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>>45619791
3 MLB Copies!?
wow, you got really lucky, anon-chan
congrats!
meanwhile me with 1 lonely copy after 1200+ battles...
Oh, and about the Reimu card; that's super sad. Got obliterated by Shinki card really really bad

>>44956184 (11/?)

Alice is sitting in her room playing with her dolls. More specifically, she’s lying in bed poking Shanghai. It’s a fun enough game when a ghost and thief are occupying your house and is in no way being used as a distraction from the letter sitting on her dresser, or the thing Mima made her do.

The only reason she hasn’t opened the letter is because she already knows what is going to be inside. It’s going to read something like ‘blah blah blah, how are you doing, have you met any cute boys you like? [insert sister here] did [thing]. You should write more; we all miss you. Love -Shinki.’

While on some level Alice can tell Shinki cares, she can be smothering at times… Though given the company Alice just had, maybe she’s been too harsh on her creator. She’d never hurt Alice, or any of her creations really. Maybe Alice should try to appreciate her more?

Steeling herself, Alice opens the letter and begins to read. It’s more of the same really. Basic news about Makai and… is she reading that right? Shinki is coming to visit. How long has this letter been sitting on her dresser? A couple of days at least, so Shinki should be here soo-

Alice jumps at the sound of knocking at the front door. Hurrying down, she sees Shinki gushing over Marisa.

Gushing might not be the right word here. Shinki has picked Marisa up by her armpits like she’s a cat. Alice silently commends Marisa for her sacrifice as Shinki says, “My you haven’t grown an inch! Have you finally taken the plunge? Why uh… are you dressed up like a maid? Have you and Alice been playing dress-up? You uhh you two are still just friends, right? This isn’t a-”

Unwilling to hear the end of that question, Alice throws herself before the beast, “Mima was the one who insisted she dress up like that!”

Shinki’s toy is quickly dropped as she rears on Alice, “Alice, there you are. It feels like you never write so I thought I’d visit. I see you’re having a little playdate with Marisa, sorry for cutting in. You should have said something if you were busy.”

‘A playdate’, only Shinki could write off the gathering of three powerful practitioners of magic as a mere playdate. Raising her nose Alice counters, “I’ve been busy so I didn’t have time to read your letter. Gensokyo has been a hectic place, not that you’d know.”

Shinki’s eyes fall, “I see. My little Alice is all grown up and doesn’t have time for me anymore. I suppose I’ll just go then…”

Suddenly flustered, Alice calls out, “Wait! Wait! Since… ah… since you’re here you may as well stay for a bit.”

Doing an emotional 180, Shinki beams, “If you insist!”

Suddenly feeling hustled, Alice nevertheless leads her creator to the living room. Mima arrives at the same time seemingly having woken from what she insists isn’t sleeping. The two women eye each other for a moment before Mima says, “So you changed your mind on the color of Alice’s eyes?”

Shinki shoots Alice a look, “No. That wasn’t my decision. If you ask me, I think she looked cuter with yellow eyes, but…”

Shinki trails off as Alice blushes. Yellow eyes and blonde hair look dumb! The contrast looks better, which is why she changed it the second she left Makai. A fact Shinki has not yet let her live down.

Mima gives Alice a thoughtful look before nodding, "Kids will be kids I suppose. They'll make bad decisions that they'll come to regret and all you can do is point them in the right direction afterwards. I can't say I agree with Marisa's fashion sense either."

Alice and Marisa both bluster at the accusations leveled at them by their respective creator/teacher, but neither seems to notice. Keeping her attention on Mima, Shinki asks, “How’s Marisa doing? Any kids yet?”

Marisa stares at the floor with a blush as Mima frowns, “No, but there’s a man she seems keen on. Give it a couple of months and something might happen.”

Placing down a basket Alice didn’t realize Shinki was holding, her creator replies, “I’ll drink to that. It’s not too early is it?”

Mima laughs, “Between gods? It’s never too early.”

As Alice and Marisa are consumed by dread, Shinki chuckles, “I’ll drink to that too.”

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>>44957776 I doubt I'm one of the Anons this is directed at, but I'm ready for the plot to move forward at this point. I'm mostly writing fluff in the meantime.