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Since this is a two-parter mission, all the upgrade options are grayed out!
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Chapter 7: Encounter over the Misty Lake II
When last we checked, the two shrine maidens had finally completed their searches for each other!
Keine's never heard of this 'Moriya Shrine.' Maybe it's from outside of Gensokyo?
Reimu's getting pretty cranky at this point, so she just wants to know what this high and mighty wind priestess wants with her! She's busy.
Sanae points out that since the mist first appeared a week ago today, she can't have been THAT interested in resolving this incident. It's a challenge to see who deserves to gather Gensokyo's faith!
[ BGM - Give Birth to the Sea and the Wind ~ Faith is for the Transient People ]
BRING IT
Uh.
UH.
Reimu lost? This has to be some kind of joke!
Sanae feels that she has a pretty good grasp on Reimu's limits as a shrine maiden now. Therefore, there's no need to fight any further.
Before Reimu can get any more worked up, Youmu warns that something's coming!
"I've finally found you, Sanae Kochiya!"
Sanae understands the situation quickly, and... decides that there's no reason to stay here, so why not return to Youkai Mountain?
But it looks like Momiji won't be letting us leave too easily, either!
Her second condition for a peaceful withdrawal is that Nitori ALSO return to the mountain.
Nitori doesn't want to leave until the incident has been resolved, something she can't help with from Youkai Mountain. Momiji knows what that means!
We're surrounded!
Looks like we're not getting out of this without a battle.
Surprise twist!
Cirno decides that she'll aid us in our perilous time of need!
Hey, Keine reasons, the more the merrier. This is going to be hard enough already.
LET'S GO
First of all, we need to do something about this.
A quick Trust from Keine puts her back in working order.
MAP TIME
This is the plan!
Rumia holds the rear line, while Marisa, Reimu and Nitori deal with the flanking crows. Meanwhile, Cirno and Daiyousei push through the enemy line from the rear, and Keine, Youmu and Alice engage Momiji's squad.
LET'S BEGIN THE OPERATION
Cirno's not a half-bad unit, with decent evasion and high attack power. She has two new spirit abilities: Invincible, which makes the next attack that hits her do 10 damage, and Guts+, which restores 100% of her HP. The latter is quite expensive!
Her bread-and-butter attack is Freeze Beam! I'll be making a lot of use of Cirno in general. She's totally worth it.
Note Marisa's HP and MP - we didn't actually get any healing from the previous stage.
Time for the enemy turn!
Sanae sees that Reimu's battle has started with a bang! She decides to just start leaving at this point.
I don't think I will be stopping her!
With the way Cirno's Icicle Fall is animated, the enemy only tries to dodge out of the way on a hit animation - when it misses, it's because the enemy realized that the best way to avoid the attack is to not move at all.
Crows are charging, but only averaging ~25% chances to hit on our dodgier characters. No hits so far!
And then you have Reimu, who is basically untouchable.
South front, clear!
East front, clear!
Marisa really needs some healing! Having Dai around is great.
Rumia hasn't been the MOST successful rear guard, but hey, she gets the job done eventually!
Since the south front fell faster than I was expecting, Reimu joins in the main battle!
ULTIMATE PERFECT FREEZE KICK
And there goes the last crow!
Now it's just Momiji.
Momiji's got about twice as much HP as she had last time. Tough nut to crack!
Her defense and offense are both pretty good! She can break 1000 damage against Keine, my sturdiest tank.
She is, however, outnumbered nine to one.
That damn shield gives her a random chance to severely reduce incoming damage. But...
It's just not gonna be enough.
FINISHING BLOW GOES TO CIRNO
Looks like the Tengu was defeated! Sanae makes like a banana and absconds.
With Sanae gone, Reimu has to ask Momiji what that girl's deal is!
She refuses to compromise her Tengu pride, but there's not much of an escape route...
Oh it's you again.
Ignoring Reimu's passionate objections, Aya decides that there's nothing to be gained here anymore, so it's about time that the Tengu headed back to Youkai Mountain.
But I mean, if Aya wants to leave, how do you stop her?
Besides, Nitori knows better than to invoke the wrath of a Tengu of Aya's level! She was pretty obviously just playing around before.
And so the Tengu and shrine maiden both leave, without so much as a proper explanation.
Anyway, we're in no condition to go following them, AND we have better things to do.
