heads into the direction of the large mountain looming in the distance. The trip there is surprisingly uneventful, or at least it would be if the occasional fairies roaming about didn't constantly get in her way. As the many fairies were shot down, she manages to pick up some supplies along the way to Youkai Mountain. "Well, it's just a normal day for me, although I wonder if Marisa might-" She stops as she finally approaches the small group of humans and one fox spirit. All of them are rather unfamiliar, so naturally, her eyebrows furrow down as her orbs surround her, "If you're here to help with the intruder, than thank you. However, if he is too much, don't be afraid to flee if you need to." Then, she proceeds to direct her attention directly at the drunken man with the katana and gourd. Her tone seems to become more serious rather than light hearted, "You have ten seconds to leave the shrine, or I'll shoot."
Alice Margatroid	Oddly enough, to show late this time, there's a very specific dollmaker with quite a few dolls trailing behind her: An Utsuho Doll, a Marisa Doll and, newest to the collection, a Reimu Doll in addition to Shanghai and Hourai at the front, forming a pentagram around the dollmaker. "I'm here, I'm here, I just got finished with one of my dolls." she calls out, coming to a stop just behind Reimu. She heard what was going on, but had to be there to see it with her own eyes, maybe it was just Suika playing a prank or something. As if the Amaterasu incident didn't have much headaches, this person who just swatted her cat aside gets a glare from her. "This is really no place to play, on a shrine's grounds, much less my cat's shrine. So, I would really recommend it if you would just go back to where you came from and leave her, and her Shrine, alone." Of course, she's at least prepared just in case the drunkard decides not to listen (which is usually the case), and then a look to Reimu, "I'll help back you up, Reimu." and with a look at the rest gathered, "Hmm, a lot of people to help, this is going to be interesting..." and a pause to which Hourai looks up... "You just want to see what they can do, don't you?"
Konoe Kanno	Konoe rubs the side where she was knocked away at, and watches at both Xiaomu and Reiji arrive onto the scene. She smiles a little and nods towards them. They were definitely reliable. Though that man...was definitely not normal. Who was he? She had no idea. Still, she picked up her fallen broom and remained off to the side. Reina arrived not soon after, followed by Kazuko, Kotone...And Reimu. That was unexpected. Oh and there was Alice. As Kazuko comes to her side and helps her up, Konoe speaks lowly. "I'm fine, Miss Kazuko. It'll stop hurting in a little while, I'm sure." She looked off at the man that everyone was facing down with a frown. "...Be careful. He's...really a strong." Where was Amaterasu anyway? Or Wakahirume? Masakatsu? Kuma? None of them seemed to be around today. Though the goddess herself was probably dead asleep somewhere within. Finally, the man himself stopped at all the new voices yammering behind him. He turned to look their way. "Haaaaah? Theeeee hellre you noisy....brats..." He mumbled, taking another swig from his gourd before sighing. Yeah that was probably sake. "Aiiiiin't got no kindabusinesswit....you damn kids..." And without even sparing everyone the time of day, he waved them all off. "Shoo...shooo....go chase a dogersomethin..." And with that, he proceeded to march up the short set of steps onto the main building's walkway. "A...Amaaaaaaa.....thehell areyaaaaa? Gimme muh....damn soooord...fckingheeeell.. comeout....weeeench...knowyer....here." Wow this guy was just smashed. Oh and he chugged down another gulp of sake. Well then.
Xiaomu	Of course Reiji made the big dramatic entrance, thinks Xiaomu, smiling at her partner's elevated challenge. Reimu doesn't seem to have quite that level of style, even if she easily claims the high ground by virtue of her ability to fly; a ten-second ultimatum doesn't really give him time to answer questions. "Hold your fire for just a bit, okay?" Xiaomu calls out to the miko. "Maybe we can sort this out without digging divots all over the shrine yard ..." She walks over to the drunkard, looking him over briefly, then bowing politely - in fact, deeper than the usual 'polite bows' that Reiji and others have normally seen her offering. "Susano'o-no-mikoto, I presume? Although do please correct me if I'm wrong ... but if I'm right, you may want to be a little more polite than that to your niece, especially if you'd like to pursue a word with Amaterasu herself. That, and you already appear to have a sword which I'd presume is quite serviceable ..." She may seem polite with a side of casual, but she's quite ready to protect herself if violence should happen to ensue. She's holding out for hilarity, though.
Reiji Arisu	Others begin filtering in. Some familiar faces, others people who Reiji has never seen before. His brow furrows thoughtfully as he focuses in on the priestess with the... curious taste in sleeves. Does Konoe have fangirls, now? Apprentices? Curious. But he can deal with introductions later. Reiji's eyebrow twitches out of reflex. "You don't need to know my name," he answers to the staggering vagrant as he approaches, "Because you'd probably forget in a few hours anyway." Reiji moves right past the drunk and interposes himself between the mysterious drunkard and the mouth of the temple proper. "But I did mean what I said. Either sober up and tell us what this sword you're looking for is, or leave this temple." "Though I have a feeling," he says, inclining his head curiously as his hand falls closer to the hilts of his blades, "That I know exactly who you are and what you might be looking for. Though I doubt you'd find Kusanagi here."
