Reflection: Swords of Mind/Supports/Youmu

==Youmu and Sanae==
===Rank C===
*Sanae: Two fives.
*Youmu: Two sixes.
*Sanae: Three sevens.
*Youmu: Cheat.
*Sanae: Dang! I forgot that you played two sevens before!
*Youmu: You're really bad at Cheat, aren't you?
*Sanae: It's because I suck at lying.
*Youmu: Or because you don't pay enough attention.
*Sanae: Or because this game makes me laugh like a madwoman.
*Youmu: I don't think that's so good a factor…
*Sanae: It is when I'm about to cheat! It gives me away instantly!
*Youmu: To be honest, I thought you were impersonating Hyness when you were laughing like that.
*Sanae: Why would I impersonate the likes of him?
*Youmu: Because he's your enemy. Enemies deserve to be mocked.
*Sanae: Oh, so it's alright if I say something like this? "I am Chrom, king of the Einherji! I abuse my daughter and get away with it because she thinks I have a good public image!"
*Youmu: Well… don't say that in front of Lucina.
*Sanae: Oh, look. Lucina's glaring at me through the window.
*Youmu: Why didn't you check that she wasn't there?
*Sanae: I was too endorsed in our game of Cheat.
*Youmu: But you made the impression after we'd stopped…
*Sanae: Wait, is the game over?
*Youmu: Not yet. We can still keep playing, right?
*Sanae: I guess so?
*Youmu: Okay then. Two fours.
===Rank B===
*Youmu: Hmm, let's see, I could ask people if they could play cards with me… or I can do some gardening.
*Sanae: Youmu?
*Youmu: Ah, Sanae! What do you think I should do - cards or gardening?
*Sanae: Definitely cards.
*Youmu: Hmm, so you want another game of Cheat?
*Sanae: Not that again. How about Palace?
*Youmu: That's another good game. Though I'm not really sure how to set it up.
*Sanae: I can do it for you.
*Youmu: Oh. Thank you.
*Sanae: Okay, let's start with the face down cards… don't you dare turn them over!
*Youmu: I won't. By the way, Sanae?
*Sanae: What is it?
*Youmu: Did Lucina do anything to you for your impression of Chrom?
*Sanae: No, because I haven't seen her since then.
*Youmu: That's lucky.
*Sanae: Well, I suppose that impersonating Chrom isn't the best of plans… but mocking Hyness is perfectly fine, right?
*Youmu: Provided that we don't have any Jambastion spies in our midst.
*Sanae: Okay, then… "I am Hyness, the leader of the Jambastion! Hahahahaha, I don't know why I'm laughing because I'm trying to kill somebody!"
*Youmu: Or, better yet… "I am Hyness, and I'm completely insane! I could rant about nothing at all for hours without getting tired!"
===Rank A===
*Sanae: Hahahaha! That's so funny!
*Youmu: Are you impersonating Hyness again, Sanae?
*Sanae: Oh, no. Adeleine just told me a brilliant joke about card games.
*Youmu: Card games… that makes me think!
*Sanae: We're not playing Cheat again, are we?
*Youmu: No, we're playing Palace… if I can remember how to set it up.
*Sanae: I can do it for you-
*Youmu: I think I'll be okay. Now, what is it? Each player has three cards face-down that they absolutely must not look at…
*Sanae: You're right so far.
*Youmu: …and on top of each of those, a face-up card…
*Sanae: Still right.
*Youmu: …then each player starts with a hand of three cards…
*Sanae: Uh-huh.
*Youmu: I think that's it, right?
*Sanae: Oh, don't forget to leave room for the burn pile!
*Youmu: Burn pile? …oh, right. When you play a ten, you discard all the cards on the pile.
*Sanae: Okay, let's get started!
*Youmu: Actually, before we start, can I just say something?
*Sanae: Of course you can.
*Youmu: Last night, I saw Lucina giving you a death stare.
*Sanae: …oh, yeah. I said something rude about Chrom yesterday.
*Youmu: Do I want to hear what it was?
*Sanae: No. You don't.
==Youmu and Reimu==
===Rank C===
*Youmu: Now, to try to remind myself, what did Lady Yuyuko ask for again? Her book, of course, but she said that she wanted something to go with it…
*Reimu: Ah, Youmu?
*Youmu: Hello, Reimu.
*Reimu: I found a bottle of nail polish on your desk.
*Youmu: Oh! Nail polish! That's what Lady Yuyuko asked for!
*Reimu: "What Lady Yuyuko asked for"? She's not using you as a slave, is she?
