The oni outside the trap wasn't finished gloating. "That room has Spirit Reflect cast on it. Any spell you try to use to escape will just bounce back and hit you."
I turned to Kuugen. "I'm willing to take the risk, tenko-sama."
He turned to me. "I'm not. You're a pretty strong mage for a normal human, but you're nowhere near as powerful as I am. And the oni aren't stupid enough to use a cut-rate Spirit Reflect."
"Why, thank you!" The oni outside actually sounded pleased. "Yes, we only order the best spells from the Internet."
Kuugen ignored her. "And Toru would be sad if I hurt his English teacher. So I won't risk it."
He motioned to me to be quiet.
So I didn't reply.
Until five minutes had gone by. "So, what's the plan?"
Kuugen waited a moment, listening for... something. When he didn't hear it, he answered, "We get out of this room, find Noboru, and get him away from the oni."
"But you said the Spirit Reflect was too strong for us to break through it."
He smiled. "We'll just get the god in charge of this area to command the door to open. A god's kotodama trumps all magic." He pulled out a cellphone.
"You have the local god's phone number?"
"Of course! But Mubyou's just a substitute god."
"Oh, well, it's perfectly reasonable for you to have a substitute god's phone number."
"Do you want to stand here and mock me some more, or do you want to get out of this closet now?"
"... Call the god."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
I turned to Kuugen. "I'm willing to take the risk, tenko-sama."
He turned to me. "I'm not. You're a pretty strong mage for a normal human, but you're nowhere near as powerful as I am. And the oni aren't stupid enough to use a cut-rate Spirit Reflect."
"Why, thank you!" The oni outside actually sounded pleased. "Yes, we only order the best spells from the Internet."
Kuugen ignored her. "And Toru would be sad if I hurt his English teacher. So I won't risk it."
He motioned to me to be quiet.
So I didn't reply.
Until five minutes had gone by. "So, what's the plan?"
Kuugen waited a moment, listening for... something. When he didn't hear it, he answered, "We get out of this room, find Noboru, and get him away from the oni."
"But you said the Spirit Reflect was too strong for us to break through it."
He smiled. "We'll just get the god in charge of this area to command the door to open. A god's kotodama trumps all magic." He pulled out a cellphone.
"You have the local god's phone number?"
"Of course! But Mubyou's just a substitute god."
"Oh, well, it's perfectly reasonable for you to have a substitute god's phone number."
"Do you want to stand here and mock me some more, or do you want to get out of this closet now?"
"... Call the god."
--
![[+]](/images/collapse_collapsed.png "[+]")
SpoilerRob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012