First Evening at Yokai Academy

Luna watched Father Tsuji leave after he handed them the holy water. Something seemed off about him to her, but that would have to wait until later. "Maybe he was investigating the corruption too, but why leave now..."

Quite possibly, that man is just lazy. After all, there's a gaggle of students willing to do it on their own time for him.

That doesn't inspire my confidence in the teaching staff here... With certain instructors being 'eccentric' as-is, Luna couldn't help but wonder about the next 3 years at this school.

While Luna was thinking about the corruption, the definitely-not-a-romcom scenario with Rikishi went on in the background.

"Hey wait, where are you go...ing..."

She looks down at the imitation gold tube and pops the cork to see what's in it, then replaces said cork.

"He ran off really fast. What's up with this water?"

She holds it out for nobody in particular, but with a definite bent towards Hanami.

"Holy water? What are we supposed to do? Wouldn't watering evil plants make them stronger?"

For the first time around her new peers, the dragon girl seems genuinely puzzled by events. She looks up from the tube to Rikishi, though still down overall, and she stares at him for several seconds. Unlike princesses, handsome boys cause no particular excitement in Sumeryu. Since when do dragons care about princes except to eat them? Never! That's when!

Well there was Kaguya-hime, but her beau was a monk, not a prince.

Anyway.


"So the map in your cookie said to go here?" she prompts Ibuki, ignoring Rikishi for the moment. Her obliviousness comes across as nonchalant social mastery through subtle and active body language, in particular in how she stands with one knee slightly bent and her hand on her hip.

"that is what i assumed the red X indicated though we could be slightly off on the exact location, as for the holy water... while it is not my belief i have found the the power of faith is its own kind of strength" Ibuki is also ignoring Rikishi for now as she gets a vague sense that this is hole best left undug

"Well if you are vouching for him Katsuya i have no reason to suspect him, we all have our secrets Afterall. On to other matters i believe you said the source of this corruption would be easier to find at but more powerful yes? if it seems we are close to its source i think we should take it down now before it becomes fully night where its at its strongest no? this would also prevent any one else falling victim to these plants"

"Yes, it should be easy to find now, but it's at the peak of its power... If we fight it now, we'll need to be prepared for the worst. But now that we roughly know where it is, we can also come back during the day when it's weaker."

Luna spoke out of concern for her newfound friends. While she was experienced with carrying out exorcisms, she couldn't be sure how everyone else would fair fighting the corruption.

Lín Jìng takes a long circular path, trying not disturb Hanami and Rikishi, while definitely not letting her eyes off them, and approaches Luna. "So, um, you all up to something? Bashing more corrupt trees and mushrooms? Or what are we, errr, you, or we, doing next?"

"Oh, don't give me that!" Hanami rolls her eyes. "If you actually looked like this, it wouldn't make sense for you to steal panties. You're planning something weird again, aren't you? Whatever it is, you're lucky there's more important things to worry about or I'd rip off that illusion myself!"

She lets go of Rikishi's collar and faces everyone. "Ahem... Sorry for the distraction. I personally think we should take the source of the corruption down now before anyone else gets hurt. However, if we proceed, we should do so with caution. I can't shake the feeling that we were led out here for a reason."

Luna nodded her head in agreement with Hanami. "Agreed, let's proceed with caution then. Can you use your magic to light the way?"

The giant girl answers Lin: "There was a map inside a cookie that Ibuki got at the cafe. The manager was kind of suspicious about the whole thing; it came on a plate of pastries we didn't order. It would seem to me that she wants someone else to take care of the problem for her, even though she knows about it."

She puts her hands on her hips and huffs. "The teachers and staff haven't shown much in the way of responsible maturity, so it's up to us to prevent anybody else from being hurt, like that priest was."

Then, the gorgeous dragon girl flips her long red hair over her shoulder and declares, nonchalantly and with calm confidence, to both Luna and Hanami, "There's nothing to be afraid of. I'm here to protect you." If any of the fan club were around to witness that, at least half of them would have fainted.

"Which way?" she asks, already stepping forward to be the first into danger.