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Marisa has three special skills now!
Danmaku is Power: Her old one! Increases MP costs by 30% and damage by 15% for one attack.
Hard Worker: +20% Experience. Handy, but I'm going with...
Magic Thruster: Spend 10 MP, get +15% accuray and evasion for the rest of the turn. Three uses. Marisa doesn't have Focus, so I need this. Onwards!

Hong Meiling
Colorful Rainbow Gatekeeper
Species: Youkai
Rank: III
Dutifulness: A
Guts: A
Creativity: C

Meiling is guarding the gate! Nights are starting to get pretty cold around here.

Kurumi
Species: Vampire
Rank: II
Distinctiveness: C
Impressiveness: C
Charm: C

Elly
Species: Youkai
Rank: III
Dutifulness: B
Guts: B
Whimsy: A

Fortunately, she is not alone! Two of the more frequent guests of the mansion are in the area.

Apparently They're here on vacation, since Yuka has gone off somewhere unknown, so there's no need to stay with her at the mansion. Kurumi wants to taste Sakuya's cooking again.

Sakuya Izayoi
Perfect and Elegant Maid
Species: Human(?)
Rank: V
Elegance: S
Punctuality: S
Knives: S

Inside the mansion, head maid Sakuya is attending to a certain guest!

Komachi Onozuka
Guide of the Riverside Mist
Species: Shinigami
Rank: V
Motivation: D
Guts: C
Seafaring: A

Komachi is here on the important business of slacking off from work.

The fairy maids are gossiping a bit about Komachi's presence. How does the head maid know a shinigami? They don't get answers, because Sakuya goes and puts them back to work.

But where is Marisa during all this? Isn't this supposed to be her path?

Patchouli Knowledge
The Unmoving Great Library
Species: Magician
Rank: IV
Intelligence: A
Endurance: C
Friendliness: C

Marisa is down in the library, trying to recruit Patchouli to the party. Patchouli is wholly disinterested, having no reason to go.

But while they are trying to convince her, two MORE characters show up, in case we hadn't introduced enough in this intro sequence!

Koakuma
Species: Devil
Rank: III
Intelligence: B
Endurance: B
Friendliness: B

Remilia Scarlet
The Scarlet Devil
Species: Vampire
Rank: VI
Maturity: C
Power: A
Elegance: B

Now that the boss is out, Marisa changes the target of her recruiting to Remilia!

She passes as well, thinking that it'll be fun to watch no matter what fate befalls the shrine. Koakuma declines too, because Patchouli passed... looks like we've struck out...

Chapter 19 (Marisa Route): To Lay a Hand on the Scarlet Mansion

Man, I really thought they'd come along with us.

I can understand the sentiment of not wanting to get into trouble for someone else's sake.

I don't mind a bit of trouble. You'll just have to bring something more interesting next time.
Give my regards to Reimu...
...hmm?

What's wrong?

I sense something amiss. There!

Those are the bird youkai the tengu used...!

So they were spying on us all this time!

Hmm... they look rather weak, though.
There's no need for us to head out for something this trivial. Take care of it.

I was gonna do that even if you didn't ask!

Victory Conditions
All enemies defeated.

Defeat Conditions
All allies defeated.

Bonus Condition
???

Not much to this map so far! Alice, Marisa, four crows.

Remilia was right about one thing - these guys don't put up much of a fight at all!

Alice dispatches the last one easily. That was a short map!

Hmph, looks like that's the last of 'em.

Youkai Mountain uses mere birds for surveilance? How quaint.

But it worked, didn't it? They were simple familiars, but we didn't...
...!

Tengu B
Non-canonical underling of the mountain
Species: Wolf Tengu
Rank: II
Power: A
Integrity: B
Importance: D

I see you defeated my familiars, humans.

Our orders were to remain hidden, but we're not as naive as the crow tengu!

Tengu! I knew the master had to be around somewhere.

My, aren't there a lot of them. I could've sworn we had a gatekeeper for situations like this...

Stop right there!

Ah, there you are, Meiling. And also...

My apologies, milady, they suddenly jumped over the wall...

How do you do, Remilia.

Oh, Alice is here, too! Have you been well?

Elly, Kurumi, you're here, too?

So many customers today. How's Yuka faring?
Oh, no, before that, what about these tengu? They've got a lot of nerve, carelessly tresspassing in my yard.

Mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Remilia Scarlet. We have no quarrel with you.

Oh, but you most certainly do. Now that you've come here, my garden will reek of dogs.

...such arrogance suggests that you take the power of Youkai Mountain lightly.

Cease your barking, hound. I don't need to raise my hand against lowly youkai such as yourselves.
Sakuya?

Present, milady. What's all this ruckus about?

Hey, are those tengu? Something funny's going on here.

We have some unexpected visitors. They'll need to be properly attended to.
Oh, and while you're at it, remove those trifling invaders from the premises.

At once, milady. I shall begin preparations for dinner shortly.

Why am I going, too? ...is what I'd say, but this looks pretty interesting.

Man, people just keep on showin' up, huh. Are there here to help us out?

How heartwarming.

