For a considerable amount of time, Youmu wandered without seeing much of anything. There were buildings, some with unusual advertisements on them in the same vein as the one displaying Yuyuko-sama, herself, and Hakugyokurou. She didn't recognize any of them(though one looked strangely familiar, not that Youmu could place it off the top of her head). Thus far, her bid to discover just what was happening was going poorly. Why exactly was there some strange ruined city suddenly linked to the kitchen?

The diminutive silver-haired girl sighed heavily, her shoulders sagging. This had to be some sort of incident, but she didn't know of any youkai with an ability like this. There was a youkai who could make doors, that evil hermit who could create holes... but linking it to some place like this? That was nothing she had ever heard of before. It was unusual. No... it was completely ridiculous! Why was this happening!? It was total nonsense!

"Aaah, this doesn't make any sense!" complained Youmu, placing one hand to her head as she did. Regardless of all of this, there was one move that made sense above anything else.

She could send her phantom into the air as a scout, while she explored the ground. Surely, the samurai gardener could find [i]something[/i] like that, right?!

Just as she was about to do so, however, she caught sight of a figure in the air. There was pink light drifting off of her heels, and she appeared to be holding some kind of staff... Almost immediately, Youmu lifted into the air herself!

She ascended with great speed, clearing the distance between herself and the figure almost immediately. When she arrived, it was clear that the figure appeared to be a child. Youmu had seen plenty of people who appeared to be children but were far older. To put it simply, appearance hardly indicated age.

"Hello?" she began, "My name is Konpaku Youmu, do you perhaps live in this... strange place?"

[@KoL]