Time to rest, recuperate, regroup and then continue our adventure beyond the lake!
STAGE 7 CLEAR
Elsewhere, Sanae reports back to a shadowy mistress.
But there's only one kind of leader a shrine maiden would follow...
Kanako Yasaka
Species: Goddess
Ability: Creating sky
Disposition: Divine
Sanae describes the Hakurei shrine maiden as "nobody important". She can't imagine such a weak maiden gathering much faith.
The next step in the plan: Once the incident has been resolved, send a message to the Hakurei Shrine. For now, she will rest.
When Sanae leaves, someone else comes in!
She thinks the shrine maiden might be overdoing it a bit.
Suwako Moriya
Species: Goddess
Ability: Creating earth
Disposition: Divine
Kanako's next task is to continue negotiations with Lord Tenma, king of the Tengu.
Suwako's job, according to Kanako, is to not interfere...
Near the lake!
Our heroes recuperate from the long battle.
Marisa bitches about Keine's healing methods hurting, Reimu predicts Youmu crying, Youmu insists she isn't a kid.
Nitori, meanwhile, is worried about the mountain, after seeing Momiji's situation and that new shrine maiden.
She relates the story from before the first chapter - the day before the mist started to spread, there was a great storm, and someone invaded Youkai Mountain. Could it be someone connected to Sanae?
Anyway, Nitori isn't going to go back until the red mist incident is resolved.
When the conversation comes around to it, Cirno describes a suspicious place she knows about beyond the lake!
A big, red house.
As Cirno has seen, as Reimu's intuition suggests, as Marisa was told in her dream...
...the enemy must be at that house.
Elly has returned to the mansion.
Patchouli Knowledge
Species: Magician
Ability: Control of the seven elements
Disposition: Athsmatic
Elly's looking for a gatekeeper, and Patchouli says that if it's her, she'll be off eating.
Elly reports the existence of two groups searching for the source of the red mist: One led by a shrine maiden, the other by a magician.
Elly is to keep watch in case they come here. Patchouli has some new magic to develop, but it will take some time.
The humans have done well in coming this far, but that will be their limit...
CONTINUED IN ACT II
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Since this is a two-parter mission, all the upgrade options are grayed out!
BACK TO THE FRAY
Chapter 7: Encounter over the Misty Lake II
When last we checked, the two shrine maidens had finally completed their searches for each other!
Keine's never heard of this 'Moriya Shrine.' Maybe it's from outside of Gensokyo?
Reimu's getting pretty cranky at this point, so she just wants to know what this high and mighty wind priestess wants with her! She's busy.
Sanae points out that since the mist first appeared a week ago today, she can't have been THAT interested in resolving this incident. It's a challenge to see who deserves to gather Gensokyo's faith!
[ BGM - Give Birth to the Sea and the Wind ~ Faith is for the Transient People ]
BRING IT
Uh.
UH.
Reimu lost? This has to be some kind of joke!
Sanae feels that she has a pretty good grasp on Reimu's limits as a shrine maiden now. Therefore, there's no need to fight any further.
Before Reimu can get any more worked up, Youmu warns that something's coming!
"I've finally found you, Sanae Kochiya!"
Sanae understands the situation quickly, and... decides that there's no reason to stay here, so why not return to Youkai Mountain?
But it looks like Momiji won't be letting us leave too easily, either!
Her second condition for a peaceful withdrawal is that Nitori ALSO return to the mountain.
Nitori doesn't want to leave until the incident has been resolved, something she can't help with from Youkai Mountain. Momiji knows what that means!
We're surrounded!
Looks like we're not getting out of this without a battle.
Surprise twist!
Cirno decides that she'll aid us in our perilous time of need!
Hey, Keine reasons, the more the merrier. This is going to be hard enough already.
LET'S GO
First of all, we need to do something about this.
A quick Trust from Keine puts her back in working order.
MAP TIME
This is the plan!
Rumia holds the rear line, while Marisa, Reimu and Nitori deal with the flanking crows. Meanwhile, Cirno and Daiyousei push through the enemy line from the rear, and Keine, Youmu and Alice engage Momiji's squad.
LET'S BEGIN THE OPERATION
Cirno's not a half-bad unit, with decent evasion and high attack power. She has two new spirit abilities: Invincible, which makes the next attack that hits her do 10 damage, and Guts+, which restores 100% of her HP. The latter is quite expensive!
