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There's no better way to get a Yuukarin thread going than by giving her hair a good sniff.

I always thought Elly was pretty cool.
Also: Perdition Crisis > Bad Apple!

We're back in action boys

>>43326691
Elly and Kurumi seem too excited compared to Yuuka

>>43326811
They don't get to see Yuukarin often so they are happy to spend any time with her

>>43326729
Elly is such a sniffer!

>>43326842
What a pervert!

The sunflowers in my backyard aren't blooming anymore...

>>43326994
It's not really the season for them

>>43326735
I played LLS and got to stage 4 before having to use a continue the day before last.
It's really one of the better games I think, everyone just has so much potential in them for great and unique characters.
Shame they never got expanded upon, but we can just pretend that they did.

>>43328020
I like the GST version, to be fair it's cheating since they ripoff the intro from White Reflection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmnE2CVroQs

>>43328547
I'm going to assume this was for >>43326735
Either way, this is a good remix.
Perdition crisis is definitely an iconic PC98 one, one that wouldn't work in the windows style the same.
Speaking of remasters, does anyone know of any really good Break the Sabbath/ Scarlet symphony remixes?
I feel like those themes are a little underappreciated, even if SS-SP is a little repetetive. I think I remember one that was both mixed together, and I like that. It's especially fitting since Kurumi is the only PC98 hu that is her own midboss (directly at least)

Yuuka and her weird clone

>>43329239
Yuuka and a tiny maid

>>43329265
I cannot overstate how kind and caring this Yuukarin looks.

>>43326811
Kuruhugs!

Happy Yuuka!

>>43329990
Every Yuukarin can be a happy Yuukarin.
She doesn't worry over anything that might happen, so long as her beautiful flowers are well kept.

>>43329983
Yes please

>>43330088
If you say so!

>>43330399
Yey!

>>43330403
'Rumi is such a thoughtful little girl, just look at her!
She might want to rethink her choices though...

>>43330428
>>43330399
Big heart = lots of blood for the vampire!

Break the Sabbath might be the most metal song title in LLS you know.
I think it's my second favourite stage theme after Lotus love.
All the songs in LLS are really good though, so as usual it's hard to rank them without feeling as if you aren't giving some of them due justice.

I wonder if Remilia knows about Kurumi? I have a feeling Remi would want to get rid of a potential rival vampire so it's probably for the best that they never meet.

>>43330551
My headcanon is that Remy is just flat out lying when she says there are no other vampires left.
Or maybe the Scarlets are somehow different than Kurumi and Elis on a physical level. Perhaps something to do with coming from Makai versus being former human vampires?
As in, Kurumi and Elis are just Makai demons that look and act like vampires, but are actually unrelated. Something like how dolphins and sharks kinda look a little similar, but are as far apart as animals get.

Time for Yuukarin!
We can't let the focus of the thread be sidetracked, even by someone as cute as Kurumi!

Have you ever noticed that all of Yuuka's themes are very playful? None of them are as menacing as they could be, like a lot of EoSD's are, or Gengetsu's.
I like that actually, it's interesting to think about how ZUN was fairly consistent in making Yuuka pretty uncaring about what is happening in general.
Not to say they lack menace; they have it in spades! But all of them are fast paced and high-pitched for the main melody. Hell, the unused version of Inanimate dream was lower pitched, which can tell us that she was never meant to be serious during LLS. In PoFV she really is just goofing around while having ultimately harmless fun in the end, using her formidable reputation to provoke and tease people.
I think I'd be smiling all the time if I could gaslight people like Yuuka can.

>>43330656
I dunno, I always thought Sleeping Terror was pretty menacing. The most menacing out of Yuuka's themes by far

>>43330671
The intro is full of it, but the main melody is undeniably playful.
That little flare after each bar justifies Yuuka's youkai moe~ in full.
You can tell she's not really holding back like Alice does, but still isn't trying all that hard.
I'd think she was more than capable of giving repeated Master Sparks one after the other, but doesn't for whatever reason.
The instruments used are also not all that intimidating for the most part, being something close to a xylophone or glockenspiel.
Overall, it's a little too high pitched for me to think she's actually *trying* to kill you, although I know Yuukarin well enough to know she probably wouldn't not, if you know what I mean.

A remix of a remix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DQ48Rsex7w

>>43330748
Decent, although I have no idea what she's saying.
It's missing that taunting kinda feel I think the original did well though. The zunpets that comprise the body of the song are all pretty much the same volume throughout, and I think that works better. It makes the piano solo in the middle all that much more interesting and unexpected, since it lets up quite suddenly.
Additionally, there's a subtle bit of organ underlying the trumpets, which lends a lot more of that menacing quality that's needed to blend together the chaotic playfulness of the piano.
This turned into a little rant on Flower Land, but I was going to write that eventually anyway.

Take a quick listen and see if you can hear what i'm talking about if you really want

https://youtu.be/44XWB99ts8E

>>43330489
This is my favorite remaster here.

https://youtu.be/HRAnpkwverw

I think that some remix/remaster versions can mess with the pacing and use odd instruments from time to time that massively change how well the song flows. I'd like to see a LLS soundtrack remastered by ZUN though, it has some of the best ones ever. (Maiden's capriccio even made it's way into IN from LLS, bet some people don't know that still)

>>43328685
>does anyone know of any really good Break the Sabbath/ Scarlet symphony remixes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sITOnYtcmU (This one is my favorite piece of music of all time)
https://fdmusic4.bandcamp.com/track/scarlet-phoneme
https://nonartifex.bandcamp.com/track/scarlet-phoneme

Elly's theme from Taisei is also such a banger:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9bjW2InLlE

Rise and shine! it's time to get working in Yuuka's flower fields

Are there any good remixes of Yuuka's Seihou theme?

>>43330596
Elis is most definitely Makainese, but is Kurumi really from there too? I figured she'd be a native of Yuuka's fantasy world where Mugenkan is. I'm not sure if she has any canon connection to Makai. Then again, I do enjoy the fanon idea that Koakuma is originally from Makai before being summoned by Patchy, so a Makainese Kurumi as an idea wouldn't be too out there.

>>43333544
It was just a theory based on my headcanon that Elis and Kurumi are related, as first cousins specifically. Maybe Saachan is their shared grandmother?

Mugenkan I take to be located in a subsection of the Makai/gensokyo (?) borderlands, for some reason. The lake of blood is located in the mountains, and I like to think that they're far away from where people live, and the laws of nature get all mixed up and random stuff starts becoming normal and natural if you go really far out, hence the river and lake of blood.
If we were to be pedantic, Kurumi wouldn't be a dream world native, since she lives on the surface of the lake and not... Wherever stage 3 is. I've heard people say it's under the lake, on the lake, and maybe through that circle thingy Kurumi sits on when you get to her proper boss stage.

>>43333444
Flower of Japan?
I like the DiPP ver. just fine, and it's overlooked for not being a "real" touhou song, even though it's for Yuuka, and made by ZUN, so it doesn't get mentioned that often. I forgot about it in the last thread as well, so i'm not all clean here.
It's fairly melancholic, and that might put people off a little.

The only real remix i've found is this one, it's a little fast paced, and i'm not 100% certain if trumpets were the best choice, but it's not bad.
A lot of the other ones seem to be either just with slightly different instruments or change the pace entirely, which is a shame.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2XVkaMOiBw

>>43334416
Forgot image.

I think Yuuka has a really good set of themes, that all contribute to her overall character in a good and meaningful way.

Flower of Japan is a really good one in that it really gives off a serene and almost mourning air, which i've said before is probably intentional since after MS zun wasn't planning on making any more touhou games. Hell, on the DiPP CD zun has a weird tone that kinda makes it seem as if he was about to move on entirely, and I recall that he only made EoSD for getting into Comiket 63. I'll post what the wiki says was the original here:

Nice to (probably) meet you, I'm ZUN. This is the press version of the CD I originally published for Comiket 62

Most of the tracks in this album are those I composed back in the old days, so listening to them now is embarrassing. Nearly all of them are arrangements of music I made for shooting games.

I hope hearing these songs makes you think of arcade-style video game music from an era long gone.

Weird, isn't it?

>>43334495
>Yuukaandsunflower.jpg
Recommended reading
https://danbooru.donmai.us/pools/7791

Taisho era Yuukarin and bug

>>43334416
I just remembered something about why I like that remaster so much: It reminds me of a really well put together WAD for DooM II, Lost Civilization by Jaska.
It has some really nice maps that look like quaint mountain/agricultural villages in Italy or somewhere.
Total non-sequitur, but that's part of why I like that song, it would fit amazingly well into one or two of the maps in there.
Yuuka would be a good candidate for making a touhou doom mod of though, wouldn't she?
Not the most obvious maybe, but perhaps the most fitting. Maybe she goes to Makai and blasts away all the demons for kidnapping her pet flower?

The only thing I want in life is to live out in the country with Yuukarin and a bunch of cats

>>43335031
I remember reading something or other where Yuuka trains a kitten she gets from Eiki to be able to use strong magic somehow, and when it is killed for being a youkai cat she's really sad and down.

I can't find it on danbooru unfortunately, so I think it might have been on Dynastyscans, which I haven't used in a while.

Yuuka does seem like a cat person though, doesn't she?
I think she would appreciate the softness and laid-back attitude, since fundamentally I believe she's got a big soft spot for the truly weak and helpless.

>>43335230
>Mamange Yuukarin
I like the fact she's always silent unless she has something super important to say

>>43334365
We don't know for sure how Shinki determined the genetic composition for her daughters. She could have obtained outside genetic material and done it the old fashioned way, or magically hand picked the entire genome of each of her daughters and written it into one of her eggs and fertilized it. I do like the idea of Kurumi and Elis as cousins or first cousins as a dynamic, even if the genetics of that would be really complicated.
>>43335031
The greatest argument for becoming a magician like Patchouli is that if you knew transformation magic and took the form of a cat, you could approach Yuukarin and get picked up and hugged by her.

>>43335271
I have to say, I didn't read it until you pointed it out.
I thought it was just a cute image, but that was a very heart-warming story.
It just so happens to tie in with my point still, so all's well that ends well!
Interesting to note that Yuukarin's inner mama is stronger than the premise of the manga though.

This artist seems to have done every 2hu there is, even the pc98 ones in a really good style. I like it.

>>43335414
I always thought that Shinki just magick'd everyone into existence, except maybe Saachan. Seraphim are pretty damn important, and given how many gods Touhou has, i'm not sure Shinki would be quite capable of brinigng the actual embodiment of the concept of Death into existence.