Reimu Hakurei	It does not take long for Reimu to ascertain the drunken man's identity. After all, part of her occupation was knowing about most of the various deities in Shinto religion. She nonchalantly rolls her eyes and shouts, "Did you seriously forget that you gave her the Sword of Kusanagi?!" Reimu sighs as she rubs her temples, "Okay, I'll ask one more time, turn around right now or I'll be forced to shoot." The Yin-Yang Orbs float in front of her as she flies in the air, and they proceed to glow for second, changing from black and white to red and white. She proceeds to float about a few yards in front of Susanoo and she patiently waits for a response as she brings out her gohei.
Reina Kinney	Reina enters and bows as well, but lets Reiji and Xiaomu do the talking for the most part. Once they're done talking, Reina moves a little closer, albeit without any weapons equipped yet. "Yeah, we don't need you and your drunken self causing any trouble here, especially with the powers you got." She rolls her eyes a little as she realizes that this guy has the type of power that would hurt her more than most would. She never understood it, just that she's always been vulnerable to lightning and things like that. Reina then turns to look at Reimu and shakes her head. "Let's not use violence just yet, OK? I'm thinking an interrogation might yield better results... and leave less of a mess for us to clean up too." She sneers sourly at that last part.
Kotone Yamakawa	Kotone Yamakawa pulls up in her bike she hopes off now and seems to be quite conerned, she's not yet pulled a weapon however as she looks the whole state of affairs over. She close sinw utht he others and she looks the man over and tilts her head a bit. She seems on edge but she choses to keep her mouth shut for now as others are already on the task of attampting to talk this out, for as much that works around here...
Alice Margatroid	Hmm, Reimu didn't recognize her, but then again... she gives a bit of a shrug, allowing the others to go at it, floating back to watch the conversation. Curiously, the Marisa Doll floats in front of Alice, a grin on its face. "Not now, not now... we wait." Alice was usually passive in these arrangements, though, being denied some fun from a while ago, she is slightly anxious. But that's okay, once the drunkard makes his first move, she'll be there to help everyone. She scans the area some... There are some she knows: Reimu, Konoe, Kotone and Kazuko, but some are still unfamiliar. Xiaomu.. wait, didn't she see that fox when she was beating up Konoe with Goliath Doll? And that guy behind her, Reiji... she didn't know his name but, he looks interesting. She drops to the ground, just waiting for her chance...
Kazuko Kawakami	"Okay... I'll be close, then." Kazuko gives Konoe a reassuring nod before stepping forward, keeping herself between her and the drunk man that several of her companions today were already identifying somehow. She's a little clueless to the whole thing, of course, although the familiar namedropping does draw a few intrigued grunts from her. "Are you really that guy...? Wait, then how come you're so...?" Would it be better not to ask? Perhaps, considering that if this really is Susano-o, it'd probably be safer not to mouth off to him. Then again, considering everyone that's here already? It's probably fine. Plus, Kazuko can't just let this bout of public drunkenness slide. It'll set a bad example for the trigger-happy miko and those weirdly doll-looking children floating by Alice! "... It's easier to find stuff when you're sober, Mister Susano-o. Take a nap, and try again in the morning!"
Konoe Kanno	The man in the worn military coat peers down at Xiaomu. "...Hah? Sright...Susnopoe..dksh...whatever...somethinglikedat." He rubbed the side of his head in frustration, already feeling antsy some having all of these damned kids yammering at him. Can't a man enjoy a drink and go take back his prized sword from that danged hag with too many tails!? And then Reiji actually moves past him, stopping him from proceeding any further than he already had. God damn it Reiji. "Ahhhhh, toldyaIain't got....no damn time...fer brats..." Rubbing the side of his head harder, Susano-o narrows his eyes, suddenly looking a lot less drunk than he was a second ago. And he sighed. "Killing my damn buzz..." He spoke more clearly, glaring off at Reimu next. "I didn't forget a thing. I just decided it's time to take it back." He lifted his gourd, upending it over his mouth...and nothing but a few drops came out. "....?" He shook it a few times to no avail. "....FUCKING HELL!" He roared, tossing the gourd to the ground in anger, causing it to shatter into a hundred pieces. "Now I'm outta booze!" Wow guy calm down! But no...no Susano-o does not have chill. The currents in the air begin to subtly shift around him, tousling his hair a bit as a static charge builds up. "Outta booze...fucking kids mouthing off...this stupid shrine...that bitch Ama is probably sleeping! I'm about done with this shit!" He bellows angrilly, a massive aura of electricity flaring up around the man. "You gonna try and stop me? Then come the hell on!" Quick as lightning, his off hand went to the handle of his katana and gripped it. "Shut yer traps and get outta my damned way, brats!" And with that, he drew. Except there was actually very little time in which he actually drawing. One moment, his hand was on the sword handle. The next, the katana was already drawn, Susano-o having taken a post drawing pose. ...And then the wind shifted into a raging hurricane as countless bolts of electricity surged throughout the shrine grounds, lancing about and aiming to strike and electrocute anyone dumb enough to stay still! And thus, with basically no provocation, the storm god decided to try and wipe everyone out before he went to find Amaterasu. Par for the course, no?
Reimu Hakurei	As expected, she manages to keep her cool in the incredibly onslaught of electricity that's aimed at her. As she flies through the air, she begins to move in a rhythmic pattern of left and right movements. Meanwhile, she grits her teeth as the loud lightning strikes bring that ever so familiar ringing sensation to her ear drums. Reimu's frown slightly curls into a small smile as the now red and white orbs are drawn in front of her. As she continues to weave her way through the lightning strikes, occasionally swerving around a nearby bolt, the orbs begin to emit hoards of red talismans directly toward Susanoo. As her efforts to fly around the bolts continue, the wind slows her down by quite a bit. Her firing still continues, right as a bolt of lightning nearly strikes her right arm, the heat almost causing a burn in the process. She glances back towards the presence of a familiar voice and she nods to the familiar sight of Alice before keeping her attention on Susanoo.
