[Love Sign "Master Spark"].

Marisa's signature attack. Capable of matching, and even cancelling, the sheer destructive power of the [Gungnir] itself.

So getting hit by it hurts.

A lot, actually.

And the kinetic force behind it alone can level a building with minor difficulty.

Long story short, after Aya's impromptu air time ended, it was to no ones surprise that she hit the ground face-first, each of her limbs pointing in a different cardinal direction.

Not exactly the classiest of landings.

Bottom line? Avoid getting Master Spark-ed in the face.

"... Aya? Are... are you okay?" Sanae finally asked. "Aya?"

"Grbmbtflgggggh."

"Oh, dear."

"I think she means 'yes'," Marisa said, arching an eyebrow. "Hey stalker crow, you mean 'yes', right?"

"Grbmbtflgggggh."

"Good."

After Sanae and Alice gave Marisa a throughout reprimanding, they went out to look for the self-appointed star reporter to confirm that she's still alive.

Which led to the current situation.

"Oh, dear," Sanae repeated, biting her lip and taking a step towards the tengu, who still hadn't moved at all. "I think she broke something. What do we do?"

"You're exaggerating," Marisa waved a hand. "She's all right!"

"Grbmbtflgggggh."

"See? She agrees with me," Marisa shrugged and started to look for something in her pockets. "Let her be, she'll get better eventually."

"I don't know. I think we should at least move her," Alice moved her head close to Aya's. "I'm not really sure if she can, well, breathe."

Reimu leaned in, too. "Her face is completely flat against the ground," she noticed.

"Yes, yes, sure," Marisa licked her lips, still searching for something. "Just don't... ah!" The corners of her mouth went up in huge grin. "I found it!"

"Oh?" Alice turned around. "You found what?"

"This!"

With a pompous swift and a flip of her hair, the ordinary magician revealed what was now on her hand: a small gourd.

"... Is that... sake?"

"Sake," Marisa confirmed.

"... You can't be serious," deadpanned Reimu.

"You know nothing about medicine."

"Grbmbtflgggggh."

"And Aya thinks the same!"

Reimu found herself massaging the space between her eyes again. "The only one who can jump right back into action by alcohol is you. And the onis."

"Grbmbtflgggggh."

"... Amazing contribution to the argument, Aya."

"Alright. Alright," Sanae covered her entire face with her hands. "I'm just going to carry her..."

*Thump*

The four girls looked over to the downed tengu. Aya didn't roll over gracefully... instead, she did it with the grace of a sack of potatoes tumbling, but at least her face wasn't pressing against the ground anymore.

The girls closed their mouths and approached Aya once they saw her eyes. There was no sign of her pupils or irises... there was only white.

"Hmm," Marisa tapped her chin a few times. "I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing."

"Bad," Alice said. "Definitely bad."

Marisa shrugged. "If you say so. Hey, can you hear us?"

When Aya answered, her voice was but a whisper, softer than the wind blowing through a flower garden. "Everything I see and feel is pain in my face," she moaned.

"Sounds good to me!"

*WHACK*

"YEOWTCH!"

"There's nothing in this world but pain..."

"I'm pretty sure she's not well," Reimu said to the witch, which was now nursing the bump on her head.

"... And that pain is in my face."

Marisa frowned. "Hmm. Maybe she's feeling a little down..."

"All of it. Well, there's a little bit of pain in my back too, but I'm mostly talking about my face here."

Reimu sighed. "Momiji is going to kill me..."

- Later -

Once they reached the Hakurei Shrine, Aya, thanks to her superhuman physical abilities, had recovered enough to confront Marisa.

It seems she was still a little upset about the whole 'blast me in the face and sent me flying 200 metres' thing.

She placed her hands onto Marisa's shoulders, gripping her tightly as she stared deeply into her eyes.

"I can't believe you're still mad about this," muttered Marisa.

"WELL I AM!" snapped the tengu. The rest of the group just entered the shrine and sat at the table, watching the argument from a safe distance.

"I came here as fast as I could after hearing all of you scream, just to check if you're okay. And HOW do you thank me?!"

"Yeah, you came here out of the goodness of your heart, alright" deadpanned Marisa.

"Don't interrupt me!" growled the reporter, shaking the witch. "At least tell me what happened here so I can write about it!"

"So you admit coming here for you stupid newspaper!"

"Answer the question!"

Marisa looked at the others, who simply sighed in response.

- Later again -

"Let me watch, and write an article about it, and we are square."

Reimu raise a single eyebrow. "And why should I agree to this? It's not my fault you got blasted. Just kick Marisa, that always makes me feel better."

"Hey!"

