Kirin !BX9zGDO0G. 2010/01/15 (Fri) 11:20 No. 110145 ▼ File 126355440267.jpg - (219.86KB, 850x1282 , sample-55b6379620eb365a8e2bd386d42f15a3.jpg)
What is this strange feeling?
Right now you're in Eientei, en route to see Eirin for usual weekly meeting. you can see the change from the entrance. You walked here on foot throgh the bamboo maze using secret passage, but there's still a couple of new traps here and there. The thick maze is now filled with lethal traps that can send any living creature to see its maker in one blow. When you entered the place, the usual cheerful atmosphere of this place is nowhere to be seen and being replaced by ominous, dark feelings. The rabbit girls stop yelling and giggling at each other and just do their work like they spposed to. They just stare forward like a lifeless doll, but in return you can see their efficiency rises from unorganized lot into a well-trained working bee.
Can't say it is a bad thing, but this is not Eientei you once knew.
you decide to drop by and see Kaguya. Maybe invest some of your time by playing with her and keep her happy. You don't like this babysitting job at all, but it's something that needs to be done. In front of her room, you put up your most natural happy smile and knocks.
"Hey, Kaguya. It's me."
After that, there's a weak reply. "...Come in." she says.
You entered the pitch-black room. Kaguya is not playing games or reading her picture book like usual. She just cover herself with tons of blanket and make herself a small cave at the corner of her room. you make your way through pile of unorganized trinkets of hers, and dig her out of the blanket fort.
"What's wrong, Kaguya?"
"Wolf... I'm scared."
"Scared of what?"
"I... I don't know. Something changed." She look up to you, eyes tearing up. "No. Everything changed. I think Eirin is being weird, Wolf. She acts like usual, but I know she's faking. My rabbit servants is being awfully quiet and stressful, too! I mean, they... They didn't play at all for more than three days! Everything is-- It's... I don't know, wolf! Something is going on, something big and I don't know what it is! I asked Eirin and she still pretend there's nothing I should worry about! Wolf! What should I do?! Help me!"
Kaguya, the moon princess, is trembling in your arms. Clinging to you for support. the way she look at you as if you are the last ray of hope is a bit troublesome. You intend to keep her happy to keep Eirin in check, so it doesn't hurt to help her out. With that decides, you answer Kaguya.
"Okay. I'll look into it. Calm down and wait for my return, okay? I'll be right back."
"Right..." She nods. "Tell Tewi or Reisen to come to my room too if you meet them, please? I haven't seen them for a while after Eirin asked them to help out in the lab."
"Alright. I'll keep my eyes open for them."
You leave the room and heading toward Eirin's main lab. Thinking of the past event you've been informed, it's possible that Eirin's strange behavior comes from the news. They know that some box is missing, and from Rumia gathered when she scout the Youkai mountain, Scarlet Devil's box is the one that disappeared. You guess that the box in question is the one Cirno opened. How she get a hands on it, no one knows. With the news spread, they are being ultra-tight on their security. Rumia got caught almost instantly after she infiltrate the inner fort of those Tengus, but with her quick wits and flawless acting she manage to get out safely and deliver you this intel.
The security is tight as usual. You get past several checkpoint that is now fully automated instead of using man-controlled instrument, and arrived at the inner lab. You don't have to call her or anything. Eirin already spot you since you entered the premise.
"Ah! Come in! I've been waiting for you!" The synthesized voice greet you with its over-the-top merriness. The bookshelf moves aside, revealing another passage into Eirin's secret lab. You have to wonder why does all the secret lab's passage always hiding behind bookshelf. Silly thought asides, you enter the room and the secret dor sealed shut.
Eirin is there in her usual lab coat. The only thing out of place is several red stains on it.
"Perfect timing, master. I have something to discuss. Please, have a seat."
She clear you some random gadgetry on her desk and gesture you to sit.
"Update me with the current situation." You tell her.
"After I ask you my request first."
It's rare that Eirin would disobey your command. This must be pressing matter.
"...what is it?"
"You remember, right? That I work for you for a price."
"Yes. To supply you with whatever you need for your research."
"Well, as far as it goes the progress of making a usable grunt out of those earth rabbits is going along nicely. You can see that they are more organized than ever!"
"That I see."
