>>47924098OMG SAGUYA'S LEGS!!! *cock starts getting hard*
reimu's tastes are so girly
I like how Sanae is wearing a tie. She's a highly respectable girl and wants everyone to treat her as such.
>>47924400it's an amazing parallel compared to slutrisa with her boob window (not that there's much boob to see)
>>47924400such posture, too
God I wish I was there
>>47924413Really? Look at her! Sitting with her back straight, leggs almost crossed and her hands on her lap. Not one impure thought in her.Not to mention that Reimu is wearing a shorter, more revealing dress.
>>47924410The boob window is CUTE and STYLISHit in no way is any more slutty than reimu's armpits hanging out for everyone to see, gawk at and touch themselves later while imaginine huffing the 'mu fumes.
>>47924400How polite! Good posture, polite manners, a nice smile, professional clothes, what a woman!
>>47924433While I agree with the boob window being cute, it takes a special kind of pervert to get excited over armpits.
>>47924098reimu wearing heels is really cute since it's never something I've imagined
>>47924098They all look very cute and nice here. I like Reimu's skirt and Sanae's professional tie. No idea why Marisa is wearing something a little revealing when she has no assets to show though
>>47924463...and also sumireko is there
>>47924471Hey now, Sumireko always wears her uniform in public. She also didn't bring her cape, even she wanted to look somewhat respectable. Also, you should appreciate her effort to stay quiet, an effort her blonde colleague didn't make.
>>47924098I always forget that Youmu and Sakuya do have social lives outside of being patsies to a bunch of monsters.It's rare, but they aren't tied to the hip to their master outside incident solving.
>>47924537Sakuya's got a lot of 'social' apperances alone, but Youmu doesn't, so it's rarer for fanworks to present her outside of the netherworld, Grimoire of Usami did tell us that at least Sanae considers Youmu kind of cool
>>47924537We already know that Youmu has a shit workcontract. She doesn't get vacation days, free weekends or payment for her hardwork
>>47924834Does she? We do see her a few times at Reimu's shrine alone, but most of the time she is just doing stupid shit that Remilia asks for.Like trying to kidnap Lily White, or find her master's ugly new pet.
>>47924400Sanae forgot that she isn't in the outside world anymore
>>47924340Canon lesbian canon lesbian
>>47926941is something Reimu isn't
>>47924098Look at this nervous dorkLOOK AT HER
>>47927319her knees are cute but in the least creepy way a grown man can say that
>>47924098Youmu was being such a fucking retard throughout all of this. It genuinely was hilarious
>>47926891The moon rabbits wear ties too.
>>47927591So the Villagers in Gensokyo think she's trying to become a Rabbit?
>>47924400"Hello, m'man, I would like you to know I am a very dignified and polished nice girl who will treat you right *adjusts tie*"
>>47927629She sounds like she is normal and can be trusted with unaccompanied minors.
>>47927621Reisen is the only lunarian the villagers see regularly (maybe except for Kaguya, but they might not know she is one), they probably think it's moonie fashion.
>>47926941Reimu Hakurei will physically beat the homosexuality out of your body inshallah
>>47927638Reisen actually crossdresses as a very male medicine seller so the villagers have no idea she's a moonie.
>>47927642So that's why she wears a skirt.
>>47927632Don't do that! If you leave a minor with Sanae, he'll become obsessed with giant robots.
>>47927642Imagine trying to solicit anonymous gay sex from the twink medicine seller when you siscover "he" has bound breasts and a vagina and she had no idea you thought she was a man...
>>47927660need a reisen edit of this
>>47927629*tips frog hair ornament*m'gentleman
>>47927591>>47927621Ties and rabbits really go hand in hand.
>>47927899"INTRUDER ALERT! RENKO IS IN THE BASE!"
>>47927899heh heh hehusamimi
>>47927629>>47927899What is it with nice girls and ties?
>>47927311It's cute how Reimu acts so calm and mature when talking about a man she thinks is handsome while all alone, but when she actually sees a couple she gets really flustered.I like it when Reimu actually acts like a young lady instead of Yokai Terminator.
>>47928656I want to see her get sexually bullied by a guy she thinks is really hot blatantly hitting on her and making her brain turn to mush.
>>47927417>>47927417My love is so cute
>>47928956Dude your love rapes ojisans at swordpoint.
>>47929030Don't be ridiculous, Youmu-chan would never do so. She properly rides men after drugging them unconscious like a good girl.
>>47929030>>47929061I am an ojisan. Should I be worried?
>>47929157statistically you're more likely to be fairy'd firstwhile youmu may be a threat there's only 1 of her
>>47927642They know. Everyone knows. They just pretend she's normal. Post LoLK Reisen is a lot more comfortable and lets her cute bnuy ears hang out her hat when dealing drugs, compared to when we first saw her early in FS when she hid under her hat and ran out the village when Marisa called out to her.
>>47929452Good for her. I wonder what makes Ringo and Seiran so bold as to trot out their ears from the get go.
>>47929452she still runs out when marisa tries calling her later on too, but she doesn't do as good a job hiding her ears and hairshe actually does it so her anxious boyfriend can relax when he sees her
>>47929492>boyfriendMore like sugar daddy. She gets the dough, he gets the dope.
>>47927656Messed up, someone HAS to stop her!
>>47929475They are not under the yoke of Eirin, who wants to be as auspicious as possible on account of Kaguya.
>>47929492She runs from Marisa because you would too if she wanted to talk, but Reisen did turn around and ran back to her when the midget dropped the hard R(abbit) and needed correction. I wouldn't say she's not doing a good job, she's just not nearly as stressed out as she was before and she's comfortable with being an earth rabbit. So who cares if her ears flop out when she's putting on the medicine seller role? From the villager's perspective, Marisa is harassing a hard working girl trying to make an honest living. You just don't do that! But what can you expect for the manners and tact of a forest dweller?>antidepressant unclehe's litereally me!
>>47929595honestly pre-reveal reisen was pretty
>>47929632Man. I'd be so mad if the pretty, svelte, lipstick wearing medicine seller I had a crush on turned out to be not only a woman, but a rabbit(slut).
>>47924098The only good things to come out of Sumireko were her grimoire and Renko.
>>47924098Cute 'Mu
>>47929632>that eye peekWhy the hell do I just realized that she probably using her ability to disguise her even further???
>>47927417Cute retard
Reimu is such a fucking nerd
>>47930351doomscrolling in gensokyo...Were they erotic romance novels or something? Look at her face, it doesn't look like she's reading philosophy or history...
>>47930409I can't remember if this is before or after Akyuu started writing mystery books as Agatha Chris Q, but if it's after, they're probably that. If it's before, it could be anything (but given Reimu, I wouldn't be surprised if they're ultra girly romance novels)
>>47929765Her hat is also cool, but it didn't exactly 'come out of her'.
>>47930421>ultra girly romance novelsIt would perfectly fit what we've seen of Reimu when it comes to romance
>>47929765Is Renko that much better than Sumi?
>>47927638When Reisen goes to the village, she's not wearing her shirt, suit and tie, so Sanae is probably the villagers' first exposure to ties.
>>47930519The face of a young pure maiden
>>47930519Ah, I see why all the bosses are female. It'd be unrealistic for Reimu and Marisa to fight a male. The second some pretty Tengu, cute Kappa, hunky Oni, handsome god, or just a plain old human with ambitions begin yapping about their plans, the girls' hearts would instantly go pichuun due to having a conversation with someone of the opposite gender.
>>47928503It's no laughing matter!!But seriously, the rabbit ears and tie go really well together, I wander why.
>>47930545Yes. Objectively.
>>47930740>or just a plain old human with ambitionsThe strongest being in all of creation.
>>47930545You wouldn't catch Renko dead using that fed spyware called social media
>>47930789Ties make you look serious while rabbit ears look goofy, so when you see a girl with both, you can imagine her trying to look all professional and failing miserably, which is hilarious.
>>47930409>Were they erotic romance novels or something?Call me crazy and cumbrained, but this looks like a crumpled tissue. So either she was reading a tearjerker, or she was masturbating like a teenage boy with playboy mags.
>>47924098How come Reisen doesn't get to be with the other incident solvers in that pic?
>>47931982She is a one and done incident solver, just like Cirno and Aya.
>>47930740>>47930817Well, the evidence points to contrary...
>>47932183Cute and queerhu Reimu punishes a male for touching a member of her yuri harem.
>>47930519Imagine Reimu getting a crush on a village boy, but every time she tries to confess her feelings she chickens out, and the times she doesn't, some incident happens which she solves with her usual wanton violence, scaring the boy and setting her right back to square one.At least 200 chapters of romcom manga right there. Wish I were a writefag...
>>47932382I am a writefag and I can't write it, if it makes you feel any better. Just can't do slow burns without it degenerating rapidly into porn. Cute concept though.
>>47932183To clarify: FT rejected his Humanity and therefore isn't a Human with ambitions. He was anything but cute, hunky, handsome, or pretty; he was a creepy gaunt dude with stalker vibes. Who is he seducing with his Voldemort looking ass face and a fez? Boy should've spent more time in the character creator and did more research on what the ladies like before reviving. A bigger loser than Yukari.No spellcardsNo incidentNo cool titleNo interesting powersNo charismaNo impactAnd no bitches
>>47932399>creepy gaunt dude>Voldemort looking ass facehe deserves love too :(
>>47932183Reimu is a girl in her late teens. She'd have cleaved a creepy guy like him for looking at her wrong, let alone breaking the rules.Now, if some playboy was to do what Fortune Teller did, he'd have gotten a slap on the wrist and Reimu's panties.
reimu is at her most beautiful when annoyed or angered
>>47932436Reimu is over 20 years old.
>>47932455Women don't stop acting like children until they get pregnant and their brains forces them to mature.Some can be 17000 years old and still behave like babies.
>>47932455She has been late teens for twenty years.
