/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>44475978
This kind of thing makes me realize how the AI will never ever crush the writefags and their S O V L.
Drawfags are still in peril tho.

Ah, the thread is up.
Here's hoping no more angles are added to anon's love polygon.

>>44487600
this is part 5

>>44490572
Nonsense, we Eirinfags will be eating good. Just you wait

eirin will fix anon up and make him happy again

>>44490912
This, Eirin is the best, and only choice for Anon's happiness!

>>44490912
She already did. Kind of.

>>44487614
Reminder that this one still needs to be remade into a .png
I would of course do it myself, but I'm pic related

>>44491089
You're Tenshi?
What are you doing here? Go and nab your autistic husbando before he's stolen from you!

>>44491089
I didn't make the first two, but I'll make sure to do that for the next thread.

>>44490572
Here's hoping MORE angles are added to Anon's love polygon.
A 2hu battle royale shall commence.

>>44491077
After the torture by Satori he needs her once again

>>44491077
Speaking of, I wonder if Anon will ever see Rumia again.

>>44493942
I bet she has a memory like a goldfish and has totally forgotten his entire existence.
And then she hurts her jaw by trying to eat him.
... What was Marisa doing by setting her up on a date???

>>44493954
What a irresponsible witch, she should have at least told Rumia that anon is inedible.

I was running. I couldn't remember when I started and I knew that if I stopped, for even a second, I'd die. I could already hear otherworldly sounds from behind me, sick crunches and cracks, and a strange, unceasing beep that echoed between my ears and bounced around in in my brain until it was the only thing that I could focus on. I was sprinting past patient beds and strange contraptions that I didn't recognize. Needles littered the floor, and I could hear burning somewhere. I leaped over a bed that tried to swallow me up like some sort of bed youkai, then tripped on landing, though I managed to turn my momentum into a roll and hop straight back up, continuing as if nothing had happened. I could hear strange whispers in my ears, disjointed murmurs of words that I couldn't understand fully, but could catch flashes of. "Hourai Elixir." Said one. "Divine luck." Was another.
The world was bathed in an otherworldly red light. I could see through open doorways into other rooms, where there was nothing but the suggestion of beings, shadowy monsters who crawled toward the door as I ran past. I could see the glow of moonlight past them, but it was dim and weak. I couldn't think, and I couldn't stop. All I could do was run, because the only thing that awaited me if I got caught was the sight of another set of needles and the delicate incision of a scalpel across my skin. I could feel my heart pounding and I put everything I could into my legs, desperate not to go back. The longer I ran, the more I felt like I'd been here before. The more certain I knew that you never turned around in the clinic. You never saw what was chasing you. Doing so would unravel your mind faster than you could scream. I could feel something now. Some sort of connection being forged in my brain. Some niggling feeling of doubt. Something wasn't right.
I saw a door coming up in the side of the corridor. It wasn't any different to the others, but for some reason, it called to me. I felt like I needed to go through that door, or my life would be over in a flash. Gasping in exertion now, I hurled myself forward at the door, grasping the handle and throwing it open. I staggered through and slammed it shut behind me. Suddenly, all was silent. I couldn't hear the sounds of whatever had been chasing me anymore. All I could hear was my own pounding heart.
Something - Something important, was wrong. I couldn't think straight. Where was I? All I could see was darkness. Where had I been? I felt like I'd been somewhere else. How did I get here? I couldn't remember anything before I'd been running for my life.
Then, I heard a scrape in the darkness. My head shot up, and I heard a low laugh. It sounded familiar, but I couldn't see anything. I risked a step forward, then realised that I suddenly couldn't find the door I'd entered from. I could hear noises. Footsteps, but when I turned toward their source, there was nothing there. I tried to calm my heart, closing my eyes and raising my head to the sky.
I felt hands on my face. I froze. I felt breath against my neck. I risked looking down. Yamame Kurodani was in front of me, and she had her teeth to my neck. She was about to bite me.
But, she'd tried to bite me many times, hadn't she? It didn't do anything. My skin couldn't be broken by her teeth. I relaxed, hoping she could help me. Then, I gasped in pain. I could feel it. Her teeth had passed through the skin. She was biting me. I was getting weaker, and my life would soon be over. I knew it. It would end, and I would die, never to be found again. Like - Like...
Wait. There it was again. That feeling. Even with the weakness spreading through my body, I could feel it again. I was on the verge of a breakthrough. How was she biting me? She couldn't do it. She couldn't break my skin. She...Skin...
It was like a strike of lightning through my brain. The peach. My skin was too tough for her teeth to penetrate. This fact had saved my life. If she was biting me now, it meant one of two things. One, the peach had worn off, which I didn't think was possible, or...
I was dreaming.

"Bravo! I've never seen someone put together the facts like that!" I heard clapping. I looked down and witnessed Yamame turn to pink smoke in front of me. There was an otherworldly light beginning to shine through the room, and I realised that it wasn't a room at all. "Most have to train themselves to understand a dream." I was floating. I strange pattern of red squares stretched out around me as far as the eye could see, and I could see what looked to be Earth below me, if the colours were any indication. I tried to look as far behind me as I could. The voice seemed to be coming from everywhere and nowhere at once. "Ah, give me a moment. I don't think you're planning to wake up any time soon, and I've been meaning to have a chat with you." Now, the world around me was swirling like a whirlpool, and I could see something that resembled clouds forming up underneath me. Slowly, I began to sink downwards, until I landed on the substance, which felt like...well, what I imagined walking on a big fluffy cloud to feel like. In the distance, I could see a forest, and taking up the horizon, strange spires rising off of a massive castle. Misshaped and definitely not capable of supporting their own weight, but they held regardless. There were lights streaming through all of the windows, and I thought I could see strange, indistinct shapes passing through them. There was some sort of massive wheel behind the castle, with small carriages that were also lit up inside, and large tracks stretching across the horizon, twisting and turning in ways that they couldn't possibly support. Two massive bridges stretched away from the castle, and even these looked to curve in ways that couldn't possibly be real.
"Do you like it? Once a few outsiders began to settle in Gensokyo, I was able to bring this place to another level. So many things to work with..." The voice was beside me now, and I whipped my head around.
A girl stood next to me. She was about as tall as my shoulder, though she wore a massive red hat, which had a fluffy-looking white portion where it sat on her head, that trailed from the top of her head down to her legs, with a fluffy ball on the end that reminded me of Shameimaru's hat. Her hair was an almost blue shade of purple, as were her eyes. She wore a long dress, and floating around her shoulders was a black capelet which had more of the fluffy balls attached, alternating between black and white with each one. The capelet obscured the fact that her dress was sleeveless, but down near the end of the dress, the pattern changed from white to black, with even more of the strange balls in alternating colours attached. The hem on the very bottom of the dress had a white pattern of stitching, as did the top of the capelet and the part of the hat where the white connected to the red. In her arm, she held a book, from which I could see some sort of bookmark trailing out with a sort of heart-shaped ending. Looking down, I noticed that she had a tail with the same shape as the bookmark, and when I looked back at her face, I saw a smug looking smile. "Well, now." She said, looking me up and down. "You've never been quite so astute before. I don't usually appear before dwellers in the Dream World, you know."
I slowly asked her who she was, how she seemed to know me, and where I was.
"Questions, questions. I'm supposed to be asking you, but I'll play along for now." The girl gave me an exaggerated curtsey. "My name is Doremy Sweet. I'm the ruler of the Dream World, which is where you are right now." I stared at her, my mouth hanging open. "I suppose you're having some trouble accepting that idea, hmm? That's okay. Most regular humans do. It's only the ones who resolve incidents and the youkai who get it quickly. Watch." She looked ahead, and I slowly followed her gaze. In front of us, something seemed to be forming out of that same pink smoke that I had seem from Yamame when she disappeared. It slowly resolved into a bridge, which led over the forest and to the castle that I could see in the distance. "Shall we walk? I find that witnessing the Dream World with your own eyes helps you to accept it more easily." Not seeing many other options, I gingerly stepped onto the bridge with Doremy, who followed beside me, holding her book under her arm. I decided to try and act naturally, so I asked her what I was doing here. "Well, that's rather interesting. The Dream World is, as the name suggests, where you dream. Everyone has a dream self, which they inhabit while they're asleep. You usually don't remember all that much of your dreams because it's your subconscious that's controlling them, but sometimes, a person can put their conscious mind back in control while they're asleep. I believe it's referred to as a 'lucid dream' state. You, it seems, have managed to make yourself lucid just by deducing that you were dreaming, which is really rather impressive. Even that grumpy Shrine Maiden had to use a mask to cause a lucid dream."

