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5/20/2025, 4:47:38 AM
Her eyes opened to discover that her wish had come true, now being surrounded by more spotty fog and the sounds of rushing water. Maybe it was the Misty Lake again? The many different pebbles around her told Renko otherwise, though what little glimpses of the stars above she could get signified that yet another hour had passed. Was she just...randomly blipping around Gensokyo now?! But it couldn't be random, she had total control of her faculties and awareness while in these lucid states. There had to be some reasoning behind it...
She looked around to see errant piles of small rocks scattered every which way, something else translucent had floated by in the distance as well though Renko wasn't able to make anything of it until an identical wisp-like blob passed by to join the first.
These were Spirits. She was surrounded by Lost Souls this time! Was this some Area specifically designed for Ghosts then or what?
Another blink, another rush of air around her as her dream self materialized somewhere else once more. She was back in a forested area, though not far beside her stood a decrepit house that seemed long abandoned. Its shingled roof had partially caved-in in places while the entire lower foundation sported an unruly slant. At least she felt alone again, right..?
A quick look up revealed that nearly two hours had passed this time. Why did each jump have to take so long?! All this schizophrenic teleporting wasn't getting the Physicist anywhere, she had to figure out a way to control it while she still had moonlight to burn. Maybe it was thought based? She just had to direct her Intentions towards a specific point or goal in a moment of purposeful concentration, surely that'd yield some better results.
It took her a second but soon Renko thought of the perfect test subject to try and focus on.
'My Hat...take me to my lost Hat...I want to Be where my Hat is Located...'
She held her breath as she closed her eyes, but could immediately feel the transition into somewhere indoors with a gasp. Looking down, she saw that she was now standing on an old-fashioned bamboo mat somewhere with a lot of ancient Chinese-style interior architecture surrounding her. The lone window in the lantern-lit room didn't reveal many stars, but that was only due to the fact that there was clearly an entire field of bamboo stalks growing just outside. They must've towered over whatever building she was in, maybe this was that Bamboo Forest..? But then why would she have—
Renko soon spotted a table littered with various artifacts and very industrial-looking weapons in different states of ware, strikingly out of place compared to the rest of the room, though there were also objects such as a wide-brimmed straw farmers hat and a large bamboo basket complete with backstraps. Among the assortment sat none other than her lost hat propped up against the wall. Jackpot! So that really /is/ how she can control her destinations! But how could she manage to get the hat back to a place where she could—
One of the nearby sliding paper doors opened to reveal an exhausted-looking purple haired girl in a tattered suit & skirt, covered in the grime of a hard days work as she wiped the sweat from her brow just below her frazzled...
"Rabbit ears?"
Renko spoke aloud thinking that nothing much would come of it before quickly learning that the perception of others over her dream self apparently didn't just extend to vision alone. Reisen Udongein Inaba stopped dead in her tracks before the college girl, reddened eyes opened wide with shock & surprise alike. Renko immediately mirrored the same gesture as she froze up herself, both unsure of who ought to make the first move.
"Who the Hell are You..?"
'Take me someplace else! Somewhere Beyond the Bamboo and near more Humans than Youkai! Please..!!!'
Renko imagines that Rabbit sure must've been shocked to suddenly see her disappear into nowhere, opening her eyes once again to see she was now standing in a darkened room with little more than soft electronic music to greet her. She turned around towards the only light source, the dim glow of a CRT television connected to an equally-outdated video game system. A young girl in light blue spotted pajamas sat focused in front of the screen, eagerly mashing away at buttons until pausing not long after being noticed. The next thing Renko noticed about her was her striking lime-green hair as soon as she turned around, initially mistaking the hue for a simple trick of the low light levels. 'Still in Gensokyo after all then...'
"I haven't been up all night! I swear it's not what you think! I-I'll be ready for the morning sweeping as soon as..."
Sanae Kochiya's surprise quickly gave way to confusion once she realized she was not in fact in the familiar presence of the Divine after all.
"Uh...who...are you? How did you even get in here so quietly?"
'Not That Close to the Humans around here..! I don't have time for these sorts of interactions right now!'
She looked around to see errant piles of small rocks scattered every which way, something else translucent had floated by in the distance as well though Renko wasn't able to make anything of it until an identical wisp-like blob passed by to join the first.
These were Spirits. She was surrounded by Lost Souls this time! Was this some Area specifically designed for Ghosts then or what?
Another blink, another rush of air around her as her dream self materialized somewhere else once more. She was back in a forested area, though not far beside her stood a decrepit house that seemed long abandoned. Its shingled roof had partially caved-in in places while the entire lower foundation sported an unruly slant. At least she felt alone again, right..?
A quick look up revealed that nearly two hours had passed this time. Why did each jump have to take so long?! All this schizophrenic teleporting wasn't getting the Physicist anywhere, she had to figure out a way to control it while she still had moonlight to burn. Maybe it was thought based? She just had to direct her Intentions towards a specific point or goal in a moment of purposeful concentration, surely that'd yield some better results.
It took her a second but soon Renko thought of the perfect test subject to try and focus on.
'My Hat...take me to my lost Hat...I want to Be where my Hat is Located...'
She held her breath as she closed her eyes, but could immediately feel the transition into somewhere indoors with a gasp. Looking down, she saw that she was now standing on an old-fashioned bamboo mat somewhere with a lot of ancient Chinese-style interior architecture surrounding her. The lone window in the lantern-lit room didn't reveal many stars, but that was only due to the fact that there was clearly an entire field of bamboo stalks growing just outside. They must've towered over whatever building she was in, maybe this was that Bamboo Forest..? But then why would she have—
Renko soon spotted a table littered with various artifacts and very industrial-looking weapons in different states of ware, strikingly out of place compared to the rest of the room, though there were also objects such as a wide-brimmed straw farmers hat and a large bamboo basket complete with backstraps. Among the assortment sat none other than her lost hat propped up against the wall. Jackpot! So that really /is/ how she can control her destinations! But how could she manage to get the hat back to a place where she could—
One of the nearby sliding paper doors opened to reveal an exhausted-looking purple haired girl in a tattered suit & skirt, covered in the grime of a hard days work as she wiped the sweat from her brow just below her frazzled...
"Rabbit ears?"
Renko spoke aloud thinking that nothing much would come of it before quickly learning that the perception of others over her dream self apparently didn't just extend to vision alone. Reisen Udongein Inaba stopped dead in her tracks before the college girl, reddened eyes opened wide with shock & surprise alike. Renko immediately mirrored the same gesture as she froze up herself, both unsure of who ought to make the first move.
"Who the Hell are You..?"
'Take me someplace else! Somewhere Beyond the Bamboo and near more Humans than Youkai! Please..!!!'
Renko imagines that Rabbit sure must've been shocked to suddenly see her disappear into nowhere, opening her eyes once again to see she was now standing in a darkened room with little more than soft electronic music to greet her. She turned around towards the only light source, the dim glow of a CRT television connected to an equally-outdated video game system. A young girl in light blue spotted pajamas sat focused in front of the screen, eagerly mashing away at buttons until pausing not long after being noticed. The next thing Renko noticed about her was her striking lime-green hair as soon as she turned around, initially mistaking the hue for a simple trick of the low light levels. 'Still in Gensokyo after all then...'
"I haven't been up all night! I swear it's not what you think! I-I'll be ready for the morning sweeping as soon as..."
Sanae Kochiya's surprise quickly gave way to confusion once she realized she was not in fact in the familiar presence of the Divine after all.
"Uh...who...are you? How did you even get in here so quietly?"
'Not That Close to the Humans around here..! I don't have time for these sorts of interactions right now!'
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