Reimu’s back is still turned to you when you pick up the broom and start sweeping at the myriad pilse of junk that litter the room. Hearing an unexpected noise, Reimu turns quickly to face you.

“Ah. So you want me to take you to the village then? Or maybe,” Reimu’s face breaks into a wan smile, “You want to go back to your world?” You simply ignore her comment and continue to straighten up the room. Reimu stares at you for a moment before returning to the task at hand. It takes the better part of the morning, but the two of you finally manage to get the room back into something resembling decent order.

“Well, Thank you. You’re an odd one, helping me clean up like that. Most of the people who come over just help themselves and leave whatever messes they make for me to clean up.” A sour look crosses Reimu’s face briefly. As quickly as it’s there it’s gone again. “But they’re my ‘friends’ so what can you really do?” Reimu’s shoulder slump forward. She stays that way for a moment before straightening up again. “Well, anyways. You probably want to go to the village now. I’ll--”

“OI~ REIMU, YOU GOTTA COME SEE THIS ~ZE!” A loud voice calls from outside. Sighing, Reimu walks over to the door and looks out. A grinning Marisa floats down into view. “It’s hilarious ~ze. Alice got her self caught up in her doll strings and there’s a couple of fairies beating away at her. You’ve gotta come see this ~ze!”

Reimu sighs again. “See what I mean? I should probably go help Alice. It’s safe enough during the day to just walk to the village. Down the path you came up, then straight out of the woods on the same trail. It’ll end up taking you past Kourindou. From there it’s a straight shot to the village.”

“Oi~ Reimu! Hurry up ~ze!”

“I’m coming, Marisa, I’m coming.” Reimu walks out of the room and lifts off into the air, leaving you alone. Oh well, from her directions, it shouldn’t be too hard to get to the village. You were hoping to get there a bit easier, but no matter then. Walking isn’t that hard. It’s how you got here in the first place so it won’t kill you do to it again. Stepping out onto the walkway you close the door behind you. Turning back around you almost trip over the pails full of trash. Oh. Huh. I wonder what they do with these, considering that there’s not likely a trash collection agency here. You could probably leave them there, and just head off towards the town and nobody would care. Given that Suika seems to be in charge of taking care of stuff like this around the shrine, she’ll probably be along sooner or later to collect it.

Stepping out onto the cement path in the middle of the courtyard, you survey the shrine one last time. Over from behind the back of the side building you see a small plume of smoke rising lazily into the air. It makes you slightly curious, as the kitchen’s on the near side of the building. It’s probably nothing. Continuing on your way you find yourself at the top of the stairs. At least you’re going down them, this time, instead of up. Much easier to go down, especially with a little help from your ‘friend’, gravity.

You reach the bottom of the steps in short order. In front of you is the small path that brought you here. The small clearing at the bottom of the stairs is as unimpressive as it was before and crossing it takes mere seconds. You’re about to start into the trees when you hear someone shout from somewhere above you.

“WAIT!” You hear a flurry of footfalls upon the stairs as you’re turning. Suika is standing at the bottom of the stairs breathing heavily. She’s bent over, hands on her knees, head facing to the ground. her chest is heaving as she’s sucking in air. Finally managing to catch her breath she stands up and looks at you. “What, you were going to leave with out saying good bye? You can’t leave yet, I still have to get you back for beating me.” Suika nods sagely. “Though, I suppose Reimu wont’ let you stay at the shrine. . . So we’ll have to get you set up in the human village! Then you can come and visit me all the time!” Suika’s face is absolutely beaming at this point. “Though, it would probably be a good idea to get there quickly. . . OH! I know! I know a shortcut we could take! How about it?”

[ ] Go the way Reimu told you.
[ ] Go with Suika’s shortcut.
[ ] Waffle.