Touhou

"Well, now you have to do your part of the deal, ze~" Marisa chuckled as she pulled the Evil Spirit up to her feet- er.... Up to a vertical position. She smiled a bit, cheerful since she can now become even stronger with the help of her old mentor..... Until she remembered one crucial part. Marisa's life wasn't exactly heaven under the instruction of Mima. A shiver quickly crawled up her spine and Marisa's eyes widened, thankfully without being able to be noticed. Oh dear Lord. She has to do her part of the deal, ze. "So, Mima-sama. How shall we start off?"

[OOC: I'm so sorry for the short post, but I am not sure how to have this progress. Sorry.]

How they would start off, that was certainly the intriguing question for Mima. Mima was actually curious as to the reason that Marisa wanted to be taught under Mima. Marisa was probably nowhere near her level in expertise, but it was a law that a magician never revealed her true secrets, so Mima wasn't going to make Marisa a replica of herself. Sure she taught Marisa many of her spells before, but Mima's magic was centered around Astrology, the old study of the cosmos, as it was Mima's expertise. Unfortunately, Marisa had been starting to take on more Astronomy in her spells, the newer outside-world 'science' and rejecting the idea of Astrology entirely.

Of course, if Marisa simply wanted to be more powerful, that would have been more difficult for a human. It was easy for a Youkai, whom had high Od (internal magical power) to begin with, which is why some wizards and witches become so in tune with magic, they become Youkai, often the result of separation from others, or even training in Makai. Marisa clearly hasn't decided to do this, probably due to some sort of worldly bond, so that would have made it challenging. Youkai also had an edge as they weren't too different from Gods, in a way. While Gods gained power by faith, and how much humans put their trust in them, Youkai grew power by their fear, and how much they hated them. This was likely how youkai Witches and Warlocks were spawned. Anyway, Mima figured, the best way to figure out how to teach a person is to figure out how why the student wishes to be taught. Something a philosopher might say.

"Well," she said, "First of all, I can't imagine exactly why you want to be taught. I mean, sure you're far from my level, but you surely are skilled enough to protect yourself from Youkai, I'd imagine. Of course, if you need some help in fighting somebody or something, there's that shrine maiden," Mima hated bringing her up, because that would make people think about how she beat her, and Mima likely wasn't the only one, "But of course, I suppose you can always be better than her with my teachings..."

"Well, first of all, I can't imagine exactly why you want to be taught. I mean, sure you're far from my level, but you surely are skilled enough to protect yourself from Youkai, I'd imagine. Of course, if you need some help in fighting somebody or something, there's that shrine maiden." Mima explained. Marisa's fists clenched at the mention, though it would've been worse if Mima actually said her name. "But of course, I suppose you can always be better than her with my teachings..."

".... I'm going for the latter." Marisa said. ".... I'm wanting not just being able to fight somebody." Marisa sighed. "I want to be able to beat that shrine maiden." Her hatred was obvious. Her disdain can easily be heard from how she said the title of the one she hated so much.

Mima raised an eyebrow. Marisa seemed to have been displaying some sort of resentment toward Reimu, or something. Had she'd down something to break her trust? It made Mima curious. Perhaps she'd find Reimu later on. Sure Mima noticed Marisa hadn't been in contact with her, but she didn't suspect some ill-feelings developing between them. Although, as Marisa was right now, staying distant from others, it could have been the next step in gaining power, should Mima decide to take her that far. Mima wasn't human, and therefor, she didn't consider the ethics behind it as much as she should have.

Mima even started grinning at the possibilities. Marisa was a perfectly capable witch, but she wanted more power. Mima had been studying magic for centuries, and it seemed it was only to be expected that anybody taught under her would certainly become a very formidable wizard, but that was small thinking, and Mima never did think small. If all the conditions were met, Mima could turn Marisa into the ultimate magician, perhaps at a level that even Mima couldn't achieve herself, something much larger than Mima could have possibly imagined when she first met the small redheaded girl. Stronger than herself, perhaps. There was no way Mima could turn that opportunity down. All she needed to do for the first step was to transform Marisa into a Youkai.

But first, she needed a little time.

"Alright then, your teachings shall start immediately," Mima announced, "And to begin, I need you to collect a couple things for me. Listen carefully. I need some rolling stones, a lead balloon, a couple beetles and a flock of seagulls, and... a mysterious flying vehicle of some kind!" Mima just listed whatever came off the top of her head, and figured it'd take her a long time to be able to find each and every one of them, (she wasn't even sure if there were seagulls in Gensokyo,) though, somehow they sounded familiar...