*Youmu: Well… not in the technical sense…
*Reimu: I wonder, could she be segregating half-phantoms?
*Youmu: I don't think that's the case. Considering that this is the same woman who cast Fire on a group of anti-yokai campaigners.
*Reimu: That's… quite extreme…
*Youmu: Now, then, I'd best get going. This book isn't going to deliver- uh, what are you doing, Reimu?
*Reimu: I'm making some chamomile.
*Youmu: She didn't ask for chamomile.
*Reimu: Think of it as a nice little treat for her. You can even pretend that you were the one who made it.
*Youmu: Okay. Though, Reimu?
*Reimu: What is it?
*Youmu: Can you please hide so that Yuyuko doesn't suspect that you made the tea?
*Reimu: That can be arranged.
===Rank B===
*Youmu: Your book, Lady Yuyuko. …your nail polish, Lady Yuyuko. …your… tea… Lady… Yuyuko…
*Reimu: Wait, Youmu!
*Youmu: Is something… wrong… Reimu?
*Reimu: Don't you think that you've been at Yuyuko's beck and call a bit too much?
*Youmu: No… I… definitely haven't…
*Reimu: That sounds like what you'd say if you definitely have.
*Youmu: Well… do I look… like someone… who tells lies?
*Reimu: Today, you do. If you opened your mouth, I'd probably see a forked tongue.
*Youmu: I'm not… a snake…
*Reimu: Well, might I ask that you do yourself a favour and stop wearing yourself out!
*Youmu: I… can still… be Lady Yuyuko's…
*Reimu: …oh. She just fainted. I was going to ask if she would let ME be at Yuyuko's beck and call for a few days. Oh, well. It seems that I have no other choice… provided she doesn't hire someone else as a servant.
*Youmu: …beck and call… Lady… Yuyuko's… beck and…
===Rank A===
*Reimu: Your book, tea and nail polish, Yuyuko.
*Youmu: What are you doing, Reimu?
*Reimu: I'm being at Yuyuko's beck and call in your place.
*Youmu: Did she ask for anyone else to be at her beck and call?
*Reimu: Only Ribbon. But Ribbon doesn't know how to make chamomile. Or any herbal tea, for that matter.
*Youmu: Well, why don't you share the job? You can make her the tea, while Ribbon can bring her the book and nail polish.
*Reimu: The book has five hundred pages, Youmu! A fairy would never be able to carry it!
*Youmu: She can always use a Warp Staff, can't she?
*Reimu: I can use a Warp Staff as well, though.
*Youmu: I can't use any kind of staff. I have to say, you'd make a much better servant to Yuyuko than me.
*Reimu: Can you say the same to Ribbon?
*Youmu: Does her Warp Staff work on books?
*Reimu: Well, it works on humans and yokai… and ghosts… and whatever species Magolor and Taranza are.
*Youmu: But those are all animate objects. Can it work on anything that doesn't move?
*Reimu: I'll test it. Go and steal Yuyuko's nail polish, will you please?
*Youmu: What if she's using it right now?
*Reimu: She's probably too endorsed in her reading.
*Youmu: …alright. …here. The nail polish.
*Reimu: That was very quick. Now, I'll just use the staff, and…
*Youmu: Hmm, so it CAN teleport inanimate objects…
*Reimu: Oh, dear. I think I overshot a little.
*Youmu: "A little"? You warped her nail polish to the far side of the room!
*Reimu: Maybe I should use the staff again…
*Youmu: Provided that you don't overshoot again.
==Youmu and Marisa==
===Rank C===
*Marisa: Okay, sorting time! These are my meds… which I share with Reimu and Sanae… and these are… wait, whose are these?
*Youmu: What are you doing, Marisa?
*Marisa: Hey, Youmu. I'm sorting everyone's meds.
*Youmu: Meds?
*Marisa: Yeah. The stuff you take when you're sick. Like, actually properly sick, without being injured.
*Youmu: (Did Marisa turn into a valley girl overnight?) Can I see that bottle?
*Marisa: Be my guest!
*Youmu: Let's see… I think this is medicine from Lucina's kingdom.
*Marisa: How do you know?
*Youmu: Oh, Lucina told me all about it. She also told me that she bought two brands of medicine.
*Marisa: Why'd she need two brands?
*Youmu: One for the men and one for the women.
*Marisa: The boys and the girls, you mean. There aren't any grown-ups among Lucina's ranks.
*Youmu: Not grown-ups, but teenagers. And teenagers still deserve to be called men and women, not boys and girls.