"You know, all of Gensokyo heard you~," Aya smiled devilishly. "First thing in the morning, there're all coming here to see what happened. But when they can read it from me insteat, you might be spared~."

"Fuck," cursed Reimu, realizing that she was trapped. "Fine, be my guest," she sighed. "Looks like we have to re-watch some episodes..."

- Later, after Aya caught up with the others -

The screen zoomed in to Grif and Church, standing next to each other, facing the camera.

"Hi, how ya doin'? My name is Private L. L. Church, and I'm one of the actors on the popular web series 'Red vs. Blue'," Church introduced himself.

"And I'm Private Dexter Grif, from the same show."

"Hey, aren't they supposed to fight each other?" asked Aya, scratching her head.

"I don't think this is a normal episode," commented Sanae. "It sounds more like some kind of special announcement."

"Then let's see what they want to talk about," said Alice with a hint of interest in her voice.

"But you know what? We are not here today to talk to you as world famous actors, who also happen to be, you know, very good looking," Church continued.

"Now I'm really interested how Reimu's boyfriend looks like," grinned Marisa. Said miko grumbled, while Sanae and Alice giggled. Aya just blinked in confusion.

"That's right! We're here today to tell you how to run your life," Grif added.

"I wouldn't trust any advice from these two," claimed Alice, trying to act casually.

"You know, a lot of you out there are probably considering getting a tattoo. Or as the young people like to call it, a 'tat'."

"Or, adding a tattoo to your already impressive collection."

"So today we present to you, a very special 'Point/Counterpoint' edition of Red vs. Blue."

"Should you get a tattoo?" Grif finished.

Above them a tag popped up, stating: 'Point/Counterpoint. Should You Get A Tattoo?'

"Wow, looks like they put a lot of thought into this," stated Sanae, intrigued.

"Yes, this could be actually rather informative," Alice agreed silently, despite herself.

"I will never get one," said Marisa, getting surprised looks from the others. "What?"

"Nothing," answered Reimu. "We just didn't expected that you actually do some thinking before you're doing, or in this case not doing, something."

"Hey, I resent that!" yelled Marisa. "Besides," she stood up and made a pose. "I would never tarnish this embodiment of natural beauty and grace by adding something like tramp stamps!"

The others decided to simply roll their eyes.

"The 'Wicked Witch' of 'The Forest of Magic' gets a wicked tattoo," Aya thought aloud.

"You suck at head lines!" Marisa grumbled, sitting back down.

The camera focused in on Church, while a textbox appeared beneath him, reading: 'Pvt. L. L. Church: Counterpoint.'

"I think it's quite clear that you should not get a tattoo. And I can sum up my points in this very elegant, but simple, bulleted list," Church started.

- Church's Bulleted List -

"Number one: Tattoos are permanent."

- Church's Bulleted List -

- Tattoos are permanent

"Not if they're magical," countered Alice. "Or if you remove them with magic. Both methods work."

"Or you can simply rip the limb in question of," Aya added absentmindedly.

Everyone starred at her.

"What? That's how Remilia got rid of hers," defended the tengu. "It grew right back anyway."

"Remilia had a tattoo?" asked a surprised Reimu. "How the fuck did that happened?"

"DOES ANYONE READ MY NEWSPAPER?!"

"Do you really want me to answer that question?"

"Number two: You are a god damn idiot."

- Church's Bulleted List -

- Tattoos are permanent

- You are a god damn idiot

"Now he's insulting us. Great job of convincing us, ya jackass" Reimu snarked.

"And I'd like to prove this mathematically if I may. Take your current age. Now subtract ten years from it. Were you smart back then? Of course you weren't! You were a god damn idiot!"

- Church's Bulleted List -

- Tattoos are permanent

- You are a god damn idiot

- Red sucks. Blue rules.

"And of course he had to add that one," chuckled Sanae.

"Fact of the matter is, you're just as big an idiot today, it's just gonna take you ten more years to realize it," he continued as the list disappeared. "Now think if you'd drawn a picture on your body ten years ago. Would you be happy with it today? Chances are, you wouldn't be."

"I actually agree with that statement, just not that mess of logic that lead to it," mused Alice.

The camera then changed to Grif: 'Pvt. Dexter Grif: Counter-Counterpoint.'

"Unless it was cool. Which brings me to my main point: Tattoos are cool."

- Designs to Avoid -

"As long as you avoid the following rookie mistakes, you'll be just fine. The barb wire ring."

The title was replaced by a line of barbed wire.

"Nothing says 1998 quite like a barb wire ring around your bicep. You'll look like a defensive lineman, and if you get the tattoo, you're probably about as smart as one."