Second wave! Eight crows, three wolf tengu. Objective is to defeat the tengu, bonus condition is to defeat the crows.

Meet our next melee tank character! She lacks Keine's range, but she can dish out a lot more damage.

And by her side is the scythe-chucking Elly! These two gatekeepers make a powerful melee combination.

I may have let my guard down outside, but this time there's nowhere for you to run!

Don't think that the underling of a devil can stand against us!

Sitting idly from the height of your power... that's your weakness!

The wolf tengu can shoot lasers out of their shields!

The generic wolf tengu have 6900 HP, and their leader Tengu B has 9600! Not bad for nameless underlings.

So why are you here, Elly? I thought you were with Yuka.

We came here to play around a bit. Things turned out to be unexpectedly exciting, though...

That's right! Why are you guys fighting, anyway?

Yeah, I want to know, too.

I haven't seen you here before. Are you a new maid?

I wouldn't know what to do with a maid like that. It's enough having one layabout on the staff.

Uh, what's that supposed to mean?

Well, excuse my rudeness. I'm Komachi Onozuka, a friend of Sakuya's.

Huh, Sakuya has a friend?

What?

Nothing. Nice to meet you, Komachi.

Sakuya's back on the team! And this time it's not just on the final stage. I'll be upgrading her a fair bit.

Kurumi is... not very good, really. Her only real interesting point is that a portion of the damage she inflicts is returned as healing, but if she takes damage at all she's already in serious trouble.

The wolf tengu show their true power in melee! Best to attack them from a distance.

Unless you're Meiling! SHOW THEM WHAT YOU'VE GOT, GATEKEEPER NUMBER ONE

Dang! So close.

Uh oh, Elly's in trouble! All those tengu attacks are really getting to her.

Don't you think you should've brought more people with you?

Such careless talk. For you, this many is more than enough!

Then why did you bring so many guys out yesterday?
If it's enough, you should've driven us off with just this many!

Cease your rambling and fall before my blade!

I don't think she's interested, Tengu B.

Meanwhile, Komachi's still lagging behind a bit. None of her attacks can reach this far!

Or can they?

SPECIAL SKILL: UNBROKEN PATH

For one action, all attacks have unlimited max range.

Man, what is with these guys and almost, but not quite, dying? It's like I'm fighting a pack of shounen heroes.

And so Alice kicks the final crow into submission. Bonus get!

Subordinate tengu all defeated!

Elly, I'll leave Tengu B to you!

You tengu aren't like that other tengu I've fought.

What other tengu?

A crow tengu who said "Ayayaya" a lot. She liked to make fun of people.

I see, so you've met Shameimaru. The most irritating of all crow tengu.

And we're done.

The battle appears to be decided.

A little disappointing, honestly. Is that all there is to the tengu?

Gh, impossible...

Well, we did end up with a whole bunch of people on our side.

...It seems that it's true that humans are more trouble than one might expect.

However, this isn't over yet. This is but a tiny fraction of Youkai Mountain's power!

Well, isnt that nice. Why don't you show me the rest?

...We're withdrawing.

That's our mistress, not even batting an eyelash when dealing with tengu.

Of course. Why should I be afraid of an enemy three levels below myself?

Still, it would have been dangerous fighting them with just the two of us. I appreciate the help.

Don't worry about it, you were in a pinch.
Anyway, I think I heard some interesting conversation just a minute ago.

I'm sure you're all tired from that violence. Go ahead and come in. I'll leave the rest to you, Sakuya.

I shall prepare tea for everyone at once.

Stage Clear

Turns taken: 6
Spirit Commands used: 6
Bombs used: 0
Battle Mastery achieved

Now that that's over with, Marisa and Alice sit down with the SDM crew and explain the situation properly. Also, introductions are made. Kurumi mistakes Komachi for a gatekeeper, what with the scythe.

When asked, Kurumi and Elly are both fine with coming along. When she hears the time (tomorrow), Komachi signs up, too. Sakuya and Meiling, regrettably, are busy with work...

...except not! Remilia tells the two of them to go along, too. Apparently she changed her mind when she met the tengu. She needs to show them what it means to lay a hand on the scarlet mansion.

That night, Alice and Marisa discuss their successful recruiting of four new allies. Pity they couldn't get Patchouli or Remilia to come, but still!

Marisa's still a bit hesitant, because of Nitori. She's the enemy, now. It's unfortunate, but she's a youkai of the mountain.

Well, they'll sort that out once the time comes. Until then, better get some sleep...

Back at the mansion, Remilia is busy losing at chess! Sakuya's going all out, as ordered to, and Remilia's no match for her.

Patchouli's heard the news that Remilia's lending Marisa a hand. Apparently Remi's taken something of an interest in youkai mountain.

Flandre Scarlet
Sister of the Devil
Species: Vampire
Rank: EX
Enthusiasm: B
Stability: D
Danger: S

Flandre's here to interrupt the conversation by asking Patchouli to teach her some sunlight-reflecting magic!

She wants to play outside with Marisa! Remilia won't let her leave the house. Apparently they fight about this rather often.

Sakuya just makes tea for everyone and waits for the incident to blow over.

To be continued!

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