Boundary 01 ][ gap between familiarity and awkwardness ][ Text

[phantasmgap]

So it appears that I myself have been spirited away. Poetic justice has quite the odd way of working, does it not? Those that often greet 'new feathers' - is that the correct usage, if I may inquire? - may rest at ease; I have already located the guide that has been set up by a helpful citizen here and spent most of the night perusing it

Comments

[Written]

[shadedsunlight]

I'm afraid I can't help you on the first point, but as for the second, any pain you feel in your wings will subside after the first day. I suggest sleeping on your side or even your stomach until you grow accustomed to having wings.

[Written]

[phantasmgap]

...Even when I am 'used' to them, I cannot imagine that sleeping on them would be less awkward than, say, sleeping atop a natural limb.

They appear to have been an adequate icebreaker, however, as I suspect that this is the sort of land that would be readily harmful to one who does not have adequate social connections. It is a pleasure; my name is Yukari. Yours?

[Written]

[shadedsunlight]

They do fold fairly flat, but it still feels strange now and then. It does become something you stop thinking about after a length of time.

A good icebreaker indeed. People here are quite helpful and readily assist in many ways, but having a proper network goes a long way. I'm Ginia. A pleasure to meet you as well.

[Written]

[floralphantasm]

I never would have expected the one that dabbles in gaps to rear their head here. However I would dare to say that even those from Gensokyo on occasion would find your activities disruptive. The wings are not unlike toxicodendron radicans, with a purpose for nothing more but 'enhancing' aesthetics and forever threatening to suffocate the flora it spouts around.

[Written]

[phantasmgap]

Well, thank you for the vote of confidence, Helianthus supernae. I am glad that I am so disruptive and unusual. Perhaps it was merely my power these creatures were interested in, and not my persona, yes? There is no way to say short of an intense interrogation, and unfortunately we appear to be incredibly short on shameless, obtrusive paparazzi tengu.

I cannot imagine any variety of toxicodendron being pleasant to look at in any person's imagination... I would liken them, instead, to ranunculus ficaria. Just as suffocating, but at least they are pretty enough if you have the brains of an ice fairy.

[Written]

[floralphantasm]

There really is no need for such an interrogation and by conjuncture any incompetent, meddlesome tengu. Power and demand go together hand in hand after all. Why launch an interrogation when you can be launching others should they decide not to comply by answering simple questions?

Quite the contrary, providing the scenery and atmosphere have been set and the toxicodendron is presented in the correct light, such as below the shadow of a human's chin.

[Written]

[phantasmgap]

So too go power and eccentricity. After you grow strong enough, the world is not painted in the same colors as it was when you were weak. It could simply be that they do this because they feel that collecting the greatest number of 'toys' makes them superior. Or perhaps this is some sort of twisted 'preserve', allowing them to keep the ones that they deem 'interesting' safe. A tengu would have no such place in either mindset.

Ah, once again you forget the simplest rule, Kazami. Treat them with veiled hostility and they will seek to harm you. Treat them with obfuscating warmth and they will come back for more. The best defense your garden could have is very possibly a shikigami - someone else with which to push the rabble away.

[Text]

[kamiyandisease]

That's some pretty scary estimates of knowing how much power you have left... Are you a walking calculator?

[Text]

[phantasmgap]

I suppose to human eyes, I would appear as such.

[Text]

[kamiyandisease]

Haaah... Or even a supercomputer. Anyway, you've seemed to have gotten the basics of basic about everything here, so I guess all that's left is getting to know each other?

[Text]

[phantasmgap]

I suppose so.

Yukari.

[Voice]

[vulcanblazer]

[Immediately pinged by the word "Gensokyo" beyond the head-scratching calculations that Yukari produced, Adell quickly speaks up.]

Gensokyo? ...Well, there were a lot of people from there here for quite awhile, but the only other one here now is Yuuka.

...As for the wings, you do get used to it for sleeping. Though getting used to them getting hurt's been impossible in my experience, doesn't matter how powerful you are.

Re: [Voice]

[phantasmgap]

Oh?

[Counter-pinged! Others were here but are not any more?]

Who, may I ask? I do not know if this will help our current predicament, but it would certainly have the potential of filling in gaps in my own world's happenings.

[Voice]

[vulcanblazer]

Let's see. Marisa Kirisame was here for awhile about a year or so ago. Alice Margatroid was here for awhile too. And then... well, if you're familiar with the Scarlet family, basically... their entire house. Remilia, Flandre, Patchouli, Sakuya, Meiling, and Koakuma. Oh, and the ice fairy, Cirno, too. Actually, I think there was another. Murasa? She was a sailor.

Wow, actually, come to think of it, a lot of people have shown up from Gensokyo. More than a lot of worlds, from what I can guess.

[1/2, Written]

[phantasmgap]

...

Almost the entire population of the vampire's mansion?

[Written]

[donaldtrumpcard]

[Gensokyo huh?]

Sleep on your stomach. Without pulling the covers over your back. [Boom. Done. Welcome.]

[Written]

[phantasmgap]

A simple answer to be expected from a simple man.

[Written]

[donaldtrumpcard]

[So she seems just as obnoxious as Yuuka.]

Were you expecting to receive a difficult answer when asking for a new sleeping position?

[Written]

[phantasmgap]

[You have no idea, Shino.]

No, but I expected an answer that also took into account a woman's bosom.