>>43330551
>>43333544
>>43334365
>Mugenkan I take to be located in a subsection of the Makai/gensokyo (?) borderlands
Given that Gensokyo was in the title of the game it makes more sense that Mugenkan is in Gensokyo perhaps close to Makai's entrance but definitely not in Makai, so Kurumi is from Gensokyo while Elis is from Makai. It's difficult to say if Kurumi and Elis are related, Kurumi is definitely a vampire but i'm not sure about Elis, there is also a power gap between Elis and Kurumi, Elis is very powerful, she is a stage 15 boss while Kurumi is a mere stage 2 boss (but she could probably be more powerful since ZUN gave all vampires massive buffs in canon).
But given how little canon there is in PC-98 you could still probably invent a headcanon where Kurumi escaped from Makai and came to settle with Yuuka (or something like that) and it wouldn't contradict anything.

>>43335414
Plot twist: Sara grows up to be Byakuren

>>43335883
Gensokyo wasn't a "thing" in LLS, it was pretty much recycled in windows canon, I nearly spoke a little about it but decided not to.
That question mark was acknowledging that the PC98 games are just implied to take place in a generic fantasy land, or an "Eastern Wonderland" if you will.

I did sorta mean that the specific kind of demon/vampire that Kurumi and Elis are, is native to Makai, but the doesn't necessarily mean Kurumi wasn't born in gensokyo(?)
or that they are even the same age at all.
My headcanon is that Kurumi is about 200 odd years old going by her clothing, and Elis is a lot older than that. I think Kurumi would be about 12 or 14 in human terms, while Elis would be more into her late teens / early 20's. Hard to say though, since time probably is all fucked up in Makai.

>>43335943
Shit, got mixed up a little.
Essentially, Gensokyo in LLS is Yuuka's dream world, which is the literal translation. I don't know what else to call the world that isn't Makai or Hell outside of the dream world, so for clarity's sake I'll try and call it the Eastern wonderland to not get mixed up.

>>43335414
Shinki did create the entire Makai herself, so I'd say that it's not unreasonable to assume that she created Sacchan too. Every realm needs someone or something to handle the souls of those that die within said realm (notably Eiki is the Yama in charge of Gensokyo), so it would make sense for Shinki to create a being to be in charge of that. Also, Shinki has six pairs of wings herself, so giving Sacchan six pairs of wings and an appearance that is also somewhat similar to Shinki in other ways could be a way to make it instantly obvious to every other Makai resident that Sacchan is closest to God (Shinki), has the most important job in Makai, and that she should be treated as such.

Or maybe Shinki just thought that multiple pairs of wings look cool as heck, I don't know.

>>43336064
meant for >>43335613

>>43335943
>>43335956
Wait I'm confused, Isn't the Hakurei Shrine in LLS too so that effectively retcons LLS to be Gensokyo?

>>43336070
Makes sense I guess.
HRtP doesn't have any explanation whatsoever, so i'm not going to argue based on my headcanons, since there's nothing to really compare anything to.
Saachan isn't one of my favorites, so i'm not too bothered in the end. It's kinda weird that she'd be bigger than Shinki though, or maybe the one you fight in HRtP is bigger for some reason.

Zun needs to expand and explain Makai a little better really, every time it returns it's got nothing in common with anything that came before

>>43336114
I'm confused too buddy.
Long story short, Gensokyo in LLS refers to Mugenkan specifically, and also the Getsu sister's world which is implied to be seperate i think.
Gensokyo from EoSD onwards is referring to the land within the Hakurei border, and retconns the stuff from before.
basically, it would be technically correct to refer to the place where Reimu lives and Yuuka's bedroom as Gensokyo, despite them being in two different places. Hence, when referring to where reimu lives in the PC98 era when gensokyo just meant Yuuka's world, I think just calling it the Eastern Wonderland would be more appropriate, since that is as far as I can tell the only name given to the place where [Not Yuuka and Elly] live.

>>43336117
>It's kinda weird that she'd be bigger than Shinki though, or maybe the one you fight in HRtP is bigger for some reason.
The actual size of Sacchan is unkown, as ZUN himself said that sprite sizes should not be used to determine actual character heights. She also doesn't have any ending dialogue (unlike Shinki, who can clearly be seen to be a lot taller than Alice in the ending of MS), so her height with respect any other characters cannot also be determined that way. And of course, she has no other canon appearances outside of HRtP.

In my headcanon Shinki and Sacchan are both very tall, almost of equal height, while Elis is tiny, < 5'.

>>43336232
I think Elis would be a little over 5' tall, while Kurumima would be just around it.
I've known a girl who was 5' tall and it's shorter than you think.
As for Saachan, between 6' and 7' seems right, while Shinki would be about 6' ish.
Makai demons are a lot bigger than you might expect I imagine.

>>43336232
I like the idea of a giant Shinki!

>>43336360
>>43336380
Tall Makai mom and NEET angel...

>>43336380
Me too.
Imagine big Shinki taking a liking to you that she decides to take you home with her?

>>43333401
Kurumi getting overworked!
>>43336456
You are basically a Shinmy to Shinki!

>>43336524
Yuuka is just teaching her the value of hard work!

Yuuka drawing!

>>43336531
Yuuka's baton?
Now that's real Pantyuuka stuff right there.

A classy lady

>>43336750
Hmmm...

>>43336767
She's Cirno's surrogate mama

It no longer happens but does anybody remember when Google Translate used to translate her name literally as 'Weathervane Odour'

>>43336456
She'll take you home and give you to one of her daughters
Shinki wants grandkids

>>43336985
Rather just give her more kids

Um. Miss Yuuka...?

>>43337238
If we are doing shotacon Yuuka, we might as well just ship her with the bug.
With me self inserting as the bug of course

>>43336524
I hope she’s a nice one then.

>>43336985
At that size I’d think I would be too small for that to work out for her daughters.

This thread going places

>>43337537
The funny Elly face

Yuuka bullying a nosey journalist

Yuuka bullying a broke shrine maiden

>>43336979
I only remember "fragrance."

Yuuka bullying a lazy gatekeeper

>>43337600
Auntie Elly when Nephew-kun asks her where his shirt went.

>>43337600
The original!

>>43337411
>At that size I’d think I would be too small for that to work out for her daughters.
But just the right size to be Mai's pet anon!

>>43338020
A pet for a big demon. I do hope she isn’t a cruel owner then.

>>43338020
Yuki will be on your side!
She loves all kinds of life, she's a real good person!
Mai however is known to stomp on cat's tails and feed antacids to birds to watch them bloat up and burst.
Mai really needs some kind of help, but Yuki isn't able to hold her back very much.

Glasses Yuukarin!

>>43326691
Is wriggle welcome? I thinks they’re friends…

>>43339486
The bug is welcome

Good night Yuuka thread

Good morning Yuuka thread!

WAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUPWAKEUP!

>>43344874
NO!

Time to wake up and smell the sunflowers

>>43345580
They sure are a lotta work!

Yuuka sure does attract songs that feel like end credit music, doesn't she?
Dream land (LLS stage 6 theme) and Flower of Japan both are a lot like Alice in Wonderland in that the really eminate a sense of ending and nostalgia, despite me not having heard them until fairly recently. Something about her just seems to go along well with a sense of loss, or of days gone by.
Maybe it's why she's a lot less violent in PoFV?
There is something to be said for someone with incredible arcane power choosing to just do what makes them happy.
Maybe after the events of MS, and maybe Kioh Gyoku she felt like she had nowhere left to climb, and started gardening a lot more full time.
I mentioned before, but her original title was "Beauty of Everlasting Darkness", which is a lot more threatening than the "Flower Master of the Four Seasons", despite the latter making her sound a lot more important. Maybe it's also due to her sleeping a lot in her younger years.
As lonely as Yuukarin might be, I don't think she's particularly unhappy, she's never struck me as such. She does however, seem to also attract a certain tragic figure feel to her also, which might be a result of my initial point.
I'm starting to think that Yuuka is one of the 2hu's most fully described by her themes, you know.

>>43337600
Elly face...

>>43346120
I'm not up on my seihou lore but in kioh gyoku she thrashes spaceships and mecha and I think Muse is supposed to be some sort of alien god, so yeah where do you go from there.

>>43326691
does Yuuka ever do CEI or other such humiliating forced scenarios?

>>43346527
Yuukarin does not humiliate herself!

Dropping a Kurumi here to see if it makes the thread lively again!

>>43346983
Would you like to trade that Kurumi for an Elly?

>>43347000
Auntie Elly visiting the thread!
Seems like Nephew-kun hasn't been keeping her up to date enough, so she's taken matters into her own hands!
Again!
But dear lord if she found out that Nephew-kun's been getting friendly with the house poltergheist...

>>43347000
Elly got some size but my Kurumi got the cute! no way i'm trading her that easily!

Good morning LLShus!

>>43347034
Good morning PoDDhu!

>>43347034
You don't have to shout...
It's not like the flowers won't wait!

>>43347015
Oh no! Muge stole the precious thing!

>>43347055
Good thing Lady Kazami keeps above that kind of thing, otherwise the staff would be out the door in a week!
And by that I mean she abducted a man who was visiting her garden a month or two ago so she doesn't have to share

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3crg_qjeZU

>>43347034
>>43347041
It's 9 pm...

>>43347065
That man was me

>>43347072
Are you OK? Do you need help?

>>43347072
No it was me!
You're the one who is made to wash the dishes!

>>43347077
I'm doing fine, thank you

>>43347072
>>43347080
How many men does Yuuka keep in her basement?

>>43347103
I'm not in her basement!
She lets me outside whenever I like!
It's leaving Mugenkan that's the issue...

>>43347123
Don't you think Yuuka would smell nice?
She practically lives in that flower field, getting close to all kinds of flowers all with different smells, and gradually giving her clothes a natural perfume.
I imagine it would be subtle, but present, not enough to be overbearing, but nice nonetheless.
I don't think she'd even know about it, either, and just assume everything kinda smelled a little like wildflowers.

>>43347022
Trading a limited edition, promotion only, dual foil ultra rare Orange for a common Kurumi card. Should be a fair trade, right?

>>43347603

I just remembered I posed Yuuka in gmod when I was bored.
This is the best one I think.
Although now that I look at it, her mouth is open a little too wide. I can't be assed going in and reposing her though.

>>43347603
Shit, this is some offer! deal!

>>43346602
of course not, the one being humiliated is being humiliated by Yuuka

>>43347727
Yuuka humiliates villager women by entering the village with clothing that accents her superior figure

>>43347607
LIVE KAZAMI REACTION

>>43347759
heh

>>43347734
Otherwise known as her in normal clothing

>>43347046
Being a noisy poltergeist is Kana's raison d'etre. You wouldn't let a well meaning, polite greeting bother you that much, now would you?
Kana has already been through more than enough, both in her previous life and in her current one, fighting against one of life's mightiest foes - stagnation and/or boredom.
Don't let her dreams vanish, those are precious. If you lose your dreams, you'll eventually lose your soul.