"And probably have to compensate for something," grinned Marisa, wiggling her eyebrows in a suggestive manner. Sanae blushed, while the other groaned. Aya meanwhile made some notes:

"Witch with attitude: Sexually frustrated?"

"Don't you dare to publish this!"

"The band logo. Any band logo."

This time the barbed wire was replaced by three unique and very stylized fonts reading 'Scorpions', 'Milli Vanilli' and 'Metallica'.

"Think about it: The only pop star to remain cool for more than ten years was Madonna, and you're not fooling anybody by getting a tattoo of her."

"Right," Church agreed.

"Who's Madonna?" asked Marisa.

"No one you would be interested in. Believe me," Sanae giggled.

"Lastly, and most importantly, are the tribal designs and the asian character," Grif continued, the band logos had been replaced by a symmetric design that looked like spread wings and an asien symbol.

"No one gets it! Let's be honest, you don't either. Someone had to explain it to you, and you have no idea if they were even telling you the truth."

Sanae snorted, stifling a laugh.

"Hey, what's so funny all of a sudden?" Reimu asked.

"I'm sorry, I just remembered something I saw back when I was still in the Outside World," giggled Sanae. "During a field trip to Germany, I saw someone who had a shirt with a kanji on it. I asked him if he knew what it meant and he said it meant 'courage'."

"What did it actually say?" asked Alice in anticipation.

"It read: 'I have a- I have a big-'!" she started laughing, unable to finish her sentence.

Luckily, everyone understood almost immediately... and bursted out laughing, too.

"Seriously!? He was walking around with a shirt that said that and he had no idea!?" Marisa asked through her fits of laughter.

"So, avoid these simple pitfalls, and a tattoo can be a wonderful, and rewarding experience... except for the pain."

"It's at this time that I would like to point out that our friend Private Grif here has a tattoo on his neck, his neck, in plain sight where anyone can see it, from the movie 'Blade' starring Wesley Snipes, right? It's 'Blade', not 'Blade 2'?"

"Actually, it's from the... comic book," Grif admitted with some embarrassment.

"Yeah, that's great. I'm sure your boyfriend loves it."

"Hah! Burn!" Aya taunted.

Grif sighed. "In closing, be sure to choose wisely when getting a tattoo. Don't repeat my mistakes."

"Right, listen. If I can't stop you from getting a tattoo, at least let me offer a good suggestion for a design. How about this: Why not get a tattoo of your favourite character from your favourite online cartoon?"

An image of 'Strong Bad' appeared on screen.

Giggling.

"I meant your other favourite online cartoon," Church angrily added.

The image changed one with the hosts of 'Penny Arcade'.

Laughter.

"Okay, you know what? Screw you," Church spat angrily and the screen went black. "I mean seriously, what do I care? Get a tattoo of an M16 in the middle of your forehead. That would give Sarge a boner."

Character Introduction

Name: Momiji Inubashiri

Race: Youkai (White Wolf Tengu)

Age: unknown

Occupation: Patrols and guards the Youkai Mountain

Eyes: Red

Hair: White

Characteristics: She has the tail and the ears of a white wolf

Title: The Petty Patrol Tengu

Special Abilities: Danmaku, Power to see great distances

Notes:

Friend of Aya. Can see up to 2.440 miles.

Name: Remilia Scarlet

Race: Youkai (Vampire)

Age: over 495 years

Occupation: Mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion

Eyes: Scarlet

Hair: Blue

Characteristics: Loli vampire with bat wings

Title: Eternally Young Scarlet Moon; Scarlet Devil

Special Abilities: Danmaku, Vampire Magic, Manipulation of Fate

Notes:

Remilia Scarlet is the owner and head of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, the mistress of Sakuya and Meiling, and the older sister (and guardian) of Flandre. Though her appearance (and often behavior) is child-like and seems non-threatening, she has fearsome magical powers and a reputation to match, being known throughout Gensokyo as the dangerous 'Scarlet Devil'. While she is naturally known to drink human blood, her light appetite means her victims almost never die from their wounds.

While her behavior is usually self-centered and somewhat bratty, it is possible to befriend her, however, humans and youkai alike prefer to avoid her. She claims to be a descendant of the world's most notorious vampire, Count Vlad Ţepeş Dracul, but this is a bald-faced lie.

Remilia apparently has the power to manipulate fate, although the specifics of this power have never been explained, since she has never been shown explicitly using it. Flandre implies that she may be able to read the future, but dismisses this as boasting rather than anything concrete.

One of Remilia's spell cards is named after Gungnir, the spear of Odin, described as having the ability to always hit its mark.