Going to see Kaosu (inn people)

[Five-minute Cat Nap]

"Neh, neh? Eat her? 's a bit of a weird taste I would think!" Shiro exclaimed, letting go of Schala and wandering around to Kyoujin. Cocking his head slightly, he nodded before sitting down. "So, not so much Crazy Lady anymore are you?" Shiro queried, putting on a smile, as well as opening his eyes wide. He pulled his cloak tight around him, as though to ward off the cold, though only his left appeared after the garment covered his body. His right, instead, was grasping a knife.

"So, 'boutwise our conversation before the fight. You like sweets too, neh? That's great! Have some!" Shiro exclaimed, his left hand flashing inside his cloak for a moment, before appearing outside with a piece of chocolate.

[Genshuku]

"So, you're not gonna eat me? ...Whew... Thank you..."

Schala's words, followed by the not being eaten by her or anyone else relieved her to no end. As for something to help...well, getting out of here would be nice, but not only does she probably not have the ability to do that, Kyoujin needed to repay her and the rest of this group for her trouble. (Even if they did get prizes.)

Schala reached her hand out to her....hey, she was still on the ground, look at that. Kyoujin took Schala's hand and got up using the combined force of her own legs and Schala's pulling (if there was any or not, of course), then proceeded to listen to her explanation.

Her explanation required an explanation. She could now tell that they didn't work for her, but Kyoujin knew what a shikinami was. Why would one of those pretty much betray it's master?

"Wait a second...her shikinami told you what her owner was planning? That doesn't make sense..."

She pondered. During her pondering, she caught a glance at YuugenMagan, who looked kind of...well, looked like herself should be a bit farther away from her than anyone else in the room. She was still pretty scary, but this wouldn't stop her from trying to make things up to everyone.

The furball that she assumed was some type of monster then let go of Schala, and spoke, for which she had a reply.

"I'm always a little bit crazy, but I don't think anyone here needs to get shot anymore, so you can call me 'less' crazy now~"

She saw his knife, perhaps just a glance, and knew she could suddenly get stabbed at any moment. But, she didn't seem worried about it.

He then talked some more, words that she listened to very well because it involved sweets. On the words 'have some', she went towards him, before he even took out the piece of chocolate, and once he did quickly took it from his hands once she did. What she needed now was candy/sweets, and she got it. These people...well, Yuugen was still scary, but not scary enough to stop her from her next decision, her mouth still containing a bit of chocolate as she did so.

"I've decided! Because I need to repay you all for my trouble earlier, solve the mystery of the shikinami of the antagonist helping you out, and because of the chocolate currently in my mouth, I'm coming with you~!"

Well, she had made her decision. The second after she said that, a paper and some sort of writing utensil appeared in her hands, which was followed by the voice of the mirror.

"Before you do that, you need to fill out this form. Regulations from up top, see. This will also remove that power boost, but you can still be useful without it. If you don't, then I'll have to send you back right away."

Kyoujin naturally replies to this.

"...OK, fine~"

And she went to work filling out papers. This might just be the only time she'll ever touch a writing utensil again, but that really wasn't worth a note. It was included just because.

[Schala]

Schala breathed a little sigh of relief when Shiro let go of her. She had to admit that it had been a bit tight.

Kyoujin took Schala's hand, and Schala helped her get up.

She listened to Kyoujin's speach. It was true that Schala was wondering why Ozma had betrayed Kaosu. What was most likely was that she just didn't want Gensokyo to be destroyed and so was turning away. That's what Schala had thought all this time, as it was a puzzle of giving the warning BEFORE mentioning you worked for the evil(?)* one.

"I've decided! Because I need to repay you all for my trouble earlier, solve the mystery of the shikinami of the antagonist helping you out, and because of the chocolate currently in my mouth, I'm coming with you~!"

Oh my. This was a really good. Schala really fealt that the group needed at least four people if they were going to try to stop a Goddess of Chaos, and Lucia and Tanis had left, so this was a good thing indeed.

She waited for Kyoujin to finish signing whatever she was signing, and then turned to her.

"Welcome to the group," Schala said.