I wondered just what Reimu had done in the Dream World once she'd become lucid, but it didn't seem all that pertinent to the conversation. I asked Doremy what exactly I was doing here. She didn't speak for a moment, and when I looked away from her and ahead of me, I realised that we were at the castle, which was even more impressively nonsensical up close. The bricks curved in ways that they surely couldn't do in real life, and the towers loomed over us as if they were actually bending down to meet us. Doremy clapped her hands, and the bricks of the castle rolled back, opening up a path into the depths. I swallowed nervously, then followed her in. "Don't worry, you know. You won't come to any harm here. It is a dream, after all." Inside, I found that I was in a corridor, which stretched out into the distance, far beyond what could possibly be contained within the castle I'd seen from the outside. There was a thick red carpet taking up most of the floor, and every now and then I saw massive stained-glass windows, which cast twisted, distorted light across the floor. The corridor was empty, apart from Doremy, who frowned and flipped through her book. "Ah, I see." She muttered to herself. "Well, a visual metaphor isn't bad at all. Come on, I suspect you'll find this walk quite illuminating."

I followed her, and she stopped at the first window. I looked up at it, and with some amazement, I soon discerned the pattern engraved in the coloured glass and lead. There were stretching lines of what could only be spider webs, and in the centre, framed by criss-crossing patterns of brown and gold, was a spider crafted out of the lead as it met the other pieces of glass. "So I see." Doremy spoke up from next to me. "That's not much of a metaphor, is it?" I commented that it was beautiful. "Well, I supp- Oh, that's it." She flipped through another page of her book. "That's the spider." I could see that much, though I wasn’t sure what it was supposed to represent. I supposed that it felt welcoming if I had to describe it in some way. It felt comfortable, but at the same time, I struggled to understand it.

"I suppose I need to explain slightly more. I said I was the ruler of the Dream World. Well, I can see and eat dreams." I raised my eyebrows in surprise. "Yes, well, I mentioned that I wanted to speak to you for that reason. Shall we continue? I suspect that this isn't the only thing we're supposed to see here." I slowly nodded, tearing my eyes away from the stained-glass window, and began proceeding down the hallway again. After a few moments, I realised that the hallway had twisted, and when I looked back, I was amazed to see that the corridor I had just been in was upside-down. I looked at Doremy, who simply shrugged. "Dreams rarely hold internal logic. Yes, the corridor is upside down. No, you're not falling. It happens, and much more spectacular happens, too." As we walked, Doremy continued speaking. "As I was saying, I can eat dreams. Until recently, your dreams were just like any other. You dreamed about where you'd been. Where you wanted to go. What you wanted to do, and none of these amounted to very much." I felt a little uncomfortable about the fact that she knew all of my dreams. "Oh, don't feel too self-conscious. Yours are hardly the worst dreams I've seen. That meinreiki, in fact..." She trailed off. "Well, anyway, those were your dreams until recently. Then, your dreams began changing. They turned into twisted nightmares, memories of pain and fear. They were quite delicious, in fact." I'd never thought I would hear someone describe a horrible nightmare as delicious. "But I started to wonder just what could possibly be happening to you. Not everyone is plagued by nightmares night after night."

I shrugged. I couldn't really remember any of my dreams, but I'd assumed they were the typical sort. "Well, the subconscious has access to memories that the conscious mind doesn't. You dreamt about Satori Komeiji a number of days ago, didn't you?" I actually did remember that. It had been the day after Yamame and I had returned from the Palace of the Earth Spirits. "Then, I noticed that your dream self was becoming...well, quiet. You weren't dreaming big." She flipped her book open. "You started to dream of being hidden, of being somewhere that no one could find you." I would have just learnt that I'd been experimented on, so I wasn't all that surprised. "But then, a few days after that, you had what I can only describe as a burst of life. You were dreaming of a happy life. With someone, even." I was about to respond, but I realised that another massive stained-glass window was coming up.

This one stretched up to the ceiling, in four panels connected by bars. In it, I could see twisting patterns of glass, interspaced with clear glass that I assumed represented clouds. I saw a pattern across the bottom that went through all the colours of the rainbow, and long patterns of sky-blue. In the middle, a collection of glass that I could also assume was a peach. "Hmm, the celestial. Not...surprising, I would say. She did begin to feature in your dreams at some point. You're lucky you didn't meet her dream self, back in the past when she was at her most unstable." I looked at the way the lead all linked together. It looked incredibly supportive. Finally, after a few minutes, I drew my gaze away, looking further down the corridor.

I let Doremy lead the way, and she got back to talking. "Then, just a few days ago..." I swallowed heavily, because I already knew exactly what had happened a few days ago, and exactly what sort of effect it might have had on my dreams. "Well, let's just say that you've had nothing but nightmares since. And while I enjoy eating them, it's not healthy to eat that many, so I decided that something would need to be done." I asked her what she thought she could do about it. It wasn't like I was planning on the nightmares. "Well, that depends on you. Your dreams should be pleasant and light. So, what will it take to get you back to that state?" She asked me, sounding quite curious. I muttered that I was dealing with a lot right now. "Oh, I know. Let's see here..." She flipped back through the book. "Lots of nightmares about needles. Hospital beds, bamboo, and rabbits. Well, that's easy enough to understand." Eientei. That was an ongoing issue. "hmm, well, what else is happening here? Ah, youkai. Plenty of youkai. Or rather, plenty of some specific youkai." Now, I felt very uncomfortable, and I finally managed to say that I was struggling to understand youkai. "Plenty struggle with that. Youkai are fundamentally inhuman, after all. Even I'm a youkai, but you're talking to me just fine, aren't you? What's the difference?" I mumbled something about differences. Suddenly, Doremy was very interested. She leaned closer, looking into my eyes. "You know, some of your pleasant dreams have been about youkai too. One, in particular." I felt my mood darken, and I muttered that I was struggling to understand that one in particular at the moment. "Would you like to?" Doremy asked me. Before I could answer, The corridor, which I hadn't quite noticed, but had been twisting into a loop, levelled out, and I saw another stained-glass window.

This one was truly impressive. It was geometric, all straight lines. Very few of the lead lines curved, and yet they still managed to give the impression of fluidity. All the way up at the top of the window, I could see diamonds of clear glass, which followed a pattern around a long shaft, which ran down to the bottom of the window. Moving down from there, I saw great diamonds of white with interspaced small rectangles of red, which flowed out from two points. I could see a massive red segment of glass, which was cut through with smaller, white rectangles. There, in the centre, was the dark brown. It was a massive representation of Reimu Hakurei. It was incredibly striking, and almost a bit intimidating. "I say, that's certainly impressive. And much clearer, too. Not much symbolism here. That's clearly the Shrine Maiden, and she's clearly doing what she does best. Now, whatever could your subconscious mean by that...?" I couldn't pretend I knew the answer. Maybe it represented how Reimu appeared to me, or perhaps how she appeared to others. Despite the intimidating nature of the art, I felt like I could run my fingers across the lead and feel the glass under my fingers without experiencing anything bad happening. Rather, I felt like I would feel more at east if I was near it.

But eventually, I had to move on, so I followed Doremy down the corridor. "Now, I asked you if you'd like to understand that particular youkai. You got a little distracted, but I've seen your dreams. You really, really want to understand her. Shall I let you in on a little secret?" Doremy's smug smile grew three sizes. "I could tell you what she dreams about, you know?" That was sorely tempting, but felt like a violation of trust, even if I wasn't sure how much I could trust her at the moment. I shook my head. "Hm. Very gentlemanly of you. I could invite her dream self in, too. Would you like that?" I...wanted to say yes. I wanted to talk to her, but I didn't want to talk to the real her until I understood my feelings better. I opened my mouth and-

Jolted, my legs sliding as if I was falling. I tried to flail my arms, but they were both trapped. After a moment, reality reasserted itself and I calmed down. I was still in the Hakurei Shrine. I was under the futon. My arms were trapped because they were wrapped around Reimu's naked waist, and the one on top of her was pinned under her arm. She let out a sleepy mumble, shifting her head so I could see her face. She was still asleep, with her lips just slightly parted and a peaceful expression on her face. I wondered what she was dreaming about. I almost started again as I remembered what had just happened to me. I could still remember the Dream World. I could remember my meeting with Doremy Sweet. It didn't really help, I supposed, but I felt like I'd learnt a thing or two. Reimu groaned. "Mm...s'cold..." She mumbled, before rolling herself over and pressing herself against my chest. I found my arms even more awkwardly trapped from the front, and now I couldn't move them, either. Resigning myself to spending the next day with no feeling in my arms, I let my head fall to the pillow, and before long, I found myself drifting off again.

This time, if I had any dreams, I didn't remember them.

I'm clearly doing these too late at night because I forgot to separate the paragraphs again, sorry

>>44494194
Stain-glass Reimu reminding me of the alternate Reimu from grotesque land story.
It's probably the sharpness.

Ah, what a treat it is to get a Doremy section immediately after seeing her for the first time today (and taking a liking to her) in LoLK! Hopefully she'll help our anon process his trauma.

baku has laid eggs in anon's brain, it's over
or is this the beginning of the Doremy Route?

>>44494194
If you ever need surreal representations of the youkai you might find something among Mazeran's drawings

>>44494458
Baku lays eggs on anon's brain
Aya lays eggs on anon's confidence
Yamame lays eggs in anon's intestines
Are there any other parts of anon that are going to be utilized as incubators?

