Rumia poked Reimu's nose.
Both of the girls blinked a few times.
"Wh… What?" Reimu said, obviously somewhere beyond confused. She hadn't seen the youkai pop up, let alone get close enough to touch her, and she certainly didn't know why, of all things, she did… that.
There was a short silence.
Rumia poked Reimu's nose. "Boop," she said happily.
The miko blinked a few more times. "What are you…"
"Boop!" Rumia poked Reimu's nose.
Reimu's expression started to form into a scowl. "This is a joke to you, isn't it? You're just trying to get a reaction out of me. Well, I won't have it." She turned away from Rumia, her scowl only growing more and more unpleasant.
Rumia moved to face the red-white, and poked her nose. "Boooop."
"Okay, that's it! I'll just have to exterminate you, then!" Reimu reached for her gohei.
It wasn't there.
"Wait, bu-"
"Boop boop." Rumia poked Reimu's nose twice with what was, to her, just an odd-looking stick.
There was a short silence.
Reimu stared at Rumia. Rumia smiled back.
"Oi, Reimu!" a familiar voice started, as a shadow appeared above the shrine grounds. The shadow darkened and landed. "Boy, do I have some ne-" the witch began.
Rumia poked Marisa's nose.
All three of the girls blinked a few times.
"...The hell's a twilight youkai doin' at a youkai exterminator's place during the day? Wait, the hell's a twilight youkai doin' with your gohei? Okay, lemme fix that all: the hell?"
Rumia poked Marisa's nose, then Reimu's. She seemed more and more pleased with herself.
"I don't know anymore. I just don't know." Reimu sighed heavily.
"Well, then again, can ya really be surprised? With a youkai shrine like this, only a matter of time before even weaker ones show up. Basically, it's your fault." Marisa teased.
Reimu glared back. "Says the one who brings half the damn things here."
Rumia watched happily, playing with the gohei.
"Yeah, half. That means you, the guardian of Gensokyo, girl who's supposed to be this great force for the humans and against the mischief-makers, still brings in all sortsa evil. No wonder you don't get any donations. Look at how well you do your job!" the witch continued scoffing.
Reimu slowly got up. Two yin-yang orbs appeared around her.
Marisa panicked a bit. "Woah, hey, heeey, slow down there, buddy. I was just kiddin', alright? Ya still do the job better than pretty much anyone else. Besides, I think you have better use for those things right now." She turned to gesture at Rumia.
A lone odd-looking stick laid at the ground where the youkai just was.
Reimu and Marisa blinked a few times.
The miko slowly sat down, and the orbs disappeared. She sighed.
The witch moved next to her. "…So, normal day?"
"Normal day."
Later, near nightfall at the Misty Lake, a small group of fairies and youkai were chatting excitedly.
"Woah, so she really did it?!" Mystia exclaimed.
"Yeah, yeah, she did! She just went up and messed with the shrine maiden! She didn't even get caught sneaking away!" Cirno proudly replied, as if she had been the one who did it.
Daiyousei chimed in, "I watched her! She was so cool! She got the magician, too!"
The others looked startled and even more excited. "Wait, she pranked two youkai exterminators…?" Wriggle couldn't bring herself believe it.
Rumia simply watched. After a short while, she had an idea.
"None of you would ever do that! You aren't brave or stupid enough!" Wriggle argued.
"Well, you wo-"
"Boop!" Rumia interrupted, smiling.
She poked Wriggle's nose.
There was a short silence.