Xiaomu	The moment when Susano'o-no-Mikoto reaches for his sword's hilt is pretty much exactly the moment that Xiaomu just dives for the closest equivalent of cover she can find. That probably amounts to 'underneath the walkway,' if she can get there, but she at least wants to break her line-of-sight with the infamously ill-tempered storm god. That might even get her out of the wind to some extent. The lightning, probably not so much - but she's trying, at any rate. She's also trying to figure out what her best options are for fighting back; tangling with a formerly-mortal-turned-tutelary-deity is one thing, but a storm god who STARTED as a god and could kill her deader than roadkill with a concerted effort? She's out of her weight class by a whole 'nother order of magnitude. Not that it's going to stop her from trying. At least Susano-o's field doesn't actually include winter, as far as she knows; she reaches up with Suiren and tries to build a 'cage' of ice around the formerly-drunk storm god, actually trying to take advantage of his powers to help fuel the buildup of ice. "Reiji, you still in one piece?" she calls out while she's trying to cool Susano-o's jets.
Reina Kinney	Reina follows Xiaomu's lead in diving under the walkway. She feels like she's gotten herself in over her head again, and knows that Laia would be chewing her out big time if she were here. "But she's not," Reina mutters to herself, "So get your ass together and focus on this whole situation!" She doesn't equip herself just yet, since she knows she's got a major issue to deal with in terms of lightning coming her way. She double checks to make sure her shields are active before attempting to find another place to take cover. "Now just calm down," Reina calls out as she looks for another place to take cover. "There's no need to fight, OK?" Reina really doesn't want to have to equip a weapon if she can avoid it, namely since someone like this could easily turn her weapon into scrap metal!
Kazuko Kawakami	"Eh? Wait, so you're not...?" Before Kazuko can process that sudden shift in Susano'o's temperament and sobriety, he's already becoming increasingly belligerent. "Hey! Don't use those kind of words around-" And then things get violent all at once. If not for that tire tied to her waist, Kazuko might have even been swept away in the winds alone! Thankfully, that extra weight is enough to keep her grounded, and she starts running... Away from him? Away from him. She might be stupid, but she's not suicidal! Plus, it looks as if the others are much better equipped to actually face a storm god than she is. That's why instead of going for the storm god, Kazuko instead moves towards Konoe to try and just hoist her right up to get her out of harm's way. She can always try and get back into the fight later! With a... Very conductive naginata. Which is strapped to her back like some sort of lightning rod. Surely that's not going to bite her in the ass in a few seconds.
Alice Margatroid	Great, so he got pissed off since he's out of booze. Oh well, time to try the hard way! Taking in the opposite direction as the Miko, Alice pulls Hourai in front of her with the other four dolls spreading around her. "Alright, focus fire on him." she orders her dolls, who all give a nod. "Alright, laser formation." she thrusts her hand forward and all five dolls emit lasers directed towards Susano'o! These lasers turn off for a moment so she can reposition herself, flying and grazing lightning strikes and trying to flow with the wind instead of against it. She's not Aya so it's still a bit tough to get a good aerial footing. "Let's see, if I can get a clear shot..." she looks around, too many people for the Utsuho doll to do her skill, and she's not certain if the Reimu doll can do anything yet... "Reimu, let's try to pincer him. And those on the ground, be careful! Do what you can to try to distract him or hurt him!" she calls out, trying to keep some order and to get some danmaku going, so let's see how that works now. "Marisa Doll, get ready... we will get to do that soon..."
Kotone Yamakawa	It's going to be one of those days it seems, she's trying to recall her myths and legends if there's antthing out about things like this. She looks t them for a moment and she doesn't say anything else. She ponders the name he dropped wait is he talking about the Goddess? She's not sure she's about to say sometyhing else when everything gets attack. Kotone is force to leap away flipping severy times but then comes the lighting. Oh dear God in heaven lightning is not something the full concyborg want sto deal with and this isn't going to go well. She's thankfully got some protection but well? She's caught by a blast and lights up like a Neon Sign in vegas, before she drops to the ground smouldering...
Reiji Arisu	What's worse than a drunk god? A drunk god who's just run out of booze, apparently. Acting on the frankly irresponsible amount of alcohol in his bloodstream, Susano'o decides to draw his sword. Unfortunately, being a storm god, that basically gives him free reign to do basically whatever he likes within his ridiculously broad domain. Today, that means lightning, thunder, and a whole lot of wind. But he's not the only one with a lightning-fast draw. A crackle of electricity leaps from Reiji's side as Chirai is unleashed from its sheath. Bolts of lightning smash into the small-sword, the little wakizashi drinking deep of the storm-fury raging all around it. Chirai is a strange blade; ostensibly, it's blessed with the power of Earth, but this somehow translated to 'surrounded by electricity.' One thing is for sure, though, it sure seems to swallow lightning like the earth does. Even so, he's one man standing against storm incarnate. The wind whips at him, hammering his body with flying debris even as bolts of stray lightning crash into him, scorching skin and sending his nervous system into seizing fits that are barely held in check by his tremendous physical conditioning. But, if lightning IS somehow 'Earth,' then Reiji has the perfect tool in his arsenal for dealing with this situation. His arsenal clatters heavily to the ground, freeing his hand to snap back and grab hold of the oversized golden gun holstered at the small of his back. Reiji dances through a fevered kata, drawing away lightning bolts with Chirai while he lines up shot after shot with Gold. Each roar of gunpowder unleashes a single half-inch slug of enchanted metal straight downrange. They seem to drink in the electrical chaos, glowing like little platinum stars as they streak through the air at the furious deity. Unlike his partner, Reiji seems to have very little apprehension against trying to fight back one of the Big Three. This IS his job, after all. "I'm fine," Reiji yells back, standing his ground before the temple. "Stay sharp, this guy isn't in the most stable state right now!" His slugs streak into Xiaomu's ice magic, imparting some of their brilliance into her sorcery. After all, as EARTH contains veins of METAL within it, so too does METAL carry and enrich WATER.