>>43347900
lmao sav'd
I was going for the breaking bad meme, and edited that into the backround from it but it didn't turn out all that well since the shoulders are a little too narrow, and also the fact that the background isn't important in the slightest.

Seeing as this thread appears to be a little slower, how about I write a little story?
I said i'd do it a couple days ago but i've been really busy, and I forgot where my plans were going. No promises on me being any good though.

Oh and if I do end up finally doing it i'll write it to a text file and copy over, so don't worry about losing it if the thread gets archived.

>>43347955
But she has different clothes, first there's her sleep clothes and then she has both pants and a skirt clothes. Would you prefer Yuuka with pants or with skirt?
Also i just realized that Yuuka might be canonically the only 2hu with two different set of clothes (sleep vs normal), i can't think of another 2hu like this from the top of my head.

>>43348076
the gap hag has her normal frilly dress and the purple one

Ponytail Yuukarin!

So here's the first chapter I guess. No Yuukarin yet, since somone has already opened something by dropping a guy at her feet, so she's going to have to show up about 3-4 I expect. Don't worry, I'll get there. Worldbuilding is important. And this is my first time writefagging so don't get too nitpicky, I know i'm shit.


Gensokyo is an odd place.
You had come here by complete accident, unlike some others you had later learned. You had simply found a weak spot in the fabric of reality, and had fallen through.
This was both lucky and unlucky; On the one hand you were stuck in a land full of monsters and demons, who spent their days drinking and finding men to devour.
On the other, you were not delivered to said monsters on a silver plate, and had managed to stumble your way into an oasis of civilization before nightfall came and robbed you of your senses.
You only learned of this grave danger after you had already avoided it; not once did you think a peep of how odd things suddenly were before you walked into a completely anachronistic town with people dressed in kimonos and wooden sandals speaking a foreign tongue.
Thankfully, a strange lady with a weird box on her head told you where you were in plain English, after you had wandered around for a while. Upon being told that you were in Gensokyo, quite literally an Eastern wonderland, your first questions were standard boilerplate; things like if you could learn magic, when you would learn to fly, if you could complete quests slaying foul daemons of the night.

The truth however, was a lot more mundane. You were an outsider, one born with no magic whatsoever, forever doomed to remain earthbound without the technology to [temporarily] defy gravity, and there wasn't a man alive who could kill a youkai, as they called them. The blue-haired woman suggested you take up a basic job splitting wood and bamboo for fires on account of your liguistic challanges, and to learn Japanese as fast as possible. Sink or swim, as it were. She told you this with a slight look of boredom, although one of a repeated sort, the kind you get by saying something so often you've heard quite literally every possible question ten times over. It was not devoid of pity however, and she looked at you with a slight hint of apology.
"I'm sorry. Normally someone in your position would only have to stay the night and be sent on their way, but due to some odd circumstances that is no longer possible."
Upon being further pressed, the woman shook her head and refused to specify what "odd" entailed.
"You wouldn't understand. Only a few can, and they aren't the type you should be getting to know"
She shuddered a little when she said this, presumeably at the memory of the people in question.
"My name is Keine, by the way. You may address me as Miss Kamishirisawa"
You bowed your head in grattitude and shook her hand.
"No not- nevermind. Just go and find a job to put food in your mouth and a roof over your head, and come to me if you have any questions. And remember to practice your Japanese, or you'll be stuck swinging an axe until your arms fail you."

Generously, she offered to keep you in the local school until she could arrange you a room at the inn. You were to find some basic work as quickly ass possible, and report back to Keine to have her arrange for your wages to be directly transferred to pay your keep, and some books on learning the local language. The plus side of this was that you wouldn't have to speak very much- the downside was that there wasn't a whole lot you *could* do. The night came and went, and with the new day came your hunt for a job. Eventually, you found an odd flier for what looked like an antiques shop, complete with old record players and globes, going off of the little illustration on it. You put it in your pocket, trying to ignore the odd stare from a curious townsman probably interested in your white skin and modern clothes, and proudly marched back to Keine to ask her what it said.

Today seemed to be something equivalent to a weekend, so the teacher was sitting in her house next to the small schoolhouse when you came in. After greeting her, you thrust out the flyer for what you hoped was a job offer at a local novelty shop.

"Didn't I tell you to practise your Japanese?"
Keine looked at you judgingly when you said her name.
She took the paper from your hands and let out a little snort of air as she read it.
"So he's needing help... huh. This could actually work out quite well for you, you know. I'll go and speak with the shop owner this afternoon, but since he's probably expecting a villager there are no promises. Until then, go and read those books I gave you. You need it."
She looked at you for a second, before gesturing with her hand to leave her to work.
Dutifully, you went back to your loaned room to study, motivated by the total lack of anything better to do.

>>43348566
Looking forward to the Yuukarin parts, and hoping that there will be Kurumi some too.

>>43351976
Hopefully.
Not entirely sure how to work 'Rumi in though, since she stays on the lake all day.
I'll sit down and write the next bit in a few hours I hope, but I'm in the middle of doing up my room and throwing shit out, and looking for a job etc.
Shouldn't take more than half an hour though, since I've kinda worked a lot of the stuff out in my daydreams. At least I got started, that's the hardest part.

>>43347103
Yes.

What do you think Yuukas flower manipulation ability does?

>>43354455
Canonically, just grow some impossibly big flowers.
It's stated to be pretty much useless in combat or anything much else apart from making you really good at garedening (surprise surprise), and there's never any mention of it being used in a broader metaphorical sense.
The scary part about Yuuka isn't that she has broken OP powers inherent to her; It's the fact she doesn't need any to turn you into a mist of atoms.

>>43351976
New chapter coming soon.
Yuuka will appear, but it's just an introduction, not the main story.
I thought it would slow the pace down a little, and give her an early introduction seeing as she's going to be the most important character, obviously.
She'll probably next appear in chapter 4 though.
I think I might aim for one post a day, maybe two if i've got more time on my hands.

Splitting this one into two parts, so stay tuned. I was originally going to have a little more in this one and leave it, but it's come out that it's too long for just one and not *quite* enough for two as it is, so i'll just finish the scene in full, even if it takes two more posts.


A few hours pass, and you've not made much progress, when a knock comes from the door, before Keine and a white-haired man walk in.
The man greets you, before embarassingly having to ask Keine to translate for you as he appears to remember you cannot understand him.
"This is Mr. Rinnosuke Morichika. He is the owner of that shop you found an advertisement for, and he's looking for someone to stock the shelves and clean the shop while he's looking for more products. It's not the most exciting job in the world, but it's suitable for your background, and he's willing to take you on now so you can tell him about Outsider technology when you are able to communicate."
Rinnosuke stands there smiling, looking a little silly. He seems good natured enough, and Keine seems to approve of his line of work.
It's clear he was wanting someone who is interested in antiques, and you seem to fit the bill enough as it happens.
You thrust you hand out and introduce yourself as Anon, and the two of you awkwardly shake hands. It seems like you might get along fine here after all.
"There's a little time left in the day, so why don't you two go and buy some new clothing. It would be good to not stick out so much, Youkai have a taste for outsiders especially. I'll lend you the money and you can pay me back when you can."
Keine turned on her heel and left the two of you to work something out.
Rinnosuke shrugged his shoulders and beckoned you to follow in the universal sign language of pointing at things.

Once outside, you follow Rinnosuke to what appeared to be the village square, complete with shopkeepers peddling their wares. You squinted a bit trying to see if the antiques shop was here, but to no avail.
In any case, your benefactor seems more than happy to take the burden of paying for your existence in exchange for what seems like pretty easy work, but you are sure you aren't going to have any spending money anytime soon.
The two of you spend some time trying to find some clothes that don't stand out too much, but are still somewhat western in design, since you made clear you can't tie a kimono.
You just about settle for a white tunic looking item with some black shorts to keep you cool, when the familiar chatter of dozens of people quietens down, and people start making nervous exists with some visible haste. The shopkeepers go a little pale, and stand to attention where before they had laid back and waited lazily for someone to warrant their attention.
Rinnosuke seems oblivious to the obvious change in atmosphere, and continues inspecting a pair of shoes you gestured to, much to the ire of the tailor running the stand.
With no way to drag your new boss away from the oncoming danger, you resolve to just go along with his apparant idiocy, wondering if he's really taking you on out of generosity or because everyone else knows to stay away.

You try and look as closely as possible at the wares on display, desperate to look as if you've made an honest mistake.
You pour over all the different clothes as if your life depended on it, aware of the knowledge that it might very well be going off of the looks of everyone left (Bar Rinnosuke of course).
You can practically feel the danger growing behind you as the very last of the day shoppers take their leave, and run to vacate the area.
You look at signs that you can't even read, trying to pretend you are blissfully unaware of the prickly sensation on your back.
A quick glance at the tailor's face shows that whatever you are doing was all in vain, as he practically drips sweat, white as a sheet.
An oppressive aura radiates from the small of your back, and you glance over at Rinnosuke to see him utterly incredulous at the overwhelming sense of malice you are feeling.
From the corner of your eye, you can see a shock of red and green growing larger, and you try to mask your looking away from the sense of impending doom.
A few seconds later, a woman's voice speaks from behind you.
Rinnosuke practically jumps out of his skin as a sing-song voice calls out something that sounds like a pet name.
Curiosity gets the better of you, and it's not like your efforts to go unnoticed have worked, so you turn around to get a look at the both of them.

Nephew-kun...? What are you doing on the ground?

Watching for butterflies? I don't get it...

>>43354614
Upon doing so, you immediately deduce two things.
One, the lady is not human. Keine had blueish hair, and Rinnosuke has white, but this girl's head is encased in vivid green.
Her eyes, which thankfully are pointed at your employer and not you, are ruby red, and have a piercing quality you've never seen even in the movies.
Her skin is as pale as yours, and has a clearly inhuman quality to it, practically radiating light.

Two, she doesn't look all that threatening.
By this, it's clear that she is a *threat*, but nothing about her appearance betrays anything like the sort of feeling you get from her.
She's wearing fairly normal, if gaudy clothes actually, and is twirling an umbrella boredly behind her back.
The most abnormal thing about her, other than her head, is the odd tartan patterning of her dress and jacket, and the slightly sweet smell coming from her.
She's taller than most of the people you have seen, but her eyes only come up to chin level to you, and a little shorter than the man she's addressing.
In fact, she looks rather nice.
This only serves to heighten your guard, however, since the feeling of Death in it's full glory has only grown stronger since she's walked up to you both.
Rinnosuke stammers for a bit while talking to the lady, which is impressive given how utterly petrified you are.
Once he's finished talking, the girl's blood red eyes flick over to look at you.
For all you care, they might have well been the ends of a shotgun boring into your soul.
She seems to ask you a question, and you can only stand there dumbfounded.
A few seconds pass before she taps her foot on the ground rather loudly, clearly expecting a response.
You pluck up some courage, and say a few words in order to try and save your skin and excuse you from having to talk to her on account of your effective muteness.
>"I-I'm sorry miss, I'm new here and was just l-looking for some c-clothes, and I don't s-speak any Japanese"
Right as you say that, you cringe internally at how stupid you must look, trying to communicate like a tourist in a foreign country. Which you are, effectively.

