Chapter 1: Snooping Around

Time: 1330 Hour; July 22nd of 2125 (outside world time)

Location: Hakurei Shrine.

Reimu: "?!"

Yukari: "What's wrong?"

Reimu: "Did you feel that?"

Yukari: "Feel what?"

Reimu: "Something just broke through the Barrier."

Yukari remain silent for a few seconds. Then...

Yukari: "You're right, something did, just now..."

Reimu: "Should we go check it?"

Yukari: "You really should. I have a very bad feeling about this."

Reimu: "It better not be the beginning of another Incident. I should go get Marisa and Alice, just in case..."

Omega E the Reader: Yukari would have known the moment someone enters the barrier and WHO it is that entered. The reason is due to her gaps being able to allow her to see who entered. Besides do you really think Yukari would not know who entered as she would know a lot on the Outside World at least in this AU.

Lt Colonel Summers: I underestimated Yukari's omniscience back when I was writing this series, so... yeah, Omega is kind of right...

Sin Count: 11

...

Around the same time...

Location: unknown location under a stone cliff.

The GA-Raider lies dormant under a cliff, having sustained minor damaged and forced to land. A couple of men-in-black and cloaked men were unloading boxes from the cargo bay with help from their passengers.

LT himself was using a Scouter's Goggles to scan the damage on the VTOL.

"The turbines are completely magnetized. Won't rotate a degree until they demagnetizes." He noted while trying to rotate a propeller with his hands. It won't budge in either direction even with maximum strength applied. "Never seen magnetism this powerful, it might take days to dissipate." He noted even further, then he took the Goggles off and jumped back onto the ground, swiftly.

"But it's a surprise that the magnetism didn't knock out the main computers, just the Engines. Isn't that weird?" noted by a voice from inside the VTOL.

Omega E the reader: Why hasn't Yukari transported them back to the outside world on the spot? More importantly you would THINK the other characters would notice them come to Gensokyo like Eirin or Tenshi.

Lt Colonel Summers: Again, not too knowledgeable on Yukari's capabilities back then.

Sin Count: 12

"David, get out of there and help the others unload the stuffs." LT spoke with a comedic tone.

A man with blond hair jumps out of the rear compartment door. Dust flew up as he landed.

"Next time try NOT to jump out that way. Now stop slacking and help my men." LT spoke again, this time in a strict tone.

David suddenly dropped his Registanian humor and acted like a real soldier. "Yes sir." Then he left to help LT's men.

"That applies to you RAIDERS too. Now get out, slowly." LT spoke again. The first half of the sentence in strict army-man tone, the second half in civilian tone.

Omega E the reader: So we meet the first of the OP Stus of LT's crew. And he doesn't seem to have a lot of personality to him.

Lunatic Overlord 9000: No wonder Lt the Author had a hard time grasping the whole "things that advance the character": Personalities change on the fly when the plot demands it.

Lt Colonel Summers: Yep. I feel so ashamed seeing my past self's basically nonexistent grasp on character personalities.

Sin Count: 13.

"Sometimes I just don't understand why his personality changes so rapidly. One moment he's a humorous folk, another moment like a training officer in a bad mood." Spoke a black-haired middle-aged man, who got off the rear compartment rather slowly.

"It's Coporando Persona. That's why you should be careful with your manners, no matter how nice he seems. Because being a joke character when he suddenly becomes serious is a very bad time for you. One guy learned it the hard way, if I remember correctly." replied a woman, whose hair was tied up as a ponytail, while wearing red short-sleeved shirt and equally black knee-length skirt and thigh-high socks. One of the few RAIDERS operatives whose choice of casual wear was worth noting.

Omega E the reader: And we meet one of the other people now a Sue sin the form of this woman who also doesn't really have a personality.

Lt Colonel Summers: Same with the previous sin.

Sin Count: 14

"Takagi, you coming?" the woman asked another man who just got out of the rear compartment.

"Go to your boyfriend, Miss Alice Lou." Takagi sulked. His being a middle-aged man with white hair was also notable. "You might want to leave your purse in the plane..."

Omega E the reader: And another one. Takagi, so what is his personality anyways besides being there?

Lt Colonel Summers: Rule of three.

Sin Count: 15

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10 minutes later...

Location: unknown location in high altitude; a forest and river can be seen off the distance.

Reimu: "That's the last time we are bailing you out from the GPF, Marisa."

Alice Margatroid: "There's a reason you are banned from stepping foot in Patchouli's Library: you should stop 'borrowing' things."

Marisa: "I was actually planning to borrow it until I die. Besides, it's borrowed from Nitori's company, ze."

Reimu: "It is a bigger offence to 'borrow' from Kawashiro Electronics. It's the company that bought technology into Gensokyo, and she isn't happy when her new invention is stolen."

Marisa: "Say, where are we going anyway?"