>>44494526
"AH! ANON! HIII!"
"I-It's been a while huh? Ha ha..."
"li-listen. I know. I swear i was going to tell you but then well THAT happened and i really didn't wanted to ruin the moment and then it happened again and...uuuh."
*Sigh*
"Look it's okay if you never want to see me again i understand"

>>44494649
If that's her true form I'm asking Reimu for a spare yin-yang orb

If Yamame is a big spider does she get drunk on coffee?

>>44494177
>. You, it seems, have managed to make yourself lucid just by deducing that you were dreaming, which is really rather impressive. Even that grumpy Shrine Maiden had to use a mask to cause a lucid dream."
Imagine if she met /x/ anons who lucid dream every night to live in wonderland with their waifus for a few hours.

>>44494713
Yes, but it's much more mild.
The entire reason coffee fucks with spider is that the same effect that wakes people up and the poison are one and the same, humans just experience it more mildly due to out size and also not being insects, so Yams would probably get a buzz or it might have psychedelic affects.

>>44494786
Or better yet, astral travelers like Maribel. Exists

So I have a theory 'bout Doremy
Its odd that she would come to our anon out of nowhere and especially in Gensokyo of all places. She's with the lunarians (Though its a wobbly relationship) and I doubt it would be difficult in the slightest for Eirin to contact her. From what it looks like she's already been eating his nightmares for some time but I don't know that it necessarily rules out the idea that she's going to nab him.

>>44495342
I thought Doremy was just helping the lunarians to get them to fuck off from her home.

>>44495342
Wild speculation but they could have an angle in preventing Eirin from completing the antidote. The possibility of losing the brain of the moon is huge and I could see them trying to actively sabatoge things by influencing anon through their only real method, Doremy.
Or, moon Heca wanted to keep tabs incognito.

hope we have more reimu moments today

>>44494203
I'm sure a few anons will hate me for suggesting to skip a day, but maybe you should write them like usual but post them the day afterwards after getting some sleep, so you can give them a quick check beforehand.

>>44494203
I won't tell you to take a break if you are on a roll, but keep yourself healthy anon.
Writing a story can be like crack sometimes.

>>44503318
the chapters should be posted at night so I can read it while I'm on the bus

>>44502966
Cuddle time with 'Mu! Footsies under the sheets with the 'Mu. Hand holding and and leg locking too. Such intimacy.

>>44505205
He can still post them at night, just not on the same night he writes them.
It would go like this: Write - now it's very late - go to sleep - wait till night - check episode and post - write more - sleep - etc.

>>44505205
In the bus i like to larp as the mysterious anime character and stare at window.

It wasn't often that I was awoken via headbutt. It wasn't the first time, either, since Miss Kamishirasawa had done it at least twice when I attended the Temple School, but it was the first time someone other than her had done it. In comparison, this headbutt felt more like a loving tap rather than the mind-splitting shock of Keine Kamishirasawa. I still ended up recoiling, trying to bring my hands to my poor forehead, but I found that I couldn't move them, or more concerningly, I couldn't feel them. The recoil elicited a yelp from somewhere in front of me, and I felt something move with me and settle on my chest. Cautiously, in case any dangerous villains were waiting to attack me, I cracked open my eyes.

Reimu Hakurei's dull reddish-brown irises bore into my own. I'd rolled over to my back, and somehow dragged her with me, so she was lying on my chest with her arms pinned under mine. My arms had come down to my sides at some point in the night, and it had apparently gotten Reimu's arms stuck so she couldn't move, which would have been fine if I hadn't first fallen asleep with my own arms around her, only for her to roll over so that my own arms were stuck. I must have eventually lost feeling in them, and things had just spiralled from there. "Finally awake?" Reimu growled at me. "You're lucky I'm too weak to beat you to death right here and now." I grumbled something incoherent in response and finally persuaded my arms to move. Reimu gasped in relief and immediately pushed herself back so she was sitting on my chest. This seemed to be happening a lot, I realised. "Oh, that's so much better." She sighed happily, rubbing her wrists. "As nice as it is to have a big and cosy heater in bed every night, your hugs are far too tight." I vaguely nodded, because I was a bit distracted.

She still wasn't wearing anything except her bloomers. And now she was sitting on top of me. And certain parts were moving when she breathed in and I was suddenly very, very aware that she was an extraordinarily pretty girl around my age.

Just to make my torture worse, she chose that moment to stretch, arching her back and raising her arms as far above her head as she could. She let out a long, satisfied sigh, and I found myself willingly forcing myself to think of Rumia biting my arm apart to offset any...other...thoughts. Right as I was trying to recall the ability to breath, I heard Reimu give a little gasp and cross her arms, just about covering up her bare chest. Awkwardly, she rolled back off of me and threw the covers over her head, hiding from my view entirely. "Don't think about that too much." I told her it was okay. "I'll exterminate you." I told her that she'd be losing her heater if she did. "...Shut up." I finally heard mumbled from under the sheet. Finally, she poked her head back out, her face more than a little red. She hadn't felt as hot in the last night, and given her ability to headbutt me, I thought that it was possible that the fever had finally broken. I rolled over and got to my knees, crawling over to her and putting my hand on her forehead. She wasn't so hot. Finally, after what seemed like forever, she seemed to be getting better.

I asked her if she was feeling better. "...Better." She finally said, her face beginning to go back to its normal complexion. "I still feel weak, but at least I don't feel dizzy, or simultaneously hot and cold." That was a good sign. I decided to ask her if I could use the bathroom, because I wanted a bath now. I'd spent so much time recently either in bed with someone who was hot and sweaty, or in caves, or walking up and down long flights of stairs. "Oh, um, yeah. Just leave the bath full afterwards. I might as well take a bath too." A sudden impulse came over me, and I decided to tease her by asking if we should take a bath together to save time. Reimu's face turned as red as an oni and she hurled a pillow at me, so I hopped to my feet and escaped the room before she could find anything sharper to attack me with.

In the bathroom, I set to scrubbing my hair and body as clean as possibly while the bath filled, then I stepped into the hot water and sighed heavily. I was thinking about Doremy Sweet. More specifically, I was thinking about my strange time in that twisting castle with its corridors that went on far beyond any sort of logical length. I wondered what my subconsciousness had been trying to tell me. I was also ruminating on Doremy's words, about understanding youkai. She had offered to tell me what Yamame dreamed about, and I'd been very close to saying yes. The only thing that had stopped me was my own fears that it would confirm my worries about youkai. I knew, logically, that nothing had changed about her. That if I went to see Yamame right now, she would greet me and talk to me the same way she always had. It was only me that had changed. I'd been given a harsh reminder that youkai were, and always would be, inhuman. Creatures who fed off of humanity's fear or flesh.

But...So was Doremy. And she'd been very pleasant to talk to. So was Aunn, and Reimu even let her help her bathe. So was Miss Narumi, who'd crushed half of my chest and bawled her eyes out in apology when I'd woken up at Eientei. For all my worries, it seemed like youkai could reflect humanity far closer than just showing our worst fears made manifest. So, how would Yamame feel if I rejected her now? It may not be quite the same as being a repeated target of would-be youkai exterminators, but I imagined it would hurt all the same. And I just wasn't sure I could put her through that. I refused to write her off if there was any chance that a relationship could work. It might be difficult. Maybe it wouldn't work out. But she had done enough for me to be worth trying for.

I heard a bang in the hallway and shot to my feet in the middle of the bath, only for the door to slam open. Reimu was stood there, leaning heavily against the doorframe, and her mouth had dropped open. I almost asked what was wrong, before I slowly felt the awareness of where I was, and more particularly, what I was not wearing filter through my mind, and with what I was certain was a manly shriek of embarrassment, I dropped back into the water deep enough to drown myself. "Now we're even." Reimu stammered as her face grew red once more. "Are you, er, done? I want a bath too, you know." I shakily told her that I would be out in a moment, and she stumbled back out of sight, pulling the door shut with a little grunt of exertion.

Suitably embarrassed and feeling rather exposed, I decided to jump out of the bath and dry myself off quickly. Once I'd pulled all of my clothes back on and dried my hair as best I could, I pulled the door open and stepped out. Reimu was waiting in the hallway, and she didn't seem to want to look directly at me. That was fine, because I was struggling to look directly at her, too. I stuttered my way through telling her that the bath was hers. "Yes, I- Um, thank you." She managed to say back, very eloquently. She then stormed into the bathroom, her embarrassment apparently overpowering any weakness from her illness. That seemed rather impressive to me.

