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[to find herself in an unfamiliar place and unable to sense Natori's presence was... just a bit worrying. but there was no immediate panic, no. Hiiragi had spent most of the day silently going about, searching for her master and an exit.

so neither could be found. alright then.

it isn't until a few hours of fruitless searching later that Hiiragi accidentally brushes against the vines, a scroll unfurling and a pen offered to her. there's a long pause of debate as to whether she should simply move on or investigate it further; the youkai takes her own brush and ink out of her sleeve, and after a moment of hesitation, experimentally swipes a couple lines across the surface. basically all you get to see is this:]

action:

[a woman wearing a horned one-eyed mask can be found around the gardens, heading nowhere in particular yet with a sense of urgency. if she spots your character but they're human, she'll walk right past them without a second glance. but if they're anything other, she'll be turning her head in their direction and slightly slowing her pace.]

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[Whatever this person is focused on, Nue sets a hand on her hip and looks her over, not bothering to hide the action. (How does she even see with that mask on? she wonders.) She's probably supposed to say something like, "Welcome to the Hakurei shrine," so long as she's going along with Reimu's punishment, but she doesn't actually care enough to bother.]

What's with the mask?

[That's what she asks when they're close enough.]

[that gets her to pause. a youkai questioning a youkai's mask? what.]

I don't understand your question.

[or rather, she does, but she doesn't get why Nue's asking about the mask of all things.]

What's not to get? No one around here wears anything like that.

I'm not from around here.

Neither are most people. I guess that means you're a weirdo among weirdos, then.

[All things considered, her words are delivered rather conversationally.]

[does this girl really not know...?] I am a youkai.

Are you? [...] Well, it's nice to have more of us around, but that doesn't really explain anything.

It should've.

[really, now.]

It shouldn't be of any importance either way. [some youkai wear frilly hats, some youkai wear masks.]

Should it have? I don't see how.

Fine, though. You're new here, aren't you? [She's certainly never seen her before, anyway.]

I am. I'm looking for someone, but I've been told he wouldn't be here.

If it's a man, he probably isn't. Sorry.

He's my master. It's my duty to be with him at all times.

[though it's finally starting to sink in that it doesn't matter here.]

Sorry, but you're going to have to do without him for a while. If it makes you feel better, though, you won't be missed. At least, that's what most people say.