Let's Play Super Touhou Wars 2

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For this next mission, I only get Reimu and Sakuya! How mysterious.



Apparently quite a bit of time has passed! We are now deep in winter.

The Three Fairies are scoping out the Hakurei Shrine. Intrepid leader Sunny is a bit low on energy, thanks to the cold, dark season.



Suika comes by to drink with Reimu, but leaves when she doesn't appear to be home.

The Fairies give their regards at the shrine. Where's the shrine maiden, though?



Elsewhere in the winter wasteland, Sakuya is doing some shopping for her mistress. Looking for some new teacups, something that would look elegant with, er, a red liquid in them. Let's go ahead and call it red tea, yes.

Tea.



Reimu is here, too, and she's brought a new customer! She was looking for some things, so Reimu took her out here to find them.

Various casual conversations happen between the four.



And then a fifth! She's been looking all over for Reimu, on an important mission. By which I mean, she wants people to get wasted with.

Some introductions go around. Suika's apparently got the power to gather or disperse things, in some vague, hard-to-understand sense.



Sanae has an unexpected encounter!

There's someone lurking around the shop, talking to some unknown other party about a strange reading they got from this shop. Could it be... A BURGLAR?




Nazrin
The Little Dowser General
Species: Mouse
Rank: I
Perception: A
Courage: C
Loyalty: A

She's spotted! The mouse youkai retreats at once upon being caught. Definitely a burglar, almost 100%!

Chapter 25 (Reimu): Maidens' Winter

Hold it!

Dang, she's persistent for a human!

Hey, what's all this about?

It's a burglar, she was poking around on the roof!

A burglar, in my shop?! What if she's stolen something valuable...

Oh, I was just looking for food! My poor little mice will go hungry if I don't, you know.

Pretty dramatic for a mouse... but too bad for you, you got caught.

I won't deny it. I got a high-rarity signal from around here, so I had to check it out.

High rarity...?

Why'd everyone come out here without inviting me?

...!?
An oni? There's a surprise. The rarity signal was coming from you, wasn't it?

Look, are you going to fight with me or not?

It'd be boring to drink alone, so just this once.

Exterminating rodents is among my duties... how about you, Sanae?

Yes, this is a good time to make my youkai extermination debut.
Yasaka, Moriya, watch over me. Sanae will stand and fight!

That so? Glad to hear it. See ya!

Hey! Don't just run away!

Why not? There's no such thing as a thief who would stop just because you told them to.

That youkai's planning to escape.

In other words, we need to catch her before she can manage it.

Simple enough. Let's go!



Victory Conditions
Nazrun defeated.

Defeat Conditions
All allies defeated.
Nazrin reaches the corner of the map.

Bonus Condition
Defeat an enemy from full health in a single attack. (Can't use offensive support.)



Small but dense map! Four fuzzballs, six crows, three evil eyes, and one sneaky mouse.





Special guest star! Suika's on my side for this battle. She's quite potent.



Second special guest star! Half my party is new kids.



I'm sure I've seen that youkai in the human village before.
If I can catch her here, then maybe I'll earn some faith for...

You're getting into this. Just make sure not to get worked up for no reason.

Come to think of it, why aren't you using all those skills from before?
Splitting the sea and summoning the wind, stuff like that.

Err, I can do that, but... not without gathering a certain degree of faith.

Gathering faith?

Yes, when I hit with attacks or dodge enemy attacks, the faith gauge increases.
It increases my stats, and lets me use more powerful techniques...
And one of my attacks even depletes part of the gathered faith.

In other words, you need to try your hardest to build up to your special techniques.

That's right. It's like a sleeping giant.

Isn't that a bit too complicated...



It's true! Sanae has a Faith Gauge, which increases accuracy and attack power as it rises.



As we fight on, Nazrin continues to sidle towards the corner!



Bonus condition met!



Target acquired. She really does look like a giant mouse.

Caught up already? I guess I can't shake you by normal means.

If you ask me, you weren't running away too hard.

You're some pretty rare opponents, so I got distracted.

Pretty cheeky for a mouse, aren't you? Time for some pest removal.

Yeah, it's cold out here, so let's get this over with.

Isn't it rude to talk about things like pest control?
Sorry, but if you take this mouse lightly, you'll die!



Around now I realized that Sakuya's currently-equipped special skill replaces all her ammo costs with MP costs. It sucks!







Nazrin attacks with dowsing lasers, but scores no hits!



After I manage to engage her once, Nazrin stops fleeing to the corner and stands her ground! Good thing, too.





Suika's special skill, Missing Power, boosts her size to LL for one turn, dropping her accuracy but increasing her damage output. With Strike, the former doesn't matter!



Whoa, that really was an oni. You guys are tougher than I thought.

What a pain in the neck. Just come at us already.

That's the plan. Time to show you my finest danmaku!

Here she comes, Reimu!

Just what I was waiting for!



Huh?

Sorry, but if I come at you fair and square, I'd probably lose. Later!

H-Hang on a second! We aren't done fighting yet!

Who cares? You win.
Take care~



She... got away? She said she was gonna do this fair and square...

Metaphorically cut off her tail to escape. She really is a mouse.

It's a survival skill.
Anyway we're done here, so let's go back inside.

Stage Clear

Turns taken: 4
Spirit Commands used: 2
Bombs used: 0
Battle Mastery achieved



Back inside! Reimu's feeling unsatisfied, but Rinnosuke doesn't seem to mind that we failed to catch the thief. He's half-youkai, so he can manage without food for a few days.



More shopping ensues, Sanae talks about Electricity and other such marvels. Suika talks about booze and oni lifestyles.



And with no further meaningful conversation, we're headed home. Until next time!



Somewhere else, Nazrin reports back to her master! She was just out collecting food, as she claimed, because her mice can't hunt well in this much snow.



Her mysterious mistress remains mysterious, not saying much. Nazrin can tell that something's wrong with this winter...

To be continued!


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