Chapter 6: The Name's Irnoveski
Time: 1246 Hour; 23rd of July, 2125 (Outside World Time)
Location: Hakurei Shrine.
"Why are we out of the action all the time?" Marisa sulked.
"These type of people always says 'Its too dangerous for you'. I've been wondering if it's safe for them..." Reimu added, after taking another sip at her tea.
Marisa stood up, broom on her right hand. "Well I don't care! I'm going to kick their ass or at least take something from them, to prove that I can, ze." She said so before flying off.
"Witches are Witches..." Reimu commented. Then she finds the cup empty. "That's weird, I though there's at least half a cup left..."
Omega E the Reader: That is totally in character for Marisa to do. Minus one sin.
WildMath55: Agreed. Marisa's always the aggresive one.
Sin Count: 57
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Meanwhile...
"Fire!" LT pointed at a bush, and everyone with a gun (or Bow, for Alice Lou) fired their weapons at where he is pointing. The bush is almost shredded by gunfire when a cold wind suddenly swept over and froze the bullets and arrows, which then shatters to pieces. "Bullet freezing. Heard of this in a couple of movies, but never seen it in action..." LT commented.
"That's right!" The feminine voice from earlier replied. "I can freeze any bullets you fire at me! So you can forget about shooting me with your puny guns!" The second half of the sentence came from behind the group, everyone turned around, and saw a Guard frozen in an ice cube, along with the cause...
"The name's Irnoveski. Cirno Irnoveski. And I'll make sure you remember that name when you die!" said the new fairy, who is wearing a blue blouse and has blue hair with green ribbon. Her icicle wings appears to be floating against her back and wasn't attached.
Omega E the Reader: You know I wonder why Cirno is even has a last name anyways? It's totally fine if some characters don't need a last name at all. Plus I actually like her name just by itself.
Lt Colonel Summers: I wonder why I even gave Cirno a last name...
WildMath55: Welp, plus one, then.
Sin Count: 58
Lunatic Over '9000'lord: Re-added as quickly as it was removed.
LT stays calm, and pointed his Doomstick at the new foe. "You seein' this?..." He attempted to taunt, but was cut short.
"I ain't falling for that trick!" Cirno yelled as she unleashes another attack. "Freeze Sign:..."
"EVASIVE MANUEVERS!" LT yelled, and everyone proceeds to do so. Alice Lou did not forget to grab the now frozen Shanghai.
"...Cryo Blast!" Cirno casts her attack, which blankets the entire battlefield with super cold wind. Everything that isn't frozen in the first place: grasses, trees, the Scouter's Goggles LT and right hand man dropped, etc, flash froze; anything that is already frozen: blood puddles, the shattered projectiles and the frozen Guard, shattered into pieces upon contacting the super cold wind. The surviving group only managed to stay warm by hiding behind large trees and rocks, so the wind gets separated by the blockades.
"God the air is like zero degrees right now!" David complained.
LT pulled out his Boomer pistol and ejected the clip to check the remaining ammo, he was disappointed with the count.
"Just one left in this one. No point in shooting at her directly as she would just freeze it." LT though. "Better make it count."
And so LT fired the only bullet into the ground...
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Meanwhile...
Location: Scarlet Devil Mansion, headquarters of the Scarlet Devil Army; Main Hall.
"Officer Irnoveski has just disobeyed orders and lead a team to attack the Outsiders."
"How many are killed?"
"Excluding Officer Irnoveski, all of the strike team. Outsiders: just one by Officer Irnoveski."
Omega E the Reader: Since when did Cirno get a military position? She is VERY unfit for service in a military she is an idiot and would just be a grunt due to being so weak, stupid and insubordinate.
Lt Colonel Summers: What was I thinking back then? Sin it is.
WildMath55: Hold on, this part already proved that Cirno is unfit for military service, since there's a clear insubordination on her part. And I don't think she will join any of the major Gensokyo factions, since she'd rather be independent. Another sin from me.
Sin count: 60
"Looks like the Outsiders are stronger than I thought. Buff the defenses!"
"Yes, Ma'am!"
And with that, the door to the main hall opened and a fairy in a military officer outfit marched out along with a couple of Fairy Soldiers, whom are each wielding a musket. A red armband is seen on the Fairy Officer's left arm.
Inside the main hall, the SDA's leader tells her second-in-command something.
"Sakuya, can you go to the site and see what's happening?" The leader asked.
Her second-in-command, the Chief Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, replied "Yes, Milady." and then leaves the main hall slowly.
Omega E the Reader: Say what? Why is there a Scarlet army? I thought it only contained maid fairies and stuff? More importantly I am wondering WHY they are wielding muskets?! Fairies can easily shoot bullets so wielding a musket is unnecessary.
Lt Colonel Summers: I was operating on Rule of Cool back then. Now this looked stupid, so sin it is.
WildMath55 : Yasei-kun would like to say something, but this is Author's realm, so he can't do anything. Yeah, for the sake of canon integrity, I second that.
Sin Count: 61
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"Hey, Irnoveski! Why don't you come at me with whatever attack you haven't used?" LT taunted loudly, and as he expected, Cirno charged toward him in rage.
"Nobody taunts this Ice Fairy!" Cirno yelled back, charging toward LT with an Ice Longsword on hand.
LT quickly jumped behind the rock he used as a cover earlier. Cirno went past him, but quickly readjusted her direction. As Cirno charges toward him, LT pulled out the Boomer that just has it's last shot fired, and pressed the button on it. The fired bullet, which is directly under Cirno right now, detonates and throws up dust into the air.
