I decide to stick with the cover of the forest. Avoiding detection has met with mixed results these last few days. My lack of knowledge pertaining to the situation makes discretion the more lucrative choice.
Can't fight what you don't know.
Keeping behind the first few rows of trees, I orbit the field until I am back in line with the indicated course. Continuing on, my route converges with a path. It's not very wide, but obviously well-used and possesses full tree cover.
For a while, anyway.
The path leads out of the forest and into the foothills of a mountain range. Nestled low in the slopes is a set of flat stones, which lead up to an object that is the spitting image of... well, the image Marisa produced.
The intervening space is nothing.
Now under the curiously shaped arch, I observe my surroundings. A couple structures and a grove of nonthreatening trees share a plateau. Three humans, occupy the front of the most prominent building.
One is Marisa, and she is sitting with a girl whose dresses' sleeves are not attached. The third is a (comparatively) older woman who wears a blinding dress with a dark and dim cloth over it, who is standing in front of the others while facing them.
I will refer to the latter two as “Sleeves” and “Frills,” respectively.
Marisa notices my arrival and calls me over. Sleeves seems only moderately interested, but Frills seems quite enthusiastic. Crouching down to regard me better, she speaks. I'm not certain how to transcribe what she says, much less understand it. In addition, she performs subtle movements with only her eyes.
Apparently giving up, she reverts to slightly more familiar sounds.
natural laws governing the advanced technology gives out.”
Oh.
Oh. “And so these find their way to Gensokyo, and of course, there are no fairies to represent them yet. This is quickly rectified by the spawning of a Great Fairy. So your friend 'Deunoro' here is, technically, a fairy. Albeit one representing natural laws that don't actually
exist.”
This is insane. “So, not a Shoggoth?”
“Nope. Though, it does resemble one. In addition, the stress of adding to nature could potentially cause problems. Suwako was right to consider it dangerous, but her reasons were off.”
Magnificent. Technicalities aside, the situation has not changed.
“Can anything be done to prevent those 'possible problems'? Or are you saying her attempts to eradicate it are the optimal solution?”
“It could be done, yes. But it would require that Suwako believe Deunoro is not a threat. Ultimately, a God's belief holds a lot of weight. Even if it doesn't want to, Deunoro may distort nature unconsciously if Suwako continues to believe it will.”
So we have to convince a god that she is the source of the problem she's trying to stop.
“Heeeeeeeeey, Marisa.”
Speak of the
devil god. Suwako has landed at the top of the stone steps, and calls over to us.
“That was a pretty neat trick, buying time to gather reinforcements. But I'm afraid I can't let up on this, even if you're involved, Yukari.”
“Oh, I'm not involved at all. Just providing exposition~”
God
damn it, Yukari.
[Default] Confront Suwako
[ ] Going in Manual (Deunoro write-in)
[ ] Love Overload (100% Marisa Route, Marisa write-in unlocked)
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And so, we reach the last choice. You get an ending no matter what, but write-ins may change the specifics of the ending. If there is a particularly epic one, you might even get a completely different ending.
Write-ins should include one or both characters' strategy regarding this confrontation.
Or you could just hit default, and it'll still be pretty neat.
I'll give the voting a day or so, then wall you.
Bonus content: Inspiration behind Deunoro's character design. Imagine this free-roaming.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me5Zzm2TXh4