Komachi Onozuka's Story

"So you got us to a mysterious area just because you wanted to judge more people?" Komachi asked.
"I wasn't like I wanted to go here!" Eiki replied.

Eiki was frustrated. All she said to Yukari was that she wanted to judge more people;
She didn't want to appear in another place just like that! Yet here she was, with not a single clue about the place.
Yukari also dragged Komachi with her. She was her Subordinate, but she constantly slacked off. A day wouldn't go by without a scolding to Komachi. She didn't know if having Komachi would be a grace or a burden.

Eiki looked around. She saw buildings of varying heights around her. They had varying colours, making it hard on the eyes. She flew up for a better view and Komachi followed suit, the buildings extended far and wide, blanketing the surface. It looked like an intricate pattern looking down. At the borders, green fields covered the outside area. City's weren't very common in Gensokyo, Yet this one reached far and wide.

The two girls flew down. Feeling the breeze from the wind resistance. They came to a slow stop on the ground, landing with a thud. "I guess our first plan is to find some Youkai who know about this area"
The path seemed endless, but Eiki didn't mind the distance.
She didn't even take two steps when Komachi protested: "Wait! Why do we have to walk? Can't we do something else?"
"Do you have any better ideas?"
"Well... Uh, maybe just sit and wait for someone? heh." Eiki proceeded as if she didn't hear Komachi.
Komachi groaned and started following.

And so they started walking down the newfound place they were in. The path was long and tiring, and Komachi looked like she wanted to lie down and rest. It was also difficult to see, as it was nighttime out. The moon seemed to look different to Eiki,
Maybe it's just her.

Midnight, a time where the normally noisy streets were quiet. Although there was few civilians walking around there were a few patrols of what appeared to be soldiers. Wearing beige colored flak vests, some sort of rifle slung around their soldiers and even armored vehicles accompanying these patrols from tanks, to armored walkers.

The brave soldiers of the Imperial Guard was active at night to defend the city from any evil that threatens the civilians that live here...Of course the focus was not on these distinguished men of war rather a lone man in a red uniform and officers hat. A mercenary was his occupation and he wandered the streets at night.

"Alright...Nightime seems like a better time to walk around...I get ambushed by all sorts of random bounty hunters duing the morning each time I show myself...Maybe I have better luck at night...Oh who am I kidding, it might be worse...I just hope I can find a bar around here..." The man ssighed to himself as he walked across the sidewalk passing a pair of soldiers who disappeared around the corner, even with all these soldiers many parts of the city was not fully covered.

Still, not like he cared...He was a wanderer, a mercenary, he moved from place to place. With a small shake of his head he looked at his surroundings, hands in his pockets as he did. He spotted two girls walking around...That's an unusual sight...But it did not concern him of course. Just some random girls, what? Was it Halloween already?

With a shrug he continued walking making sure to keep looking around.

"Can we rest now-"
"No."

Komachi has asked this question for the tenth time during the course of the walk. And they only walked 5 minutes.
Because of this Eiki considered to actually say yes just to stop the nagging. Of course, she didn't but it would be nice.
The Buildings remained colourful, even after walking. The clouds above them moved slowly overhead, occasionally blocking the moonlight. It still struck her as odd about how the moon looked different. It was; calming in a way, walking in the quiet night; it was soothing. At least when Komachi didn't interrupt her-

"Can we re-"
"No!"
"But I see some people in the distance!"

Eiki looked ahead. She saw a red figure standing tall in the distance. Someone at last! On closer inspection, he appeared to wear a blue cap of sorts; Kind of like her hat.

"How lovely. A Youkai in the city." Eiki looked at Komachi "Do you mind transporting to him?" Eiki sincerely asked.

Komachi had the ability to manipulate distance, specifically between her and a target. It was an average ability compared to others in Gensokyo, but it was very useful for travelling to places quickly. She used it often in ferrying the souls of people to Eiki for judging. Komachi could also manipulate ghosts so she could extinguish one if the ghost she was ferrying was hostile. Almost everyone in Gensokyo had a unique ability.

"Ehh!? Why didn't you say that during the walk! We could have avoided all that walking!" Komachi Exclaimed
"We only walked for five minutes. Besides, you didn't have a target destination. And even if you tried just warping in front of you, you would have been tired quite quickly. And we don't even know how far we have to walk!" Eiki reasoned
"Ahh... Good point."