*Marisa: Says who?
*Youmu: Says Youmu Konpaku, gardener of the Netherworld, and partner to Marisa Kirisame in her medicine-sorting business.
*Marisa: It's not my business. I just got chosen on the rota.
*Youmu: Anyway, why don't we talk more later? I can hear Lady Yuyuko calling.
*Marisa: Okay. And by the way, Youmu? I need that medicine back.
===Rank B===
*Marisa: Hey! Youmu!
*Youmu: What is it, Marisa?
*Marisa: I totally finished sorting all the meds.
*Youmu: (Goodness, she really IS like a valley girl, isn't she?) That's good to hear.
*Marisa: Well, like, thanks.
*Youmu: Now then, how many kinds of medicine were there?
*Marisa: There's the Gensokyo brand - for me and the shrine maidens. Then there's the Hoshidan brand… then there's the OTHER Hoshidan brand that Hinata uses…
*Youmu: The one that burned the roof of his mouth?
*Marisa: Yes, THAT Hoshidan brand. Oh, there's also Susie's personal medicine, and the Popstar brand, and the Halcandran-
*Youmu: Halcandran?
*Marisa: Magolor. It's his medicine.
*Youmu: And let me guess. The two of Lucina's medicines?
*Marisa: Yep.
*Youmu: So the non-humans don't have any medicine?
*Marisa: Nope. Don't think they ever get sick.
*Youmu: Not even Nazrin?
*Marisa: I bet that she's sick all the time.
*Youmu: Why, you… saying that mice are unsanitary creatures is an outdated stereotype!
*Marisa: How do you know that I was calling her unsanitary?
*Youmu: Because you just implied that she's SO unsanitary that she gives herself disease!
*Marisa: Did I explicitly say that lack of cleanliness causes disease?
*Youmu: No, you didn't, but that's besides the point!
*Marisa: Well, gotta go! Don't want an argument to start, do you?
*Youmu: Marisa, wait! …ugh. That little valley girl-tongued nuisance…
===Rank A===
*Youmu: Wait a second, Shou! Can I see your sickness report? …thank you! Now, let's see. Over the last seven days… three people have been off sick?
*Marisa: Hey, Youmu!
*Youmu: Marisa?
*Marisa: I wanted to say that I'm sorry for implying that Nazrin's unsanitary.
*Youmu: Apology accepted. Now, then, according to this sickness report…
*Marisa: Can I see?
*Youmu: I don't see what's stopping you. Anyway, as this says…
*Marisa: Byakuren, Miko and Futo?
*Youmu: …have all been off sick.
*Marisa: How's that possible? They're the cleanest of all of us, and they don't even have their own medicine!
*Youmu: It seems that we were wrong in thinking that non-humans don't need medicine.
*Marisa: What about Magolor and Taranza? They have medicine, don't they?
*Youmu: Come to think of it, they do. But why not the Buddhists or the Taoists?
*Marisa: Maybe they think that medicine contains the souls of dead animals.
*Youmu: Dead PLANTS, actually. Besides, the last time I checked, the vegetarian diet doesn't prohibit the consumption of medicine.
*Marisa: Yeah, Youmu, we're going to have to steal some Silver tonight.
*Youmu: Why do you say that?
*Marisa: Because we need to get some vegan medicine for them!
*Youmu: All medicine is vegan, Marisa!
*Marisa: Doesn't say that on the bottle!
*Youmu: It doesn't say it on the bottle because you shouldn't need confirmation!
*Marisa: Well, you can never be too sure, can ya?
==Youmu and Yuyuko==
===Rank C===
*Youmu: Here, Lady Yuyuko. The flour.
*Yuyuko: Thank you, Youmu.
*Youmu: You're welc- hold on. Why do you need flour?
*Yuyuko: Azura's birthday is very soon.
*Youmu: AHA! You're going to make a cake, aren't you?
*Yuyuko: Butterfly cakes, actually. One for each of us.
*Youmu: I thought they were called FAIRY cakes…
*Yuyuko: No, no, Youmu. When I make them, they are called butterfly cakes.
*Youmu: For what reason?
*Yuyuko: It makes them sound interesting, doesn't it?
*Youmu: Not really… say, Lady Yuyuko?
*Yuyuko: Yes?
*Youmu: Could we make something else for her birthday?
*Yuyuko: No, no, Youmu. We don't want to be overeating, do we?
*Youmu: I wasn't suggesting more cuisine. I was suggesting decorations.
*Yuyuko: No, no, Youmu.
*Youmu: What's so wrong with them?
