[It was the end of a long night for Reimu as she slowly flew back towards her shrine. She spent all night making sure no one tried to cause trouble. However, it wasn't the all nighters and little sleep she has had for the last few days that has her tired.

Ever since she encountered Nue, she was doubting herself. Why didn't she just seal the rampaging Nue? She could undo the seal after the event was over. Why did she hesitate?]

Sigh... why was I so worried about upsetting Sanae... She's not even herself during this incident... Damn it, I wouldn't hesitate to blast her with spell cards.

[Frustrated, she rubbed her hands in her hair. If any of the more Youkai-ish Youkai saw this right now she would be in trouble, she thought to herself.]

[It was a windy fall day, the leaves blowing in the wind. It reminded Reimu of Gensokyo during this season. So Reimu was enjoying herself as she did her daily sweepings. Sure Chihiro does some, but Reimu enjoys sweeping the shrine. It makes her feel more at home, and it's almost like a ritual for her now to honor her shrine.

Reimu first started to feel something was up when an unusual memory appeared in her head. It happened when she was thinking of Gensokyo. Suddenly, a memory of her outside of Gensokyo came into her minds eye. She see's herself working miracles in a modern day city. Reimu just shakes her head, thinking that she was just imagining something she heard. Then the wind blew, and her hair got in her face.

Her long green hair.

Reimu froze, staring at the hair. She looked down, and saw she was not wearing her outfit. She was wearing Sanae's outfit. She also noticed a much larger chest has replaced her own.]



I've... turned into Sanae?

[It's Friday. Friday the 13th. Reimu had never known about the unluckiness of Friday the 13th. That sort of superstition didn't exist inside Gensokyo. However, this Friday, things seem to be going wrong for Reimu.

It first started when she got up, and tripped on the floorboard, going head first through the Shoji screen door. Soon after that, she ripped 3 of her outfits when she was putting them on. When she went to have her tea, her tea cup shattered, scalding her with hot tea. And when she left the shrine, she tripped and crashed into her donation box.

An annoyed look on her face, she flew into the air, only to be suddenly struck by lightning, and crashing into the ground, where she just lays there, feet twitching.]

[OOC: Reimu is having bad luck thanks to the Misery and her taking all the good luck on Friday the 13th.]

[Good morning, Ladyguardens. Hope you were awake, because if you weren't, you certainly will be, as you're about to be greeted by a shriek going off through the vines.

A good, long, ear-piercing shriek, followed by this message:]

RUBY! IRIS! WHERE ARE YOU GUYS? HELP ME, I'M NOT GOOD AS A SOLO HERO! WE ARE SO MUCH BETTER AS A TRIO.

[There's a pause, the speaker seemingly taking a breath.]

My diphtheria is acting up again. And I don't think these flowers are hypoallergenic. This isn't safe. Everything is too sunshiney here, there's cats that aren't dead and singing birds and...and...it's like Friday the 13th all over again.

Either I've truly been kidnapped against my will, or this is an incredibly vivid hallucination brought on by consuming too many of Skullboy's home-made pierogies. And they all said I was the bad cook.

[Another pause, this one a tad bit longer.]

If you two actually aren't listening, then...if anyone who is sees a doll-girl with red hair or a tiny cyclops with a hyperactivity problem, please find them and tell them Misery is here and needs her first-aid kit.

*These is a new creature in the Gardens, trotting her way towards the Hakurei Shrine. A 4 legged, reddish creature with a red and white bow, with a ying yang simbol on her flank.

Yes, thanks to this Reimu is now a pony, trying to make her way back to her shrine. It seems like she is trying to avoid people, but she is still getting used to the whole, I have 4 legs thing, so she is not sneaking very well. Pretty soon she trips over herself, cursing.*

Damn it. How is this so difficult?

*Action*

*You are minding your own business, when in the distance you hear a faint buzzing sound. It starts to get louder and louder. Soon, an additional sound is heard.:*

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhHHHHHHHHHH!!!