Konoe Kanno	So! Good News, and Bad News. GOOD NEWS: Susano-o does not bother to actually dodge anything! He takes all of those shots, all of those lasers! The ice builds up around him, especially at his feet where his movements slow down to a stop entirely. Reiji's crawing of Chirai diverts some of the lightning, and the slugs from Gold strike him at various points in his body. What must be the equivalant of blood streams out of his wounds. BAD NEWS: Susano-o is literally a force of nature. While the raging wings and surging lightning continues on, he takes a step forward. And then another step. And another. There is nothing but irrationally murderous rage in his eyes. The rage of a man who has run out of booze! "Damned...noisy...brats...with your...knives and...pea shooters and....ice cubes...!" He raised his off hand and lightning surged along it. Swirling around his form before breaking off into...some sort of familiar spirit? It looked like some kind of four tailed fox made of pure lightning. One formed on either side of the storm god. And with a grim nod from the man, they scuttled off through the air and after Reimu and Alice respectively. The two familiars immediately began shooting arcs of electricity at the red and white miko and dollmaker respectively, soaring through the skies and chasing after them. Meanwhile, Susano-o himself gripped his weapon, and held it out. It took on a green glow, and then he sheathed the blade and closed his eyes. ....And suddenly, his red eyes shot open! And with a quick draw of the blade, the ranging hurricane tearing up the shrine grounds intensified! The lightning stopped, but in it's place, the sheer wind force grew even more harsher than before, and now slicing wind blades were being tossed all about withing the storm. "Come on, kids. Don't you don't anything better for me!?" He calls out over the wind angrily. KONOE MEANWILE: "Whoa, hey-whaaa!" And Konoe is lifted right up, and carted off by Kazuko. She flailed a little, but then the sudden lightning strikes nearly miss the two of them. Oh crap! "K-Keep running, Kazuko!" She squeals, drawing several protection amulets and deploying them to keep the girl safe a little while longer. ...At least until the storm changed into one of mass wind blades. "....Oh."
Kazuko Kawakami	"I gotcha, Miss Konoe! Let's just-gyah!" Kazuko catches herself as a lightning bolt strikes the ground inches away from herself, still moving deftly to avoid being caught by any of those blasts. Then again, would she even know where to go to dodge those, or is it really just her running fast and hoping for the best? At least she looks cool doing it. Maybe. "O-on it! What's he getting so pissed off for, anyway?! Being an angry drunk doesn't get anywhere!" She runs, she jumps, and she hauls ass to get Konoe closer to the safety of the temple interior. Why'd it have to look so damn far now that there's wind blades getting launched at them?! Right. Wind blades. At least it's not lightning any more. Kazuko can work with this, maybe. "I got a plan! Just... Um. Keep your head down!" Setting Konoe down by the relative safety of a wall, the martial artist whips the naginata off her back before starting to spin it in front of herself rapidly. She channels ki into her limbs and the weapon to make it spin even faster, apparently trying to deflect those wind blades with sheer force of SPINNING.
Alice Margatroid	Something's wrong here, he's not dodging. He's actually getting hit and not moving. She eyes the 'force of nature' and frowns some before tugging the Marisa Doll to the front and center, "Doll Mimicry! Mas..." she pauses as she barely gets hit by one of the arc lightning strikes from some sort of familiar! Well, this was no good. And the storm throws out wind blades... Alice is going to have a lot to sew up after this... Never the less, her focus has switched from Susano-o to the familiar shooting lightning at her. LIghtning begets lightning and while she doesn't have an Iku doll at present, she swaps up the formation of the dolls to make a focused laser! Her speed slowing down but the five dolls shoot a highly concentrated beam of energy towards the Familiar, pulsing in strength every second or so, as she rotates the firing of the dolls. "Well, he's got a slave type spell or these are familiars... either way..." she ponders how best to deal with this... and well... she could fill the air with nuclear bullets... She'll save that one in a moment... She looks down, keeping her laser barrage going and trying to keep track of the bolts flying at her to look where Konoe was... Oh good, someone had her, great. "I'll get you something later to help with that!" she shouts down as some of the wind blades tear up her dress and send nicks and cuts into her legs, a slow flow of red coming down them.