*Yuyuko: We'll have to take them down the day after, that's what.
*Youmu: Oh, that's not an issue at all. I could cut them all down once the day is done.
*Yuyuko: Oh, but that would make a TERRIBLE mess…
*Youmu: Then I can clean the TERRIBLE mess up for you.
*Yuyuko: Let's keep things simple by not making a TERRIBLE mess to clean up.
===Rank B===
*Youmu: I'll put the blue ribbons up like this… and I'll put them in a pattern so that they look like Azura's hairstyle… with a model of her pendant-
*Yuyuko: Why are you talking to yourself, Youmu?
*Youmu: Gah! Lady Yuyuko!
*Yuyuko: More importantly, why are there ribbons on your bedroom doorframe?
*Youmu: Oh! This is a prototype - as Susie would call it - for the decorations for Azura's birthday.
*Yuyuko: No, no, Youmu. We already agreed that we wouldn't put up the decorations…
*Youmu: …because they'd make a mess that I could easily clear up?
*Yuyuko: Easy to clear up, yes, but your means of clearing up are quite destructive…
*Youmu: I can refrain from clearing up with my sword.
*Yuyuko: How so?
*Youmu: I'll just borrow Adeleine's stepladder and take the ribbons down by hand.
*Yuyuko: Ah, that's much tidier. Though, how many ribbons do you plan to set up?
*Youmu: Enough to encircle the dining room walls.
*Yuyuko: No, no, Youmu.
*Youmu: What's wrong with that, might I ask?
*Yuyuko: I suggest putting them on the wall in front of the door to Azura's bedroom. That way, she'll see them first thing in the morning.
*Youmu: But that way nobody else will be able to-
*Yuyuko: How many people are having a birthday tomorrow?
*Youmu: Just Azura.
*Yuyuko: Exactly! So only the birthday girl needs to see them!
*Youmu: (Oh, why is Lady Yuyuko organising Azura's birthday?)
===Rank A===
*Youmu: …and there! The ribbons are set up!
*Yuyuko: Youmu, there was no need for that volume…
*Youmu: I'm sorry, Lady Yuyuko, but I have no way of holding back my excitement.
*Yuyuko: Why so? …oh, right. Azura's birthday is in a few hours.
*Youmu: Oh, I'm so terribly excited for her reaction to these ribbons…
*Yuyuko: I'm not sure she'll be that impressed. We do have to explain the symbolism behind it, after all…
*Youmu: No, no, Lady Yuyuko. She's a clever one. I'm sure that she can figure out that the ribbons are meant to look like her hair.
*Yuyuko: I don't think she'll make the connection that easily…
*Youmu: Even if she doesn't, there's still the model of her pendant.
*Yuyuko: Well, yes. You're right, actually.
*Youmu: Come to think of it, Lady Yuyuko?
*Yuyuko: What is it, Youmu?
*Youmu: What if Azura's eavesdropping on us? What if she knows in advance what's right outside her bedroom door?
*Yuyuko: You have a very good point, Youmu. Though, if she is eavesdropping, that would help her understand the context of the ribbons…
*Youmu: …and like them even more?
*Yuyuko: Yes! Exactly!
*Youmu: Alright, then. Let's keep talking until morning. That is, unless she ISN'T eavesdropping us…
==Youmu and Byakuren==
===Rank C===
*Byakuren: …and so Siddhartha became enlightened under the Bodhi tree…
*Youmu: Byakuren?
*Byakuren: Ah, Youmu! I'm… just reading a story about the Buddha's life!
*Youmu: Well, that's very fitting. Say, do you mind if I borrow that book?
*Byakuren: For what reason?
*Youmu: Adeleine says that she's bored of reading the same book every night.
*Byakuren: What book would that be?
*Youmu: "Paint by Letters: A Beginner's Guide to Canvas Art".
*Byakuren: Well, she's certainly not a beginner at canvas art, is she?
*Youmu: I don't know any beginners who can bring the canvas to life.
*Byakuren: I'll let you borrow the book, Youmu. If it's not to Adeleine's liking, I could always find something else for her to read.
*Youmu: Thank you. Now, when do you want the Buddha story returned?
*Byakuren: By tomorrow morning.
*Youmu: What if Adeleine likes the book?
*Byakuren: Return it to me either way. You could always take it back and read some more to her the next day.
===Rank B===
*Youmu: Byakuren? Byakuren, where are you?
*Byakuren: May I borrow that book, Yuyuko? …no?
*Youmu: I have bad news, Byakuren.