Taking this window of opportunity, LT dashed toward the cloud of dust that is covering Cirno, and slashed his Zantankuto at it. Cirno's ice sword is cut in half and then shatters, and then she is pinned against a frozen tree with LT's sword at neckpoint. The Guards, Turks, and RAIDERS jumped out of cover and also aimed their weapons at the ice fairy.
"Nice try, bitch..." LT gave one last taunt.
Omega E the Reader: Honestly I don't like LT's personality as he is so arrogant.
Lt Colonel Summers: How is this LT being arrogant? Where are you seeing the arrogance in LT? He's just taunting Cirno in order to make her let her guard down. This is not a sin, just you seeing something that doesn't exist.
Sin Count: 61 (sin shot down)
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"Now where could those Outsiders be?" Marisa sulked. She has tried to search the Landing site, but had to retreat when the automatic turrets placed there fired upon her.
Boom! An explosion was heard from somewhere nearby. "What was that?"
Marisa then heads toward the source of the explosion.
At the source of the explosion, Marisa saw what she never expected would be possible: Lots of wisps floating toward the sky above the explosion itself, and down at the source, the infamous ice fairy was held sword-against-the-neck and gunpoint by the Outsiders.
"I know Nine-ball's pretty weak, but just how do those Outsiders manage to fight Magic with Science anyway?"
Then, off the distance, Marisa saw someone she would never want to see again since the last encounter. "Not that pad-wearing maid!" She then dashes off.
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"Last chance: who hired you to kill us?" LT threatened while interrogating Cirno, who is tied up against a frozen tree, with each of her fingers tied up as well.
"..." Cirno remained silent.
"That's it!" LT pulled out the Doomstick and aimed it at Cirno's head, point blank. "Last words, Irnoveski-Shoka?"
"I'm not telling you that the Scarlet Devil Army will be prepare... oh." Cirno stopped mid-sentence when she realized she just spilled the beans by accident.
LT put away the Doomstick after hearing that. "Bakas like you should've spilled it long ago." He then cuts the ropes with his Zantankuto. "Go, now, before I change my mind."
"I'll be back!" Cirno taunted as she flies away from the frozen forest.
LT turns back toward the group.
"What about my doll?" Alice Lou asked.
"There's no remedy for that other than thawing out..." LT replied. Cue the ice cube cracking, and the doll inside breaks out unharmed. "Miss Shanghai, that is why a warzone is no place for toys." LT lectured, and the small doll gives an apologetic nob.
Takagi then walks up to LT. "May I ask if you even knows the meaning of the words 'Shoka' and 'Baka'?" The sentence has no slang, like his past sentences.
"Both are from your native language, Takagi Kobayashi. 'Baka' means 'idiot'; and 'Shoka' is the Asahian equivalent of 'Major'. Am I correct?"
"Indeed" Takagi commented.
There was a moment of silence...
"Are every members of the Summers family this knowledgeable?" Edge asked.
"Ask the President of Registan himself if you want the answer to that. They get along pretty well." David spoke.
Another silence...
...That was interrupted by a familiar voice heard only minutes ago.
"I'm back! Icicle Sign:..." Cirno suddenly reappeared from nowhere.
LT calmly pulled out a Boomer, a different one, and pressed the button. And then...
...Cirno's head exploded. Her headless body falls onto the ground and begins to dematerialize into the same wisp other fairies have became.
"Nice try, bitch..." LT echoed. As he pointed the hi-tech pistol upwards, it is noticeable that the gun has no magazine in it. "The explosive bullets doesn't have to be fired to be detonable."
Right hand man jumped in. "No life sign, like all the previous locals encountered, even while alive."
"That confirms it: Magika Radiation mask Bio-Signs, and there's no way around it at all. We'll have to stick with Radiation Scanners." LT pieced the information as he put on his shades, ordinary sunglasses. "This must be the Scarlet Devil Army's insignia. Wonder where the nearest ZPM is..." He said as he kicked the headless ice fairy, noticing the red armband on her left arm.
"Sir, that would be half a Click away..."
As the group of Guards, Turks and RAIDERS followed LT and right hand man forward, they eventually hit what appears to be the end of the forest. As they exited, they could see from a distance an old-fashioned Necopolitan-styled mansion that is painted red and has little windows on it. On top of it's clock tower stood a flag with the same insignia as Cirno's armband.
Besides some marching soldiers, Fairy Soldiers to be exact, some tanks are also seen going into the mansion compounds...
"This must be the SDA's HQ..." Right hand man commented in awe.
"It's quite easy to make out that this army has very low tech weapons. Seriously? 400 years old muskets? 300 years old tanks with no bonus attachments? They will be no problem!" David added.
"I disagrees." LT replied. "Sure they are as poorly armed as the late 21st century armies. But they outnumbered us by thousands. Not to mention the soldiers are all Fairies whom can't be killed permanently."
Omega E the Reader: I am still wondering why the SDM even needs tanks and guns? The fairies are able to fire bullets without wielding a bulky rifle while the SDM crew themselves are able to take down other tanks IE Flan can just kyuu them all or Patchy uses one of her deadly spells.
Lunatic-Over'9000'Lord: Old weapons are a LIABILITY! They'd be better off without them!
Lt Colonel Summers: I'd have shot this sin down by saying that it helps to have multiple heavy hitters other than Flandre and Patchy. But then I realized I'd have to add it anyway because the SDM having tanks and guns do look stupid. They could've done with other kinds of heavy hitters...
WildMath55: Like Patchouli and Marisa's golems from PatchCon, then the former's arachnid robots and mechas from DynaMarisa 3D... And don't forget the latter's firearms from same game. At least those are Twilight Frontier's creations and Touhou related. Another sin, it is.
Sin Count: 62
"Aw shucks. And I though we can finally just plain duke it out..." Edge complained