So Eiki grabbed on to Komachi's arm, and soon after Komachi zipped to the red figure carrying Eiki with her. I was a change of pace from all that walking, as they felt the cold breeze waft through them.
They landed on the ground after with a small thud. Komachi seemed suspicious of the Youkai but Eiki walked to him right on ahead.

"Why hello. I just wanted to ask where this place is." Eiki began.
"Why hello young... miss?" The person replied. He was weirded out by her odd outfit but he couldn't judge.
A male? Eiki thought. Youkai did adapt human-like forms, but virtually all of them became women. Eiki pondered. She continued pondering. "We are currently in Wing City in Main Street. Most people go inside by now, An evening walk?" He asked.
"Oh thanks. I and my subordinate were just lost" Eiki responded.
"What.. Subordinate?" The mercenary responded.
"Oh the one right behind me-" Eiki turned around but Komachi was nowhere to be found.

Eiki looked left and right. But she didn't see her; Just the colourful buildings and the Youkai beside her.
"Komachi! Did she seriously leave just because she was bored and tired!" Eiki thought furiously
Eiki started squeezing her rod tightly, along with closing her eyes in anger.
"I swear I will scold her so much she won't ever slack off again!" Of course, Eiki said this everytime she needed to scold Komachi. She was going to storm off when she was interrupted again.

"Umm... Are you okay miss? You look frustrate-"
"NO!" She boomed. Then she opened her eyes to see a confounded Youkai.
"Sorry. My subordinate seems to have wandered off again. Excuse me for the... Outburst." Eiki said embarrassingly.
"Oh, uh... oka- It's okay. I sometimes have frustrating days of my own." The Mercenary replied.
"In fact, I was paid to hunt down a person by the name of Russian. I think the name of the client was Hadriel"
"I've searched this area ten's of times as the client said he was located here. But I swear every time I think I found him, It isn't him. The client already gave me a detailed description of him and I still haven't found him!"

"Sounds infuriating. I hope you can do your job. One last thing, who is that Youkai with that thing on his arm? Is he related to you?" Eiki asked.
"Youkai? Thing on his ar- wait." The Mercenary quickly turned to look.

"What a dank place." Komachi expressed.

She was exploring the city out of curiosity and boredom. Her master Eiki was talking to a weird Youkai, or so she thought.
She thought the conversation was getting boring, and she didn't trust him. So she decided to explore of her own accord.
She was tired after all that walking so she wasn't going to explore that far. So far her wandering hasn't yielded her anything interesting, as shown by the fact she was in a dark alleyway.

"This isn't very interesting. Maybe I should turn back" She complained.

Yet she continued on the alleyway out of curiosity.
There were occasional puddles on the ground usually out of water, but sometimes it was some brownish-greenish liquid. Komachi avoided those. There was litter and broken bottles on the ground. They made crinkling and clinging noises when she stepped on them. The walls were a plain brick. Occasionally there were windows on them, but all of them were lightless.

Komachi pressed forward.

Komachi eventulaly came to a Door with light shining beneath it.
Tons of noise poured out from the door, like different voices conversing.
"What is this place?" Komachi pondered, "There isn't any sign".
Of course Komachi couldn't see, much less read the sign due to the fact that it's midnight out.
She knocked on the door... No reply. She didin't know if it was the noise or if there was no one.

I don't trust this place. Komachi suspiciously said.
But she already came all this way in the alleyway. She didn't want to come all the way here for naught. Besides, Curiosity may kill the cat; But not her! She already has her trusty spells and scythe.

Welp. In I go! She said entering the door.

Komachi entered, looking around at her surroundings.
"A... Bar?" Komachi questioned.
She pondered the logic of having the entrance of the bar located in a dark alleyway.
She looked around again.

There was a bar extending along the left side of the wall. Some people were in chairs conversing. A barista was working behind the bar, wiping a glass. Various bottles lined the back of the bar. Round tables populated the right side, along with some more people to boot. Music was playing though a device that Komachi couldn't identify. One of the walls had a stairway leading upwards. Probably more of the bar.

Komachi was feeling a lot of tension lately. She needed a place to unwind. So Komachi sat down on one of the swivel chairs. "Ahh..." Komachi let out. She swivelled around turned towards the bar.

OOC: Accidental Repost

Komachi. Who was in the bar was listening to the conversation unfold.
She didn't have anything to do as the bartender was serving someone else.

While listening to their conversation she figured they were talking about things like death. She had had her fair share of demons.
Scratch that; the only people she had contact with were demons, aside from the spirits she ferried. Youkai were a type of demon right? Or are they a separate species. Komachi liked to ponder on various questions on free time.