*Byakuren: Did Adeleine not like the book?
*Youmu: You read me like a book. Anyway, I'm trying to search for new stories to satisfy her…
*Byakuren: Hmm, are you taking a leaf out of my book?
*Youmu: You're searching for books as well?
*Byakuren: I am, though I may have to stop soon. If I keep begging for reading material, I'll end up in everybody's bad books.
*Youmu: I hope you don't get brought to books for being so demanding…
*Byakuren: I hope I don't as well.
*Youmu: Well, in my book, the best way to find new things is to buy them. At a local store, perhaps?
*Byakuren: Our shops don't sell books, do they?
*Youmu: What about our magic-learning tomes?
*Byakuren: Adeleine doesn't need to learn magic, does she? She needs literature for her leisure.
*Youmu: You're right. Why don't we go for a bookstore?
*Byakuren: That's possible - but we'll have to book without anyone noticing.
*Youmu: This isn't an event that we're signing up for…
*Byakuren: Oh, that's not what I mean. I mean leaving suddenly. Nazrin taught me that term - though I don't normally like such informal terms.
*Youmu: Hold on a minute. I've noticed something wrong with my plan. We won't be able to bring any money, as our Silver belongs to everyone, will we?
*Byakuren: We can go to the bookstore anyway. Let's just hope that there are free books…
===Rank A===
*Youmu: …the diamond slipper fitted perfectly. At once the prince knew that this was who he was searching for-
*Byakuren: Youmu?
*Youmu: Ah, Byakuren!
*Byakuren: That's the book we decided for Adeleine, isn't it?
*Youmu: Yes, it is.
*Byakuren: Why are you reading it now, though?
*Youmu: Well, for one, I'm making sure that the material is age-appropriate.
*Byakuren: It was in the children's section of the library.
*Youmu: It could have been placed there by accident.
*Byakuren: That's a fair point. What's your second reason?
*Youmu: You know how people putting on a play do rehearsals to practice beforehand, don't you?
*Byakuren: I do. Ah, so you're rehearsing this book for when you read it to Adeleine?
*Youmu: That's right. I've still yet to decide the perfect voice to read it in, though.
*Byakuren: You could just read it in your own voice - it's simpler that way, is it not?
*Youmu: You're not wrong… come to think of it, would Adeleine want to listen to me read in a different voice? Would she like me doing impressions of all of the characters?
*Byakuren: You could always ask her.
*Youmu: Do you know where she is, Byakuren?
*Byakuren: Oh, she's just passing down the hallway.
*Youmu: Thank you. Adeleine? Adeleine! I have an urgent question for you!
==Youmu and Miko==
===Rank C===
*Miko: Ah, Youmu! Just who I've been searching for!
*Youmu: What is it, Miko?
*Miko: You have a collection of watercolour paints, correct?
*Youmu: Correct. Why do you need them?
*Miko: Well, I plan to paint everyone in our camp, starting with Yuyuko…
*Youmu: Is there any particular reason why you're painting Lady Yuyuko first?
*Miko: I've decided to do it in reverse alphabetical order.
*Youmu: That's not because I'm the one with the watercolour paints, is it?
*Miko: Well, that is part of the reason.
*Youmu: Doesn't Adeleine have art tools for you to use?
*Miko: Well, she mostly only uses that magic paintbrush of hers.
*Youmu: She has coloured pencils and crayons.
*Miko: Well, she often lets the children borrow the crayons. As for the pencils, it's safe to say that they belong to Sanae at this stage…
*Youmu: They still have the word "Adeleine" engraved in them.
*Miko: That's true. Now, where do you keep the watercolour paints?
*Youmu: At the back of the top drawer of my cupboard.
*Miko: Okay. Thank you, Youmu…
*Youmu: The VERY back, that is. I might have to take out everything else and drag it into range with my sword…
===Rank B===
*Youmu: This can go on the shelf… this can go on the shelf… this can stay in the middle drawer…
*Miko: Hello again, Youmu.
*Youmu: Miko! I was just… doing some spring cleaning. My room is a dreadful mess, after all.
*Miko: Certainly less messy than Marisa's room, though.
*Youmu: At least Marisa doesn't have all of her stuff on the floor - like Taranza does.
*Miko: Well, Taranza's closer to the ground, isn't he? That makes keeping things on the floor very convenient for him.
*Youmu: I suppose it does.
*Miko: …oh, I've just remembered why I came here! I have to show you this…
*Youmu: A portrait of Lady Yuyuko?
*Miko: Yes, freshly made with your own watercolours.