The girl however, looks slightly surprised when you speak, and takes a second to think.
What followed surprised you even more.
>"Oh, is that right? Well then I apologize for expecting you to know Japanese. I should have guessed given your appearance. Might I ask, just how new are you?"
You take a heartbeat to fully process what just happened.
The girl knows English, speaks it fluently, politely, and without a hint of any kind of accent.
And now she's expecting a response. Meaning you have to continue talking with her.
>"J-just a day"
A slight smile crosses her lips.
>"Well, let me be the first to welcome you then. Although I'm sure that if you're here someone will have been polite enough to introduce themselves to you."
A look of realization crosses her face.
>"Speaking of manners, where are mine? My name is Yuuka."
The way that was phrased didn't seem to indicate she expected a response, but since you didn't know what else to do, you went and introduced yourself back.
>"And mine is Anon"
You stuck out your hand to shake.
>"Pleased to meet you, Miss Yuuka"
A look of mild annoyance crossed her face.
>"Kazami. Miss Kazami, not Miss Yuuka. Yuuka is my given name."
Throughout this time she had not taken your hand, nor had she bowed or curtsied when she had introduced herself.
It seems she didn't deem you important enough to deserve it, despite her general polite speech.
Her face softened up a little, and her tone changed again.
>"But please, call me Yuuka. I don't want to be addressed like an old hag now do I?"
She laughed at her joke, although you didn't get what was all that funny about it.
>"Well I'd best be off then. Maybe I'll see you around? Probably not. Most people aren't brave enough to come out and vist~"
She chuckled again, and again you didn't have the slightest clue what she was on about, apart from that she was in no doubt about knowing she was scary.
>"I'm only here for the flowers after all. Bye~!"
And without waiting for a reply, she turned around and headed away.

I think i'll leave it here for today.
I'll work on the rest tomorrow.

>>43354455
Tentancle rape the danmau loser with vines.

>>43354547
I think you should complete your story and put it in a text file or on pastebin instead of making things on the get go as you may want to change things later, you shouldn't pressure yourself or rush things like i did when i made that touhou song thread.

Your writing is good so far btw.

>>43355279
Thank you, it means a lot.
I don't think I have the patience to go ahead and do that, and anyways I've kinda thought out most of the major plot points i'm going to use up to the midpoint anyway.
Not to spoil things, but i don't think I'm going to have to go back and change anything.

>>43354925
>>43348566
Easter egg; anon is never going to be able to remember anyone's names at first and will look like a complete retard.

>>43356477
Relatable.

>>43354761
Why does Elly still sometimes share a bed with nephew-kun? He's not a little kid anymore...

I have noticed a severe lack of Getsus in this thread.

>>43357237
Yuuka built Mugenkan before central heating was invented, so the rooms do get a little cold during the night...

Nevermind the fact that Elly has her own hut with a fireplace and bedwarming pan, and Nephew-kun has never not once complained about being cold under all the thick blankets Lady Kazami has woven for him, that's besides the point at hand here.

>>43357267
If you insist!

>>43357291
But why does she also take her baths with him? It made sense when Shinki and some of her daughters were visiting Mugenkan that bathing turns would be shared to save water and time, but surely nephew-kun can be trusted to bathe himself now that things are back to normal?

>>43357453
It can be useful having two people bathing at the same time you know!
How else can you know your back and ears are truly clean?
It's economical, it's useful, it's *better than doing it seperately*?
Why wouldn't you insist upon it?
You know, it's time Nephew-kun grew out of his secretive phase, it's not like Auntie's embarrassed!

I want yuuka to crush me to death

>>43358180
Why in the world would you want that to happen to you?

>>43358314
Because i love it

>>43360074
So how would you want it to happen then? Like her hugging you to death or being smushed beneath a giant foot or something?

>>43360612
Honestly both, but especially the first

>>43361020
Well, I suppose there are worse ways to die than getting hugged to death by a pretty youkai lady.

>>43361361
Exactly

>>43334703
Yuuka really suits a semi-tragic character really well.
I think it's something to do with being unimagineably strong, since that's what she values most, at the expense of just about all else.
It actually reminds me of Macbeth in a roundabout sorta way, both of them pursue some kind of power to their total ruin in Macbeth's case, and to Yuuka's isolation and general lack of friends in hers.

I've said before (too many times really), but flower of Japan really is I think one of the most oddly emotional themes out there, which is a little unusual for early ones.
I think before 6 came out ZUN had a little regret or something at having nowhere else to take the series, which is probably reflected in that song specifically, since it could very well have been the last time he visited one of his own characters before forever shelving them all.

I'm glad he didn't.

>>43354925
Yuuka introduced, onto the start of the Kourindou chapter!
Probably going to do another part after this, but no promises.

The green haired lady headed down the main road out of the square, her brightly coloured parasol and red dress visible up until she walked over the crest of a small hill.
You breathed a sigh of total relief when Yuuka was out of sight.
Rinnosuke did likewise, and in general people seemed to relax a bit.
You turned back to the shopkeeper who's store you had inadvertantly brought someone troublesome to.
The man was gawking at you, presumably trying to guess just what you had said to get her to leave nearly as soon as she came.
Morichika too was looking at you baffled, and all you could do to answer their probable questions was to shrug your shoulders with your palms facing upward.
Once the shock had worn off, you got Rinnosuke to pay for your new clothes and followed him to the edge of the village.
It was a little nervous, passing the official walls of safety, going past the point at which your it was not impossible to be caught and killed by any number of things,
but Rinnosuke seemed to pay no heed to the lack of guaranteed security, instead walking further and further away from what you had quickly understood to be your new home.

After about half an hour of lesiurly walking, you noticed the trees looked decidedly more gnarled and leafy than before,
with the floor of the forest losing it's grass as light became somewhat of a scare resource.
It was a relief therefore, to spot a cabin in a small clearing not too long after.
You couldn't read what the large sign on top said, but seeing as Rinnosuke isn't stopping to knock, you can only guess that this is the place.

...

Come to think of it, you never thought to ask Keine what this place actually did or was called.
You'll have to figure it out, it seems.
Rinnosuke leads you to a small room in the back, with a sleeping bag, a desk & chair, and a small shelf with your Japanese books already on there.
On the table is a note, seemingly for you unless someone else only speaks English.
After looking to your landlord, who only gave a nod, you pick up the paper and read it.
Unsurprisingly, it's from Keine.

>Anon
>I caught someone who was heading in the direction of Kourindou, and gave her your books.
>Please check none are missing.
A quick scan of the titles shows to the best of your memory that they are all accounted for.
>Mr. Morichika has a spare room i've asked him to lease you, and it should be enough for your purposes.
>He will take care of your wellbeing as far as he can, but don't expect him to reattatch your limbs
>He lives in the forest of Magic, which is a relatively dangerous place to wander around in, so don't take any walks alone, especially at night.
>Kourindou is taken as a safe haven by most, but if someone really wants you dead they aren't going to treat it like the Human Village and wait until you leave, so don't go making enemies.
Reassuring.
>Speaking of enemies; There are a few people you might have to deal with. Most of theme are not human, but if you are working for Mr. Morichika,
they should respect you enough to not eat you unless you do something really stupid like attack them, or disobey any reasonable request they might have.
>If a blonde lady shows up out of thin air, you'd best just do whatever she says until she gets bored and goes home.
>If a girl with white hair shows up, and she's dressed in a maid outfit, you should be in good company. I've heard she should know English, so you should have no issues there.
>If a girl with white hair shows up, and she is carrying two swords, you needn't worry, but she won't be interested in the shop. Try and inform her of where she is.
>If a witch shows up in a black hat and carrying a broom, watch her and make sure to direct her to Rinnosuke at the shortest notice.
>The same applies for the girl in red with her armpits on full view
A long list. You had better hope you remember all of this if any of these people show up, but there don't seem to be any men mentioned. Interesting.
You reach the end of the letter, and nearly go to put it away before thinking to check the other side, and upon doing so you find a few hastily scribbled postscripts.

>If you need anything, tell Rinnosuke to take you to me, and if you see any sunflowers, DO NOT DAMAGE THEM!!
That last part was double underlined. Must be very important, were sunflowers significant in the religion of Japan ... whatever that was?

How u doin, fellow yuukabros?

>>43366252
Good, the next chapter is about halfway done.
I'll try and finish it before going to bed tonight at the very least.
It's proving to be a long story, from what I can tell.
I'm going to just keep at it until I have covered all the points I want to, even if it means jumping threads when this one dies.
When that happens, I might consider putting it up somewhere so people can read the first bits.

>>43366427
Ok, keep going!

>>43366427
definitely upload it somewhere
not pastebin though, they're unreliable
if your writefag spirit demands a long haul story, go all in

>>43363941

Damnit, it's a little too big again. Oh well, I'll just write the rest of the second half.
Kourin is a little special in this, maybe too much so. I wanted to try and make it clear that he is just blindly following his jap>eng dictionary, but I don't know enough japanese to do that faithfully. I've just settled on broken english and bad grammar. It'll be one of the tounge-in-cheek jokes I can't resist making.

At any rate, Rinnosuke, now to you Mr. Morichika, was the one housing you, in return for your labour.
The sun was just coming down to the western horizon, it's yellow light growing orange as time passed.
Your stomach grumbles, and you realize you haven't had anything since breakfast.
You look over to him, and he's standing there scratching his head. You think you're in good hands, at the least.
He makes eye contact with you, and shrugs again. He seems to do that a lot, so it's not like he's the serious type at least.
Your boss beckons you to follow, and he leads you to a kitchen area up the stairs.
He hands you a knife and some vegetables, and points to a wooden block on one of the counters.
Seems like you are going to be chopping them for dinner.

A few minutes later, and the two of you have made a simple, but filling meal of eggs, rice and onions.
The stinging in your eyes hasn't quite subsided, but the results are undeniable. Rinnosuke's a surprisingly good cook.
You had to pester him a little for some proper cutlery, since you couldn't eat with chopsticks as well as he, but in the end it was a more than acceptable meal.
The sun is now touching the horizon, and the sky is growing dark. There doesn't appear to be much point in staying up to work, since there will be plenty of time for that in the morning.
The first proper day of your new life starts tommorrow, as it would seem.
You bow in gratitude, and take the cleared plates to the sink and soak them, drawing water from a small bucket next to the basin.
The "bed" proves to be very firm, but not unworkable. You might develop back pain if you keep it up for too long, but it shouldn't be a problem in the short term.
Your room is cold, owing to it being unheated, and you have to pull the blanket quite tight over you to get comfortable, but sleep comes fairly easily if you have no other options.

