#outsidersmith

Major confusion. "How? Why? What?" Best leave her to her work, nerd.

“It’s a once a week thing.  You’d think it wouldn’t get dull.  It’s dreadfully so.”

And in an instant, Sakuya’s holding a dazed fairy in her arms.

“Back to work with you.”

[Punish heathens][Spread glory]

[Compassion and Kindness]

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SEND ME THINGS TO META ON.

         A ceremony (arranged basically single handedly by Yukari) took place once Reimu was old enough to ‘properly begin her duties’. This took place when Reimu was around ten years old. Though, the ceremony was mostly just for show, because all that really determines who can be shrine maiden is just their connection to the Hakurei boundary, their ability to help maintain it, and their capabilities in making sure the human village remains safe.

        And while it’s not a solid rule or anything, it’s very much typical/traditional for all the Hakurei shrine maidens to be of the Hakurei family. There are multiple reasons for this, but the important ones are that it just so happens the Hakurei family also happen to have the strongest connections to the barrier, thus making their job of maintaining it a lot easier, and that having all the shrine maidens be of the same family helps establish a sense of security and familiarity with the human villagers even if the individual shrine maidens may all be very different in personality from one another. Thus, while there are no laws or anything against it, an outsider to the family filling in the role of Hakurei Shrine maiden has only ever occurred in very, very, rare cases where there might not be a Hakurei family member to take over. If this ever occurs, though, it’s tradition for the outsider to also take up the Hakurei name after assuming the role. 

          Because of all of this, basically as soon as Reimu was born there was very little doubt she wouldn’t eventually take over after her mother.

        Of course, while for Reimu this ceremony took place when she was really, really, young (due to her mother’s disappearance) it normally takes place when the shrine maiden is around sixteen or seventeen, sometimes even older, really just depending on when they’re deemed as ‘ready’ to fully take on their full duties as the Hakurei Shrine maiden. 

Mima was cranky. More than usual, an astute observer might note if they were paying attention. Said observer would probably attribute this state of dissatisfaction with the growing number of entities that might prey upon evil Spirits or her seemingly poor choice in Shikigami or maybe the constant sting of betrayal that thoughts of Marisa brought on... But no.

The root of her annoyance was, in fact, the Human lad who stood at the end of the trail of delightful malice she’d been sniffing out. She’d hoped to find some aspiring mage with anger problems she could exploit, but no... Just some dude. A male dude.

Mima planted her fists at her hips and made a disgusted noise better left to the imagination of those that enjoy onomatopoeias like thhbbbt, snrk, and pssssssh... Possibly even the dreaded sklrrrrch if the man didn’t play his cards right.

“You again.” Indignant sniff. “I suppose we need to have a chat now, don’t we?”

After all, he wouldn’t be one to say no to… totally not suspiciously planted pieces of chocolate. None at all. Almost reminded him of actually easter that he missed.

Heaven forbids any villagers walk on in him like this.

This is too good. This is gold. Tewi can’t help it; she absolutely bursts into laughter, falling on the floor in her huge amusement. 

He actually ate her chocolate, and he ingested the drug! Now he freakin’ thinks he’s a dog! That’s rich, I say-- completely rich!! 

That is, until he comes totally uninvited up to her and starts attacking her. 

Whaaatt?! That’s so unfair! It’s April Fools’ Day, so she’s just following the protocol! What’s wrong with being a dog? It’s not as good as being a bunny, but sometimes it’s good to be humble!

As expected, Tewi doesn’t take to his attacking lightly, and she jumps away to avoid him, growling at him to quit it. Jeez, why ruin her fun already?

He’d just blankly stare at the rabbit, not paying too much mind to her words.

Is she going to run? She’s already moving. Move. Chase. Move. Chase.

Not that he’s acting malicious; her new dog-like friend. But then again isn’t chasing rabbits the closest thing to amusement for them?

Oh crap-- maybe he’s fitting the bill too much. He doesn’t have to chase her-- oh, there we go, he’s chasing her. 

Crap! Of course the only thing Tewi can think to do is run. Running away at full speed, she heads for the bamboo forest, knowing she can lose him there. She’s a rabbit, so she’s fast. And he’s just a human who thinks he’s a dog, so he’ll be as fast as a plain human too. 

“Come and get me~! ♪ ” Tewi taunts, knowing she’s got the upper hand. 

Once they make it to the bamboo forest, it should be easy to drop the sucker into a pitfall. 

Sorry Taiki, but you can’t beat the prankster at her own game~!