*Youmu: Why is the page soaking wet?
*Miko: Isn't that how you paint with watercolours? Soaking the page, then adding the colours?
*Youmu: You're supposed to soak the colours outside the page, Miko. Water and paper never go well together…
*Miko: You're right. I was wondering why this page was tearing so easily… what do you propose I do now, Youmu?
*Youmu: Perhaps you could try to paint Lady Yuyuko again - the right way, this time?
*Miko: I don't think she's in the best mood to be painted again. I could always move on to you, then redo her painting later.
*Youmu: Come to think of it, why are you painting everyone in the camp?
*Miko: I'd rather that remained secret for a little longer.
===Rank A===
*Miko: I'll add just a little water to the green… it is a rather dark shade, after all…
*Youmu: Is the picture going well, Miko?
*Miko: Uh, yes. Please don't move while I'm painting, though.
*Youmu: You've already finished the pencil sketch, haven't you? All you have to do is colour it in.
*Miko: Well… you're right, but if you talk too much, you'll distract me.
*Youmu: Talking isn't really moving, is it?
*Miko: It is the moving of the lips.
*Youmu: I don't think that's a big enough movement to distract you.
*Miko: I suppose you're right. Now, I'd best get back to concentrating on the colours…
*Youmu: Alright.
*Miko: Oh, and remember - no talking!
*Youmu: …
*Miko: …
*Youmu: …
*Miko: …
*Youmu: …ha… haha…
*Miko: …tee hee…
*Youmu: Hahahaha!
*Miko: What's so funny, Youmu?
*Youmu: Having to stay silent for so long!
*Miko: Haha… oh, no, what's even funnier is insisting that you don't do anything!
*Youmu: Heheheh, you're right!
*Miko: Tehehe… how can I expect you to sit down like a statue for all these minutes?
*Youmu: In fact, I'm quite tired of being a statue. I might as well get up and go to bed…
*Miko: Haha… ha… oh, no. I've spilled water on my canvas!
*Youmu: You've spilled water?
*Miko: Uh, yes. I'll let you see the canvas.
*Youmu: I think it looks better with the water spill.
*Miko: Really?
*Youmu: Yes. Watercolour paintings are meant to look transparent, and the spill only adds to the ghostliness!
*Miko: Now that I look… you're right. Besides, it's only a little water. I'm sure it won't make the page easy to tear up.
==Youmu and Susie==
===Rank C===
*Susie: Yes, Magolor? …no, that's right, I just need a little rope. No, I'm not going to strangle anyone with it! …thanks. Now, I'll add this to the-
*Youmu: Susie? What are you up to?
*Susie: Youmu?
*Youmu: You're working on another of those contraptions, aren't you?
*Susie: Yes. This is going to be a crane. You can use it to lift heavy loads.
*Youmu: Well, that's nice… but I don't think a crane will help you in running the weapons shop.
*Susie: It could make it easier to move a lot of weapons between places, couldn't it?
*Youmu: You seem to be missing the point, Susie…
*Susie: Oh! You don't mean that I have to manage the weapons shop today, do you?
*Youmu: You do. In fact, you should have been doing so since this morning. Your inventions haven't left you that distracted, have they?
*Susie: Admittedly, they have. I have to say, I'm not always good at memorising the schedule… and when I don't remember what I have to do, I wait until somebody reminds me.
*Youmu: You're very lucky to have such supportive friends, aren't you?
*Susie: Yes. Now, if you'll excuse me, supportive friend, I have a weapons shop to manage.
===Rank B===
*Youmu: Now, I'd best move on to the kitchen…
*Susie: Oh, Youmu!
*Youmu: Susie? I'm fairly sure you're not cooking today…
*Susie: Ribbon's cooking. I just want you to know that she's in the kitchen right now.
*Youmu: Ah. So it's best not to disturb her?
*Susie: That's right. I also have a question for you. Should I use a winch or a switch to make the crane move up and down?
*Youmu: What's the difference?
*Susie: Well, a winch would let you move the crane more quickly, but would also require the user's strength to work.
*Youmu: Okay. What about the switch?
*Susie: With the switch, the crane will go up and down slower, but you can make it stop precisely - and don't need any strength to use it.
*Youmu: Hmm… so, who's using the crane?
*Susie: Me.
*Youmu: In that case, you should definitely use the switch.
*Susie: Well, who would you suggest if you didn't know who was using it?
*Youmu: I… hmm… I'd still choose the switch.
