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It was the Oni, Ibuki Suika, and one other you didn't immediately recognize, who was chastising Suika for being too loud in her half-drunken stupor as the Oni snickered, taking another swig from her bottle-thing.
The two step up to the Shrine's front doors and the pink-haired lady there addressed you.
<span class="mu-i">"Ah, hello there. I don't believe I've ever seen you here before. Are you a Villager come on a pilgrimage or here on some other business?"</span>
<span class="mu-i">"Heh, I know him. He's an Outsider man, one from a new Incident that Reimu's been investigating. I heard he got nabbed right from his bedsheets and brought here to Gensokyo."</span> Suika spoke up on your behalf.
This really seemed to surprise the lady with pink hair. <span class="mu-i">"What? A new Incident has already begun? And this man is from the Outside World?! You're being truthful, aren't you, Suika? Then how come I haven't heard about it? I'd have expected to see something in one of Aya's papers, at least!"</span>
Suika shrugged. <span class="mu-i">"It's been the talk of Geidontei. Maybe you oughta pay it a visit sometimes. That Tengu's been there, I heard her drowning in her sorrows over not having- hic! Enough to go off of for her paper."</span>
Ah, yes, she was still stalking you, wasn't she? You felt like you really needed to deal with Aya somehow soon. But you shake your head and focus back on the pink-haired lady wearing a flower and the Oni.
"Ahem. Uh, yes, I'm an Outsider. My name is Perry Albert. I've been staying here at the Hakurei Shrine since the whole investigation around me started. Um, Reimu isn't here right now, she left about half an hour ago off on important business. She told me she won't be back for a while, so she asked me to look after the place in her stead."
The pink-haired lady wearing the flower on her tabard nodded to you.
<span class="mu-i">"I see. I suppose I'll have to see her another time then."</span>
Suika groaned. <span class="mu-i">"Drat... I heard from that Tsukumogami at the bar that she had new needles. I was hoping to fool around with her for the day..."</span>
<span class="mu-i">"Well, I was hoping to be able to merely chat over some tea. I guess I'll have time to reconnect with you after all, Suika."</span> The pink-haired lady said, which seemed to brighten the spirits of the Oni guzzling sake besides her, in a way that entailed some sort of deep relationship you weren't aware of. But, the pink-haired lady then put a hand to her flower and bowed to you; <span class="mu-i">"Forgive me, I should introduce myself. I'm Ibaraki Kasen, a good friend of Reimu's and sometimes something of a mentor for her. I'm merely... a Hermit, in truth."</span>
