/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I thought for a moment, then asked Reimu if she was upset because Lady Tamatsukuri was treating her like a child, or if she was just nervous because she wasn't sure how to deal with it. "Huh? Er...The first one? No, maybe a bit of the second one? What are you trying to say?" I wondered if Reimu was actually just worried about how to deal with this sort of thing. "Well - Um, H-Hearn does some of that stuff too, but she's even more annoying, so..." Well, I definitely knew that already. "But this doesn't feel like when she does it. It's like...Serious concern?" After a moment, I shrugged. Perhaps she needed to make the boundary clear? Either that, or try embracing it. "Embrace it? Um, I'm not sure I want to do that..." All I could say was that just because she was unfamiliar with it didn't mean that it was necessarily a bad thing. For all she knew, she might come to appreciate whatever it was that Lady Tamatsukuri was trying to do. "...Right..." Reimu finally said, nodding slowly. "Er...Well, I guess I'll think about it." She didn't look entirely convinced, but I supposed that it was a start.

"So..." Reimu said, scratching her head. "Why exactly was Kotohime arresting you and Yamame, too?" I stammered a little, but I clearly had no way out, so I tried asking Reimu if she'd ever been to a place called 'Thin-Land'. "Fin...Land?" Reimu repeated in confusion. "Er...No? I think I'd remember a place with a name that dumb." Huh. I had been trying to work out who Hearn had been talking about when she'd been mumbling in her dreams, as well as when she'd nearly said that she'd been to that place she'd been staying at in the past, with someone who's name began with 'Re'. "Wait, why are you asking?" I tried to get evasive for all of a few seconds. "No, I know why you'd suddenly be asking me about weird places I've never heard of before. When did she get you?" I sighed, then was forced to admit that it had been some time earlier in the afternoon. "Alright, come on. We're going to the café so you can tell me the whole story." I sighed but acquiesced. Then, I said, Reimu had to tell me how dealing with Marisa and Tenshi had gone. "Oh, definitely. It's always a good story when I get to beat Marisa up for being stupid, and Tenshi's just a bonus." She called to Yamame and Kagerou, who were still going through the cloak. "Come on, you two! Café time!"

"Huh?" Kagerou asked, trying to pull the hood down further so she could see the lining properly. "O-Oh, um, okay? I was heading there anyway, so..."

Yamame, meanwhile, bounded over to me. "Right, er, Reimu. Let's go. Though I'd love to get home soon..." That part seemed to be directed more toward me. "Kagerou's paid me, anyway." She pulled an envelope out of her coat pocket, and I could already tell that there was money inside. "Some of it's yours." She told me, and I frowned. Why would any of it be mine? "Call it a founder's fee. You are the one who put Kagerou and I together, and you helped me deliver it."

"Can we get going?" Reimu asked pointedly. "I'm freezing every part of my body off over here, and I've got an excellent story about beating Marisa to a bloody pulp to tell." Well, I thought. Despite her worried about Lady Tamatsukuri, at least she seemed to be in a good mood because she'd gotten to beat up Marisa and Tenshi.

Now, I could turn my attention back to wondering who this ‘Re’ figure that Hearn had mentioned was.

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Fuck it, 'mu can abuse me just like my mommy did
I can't escape this hell, but I can rob her of the joy found in the chasing.

They don't love you, they want to eat you. Control your lust. Marry a human woman.