>>47930740So... like with Meira? Poor gal looked to much like one of those pretty boys in those outside world shojou and yaoi mangas to be listened to by the shrine maiden...And if our said theoretical handsome lad with ambition where to engage in a spellcard duel, loosing would mean marriage, most likely.>>47932415I mean he's kinda shady, but yeah, he doesn't look nearly as bad as baldemort and even if his face isn't handsome... Might have gotten there had he lived as a yook for more than 2 minutes though.>>47932477You see in fantasy land humans might follow more the Iwanagahime route of a long life instead of the fleeting konohanasakuyahime life, thus increasing the amount of time they spend on their Earth element phase before going into steel and *shizosuke ramble continues*
>>47931787Nice speculation, i actually can't tell what it is so you could be right. There are probably no tissues in gensokyo but she could just use a page from an old notebook or something.
>>47930849Perhaps Sumireko will learn to hate it too, when she grows older.
>>47924410A window for my cock!
>>47932476>Women don't stop acting like children until they get pregnant and their brains forces them to mature.Looks like somone has to bell the cat while the sun shines than.
>>47930519I really like this side of Reimu. It's really cute
>>47927357LET ME AT EM
>>47929492Blackcat is a treasure. He should do a full length doujin.
>>47933665resting your head in her lap :)
>>47932382First of all, I'd like to apologize about the text walls that will soon crash this thread with no survivors. Feel free to just skip past this wall of text if it's too long.Haven't written in a while, seems I forgot the whole brevity and wit business. Swear I tried.Anyways, I had to split up the story in a few posts five.So yeah, see you all in a minute for it to start and five for it to finish.
>>47934081I carpent the wood, I do this because I am the carpenter’s son. My dad, too, was the carpenter’s son; his dad, too, was the carpenter’s son; his dad was a seamster, thus, his dad shunned him from the family, raising his baby boy as his own and taking his wife, too. Poor great-grandpa didn’t deserve it in my opinion, he was just clothcurious, is all. Happens to the best of us… A dark time in the family’s history.But that’s in the past, and today I get to make a real table for the cute blacksmith with the weird multi-colored eyes (not saying they’re ugly!). That’s why I find myself carrying a heavy log of wood through the roads of my beloved village. But not just any log, this one’s special, it’s Kōyamaki! It’s funny, I used to hate when dad made me pick up the materials and carry them back on my own, to, as he said, “toughen you up”. I didn’t get it at the time, but look at me now! I can lift the entire Forest of Magic on my shoulder if I put my mind to it.I really ought to trust my father more. He’s a full fledged carpenter, while I’m a novice at best.Another nugget of knowledge my father holds over me due to his years of expertise is the type of wood. I suggested- is someone watching me?I look behind me, very careful to not move the wood too much as to not hit someone by accident, and see no one. “Hm, that’s odd. Surely there was someone, I do have a very keen sense of danger after all,” I say to myself. Out of the corner of my eye I spot a nice lady with long brown hair, glasses, and a leaf stuck in her hair. What a klutz!“Excuse me, miss?” I approach her while waving.The lady looks at me for a second, then a sparkle of recognition appears in her eyes. “My world… you must be the carpenter’s son!” She walks towards me, holding her index finger to her chin, still analyzing me. “Not a single doubt about it. You have got his nose!”I stand taller and puff up my chest. “Yes indeed, that’s me!” Feels good to be recognized.The lady eyes me up and down. “Hm, most certainly you are.”Yep. She can tell I’m my father’s kid thanks to the massive wood I carry around me at all times! But the way she keeps staring starts to make me feel a bit self-conscious. I’m still growing, my wood isn’t as large as what dad carries, just yet at least.I steer the conversation to the matter at hand. “Excuse me for the weird question, but have you seen someone following me around?”The inquiry seems to snap the lady out of her trance. “Ah? No, don’t worry. Say,” she glides over my concern real easy, “is your father still married to that… your dearest mother…” That your dearest mother? What an odd way to talk. Maybe she’s not from around here.“Yes, of course. Mom and pops are very happy together!”She looks to the side. “Darn. The same as back in Geidontei, then…”
>>47934085“Hum, you don’t seem like the kind to go there.” Only old dudes frequent that bar. Probably to ogle at the girl working there. Some people have no respect for women! Their mothers would be very mad!The lady gives a very elegant laugh. “Oh my, whatever do you mean by that, boy? Are you, perhaps, implying I look too young to be one of the usual patrons?”I tilt my head to the side and give her a once-over again. “But you are, right?” She doesn’t look like a perverted geezer.She smiles. Wow, that’s a mighty wide grin she’s got there, impressive face muscles! Could do with a little better dental hygiene. “It might shock you to hear this, but I’m the exact clientele for that particular establishment, perhaps even more so than you could possibly imagine.”Wait… could it mean… she is a MAN! And OLD! And, most crucially, PERVERTED!In hindsight, I should have known. No woman would go out smelling of cigarette ashes and booze, at least to that degree.The realization dawning on my face makes her giddy, for some reason. “You know, you aren’t part of our usual… group of interest. You’ve no job, age, or wife. However, if I don’t go out for the exotic, maybe someone else will,” her face turns sour. “Heavens forbid some stinky vixen got her tick-infested paws on you before I.” She - or he - holds out a hand, her face returning to a smiling one. “Come in me.”Doesn’t she mean come WITH me? “Do you know something about who followed me?”The lady(?) shrugs. “Eh, sure.”“Sweet!” Normally, this’d be very suspicious, however, my very keen sense of danger is telling everything is a-okay.I grab her hand and begin following her - him, dang it - into a dark, very deserted alley and- there it is again!Perhaps she - he… it? - felt it too. “Actually, I better depart!”“Wait!” The person runs away remarkably fast for an old geezer.I slowly turn, until the log I am carrying makes contact with the narrow walls, stopping me. “Ah, dang it. One second!” I shout to whoever is behind me.I swear I can feel eyes rolling. “Hurry up. I don’t have all day,” replies a female voice I heard somewhere before, maybe in a festival?“Be right there!” I lift the material with both hands and begin carefully rotating my body.“Just drop the stupid wood and pick it back up!” She sounds very frustrated. Geez.“THIS wood?” I give it a few slaps, “No way! I’d rather me dropping to the floor than-” The words die in my mouth as I finally catch a glimpse of her.
>>47934091The first thing I see is her big red bow - instantly telling me who this is - tying her straight black hair into a ponytail, probably because of the summer heat, I am shirtless for that same reason after all. My gaze goes lower to her face, all but perfect, like a porcelain doll without being uncanny, as her brown eyes, sometimes red if the light catches them right, stare right at and through me; her unblemished skin, as if she were born yesterday; her nose, perfectly proportionate with the rest; and her thin lips, currently in a frown that somehow looks good on her.My gaze tries to travel even lower, but I stop it. Remember! The ladies above the neck, like mom taught us!… maybe I could’ve looked at that old guy’s boobs, now that I’m thinking about it.Either way, that’s… “The shrine maiden!” I quickly finish turning to face her fully and straightening my posture. Hum, she looks smaller now that I’m seeing her up close.Reimu looks to the side briefly. “Yeah, that’s me.”“If I may ask, what are you doing here?” I gesture to the dark alleyway.“I don’t know,” she answers a bit too fast. “What are YOU doing here?”“Oh, well, this all started with the blacksmith asking for a new table, - I’m the carpenter’s son by the way - so my dad - he’s the carpenter - sent me to buy-”“Get to the point. You talk too much.” Bit rude, but surely she’s very busy taking care of the shrine. Her time is very valuable.“I felt that someone was following me-”“Really?!” she screams. She clears her throat, “Really?” she says, calmly.“Yes. And I know I must be right because my very keen sense of danger never fails!” I proudly proclaim.“Well.” She crosses her arms and looks to the side. “It failed you because no one was following you.”I raise an eyebrow. “And how would you know that?”“Uh…” She puts her hands to her hips and stands up with a determined face. “The Hakurei God told me!”My mouth opens, agape with wonder. “Wow! That’s so cool!”“I know, I’m pretty awesome.”“Did he also tell you to come into the alley?”“Uh, yes! He told me there was something I was looking for.”“And what is it? What is it?” I feel like a child, pestering her with all these questions. I can’t help it though! Other gods are neat and all, the mountain god did some stuff for the village and her shrine maiden is very nice, but no one has seen the Hakurei God in any way for decades! Plus, my mom keeps telling me stories of how cool he was back when she was my age. I just can’t waste this chance!
>>47934097“Hum, I was looking for…” she looks everywhere. “My pet! That rat!” She points to a point in the ground.A very dirty looking rodent lies there. “Cool. What’s its name?”She thinks for a second. “Nnnnnnnnazrin, yeah, that’s her name!”“Oh, a pretty…” well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, or something like that, “lady…”A black cat jumps from the shadow and snatches the rat. “Nazrin, no!” I scream, but I am unable to do anything to save Nazrin from her cruel fate. As in the end, I am still a boy with a log in an alley.“It’s okay, that’s my pet too.”“You feed your pets to each other? Why?”“The Hakurei God told me to.”“Ah.” I’m not gonna try to understand divine reasoning, it’s above me. “And what’s its name?”“That’s Che- no, wait, that’s Rin. Yeah, that’s more fitting.”A crow comes and begins pecking Rin, forcing her to drop Nazrin, only for the crow to steal her prey.“That’s Marisa. That thief.”An… axolotl? Here? Rests there in the middle of the street, the sun beating hard on it. It perishes because it is too lazy to move to the shade. It died as it lived, pathetically.“That’s, heh heh, that’s Yukari!” Reimu giggles. The most melodious laugh I’ve ever heard.“What a dumb looking creature that Yukari was, eh?” A part of me feels really bad making fun of an animal who just died. My parents taught me to respect nature, however, Reimu’s laugh has entranced me like a siren’s song. I need to hear more of it.“Yeah, stupid crone!” She keeps laughing at some joke only she understands, but, as good music makes you dance along with it, I begin laughing at humor I don’t get.Soon, she also doesn’t understand why she keeps laughing. She just does because she feels like it, because she feels giddy. In an alleyway, Reimu and I laugh for no reason.I crack my eyes open to witness, perhaps, the most gorgeous sight I’ll ever see. Reimu Hakurei, slightly hunched over, holding her palm to her mouth as she laughs, her cheeks tinted a pink hue and her eyes with very small tears that somehow somehow catch the sun in the exact way to make them look like diamonds.How? How is she this beautiful? It vexes me, almost scares me. Just how does a girl like this come to existence? It’s like she was handcrafted by the gods and sent down from the heavens to make us joyous we even get to bask in her presence. Every eventuality that may make her anything less than perfect accounted for. May she laugh, frown, cry, she’ll be the fairest of them all. I’d wager her radiance rivals that of the goddess Amaterasu herself. Maybe that’s why the sun always seems to light her the right way, that’s Amaterasu looking to steal some of her splendor away from her.But she isn’t a heavenly deity, she is human. She is here…With me…Ugh, what am I thinking? I’m just the carpenter’s son.My silence seems to snap Reimu out of her laughter, and she realizes I’m staring at her like a total creep.