I decided that I needed to be somewhere else right away, so I set off down the hallway and out of the sliding door to the veranda. It was early in the morning, and I could see storm clouds brewing on the horizon, near the mountains. I might as well have moved into the Hakurei Shrine at this point, so I wasn't too worried about not being able to make it back to Lady Kasen's dojo, but I hadn't seen Lady Kasen herself in several days. I wondered just what she had been up to. "There's a heavy storm coming. You'd best stay wrapped up warm, hmm?" I panicked and swung my arm out in the direction of the voice, only to hear a smacking sound. I turned to look, and found Aya Shameimaru, balanced on one of her single-toothed geta, and she had halted my arm's movement with a single finger. "Jumpy, aren't we?" She asked me lightly, pushing my arm away from her. I asked her just what she was doing here. "Well, now, that's the big question, isn't it? There's been talk amongst the tengu that the Hakurei Shrine Maiden's been...indisposed, lately. I had to get the jump on them, so I've been keeping an eye on this Shrine for the last day." That didn't sound good at all. "Hmm, and what do I find but that same mysterious human who's practically a ghost to the village? Now in the company of celestials, and even Yakumo's pet shikigami came to visit you." Shameimaru leaned in closer, looking curiously at me. "How is our dear Shrine Maiden? I do hope she's recovering well." I took the opportunity to ask what exactly she was meant to be recovering from. "Oh-ho, your conversation skills have developed, haven't they? Alright, perhaps I have been here a little longer than a day. Perhaps I saw just a little more than I said." She dropped her voice to a conspiratorial whisper. "You know, she's remarkably well composed for someone who's been undressed multiple times now." I stepped back slightly, stammering out questions about just what she was talking about. "Oh, relax. I'm not here to pry into your love life...yet. Maybe if it becomes a bigger scoop, you'll see me again." Shameimaru tilted her head. "In fact, I could make it a bigger scoop right now. What if I were to kidnap you, right now? You couldn't stop me, and I'm so fast that we'd be halfway to the mountain before you managed to get one word out. I could give you to the wolves. They'd love a chew-toy like you. My boss would love someone just like you, but your invulnerabilities would have her bored stiff in days. Perhaps-"

"Aya. Stop scaring him." Reimu's tired voice came from the door. She was wearing her kimono, and her hair was dripping wet. "We both know you're not going to do that. I'd kill you for it." She slowly proceeded forward, then took my arm to hold herself steady. "What are you here for? Aren't you tengu supposed to be scrambling for information on the land ownership incident? You know, since you missed the entire thing?"

Shameimaru actually grit her teeth and looked away. "I'm on break right now." She muttered, looking back. "And I've got plenty to do. These stories don't write themselves, after all. I'm just here because I wanted an update on this little investigation, but it doesn't look like there's much to say."

"Hm. Give me a day or two more, and I'll be back to knocking heads." Reimu said lightly. "Either way, Marisa's still out on the investigation, in-between her own work. We're all busy. Even if I'm not sure you're actually busy, and you just wanted to cause problems like al-"

"I should really be going." Shameimaru said, standing to her full height. "Perhaps I'll have to pump Marisa for information, since you're clearly too useless right now to do much of anything." she took to the air, and I was surprised to see two massive black wings unfurl from her back, as if they'd always been there. "Well, anything apart from tease the poor boy with your body, that is." She said haughtily, before she shot out from the Shrine so fast that it was like I'd blinked and she'd disappeared.

I'd expected Reimu to start yelling into the air, but she just rolled her eyes. "She only shows off those wings when she's trying to look impressive. It never works." I decided not to say that it had been fairly impressive. I felt Reimu begin to tremble slightly, but when I looked, it just appeared to be exhaustion, so I asked her if she wanted to sit down. She nodded, so I took a seat on the veranda, and just when I was about to help Reimu sit down, she surprised me by stepping over my legs and dropping herself into my lap, knocking the breath out of me as she did so. I asked her just what she was doing while I tried to get my breath back. She brought my arms around her waist. "Your hugs are nice." She finally said. I took a moment to interlock my fingers, and then Reimu leaned back against my chest. I found her still-damp hair pressing against my chest, the coolness making me which it was a less windy day. I breathed in deeply, and was surprised to find that she smelt like cinnamon. For a moment, we simply sat there, but then I heard Reimu speak. "You never gave me an answer." She murmured. I asked her what she was referring to. "That spider. Do you think it could work?" I let my chin rest on her shoulder and looked out at the approaching storm clouds. Finally, I asked Reimu what she thought. "I...never liked her. She gets webs everywhere and she spreads disease." I said that building webs was in her nature, and she'd told me herself that she only inflicted disease in self-defence. Reimu didn't answer for a moment. "So when I hit her..." I nodded. "...Okay." She whispered. I decided that I needed to hear it from Reimu. I told her that I enjoyed spending time with Yamame, but I was struggling to reconcile her with her youkai nature. "Youkai are different to humans. Understand that. But...well, they're not quite as different as you think. They speak a lot of nonsense, but they do feel similar emotions, even if they don't feel them for the same reasons." I asked her how she was able to get along with so many youkai. "Most of them are freeloaders here for my booze." She said dryly. "But despite their natures, they can be perfectly easy to get along with."

I asked her if she thought she could get along with Yamame. "...Hm. I don't know. It might be in her nature, but I still don't like it, and I definitely don't like it when a new epidemic starts every year because someone tried to attack her." I asked, quietly, if that was the only reason she didn't like her. Reimu stared off into the distance. "I made a promise." She whispered. "I'd be breaking it if I let her hurt you." I hugged her tighter. Then, I said that I didn't want anyone to get hurt. Reimu sighed heavily. "I think..." She tilted her head back to see me. "I think it could be possible. I don't know if it will work, but I think it could work. Maybe not forever. Maybe not for long at all. But if it's something you truly want, I don't think it's wrong to try."

I was silent for a few moments, then I finally managed to tell Reimu that I was really glad I'd met her.

And I couldn't think of anything better to say than that.

Well at least she's restraining herself, didn't think she was that easy to charm.

>>44502966
my requests have been answered!

Reimubros, it's finally swinging out way. Maybe she knows really it can't work out with Yamame and is doomed to fail but she's carefully playing it magnanimously to anon. A few more days together letting anon ponder the youkai and Reimu will act more decisively. Maybe that's all she needs to wait and then pounce right before anon is ready to leave again and see Yamame after this incoming storm passes if it comes down from the mountain. If she makes her move and catches anon out in the middle of the night, the early morning or calls his bluff about sharing a bath anon will finally not be able to hold it in any more like he did that morning and then Reimu can finally seal the deal. It's not like anon isn't slowly starting to consider it the more familiar he gets with her body...

At the same time maybe it's time for a rare side arc away from anon, I want to see where Aya catching up with Marisa goes while she continues on investigating the Eientei human experiments incident. There's room I'm sure for a short side story with Aya and Marisa catching up on the latest in the investigation. I wonder what Marisa's thoughts are on Reimu and anon?

>>44506126
>At the same time maybe it's time for a rare side arc away from anon
The story is told from the anon point of view, so we only see what he sees.

I was thinking, this storm will prevent anyone from reaching the shrine, leaving anon and reimu alone for a while, hmmm.

>>44506160
Damn and I can't even find another way round it like anon reads the side arc from Aya's perspective in tomorrow's Bunbunmaru paper because even Aya wouldn't compromise an important investigation into an incident just for the scoop.

>>44506185
Divine luck ehehe

>>44505816
She is going to drink his bathwater!

That damn bird better not fuck things up.
Though... anon getting kidnapped by her might lead to some interesting developments...

>>44506538
>anon gets abducted and raped by Aya
god I wish this was me

>>44505925
Yeah, I find it to be a strangely quick leap for Reimu to go from having no romantic interest ("is Kasen acting weird?") to crushing on Anon enough to want to bathe together. I'd also say the same about Yamame's feelings towards him, she went from "wow this guy's really nice" to "I think I may want to spend the rest of my life with this man" over the course of a couple days.
Tenshi's makes enough sense though, given she's depicted as incredibly lonely and attaching very quickly to anyone who genuinely likes her. Even still, her infatuation towards Anon is probably the least of the three.

>>44506126
I don't think Anon would take that that well. While he has some feelings for her, if all that happened, he would be more hurt by her false comfort as opposed to if she just told him how she honestly felt. Additionally, he's still devoted to Yamame at this point:
>I refused to write her off if there was any chance that a relationship could work... she had done enough for me to be worth trying for.
Mind you, I'm still heavily biased towards Yamame and firmly believe it'll eventually work out. But if Reimu route were to happen, I think the events leading up to it would be considerably different and probably a ways off: relationships right after a breakup almost never go well.

>>44506649
>she went from "wow this guy's really nice" to "I think I may want to spend the rest of my life with this man" over the course of a couple days.
Our anon has both divine luck and inherent charm. Even before all this drama his dates went well until they didn't.

>>44506185
I thought the storm was just a metaphor

>>44506649
I guess it evens out from having no effect on Rumia and getting Junko and Iku to almost kill him.