*In the distance, you can see Reimu running away from a massive multicolored cloud. As she get's closer, you see that the cloud is actually fairies.... hundreds of fairies. And the all look very pissed.*

*OOC:While Hunting fairies, Reimu triggered a fairy swarm. Like a swarm of angry bees, the chase after Reimu, zapping and attacking anything, and anyone in their path. Expect to be hurt, wild carded, or something else happen to you.*

*Vine, Filtered to Sanae and Alice*

It seems the fairy problem has gotten worse then before. I think we should deal with them like we do back in Gensokyo. Do you want to help me?

*Action*

*Reimu is flying around all of the gardens, shooting at any fairy she sees, be them nice or not. So if you have a friendly fairy flying around you, Reimu is going to land in front of you.*

Hey, move over, I need to shoot the fairy behind you.

Attention everyone. It has seemed that the Cherry blossoms by my shrine have reached their peak. I would like to keep the Hakurei Shrine tradition of Cherry blossom viewings while here, so please feel free to come to my shrine.

I have already set out some blankets, and procured some Sake and Tea. Everything else you need to bring yourself.

If you want to see cherry blossoms at their finest, today is the day to do it.


*Action*

*Reimu is sitting on a blanket, sipping from her cup and watching the petals fall around her.*

Attention all members of Gensokyo. I am going to be holding a lunch-in at my shrine this weekend. I request that all of you show up, for I want to discuss some very important things.

Also, everyone bring a dish. I'm not cooking for everyone.

By the way, has anyone seen Marisa? I haven't seen her for a while...

[Hello, Gardeners. It's not so unusual seeing a new person on the Vine, is it? It's usually the first stop on one's "figure out what even the fuck" tour, after all. What's probably less common is seeing a new person that... doesn't really seem confused. At all.

Rather? This one just seems irritable as hell.

She stares uncompromisingly into the recording node... frond... thing, holds up her greeting scroll, and says only two words... although, has a response so brief ever sounded so exasperated? I wonder.]

I decline.

 [The video is choppy, so much so in fact that those watching should probably ignore the picture at first-- it is that difficult to make out. What can be made out is only audible-- a shrill scream, it's both ear bleed and blood curdling at the same time. There is a lot of movement, like someone is being followed at break neck speed.]

Why would..
you..?
why would..
you..?
why!?

[Those words are repeated over and over and over again, between gasps and stifled cries. Each time the words are said the voice breaks a little more, until the anguish is obvious. The chanting eventually dissolves into quiet sobs, the image finally clearing up. At the foot of one of the Orchard's largest trees there is a rather ornate parasol, frankly its beautiful. The parasol is shaking, someone is clutching onto it with a white knuckle grip. The picture adjusts again, finally it shows who it is:  it's Marceline. She is curled up beneath the parasol on the ground, trembling and sobbing in the shadows. She's hiding, so maybe she's sad about something? That is probably anyone's best guess at first. She turns, proving that theory wrong. The left side of her face is bubbling, the skin peeled back and blackened. While her right eye is fine (although very red and puffy from crying), her left eye twitches and vacantly looks in the opposite direction of her right. The Vampire is hurt and badly.]

[The video fails here, giving in to static as Marceline starts sobbing even louder. Eventually all sound and movement stop altogether, the video rerouting.]

( Audio to Bonnibel )

(This follows after the events of THIS thread.)

[ You know who never got around to learning to use the vines the first time she arrived? Hina. You know who then took a while to still decide to learn about them?

Probably a few people, but Hina's one of those people, too.

But now that she's paying better attention than looking for any wandering blobs of bad luck in the air (not that she's stopped but you know), here here has decided to take an interest in the screen that pops up. Hina has the screen up close to her face, moving it and her face to look inside the mirror, see if there's anything in it... ]

Is there anyone there?

[ She moves it away, wondering if that might help... ]

I'm Hina, Hina Kagiyama. I wanted to know if there was anyone with any troubles they would like for me to take from them.

[ ... maybe... she could turn it slightly in her hands! And tilt her head along with it. ]

Or maybe... if you wanted someone to speak to... we could speak too.

[ let's bring it in close again. ] If there's anyone there?