The first step in the fairy shrine maiden's path was...something. The girls didn't have much of an idea what to do, since it was Star's first day in the job. But they knew another human who also got involved in incidents and who they already knew from back in the days when they lived in a tree. Perhaps she could help.
They went to the house, it looked just as it did the last time. There was some hope that she wasn't crazy like Reimu.
They knock knock knocked on Marisa's door (Mama, put my spellcards in the ground), and the witch opened soon after. There wasn't any sign of change in her body or her behaviour that they could tell.
''Hey, it's you!'' Greeted Marisa.
''Hello, Marisa. We are trying to solve an incident in place of Reimu'' Said Star.
''Huh? Did something happen to her?''
Sunny explained. ''She kicked us out of the shrine and went far away, so now Star is Reimu and we're helping her do her job. But we aren't sure what to do because it's our first day''
''Do you know about anything odd that could be an incident?'' asked Luna.
Marisa thought they could likely be playing a prank on her, but she answered honestly.
''Not really, I haven't seen anything out of the ordinary yet...well, except for one thing.''
''Tell us, please!'' Demanded Sunny.
''It's nothing, just someone who comes from time to time here and makes some noise.''
And then, the sound of a car horn playing the first two lines of the chorus from Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough was heard coming from farther than the trees could let them see.
''Oh no, it's her...'' said Marisa.
In came a ferrari that parked right in front of them. The driver got out of the car to reveal her face and shout.
''HOW CRAZY ARE YOU TODAY, PEOPLE!'' It was Clownpiece.
''It's you!'' Shouted Sunny.
''Yes, it's me! Me! Me!'' She said, pointing at her chest with her thumb, which she buried deeper in with each ``me´´.
She took the thumb out and kept speaking as blood came in spurts out of the hole she had made. ''I don't see you very crazy today either, I gotta liven up the ambience!''
''Wait...are you the one who made Reimu go crazy?''
''Me? Of course!''
''That's it, let's get her!'' Sunny ordered while jumping at her. But she stopped in mid-air when Clownpiece kept talking.
''Actually I haven't seen her in a long time. I said I did it to get you all hyped up.''
''Hyped for what?'' asked Luna.
''Hyped for a party!'' Confetti started coming out of her chest cavity like the blood did before, with each spurt making the sound of a shotgun firing.
''PARTY A GO-GO BABY WOOOOO!''
She was the only one amused by such antics, and so her good mood faded quickly.
''Oh, what party poopers! Well well, if you don't want to party, I'll have to do it the hard way''
She began moving, one hop to the left, one hop to the right, she did three spins and clapped her hands before pulling out her torch. ''Groove on,everyone!''
But with a quick beam of energy aimed at the fairy, Marisa took down Clownpiece and the torch's flame went out. When she came back, the clown grumbled displeased.
''Okay, now you are making a science out of party pooping. It's like the most assinine science in the world.''
Shinmyoumaru popped out of Sunny's hair ''Hey now, the bad puns and play on words are MY bread and butter.''
''No joking, seriously. I mean, it's like...there's ``party hard´´, right? Okay, then this is ``poop hard´´, ``poop hard on Clownpiece's hard party´´.
''I wansn't going to let you wave that thing and make everyone go insane again.'' Said Marisa.
''See? That's what I mean. Well, you can go all eat a big fat bowl of fudge, you big meanies!''
She was going to get in the ferrari again and leave, but Star sneaked behind her and hit her in the head, knocking her down.
The three fairies where quick to hold her while on the ground to stop her from escaping.
''We've got the culprit, great job, Star!'' Sunny cheered.
''That was pretty easy.'' observed Luna.
''Without the fire of her torch, she wasn't hot stuff'' Shinmyoumaru explained.
Sunny nodded, accidentally causing the inchling to almost fall off her head. ''That could be it, maybe without her gimmicks she isn't that strong.''
Star asked the important question ''what do we do with her now?''
They doubted on whether to put her half-striped butt in some makeshift jail like a criminal or inviting her to drink. Of course, in the end they all went inside Marisa's house to drink, since that's what Reimu would do (Actually Reimu would go to her shrine, but we all know what happened to it in the previous episode).
Before they knew it, they were getting out of the house and the fairies were for the most drunker than drunk.
''That waz...that waz ...*hic*, it waz fun, girlz'' slurred Clownpiece. ''I'm gonna be leaving now''
''Hooold it!'' Sunny said ''you aren't going anywhere without conf...conf...'' She tripped on her own feet and fell face first on the ground ''you can't leave without talking''
''I haven't got nothung to do wiz your inzident! So am leaving!''
She got on the ferrari and, to her credit, she strapped on her seatbelt.
''Noooo!'' screamed Luna ''You're too drunk...for...too drunk for...you...'' She fell on the floor asleep.
''You won't go very far seeing how drunk you are.'' Said Star ''who actually had consumed the least, as she had rightfully assumed Clownpiece might try to escape.
''Juzz try to ztop me!''
She put her foot on the pedal, but at the very moment those two things made contact, the car rolled over without moving from its place, ending up flat on its back. Then it spontaneously caught fire and exploded. And a tree from the forest fell on it, and then a rock fell from the sky and squashed what remained.
''Woah!'' Star was understandably surprised.
''Atleast we stopped her. But if she wasn't the culprit, then who?'' She turned to her friends ''let's go to the...!''
They were still on the floor. Sunny was too tired to move and Luna wasn't gonna wake up in a while.
Shinmyoumaru popped in ''They aren't going to move. We'll have to stay here unless you drag them''
And that's exactly what Star Saphire did, despite the suggestion to do it actually being a joke. She grabbed them by the ankle and flew away to find the next possible culprit. They had no time to waste.