Sunlight streams in throught the singular slotted window next to your small desk, and you wake up feeling a little groggy. It would appear that floorboards, even with some cloth between you and them,
don't make a good matress. Nothing that can be done about that, though.
As you stretch and work out the tension accumulated in your spine, someone knocks on your door.
When you open it, it's Rinnosuke.
He seems oddly proud of himself, and the reason makes itself apparant when he thrusts a note under your nose.
It looks like he's gone through the painstaking process of translating something for you, as it's clear the author isn't used to writing in the latin alphabet.

>Hello.
>My name Is morichika rinnosuke
>pleased to Meet you.
>I would like you. to stock the shelves. And keep Me store tidy.
>thank You.

You try and contain your laughter at the horrible grammar and punctuation, since it probably took him some time to write this, and it's more than you could do.
Luckily, you are able to hide your smile as one of eagerness.
Nodding your head, you try and indicate that you understand what he said. Which you did, but it doesn't make it any less funny to read.
Mr. Morichika returns your smile tenfold, and walks over to the shop counter to take his seat.
Looks like you're just supposed to keep the place clean and presentable as a shop.
Easier said than done, as it appears you are the first person to have this job, since a thick layer of dust and crumbs appear to be on about half of the items that look to be on sale,
and all of the shelves. The general state of the room is a mess, to be honest. It's not like you can complain though, since dust can only accumulate so fast, right?

It's about midday before you are done dusting a single shelf.
Each and every item, some of which you wonder what they are doing there, has to be picked up and have dust blown out of it, which is made more difficult by the sheer variety of things.
Some are easy, like the two-litre coke bottles, which only needed a quick wipe down to be as clean as needed.
Others needed you to be careful not to break them, like an extensive set of tea accessories that was made from very thin porcelain.
Others still required you to get at them with a toothbrush you had been provided, furiously scrubbing at a dozen Rubick's cubes took up more time than it should have,
since they seemed to be just full of what looked like ash and mud. You had to wonder, just where had these things been to get so filthy?

...

>>43366923
Eh, i've been kinda wanting to write something for a while now, and Yuuka's my favourite, so it's only natural I gravitate toward her.
It's only recently i've had any motivation, and since no one has called me a fag (as an insult), and people seem to not think i've got too weird a style, i'm more confident that i'll just do it as a daily thing to get me motivated and constructive than not.

Here's hoping to a decently good and long one!

we know that Yuuka loves to inflict pain on balls, but I'm just wondering if she is also directly sadistic to penises as well?

>>43367062
The duality of a Yuuka thread.

I don't think she'd discriminate though. She's probably just going to stand on it all.

>>43357321

>>43366961
Mugetsu...

>>43367169
Me listening to flower land!

>>43367169
God I remember when these dancing flower things were EVERYWHERE back in 1990

>>43367092
>>43367135
Genge going tsu tsu!

>>43367380
Genge warming up to assrape you!

>>43367080
that would be so hot

>>43363941
>The same applies for the girl in red with her armpits on full view
Even in a Yuuka thread there will be Reimu abuse. And keep writing anon.

>>43367609
I just thought Keine would be uptight about 'mu's clothing habits.
I said in the foreword of that post that there are going to be a lot of tongue-in-cheek jokes, and I meant it.
Touhou is at it's core a comedy series, after all.

Oh, and the next half of that should be coming around about the hour. I got a little distracted.

>>43367609
Lol

>>43367609
>>43367668
Oh, and one more thing. If anyone has any suggestions for who should appear next, make them quickly.
I've got a little character development to do before getting to yuuka's PROPER introduction to the story, so i've got space for maybe two or three people to Kourindou that anon has to deal with.
As I'm writing this, i'm about to put in the first person to walk into the shop, so bear that in mind.
I want Sakuya to appear at some point, since she/ the SDM might have a tangential role later on, and a little reference to her and early description of her character wouldn't be the worst thing to not follow up on in the case I don't find a way to put in that scene.

>>43367668
Yeah, it does sound likely that Keine would consider the attire of Reimu and Sanae to be scandalous, especially for a miko.
Also, Kurumi.

>>43367400
I just want her to hug me and wrap her wings around me

>>43367789
Me too

>>43367789
Imagine a combined winghug from Sacchan, Genge and Mai.
>>43367707
I don't know who should appear next, but if you're introducing Sakuya to the story, it would be neat if she interacted with Yumeko and/or Muge later on.

>>43367707
If you're feeling baller, add some of the underappreciated hus
if not, go with the ones you like

>>43367722
I should clarify;
Kurumi is getting her own development later on. No spoilers.

I'm going to set up a wheel of names, and if anyone has *good* suggestions, i'll add that name to it.
Obviously, i'm going to have final say over all of this, so this is subject to who I think I can write well.
No koishi or Shion, sorry. Don't think I could put them in believeably.
The older the better I guess, but they'd have to have a reason to be there, and a decent one.
So no Remy or Yuyuko. Since they'd get someone else to do it.

I'll go back on what I said in>>43367668, and go to bed. In about eight hours, i'll check the thread and see if anyone has something I can work with.
I have a few ideas, so if no one has any preferences or ideas I can work in, i'll just go with what i've got and take names from picrel.
This section will take place over a decently long time, so by the end I would like anon here to be able to fucking understand people, since that plot mechanic is getting annoying. Good idea, but without much of a character for me to have do stuff on his own, it's pretty much stayed it's leave.

Don't let that all dissuade you though, if you can come up with a valid (to me) reason as to why that hu should appear at Kourindou, go ahead! It's all in the name of fun after all.
I do have ideas for future characters to make an appearance, so if you think that someone, eg Kurumi, should appear, (she can't), there might be a good chance that there will be reasons why she can't just yet.
I'm going with my own headcanon as to why the pc98 'hus are not in later games.

>>43367815
I'm not entirely sure I'm planning on having them in the same room, but i'll keep the idea at hand. Might be good in the second major arc of the story.

>>43367826
Sorry, people are typing faster than me. I hope you see this and throw in a suggestion. Pretty much all the ones I like are either going to appear or have no reason to. (Rumia is my #2, but she's not all that important, and she'd just eat anon I think. hungry loli eats first and asks questions never)

>>43367845
Wrong image lmao.
I forgot I had one set up and just went with Yuuka and a bunch of others since that kinda fit.

I want Yuuka to order Wriggle to inflict venemous stings on my private parts (I should first ask though, is Wriggle venemous?)

>>43367964
According to some authors, Wriggle is venomous indeed. If stung in the right place, that venom can make a woman bear a child some time later.
Otherwise that's a motherfucking (heh) firefly youkai, Anonymous.

>>43369062
> that venom can make a woman bear a child some time later
so what happens to a male penis if she stings?

>>43369786
I don't read R-18G stuff.

>>43367964
>is a firefly poisonous?
Retard-kun, i do not even know what to tell you.

>>43367858
Your wrong image contains a Hina. She is cute and nice.

>>43369062
Imagine if Wriggle and Yuuka manage to cross pollinate each other?

>>43371795
The green duo

>>43372281
Yuuka would make a great friend for Hina. They're both polite and would likely get along well. And Yuuka is so powerful that she doesn't have to worry about Hina's little misfortune leaks.

>>43367845
Have you considered adding Bewitching Lotus Flower? lol, just kidding, don't actually do that.

Yuuka you are getting soaked even the baka fairies have a umbrella

Hina seems to be popular, but unfortunately I have no idea why she would suddenly walk into kourindou, since she's in self-imposed exile at the base of Youkai mountain. Sorry guys.

I'll start with sakuya, since she would have a very good reason, and will allow for better pacing for the rest of them. After this we'll be skipping ahead in time so Anon can have a chance to learn Japanese in peace. Not fluently yet, but enough to actually talk with people a little.

Ideas have come to me, so you'll get a surprise somtime during the coming chapters. Nothing amazing though, just a little more content I've thought through better.

Kurumi

>>43373675
She went from that to this. Poor Genge got mogged by the 'rumi...

>>43373675
I want her to give me a wing hug

>>43373675
>>43373686
She's bigger than Genge and got bigger wings than Remi! Look at how tiny Remilia's wings are compared to Kurumi!

>>43373992
Seems like she's the reason that the Scarlets don't want people knowing there are other vampires...

>>43374026
Remi is already insecure as it is for being height and tit mogged by her younger sister. The fact that Kurumi height, tit and wing mogs her is just too much for her.

>>43373191
Not to influence your story, but my favorite pairings with Yuuka besides her whole PC98 entourage are Hina & Letty. Both of these characters share the relative isoltion from the rest of the girls with little to no known bonds with other characters. Hina is almost purely an aesthetic choice, I just think green hair & red outfit looks nice. Letty is for the dichotomy between the flower master and the youkai of a season where flower growth is at its most troubled. You can close the door on that and assume they're not on good terms, or you can go on the path of both characters, in their own wisdom about flowers and winter respectively, actually know how to squeeze the most out of the situation and may have a bit more to share to one another than meets the eye.
That being said and the reason why i've stated above that this isn't to influence you, neither of these characters really have any reason to show up in the village or other locales like that.

>>43374177
That's actually a good point; I'm not sure if I can have Letty come in at this point, and I'm not familiar with Hina enough to really feel confident in putting her in when she really has no reason to.

That being said, I think I might use her later on, possibly in a hypothetical Yukka POV chapter, and see if comparing the two leads to anything.
I'm thinking that maybe the contrast between how they are different, rather than their similarities will be more interesting than the inverse. Letty's always struck me as the more cool and reserved type, while Yuuka would be more likely to hurt people to get what she wants, even if it's just a little.
Despite zun's comments on Yuuka, I think she's actually fairly human in some important ways, moreso than most other youkai. Nothing much, but just her general behaviour I don't think would be as alien as people assume.

>>43366955
Sakuya chapter starts now!
I know I know, Yuuka isn't making an appearance yet. I want to give her due justice in introducing her character, and that means developing a few others first, even if it's only to pad (ha ha) for content to start, there are a few that I want to bring back later on to highlight how things will have changed. I have a plan, so trust me!


Throughout all of this, your boss had been sitting at his desk, reading a book and sipping tea, occasionaly scribbling onto a bit of paper.
The book's title was in Japanese, so you couldn't tell what he was doing until he called out your name.
Expecting to be taking a break from work to have lunch, you put down an old hard drive (It was only 10GB, so it must have been positively ancient),
and walked over to the front desk.
Rinnosuke has a familiar-looking grin plastered on his face, and another note is on the desk in front of him.
Reading his expression, you move to pick it up, and he makes no move to stop you.
It seems he's been translating what he wants to say from a book.