Her bread-and-butter attack is Freeze Beam! I'll be making a lot of use of Cirno in general. She's totally worth it.
Note Marisa's HP and MP - we didn't actually get any healing from the previous stage.
Time for the enemy turn!
Sanae sees that Reimu's battle has started with a bang! She decides to just start leaving at this point.
I don't think I will be stopping her!
With the way Cirno's Icicle Fall is animated, the enemy only tries to dodge out of the way on a hit animation - when it misses, it's because the enemy realized that the best way to avoid the attack is to not move at all.
Crows are charging, but only averaging ~25% chances to hit on our dodgier characters. No hits so far!
And then you have Reimu, who is basically untouchable.
South front, clear!
East front, clear!
Marisa really needs some healing! Having Dai around is great.
Rumia hasn't been the MOST successful rear guard, but hey, she gets the job done eventually!
Since the south front fell faster than I was expecting, Reimu joins in the main battle!
ULTIMATE PERFECT FREEZE KICK
And there goes the last crow!
Now it's just Momiji.
Momiji's got about twice as much HP as she had last time. Tough nut to crack!
Her defense and offense are both pretty good! She can break 1000 damage against Keine, my sturdiest tank.
She is, however, outnumbered nine to one.
That damn shield gives her a random chance to severely reduce incoming damage. But...
It's just not gonna be enough.
FINISHING BLOW GOES TO CIRNO
Looks like the Tengu was defeated! Sanae makes like a banana and absconds.
With Sanae gone, Reimu has to ask Momiji what that girl's deal is!
She refuses to compromise her Tengu pride, but there's not much of an escape route...
Oh it's you again.
Ignoring Reimu's passionate objections, Aya decides that there's nothing to be gained here anymore, so it's about time that the Tengu headed back to Youkai Mountain.
But I mean, if Aya wants to leave, how do you stop her?
Besides, Nitori knows better than to invoke the wrath of a Tengu of Aya's level! She was pretty obviously just playing around before.
And so the Tengu and shrine maiden both leave, without so much as a proper explanation.
Anyway, we're in no condition to go following them, AND we have better things to do.
Time to rest, recuperate, regroup and then continue our adventure beyond the lake!
STAGE 7 CLEAR
Elsewhere, Sanae reports back to a shadowy mistress.
But there's only one kind of leader a shrine maiden would follow...
Kanako Yasaka
Species: Goddess
Ability: Creating sky
Disposition: Divine
Sanae describes the Hakurei shrine maiden as "nobody important". She can't imagine such a weak maiden gathering much faith.
The next step in the plan: Once the incident has been resolved, send a message to the Hakurei Shrine. For now, she will rest.
When Sanae leaves, someone else comes in!
She thinks the shrine maiden might be overdoing it a bit.
Suwako Moriya
Species: Goddess
Ability: Creating earth
Disposition: Divine
Kanako's next task is to continue negotiations with Lord Tenma, king of the Tengu.
Suwako's job, according to Kanako, is to not interfere...
Near the lake!
Our heroes recuperate from the long battle.
Marisa bitches about Keine's healing methods hurting, Reimu predicts Youmu crying, Youmu insists she isn't a kid.
Nitori, meanwhile, is worried about the mountain, after seeing Momiji's situation and that new shrine maiden.
She relates the story from before the first chapter - the day before the mist started to spread, there was a great storm, and someone invaded Youkai Mountain. Could it be someone connected to Sanae?
Anyway, Nitori isn't going to go back until the red mist incident is resolved.
When the conversation comes around to it, Cirno describes a suspicious place she knows about beyond the lake!
A big, red house.
As Cirno has seen, as Reimu's intuition suggests, as Marisa was told in her dream...
...the enemy must be at that house.
Elly has returned to the mansion.
Patchouli Knowledge
Species: Magician
Ability: Control of the seven elements
Disposition: Athsmatic
Elly's looking for a gatekeeper, and Patchouli says that if it's her, she'll be off eating.
Elly reports the existence of two groups searching for the source of the red mist: One led by a shrine maiden, the other by a magician.
Elly is to keep watch in case they come here. Patchouli has some new magic to develop, but it will take some time.
The humans have done well in coming this far, but that will be their limit...
CONTINUED IN ACT II
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