Reimu Hakurei	Reimu doesn't exactly have to contemplate what's going on as the wind begins to pick up even further. From her vision, she manages to spot the large mass of wind blades aimed directly at everyone else. With some quick thinking, an idea comes to her that might possibly work. As one of the familiars begins to fire arcs of electricity at her, she flies to the right in order to hopefully avoid it. However, the extreme force of the wind is really getting in the way and it slows her down immensely. She barely manages to avoid the arc of electricity as it tears through the left sleeve of her clothes. Upon hearing the loud scream of Alice, she grits her teeth angrily. Considering how dangerous things are becoming and how quickly it's getting out of hand. It's sadly time for her to use a bomb. She concentrates for a moment as she barely continues to slip through the electric arcs as her concentration is complete, "Divine Art: Demon Binding Ring" From within her person, a large torrent of red and yellow talismans that are now sweeping through the air as they move towards the two familiars. Meanwhile, as the barrage of talismans continue, she manages to brace herself in the wind as clumped rings of round bullets begin to surround her in a giant field. As she tries to dodge most of the wind, the bullets suddenly change into red arrow heads and are promptly sent directly towards the wind blades in her desperate attempt to stop the grounds from being damaged any further.
Kotone Yamakawa	Kotone Yamakawa is not down and out for long, she has means to protect her from dying to such a hit, at leas the first one, warning flash on her personal HUD. She struggles to her feed now and goes for hee weapons the sick sent of burnt and melted sytch skin registers to her sense o smell she's also in pain but does not turn off her pain recptions as that would turn off all physical senation which could lead things to be worse. She's now moving to open fire with her sub machine gun abd breaking into a run. "IF THIS IS HOW YOU WANT TO DO IT?! SO BE IT!"
Reiji Arisu	Perhaps it was just a bit too optimistic to presume that a few bullets would be enough to put down the Storm God himself. But the die is cast, now. Reiji's in this for the long run. "If you wanted us to kill you, you should have said so to begin with," Reiji answers the drunken god as Susano'o prepares another sword-draw. Reiji's own weapons slide back into their sheaths- just a moment too slow. Having so many weapons means that the act of replacing them into their holsters or scabbards gives a swordsman dedicated to a single blade the advantage. For his misstep, Reiji eats a faceful of cutting wind. Red blood sprays into the galestorm. His lips draw back in a pained snarl as his own blade erupts from its sheath. Karin's flame swirls and twists in the roaring wind. The difference now is that Reiji decided to abandon his post in front of the temple... Because he's getting /right/ up into Susano'o's face. "Storm God," Reiji thunders, sweeping Karin in swift, scything motions. Clouds of flame and smoke dance through the wind as he presses in. "Is huffing and puffing all you plan to do?" His stance shits forward as Karin slams back into its saya. Reiji's hand snaps out, faster than the eye can see. He draws, sheathes, draws, sheathes again, lightning arcing out of Chirai with every strike. It slides back into its sheath. Reiji steps forward, swinging again with Karin twice more before sweeping a curtain of flame out directly in front of him. He sheathes the blade. His hand comes away again. Three shotgun blasts tear through the veil of smoke and fire-- but a moment later, Hollywood is back on its rack, and Reiji is swinging with his flame-blade again. "Or are you so drunk and old that you can't even keep up!?" Indeed, for a fighter with so many weapons, duelling one who has mastered a single blade is like pushing a boulder up hill. But Reiji Arisu is not just an amateur fighter. He doesn't dabble with his weapons. Each and every one, he has mastered. To keep up with the greatest of masters, to wield all of his weapons in unison, Reiji's draw has been honed to the utmost limits. But can it rival a Storm God's skill!?
Xiaomu	At least wind blades don't have the distressing penchant for unintended homing that lightning does; on the other hand, Xiaomu has already run afoul of that, and is kind of twitching under the walkway with a five-tailed afro or something from where she stuck her (metal) staff up to try and encase the storm god in ice. Well. Mostly metal. The headpiece, and a swordblade that runs down most of the length of the staff's interior, plus the butt end so that wood wouldn't get worn away. Xiaomu starts moving again a few moments later, still tingling unpleasantly from the lightning that made its way through Suiren into her, and starts crawling away while she wonders what she can usefully do to help take Susano-o down a few necessary notches. At least she's not TOTALLY limited to ice magic. Just ... y'know. Mostly. That, and bullets, and - oh hey wait a minute. She's still a sage fox. So ... "Dakki no Kata!" Maybe she can leech some energy away from Susano-o? Not much, though - he IS one of the three highest-ranking kami in Shinto, so the Dakki no Kata cuts off almost as soon as it starts. Maybe that'll at least throw Suzie off his stride. ... or maybe it'll draw his full and undivided aggro down on her head, but the least she can hope is that the narrowing of his attention gives the rest of her allies a chance to make their hits count.
Reina Kinney	The lightning is gone but with it comes massive winds. The winds, unfortunately, catch Reina and spin her around, before blowing her across the area, and knocking her into a nearby wall. She hits her head extra hard and collapses to the ground. She seems to be out cold, based on her limp appearance and the hard hit. But then she stirs long enough to realize what's happened. "Can't see... well..." She says, holding out one hand as if attempting to determine if she's really spinning or not. In desperataion, she presses a button on her wrist device. "Sorry, but my head's hurt, I gotta go," She calls out to her allies, before transporting back to her shuttle. From there, she'll remain safely in orbit while she rests inside the bedding in her quarters. Once she's recovered enough to see straight, she'll head back to Union Medical.
