NOTES: This set will probably be closed after Group Eight has been pulled and a new set will be made for the Pool Play fights.
Group Three Round One matchups are up on the forum, which can once again be found in the Touhou Discussion Forum [Gensokyo Grand Battle Main Forum] here on site
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"What a long strange trip it's been so far, danmaku fans...and we haven't even started the battles yet! As the names for Group Seven are about to be pulled, the 12 fighters left know they have 1 of 2 places that they will be going, and one of them will have tournament favorite and my co-host, Miss Yukari Yakumo. But who do YOU want to face off with, Miss Yakumo?"
"Well...A lot of the good names have already been called which kinda pisses me off but that would mean big name bouts in Knockout and Championships, because if I was pulled in Reimu's group and beat her ass in Pool Play it wouldn't be as awesome as beating her ass in the Championships."
"Well I guess that is true, but I remember earlier you wanted to just run a gauntlet of big hitters..."
"Yeah, if only so no one can go 'Oh but she only faced Stage 1 bosses and boring people, ho hum..."
"I guess, but now we go to Marisa who will call out the first name in Group Seven."
The black-and-white clad magician reached into the nearly empty box to pull out the first name for Group Seven, "Heh, I just ruined the day for the next five people that get called da ze. NUMBER 17! YUKARI YAKUMO!"
"FINALLY!" the camera returned to Rinnosuke and Yukari as the latter made a light celebratory motion.
"Well there's your spot, Miss Yakumo, now for you to sit back and watch the next five names as they are guaranteed to cross strength, wits, and danmaku with you."
"Damn straight, now to learn which unfortunate soul is getting pulled next..."
"NUMBER 13! PRISMRIVER SISTERS!"
The usual applause came as Aya finally got the focus as she moved over to the musicians.
"Well with Yukarin in this group, having a group of three as one entrant could be the only way that the border goddess could encounter a bump in the road. What would be you three's strategy for Yukarin and any other big name pulled?"
Lunasa, the violinist and eldest sister was the one to come to the mic, "Well...we will attempt our best and hopefully we can advance..."
"I think we can do it, sis!" Merlin interrupted, "Come on, gotta keep rocking! Go the distance for Layla!"
"Well good luck to you three...even the silent one...now Marisa, who's going to also be in this group?"
"NUMBER 34! AYA SHAMEIMARU!"
"I...oh...that's me! Well I guess I get to interview myself. Well Aya, tough group, but how do you see yourself doing?
I think I'm going to do fine, I trust my speed and skill to go far in this tournament. Maybe even sweeping the Pool Play.
Really? That's quite a claim while in the same group as Yukari Yakumo...
I think it's going to be a great match, but I'm pretty sure I can beat her when it comes down to it...
Well best of luck to you, Aya. Now to see who else is in this already great Group Seven..."
"NUMBER 39! YAMAME KURODANI!"
Aya swooped over to the spider, who for the most part was alone.
"Yamame, you've gotten pulled into a tough group. How do you feel about this set so far?"
"Well I feeling fine, these seem to be very interesting and fun. Even you, tengu!"
"What do you mean 'even me'? You do know the usual pecking order with birds and bugs, right?"
The spider just smiled as Aya was obviously agitated from the comment. Before any pre-match fights started, Marisa called the next name.
"NUMBER 38! KISAME!"
Aya scoped out the crowd to once again have the next competitior nowhere to be found. A strange sound began to develop over the tengu's head.
"wahahahaaaaaAAAAAAAAAA!"
With a quick sidestep, Aya watched as the bucket came crashing down on the ground where she was originally standing.
"Bah, missed."
"Oi...just because I'm in your group doesn't mean we're fighting yet..."
The girl in the bucket just tried to hide herself under her hands, not responding to Aya's question. Aya just groaned as obviously this fighter's confidence is tightly related to her altitude. However, Marisa was ready to pull the last name of Group Seven.
"NUMBER 25! FUJIWARA NO MOKOU!"
"WHERE IS SHE?" a ferocious roar erupted from the Eientei group that was quickly subdued by the pharmacist in the group. Aya scoped out the group to find Keine again waving towards herself, with a white haired girl behind her.
"So Mokou, I think you're the last EX boss to be picked, of course judging by the scream after your name was called, there's obviously what will maybe be a destined matchup. How are you going to make sure that matchup happens in Knockout or Championships?"
Mokou shyly approached the mic after a bit of coercion from the teacher, "I just plan to basically torch everything. I'm sure nothing's going to stop her and I doubt anything's going to stop me. Whether our matchup is in the first round of Knockout or the Grand Championship, I just know that we'll make sure that everyone watches our 2000th battle..."
"Seriously? You have battled 2000 times?"
"Yeah, I've been keeping count."
"So what's the record?"
Mokou avoided the question for a bit before deciding to answer it, "...Tied...972 for me, 972 for her, 55 ties."
"Fascinating. But that doesn't mean I'm going to make things easy for you. Well now only six remain and then we can get to the fighting! Rinnosuke, Yukarin, back to you."
"Thanks Aya, and-"
"You're going down, birdbrain, just so you know."
"Well we'll just have to find out when it gets to your matchup. Suika, are our two onscreen entrants advancing it for sure?"
"Wellllllll...*urp*" Suika made an attempt to be insightful, however the burp ruined that plan, "Yukariiiin's gonna roooock! A-An-An-And the fire bird girl bird will-bird- hold true to her promise........so farrrrrr....but after that......." Suika again tried a mischievous look, but that too was also ruined by an immediate *UUUUUUUURP!*
"Well we're almost through the pulls. Group Eight after this and then the fights get underway! Stay tuned, Gensokyo!"