I was resting on the futon while Reimu went to the bathroom, the words of Tenshi and Reimu bouncing around my head. Maybe i should go see Yama-
"You!" someone exclaimed excitedly behind me, as i turned around i met face to face with a green haired girl, she was wearing a black hat, a yellow blouse and a green skirt, very similar to...Miss Sato- "Big sis keeps inviting you to our house" I told her-"Anton! No! Andy!" She stopped for a second so i finally told her-"Anon! That's it! Orin keeps screaming your name at night in her room!" As i tried to ask her if she really does she gasped loudly.
And then stayed quiet for what felt like a minute, as i opened my mouth to-"that shirt is nice!" she exclaimed happily as she ripped it off my chest with one hand, i didn't even have time to react before she burst through the...
...
What was i doing? Wait, where's my shirt? "WHAT DID YOU DO TO THE DOOR?!" A furious Reimu asked "DO YOU THINK I HAVE THE MONEY TO" *cough cough cough* i quickly stood up to help her as i explained that i had no idea what happened.

>>44505805
>"...Shut up."
golden
I liked the update, all that banter between anon and raymoo was wonderful

I love these threads despite of the fact that I don't know anything about them or what they are. Keep doing good guys!

>>44505828
>I could give you to the wolves. They'd love a chew-toy like you. My boss would love someone just like you, but your invulnerabilities would have her bored stiff in days
This should not arouse me, but it does

>>44506649
I mean, Reimu didn't want to bathe together, which is why she threw a pillow at him
if you're referring to her saying to leave the bath full, that's just how it would work in gensokyo, because you wouldn't be able to just refill it with hot water repeatedly, so you clean yourself outside of the bath and use the bath itself to relax, and then the next person can use it too
I've definitely seen this in 2hu fanfics before

>>44508698
>because you wouldn't be able to just refill it with hot water repeatedly
Why not just pump hot water up from old hell/above ground hot springs? Better yet, why not get some kappa to set up a heating system? Gensokyo is archaic because it wants to be.

>>44508893
That's the whole point of gensokyo, technological progress is kept to a minimum otherwise humans would get a power advantage over youkai and the balance would shatter.

>>44505805
>Just to make my torture worse, she chose that moment to stretch, arching her back and raising her arms as far above her head as she could. She let out a long, satisfied sigh
This is bait.

>>44511299
seems like Kasen and Yukari really want the shrine to have an heir

>>44511490
Kasen had to coax Reimu to act like that towards anon, no way it's not some kind of Kasen-Yukari conspiracy to create another Hakurei quickly, before Reimu gets old.

>>44511575
It might also be how everyone can still win in the end
>this storm leads to a wild two nights of passion between anon and Reimu after she sees it as her last chance to make a move and forces herself on him
>the Hakurei line is secured, with the next shrine maiden born nine months later Kasen and Yukari accomplish their mission to secure the line and maintain the balance in the future
>the Eientei human experimenting incident is resolved and exposed to all
>anon decides who he finally wants in the end and despite unknowingly getting Reimu pregnant chooses Yamame and leaves for a new life with her in the underground, reconciling his past with youkai and happily spending the rest of his life with her
>Aya reports the whole story with an exclusive inside scoop on everything making it the biggest selling news story of the year
>the Bunbunmaru coverage of the story leads to an explosion in interest in Marisa's services
>business has never been better for Marisa's matchmaking service, dozens of humans and youkai seek her help
>after helping several powerful and wealthy clients and making her very wealthy Marisa no longer needs to 'borrow' things, Patchouli gets every last one of her 'borrowed' books back
>Tenshi and anon remain best friends for life, she regularly visits him at Yamame's house
>in the distant future anon dies an old man, in the arms of his loving spider youkai wife
>but the corpse goes missing shortly before his funeral
>Orin has never been more like a cat that got the cream claiming the corpse she wanted most, even if she had to wait all these years

>>44511836
And also the moon blows up, so Junko finally gets what she wanted
Moon heca survived because she was on the surface modelling t-shirts for her fashion range at the time

>>44512014
Mima reappears and teaches Marisa honest business practises and to not steal stuff even if she calls it borrowing
Akyuu has her curse lifted and will no longer die when she's 30, but still gets the sweet side of the deal
All is well in Gensokyo.

>>44512014
Also lunarians die, end up in hell, increasing the welcome to hell shirt sales

>>44512014
And cirno canologically becomes the strongest, sitting upon her ice throne.

>>44511836
No mention of Chiya-chan... Isn't it sad?

>>44512177
Chiya-chan finally convinces aunn to let her in the Hakurei Shrine, but anon forces her to take a bath
This makes the shrine inhabitable for weeks, but at least she smells nice now

I have taken the bait. When the spooder drops, go on, and go on, and go on like Okina Matara and her three daughters and we lose the Anonbowl.

>>44512533
Can't you stay in your containment thread?

>>44512549
No he can stay
His AI stuff is actually good

>>44512533
>tfw you will never wake up to Reimu straddling you

>>44512564
This, it's on topic and adding some extra illustration to the story

>>44512549
He's being civil, even if he is posting AI art.
Don't antagonize for no reason.

>>44512533
amazing

>>44512549
can't you?

>>44512533
post the catbox of the uncensored one

>>44512549
There is one?

>>44512533
Cute medium-length hair Kaguya.

>>44513436
always has been

Now here's a real schizo theory: what if Reimu doesn't actually exist? It's actually just Kaguya larping as a shrine maiden while everyone else thinks that 'Kaguya' is just being a sleepy neet back in Eientei?

What does this mean all along if who he thought was Reimu, is actually Kaguya luring him back into going to Eientei with her?

>>44513493
Kaguya is already too busy being Kotohime and Star Sapphire to be Reimu.

>>44513396
He's talking about the AI art thread that used to be on the catalog, but looks like there hasn't been one up in the last few weeks.

>>44513508
She's also a grape vine too

>>44514159
Yes, I can see the resemblance.

>>44513493
Then how come my heart goes doki-doki when I gaze at Reimu, but remains still as a lifeless, arid moon rock when I look at Kaguya?

>>44514410
you have shrine maidenitis
the only treatment is for you to sleep in the same bed as reimu, naked

>>44514410
Because she's just that good at disguising herself.

The storm clouds were building up, but for the moment, they seemed content to hover beyond the valley, out past the mountains. I didn't know how long it would last, but I suspected that it was a coming typhoon, which meant that going outside would become unbearable for a while. I hoped the Shrine would be okay. Reimu was getting better with each day and had reached a point where she could walk around by herself again. After one particular moment of frustration, she had kicked me out of her room and left me to sit on the veranda for a while, and had only emerged later, soaked in sweat from exertion, but wearing her full Shrine Maiden uniform, including the bow and hair tubes. I could only surmise that she'd been dying to reclaim some independence and put the clothes on by herself, though it had made her so exhausted that she could barely move for the rest of the night, and then I'd had to help her get the clothes back off, so I wondered if there was much point in pushing herself so hard at all.

I heard footsteps across the veranda and turned my head. I felt rather pleased to see Lady Kasen, now back in her normal outfit, coming toward me. I hadn't seen her in days, and I'd been starting to wonder just what she could be up to, but she looked just the same as ever. "I'm glad to see that you're still here." She spoke. "Most would have turned tail when presented with a sick Shrine Maiden like this. How has she been?"

I shrugged and recounted the last few days, being careful to skimp on details when it came to sleeping arrangements and bed attire-or-lack-thereof. I didn't trust Lady Kasen to take those details in the greatest light.

Not that I was particularly sure how to take them at this point, either.

"So, she's getting better? That's good. I've spoken to Marisa; The Eientei investigation's been in something of a rut, and with the weather looking like this..." Lady Kasen looked out in the direction of the storm clouds. "Well, it might just continue to be halted." I saw that familiar look enter Lady Kasen's eye. "And while Reimu may be getting better, I don't want her injuring herself, so I'd still like you to remain here at the Shrine with her, if you're happy to."

I was more or less happy to, but at the same time, I'd been unable to get Reimu's words out of my mind, and I was starting to realise that I simply couldn't leave the situation to fester any longer. The longer it went, the more monstrous my mind built Yamame up to be, and the harder it would become to ever set foot out of the Shrine. I had to see her. I had to talk with her properly.

...I would have to make a decision, needs be.

But somehow, I suspected that Lady Kasen wouldn't much like that idea, so I simply smiled and nodded. "Excellent. I've been rather busy keeping some old friends too entertained to cause trouble, so I won't be able to hang around much, but I'm certain that you've got it all under control." Lady Kasen clapped me on the shoulder, and I staggered slightly. Her strength was a constant source of confusion to me. She may have been a hermit, but there was no way a regular ascetic could be that strong. I told her that we'd be fine on our own, so she really didn't need to stick around. She raised an eyebrow at that, but I detected an undercurrent of pride in her voice. "Is that so? Well, I certainly won't bother you. Reimu might take my head off!"