"I know you don't like technobabble so I'll cut it short. You can now command every single rabbit in Eientei on your whim with this."
Eirin give you a pendant with bizarre mark engrave on it. It's a metallic plate that glows a very pale white aura. You hold it up and feel its texture.
"That thing is the transmitter. When you put it on, just focus and give it some little mana, then you can order any rabbit grunt in your vicinity without even speaking. Handy, huh."
"It's useful, indeed. But I can't see why this related to our contract."
"Don't be hasty! I'll explain to you now."
Eirin present you a picture. It's apicture of that person you met earlier, Fujiwara Mokou.
"I need her alive. Well she's going to be alive for sure, being immortal and all that." Eirin shrugs. "I'll have to ask for your help because I'm busy with the research."
"What are you working on, exactly?" You flip the picture around. No, nothing amiss. Just a simple photograph.
"I'm trying to create a perfect Lunarian. Oh---! I'm reminded of something I need to show you. Please come."
Eirin leads you to another room. While you're travelling, you notice a change. The Lunarian genius is no longer sane. She's back to the way she was before, a scholar that seek only knowledge and will do anything to pursue it. Her eyes shines with glee, like a child talking about her new toys. She keep talking about her theory, research, and other thing related to her study. You try to understand it but to no avail. Too much technical stuff.
"...And here's the brain behind all the rabbit operations! Take a look!"
She proudly present a gigantic machinery to you. There's a lot of cable and tube wiring around it, with its center being jar filled with blue liquid. There's something inside.
Wait. That thing look familiar.
"I find Tewi's brain capable of storing a huge load of data stream and calculate the outcome with ease, so with a little effort I combine her neural network with my own artificial intelligence! This is also where your order being transferred to all the rabbit army! It's a total scientific breakthrough, I have to say! An organic being, combined SO perfectly with machine's synthesized intelligence network. This is a piece of art!"
Tewi is floating lifelessly in that tube. Everything she need to keep living is injected into her body directly using tube. She just live, but not as a being. Merely a part of the machine.
"Isn't Tewi suppose to take control of all the rabbit personnel? What would happen if you put her in this state? Did you feel any regret or remorse?"
"OH! Nothing at all! She still take control of all the rabbits, see?" She giggles. "To tell you the truth, she can be very annoying. It's a lot more peaceful after I put her and all the earth's rabbit in place. Why should I regret this? I just IMPROVE her. Because, hey, they are just worthless earth's rabbit after all."
With a snap of her finger, something appears from the ground.
"Back to the topic. Perfect Lunarian Project is what I am after. Right now, There's only two Lunarians at hand. Guess who I choose!"
She gesture Reisen, who's being gagged and binded on the solid operation bed. When she sees you, she start trashing around and scream for help with her muffled voice.
"As far as my theory goes, I'll have to cut some fucntion that is not necessary for a perfect being out. Feeling and all that. You know the best how to manipulate feelings, right? But then again cutting that out will reduce her value as your... plaything, if I'm correct."
She really know you. She know everything you want to the point of it being very threatening. What if she turn against you again? She might be able to calculate your every move and thwart every single plan of yours.
"And that's where we need some understanding, master! Help me capture Mokou and get her virginity. And after I'm done with her, You can have her as a loyal slave! Supersoldier bodyguard! It's a very good deal, isn't it? Actually, you can have her virginity as an advance payment. Go ahead!"
This is ticking you off. Is she trying to tempt you with rewards and boss you around like she's the boss?!
"And if I decline?"
"That's that. I'll just forget the whole thing and do my research like usual. The only thing changes is, I won't help you anymore. Good luck taking on Youkai Mountain with one-man army~"
"What is this insolence! How dare you threaten me?!"
In a blink of an eye, you pin her on the wall with your mighty grasp. Eirin's face gone pale, but still keep her cool.
"You can kill me, yes. But you can't. You NEED me. Without me your plan WILL fail. So do as I say, and I'll still serve you."
She is trying to coerce you to do her errands. But she does have a point.
Your tighten your free hand and form a fist. One hit, and she's no more. But should you?
[ ] Accept her offer and do like she said.
[ ] Decline and kill her for her insolence.
[ ] Decline and lock her up somewhere. Taking control of everything yourself starting right now.