[Augen]

Yuugenmagan looked over, still noticably unhappy that she did not get to eat. "Yes, yes, nice to meat you... Now how do we plan to get out of here? We stopped you from tanning, well... ONE of our hides. So why can't we get out of here yet?!"

[Five-minute Cat Nap]

"Wooah! Cool, glad to have you on. This should be fuuun~!" Shiro exclaimed, before standing up and bouncing on the balls of his feet. "So, we're s'posed to be concerned 'boutwise Ozzy? Nah, this is too fun to waste our times with things like that." Shiro stated, before he looked at the mirror. Sooooo, wonder when good ol' reflecto here will tell us what's next Shiro wondered, really, he is rather childish isn't he? Oh well, to each their own.

Shiro continued to bounce up and down, seemingly in excitement. Of course, it could also be prepping him to move at a fast pace, one never knew. Oh well, things would probably pick up soon.

[Genshuku]

Never again would she go through another ordeal like this one. That was her hardest battle yet, but it was for a just cause!

In case it needed explaining, she was talking about the paperwork. Felt like it took a month to do.

When she finished, she threw it up into the air, where it was then bathed in a purple glow, followed by words (Pending...) and a loading bar. It went up pretty fast, and once it was full, the paper vanished in a bright light, breaking the power up Kyoujin had and letting her free.

"Whew...I guess that means I can go with you guys now~? Lead the way...whoever the leader of the party is! ...Is there even a leader of the party?"

She looked quite ready to go onward in the castle. The mirror was in full swing with that idea.

"Both me and her think that it's a good thing to make sure the end of the world doesn't happen, it'd be smart if you went onward. I'll even teleport you to the current room chamber, now that I've had my stretch, and I won't even charge you. Besides, you can earn credits that way too."

[Schala]

No, there wasn't really a leader. Ozma had kind of had that position until she fled.

"There isn't a leader," Schala told Kyoujin. "So just follow us out of this chamber and we can get the key to Kaosu's rooms, which flew away from us as we prepared to battle you."

She looked to see if the wall was still there when the mirror said it would teleport them. But what exactly was the "current room chamber?" Was that where Kaosu was?

Schala decided that there would be no use in arguing with the mirror and they were going to get the key anyway, so she braced herself and waited for the teleport.

[Augen]

"Yeah yeah, just hurry up and get us out of here. I dislike this room and greatly require a restroom," the obviously irritated Yuugenmagan said, tapping her foot and waiting impatiently.

((short, but not much else for her to do at the moment))

[Five-minute Cat Nap]

"Yep yep! Let's goooo! No reason to wait around" Shiro exclaimed in response to the mirror. Up, up, up they go, eh?

[Genshuku]

"It's the room that leads to the other rooms, the one beyond the big locked door from earlier. When the key flew away, it unlocked the door there. Now without further adieu, I'll be sending you there. Have a nice stay at the castle, come back soon, if you mind bright lights then close your eyes as here we go~~"

It seems to have read Schala's mind, and answered her question for all to hear (just the answer, not the question). And so the mirror began to glow faintly, then it got brighter and brighter until the light made it completely impossible to see.

And then the glow abruptly stopped, and they were no longer in the summoning room. Now, they were in the 'Second Main Room', right in the middle of it. There were many many grunts here, but their wear made them look more like super-warriors. Many were dressed in fancy armors, while others were just dressed fancy. One got the innate feeling that even one of them could easily wipe the entire party.

This would suck if it weren't for the fact that they didn't seem even remotely hostile. They all gave a brief glance at the party (you just suddenly appeared after all, but it was clearly the mirror's doing) and returned to doing whatever they were doing.

Up north was a door that was incredibly huge and fancy door, that had every single shade of color on it (they all managed to fit, too). It had two keyholes.

In the northwestern direction, there was a hallway that seemed like the most weirdest location in the entire castle. It was so long it actually got dark, that's how long it was. And this room was pretty brightly lit. And don't ask how the hallway can be so long but the castle not actually that big. Questions are for those that need explanations. It was labeled 'Roulette', and it seemed very chancy.