I decided not to say that for as healthy as she was getting, Reimu still wouldn't be taking anything's head off for at least a few more days. I could still see the tremors in her hand when she held something for any real period of time, and the way her legs shook just slightly as she got up from her seat. The illness had more or less worked its way out of her body now, but she was still suffering the after-effects. I'd almost be worried that Yamame had done something permanent, but I...hoped...that she'd had enough restraint for that. Lady Kasen nodded, looking around. "Where is Reimu, then?" I shrugged and said that she'd decided to rest more after attempting to sweep the Shrine's courtyard herself. She'd fallen just after managing to sweep the leaves up into a pile, which I attributed to her determination. Once I'd carried her inside, she'd rapidly decided that she was perfectly happy to sleep the rest of the day away. I was starting to get a little worried about the total lack of exercise she was getting, coupled with regular meals cooked by either myself, Marisa, or Aunn. I still thought Reimu was perhaps slightly too thin to be healthy, so maybe the time off from being the Hakurei Shrine Maiden would turn out to be good for her.

Either way, I simply smiled and nodded until Lady Kasen turned to leave. I followed her silently to the torii gate, and I caught her mumbling something under her breath about a line. I think she mentioned hairs, too. I couldn't begin to guess at what she'd been talking about.
Instead, I went back to Reimu's room. She was awake, but very quiet. I sat down next to her and checked her forehead. She felt like she had a normal temperature. Reimu locked eyes with me, and her expression grew serious. "Are you going?" She asked.
I only paused for a second or two, but it felt like an eternity. Finally, I nodded. "Good." Reimu said. "Good. You should try." I asked her if she would be okay while I was gone. "Oh, definitely. In fact, I'm a little worried that I'm going to have to train Aunn out of some of these habits, or I'll never get a moment's peace." I chuckled and said that Aunn would work herself sick at this rate and Reimu would be the one stuck taking care of her. Reimu weakly smiled at that, but didn't make much effort to move. I dearly hoped she wasn't taking a turn for the worst. "Go." she said. I nodded and went for the door. "Hey." She called, and I stopped, looking back at her. "About what you said the other day. About being glad to have met me..." She trailed off, and I finally asked her what she was trying to say. "I know it wasn't in good circumstances, but...I'm glad I met you too." I felt my shoulders drop as some sort of tension I hadn't known I was carrying left me. "Good luck." Reimu murmured as I left the Shrine.

The clouds looked like they might be moving away after all, but while I might distrust the word of Aya Shameimaru in other matters, I wouldn't distrust a tengu when it came to the direction the wind was blowing. If she said there would be a storm, it was very likely that there would be a storm. And I definitely didn't want to be caught in it, so I decided to get moving as quickly as I could. I didn't really want to say it, but I think I also wanted to keep moving before I could have a chance to talk myself out of seeing Yamame. I was down the stairs and halfway down the path toward the village in minutes, and I was happy to find no disturbances on the path. For a moment, I thought about trying to bring Yamame another gift, but I both didn't want to risk setting foot in the village again, and I'd have to deal with the youkai living in my house, so I decided that it wasn't worth the risk. Instead, I stepped off of the beaten track, heading toward the caves.

By the time I reached the caves, I was sure that the storm was approaching. the clouds looked so much bigger from up close, and I could tell that it was going to be a heavy rainfall. If I was lucky, I might not get caught in it, but it could easily go the other way and I'd be trudging around soaked through. If I even made it back to the Shrine in those conditions, it'd be Reimu taking care of me. Hoping that the clouds could keep from bursting open for just a little while longer, I stepped into the caves, trying to keep my nerves steady. It had been a while since I'd been in a dark, enclosed space like this, and now I could feel some primal part of my mind recoiling in a way that it hadn't done before. I felt like I was in the bamboo forest, and everyone was closing in on me, and at any moment I'd emerge into a clearing full of youkai and that would be the end of me and-

I dropped to my knees and squeezed my eyes shut. I felt like I was suffocating and I'd barely even entered the cave. It wasn't even the actual Bamboo Forest, but I was frozen in place. I felt stupid, like I was a child again, unable to comprehend the things that were happening. No, I felt like the man I'd been before I'd found out about the holes in my memory. Like I was just bumbling along with no idea of what was really happening behind my back. I just needed to move forward - to take one stupid step into the stupid fucking cave and see the youkai spider who had killed and eaten who knows how many people in the past and...a-and...

I didn't realise that I was struggling to breathe until I registered arms around my shoulders, and then I felt the primal part of my mind take over and I was kicking and screaming, but I felt the arms wrap around me to stop me from moving, and then I registered a voice filtering through the haze of my overloaded consciousness shouting at me to just run, as far away as possible. "It's me! Hey, hey, calm down!" I could feel my heart rate shooting up into the stars, and it took me more than a few moments to realise that I was being held up entirely, because my legs had apparently given out at some point. "Come on, let's get you somewhere to lie down, before you render the whole tunnel deaf." I found myself falling slack, though that didn't seem to be of much concern to whoever was carrying me. I seemed to be passing out, and I hoped it wasn't going to become a trend.

It wasn't quite so dark when I woke up. I tried to keep my heartbeat from rising, and I was mostly successful because I felt very comfortable. I swallowed thickly and found that my shirt was gone, and I was topless. I couldn't feel my right arm, apart from that same dull throbbing I felt from the scars when it was numb. I looked up, and slowly my mind managed to remind me that I was somewhere I had been before. The bedroom of Yamame Kurodani. Feeling a little trepidation, I slowly looked to the side, and felt the urge to swallow heavily again, because Yamame herself was sleeping right next to me, my arm pinned under her and a peaceful smile on her face. She looked tired, with some slight shadows under her eyes and a sort of tightness to her jaw as if she'd been clenching it for too long. I stared at her, and all my time spent thinking about what I was going to say to her went straight out of my brain. She didn't look like a monstrous youkai. She didn't look like she was plotting a scheme on how to eat me. She didn't look evil.

She just looked like a tired girl.

And she must have sensed me stirring, because she let out a throaty sort of moan and groggily rubbed her eyes with one free hand. "Hey." She finally said. I found that I couldn't speak, because there was a war going on in my mind between the 'Distrust Youkai' faction and the 'Trust Youkai' faction. "Nai found you in the tunnels, screaming your head off." She whispered. I felt like the Trust faction had just made a strong attack on the Distrust faction. Nai had found me? "She brought you straight to me. You'd passed out by then, so I thought it'd be best to let you stay inside. At least it's familiar here." I tried to control my breathing, and I felt Yamame shift, pulling herself up so she could look at my face properly while I stared at the ceiling. "What's wrong?" She asked. I opened my mouth, but found I couldn't get the words out. "You've never had that sort of reaction before. Something's changed, hasn't it?" I felt myself sink back into the bed, like it was swallowing me whole. "...It was Satori, wasn't it?" She gently put her hand on my arm, but I still found myself flinching. "She's done something to your memory again, hasn't she?" I tried to speak again, but I just broke into a coughing fit. I felt Yamame's presence behind me disappear, and after a moment, she returned with a glass. "Water." She told me, and I drunk deeply. After the coughing fit subsided, Yamame sat by my side on the bed again. "You're acting differently toward me." She said quietly. It wasn't an accusation, but more of a statement. "Please, tell me why."

I'd thought about this moment for a while, and I knew that she deserved the truth. It was important. So, I told her. I explained everything that had happened since I'd last left her house. I told her about Satori, and my unlocked memories, as difficult as it was to relive them once more. I told her about having to take care of Reimu, and then, I fell silent.

I felt Yamame put her arm over my shoulder. I twitched a little at her touch, but managed to restrain myself from jumping. "So, that's why you're...so jumpy, now." Yamame was quiet for a moment, then gently turned my head to look at her. "I'm a youkai." She whispered, staring deep into my eyes. "You must understand that. I manipulate diseases. I have, on a number of occasions, killed humans who have tried to end my life." She took my hand in hers. "I have to consume humans to survive." I stared at her, trying to make my brain work. "This is the most important thing you will ever need to understand about me." She breathed in deeply. "It is what I am."

I felt just as frozen as I had before. To hear her say it so clearly was something else entirely, and I wasn't sure I could cope. I'd kissed that mouth, that had eaten humans. "But, the next most important thing...is who I am. Do you understand me?" I vaguely found myself nodding. "I'm not just...a youkai who eats humans." She traced a finger across my shoulder. "That is more like the one who gave you this scar." I shivered as her finger ran across my skin. "I'm a constructor. I help design and build for youkai all across Gensokyo and the underground. I'm the Big Sister of all the spiders that live in these tunnels. I look after them as best I can. I'm a seamstress." I was starting to feel entranced by the sound of her voice. It was dragging me into the past, to before my memory had been uncovered. "I'm making you new clothes so that you'll be comfortable in any weather. I asked you to help my treat my spiritual injuries. I accompanied you through Old Hell and into the Palace of the Earth Spirits." She clasped my hands tightly. "I eat to live. Humans eat to live, too. The meat you eat and the meat I eat may be different, but we both eat other creatures to survive. I'm not just a man-eating spider..." She looked down. "So please, don't come to hate me."

I was still silent. I let her words work their way through my mind and settle deep in my heart. I could feel the Trust faction in my mind surrounding the last remnants of the Distrust faction. I think I'd been thinking about all of this wrong. She might be the infectious disease manipulating spider who ate humans...