Konoe Kanno	The familiars actually aren't super strong. They've got enough punch to hurt, but their defences beyond speed are lacking. With the laser barrage from Alice sweeping through the sky, her opposing familiar is eventually sheared into, and vanishes into wisps of electricity. Reimu's suffers a similar fate, bombed out of existence. And fortunately, the spellcard also prevents the shrine grounds from being even more sliced up and leveled than they already have been! A small blessing. Konoe is set down by the temple wall, and she nods to Kazuko. ...Well, no, she couldn't just sit there and watch that poor girl defend with her life. That was a literal raging god of storms causing a huge ruckus over there! If she got caught up in it, she would probably die! And so Konoe produced a single ofuda, and deployed it with both arms outstretched. Closing her eyes, she directed a flow of healing energy into the martial artist. Just in case things went south for her. It was the least she could do anyway. MEANWHILE: Susano-o is met with Reiji coming into MELEE RANGE, and that is definitely enough to stop him from sheathing his blade and drumming up an even worse storm! Now, he was focused entirely on the dance of blades that had begun. Smirking at Reiji, he lashes out with a swift strike to clash against Karin. Multiple strikes produce a shower of sparks. "If you think you can stand up to my skill, then come on, brat! Show me!" Grinning wildly, he didn't miss a beat. Chirai was drawn next, and the storm god stepped back, quickly sheathing his blade, and then letting loose a flurry of quick draw strikes to clash against the lightning blade. BUT AT THAT MOMENT- Xiaomu distracts him with that draining spell. It's not enough to actuallyy /weaken/ him. She would feel just for an instant how vast this god's energy actually was. Absorbing that would probably have turned her into lightning and caused her to disperse. LIKE A CERTAIN WITCH WE ALL KNOW. But it's enough to delay the god long enough for several shotgun blasts to impact his body, punching holes in him and drawing more blood. ...And yet, he only looked irritated, rather than in serious pain. "Tch-! Damned foxes! Always the damned foxes!" Yeah, like a certain sun goddess he knew! Susano-o decided to stop playing around then, He pulled his sheath from his waist and held it like a second blade. And with that dual wielding stance, met Reiji's remaining slashes with a flurry of strikes from both blade and sheath. Both arcing lightning and cutting with with each swing! And then Kotone comes barreling in with that SMG fire. "Tch-" Deciding by this point that getting riddled by that many bullets would have been annoying, he disengaged from Reiji and leapt back. "Tch, fine. I guess I gotta use a little more power for you brats." Both sword and sheath raised forward, his weapon was returned to its proper place, and then he narrowed his eyes. Another aura of electricity surged up. "IT'S TIME! FOR MY SECRE-MMMPPPHH!" A long whip of burning flame suddenly lashed out from within the shrine, wrapping around the storm god and binding him over and over and over, till it bound down his arms and lifted him into the air. The clack of geta followed, and then a yawn. "So much noise. Is there a festival happening that I was unaware of...?" Out stepped the woman herself, Amaterasu, one hand held forward with a magical binding whip that was lifting Susano-o into the air. And the other covering her mouth from a yawn. "....And who might you all be? I recognize...some of you, but..." The nine tailed woman blinked, tilting her head a tad. She did recognize Alice and Kotone at least. As well as Kazuko, but oh my, who were all these other weirdos? The bound man growled and struggled "AMATERASU! YOU DAMNED BITCH! FINALLY YOU SHOW YOUR OLD HAG FACE!" He wriggled and writhed, but couldn't actually get free. W-Well...
Reimu Hakurei	Reimu Hakurei takes a deep breath as the wind storm finally stops. From there, she glances towards everyone else, "Thank you for the aid, everyone. I'm personally glad that you were able to help out in this mess." Reimu looks up toward the new arrival and she smiles, "I'm Reimu Hakurei. I'll be happy to tell you more but first." She floats directly over to Alice immediately. The four yin yang orbs promptly dematerialize from view as she offers her hand to Alice in order to help her up, "Are you okay, Alice?"
Kazuko Kawakami	Unfortunately for Kazuko, things are going south for her! Even with as rapidly as she's spinning that polearm and all that focus she's putting into it, it's still the speed of a human versus the power of a god. She bites back cries of pain as those wind blades cut right through her defenses, and she can even feel her feet starting to lift off the ground a bit when one of those blades cuts right through the rope keeping her attached to her tire. Thankfully, with Konoe there to keep that healing energy flowing into her? Kazuko still remains standing! Barely. She just keeps spinning that naginata like it's the last thing she'll ever do, deflecting as many of those wind blades as she can before they... Stop coming completely? Good timing, too, what with all the cuts in various stages of healing. She lets out a relieved, yet still pained groan as Amaterasu arrives, offering the sun goddess a brief grin before dropping right on her back. "H-hi, Miss Amaterasu! This guy's not being a good-owowow... Role model for the kids!" She gestures vaguely in Reimu's and Alice's (dolls') directions. She'd do it more precisely, but... Well. Kazuko's already on her back, and she doesn't look like she's ready to get back up just yet.
Alice Margatroid	Alice frowns and backs away, glad that everything seems to have calmed down. She didn't even have to use her Doll Mimicry cards yet. Though, one is at least ready /just in case/. Extra Bosses like this just don't stop attacking... And with a sigh, she looks down to Kazuso and Konoe, smiling, "Good work, Konoe." some positive reinforcement, and hey, no fake miko comment either! When Reimu comes over, she takes the hand to get floating back up a bit better, a light smile... "I'm ok. I can still go on, it's just light damage." she nods, "I appreciate the concern, you're not hurt either are you?" she questions to the Miko in return. Though, when Susano-o opens his pipe again when Amaterasu shows up, Alice immediately trains the Marisa Doll's micro-hakkero at him. Just... in... case...