*Susie: Alright. Thank you for your input, Youmu. Now, I just need to go and make the switch… and a winch, in case I change my mind…
===Rank A===
*Susie: Youmu? Do you have a moment?
*Youmu: Not right now. I'm cleaning the swimming pool.
*Susie: Well, I'm sure that this can wait. Hmm, let's see, is the winch turning at the right speed? …yes, it is. Is the switch at the right sensitivity? …yes, it is. Everything seems to-
*Youmu: What were you asking of me, Susie?
*Susie: Oh! Have you finished cleaning?
*Youmu: I haven't. I've just decided to take some time off.
*Susie: Well… could you hold down that switch for a second?
*Youmu: Of course.
*Susie: Okay… phew! The crane didn't go wrong when we used the winch and the switch at the same time!
*Youmu: What's the point of having both a switch and a winch to control the crane?
*Susie: Do you remember what I said before?
*Youmu: That the winch is faster, but the switch is easier to control, right?
*Susie: That's right.
*Youmu: So, does using them both at once make the crane work even faster?
*Susie: Presumably. Though, of course, it would require a lot of concentration to handle both at once.
*Youmu: Fair enough. Now, I'd best get back to cleaning the pool…
*Susie: Youmu? I think there's something at the bottom of the pool.
*Youmu: A coin?
*Susie: No. It looks like somebody's sword…
*Youmu: Let me see… that's Severa's! We can't let it stay in there, or the chemicals will dissolve it!
*Susie: We'd best get it out as quickly as possible! Do you mind if I use the crane?
==Youmu and Azura==
===Rank C===
*Youmu: Ngh… rgh…
*Azura: Is something wrong, Youmu? You sound as though you're in pain.
*Youmu: You're right, Azura. I'll admit to being in pain... though it's nothing to be alarmed about. I'm inflicting it on myself.
*Azura: You mean that you're a masochist?
*Youmu: Well, I didn't admit to liking the pain…
*Azura: Masochism is certainly something to be alarmed about…
*Youmu: I'm not a masochist. Futo are just asking me to help prove a point of Miko's. One arrow is able to be snapped in half easily, right?
*Azura: Right.
*Youmu: However, it's near-impossible to snap several arrows at once with only one's hands.
*Azura: If that's the case, why don't you use a weapon to break them?
*Youmu: Because that's not the point.
*Azura: Then what is the point?
*Youmu: When the arrows are separate, they can be broken easily, but when together, that becomes much harder.
*Azura: Ah, I see! What Miko was trying to say was that strength lies in numbers. That's a rather common belief… though what made her try to make that point?
*Youmu: Oh, that question will have to wait for later. I have to go to the market and restock our foodstocks.
*Azura: Okay… by the way, whose arrows were those?
*Youmu: They were Takumi's… and before you ask, I've broken one of them already.
===Rank B===
*Azura: What's that? You say that your arrows have gone missing? Don't worry, Takumi. I'll get some replacements for them.
*Youmu: About that…
*Azura: Oh, Youmu! What is it?
*Youmu: …I haven't returned those three arrows of Takumi's yet. Here you go, by the way.
*Azura: (As though I wasn't even in the room…)
*Youmu: Azura? I have some time to talk now, so I can explain to you why Miko had to make that point.
*Azura: Alright, then. Though we can't speak for too long. After all, I need to get some replacement arrows for Takumi.
*Youmu: Okay. So, it all started when Nazrin made a battle plan. The plan involved our troops splitting up, though Miko disapproved of it.
*Azura: That's because of Futo's point, isn't it?
*Youmu: It was technically Miko's point from the beginning. Futo just asked me to prove it for Miko… but yes, it's that point.
*Azura: Though what led to Miko wanting to prove the point?
*Youmu: After she made the point, Nazrin asked her to prove it, and she couldn't. So she turned to Futo for an idea.
*Azura: …and that's why Futo asked you to snap the arrows. But why you?
*Youmu: I was the first person she came across.
*Azura: Surely it would have been better if she'd done it herself?
*Youmu: She was cooking that day.
*Azura: Fair enough. Now, where is Nazrin? I'm thinking of dissuading her from the splitting-up plan…
===Rank A===
*Azura: ♪ You are the ocean's grey waves, destined to seek life beyond the shore…
*Youmu: Hello, Azura. Have you dissuaded Nazrin?
*Azura: I think I've made it worse, Youmu.
*Youmu: How so?
*Azura: I told her that three arrows together can't be broken as easily as one arrow… but she said in return that three arrows won't fit into a bowstring.
*Youmu: She has a point, to be fair. I suppose that mixing up offence and defence is the best of plans, then.