But to me, she was just Yamame Kurodani.

As a Reimubro, I can't say I'm totally happy with this update, but I still have hope. Anyway it was an interesting chapter, I thought yamame would be mad at him when he found out why he was nervous.

>>44516032
I kind off expected him to suddenly realize Yamame would've killed him without remorse (if it weren't for the peach buff) by the chapter's end

>>44516076
in their first meeting, that is

>>44516032
Reimu and anon are brlther and sister. Tgere is nothing romantic about their relationship.

I don't think Yamame would have been mad at anon, but I also don't think she's being entirely honest with him either and plays down her nature more than she should. She would have eaten him without the peach and maybe it's divine luck helped her to develop feelings for him. Still, anon looks like he can definitely see past her as a human-eating youkai and retain some kind of lasting relationship with Yamame, although the nature of that might become more platonic as time goes on or he ponders it and her true nature further. But still I think she has done enough for him and anon won't want to not stay at least a close friend with her.

>>44516032
Reimu and anon are brother and sister. There is nothing romantic about their relationship.

Perspective is very important, perhaps one of the most important things a person can come to have in their life.
Anon and Yamame are fundamentally different from one another, but this doesn't necessarily need to divide them. Humans cultivate and farm animals by the tens of millions. The hamburgers I'm about to cook were once living animals born only to be harvested. Youkai eating humans isn't too different, especially in Gensokyo.
The hatred Yamame once felt for the humans who discarded her as an embodiment of disease has been transmuted through her experiences with anon. If she now recognizes and appreciates the value of human life, I think their relationship can work.

>>44516110
>The hamburgers I'm about to cook
I am literally (You).

>>44516106
They're not related, it's just an old vow she swore to protect him that she initially felt bound by but over the last few parts she has started to change how she feels about him. Earlier on they felt more a like brother-sister relationship in all but being blood relations and like nothing would progress beyond that but I don't think it's entirely like that now, some part of Reimu is subconsciously beginning to consider anon in a romantic light and she's warming to it. At the same time after -that- morning, it's not like anon hasn't felt something back too, at least physically after seeing her half naked.

>>44512779
Had a bit of a dumb lapse and didn't save a layered version of my redraws, so the censor's baked in. Sorry.

Tell you what, though. If our author gives me but the excuse to, I'll do you another, uncensored pair of ying-yang orbs.

>>44516110
That's true, but Anon is a very humane individual. It wouldn't be surprising to me if he felt threatened by the average youkai's lifestyle, as hypocritical as it may seem. Being prey to another predator is a completely different feeling than feeding off of an inferior race yourself. Either way, i'm liking how things are going.

>>44516110
Do not forget that anon lives in a village in gensokyo, he does not have the same perspective that we have, he has no idea what industrialized farming is and he never saw cartel executions on /gif/ to know how evil humans can be too.

>>44516390
People like to forget that despite the horror of Gensokyo that Yukari actually does use her spy network to weed out the villainous humans as youkai food so the village itself would be pretty calm and lacking in that sort of style of crime syndicates and genuinely dangerous people

So I'm guessing Yamame and anon are going to be stuck together until the storm passes, hopefully Kasen isn't too upset ay this.

>>44516664
Kasen and I are upset

>>44516664
I though anon and yammy would finally get the alone time they've been yearning for but it's almost guaranteed that the diabetic cripple will ruin the moment.

>>44516106
>Sleep nude next to each other and cuddle
>Roomoo gyrates on Anon's hips
>Blushes at the sight of his nude body as opposed to being disgusted
>Sits on his lap
>Anon said that Reimu was extraordinarily pretty
Hmmmm. Id say they're fuck buddies instead. But anon only ever does the back entrance. The main hole is for the future hubby.

>>44516800
The only backdoor business Reimu does is pegging

>>44516664
Its just water, anon would be fine walking in a storm, its not like he can drown in it or anything.

>>44516110
>>44516570
Yukari, please get off /jp/ and commit Yuyuko. The actual humans in this thread are strongly against others of their own kind being eaten, not to mention being lied to outright.

>>44516948
why do you think wandering around in the woods in the middle of a storm would be a good idea?

>>44517712
It probably isn't a good idea, but I'm too courageous for my own good.

There are a couple Youkai I would be fine with if they mudered and ate me.

>>44515877
Considering Yamame isn't a primal youkai, and as such is lying through her formerly chipped teeth, I think this alone has swayed me from rooting for her, to rooting for just about anyone else, up to and including Eirin.

>>44518312
Imagine getting torn to shreds by a cloth.

>>44521887
At least Eirin is honest about her desire to dissect and completely ruin Anon.

>>44521887
She only does it because she fears losing anon if she was completely honest, but being economical with the truth to someone who already has very good reason to never trust youkai again really isn't a very good idea.

>>44521887
given the way her 17.5 fight with kanako goes, it might actually be entirely possible that she can survive off of pretty much anything, but I imagine getting to liquify and drink a human is probably food for like, a month
maybe she just hasn't really tried hard enough to find out
or maybe writeanon just dug himself into a hole by forgetting

>>44522058
>Spoiler
First calling her a tsukumogami, now this. Maybe writeanon subconsciously holds a grudge against Yammers?

I think all of you are forgetting the true winner.
Anon will swear off difficult youkai women and people with superpowers and settle for a nice regular village girl.

>>44522330
He was already rejected by her in the beginning

>>44522359
Eagle-eyed readers would know that she's just shy and is worried about our dear anon.

....No, I think writeanon is doing just fine. Trust 'em.

fellas, she already lives in anon's house
they're basically married already

>>44522409
I hate her

>>44522330
If writeanon ends up pulling a Sekibanki ending out of nowhere I will personally give him a handjob.

>>44522058
wait, I've figured it out
yamame went to kanakp for advice because she mistakenly thought kanakp had experience
unfortunately she's a millenium maiden so she just blustered up any advice she could think of (it was the worst advice possible)

>>44522458
Very reminiscent of Kogasa asking help from Kanako and ending up just unintentionally gloating.

>>44522409
I hate her, and that's why I love her

>>44522330
>>44522451
I'm still rooting for Tenshi, but I'd laugh my ass off if that happened.

>>44522058
>maybe she just hasn't really tried hard enough to find out
I have a feeling this is how things are gonna go. In her introduction, she said the following:
>At this rate, I'm going to have to find out if I can survive off fear instead of humans. Or handouts.
While this was just an offhand, frustrated remark she made in the moment, I think she will grow to genuinely try subsisting off fear in consideration for Anon's feelings. If she wants Anon to understand and empathize with her nature, she could at least do the same for him.

>>44522409
She's perfectly disgusting. I can't get enough of her.

>>44522458
>>44522492
It would be understandable, Yammy probably doesn't have much experience with surface dwellers, so i can see her taking advice from the snake hag of all people.

>>44524512
Yammommy's downfall comes from listening to poor advice from the millennium maiden!

Tenko stocks soar! She doesn't listen to Iku for shit!

The only way yamamemes can come true is if someone slamfucks the millennium maiden into shutting up so spoder follows her heart!

I'm sorry to say this bros, but someone's gonna have to take one for the team and fuck kanako so she's too distracted to give yamammeries bad advice
come on , anon would do it for you

>>44525028
>>44524958
Nuh uh, I don't want to deal with a stinky sweaty grandma!
I like my girls fit and slender!

>>44515877
>>44521887
>>44522058
People always forget actual mythology when talking about Touhou. Barely any youkai are exclusively maneaters, and those that do eat people are either inherently evil, like oni, or don't care if their meat comes from a human or animal, like, in our case, tsuchigumo. Although there is one complication that makes tsuchigumo a special case of generaly carnivorous youkai that is antagonistic to humans due to their origin - they started out as a tribe of people that rebelled against japanese goverment, and were derisively called "earth spiders" for making their hideouts in caves. Then again, the same can be said about oni - if I recall correctly, the oni of mount Oe (aka The Four Deva) were just some bandits.

>>44525789
>inherently evil, like oni
There's an irony to your post when Oni and humans were originally allies.

>>44525789
I thought oni were said to be neutral/benevolent?

>>44526058
>>44526059
I should have mentioned that Touhou does differ from mythology at some points, this being one of them. I guess in some cases ZUN deliberately went againt myth to maintain ambiguity and unreliability of narration.

>>44526058
>>44526095
Touhou onis are just dudebros that were too much for old humans

>>44526058
I mean, it makes sense. Both races are assholes.

>>44526127
Old humanity's pelvises were simply too fragile, hence why body reinforcement magic and hermit techniques were discovered.

>>44526148
>hermit techniques
So if hypothetically an oni learned a hermits arts, would there be a single pelvis that could survive her?

>>44526345
As long as you know some techniques yourself you should be safe.

>>44526398
sounds like propaganda a certain lewd oni would spread

>>44525789
In the mithos oni are neutral, some eat humans while others live with humans at mountains and teach them martial arts. Same thing for tengu. Japan even use statues and masks ofoni to ward off evil spirits. There was also for example a legend where some oni, tengu and other yokai find a dude in the middle of the forest and invite him to dance.