Alice Margatroid: "Reimu says that Outsiders may have broken through the barrier, and needs to see if it's true."

Reimu: "This is just surveillance, Marisa, so no Master Sparking unless it's an emergency. Oh, the location of the damaged barrier might be somewhere around here."

Alice Margatroid: "Let's get onto solid ground and walk the rest of the way there."

And so the trio flew down toward the ground.

Omega E the reader: Yukari would have used her gaps or her crow familiars for spying. The outsiders not expect those to be used. Reimu, Marisa and Alice are all unfit for surveillance missions.

Lt Colonel Summers: Again, I was unfamiliar with Yukari's capabilities back then.

Sin Count: 16

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Location: Landing site.

LT looked to the sky as though he heard something up there.

LT: "I thought I saw something..."

His right hand man looked at the same spot. "Seems perfectly fine to me."

LT: "Better be safe than sorry..."

LT then turns to his men and the RAIDERS, whom have finished unloading the cargo. "Alright, everyone. It will take days for the repairs to be done. We might as well set up camp while we're at it. Get the defense perimeters up!"

LT's men responded with a "Yes sir!"

David: "I never liked camping trips..."

Alice Lou: "Except this isn't one. Better do it before he goes Training-Instructor-in-a-bad-mood again."

Omega E the reader: Wouldn't there be a swarm of man eating youkais? It's worth to note that youkais will eat any outsiders the moment they arrive so youkais would also show up to come to LT and his band of Stus and sues. Plus I know for a fact that there are wild youkais who don't follow the rules when outsiders are involved so they will attack LT and his crew.

Lt Colonel Summers: My intent was for LT and co encounter Rumia first. But I can see where you're going with this. So sin it is.

Sin Count: 17

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Location: a few meters from the landing site, on top of the trees.

Marisa: "You're right, they do look like Outsiders, ze."

Reimu: "With all those science, I'm surprised that they haven't started 'taking samples' yet."

Alice Margatroid: "Better stay quiet for now, because it looked like that guy with the cap is getting suspicious."

Cue "the guy with the cap" putting down a metal box. Opening it reveals a rectangular gun-like object with four tiny tubes at the longer end, a katana much longer than a certain half-ghost's, and something tiny that is hard to identify from that distance.

Reimu: "That sword is longer than both of Youmu's ghost-blades, not combined, at least."

Marisa: "Whatever it is, I have a bad feeling about that gun-thing. we better get out of here before they actually hear us."

Omega E the reader: I would say that Youmu's swords would still be able to screw over huge swords due to their properties being able to slice through anything. To be more specific, Roukanken is the one being able to slice through anything.

Lt Colonel Summers: Back then, I thought that Youmu's sword being able to cut anything is metaphorical and, with the "unstoppable force meets immovable object" trope in mind, an exaggeration. On top of some fictional alloy used by this universe's Outside World... Let's just say there's a lot of BS behind why this scene deserves a sin.

Sin Count: 18

The trio prepares to fly up and leave, but Marisa snapped a twig by accident. The "guy in the cap" responded by aiming the gun-like object at the source of the sound. As he pulls the trigger, a green ball of energy gathers at the end with the tiny tubes. When the energy ball is as big as a soccer ball, he released the trigger, and the energy ball shoots off toward where he aimed.

BOOM! As the energy ball hits home and incinerating the tree. Fire began spreading from the disintegrated tree.

The trio, who had slid out of that tree at the last minute, decides to fly away from the scene at top speed, using the treetops as cover. "Screw this, I'm out of here!" Reimu cursed silently. "Me too, ze!" Marisa followed suit. Alice Margatroid followed without saying a word, but she is clearly also terrified.

Omega E the reader: Man the Touhou characters are a bunch of pussies. Reimu, Alice, and Marisa would have actually seen this as a challenge and engaged then as a result.

Lt Colonel Summers: Once again, I blame my previously nonexistent grasp on personalities.

Sin Count: 19

...

LT looked at the tree he just incinerated. He shot at it because he heard a twig being snapped.

His right hand man looked in awe. "Sir, that's probably just a bird or monkey."

LT responded, "You're probably right. But I just wanted to see if the Tau Cannon is still working properly."

RHM: "To me, that's still overkill..."

LT said no word for now. He looked at the sky. It has an orange hue.

LT: "Better hurry up with the camping gears. Sun's setting. Make sure you install those Drone Cameras and Sentries correctly."

Omega E the reader: There are a lot of other people in Gensokyo who would want to challenge LT and his band of Sues and Stus in combat. After hearing about his weapons.

Lt Colonel Summers: I would have handwaved it as Yukari wanting to have fun with her epic trolling of LT and co. Then I realized that it's a beyond-stupid excuse used by god knows how many other writers besides me. So one sin for each named character in LT's party, except LT who gets two for being also an Author Avatar. So that's six sins.

Sin Count: 25