/jp/ - Otaku Culture

"You said she was around here right Aya?" Kogasa wandered through the sunflower field, careful to walk within the paths of dirt. She couldn't see Aya now, she was well too deep within the field. And Aya insisted on giving her a walkie-talkie to communicate instead of just joining her, she wasn't sure why.

"Yeah, trust me, she's there alright!" "Aya said from a safe and comfortable distance away, high in the sky, into her walkie-talkie. Aya wasn't going to take any risks here. Kogasa was a nice acquaintance, but Aya's passion for hard-hitting journalism (literally and figuratively) had to come first. That's how it was in this industry. If Kogasa was in her field, she'd understand.

Kogasa was told by Aya in casual conversation that there was a super powerful and master of fear youkai in this part, an area of Gensokyo Kogasa had barely been to before. She had heard murmurs of the youkai that lives around here, but never knew anything beyond that. Aya mentioned she carried a parasol, and Kogasa's eye's lit up.

"Oh! Do you think that youkai likes umbrellas?!"

"I mean, maybe? But I wo-..." Aya suddenly had a strange expression, which turned into a wide smile. Kogasa assumed this was due to thinking of umbrellas, she was glad this journalist was a fellow umbrella enthusiast! "Actually, yeah, I think she does! She's a big umbrella fan, and takes super good care of them!"

"Aaaah! That's so cool! There should be more of us!"

"Yeah, and she's scary too! The humans are terrified of her!"

"Really? What does she do?"

"Stuff soooo scary that even the Yama would be scared to send her to hell! They say the shrine maiden has struggled to exterminate her several times! And they say this youkai even genocided an entire area just for fun!"

"Wow that is scary!"

"But, I bet if you talked to her and told her you were an umbrella, she would be ecstatic to hear that! I'm sure she'd love to give you all kinds of pointers about being scary, and umbrellas, and all that!"

Kogasa's eyes lit up. It was that conversation from her trusted friend that made her realize she just HAD to meet this youkai! No question about it!

Finally, after what felt like an hour, Kogasa heard footsteps a bit in front of her. Rumbling! This was it! Kogasa headed into some of the denser sunflowers to hide. Aya had told her before this youkai would respect her trying to scare her, and Kogasa wanted a great first impression!

Aya looked through her binoculars and saw Kogasa jumping into the sunflowers. Oh, this must be it! She was getting ready to surprise her! Aya fumbled a bit, grabbing her long-distance camera. Her it comes, the first page story! She raised her camera, and...

"Bero bero ba!"

Last one from me.