>Hello again.
>Keep shop full please.
>i will be going out to look for the thing.
>thank you.

At least his punctuation has improved. It's not as clear as the last one though. Seeing as he is going out, you take it that he really means to man the store.
He must have only looked at the first definition in the dictionary.
Sure enough, once you are done reading he gets up and leaves.
...
I guess he just wants you to stop people from stealing?
If you recall, Keine's note said something about that.
It figures that a store all the way out here might deal with some dishonest folks from time to time, after all.
It doesn't fill your belly, but it means you can sit back and practise some much needed Japanese. You go back to drag your books out, and plop down in the chair to begin studying.

An hour or so passes, and Rinnosuke isn't back. It's looking like he's going to be out for the day. You've just finished practising your katakana, when you hear the bell ring signifying a customer.
Shit. You still can't speak even basic Japanese. Looks like you're going to have to try and tell them to come back later when Mr. Morichika is in.
You look up to see a white headdress peeking over the shelves, but you can't see any of their hair yet, not like you'd know who they were...
Hair...
Thinking quickly, you pull out Keine's note, and set it on the front page of your book.
Reading over it, there's already someone eliminated. If she had appeared out of nowhere, you'd be in trouble but she walked in through the front door like a normal person.
That's good... right?
...
And then you get to the bottom two entries.
They quite clearly tell you to watch people closely, and since you can't tell who it is, you'd best at least try and stop their potential shoplifting.
Just as you start to quietly get up to go and check on the possible theif, they march around the corner of the nearest aisle.
And by "march", you can think of no other word to describe how she walks.
She's about average height for a woman, you estimate, with steel-grey hair and a well fitted... Victorian maid costume?
You try your best to not gawk at the sight in front of you, aided by the girl's ice-cold gaze. This was unlike Yuuka's stare, as it didn't seen to quite bore into your very sense of being like she did,
but all the same it gave you a sense of unease you'd rather not have in your life. You hoped that she wouldn't be a regular customer.
Currently, she seemed to have realized that you were not in fact the person she was expecting to be at the desk. It wasn't much, just a subtle raising of the eyebrows,
but it was clear as day that she had figured out Rinnosuke wasn't caucasian.
She came to a stop in front of you, a newly-dusted tea set in her arms, expertly stacked so she could hold the sizeable weight of it in her rather slender arms.

>"Anata wa Kourin janai?"

Oh. She just mentioned something about the shop, did she?
You glance down at your book, the cheat sheet on probable customers tucked discreetly between the pages.
Grey hair... maid dress...
White is a little like grey, isn't it?

>"Hello, welcome to kourindou. You wouldn't happen to speak English, would you?"

>>43375041
Lmao wouldn't it be funny if Anon had a breakdown on having to deal with Yukari, and then Okina shows up and he just loses it?
That would be neat.

>>43375278
Anon being a good lad and wheeling the obviously confused grandma out of the shop so her family can find her.

>>43375389
Just be careful not to hand her over to the wrong Mai!

>>43375389
I actually need a way to get anon out of kourindou after this arc, and this ties in with what I was planning. I want him to snap and just leave to wander around, and get into trouble for later parts to work. This is probably genuinely going to be the way I do that.

>>43375041

2 a day seems to be my creative limit. I might cut back to get some stuff done, but I'm actually enjoying myself now. It's nice to have sat down and done something other than play vidya all day and shitpost.
This isn't intended to be focussed around Sakuya, but I think she will be important later on. haven't quite worked out just how much, but I have one scene thought out pretty well.
I also wanted to convey her sociopathy. It's pretty clear she's got something of that sort wrong with her, and I'd like to reference that. If you are wondering why she asked Anon to stand up, it's because she's making sure he isn't an escapee from the SDM's dungeons, but of course Anon doesn't know about that.

THAT got a reaction. Confusion, then understanding, then realization, all within a second.

>"Well, y-yes I would. You aren't Kourin, are you though?"

Well that's a blunt way of putting it.
She's either really, really surprised or a little dense. Possibly both.

>"No, I'm the hire. I only started today, and Mr. Morichika is currently busy doing... something. Who's kourin?"

Way to go, you sound real professional.

>"Mr. Morichika? How do you call him that and not know about Kourin?
Helpful.
>"Is kourin like, his brother or...?"
You get the feeling you look stupid right now.
True enough, the girl holding a banquet's worth of chinaware is glaring at you with a mix of annoyance and confusion.

>"Everyone just calls him Kourin. Is he out looking for things to sell?"

So that's who she was talking about... Did he name the store after himself?
She's still staring at you, and those eyes of hers could make ice seem warm.

>"Y-yeah, he's out looking for... stuff. He didn't really say much, you know. Or at all, in fact."

You look over and see that last note still on the counter from this afternoon. The maid with all the tableware sets it down in front of you, and you have to peek over it a little to see her.
With your right hand, you point at the note.

>"He left a note..."

She reaches over and picks it up.
Now that her eyes are not doing their best to vivisect you, you can get a more comfortable look at the lady in the light.
She has her grey hair parted down the middle of her head, and at the sides she has two braids in front of her ears, tied with green ribbons.
Her face is quite well-shaped, in fact you would go as far as to say she even looked quite pretty.
Her nose is rather small, in a cute way, and her cheeks look full but not fat.
Looking down a bit, you can see she's smiling just a little, her thin pink lips ever so slightly turned up at the corners.
This young lady is really rather elegant and charming in her own way, once she's got her eyes off of you.
You don't get a chance to look any further down than her neck (Which was thin and pale), as she snorts a little and hands back the note.

>"I see what you mean. Say, you wouldn't mid standing up for a second there?"

You furrow your brow. That is an odd request to make of someone, especially someone who's running the store you are in. Not wanting to draw the girl's ire,
as much out of politeness as of fear, you do so slowly.
When you draw yourself to your full height, one that is a little too close to the ceiling for comfort, the maid inspects you thoroughly.
Those eyes really do lack something, you think.
After a few seconds of this, her face brightens up coniderably and her body relaxes almost imperceptably, seemingly content in her findings, whatever they were.

>"Sorry. I thought I might have recognized you from somewhere. My name is Sakuya, Sakuya Izayoi. Pleased to meet you!"

She reaches her hand out to shake, and smiles widely.
You return her smile, and shake her hand, but as you do, you look at her face again.
Those eyes... They haven't changed one bit. There isn't a hint of warmth in those pools of ice to be found.

>>43376312
>mid
Mind. I can't believe I didn't catch that. It's corrected in the copy I have in a .txt file, but I can't edit that out here. Oh well.

>>43326691
are there any underground doujin with Yuuka where you can actually see explicit views of her doing sadistic things to male genitals?

>>43379014
I want to marry Yuukarin and have a baseball team worth of kids with her
Just balancing out the thread

>>43381040
Me too, I think she'd actually be a great mother.
She seems to tolerate and sometimes give advice to the fairies for the most part, so I don't see her being utterly neglectful.
She is very caring and gentle towards the things she loves, as well. The hard part is getting there.

>>43381040
>>43381585
Elly would make a great aunt to Yuuka's kids and Kurumi would finally get to be the Onee-chan for once.

>>43381040
That's the spirit!

>>43381040
I honestly can't stand when people talk about pregnancy and Yuuka, for me she is always going to maintain her perfect child-less body and there is no man worthy in existence that she would ever accept having offspring with. She is a true dominatrix

>>43382519
I can't stand people who go on about ball busting for three threads. Not my problem your self-esteem issues aren't the same as mine.

>>43381585
You'd be guaranteed a nice quiet life as well. She might expect you to help with the Garden so you won't be able to laze around, but the most you'll usually have to deal with are fairies being silly as always.

>>43382519
>>43382581
Stop fighting, everyone has his own perception of Yuuka. But we can all agree that she is beautiful and perfect.

>>43382581
What? She specializes in ballbusting, it is part of her persona.

>>43383101
I like her more as a tsundere type, but instead of getting flustered she just hits you really hard.

>>43383116
this makes no sense, she has no interest in any man other than the amusement she gets from inflicting sexual pain

Yuuka

>>43383101
She's actually not into it

>>43383482
Cute and motherly Yuukarin!

>>43383488
I see you are a believer in The Chart as well.
Good taste anon.

>>43383488
who is the most into it and best at it?

>>43384405
Kaguya, it would seem

>>43383299
>>43383101
Anon here has fallen into the trap of thinking that big titty giantess Yuuka is the same as the one we know and love.
What a shame.

It makes me unimaginably happy to be able to post Genge again.

>>43384428
I don't know her, do you have any pics of her? is she cute? and dominant?

>>43382519
I agree about the pregnancy thing but I am biased because I dislike children and would never want any of my own. I would much rather just live in peace with just my hypothetical wife.

>>43385416
I can't stand kids, and I hate stretch marks too

>>43384753
Getsu posting heals the soul.

Does Yuuka with her four themes have the most theme songs of any 2hu besides Reimu and Marisa?

>>43390294
Quite possibly. Depends on if Alice got one other than DJ, GoA, or PM.
I can't remember a different one, but she's a common one in the fighting games, so i'm not sure if at one point she got a new theme.

Which reminds me; Alice is really underdeveloped lorewise. All that stuff about her being Shinki's daughter who moved away after MS is just fandom extrapolation based on the LACK of any concrete stuff.

>>43391522
Yuuka caught fhe fishe

>>43384753
>>43390032
The pain of being a Gengetsu fan (or fan of any PC98hu that isn't Yuuka, Shinki, Alice or Mima) is having to post the same pictures again and again because thre are so few of them

>>43391860
True. Very few people can truly understand this agonizing pain.

>>43391860
I've been thinking about commissioning new art of my favourite PC-98hus, but I doubt I'll actually have the energy to actually do that.

>>43391923
Skeb is really easy to use

>>43391923
>>43391860
>>43391885
Genge is pretty high on my list, moreso than most other non-yuuka pc98's. Of course, Yuukarin is at the top, but genge is I think in my top ten at least.

What I'd really like to see is just a concrete characterization of her, since there is just so, so little official dialog. All we really have is just "Muge is the Daiyousei to Genge's Cirno, but more violent." Shame really, since as Ex stage bosses they are really cool.

>>43391860
I have a fair amount

>>43391860
I know that feel...

>>43391964
Genge is pretty high up in my list too, but if I did commission something, the first one would be of my favourite hu Sariel.

>>43391923
Commissioning is simple. The hardest part is finding artists you like. If you have good references and are clear about what you want then you shouldn't have much issue.