>>47932990Seeing an older Sumireko cringe at her younger self would be really fun. It's a shame there's no chance of it happening.
>>47934104“I, uh,” I find myself tongue-tied. “I’d like to thank you for your service!” I snap a salute with my free hand.Her joy instantly returns. “You’ll donate?!” Her eyes shine gold with avarice.“Hum… I meant thank you orally. Like saying the words thank you.”The frown she appeared with resurfaces. “If thank yous were made of gold I’d be set for life.”“Uuuh…” I pat my pockets. Empty, of course. Good wood ain’t cheap. Wait… good wood ain’t cheap! “Here!” I rip out a good chunk of the log with my free hand. I’ll have to tell dad it came like this, I doubt he’ll approve of me wasting material on a girl I got no chance with…She crosses her arm. “Why would I want some dirty wood?” I toss her the piece and she catches it on pure reflex.“It’s not just any ol’ wood, this is Kōyamaki!”“I don’t-”“You see!” She tries interrupting me again, but I continue. Sorry to bother you Miss Reimu, but you must understand the value of that wood! “This sexy little number is gonna get turned into a table for a blacksmith. And I hear blacksmith, so I think, Akamatsu, right?”“Hum, I guess?” “I mean, resistant, reliable, everything you want for someone with a heavy job, right? Well, wrong!” I begin moving my shoulders, pretending I’m walking with swagger. “In comes pops, and you know what he tells me?”“What?”“Kōyamaki.” I do a surprised expression. “Kōyamaki.”“Kōyamaki?”“Kōyamaki!” I laugh in exasperation. “He says, ‘she’s gonna be putting white hot iron in buckets to cool it, it’s gonna be steam city up in there! She’s gonna need something that can handle hot vapor!’” I recount in a crude impression of dad. “I mean, sure, it makes sense. One teeny, tiny issue.”“What is it?” Reimu leans forward, waiting for the answer.“Kōyamaki is only one of the Five Sacred Trees! And my father just happens to know a guy who sells them!”Reimu inspects the chunk in her hand. “Sacred? Really?”“Yeah, duh, sacred! If I knew it’d be this easy, I’d never have made my life goal to hunt down one of each!”She looks at me with skepticism. “What do you mean by that?”I put my hand on my hip and look at the sky at an angle. “The Sacred Trees. The most coveted of all wood in the land. It is said that only the best carpenters may use them. Legends tell that, once upon a time, a skilled carpenter traveled from the very depths of hell to the cusp of the heavens in search of all five, once he managed to get all he combined them into a little box. The box, once completed, closed itself. Inside was the thing he desired most in the world.”Reimu remains unamused. “So you’re chasing a fairy tale? I really doubt this wood is special in any way.” She looks at her donation once more. “Pretty sure I’ve seen this somewhere else.”I scratch my cheek. “Well, y’know, you’re probably right. Still wanna get all the Sacred Trees.”“Why?”
>>47934109“Why not?” I shrug. “It’s a goal for me to work towards. Keeps me productive and gets me to work more in my passion. So what if it’s useless? It’s better than being in bed all day!” That seems to have an impact on Reimu, she looks slightly stunned. “Anything is possible with hard work, diligence and punctuality-” I look at the sun, now beginning to fall. “Shoot! Gotta go!”I run past the silent Reimu.“See ya later Miss Reimu!” I wave as I speed through the roads and away from her.She stands there, holding the piece of a so-called Sacred Tree. Her cheeks go from pink, to red, to as crimson as her clothes and she covers her face. “What a dumb carpenter’s son.” She whispers very quietly, perhaps embarrassed someone will find her so flustered. “What the hell do I even do with this?”“My, oh my.” Someone does find her, as a gap opens behind her. “So, naive, kind, not jaded, and most of all passionate. How can a boy like that exist here, eh-?”“Shut up axolotl.” Reimu finds a use for the Sacred Wood as an improvised shiv.-----There. I wanted to do this real quick then go to sleep. Good ideas are cognito hazards.
>>47932440True
>>47934115Anon, this was very funny. I usually have to force myself to read these kinds of posts, not because they're bad but because they're tiring, but this was very nice to read. I hope you're continuing it!
Reimu is a cutie-pie
>>47934816Cute lesbian!
>>47934085>>47934091>>47934097>>47934104>>47934109>>47934115She didn't said that
>>47934085Maybe more innuendo and less spelling it out would do you some benefit, with the leaf-lady looking at him no need to draw the paralell directly to his dad twice or even once. Just having him stand proud with his wood and shrink under her gaze achieves the same effect after already drawing the comparison with his nose.>>47934091Someone needs to put a stop to this home wrecker who can't even speak properly.>>47934104Reimu is as bad a liar as this man's skull is dense.The rat to axoltot pipeline seems a bit broken, did you accidentally leave out a paragraph?>>47934115A good little read overall if a bit disjointed and chaotic.It definetly read like it was written by someone who was too tired to properly proofread but what's there is good.
>>47934115>She stands there, holding the piece of a so-called Sacred Tree. Her cheeks go from pink, to red, to as crimson as her clothes and she covers her face. “What a dumb carpenter’s son.” She whispers very quietly, perhaps embarrassed someone will find her so flustered. “What the hell do I even do with this?”Cute 'Mu
>>47929765And Renko hasn't even come out of her yet...
>>47936843Unless the man who put the baby in Sumireko also too her last name, Renko is probably not a direct descendent.
>>47937157Usami line is hatlineal: if parent from Usami side had a cool hat, the descendant takes up their surname. Those Usami, who don't acquire a cool hat in time, leave the family and assume spouse's surname.
>>47937157It's more likely than not. They wear similar hats and their names follow the same naming convention.Beyond that, it would be too anticlimactic if Sumireko, who has magical powers, connections to Gensokyo, the same surname and a similar look to Renko, ended up only being her grand-aunt while neither of her actual grandparents are even implied to exist.
>>47937182Very pragmatic method, but who decides which spouse has the cooler hat?
>>47937157Now, now. Let's not rule out the very real possibility that Renko is the result of two generations of parents sharing the same surname.It would certainly explain some of her... quirks...
>>47937354An impartial judge.
>>47927640"By Hakurei, behave yourself! I will give you a taste of my gohei!"
>>47927656But chicks dig giant robots.
>>47927736"Gentlemlem"
>>47937601What are you implying with that? Renko is perfectly normal, BETTER than normal even. It's not fair to throw insults like that around when the poor girl can't defend herself because she isn't born yet!Do you really think someone as intelligent, beautiful, and all-around perfect as Renko could be the result of incest? You should know that autism has no correlation with incest.
>>47934476Well, good news! I am. First had to reread some stuff to get Reimu's opinion on certain people.>>47935052No, she didn't. She spoke Japanese.>>47935472>Maybe more innuendo and less spelling it out would do you some benefit, with the leaf-lady looking at him no need to draw the paralell directly to his dad twice or even once. Just having him stand proud with his wood and shrink under her gaze achieves the same effect after already drawing the comparison with his nose.With the leaf lady specifically, it's clunky by design because she speaks weird. But I have noted it and tried to implement some suggestions in this new chapter.>The rat to axoltot pipeline seems a bit broken, did you accidentally leave out a paragraph?No. My intention was for the humor to come from how out of place it is. The progression goes from 1, 2, 3, and 7123. But it's a valid point, as indeed, some paragraphs were cut. Mostly filler, the beginning was longer with the carpenter's son encountering various Youkai in disguise and his keen sense of danger flaring up when Reimu stopped them, but I realized that it'd be too much time wasted on filthy Youkai women instead of in nice humans girls,>>47936274The cutest.Anyways, new wall of text incoming. It's shorter at least...
>>47938965Today, I carry wood again. This time in a finished state! A huge cabinet of some sorts, made up entirely of a very precious type of material called Jindai Sugi, coming from trees said to be thousands of years old! Suffice to say, even a single log costs a fortune, that’s why they’re usually used in small, ceremonial items. Wonder why you’d make a cabinet out of this?On the way to my destination, I find myself conversing about the topic with a tiny girl, wearing a khaki flat cap over a head of shoulder-length black hair. Her business card reads “Aya”, but written in an odd way…“By the way, why do you have such pointy ears?” “These are my reportage writer’s ears! They help me scout for scoops!”Weird, but my keen sense of danger isn’t flaring up, so she’s good. That being said, just before she can show me something regarding the quality of the wood, it does flare up.“Oh, it’s Miss Reimu!” I turn to see Reimu walking towards us with purpose.“Wow, what’s got her so stormy all of a sudden?” Aya waves at her with a beaming smile. “Good day, shrine maiden.”The girl in question stops in front of us, looks down and sighs. “You have a knack for getting mixed up with all kinds of shady folk.”I look appalled at her. “Hey, I’m not shady, I’m honest! I am an honest boy!” Reimu raises an eyebrow, unamused. “Not you, idiot. Well- yes you, but not the shady one.”I tilt my head. “Then what do you mean?”“Hehehe, how adorable.” Aya intrudes into the discussion. “Wait, you must be that boy the rumors talked about, the one who spent the afternoon alone with Reimu in a dark alley!”I almost drop the cabinet. “Huh?! That’s not what happened!”“Got anything to say about that, miss shrine maiden? Are you even a maiden anymore?!” She seems to almost float up to Reimu.Reimu stares at her in the eyes, sporting a very deep frown. “I hope you aren’t trying to bait a reaction out of me. I really don’t care about what your kind gossips about.” She grabs her by the collar, Aya remains composed however. “I better not see one of your so-called ‘articles’ about this come tomorrow, or you’ll be writing the next exclusive with two fingers less.”At the mention of losing her ability to write properly, her easy smile drops for a matching frown to that of Reimu’s. “Fine. You got it, boss.” She grips Reimu’s wrist and tears her hand off her.She begins walking away, not before looking at us one final time with the grin she started with. “Have a pleasant day you two, and remember where all the hottest and most factual news is found!” Then, right before my very eyes, she vanishes, leaving behind a dust cloud and a newspaper.
