A few days after the shit-family became the compost heap, something weird started happening to the koyukkuris.
"Mommy, Reimu.... feels really terrible..." "Marisha's tummy hurts..." "Little ones, what's the.... M.... MARISAAAA!!" "Yu!?! What is wrong ze?" "Mister mold is starting to grow on little ones!!!!" "Yuuuu!!! Mister mold can't take it easy!!! Shitty old man!!! Hurry up and save the great-Marisa's little ones!!!!
Marisa called out to Oniisan for help... more like commanded him. But Oniisan never came. To record a drama, he had left on a business trip and won't be back for a while. The "compost" was left as is in the meantime. Also, the kimemaru that Oniisan keeps went along with him, so there is absolutely nobody home right now.
"WHY IS MARIZA BEING IGNORED?!?!?"
And then one day after that, the parents stared at the koyukkuris' bodies as they witness the results of the mold. Baby Marisa has a stronger body than the other kinds, so the illness wasn't as bad on her. However, the baby Reimus were deathly ill. The mold corroded their bodies, rotting away the paste from beneath their flour-based skins.
"Yu.... Yu...." "Misder eyez.... can't... see..." "Little ones!!! Easy!!! Take it easy!!!" "Somebody.... sabe... the cute-Weimu...." "Why not... let... Weimu dage id eajy..." "Yuyuyuyuyu-" "Want... to.... take...." "Little one!!?!? Little one!!!! YUUUUAAAAAAAAAA--!!!!!!!!!" "LITTLE ONES TOOK IT EASY FOREVERRRRR!!!!!!!!!"
I really don't like the whole "death = taking it easy forever" thing that I've seen in a couple of works on here.
I mean, if all Yukkuri thought that, wouldn't the ones that are put in a place like this, or any other horrible abuse-based stories, just kill themselves at the first chance? Since they'd die and be able to take it easy forever, compared to only possibly being able to take it easy for a short time while alive.
Well, they might be doing themselves a favour by killing themselves, but that's giving them too much credit and yukkuris are too dumb to figure that out. They also have a habit of mincing words, as it's clear they really do mean death but as everything is 'easyeasyeasy' to them they put it in those terms. I think it suits their character, really (and it's also closest to how it's literally translated?).
@MishterFire: Well, keep in mind that they have their own meanings for what they say. "Can't take it easy" is a synonym for "I don't like this", "is really easy" for "I like this", and "took it easy forever" is "dead". There's "taking it easy" (enjoying themselves) and then there's "taking it easy" (being too slow for the yukkuri's liking).
Long and short of it is, they're stupid, so taking their words at face value like that is putting too much stock in a brainless pastry with a very limited vocabulary.