She usually casually talked about dark subjects so she only became more interested. She had her eyes closed in thought while listening to her conversation, with a little mix of rest. They were talking about how one of them almost killed a friend of theirs. She wasn't sensitive so she really only cared about how it affects her workload.

Ehh. At least that's one less person to ferry. She blurted out. They might have heard her, but she didn't care that much.

”I mean, it makes my job easier. Not that's your concern.” Komachi a bit rudely replied.
”Sorry. Not in the best mood.” Komachi apologised after.
She didn't really want to start a conversation, though at least she wouldn't get that bored.

”Just a question, what is this place?”
Komachi saw this a bit as an opportunity to ask some questions.
So it would be useful for her take advantage of this.

The old man looked over his shoulder at the red-haired, for lack of a better word, girl sitting alone. He had noticed her when she had come in a while before he had spoken to the young man, and hadn't given her much thought aside from the fact he knew her for not exactly "human" Though what she was he couldn't say, the Heads up display built into his eyes confirmed that she was not infact "normal" but gave little more than that.

The old cyborg narrowed his eyes a bit, disapproving her comment. Statements made aloud like that simply to get attention... Maybe she was just a normal girl, maybe a nurse or something what with the talk of Rodger's friend being hurt, though the clothing suggested something else...

" A forgotten corner of the world, namely just a crummy bar now, but it was really something back in its hay day..." He answered.

”Ehh, good enough for me.” Any place of rest for her was fine for now.
”Sorry for that rude interruption earlier.
I’m not familiar with this city and I was getting groggy.”
Komachi apologized again.
”Komachi.” She introduced.

”And who’s the machine lookin Youkai?”
Komachi Asked.

The name rang a bell... And sure enough, he found some information about the Shinigami,
The old man raised an eyebrow at Rodgers comment; he had said his name, or so he had thought.

" My name is Issac." he answered. " Issac Schofield." How had the young woman figured out he was mostly made of metal? It was not as if he had bits of metal sticking out everywhere, or even had glowing eyes. In fact, Issac' had chosen this model because of how close to real it seemed. Once you pulled back a few layers of synthetic skin sure but otherwise he would seem completely normal. Maybe her being a shinigami had something to do with it.

" Pleased to meet you Miss Komachi. A bit far from Gensokyo arn't we?" He asked in a curious tone.

"Far from Gensokyo? What do you mean? Isn't this part of Gensokyo?"
Komachi was confused. Surely they aren't just, off the map? She just suggested to herself he was just joking.

"As I understand it, we are at something of a crossroads between realms. All realms to be exact. " The old cyborg said stretching in his chair. " Something outta a novel almost. One moment you're sitting here havin' a drink, the next a dragon sits next to ya trying to pick ya up for a---err... adventure." He said remembering that Rodger was only thirteen...

" So I suppose the answer is somewhere between yes and no." He said apologetically to the shinigami. " We are, but we arn't." He added.

The old man turned to Rodgers. " You can know anything, its the quality and amount that's questioned."

"Haha very funn- wait What!?!" Said Komachi shocked.
If that was the case it would explain the non-female people they saw earlier.
And according to Issac, she wasn't even in the outside world. Or even in the Milky way.

Komachi started tightening her grip on her scythe. "Curse you Yukari!" Komachi thought in frustration.
It was her fault that she and Eiki were stuck here! She started thinking about if she and her master could get home, or even where to start. What if she's stuck here forever! She didn't know.

Komachi let out a sigh, loosening her grip on the handle. She realized how ridiculous she must look to everyone right now.
Right now she should calm down and just ask some questions; maybe even get a drink or two. She postured herself, kind of like what Eiki does.

"Sooo... What planet is this?" She asked.

Issac gave a quizzed look to Rodger, he thought he had explained it pretty well...
" Think like if someone had a time machine, and the broke it, and all the timelines started blending together."

Issac shrugged at Komachi's question. " Terra, at least that's what folks call it. It's a lot like the Earth I'm from. " He said turning his attention back to his drink, which he took a slow sip from.

" Not an awful place, gets invaded from space a fair bit, but the people here are resilient. " He mused, swishing the brown alcohol around in its glass.

"Resilient? Try my place." She said thinking about Reimu and all the incidents.

"Anyways, what is this city called, and is there anywhere I should start?"
Komachi asks after turning to the bar, planning to order a drink or something.
She rested her elbow on the table, putting a side of her head on her hand. She drummed her fingers slowly.

”Umm, you’re staring at scythe?”