>>47938969“Geez, she’s a fast one!” I look at the discarded piece of paper. “Can’t pick it up…”“Can I have it?” Reimu keeps eyeing it with avarice.“Uh, sure. We already have a reputable newspaper.” The Village Happenings, written by the very respected Master Builder himself. Without him, how would we know that the rumors of Tengu and Tanuki in the village are untrue?“Sweet!” She kneels to pick it up with a predatory smile. “Free toilet paper.” She shows the improvised bathroom appliance with pride and a glint in her eyes. How thrifty!As she stands up, I clear my throat to catch her attention. “Do you think what she said is true? About the…” I look to the sides with a slight blush, “rumors?”Reimu scratches her head, remarkably unbothered. “Eh, probably? I don’t see Aya lying about this. Either way I wouldn’t worry about it.”“Why?”“The information flow she uses is quite different to yours. Doubt anyone worthwhile will hear about it.” She chuckles. “Especially now.”I try to remember that day. “Any idea who could have begun the rumors? I don’t recall anyone seeing us.”Her demeanor shifts to irritation. “I’ve got an idea of who she might be. Damn gossiping crone.”“Tell me about it.” All of mom’s older friends spend their days spouting nonsense about other people in the village behind their backs. This one is dating this one, he’s cheating on his wife, the teacher has meet ups with a boy from her class, this one lady is actually a Tanuki in disguise. Ugh, worry about your own stuff!Reimu’s mood simmers down a bit. “Where are you going?”“I need to go back to my dad’s shop.”“Where is it?”“Right down the road.” I point with my head.“What a coincidence, I also happen to need to go in the same direction.” She gives a carefree shrug. “We might as well walk together.”“Ugh, sorry, I can’t. First I need to leave this sexy beast,” I lift up the huge cabinet, “in Mr. Kirisame’s emporium, which is in the complete opposite direction. Rain check?”Reimu crosses her arms, holding onto her aloof attitude. “That’s funny. I also need to go see Mr. Kirisame.”“For real?” I ask excitedly. “But why?”“Hakurei God told me; I need to buy something; gonna tell him Marisa is still a virgin- doesn’t matter why, let’s go.”“Cool!” I get to walk alongside Reimu! Even if there’s no way she’ll look at someone like me as anything more than just another villager, it’s still a massive opportunity talking to her. Maybe she’ll consider me a friend one of these days!I feel giddy as we make the short trip to the store. Reimu seems oddly quiet, looking down to the ground. Hm, is she worried about gossip? Thought that wouldn’t bother us. But to be fair, she said it won’t bother ME, she’s probably in every information flow.I frown a little. Dang it, should’ve rejected her offer to walk together. She probably did it only to be nice. Now she’s gonna have to deal with baseless rumors.I must be more mindful!
>>47938973Kirisame's Mega Emporium is one of the biggest buildings in the village, beaten only by the Hieda’s estate. It’s one, or perhaps THE one, center of commerce. Sell or buy, you’re better off doing it through Mr. Kirisame.“Place gets bigger every time I see it.” Reimu grimaces while scratching the back of her head.“Well, Mr. Kirisame is very respected around here. Guess he’s gotta show that.” I shrug, slightly annoyed. “I really don’t get it. He doesn’t even know the first thing about carpenting, wouldn’t let him work with Sugi!” I crack up in laughter.Reimu snickers. “I’m gonna have to take your word for it, crazy woodman. Shall we?”I try to control my laughs. “One sec. Let’s go.”Entering the store, we’re welcomed by rows and rows of items, neatly arranged on shelves I remember dad made some years ago, three stories high up to the ceiling. At least 5 clerks stand behind the counter all around the floor, ready to deal with customers looking for a deal.The man himself is sitting on a chair, scribbling something in some paper. He notices us and stands up. “I’ve been expecting you, boy!” He comes towards us. He’s a very rotund, short man, and the years have not been kind, leaving his once fiery red hair grayed beyond recognition. However, he holds a jolly face and a very well groomed mustache.“There was a little delay on the way. Hope that’s not a problem.”“Of course not. And you,” he turns to my companion. “If it isn’t little Reimu! I thought you wouldn’t visit for another couple weeks. Did,” he swallows a blob of saliva, “did something happen to my girl?”Reimu nervously waves her palms. “No, no! Marisa’s fine. I was just giving company to this guy.”Mr. Kirisame breathes a sigh of relief, years seemingly lifting from his body. “Thank goodness. That girl will be the death of me.” His jolly face returns. “Well, what are you waiting for, boy? I paid you to bring that to the backroom, come!” Well, technically he only paid to make the furniture, me bringing it is just courtesy, but eh? What’s a little more work? He leads me towards said room, Reimu following in tow. “You man the front.” He orders one of the workers.“But I’m on break sir…” The poor soul says very quietly. He knows protesting will get him nowhere.Upon the door opening, I’m assaulted by what I assume is the aftermath of a hurricane.“I paid for installation,” no he didn’t. “I want it in that corner over there. Make sure to not break anything or you’re paying, these items are very valuable!” He looks away, assuming I’ll just do as told. “Tea, Reimu?”I look at her for help. She looks back, smug. “Yes, please.” Before leaving me to my task, she waves with an impish grin. “Have fun!”I sigh and put down the cabinet to begin sorting the garbage.
>>47938981Reimu enjoys a nice snack in a side room.“So, Reimu,” Mr. Kirisame begins the conversation.“Hm, what?” Reimu answers with a mouthful of some very expensive food.“You say you came because of what exactly?”She tries to keep her cool. “Just making sure this idiot doesn’t get mugged by some stray Youkai.”He raises an eyebrow while sipping his tea. “Really now? But you aren’t one to involve yourself with the personal matters of the villagers.”She closes her eyes in irritation of both the interrogation and the idea of getting involved. “Even if I don’t, it’s still my job. If a villager goes missing or something, then it’ll be more of a pain. Better prevent it.”“Better to be prepared, eh? Smart girl.” He takes another sip, thinking of his next careful angle. “So you like him?”Reimu chokes on some tea, her face red from embarrassment and the hot tea in the middle of summer. “I - cough - WHAT? NO!” She slams her cup on the table. “What-? How do you even-? Eh?”“It’s okay if you do, girl.” Mr. Kirisame leans back in his chair. “You’re of age.”Tears sting in Reimu’s eyes, she looks at him with fury. “You’re crazy! Him?! Never!”He hums, enjoying the chance to tease a growing girl. “You kissed him? Hm?” He begins throwing kisses in the air.“Agh! Stop it! Ew!” She covers her tomato red face.“Uh, I’m finished sir.” At that moment, I knock on the door.“Already? You can’t rush a job!” Mr. Kirisame sounds outraged. “Did you do it right?”“Hum, I think so? You can come and check if you want.”He stands up and marches to the door. “If a single thing is broken, I’ll get a full refund!”He finds himself stunned at the sight of all the clutter neatly organized in piles and the cabinet placed exactly where he wanted.“My boy, it’s excellent! Such efficiency! This shall be the new employee standard!” For some reason, I feel like I’ve doomed some people.It takes Reimu a few more seconds to compose herself enough to come out. “If you fail at finding the Sacred whatevers, you can be a great maid.” She cockily mocks, trying to regain control.“Are you sick, Miss Reimu? Your face is all red.” I stare at her face with concern on my own.Her facade breaks. “J-just the sun. Burns my skin.”Turns out that when we were talking, Mr. Kirisame had left.“So,” Reimu asks. “What’s that for? Pretty odd place to put a fancy looking cabinet.”I shrug. “Beats me. Dad won’t let me work with something like this. Haven’t even opened it.”A greedy glint appears in Reimu's eyes. “That's for the rich, right? So what if I put all kinds of furniture that looks just like that around the shrine? Maybe it’ll drive up donations from moneybags!”“Seems pretty costly. The material would make it not worth it, let alone actually making the thing.”“I’ll just use normal wood and paint it dark brown, I’ll do the carpentry myself. I fix the shrine all the time, how hard can it be?”Maybe the fact that you gotta fix it all the time is an indication of that…
>>47938987Mr. Kirisame returns with something wrapped in a blanket.“What’s that?” Reimu asks.“You want to see?” Mr. Kirisame waits for the nod. “Well, come.”While the both of them approach the mysterious cabinet, I stand awkwardly. I think this isn’t a moment for me, maybe I should leave…Mr. Kirisame sighs. “You too.”Great, because I’m dying to see inside. Been carrying that thing on my back for hours!He opens the doors, revealing a very ornate interior, however, its function still eludes me. That is, until he pulls out what was hidden in the blanket.Some kind of golden locket and a painting of a woman I’ve never seen before.Reimu seems to catch on as to who that might be. “Is she?”“Yes.” Mr. Kirisame somberly says. “Yes she is.”It’s not a cabinet, it’s a shrine to remember those who are no longer here.He lights up a few candles and puts the mementos in the middle. “It’s been so long…”Both Reimu and I feel uncomfortable due to this display, her because such raw, honest emotions make her uneasy, and I because, well… I don’t really know Mr. Kirisame.“So long…” Reimu manages to speak. “And you’re still hurting? What even is the point of loving someone, if when you die, you’ll just leave them alone to suffer.”He laughs bitterly. “I don’t know girl, I’m no thinker, just a merchant, that’s why both Rinnosuke and Marisa left me behind. The way I see it, the few years we spent together more than paid for the following misery. I don’t regret a thing.““Hm.” I find it impossible to tell what is going through Reimu’s mind. Is she even listening? Her gaze is lost.“Although, there is one thing I’d change.”“What is it?” She looks back to him.“All the time I wasted doing useless things. I should’ve spent all my youth with her. I could’ve, but I thought I had time.” He laughs again. “There is always time, until there isn’t. If there is one thing you two can learn from this old man, look for the things you really want while still in your prime. Fight for them, every second you can.”That lesson leaves us at a loss for words. She looks back to me with an uncertain look. Just what does the Hakurei Shrine Maiden long for? Peace? Donations? What? Nevertheless, she looks at me.“I know what I really want,” I say, resolute. “You’re right, sir. I’ll fight for what I want, and I’ll start now!”Reimu looks flabbergasted. “Y-you don’t mean?”“You know what I mean.” I beam at her.“I…” she looks down to the floor, a slight pink in her cheeks. “I do…”I pump my fist in the air and proclaim to the heavens. “I’ll find the Five Sacred Trees, make the little box and become the best carpenter there ever was!”Mr. Kirisame and Reimu look shocked at my absolute resolution.“Where can I find someone who knows?” I ask.He stops to think for a second. “Rinnosuke maybe? He knows about magical wumbo jumbo.”“The merchant from that shop outside the village, right? Okay!” I begin sprinting out of the store. I’m not gonna waste one more second!