Reiji Arisu	Yes. Foxes. This is the curse of all those who walk amongst the spirits. They are forever doomed to be surrounded by foxes. One day, a fox will walk into their lives, infecting their destiny with their vulpine essence. This will draw in ever more foxes until, eventually, one becomes a fox as well. This is his curse. The dark fate at the end of all paths. But for Reiji Arisu, that day is still far off; it may never even come. Today, he has a totally different duel on his hands. Reiji is in his element at such close range. He meets Susano'o strike for strike, parrying his scabbard with Karin's long edge, while using Chirai to deflect and absorb the storm god's lightning blade. Under normal circumstances, this duel would almost certainly end in Reiji's defeat; but he's not alone. There are others here with him- and with Xiaomu's presence, he has his very own trump card. But it seems that he won't get a chance to play it, because SOMEONE HAS STEPPED IN. Reiji drops into an alert stance as the snaking tendril of flame suddenly wraps Susano'o up like this were a MUSH with a much more liberal rating. Reiji turns abruptly to track the source of the disturbance, only to find... a fox. A tremendously fluffy, incredibly sleepy fox. He blinks once, twice, then stows his weapons. This woman could only be one person, and that means this fight's more or less over. "I am Reiji Arisu, Konoe's immediate superior at her other job," he says, vastly simplifying things for the sake of brevity. Reiji inclines his head respectfully, continuing, "We found your brother assaulting your daughter and complaining about his missing Kusanagi. He ran out of booze and became belligerent. We apologize for the damage to your shrine." Quietly, he makes a mental note: this is yet another fox in his life. How did it end up like this, he asks himself. It's probably something about his blood, he concludes.
Xiaomu	Curse, or blessing? That would be Xiaomu's question, if she had any idea what was going through Reiji's head ... or the head of his narrator, at any rate. Amaterasu's handy binding of Susano-o prompts a sigh of relief from the sage fox, and she takes a moment to return the energy she'd leeched off from Susano-o. "I'm Xiaomu, Reiji's my partner within Shinra," she introduces herself to Amaterasu ... and to Susano-o, I mean, he's right there and if he shuts up for a moment he'll hear the self-intro as well. Rather than worrying about it, though, Xiaomu rummages around briefly in her vest ... "It's not proper inarizushi in this state, but you came all this way so you probably could use a snack anyway, right?" ... and offers an open package of fried tofu to Amaterasu herself. "Pleased to meet you, sorry if we had to rough your insubordinate brother up more than his lack of respect, courtesy, or propriety actually deserved from us," she says pleasantly to the sun goddess and mother of her co-worker. Susano-o doesn't get offered any fried tofu, though. He's rude, he doesn't look like a fox at all, and Xiaomu's hair is still kinda frizzed up from the fringe electrocution she got earlier.
Konoe Kanno	Konoe sighed in relief as Amaterasu appeared and bound Susano-o. That crisis averted, she looked up at Kazuko and smiled. "I'm glad you're okay." ...And then Wanko flopped back. Konoe looked towards Alice and nodded. "I try..." A sigh escaped from her lips as she looked off towards the proceedings, standing up and brushing her robes off. They were still wet from that dip in the pond earlier as well. What a day. What. A. Day. Amaterasu meanwhile brought a hand to her cheek as she listened and nodded to Reiji and Xiaomu. "Hmm, I see. So my cute daughter works outside of Gensokyo too? How diligent~" Sleepily, she smiled at the two Shinra agents. "Thank you for taking care of my little Konoe then." Ah, but their voices did sound familiar. ...Didn't she talk to them on the radio before? Maybe she did. She forgot. Susano-o doesn't shut up though. "Hey! HEY! I'm talking here! HEY! DAMN IT AMATERASU, YOU OLD HA-" At that moment, the tendril of flame unbound the belligerent swordsman. "Brother, dear? You gave that sword of yours to me a present of good faith? Remember?" The tendril then formed into massive, disembodied claw of flame, and.....it adopted a flicking pose. "So be a dear and go back to wherever it is you came from, okay? Bring gifts next time~" Smiling pleasantly the entire time, the sun goddess then let loose that flick. ...And the claw mimicked her movements. "Hey! I don't give a damn what I did ages ago! I need it back now and when I s-PFFFF" THWACK! He was launched away at breakneck speed, quickly becoming a twinkle in the distance. Once he was gone, Amaterasu turned to Xiaomu, and took a peice of offered fried tofu, casually nibbling on it. "It's quite fine. Don't worry." An offering was an offering, no? Konoe looked off towards the distant sky however, and noticed something odd. "Um....guys?" There was a crack of thunder in the distance, and the sky began to darken. "AAAAAAAA......MMMAAAAA....TEEEEE....RAAA...SUUUUUU....!" Came the bellowing voice of Susano-o, literally riding a bolt of lightning through the sky and aiming to come crashing right back down into the grounds. Amaterasu sighed and shook her head. "So stubborn." A hand was brought to her mouth and she yawned. "I'm going to back to sleep." And completely disregarding the raging fury coming back from the sky, she strode on into the shrine again, tails waving idly. Well. WELL.
Xiaomu	"Seriously?" Xiaomu gives Susano-o a withering look. "Konoe, lemme borrow some power for a bit?" She plants her staff next to her, raising her (empty) right hand to point her palm at the storm god. "XIAOMU ... WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVE~!!!" Trying to hold Susano-o-no-mikoto still long enough to let her friends and allies unload on him IS going to take a lot of additional power, but if she can draw from the shrine to assist it, it'll keep Suzie from going anywhere until everyone's finished smacking him around.
