#memoryvista

Squid Girl had the day off from working at the restaurant, so she felt like going out for a swim in the ocean. Despite being a sea creature, she has really come to enjoy the surface, and thus hasn't really been out to sea that much since she came up to the surface world.

It seems she hasn't been the only one enjoying the ocean's waters though. Of course, all kinds of people come to this beach to relax and play. She looked around at everyone enjoying themselves today, and she noticed something.

Then, It would certainly mean that the alchemist was next on the list. If there was a spectator from afar. They would have just seen a short woman dressed in a dull blue kimono that was being constantly battered with danmaku by a small trio of generic fairies. If the spectator were closer, they might have noticed the cuts, leaves, twigs and other small debris that she had donned on her kimono and frilly short hair while she ran. Hiei looked to be in bad shape. The only thing that didn't stop her from running was the natural adrenaline, and the will to live with a high chance of death. 

A human or even a youkai with moderate power could have easily dispatched the fairies, but if there was one around, they certainly didn't care enough, and left this little human to her unfortunate fate. This young girl knew not of where she ran, only that it might be a safe haven from being torn asunder by danmaku. She happened to be running towards the Higan unknowingly, her body already exerting pass its' limits.

The alchemist's vision was starting to become cloudy and her senses had already become dull from the constant running. Her geta's foot strap broke loose, sending her straight to the ground tumbling. She stared up at the sky, sprawled out completely as the fairies closed in for the easy kill.. 

Staring at Kagura, well now he was interested. A girl with short hair? It almost reminded him of how sometimes his 'sister' could get a bit of a 'boyish' side to her. With a curious look in his eye, the vampire king hummed. 

Rinnosuke had just returned to Kourindou after another day of searching for technology from the outside world. Well, it was more like a half-day, since it was just late afternoon. Anyway, it was nice to finally get a chance to relax after walking for so long. And to top it all off, he was free of his regular annoyances.

Heading to the kitchen to make some tea, the half-youkai heard a small noise coming from the main area. But when he turned back around and scanned the shop, there was nobody there, and the bell on the door hadn't even rung. Was it another troublesome fairy that took up residence while he was away? Whatever it was could wait until his tea was done, at any rate.

When the beverage was finally done, Rinnosuke began investigating the strange noises he was hearing. They where frequent enough to be annoying, but not frequent enough to be too much help in ascertaining their source. After a good ten minutes of trying in vain, he thought he'd finally done it: there was a large cabinet about as tall as he and thrice as broad. So who...or whatever he heard took up residence in here. 

He put his cup down on top of the cupboard and reached into his pocket for his mini-hakkero. After hearing from Marisa just how useful the tool was, he made a personal one for himself when he came across a sample of the rare hi'irokane. While Rinnosuke couldn't use it nearly as well as the witch could, it was still handy in a pinch. With his free hand, he opened the door to find...

...a pink and blue blur come tumbling out on top of him. This was no fairy; she was almost as tall as Rinnosuke himself. "Ack!" was about all he could say as the two fell to the floor, the mini-hakkero skittering under a shelf. She was making a thunderous growling noise that almost sounded like...snoring? Wait. This girl had honestly fallen asleep in a cupboard?

Once he recovered from his initial shock, he gently shook her. "Hey, wake up." He'd never seen her before, just who was she, and what was she doing here?