>>47938996Reimu and Mr. Kirisame remain in the room. He speaks first, “Just occurred to me, probably should’ve told him to go look in the Hieda library. That’s gotta have what he’s looking for.”She looks to where I’m heading. “He’s going the wrong way, idiot.”“I’m sure he’ll get there when he runs into you again and you point him in the right direction.”“Not gonna happen. He’s on his own.” She crosses her arms and tries really hard to look aloof.“That’s your fight, good luck.” He laughs and goes back to the front of the store, leaving Reimu alone.“What a dumb carpenter’s son…”----There, dump over. Thank you for reading!There is a pretty huge blunder with canon I noticed way too late, so I didn't change it. A cookie to whoever finds it.
>>47937354That doesn't really matter since it's impossible to have a cooler hat that Sumireko and Renko. There's a reason it's been passed down thru generations.
>>47924428Sanae does have the second longest dress after Sumi. But Reimu's dress isn't all that short, and it looks like she is trying to pull it over her knees, maybe she didn't have any longer one. Marisa, on the other hand, not only has a short dress, but is also stretching her legs so it looks even shorter. And let's not even bring up Slutkuya.
>>47939002>huge blunder with canonLike i care. Good stuff.>There is always time, until there isn’tinshallah
>>47937601Don't besmirch the Usami name like that...
>>47939039So I guess this gives us the slut ranking for the main characters. Sanae<Reimu<Marisa<Sakuya is not what I would have expected.
>>47939300Sanae is a good girl...
>>47934085>The inquiry seems to snap the lady out of her trance. “Ah? No, don’t worry. Say,” she glides over my concern real easy, “is your father still married to that… your dearest mother…” That your dearest mother? What an odd way to talk. Maybe she’s not from around here.>“Yes, of course. Mom and pops are very happy together!”>She looks to the side. “Darn. The same as back in Geidontei, then…”What is that stinky Tanuki up to...
>>47934104Reimu seems to be having a lot of fun naming these animals
>>47938973>gonna tell him Marisa is still a virginThe Kirisame bloodline is going to die with Marisa
>>47938996>Five Sacred TreesI read that as Sacred Tresures and thought Kaguya was about to get involved for a moment
>>47939421Kaguya would totally order the most expensive human table possible. Then laugh at how primitive it is and smash it over Mokous head.
>>47939458>Then laugh at how primitive it is Kaguya would never do that, she's nice.>and smash it over Mokous head.However, that she would do.
>>47939039Youmu is not really visible but we can see her dress is shorter than Sanae's and Sumireko's
>>47939300so you're saying sanaefags were telling me the truth the entire time? pure maiden and all that?i never would've suspected sakuya. though i think marisa's sluttier here with her pointless boob window
>>47939962Yes, Sanae is the purest.Sakuya was a surprise for me too, but look at her, she's basically holding her dress up. There is, however, a point to be made about Marisa trying harder to be a slut.
>>47927656You're telling me leaving my little cousin with Sanae is the best way to turn him into a fellow Getter Robo fan?
>>47939962>>47940001There are tables in front of them. This means that even though Sakuya is flashing everyone, they probably don't see it, but Marisa's boob window (as pointless as it might be) was meant to be noticed.
>>47938948Is defending your honur on an image board a good enough reason to break the continuity of space and time, Renko?
>>47940184I am not Renko. She doesn't have blond hair, for one.
>>47940281Ok...Just for the record, what is your favorite color and how tall are you?
>>47928623They dress to impress in a dorky manner
>>47940325>colorPurple>how tallStandard european woman.Why do you ask, young man?
>>47940815Just out of curiosity.On that note, what do you think about Touhou 20?
>>47940842Retro Touhou games were never good.
>>47939412That would be for the best. The fae blood should not be passed on.
>>47940913>Touhou games were never good.Ftfy
>>47930545considering the latest CD, yes, in fact she's shaping to be a windows yumemi
>>47941482That was always where she was headed, but she's getting really close now.I wander if she will get some artificial magic of her own in the following CDs.
>>47925118Poor Youmu
>>47941482>>47941634>t. [headcanon]
>>47940095Yes, one night with Sanae can turn even the most neurotypical boy into a mecha autist.
>>47942166Sanae's autistic habit of introducing every visitor to the shrine to mecha has been the leading cause of autism in Gensokyo for years, and Eirin sadly doesn't have a cure. It's pure evil
>>47925118Sounds like me. I have to go to work this weekend, they didn't give me a raise either. At least i get paid though. Youmu does it for free.>>47941657She's so cute, she should marry someone like me who would take care of her while she NEETs at home.
>>47930545Sumireko is just not autistic enough.
>>47924098Being head judge means she has to judge how everyone on the panel gives head.
>>47942934Marisa > Sanae > Sumireko > YoumuSakuya is not allowed in the competion after the Chopped Kraut incident.
>>47943020Chopped kraut...
Reimu is a... cutie patootie, bros
>>47931982Why would she? The retard bune is not part of their inner circle.
>>47939088That's a good attitude to have when writing 2hu. Sadly, the 'tism bothers me when my gay fanfics couldn't realistically happen in the drunk man's ramblings. The answer was that Marisa's father and mother are both alive. People only talk about the dad, but she does mention having parents. Would've had to redo the entire thing. I've been exposed as a fraud and a filthy secondary...>>47939385She's prowling her hunting grounds. As everyone knows, Fairies go for the Oji-sans, Hermits and Oni go for the shotas, beast types go for everything with a penis. However, both the Kitsune and Tanuki prey on middle aged family men, they call it husband-hunting. As the supply for this very specific type is very low, this causes disputes between the two groups.>>47939399Reimu can be cheeky when she wants to!>>47939412She's still young and focusing on her career, give her a break! Romance comes later! hopefully all the mushrooms didn't mess her up too badly...>>47939421Eh, she probably will at some point. Can't be a Touhou fanfic without the mandatory characters and something exploding.Anyways, new chapter coming in a minute.
>>47944834Not being able to work in carpeting is really a bummer, but I guess you can’t always do what you love, lest you’ll get sick of it! Though that’s only partially true, as walking to Kourindou requires traversing some forest, so there is some relation. But these are trees, not logs. Lumberjacks are the ones who deal with the trees. Too barbaric for my taste.Luckily I still get to do something else I really like, that is, meeting new and interesting people! This girl in particular ran into me while I was lost trying to find the store. And she…“I don’t get it. Why have boring, regular carpenters? That’s lame. A magical land should use magical wood that molds itself!”Well, she’s from the outside. I can’t blame her for her upbringing that spawned WRONG opinions.Sumireko. I’ve seen her from time to time, rarely alone however. She’s always with some pretty big shots, so I kept my distance.I think back to how I’m beginning to hang out with Reimu often and begin walking with more confidence. Heh, maybe I’m becoming a big shot too. Perhaps I can end the suffering of the most oppressed group of all, persecuted by lesser artisans using equally lesser materials.As we walk and converse, Sumireko pulls out a strange glowing box and looks at it. “We better pick up the pace. English will end in 40 minutes.”I look at her and raise an eyebrow. “So you say you come to Gensokyo while sleeping? Then why are you sleeping during class?” I’d never do that in Ms. Keine’s. One kid did that and she headbutted him- now that I think about it… Whatever happened to her? She’s never around town lately, and when she is, she just hangs around in the background not talking with anyone. Maybe she’s depressed because she's not married yet. Mom says that unmarried, old women get really nasty. Poor Ms. Keine…Sumireko crosses her arms and smirks. “I don’t need to pay attention to school, it’s a waste of time that fills your head with useless knowledge. Why even learn a foreign language when, in a decade or two from now, Japan will be the number one superpower!”“You really think so?” What can people with the Japan superpower do? Maybe shoot sun beams from their eyes.“Yep! Just you wait, in the future, Japanese girls will colonize all the boys! The other races can work raising our children.”What an odd superpower to have…We speed up and continue on the path to the shop. A Youkai attacks us, so we beat her up. Another happens to be doing something in the path we’re taking, so we beat her up too.Pretty normal Gensokyo trek.As we approach Kourindou, Sumireko stretches with a satisfied smile. “I love coming here. I can just attack people and not have some fat, foreign blondie crying to the principal to send me to mandatory counseling again. The geezer said that next time, I’m going to juvie,” she barks a laugh. “Joke’s on them, I’ll just spend all day here!”I’m concerned about this girl. Hope she doesn’t have children, who knows how they’ll turn out…
>>47944843Entering Kourindou, Reimu is there,expectedly. She looks at me with a mix of surprise and relief.Now, I may not be the sharpest tool in the shed, but I can recognize a pattern when I see it. I cross my arms and lean on the doorframe with a smirk. “This is the third time we’ve run into each other by pure chance, you following me? Waited for me to come here?”“I was at first, but then you never showed up!” She rushes to me, fuming. I flinch, thinking she's gonna hit me, but instead begins looking me up and down, checking for any damage, all while frowning. “Where in the hell were you? We’ve been looking for you for two days!”“I’ve been lost for two days? That explains why I’m so hungry!”“Didn’t you notice the days pass?” Sumireko asks, finding the situation hard to believe.“I was all fired up trying to find this store. Once I put my mind to something, the whole world becomes a blur!”Reimu finishes her evaluation and stands up, still fuming, her face red with anger. “Idiot! You could’ve run into a stray Youkai!”I put my palms up to calm her down. “I never wandered too far off, I only ran into small fry.”She points at the door. “You need to go back to the village!” Geez, she sounds like mom…Hmm, mother Reimu- stop that brain! I must be really tired if I’m thinking that way!“I’ll do it, just have to get something real quick-”A book slams shut. The man behind the counter finally enters the conversation. “A customer?! A real one?!” He stands up and puts on a smile that doesn’t really fit his face. “Welcome to Kourindou, the best curio shop in Gensokyo! Please buy something!”“Well, I don’t really have any money.”The man instantly slumps back to his chair. “Of course. Why would you? No one who comes here ever does.” He speaks like a man resigned to his fate. “And why are you here?” He points to Reimu.“I need to get my clothes fixed.” Reimu shows a big gash in her sleeve.“And you?”“For the vibes.”Rinnosuke sighs. He adjusts his glasses while looking at me. “Are you the village’s carpenter? You look moisturized.”I stand tall. “His son! Proud carpenter apprentice!”“Okay then.” It seems that Youkai, especially ones not used to being around many humans, have a hard time distinguishing the finer details that tell age. To them, even dad must be like a baby! “I’m looking for information about the Five Sacred Trees, sir!” I don’t waste another second.“This isn’t an information store, but…” He strokes his chin. “Five Sacred Trees? I’m not very familiar,” Reimu interjection of ‘no one is’ goes unnoticed. “Can you name them?”“Well, there’s the Kōyamaki, the Nezuko, Pea-bearing Cypress-”“That’s the one.” He snaps his finger. “Knew I heard the term somewhere,” he says while rummaging for something behind the counter. He puts a wooden cup on it.