Konoe Kanno	Konoe nodded, and conjured up several ofuda, with writings like 'power' 'transfer' 'link' and the like. And formed a spiritual connection that would allow Xiaomu to draw on even more power than she normally would have access to. "I'm not sure how long we can hold it, but I'll try!" She looked towards Alice and Reimu meanwhile. "Alice, doesn't that Marisa doll have Master Spark?" She stared at Reimu, and then grudgingly spoke. "...You must have something too."
Alice Margatroid	You know what? Alice hasn't seen Marisa anywhere CLOSE to this fight... where was that witch anyways? Oh well, everything seemed calm so far once SunMom showed up. "Well, I guess we can chalk this up to you, Amaterasu. A pleasure to see you again." she watches the flick and giggles a bit, that was actually more entertaining than what she's seen so far." She leans back in the air, giving a pat to all of her dolls, stretching out only to wince some at the pain in her leg, "I might have to cut my visit short here, I need to go bandage my leg." and with that, she starts to head back... at least, until Konoe says something... and that bellowing voice comes into play. "They never learn, do they?" she turns to Reimu with a smile, "Shall we?" she nods, pulling that Marisa doll in front of her. "Now how did Marisa's chant go?" a pause, "Oh yeah..." "Concentrate your mind, mutter the spell to the Hakkero... aim it at someone you don't like..." she moves the Marisa Doll in front of her, aiming right at the incoming Susano-o.. "And unleash your annihilation of love! Doll's Mimicry!" a familiar looking magic circle erupts in front of the hakkero large enough to almost mimic the one who owns this spell. "Bye." "MASTER SPARK!" At that moment, a large laser, rainbow in color shoots out from the micro-hakkero's spell circle, shooting off right towards Susano-o, in all its blazing love and glory. Marisa might be proud...
Reimu Hakurei	"I'm just glad that you're okay, Alice." However, she doesn't have much time to greet Amaterasu as a certain immature God tries to go for one more try at revenge. "You know, most normally don't get to see this spell card. I hope you'll enjoy it." "Fantasy Heaven." Reimu glares directly at the psychotic God and she sighs as seven blue-white orbs materialize around her. As they begin to spin around her, she flies towards the bolt of lightning. The smile on her face couldn't be more obvious as the orbs begin rotate around her even faster. They promptly form a protective shield and all of the orbs begin to ensue a large barrage of talismans that practically cloud the sky as they are sent forth toward the lightning god. The seven Yin-Yang Orbs are still spinning as they start to send out thin pink, penetrating lasers toward Susanoo as well.
Kotone Yamakawa	Kotone Yamakawa sees sunmom and she's going to stop righting, the moment Sunmom shows up she lowers her weapon and smoulders there for a moment. She slooks at the two gods and just shakes her head. It's like highschoolers with cosmic powers somedays around here. She looks to her for a moment then back to the other god. Oh this was a mess but thank goodness Sun Momma is up this might not end up in more pain for everyone else she watches everything play out. She's sill smouldering for the moment. "Wait did that actually just ... happen?"
Kazuko Kawakami	Even from that grounded position, Kazuko's still able to manage a smile in response to Konoe. "Eheh... Thanks fort he assist. That.. /Was/ you before, right? I dunno what you did, but I felt it!" She's still feeling drained, of course, but it's certainly a lot better than she would have been without that healing. Sitting up to see what all that commotion is from Susano'o again, she looks from Konoe to the sky, her expression dropping at the lightning rider coming straight for them. And then she's back on her feet, naginata in hand and spinning at her side again. "Alright, Mister Susano'o! If we need to beat you up to get you to behave, then we'll beat on you for as long as you need!" As confident as she sounds with that boast, Kazuko's expression does drop when she sees jsut what's headed for the storm god. Namely, lasers and magic and colorful bullets... Still, Kazuko's not going to let her lack of magic get her down! No, she's still got her naginata on hand. All she needs to do is wait for if Susano'o ever gets close enough, and then... Then she can give him a good whack or three! A huge if, but still.
Konoe Kanno	Susano-o is too busy making a beeline for Amaterasu that he completely ignores the sphere of binding energy forming around him...until it begins holding him down completely. He's still moving! ...But much more slowly. So slowly in fact that he may as well be an open target for the Master Spark and Fantasy Heaven combination. And it strikes him! A rainbow laser to the chest, followed by a barrage of lasers and a flood of ofuda. With him being held mostly in place, everything hits him straight on and.... Well, he goes flying into the distance. Again. There's yet another glint, and this time, the storm god does not come back.
Konoe Kanno	Konoe sighs and lets the spiritual connection drop from Xiaomu at that point. "I think...he's gone now." And then she slumped to her knees. "No more...so tired..." And she took a look around at all the damage the shrine sustained. "......" The miko hung her head. "I have to clean all this now."
Xiaomu	"And stay out," Xiaomu comments, wobbling on her feet. She'd probably be wobbling a lot more if not for her staff, which she's now leaning on quite noticeably. "I can help with the repairs if it can wait until morning," she adds, looking to Konoe - and offering her some fried tofu as well. Sure, Konoe's more cat than fox, but humans eat fried tofu as well - heck, they invented it. That's also what Xiaomu has to offer, but she isn't kidding about 'waiting until morning' ...
Reimu Hakurei	She relaxes as the seven orbs dematerialize once more. She takes a look at the now desolate shrine and cringes, "Konoe, I'll show up tomorrow to help you clean up the shrine. I'll see if I can get Rinnosuke to help out too if he can."