>>43392037
I was a little unclear earlier. By commission, I meant the entire process and not just the actual part of commissioning. I have too many artists I like, too many ideas I'd like to see implemented and not enough time and energy to work it all out. The actual commissioning with the payment and whatnot is just whatever the opposite of "icing on the cake" is.

>>43391860
you should learn to draw
I drew an elly picture for the recently archived thread because I didn't think there were enough

>>43392158
which one was it?

>>43392105
I'm actually the opposite. After doing this for years I have a hard time thinking of new ideas even when I have artists that look good to me.

>>43391923
I'm too poor to pay like 50-100 bucks per picture.

>>43391964
I prefer her as being completely psychotic and violent, but doesn't stray from the dream world and is still cheerful. ZUN called her the most terrifying boss, after all. Plus, she has the imagery of being an angel when she's actually a dream demon.
I love this angel (demon).

I have had this funny idea for a while, what if Muge and Genge are actually Yuuka's shoulder angel and devil respectively (see picrel for what i mean)? It would be funny if someone drew this and made some caption where Genge is screaming "CRUSH HIS BALLS!" while Muge is trying to calm Yuuka down.
Obviously, I'm just throwing this idea out there and hoping someone would draw it.

>>43392232
I would characterize her more as impulsive and violent, rather than just constantly bloodthirsty, wheras Muge would be a lot calmer and cooler, but default to her sister when it came down to it.

>>43392454
Some shoulder angel and devil pair they'd be.
Genge: "Genocide the Makainese."
Muge: "Yeah, do it cunt."
Yuuka: "Ok."

>>43392568
Would actually explain a lot.

Also, sorry for no chapter yesterday. I got bogged down with stuff and just didn't get round to it.
I'll see if I can't do a double today to try and even things out.

>>43392609
Take your time, writer-anon. We'll wait warmly.

>>43392662
It's coming along well. I think I might have too much dialogue though.
Get ready for comic relief Meiling!

Secondly, I found picrel on danbooru. I've spoilered it so you can have the pleasure of seeing it in it's full glory right off the bat.

I laughed for a solid two minutes.

does Yuuka ever use sounds? or use her finger and fingernail as a sound? I fantasize that she is torturing me by sounding and laughing at my fear

>>43393349
wtf

>>43393440
I know right?
the most random fucking image I ever did see.
Apparantly this was a comission, and the guy SPECIFIED "A bored looking Jotaro" for the pastor.
It really couldn't get much funnier unless there was an actual joke here.

>>43393349
Best crossover of the century

Looking like a three-parter on this one, I might have underestimated how long the dialogue was on this. Meiling isn't my favourite character, but this one was fun to write. I think she'd be a goofball except when she was actually fighting.
I haven't played UNL though, so that's just my headcanon.



As unnerving as the light in her eyes is, Sakuya's hand is still warm like a human's so at least she isn't some kind of evil spirit, and Keine's note was true that she spoke English
so she couldn't be that dangerous. Even so, now you've noticed it, her smile seems a little too perfect, almost as if it had been practised for long hours.
You can only hope she hasn't picked up on the fact you suspect she isn't truly genuine in her greeting.
Thinking quickly, you change the subject to distract her from possibly realizing this fact in full.

>"That's an unusual name, for an English speaker at least."

A slight shadow seems to cover her as you say this.

>"Ah, it is. The Mistress prefers this one."

She said it normally, even, had another girl said it, almost sweetly, but with a definite undertone to not press any further.
Knowing that it might be in your best interest to respect the implicit statement, you change the subject again.

>"I-is that so? Well my name's Anon. It's a pleasure to meet you too Sakuya. Are you buying this tea set?"

You don't quite know if you have the authority to actually sell something, and as far as you remember you don't think anything you saw had a price tag on it, therefore as you say this you hope to dear Jesus that there's some way of working out payment that won't leave you on your ass in the gutter. Thankfully, your slightly obscene inward prayer is answered.

>"Yes, I will. I paid for this last week, and was waiting to find time to bring it back once I had organized the proper transport. I thought I had told Kourin to be here for this day, but you'll do fine."
>"Come and help me load up the cart, I might be good, but I'm not carrying a month's salary worth of fragile items in my hands."

It is relieving to hear that Sakuya has everything worked out, and explains how quickly she picked out that particular purchase, but you are also now worried you are getting dragged into helping her,
which can only go one way. You are about to tell her that you aren't paid to do that (Or really at all beyond your basic keep), but the instant you hesitate in going to help her
Sakuya glares you down with those freaky eyes of hers. There's something wrong with them, you think to yourself, as you surrender to her service.

Outside the shop, with half a load of porcelain in your hands, you see what she meant by "cart".
Rather, the little wagon itself was perfectly normal, if rather well-built compared to what you had seen of this place in general, but the odd thing was the animal you expected to be driving it.
To be exact, the "animal" that looked to be pulling the cart was a rather tall, busty red haired lady in a curious green uniform,
almost like an old-fashoned soldier, but made into a rather interesting dress. At least she was just pulling the cart like a person would, rather than with a bit in her mouth.
That might have been too strange for you to handle. As it is, the number of odd and backward things you've been expected to deal with lately is starting to make it's effect known to you.
The faint smell of star anise and ginger works it's way into your nostrils, reminding you of a chinese resteraunt you had visited once.

The woman notices Sakuya has come out with someone she obviously won't recognize, and smiles brightly.
She bows over, her red braids that match Sakuya's swinging wildy.

>"Herro! Howa you?"

Sakuya glares at her, and although you can't see it, you are certain those eyes are doing their best attempt to jump out and slice her throat open.

>"Cut it out Meiling, it's not funny. You are supposed to show an example you know."

>"Oh come on Sakuya, can't I have a little fun? I get little enough as it is you know. And besides, it's not every day you see someone new!"

She must be referring to you. Sakuya called her Meiling so that must be her name, you hope.

>"You have enough "fun" at the gates as far as I have been able to tell."

>"Oh come oooooon, you'd be bored out of your mind if you did my job."

>"I'd also stop that bloody theif from destroying the Mistress's library!"

>"Hey, whenever I try and fight her, she wins and I get hurt real bad, so it's not like it matters!"

The two start to quarrel over... something. You honestly have no idea what this is based on, but it's interesting to watch.
A few minutes later, "Meiling" seems to realize you're still standing there.

>"Just because I'm not a neat freak doesn't make me useless. And besides, you've kept this lovely young man waiting for a while now, trying to one-up me!"

Sakuya freezes at this realization, now probably uncomfortably aware of the person she specifically got to go outside to help her.
You can see the back of her ear from where you are standing, and it looks to be going a shade of bright red. She must have completely forgotten about you in her argument with Meiling.

>"N-no I..."

Meiling is smiling devilishly, clearly having won the argument by virtue of not being the one to forget what she was doing.
Sakuya slumps her shoulders just a tad after a few seconds of trying to come up with a counter.

>"Fine. But not a word of this to her."

>"You already know my terms~!"

You thought Meiling's smile was bright before, but she suddenly breaks out into a huge grin, showing off all her frontal teeth, and winking at Sakuya.
It wasn't all that clear before, but she had really warmed up Sakuya's cold demeanor quite well, even if the aforementioned was sulking a bit as she loaded the tea set into Meiling's wagon.
You did likewise, and Meiling caught your attention as you stood back up.

>"So, who are you? And where's Kourin?"

You can't help but answer her, even if you can just feel Sakuya's glare bore into the back of your skull. She's just too nice and friendly.

>"Oh, I'm Anon. Mr. Morichika has hired me to assist him in running the shop, while I learn Japanese- Say, I knew English wasn't well spoken around here, but you two seem to speak it just fine."

>"Mmm, Well Sakuya's a naitive speaker see? And as for me, well it's the main language around the Manor, so I picked it up a few centuries back."

Centuries? She can't possibly be serious... Although this is Gensokyo, she LOOKS human enough, and isn't nearly as frightening as Yuuka was yesterday.
You decide to just ask her about it. Something about her just puts you at ease somehow.

>"Well, yeah. Mansions don't guard themselves, you know. Although... Could it be... That you have forgotten where you are...?"

The red-haired woman's grin twists into an altogether more nerve-wracking sight.
She tilts her head downward, and you notice she has quite well-developed canines for a human.
Several seconds pass, and all you can to there is be frozen in sheer terror,
knowing for certain that there is nobody come to save you from being eaten alive by this girl who had seemed so nice just moments ago.

And as soon as it started, it stopped.
Meiling erupts into laughter, clutching her diaphram as she does so.
She eventually calms down enough to speak, but not before Sakuya starts tapping her foot impatiently.

>"Ahaaahaha, your face is a picture Anon! I haven't had the chance to scare someone so good in years!"

She straightens up a bit, wiping a tear from her eye as she does so.

>"But there's nothing to worry about. I'm not hungry, and there's good enough food at the mansion."

Noting the repeated mention of a "mansion" with a "mistress", you decide to inquire about it. Maybe it'll serve as payback for nearly giving you a heart attack.

>"So where do you live miss Meiling? You've mentioned a mansion, but i've never been told about one here."

Meiling sobers up immediately, and looks at you in shock.
Sakuya too looks at you with a puzzled expression, but Meiling is the first to talk.

>"No way"
Her azure eyes are wide with glee.
>"You speak English and live here, and you don't know about the mansion? Oh, Remi's going to love this!"

>"Address her properly Meiling. And yes, he does seem to have an odd lack of knowledge on the land."

>"Whatever, just don't tell anyone. And if you want to see the mansion, I can't let you in without orders from Remilia, but you're welcome to come visit me at the gate!"

She winks as she says the last part. She really isn't a very serious person, is she. Much the opposite of Sakuya, and it looks like both of them know this.
In a weird way, they seem to actually get along quite well despite this.

>"Just fly over the lake, and it's the big red mansion that you can't miss!"

Before you can tell her you can't fly over the lake, due in great part to the inablity to fly in general, she takes off with the wagon full of china in tow.

Sakuya stands there beside you for a minute, as the eccentric youkai laughs to herself down the road.
Eventually, she speaks up.

>"I don't know why I keep bringing her."
She turns to look at you, face to face.
>"If you ever have the chance, I'm sure the Mistress would find you interesting. She likes interesting things, after all. I trust you aren't a native?"

Taken aback by the sudden question, you manage to answer truthfully despite your hesitation.

>"Well, no. I thought it was obvious really. Uh, you won't like... eat me, will you?"

Sakuya blinks, and then recoils slightly in disgust.

>"Of course not. I'm not a youkai. Can't you tell I'm a human?"

She flicks her hair a bit at this.

>"Well, no, actually. I thought she was the normal one and you were the youkai. You gave me the same feeling as the green-haired lady with the red eyes who walked in the village, just less intense."