>>47944847“Wow!” I rush to see the cup up close. “Where did you find it?”“I traded for it. The man said the wood was special and wanted a good price, I checked and it was true. Somewhat…” He grabs the cup and inspects it. “It’s only really unique in name only, but it is found outside of Gensokyo, so I kept it.”“What do you want for it?” I anxiously ask.“Well, if you have no money, then I’d be willing to give it up for something of equal value. I don’t really care much for this cup.”I stroke my chin. “And what could that be?”“Another cup?” Reimu answers.“Yeah. Pretty sure I’ve seen ones just like it at the convenience store,” Sumireko adds.I turn to the girls, massaging my eyes in exasperation. It’s not their fault, they don’t know the real value of this. “If I had a cup made of one of the Sacred Trees, why would I ever trade it?” I close my eyes and go back to pondering. “Think, think, where can I find something like that…” I suddenly slam a fist into my open palm. “I got it! The only place I can think of that could have an item comparable to the Pea-bearing cypress is the fanciest house I’ve ever visited.”Reimu’s sharp intuition already tells her where. “No.”“Yes!” I point northwest. “The mansion by the lake, that’s where I’ll get it!”Reimu seethes for a second before rebutting. “No way, the people there are crazy!”I tilt my head. “Really? They seemed quite pleasant during the parties they threw, especially the head of the house. She was pretty interested in the finer details of carpentry. If you don’t count the time she tried to kill everyone, she’s one of the nicest Youkai I ever met!”“It does sound a little excessive for just a lame old cup.” Sumireko supports her friend.“Yeah! Tell him Rinnosuke!”Rinnosuke, for his part, remains silent, thinking he has a chance to trade something he finds worthless for an item of much higher value.I shrug. “I’ll be fine. Dad goes there all the time to drop off increasingly more decorated thrones. I can handle myself.”She plants herself right in front of me and hits me with a very deep frown. However, it’s hard to remember she’s one of the highest authorities in Gensokyo when she has to look so high up to meet my gaze. “I’m coming with you.”My eyes light up. “Awesome!” I grab her by the hand, utterly shocking her, and begin sprinting towards the lake. “This’ll be fun!”“Wait! Slow down, dumb carpenter’s son!” Reimu’s scream fades in the distance.“Looks like it’s just you and me.” Rinnosuke turns to Sumireko, only to see she had already ran out of time and vanished.He sighs and takes off his glasses. “I like solitude, but it’d be nice if someone came by to actually keep me company once in a while.”The door opens again. In walks the fearsome Flower Master of the Four Seasons, Yuuka.“I take it back! Give me my solitude!”----Gonna run out of characters. Fun chapter. Got to Renkopost. Miss Renko thread. Thanks for reading!
>>47944843>“You really think so?” What can people with the Japan superpower do? Maybe shoot sun beams from their eyes.I see where Renko gets it from. Well too bad Sumireko, the future is tall, blond, busty and european.
>>47945196Not if /ourgirl/ has something to say about it.
>>47944854>“Yes!” I point northwest. “The mansion by the lake, that’s where I’ll get it!”It's SDM time. Let's see what sort of Sakuya exists in this world>He sighs and takes off his glasses. “I like solitude, but it’d be nice if someone came by to actually keep me company once in a while.”>The door opens again. In walks the fearsome Flower Master of the Four Seasons, Yuuka.>“I take it back! Give me my solitude!”How lucky Rinnosuke! You get to spend time with Youkai Moe!!!
>>47931982Sanae didn't want her there. The village isn't big enough for two tie wearers.
>>47945804She told the villagers that the tie is a symbol of divinity and if that fucking rabbit comes over faith is gonna drop by at least 20%
>>47945810When a certain someone makes her way to Gensokyo, she's gonna have quite the surprise.
>>47945804Reisen has lived in Gensokyou longer the Sanae so from the POV of the Villagers Sanae stole Reisen outfit
>>47946327But they never saw Reisen wearing a tie.
>>47940913I bet your favorite is Touhou 23. You euros never appreciate difficult danmaku games.
>>47924400Reimu could have dressed more formally too.
>>47947831Reimu turned into Renko...
>>47947977Reinko?
>>47947986Renmu
>>47947986>>47947989MukoReirenKomuRenrei
>>47947831She's still missing the shawl...
>>47948251Marisa has the shawl. Together, they are two halves of a full Renko.
>>47947831>>47947977Really cute. More characters need to undergo Renkofication.
>>47947998Dream ChildSpirit LotusChild DreamLotus SpiritThere's also Renmu(Lotus Dream) and Reiko(Spirit Child). I say Renmu sounds the best.
>>47930740Wouldn't Miko have more of an effect on them in that case?
>>47942166And that’s why I love her.
>>47942326It's messed up how even with Eirin's ability to make any medicine, and even in the far future where all diseases are cured, autism still prevails.
>>47945196They aren't the Sumi and Renko. The latter believes that races shouldn't mingle, while the former has a more conquistador outlook, to say the least...>>47945257>How lucky Rinnosuke! You get to spend time with Youkai Moe!!!Does he ever!Anyways, this one's gonna be long. Had more time and all that. Gomene...
>>47951105Walking to the mansion slowly, mainly because Reimu doesn’t seem to like sprinting very much. Her stamina recovery is off the charts though! As soon as I stopped running holding her hand, her face went from very red to just a little less red almost instantlyShe’s exuding a very dangerous aura as she stomps through the shoreline, pretty much guaranteeing no Youkai will atack. On the one hand, that’s a good thing, this far from the village there ought to be stronger folk, so I’d have to run away. Now on the other hand, I do feel really bad that I made her walk all the way out here in the middle of summer, all to protect me.I grimace. Better show her I can take care of myself and she doesn’t need to focus on some carpenter’s son.As we approach the gate, we see the gatekeeper leaning on the wall, reading a book with a colorful cover.She looks up, sensing intruders, but she eases when she notices I’m with Reimu. Whether it’s because she’s welcome or because she couldn’t stop her even if she tried so no one will be mad at her for slacking on her duty, who knows?“Oh, it’s Reimu.” She walks up to meet us halfway, positioning herself between the gate and us. “What brings you here? Did something bad happen?”“It might,” Reimu answers. “Let us through, we need to speak with Remilia.”“And who’s your friend?” Meiling turns to me. I feel a little intimidated, as I’m not used to people being taller than me, let alone a woman!“I’m the carpenter’s son, ma’am. I actually came to a few parties.”She analyzes my face for a second. “Don’t remember you, sorry.” Rude.“Can we come in, or no?” Reimu begins sounding irritated.“Uh, the mistress can be very busy. Let me check her schedule.” She pulls out a notebook and reads it. I manage to sneak a peek and notice that it’s filled with nothing but activities like ‘Free Play’, ‘Tea Time’, ‘Chasing Wheelchair Pervert Out of Basement’, ‘Hug Payments’, and such.“Well.” She closes the book. “I’m sure the mistress will receive you either way.”Before we move on, I again notice what she was reading. “What’s that?”She holds it up. “The latest Tengu manga, a brand new series!” Meiling’s face fills with excitement. “Came out just yesterday in the mountain, but the mistress managed to nab a copy for us to read together!”“Then why are you reading alone?” Reimu raises an eyebrow.Meiling scratches her cheek. “Hehe… just couldn’t wait. It just looked so interesting, see!” She holds it up to our faces, the cover features a girl with very little defining features being carried by a man with muscles that seemed a little TOO defined. The title reads ‘Arms Like Trunks! I Fell For Some Mob Carpenter?! Vol. 1’.“Wow! It’s a story about a carpenter! Check it out, Miss Reimu! Miss Reimu?” I look at her and notice her face is tomato red.No matter how hard Meiling fought, she couldn’t save the manga.
