And she had a smirk as she motioned her cultists to come out.

"Make the pentagram. Strip her naked too. I'll inject her with the brew."

And with that needle full of a occult elixir, it would seal Reimus fate.

"This sake is laced with some strong herbs that won't affect foxes but to a human? It'll make their mind susceptible to pretty much anything. And in a few moments you'll be under my command or you collapse.

It's a win from me either way."

The room must be swaying and her brain may be going against what she wants.

"Truthfully, I feel the Moriya Ritual was the perfect ritual. A lamia as a strong ruler? Can you imagine that? Imagine all the power one can have. But I don't have one... Yet."

"Well, we can talk when you are comfortable. Let us drink a bit and relax."

At least Daji is playing up her character of an eccentric historian well as she drank her non-spiked half.

"I'm just fascinated by all sorts of creatures, you know. It is why I came to Gensokyo in the first place."

She did pour some sake. Little did Reimu this is spiked. Both to mess with her mind and of course make her too drunk to do much.

"The ritual itself is even more gruesome..."

"Lamias have quite a fearsome reputation. Devouring humans on sight in one gulp, growing so many extra limbs they look like a deity, sometimes go full-on hydra, they can grow to the size of the largest mountains... And a high desire to mate, making large clutches of eggs."

That's a... description.

"I'm not doing much. I'm just saying. Such a thing fascinates me.

And I learned a lot about lamias and their lifestyle."

She did pull out some sake. Is this for them?

"They are quite menacing but fascinating youkai."

"Perhaps your shrine maiden friend is hiding her true form to you all this time. Or maybe it is her ancestors.

...Or maybe this ritual can apply to everyone. It is morbid and I wouldn't do it but such rituals fascinates me. Does that make sense?"

"It is their old Shrine outside of here. Before they moved here, according to my research."

How would she word this...

"This ritual makes a human into something akin to a snake. Since it is said that those in the Moriya family were secretly snakes."