*Azura: But how do I explain that to Nazrin?
*Youmu: Tell her that you'd have the arrows bunched up for defence, and that you'd load them one by one to fire them.
*Azura: Will a mouse understand analogy like that?
*Youmu: She understood your previous analogy and came up with a way to counter it.
*Azura: That was Miko's analogy… or was it Futo's analogy drawing from Miko's ideas?
*Youmu: I think it was the latter.
*Azura: Alright. On that note, I wonder where Miko is?
*Youmu: She's cleaning the bedrooms.
*Azura: In that case, I'd best wait until tomorrow to ask her about this compromise.
*Youmu: Why don't you tell it to Nazrin?
*Azura: Because Nazrin is too busy cleaning the swimming pool.
==Youmu and Lucina==
===Rank C===
*Lucina: Ribbon? Ribbon, where are you? Dinner isn't going to cook itself!
*Youmu: Lucina?
*Lucina: Hello, Youmu. There's a bit of a dilemma, as I'm sure you can tell…
*Youmu: Ribbon has gone missing?
*Lucina: Probably. Nobody has seen her in hours, and we've looked all over the camp… where could she be?
*Youmu: Have you tried looking outside?
*Lucina: A few people have tried. Adeleine tried as soon as she knew Ribbon was missing…
*Youmu: Did she find any clues?
*Lucina: Just some fairy dust. Susie analysed it - I believe that's what she called the process - but it didn't belong to Ribbon.
*Youmu: In that case, she must be going on a play date with another fairy.
*Lucina: …without telling the rest of us?
*Youmu: Perhaps she did tell somebody, but they never bothered to carry the message on?
*Lucina: Maybe… but the question is, who would be so incompetent?
===Rank B===
*Youmu and Lucina: More fairy dust, Susie.
*Lucina: What a coincidence…
*Youmu: Hello again, Lucina.
*Lucina: Why is there so much pixie dust gathering in the camp? Do you know, Youmu?
*Youmu: Well, there's no pixie dust, but I'm definitely finding a lot of fairy dust.
*Lucina: Aren't pixies and fairies the same thing?
*Youmu: Not quite.
*Lucina: What are the differences between them?
*Youmu: …I don't quite remember. We'd best ask Taranza.
*Lucina: What about Ribbon? She is a fairy herself, after all.
*Youmu: She's off on another playdate… though this time, Reimu was able to get the message across.
*Lucina: Who was asked to spread the message last time?
*Youmu: Lady Yuyuko was asked… but she didn't hear, because she was too busy making chamomile.
*Lucina: Okay… though brewing tea isn't a noisy activity, is it?
*Youmu: She was brewing while Owain and Inigo were staging a sword fight.
*Lucina: I suppose that explains it…
===Rank A===
*Lucina: Hmm, hm-hm-hmm, hm-hm-hmm, hm-hm-hm-hmm, hmm-hmm… huh? A fairy? What is he doing here? …oh, it's not much of a concern. Perhaps Ribbon brought one of her friends back with her after last night's playdate… hang on. That isn't the same fairy as before. Why are there so many of them?
*Youmu: …hmm-hm-hmm, hmm-hm-hmm, hmm, hm-hm-hmm-hm-hm-hmm… oh, dear. I fear that we may have a fairy infestation…
*Lucina: I don't think these fairies are much of a threat.
*Youmu: Hello again, Lucina. Aren't you supposed to be making breakfast?
*Lucina: Yes, though I'm having to escort the fairies out of the kitchen.
*Youmu: …you said they weren't a threat.
*Lucina: They're a distraction.
*Youmu: Fair enough. Though, come to think of it, how are there so many fairies here?
*Lucina: Ribbon must have invited them to stay.
*Youmu: That's definitely a problem. We only have enough rooms and supplies for just under thirty people, and if they stay too long, we'll start running at a loss.
*Lucina: Maybe so… but fairies don't take up much space, do they?
*Youmu: You'd be surprised.
*Lucina: What do you mean?
*Youmu: They may be small, but when you have a lot of small residents, they all add up to more than we can handle.
*Lucina: Alright. So, what should we do with the fairies? Ribbon invited them all, so we can't turn them down forcefully, can we?
*Youmu: We'll let them stay for breakfast, then tell them why they have to leave.
*Lucina: That sounds like a good plan. Though I will have to double the portions for breakfast…
*Youmu: I can help you prepare it.
*Lucina: Thank you, Youmu.
*Youmu: That's not a problem. If anything, the problem is the seating…
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