>>47951115Finding the throne room was easy, we just followed the huge line of Fairies and goblins. Inside, we see Remilia hugging a little green fella.“Can’t you two not see I’m busy?” She turns to us, annoyed. She lets go of the goblin prematurely. “Salaries will resume tomorrow, you all will get what you’re owed. Now, go back to work.”Everyone goes somewhere else, except the goblin she was hugging. He looks up to his mistress.“Sorry Gobby. I can’t give you another full hug, as it’d be improper for the head of the house to play favorites.”Gobby runs out of the room, wailing. He won’t get over this easily…Remilia walks back to her throne and gives us a pleasant smile. “What compels you two humans to seek an audience with the devil? Completely unannounced, too.” She speaks with authority.“I need to find a cool thing.” I point at her. “You seem like the type to have cool things.”The vampire crosses her hands. “I do indeed. In fact, one of my best artifacts is in my possession right now.” She summons a huge red spear out of thin air. She uses it to reach for a bag that was a little too far for her to reach with just her hands. “This,” she pulls out a strange thing, with three prongs coming out of its sides, “is a hypnosis device from the outside.” She grabs it in the middle and pushes one of its prongs, making them spin.“That won’t work,” Reimu comments. “Rinnosuke is overflowing with those useless trinkets. The outside folk seem to be getting bored of things too fast these days.”“Hm, okay, got anything else, ma’am?” I ask the girl who seems to be transfixed in the spinning.“Remilia?” Reimu asks, getting a little annoyed. “Ugh.” She throws a needle, destroying the alluring artifact.She effortlessly ignores her blunder and crosses her legs. “How demanding. Sakuya?”“Yes, Milady?”“Ah!” I jump from the voice suddenly appearing behind me. I turn, only to find no one.“Please, take our guests to the room where we keep all our cool things.” An idea enters Remilia’s mind. “And make sure they’re very heavy too.”I turn again to see who Remilia was talking with. No one, apparently. “Do you even have something like that?” Reimu seems unfazed.“Now we do, please follow me.” Remilia stands up and guides us down a corridor I could’ve sworn wasn’t there before. At the end, I see an ornate door with a maid standing beside it. Sakuya, I think. Despite claiming to be a human, she has an uncanny aura to her that always made me keep my distance. But now that I look at her closely, I’m sure she’s telling the truth. No Youkai could be that attractive-Agh, my keen sense of danger just flared up big time! Better keep my gaze away…The maid performs an elegant curtsy. “Good morning, guests.” The door is closed one second, then the next it’s open. “Right this way, if you please.”“Neat!” I begin walking through, when Sakuya appears in front of me.
>>47951119“Are you no longer surprised?” A very polite smile adorns her as she stands in front of me. She is not as tall as Meiling, but it’s still impressive for a lady to be face to face with me. Now that I think about it, the Fairies were also the tallest ones I’ve ever seen! Seems Remilia only hires tall people, wonder why?“Not really. I assume that’s your ability.” Miss Akyuu wrote about it. “Got used to it by now.”She disappears once again and shows up back in her spot, this time covering her mouth with one hand and laughing very elegantly. “How easily you people born in Gensokyo get accustomed to the unusual, eh?”“Sakuya, what did I say about teasing my guests?” Remilia chastises with a smile and not really any edge to her words. “It is improper for a noble to make her guests feel uncomfortable.”“I apologize Milady, he just looked so clueless!” I take offense to that. Reimu too by how mad she looks. Remilia finally guides us inside the newly made treasury. Various charms, weapons, armor, and a seriously huge amount of gold litters the floor. Reimu almost faints at the sight of it all.However, the weirdest thing is a girl, sitting atop an out of place chair and focusing heavily on a book. “Pache?” Remilia calls out.Pache looks up from her books and her eyes widen. “Where am I?” “The mistress’ orders were to bring anything cool and heavy,” Sakuya explains with a kind smile. “Now, what Lady Patchouli lacks in coolness, she more than makes up in heaviness, fiu.” She wipes some sweat off her brow.The librarian looks flabbergasted at the statement, while Reimu and Remi share a laugh. Now, that’s kinda rude, one shouldn’t make mention of a lady’s weight! Hope I don’t have to carry her all the way to Kourindou, though…“Marvelous work as per usual, Sakuya.” Remilia grandly gestures to all her treasure. “Young man, this is a test of your might. You may choose any one item and it is yours, that is, if you can carry it all the way to the village-”“Actually, it’s going to Kourindou.”“To Kourindou.” Remilia continues as if nothing happened. “So, which do you choose?”“Can I pick anything?”“Anything at all.”“Including the girl?”“No you can’t,” Pache sharply refutes.“No he can’t!” Reimu even more sharply refutes.Remi shrugs. “If you can carry her.”“Impossible,” I concluded without a second thought. The girl in question doesn’t look happy. “What is the single most valuable item?” I have to match the cup!“Ah,” Remi looks at a hammer, currently breaking through the floor. “Mjolnir, the weapon of a powerful and violent god. Be warned, no mere mortal could ever hope to budge it!”“Cool, that’s the one!”“Let’s take it outside then!” “Remi wait,” Pache stands up and walks to Remi. “Are you really going to give away such an important artifact on a stupid game?”“Yes.”“Sounds fun. Let's do it.”
>>47951126A huge crowd has formed right outside the gate, composed of the members of the mansion, Reimu, me, and some random Youkai that wandered in.“Who’s gonna bring the dumb hammer?” Reimu asks.“I had Meiling, Flan, and Pache do it.”“T-those three?” I nervously look around to all the people watching. “Just how heavy it actually is?” It just occurred to me that I may not be able to carry it on my own. I don’t wanna embarrass myself in front of everyone.Remi puts her hands on her hips. “Don’t worry. I just went overboard to make sure no one strains themselves too much. Even just one should be able to bring it with enough effort.”“Faster!”“You’re doing it wrong. You’re too slow.”I turn to see Pache and Remi’s sister, Flandre, giving helpful advice to Meiling, who was left alone to very painfully bring Mjolnir.“If I keep going, I’ll drag this thing through the flowers!”“The gardener will fix it, just do it.”“I am the gardener, young mistress!”“Even better, now we won’t have to fetch her!”Meiling silently cries as she is forced to kill her flowers. “My camellias…”Eventually, she reaches the assigned position, and then plops herself down in the shade to nurse her arms.Remi walks up to the weapon. “Behold! Molnir!”“Mjolnir,” Pache corrects. “She said it correctly before…”“Mjolnir! Son of the Carpenter, are you prepared?”“I guess…”“Then come and carry with all your strength, or suffer the humiliation!”I hesitantly walk to Mjolnir and begin inspecting it. “Why is the handle so short? Isn’t it supposed to be a warhammer?”“It wasn’t made correctly,” Pache explains.“Cool…” Enough stalling. I begin trying to lift it with everything I got. Then I try dragging it. Then I try pushing, and putting all my carpenter strength into it, I’m able to tip it over just enough for it to fall on its own. “This’ll take a while, but I think I can-”“Also it has to be on one trip with no break.” Remi adds.The hammer returns to its original position. “What? Why?”“It’d be boring to watch you very slowly turn Mjolnir all the way to Kourindou.” The crowd all make sounds of agreement.“Can’t argue with that…” I begin thinking again. But I’m not very good at it…“Hey.” I feel Reimu’s hand grabbing my forearm. “Want me to do it?” The crowd boos. “Shut up!”“Can you do it?”She shrugs. “Probably. Look,” she has a very understanding face, “you’re a good guy, I can tell you don’t wanna do anything bad with this dream of yours. How about you let me do my job and you’ll do yours, eh?”My job? Oh yeah, carpenter. Just the carpenter who asks her to go look for dangerous things. Just another villager to bring her problems… “No.”“What?”“I said I’d prove myself to you!” I rip my arm from her grip. As she remains stunned I think harder than I ever thought before! I can only tip Mjolnir, how in the world am I gonna make it reach Rinnosuke all on my own. Wait…
>>47951132I think back to something Pache said. “Got it! Be right back!” I sprint to the village as fast as I can.I return carrying all my tools and a frankly disgusting amount of something equally disgusting, bamboo. I needed something light and flexible. I apologize to my ancestors…I drop everything on the ground and begin sketching a design.“What is this all for?” Reimu looks in awe at the sheer number of bamboo trees I managed to get in such a short amount of time.“To finish the handle.” I focus on my work, doing the dimensions.Pache glances at my paper. “That math seems correct. I’m impressed, villager.”“It’s not math. It’s carpentry.”“Really? I’ve got a carpentry question then.”“Shoot.”“Let’s say I’ve got a piece of wood 37 centimeters long and I wanna cut it into 8 smaller but equal pieces, how long would they be?”“4,625 centimeters.” I answer without looking up.She looks pleasantly surprised. “Correct. Now, what if I have to combine the length of all sides from two square panels, and then I cut it by the multiplied lengths of a single side from the first and one from the second, with 1 centimeter added on top. Can I know for certain that the result will also be a square?”I stop to think for a few seconds. “Yes.”She nods. “Exactly. One last question, what’s 9 plus 10?”“Oh gee… I’m terrible at math, 21?”She sighs. “No, no it’s not.” She walks back to the crowd.I put the finishing touches in my plan. “This ought to work.” I finally stand up and stretch in preparation for some hard labor.“What’s the plan? Gonna build a catapult or something?” Reimu asks.“Nah, for that I’d have to get something equally heavy and somehow suspend it in the air. I could barely manage to make Mjolnir tip over.”“So?” “So I’ll make it tip over and reach Kourindou!” I begin constructing faster than I ever did before. Soon enough, the handle of the weapon was extended up to the sky. Without my noticing, the sun had begun to set and most of the Youkai got bored and left.“Done!” I proudly exclaim, grabbing the attention of everyone who’s still here. I notice that it appears like Reimu never stopped looking.“Finally!” Remi snaps closed a manga, one that didn’t throw Reimu into a wild rage, she was reading with her gatekeeper. “This had better be worth it.”“You’ve got some skills, carpenter’s son!” Sakuya praises. “Would you become the official SDM carpenter?”“If all his buildings look like they’d collapse from a stiff breeze, I vote he doesn’t.” Pache looks at the precariously balancing thin tower of bamboo.“It looks so boring, all green like that!” Flandre adds. “Couldn’t you have put some more color?”“So…” Reimu looks up, finding the top hard to spot. “You sure this will work?”“Nope.”“And if it doesn’t?”“Then I try something else.”Reimu doesn’t respond, leaving me to make the final push. I stretch my arms, feeling the exhaustion of these past few days all rush at once.However, I push and I pray.