Sakuya goes from being mildy insulted to looking rather curious at the drop of that final bit.
She turns to face you fully with her body, instead of looking over her shoulder.

>"Oh? Did you catch her name? I've met most people in Gensokyo at some point or another, so I should know everyone of note. Although there are only a few Youkai who dare go into the village, so I think I know who it is if you didn't."

You need no time to think, her voice had cut through your very soul and imparted those few sentances onto you like the etching on a plate of metal.

>>43394373

>"Yuuka Kazami, not Miss Yuuka, and she likes being called just Yuuka."

Surprisingly, or rather not considering her earlier words, Sakuya nods slowly.

>"That's her. And although I'm not exactly flattered by your comparision-"
She glares at you, further reinforcing the fact that she's not normal in your mind.
>"-I get what you mean. There aren't many Youkai that can get me feeling uncomfortable, and she's top on my list. I'd hope she doesn't take an interest in you, but given how interesting you would be to someone like her, that's unlikely. The good news is she won't really come round unless you anger her, and since you are here talking to me, you haven't."

You're taken aback a bit.
This girl knows her stuff it would seem. Maybe she's not going to be a pain in your ass if she comes back at all.

>"I would stay away from her at any rate. Although I don't think you need me telling you that. She has a... reputation for that."

Before she can elabourate, Sakuya glances at the road where Meiling trundled off to.
Just before she leaves, she says her final words.

>"I might be back later in the week. The Mistresses like having Outsider novelties to keep them entertained, so this is a frequent stop for me. If Kazami comes and bothers you too much, I'll see about directing some people your way. Ordinarily I wouldn't bother, but if she's getting more active and starts meddling with people, it could cause trouble for me. If you think she is, I want you to tell Reimu and Marisa. They have more time in their schedules for this sort of thing, and are a little better at it."
She turns on her heel 90*, and takes off down the road. The wind blows in your face a little, and you catch some whispered words you probably weren't meant to hear.
>"Not by much though"

And with that, you were alone once again.


Thought I'd hype up Yuuka again. Meiling was fun to write, I think I caught some of the maid in china dynamic with this. Although it did turn out longer than I expected. I wrote all of this today as well, so I'm genuinely surprised.
I think I might try and get Elly in the same vein as Meiling, a little different but mostly similar. Something about gatekeepers...

>>43394335
Looking forward to reading this after I wake up tomorrow.

Its good to see a writefag that is active and do not take weeks to continue the story.

>>43396513
Aya thread had a really good one earlier too, honestly tempted to just make a thread for writefags to come together or discuss written works

>>43393419
I wonder if Yuuka has long fingernails?

>>43396716
Nah, keep them spread
Keeps it on theme, organized, and prevents clique shit

>>43396716
Instead of a thread just scavange the stories from theur threads and archive them somewhere.

>>43396830
true enough, i was just hoping it'd draw in an anon who handed me a really fun fic to read a few weeks ago and i wanted to thank them and talk a bit about it

>>43396880
i might, though i'd rather respect the authors' decision to upload it or not elsewhere, but if it looks like something will be lost it'd be better to keep them alive in some form

maybe i'll write my own sometime soon

>>43396893
This is 4channeldotorgslashjpslash. They knew what they signed for when deciding to post the story here, it will either get lost on time or saved by someone, they do not carre nor should, and if they do care they are huge faggots.

>>43396913
I tend to just save mine on a word pad. No idea why since I don't intend on putting them anywhere but it's nice to have.

>>43396913
I just thought I'd spice things up a little is all.
Although I write everything to a text file and just paste in however much I can fit in without going over the 5000 character limit, and try to not break it mid sentance.

Oh boy, it looks like the shrine maiden and Marisa have broken into Mugenkan again, what could they possibly want this time?

>>43402406
Kill them!

>>43402406
Is 3 AM Yuukatime?

>>43402996
3AM is NOT yuukatime.
Yuukarin wants her beauty sleep as much as the next girl, and those two troublemakers only cause her precious hours of sleepy times.

>>43396768
seems not from the posts in this thread

>>43394423
It was a few weeks before Rinnosuke next had to go out for more items.
During that time, you had studied enough to read signs pretty well, even if you didn't usually understand what the words meant, and the chinese characters were well beyond you yet, bar a handful of the most necessary ones. You had at least progressed to the point of being able to take basic orders from Kourin though. Sakuya had in fact stopped by a few days later, and had spoken with you on trivial matters over a cup of black tea.
You still didn't entirely trust her, but she might count as the closest thing you had to a friend. Meiling hadn't been with her though, and for that fact you were a little sad. She seemed like a very nice person, even if she wasn't human really.

During this time you had gotten to know a few of the regulars to Kourindou. You had only been able to pick out their names along the various other bits of what they were saying about a week ago, but you understood them to be the same "Reimu and Marisa" Sakuya had mentioned when she left after meeting you the first time.
Marisa in particular seemed like a regular "customer", although never seemed to buy all that much. She also spent a lot of time with Kourin in the back, and you knew she also made a little money selling to the shop, since you usually ended up cleaning and stocking whatever she had brought in.
Reimu proved to be the "girl with her armpits out" referenced in Keine's note, but to your delight neither of them had even so much as read through one of the dusty old magazines that lay in a few piles here and there, although that might have been a bad example seeing as most of them were at least ten years out of date.

Other than the three you had mentioned, no one else had actually come into the shop however.
Maybe it didn't help that you were a long and dangerous walk away from where most people lived, or maybe it was the fact that the shop itself didn't seem to stock all that much in the way of useful items, but the only really regular visitor was Marisa.

A few nights ago you had asked your boss (Mostly to practise your Japanese, seeing as you were going to have to do it at some point), and after a little explanation were eventually told Marisa was and old friend of Kourin's. You hadn't been told how long exactly, but given the girl's short stature you couldn't imagine her being all that old a friend of his...
Regardless of that, it was through this that you had finally figured out exactly how Kourindou made it's money. As it happens, Rinnosuke was proficient in making general magical items. In particular, he seemed to do a lot of work on a possesion of Marisa's, although you hadn't figured out what it was called.

In any case, today you were doing the same as usual. General cleaning of the store, keeping the seat warm, practising your handwriting, when the door opens again.
Nothing unusual about that, since Marisa does tend to come and go at random times during the day, sometimes even twice a day if she had something to do, and it's not unlike "Reimu" to sometimes come in and ask for Kourin if you're left in charge of the front desk, as you're finding yourself increasingly being put in charge of managing the storefront while Kourin does most of the actual work.
You don't bother looking to check for who it is, since the only three people you've seen come into the shop are all familiar enough to you at this point.

From the corner of your eye, you see a flash of red as whoever it is rounds a corner.
Meiling must have made a visit, you assume.
This might prove a pleasant visitor after all. You didn't get all that much time with her, and Sakuya was watching her the entire time, so despite her attitude, it's not like she was saying everything she really wanted, right?
A flash of green poking over the top of the aisle all but confirms your suspicions.
You note where you left off in your textbook, and set it aside for now, ready to greet the care-free gatekeeper.

>>43403049
Alright then, i declare 3 AM to be Kurumitime!

>>43396830
Cliques are a no-no, but I'd like to personally strange any and all authors who do not archive their work someplace. People want to read your stuff, for fuck's sake. Don't let it be ephemeral! Get an AO3 profile, chuck it up on THP, I don't care which!

And will someone PLEASE write that short where Auntie Elly caves in to temptation and gives Nephew-kun a refresher in the birds and the bees, already!

>>43403162
Spoilers

It's not Meiling

next part coming soon. Thought it could use a little cliffhanger.

It's too late, which is the perfect time to Kurumipost before going to sleep!

>>43403162

looking like another three-parter. Oh well. Although the last one was in four. So this is the first three-parter.

And then you freeze in place.
That green peeking over the aisle is alltogether a much lighter shade than you remember.
And come to think of it, Meiling looked to be a little bit taller than that shelf, enough that her signature red hair would be visible.
Come to think of it, there doesn't seem to be any red on this person's head at all. You hope and pray that your worst fears are not true.

They come true. Or, more specifically, they came true about twenty seconds ago.

Yuuka Kazami steps out from behind the shelf, looking alltogether more annoyed than when you first met her.

>"Kouriiii-"

She stops mid word, as she looks at you behind the counter.
An eerie smile replaces the slight grimace she was wearing before.

>"Well, whatever could you be doing here Anon?"

Shit she remembers you. Not even just your face, but she knows your name instantly. This can't be good.

>"I had honestly thought someone would have snapped you up by now."

Her voice is a threatening monotone, but her voice never not once deviates from being soft and unassuming.
Something about her seems to just exude threat, the same way a sleeping bear might, but there are now claws or teeth to point to to explain that feeling.
The lack of any rational basis for your fear only serves to amplify the alarm in your mind.

>"But it seems you've survived a lot longer than I expected. Well done."

You nod your head dumbly, unsure of whether or not that was intended as a compliment.
She slowly walks over to be right in front of you, and from where you are sitting she seems to tower above you.
You have no intentions of trying to assert otherwise.

>"So tell me Anon."

>"How are you doing?"

It takes a heartbeat to fully process that she's asked you a question.
It takes another to process that it was a wholly polite one you've asked many a friend before.
You gather your thoughts together quickly enough to avoid needing a third.

>"Good! All good here, yes ma'am. Not much business, but as far as I know it pays well!"

>"Well isn't that great?"

You sit there in awkward silence for a few seconds.
Yuuka's smile is unwavering, although it looks to be genuine.

>"You know, you are supposed to ask if the customer would like anything without having been asked~."

She barely moves her lips when saying this, and you have to jab your thumbnail into your thigh to snap yourself fully out of the trance she seems to put you in.

>"AH, sorry, I -um- got distracted!"
>"Is there anything I can do for you, m- Yuuka?"

You nearly slipped up there, but you caught yourself the moment before you had to commit to the honourific.
It doesn't look like she's noticed, or maybe she's letting it slip since you corrected yourself.

>>43403356
I am not sure yet if this is just a regular light hearted story or if it will evolve into something else later. Will poor Anon get kidnapped and raped yet again?

>>43404283
I want her to do very torturous things to my genitals

>>43404294
Iirc its supposed to be a long haul romance

>>43406479
Perhaps.
There might be just a little bit of kidnapping, only teensy little bit since Yuukarin has been a good girl.

>>43406479
>long haul romance
So Anon will get repeatedly raped until he develops Stockholm syndrome? Nice, very nice.

>>43403304
Kurumi wakeuppost!

>>43406946
Getting dangerously close to the bump limit...

>>43407044
There's always room for a little Kurumi. And besides, this thread is too popular not to have a continuation anyway (as long as it's not a general). I want to know how writer-anon's story progresses.