In the northeastern direction, there was a hallway that led to a very high-tech looking door, and a large amount of energy can be felt coming from within. It seemed like there was something going on in there, but the door is quite locked. It was labeled 'Chaos Generator'.

In the southwestern direction, there was a dull and uninteresting hallway. It led to a dull and uninteresting door. It was so dull and uninteresting, it was almost ridiculous. Boring hallway next.

And in the southeastern direction, there was a hallway labeled 'Barracks'. It's most likely where the grunts slept and other such things, hence the label.. It ended in 4 doors, one with the letter 'M' on it, one with the letter 'F' on it, one with the mark '?' on it, and one with the word 'Mixed' on it. The hallway had a 'DO NOT ENTER' feel to it, and not the 'DO NOT ENTER YES YOU GO ON ENTER GET IN HERE CAUSE I SAY NOT TO' feeling, more of a 'THIS MIGHT AS WELL BE A ROOM FILLED WITH NUKES THAT DETONATE UPON YOUR ENTRY THUS KILLING YOU INSTANTLY WHILE EVIL GODS LAUGH AND DANCE AT YOUR SHEER STUPIDITY' feeling.

Down south was a door identical to the one that had one lock on it from earlier, only it was open. Obviously, this leads back where you came from.

Kyoujin was finally ready to begin her adventure...but there were so many choices to go, she couldn't even begin to decide. She could go 6 different directions, and do countless things, which actually made her a bit dizzy, and too deep in thought to so much as speak. She could tell what level they were though, and was glad they didn't have to fight them.

[Schala]

Schala looked around at all the hallways. She decided it was best to steer clear of "Barracks" due to the feeling it gave her, and "Chaos Generator" obviously wasn't an option, it was locked, and she didn't know where "Roulette" would take them, and the grand door up north was locked as well.

So she decided that the safest route would be through the boring door. She didn't know where it would lead them, but it seemed safe enough. She had a sickening feeling she might be wrong about this door, but this castle was a place where you had to take chances.

She explained what door she thought was best and why, and then listened for the others' thoughts on where to go.

[Augen]

"Hmm... Boring, plain... Absolutely not chaotic. And above all, not pleasing to the eye," Yuugenmagan said, her arms crossed. "I'm curious about the Roulette room... Well, more importantly something turns me off about the others..." Of course, Yuugen was just being difficult because she was irritated, but said reaction was subconcious on her part.

[Five-minute Cat Nap]

"I'll have to go with Yuugy on this! That door is booooring! Roulette sounds like it'll be really interesting!" Shiro exclaimed. He then inwardly shuddered at the thought of taking the uninteresting door, it seemed so... placid and monotonous!

[Genshuku]

Elsewhere, a sleepy guard was taking a nap. This wasn't just a sleepy guard, this guard was clever, in the lazy sort of way.

But enough talk about things that don't seem to be happening.

Once Kyoujin returned to her senses, she decided not to do something that would get her killed by cutting all the choices that involved hitting anyone here, and focused on the hallways...you know, however she focuses, which isn't really focusing at all. 4 hallways, and she knew one was locked and one would kill her. So that's 2 doors to choose from: the conspicuous door and the inconspicuous door. Hmmm....

The Castle of Chaos was quite tricky. Was it trying to trick her? Was the real answer the one least expected? What was the least expected, the obvious one, or the non-obvious one?

Kyoujin quickly returned into her indecisiveness. This left the vote count at 2-1. But no one in the party actually went anywhere, so no one went anywhere but the grunts, who were usually working when they weren't partying all night long.

Of conversations that she sharp-eared could hear was one involving a prophecy about the 'Ruler of the Multiverse's Descent', rumors about a high-ranking person here being an Overlord on the side, and a few comments about indecisive adventurers that should just pick a door, they happen to be just standing in the middle of the room.

Kyoujin was not sharp-eared.

[Schala]

"...I guess the vote is in," Schala said. She wasn't having any prophetic visions about where they might wind up if the went through the roulette, and it worried her.

She made sure she had her katana and rainbow drop and proceeded to the edge of the hallway that led to the room.

Then she remembered she hadn't gotten Kyoujin's input. She turned to the lunatic and spoke.

"Where do you think we should go?"