>>47951139“Ouch!” Can be faintly heard in the distance.Mjolnir has reached its destination. In a way.“You did it!” Reimu begins giggling and jumping on the spot while clapping. “Can’t believe it actually worked.”I ignore how everything hurts and stand tall. “Of course it did! I am a proud novice carpenter!”“With that display, I reckon you might be a bit better than that.” Pache studies my plans, finding them quite interesting to look at.“You’re right. Now I’m a halfway decent carpenter!”“Eh, sure whatever.” She discards the paper and goes back to her library.“Lame.” Flan makes her own exit.Meiling had fallen asleep while reading, something Remilia didn’t notice.The little devil, however, claps. “Outstanding ingenuity! A much more fun conclusion than just carrying it. The hammer is yours, son of the carpenter.”“Sweet! Now I just gotta figure out a way to actually get it to the shop.”“Don’t worry, as a sign of hospitality, I’ll do it.” Remi walks up to the hammer and tries to lift it. “As a sign of hospitality, Sakuya will do it.”“I can get some shopping done on the way.” Sakuya appears with a cute cloth handbag with a cartoon bat stitched on the front. She cuts the bamboo handle, picks up Mjolnir and puts it in her bag. “Reimu, carpenter’s son, shall we? It’s getting dark already, and the shopkeeper doesn’t like it when I show up during the night for some reason.”Reimu and I look at each other and shrug.Sakuya has joined the party(temporarily).Walking in the middle of the forest at nightfall would be almost a death sentence for a villager like me. Walking with the Hakurei shrine maiden and the devil’s head maid would be a death sentence for anyone but me.“Would you care to explain just how in the hell you did that?” Reimu asks our new companion.“Did what?”“That.” She points to her bag.“I’m glad you asked! With a needle and some colored threads! The puppeteer helped me in exchange for a book about curses,” Sakuya happily explains. “Also, I think she has been trying to curse you.”“Who? I don’t know any Alice.”“Short blonde hair, we met her during the spring stealing incident, not Ran. She holds a real grudge towards you.”“Damn, didn’t know Lunasa felt that way- wait, I’m not talking about that! I mean Mjolnir!”“Oh! The mistress found it in a bar.”“No! How did you lift it?!”Sakuya looks at her confused. “With my hands? How else do you lift something?”“I think she means,” I interject, “how did you manage to pick it up when no one else could?”Sakuya softly hits her forehead. “Now I understand. Why didn’t you say so in the beginning? You should really learn how to speak better, Reimu.” The girl in question grumbles. “It’s simple, Milady made a request of me and I, as a proper maid, fulfilled it perfectly and elegantly,” she says with poise. “I take pride in my work, wouldn’t you agree, carpenter’s son?”“Makes sense to me!”“Whatever.” Reimu gives up. Sakuya is an impossible enigma.
>>47951148“And you know why it hurts?” Rinnosuke doesn’t respond, too distracted by the painful hump growing atop his head.“Because you’re so weak!” Yuuka insults his strength. As she has done from the moment she walked into the store. She does that when she’s bored sometimes.“What a headache…”“Shopkeeper!” The door flies open, almost certainly breaking it in the process. Oops.“Great, it gets worse.” “I’ve come to collect Sacred Pea-bearing Cypress!”“The what? Oh, yeah, the stupid cup.” He grabs it from under the counter. “What do you have to trade?”“This! Miss Sakuya?” She comes out from behind me with a pleasant smile, upturning her bag and dumping the hammer, utterly destroying the floor.“What-? Why did you do that?!”“Did you want me to put it on a table and break it? Good grief.” She carelessly shrugs.“That is the mighty hammer Molnir!”“Mjolnir.”“Thanks Reimu. Mjolnir, only the most mighty may carry it!” That catches Yuuka’s interest. “I know this doesn’t compare to the Sacred cup, but it’s the closest I could find in these lands…”“Ugh, you spent way too much time with Remilia.” Reimu shivers.“It was only a day.”“That’s too much for ANYONE to spend with her, you weird maid.”Sakuya puffs up her cheeks, crosses her arms, and looks to the side. Cute-Sense of danger!“Did you say Mjolnir?” He walks up and kneels to inspect the weapon. “Hm, yes. This is the legendary hammer of Thor. I’m not surprised Remilia possesses this specific item.”“Why is that?” Reimu asks.“She also has a spear called Gungnir and a sword named Lævateinn, does she not?”“Yes, indeed,” Sakuya answers.“These three are weapons from Scandinavian legends. I read about them from a book that was a collection of various myths. It recently came with some others, like one about a girl being hunted by people with buttons for eyes. All from the same author, wonder what happened to him that made his work end up forgotten?” He stands up. “This is indeed an item of immense value. Now I just need to figure out a way to move it…”“Heh.” Yuuka perks up. “A pathetic excuse for a Youkai such as yourself could never hope to even budge it.” She shoves him aside. “Only the most mighty, eh? I shall do it with one hand!” She grips the handle and tries to lift it. “O-only with…” She tries a few more times, before attempting with both hands. “Come on, piece of…” She tries and tries, eventually screaming in effort and frustration as her attempts turn fruitless.
>>47951154Reimu and Sakuya snicker as she fails to move it. “A nice showing from the Master of Four Seasons, I must say!” Sakuya mocks.“Watch your mouth, mutt!” Yuuka takes a break from failing to sneer at Sakuya. “I am one of the strongest in the land!”“Yeah, like 10 years ago,” Reimu retorts without an ounce of fear. “Stronger folk just keep popping up.”“The first time we met, I also had to fight a Shinigami and the Yama, those were scarier than you.”“The first time WE met I was 11, and I beat you twice.”“I wasn’t taking it seriously!” “This happened before the Spell Cards rules, right?” Sakuya asks. “Then your incident must not have been that big of a deal. I mean, the mistress forced the rules into existence with hers!”“I-!”“And also,” Reimu continues the attack, “Tenshi can definitely beat you.”“Her-?!”“And the young mistress.”“And the moon people.”“And that delicious looking inchling, if she used her mallet.”“And the weird t-shirt goddess. Hey, if you’re so strong, why don’t you go to hell? That’s where all the strong, fight-hungry ones hang around?”“Because…”“I can also defeat you.”“You-!”“Me too. I did when I was a child.”Yuuka, the Youkai Master of power creep, looks down in silence.“Waaaaaah!” Yuuka, the Youkai Master of Moe, begins crying. “It’s not fair! I used to be a big deal! Back in Makai, when Alice wasn’t a total failure! Now I don’t get to do anything anymore!” She kicks Mjolnir and hurts her foot.We four watch as she falls to the floor and crawls into the fetal position.“Now I feel bad, and I didn’t say anything. You smell real nice Lady, cheer up!” It’s true, I’d have never guessed she was a Youkai. She seems so nice.“Well, guess that’s what happens when your one character trait gets outshined.” Sakuya shakes her head with a ‘what can you do’ expression.“I hope she stops soon, she might scare away clients…” Rinnosuke says.“…” Reimu remains silent for a few seconds. “Alice? I thought your friend’s name was Elly? Who the hell is Alice?”I keep spying at the cup, tantalizingly standing on the counter. “Hum, sir? Can I?”“Oh? Sure, go right ahead. The cup’s all yours.”“Sweet!” I run to grab my prize and hold it up in the air. “Pea-bearing Cypress get! Four more to go!”Reimu smirks. “Where to next, woodman?”I blink in surprise at her. “Hum? I’ve proved I can handle myself, you don’t need to babysit me anymore, don’t worry!”“Eh? No.” She frowns. As usual.“No-?”“I said no! I…” She looks down and whispers. “I want to…”I lean close. “Can you speak up?”“I want to… see all the trees!” She looks up, her face red like a tomato. “I mean, you’ve already wasted my time so much, I gotta see it through!”My mouth opens wide in surprise. “Are you saying… you’re interested in the Sacred Trees?”“… yes?”I hug her tightly in excitement. “Oh, this is gonna be so much fun!” Reimu remains very still during the hug and after as well, almost frozen. “Where should we go look?”
>>47951166“What about the bamboo forest?” Sakuya suggests. “The princess there has some Sacred Treasure, maybe she knows something about the trees.”Reimu clears her throat to regain her composure. “Could work. Probably worth exploring.”They must be referring to the clinic. I went there on occasions, but never liked it. The doctor creeped me out and the bunny called me a short-ear under her breath. But if a lead could be there, then… “Let’s go!”“Wait!” As we begin to depart, Sakuya stops us. “I’m going with you!”“Don’t you have duties to return to?” Reimu asks with a voice that’s a tad too sharp.“The mistress was awake all day today, surely she’s asleep by now. And the way the carpenter's son talks about the trees made me very curious!”“Oh, well! Can’t say no to a fellow person passionate about their profession, welcome aboard!” For some reason, my keen sense of danger is flaring up slightly…“Do I get a hug too?”“Of course! Come-” My blood runs ice cold, the hairs at the back of my neck stand up. “Actually, maybe not…”“That’s for the best~” Sakuya smiles cheekily. What is she hiding? “I’m glad you two welcomed me, let’s work well together!”Sakuya has joined the party(permanently!).As we walk to our next destination, Rinnosuke remains with Yuuka.“Hey, it’s… okay. There’s more to life than being strong. There’s, uh, book collecting, pondering, uh, you like gardening, right-?” She grabs him by the neck.“You’re now my husband.”“E-eh?!”“If I’m seen alongside someone as weak as you all time, I’ll look strong in comparison!” A manic smile adorns her face.“B-but, we barely know each other and-”“Then let’s get to know each other!” She throws him to the floor. “Reeeeeeeaaaaal well, haha!”To this day, some people can still hear the pained moans…---Really liked this one. Lots happened, before my fics never went anywhere, they just meandered endlessly for the sake of "slowburn" but I'm getting better.Just realized as I'm dumping all this, just how much it is. I know I wouldn't read it, hehe... If you did, then thank you very much!
Why don't you just post these to Ao3 or something?
>>47951271Writefagging is a time-honoured /jp/ tradition, we have a high character limit on posts for a reason. Also writefags generally do.