>>44526683
Myths often contradict each other on how friendly youkai are. One time tengu are spirits of corrupted monks who burn villages on a whim, other times they are warrior deities who patronise samurai, other times they're protectors of the mountains who feed the poor with magic sand that turns into porridge. Myths tend to change depending on time and region, what was once the ultimate evil later comes around as a drinking buddy.

>>44526782
>what was once the ultimate evil later comes around as a drinking buddy
Sounds just like touhou plotlines.

>>44526782
I wouldn't be surprised if Tengu embodied all those beliefs in 2hu. Its a bit like how Okina is. She's based off of Matarajin, who himself was a god of many different things because of how inexactly he was described over time.

>>44526831
Imagine how schizophrenic this makes some youkai, like kappas. One day you help with irrigation and teach medicine, other day you go on a sumo murderspree where no ass is spared, be it man, woman or horse. God, you hate horses.

>>44526782
Historical facts often contradict each other on how friendly humans are. One time humans are warlords that burn villages on a whim, other times they are benevolent people who look after orphans, other times they're charity workers who feed the poor with food they cook. Historical facts tend to change depending on time and region, what was once the ultimate evil later comes around as the species that wants to have sex with everything.

>>44527028
>what was once the ultimate evil later comes around as the species that wants to have sex with everything.
We've always wanted to have sex with everything, it's just that we weren't always quite as concerned with consent. (Explains a bit about how we used to get along with oni, really.)

>>44525118
I'll do it, I'm a haglover
I wonder what a date with Kanako would have looked like, both before and after it got serious

Tenshi has been friendzoned....
Reimu gave approval for Yams relationship....
Monster girl bros win again

>>44527418
Until Anon catchs Yamame eating an intruder

>>44527449
Or maybe Anon succumbs to the darkness and kidnaps villagers himself in order to feed her

>>44527418
>win
This sounds an awful lot like that familiar situation in the 'hero's journey' trope just when you think the antagonist has won and it's over, it isn't and ends up being the exact opposite. Yamamebros, you are here.

>>44527564
Nah unless Anom plans on making a hundred plus thread epic of back and forth. Id personally like a more evenly matched story that just has multiple endings. But that would be exhausting to write out and figure out when to break for multiple endings. It could always go the best route. [Spoiler]fishing aka the one that got away [/spoiler]

I may have solved one problem, but I was still struggling with others. Yes, I understood that Yamame Kurodani was not an inhuman monster. She was a person, like any other, and she had her own goals, her own skills and her own relationships that went beyond simply killing and eating humans, but...

Well, she still killed and ate humans, and I was finding that to be a bit of a sticking point.

The silence after Yamame's speech seemed to stretch into infinity. It filled my ears and rang so loudly that I couldn't hear myself think. Yamame still wasn't looking at me, and I wasn't sure I wanted her to. I knew already that her habit of biting me was on pause, and I didn't know how long it would be on pause for. I don't think I could handle knowing a youkai was biting me, not now that I could remember what would have happened if I wasn't me.

Slowly, I found myself asking her something that I hadn't wanted to acknowledge, because it cast a dark shadow on our whole relationship. I asked her...what she would have done if my skin hadn't been too tough to bite. If I'd been just a regular human when I'd fallen into her web that day, just what would have happened to me?

Yamame looked up at me, and she seemed just a little crestfallen that I'd asked that question. I supposed she hadn't wanted to face it just as much as I hadn't. "I...would have bitten you." I asked her what would have happened then. "Why are you asking me that?" She finally said. "It can't happen." I needed to know. I needed to understand the youkai side of her. "Fine. I inject a venom and it liquefies your insides. Happy?" Not particularly, I said. I was a human, so regardless of the method, I'm not a particularly big fan of other humans being killed.

But even though I knew that Yamame would have killed me without a second thought then, it didn't change the fact that she'd helped me after that. She didn't need to come to Former Hell with me. She didn't have to help me through all the oni and help me after I'd met Satori Komeiji. She didn't need to make me clothes even though I couldn't really pay her.

But she'd done it anyway, and I couldn't forget that.

Could it work? I just wasn't sure I could handle knowing I was with someone who could, would and had eaten human beings, even if it was more like a drink than anything else. I had lost my family to youkai. I'd heard of human remains found out in the forests. I couldn't just forget that.

Yamame had decided something. "Look..." She said quietly. "I don't want to lose you." I didn't want that either. But, it wasn't so much friendship that I was worried about. "I know that your memories have changed things." I didn't know where she was going with this. "It's just...You were the first human who was just nice to me." I really did start to wonder how weak I was in the mental department, because I almost wanted to forget everything right there and then. "Most of my interactions with humans has been them trying to kill me, or them being terrified of me. You just treated me...normally." I squeezed my eyes shut.

I did like her. I wanted to keep her in my life. I just couldn't deal with the knowledge that she ate humans. It was fine when it was an abstract fact that I could ignore, but now it was up front and centre. I'd witnessed youkai eating humans first hand. I couldn't ignore it anymore. If only she could survive off something else.

If only...

Wait a moment. There was something there. In the back of my mind, some small, inconsequential words that had meant nothing at the time. I thought as hard as I could. It was right there - right on the tip of my tongue.

Fear. It was fear.

I looked up. Then, slowly, I asked Yamame if youkai could only survive by eating humans. She frowned and looked away. "They...can, in a lot of cases. Human fear and belief. A surprise. I don't know if you remember Kogasa much, but she's the one who led you to fall down that hole. She survives off of scaring humans." I did remember her, since I'd spent the next few days half-hoping that I'd run into her so I could tell her off for her attempted scare. I finally asked the question that I needed to know the answer to, because it could change everything. I asked her if she was capable of surviving off of emotions instead of flesh. She looked back at me. "I don't know. I've had to go for long periods of time without eating, but I've never tried to subsist on nothing but emotions." I asked her if she was willing to try. I'd already seen her eat regular animal meat, so it wasn't as if she couldn't eat things other than humans, but I didn't think I'd be able to live with myself if I was together with someone who I knew would have to eat one of my own kind, much like I didn't think I'd ever be able to eat a youkai. "...I could try. I could eat normal animals. I...might be a little more irritable." That, I thought I could handle. "Seriously, it might take a while for my mind to get used to it. I might need...distractions." I told her that it was okay, as long as she was willing to try. "I - I'll think about it..." She finally said. I supposed that was the best I could hope for, at least for now.

Then, I asked her why she'd said that she had to survive off humans in the first place if she didn't know whether or not she could survive off of emotions. "It's, um, not really something worth discussing." I pressed her on this, because it had almost sounded like she was trying to push me away. "What? No, that wasn't the intention..." I stared at her silently, and within about five seconds, she broke. "Oh, fine. I may have...sought some advice. When you didn't come back after a few days, I started to wonder if I'd done something wrong. So I asked a snake person I know." For some strange reason, I felt a flash of...something, in my chest. Like someone signing their own death warrant.

Even though I didn't know who this snake person was, I had a feeling their advice had been less than helpful. "She...may have told me to sound as powerful as I could, which meant saying that I eat humans and spread diseases and...well, all that. I think it took about five words to realise I probably should have found a second opinion first." I almost laughed. It was such a silly thing, and yet it almost caused her to destroy any chance of me being open to the idea. "W-Well, um, disregarding that..." I decided to pull her into a hug. She squeaked a little in shock, but relaxed fairly fast. I told her that I didn't want to lose her. But, I wanted to know if she could survive without eating another human. I could accept her as a youkai, if she could accept me as a human. If she was good for me, then I was good for her.

And maybe that's all we needed.

I felt a lot more relaxed after that. I didn't know if it would all work out, but it felt like a heavy weight had lifted from my shoulders. I sighed deeply and fell back on the bed. I knew, logically, that Yamame probably wouldn't hurt me, and our whole conversation had been about that, but I wasn't sure I could handle staying here all night. Not right now, at least. I was suddenly very conscious that I was underground, and it was causing some stress to build in the back of my mind. I had become slightly claustrophobic since my memories had been unlocked. Maybe that wasn't the right word. I suppose I'd become more afraid of the dark. I may have logically known that I had tough skin thanks to the peach, but logic could rarely stand in the face of emotions. Case in point: Yamame. I logically knew that she'd tried to kill me when I first met her, and I knew that if the peach's effect had worn off, she probably would have killed me by now, but my emotions had taken control and made me put all of it to the back of my mind. Now, I had been forced to reckon with the fact, and I was honestly fairly pleased at how it had all turned out. I really did hope that Yamame would be able to change her diet, but if she'd already been on the cusp of starving for most of the day, maybe it wouldn't even be that much of a change. I was a little worried about her being more irritable. What kind of distractions would she even need? I guessed that the toughened body might come in handy there if she needed to work some frustrations out. She could probably punch me through a wall or two without me feeling that much pain.

Not that I really wanted her to, but I was willing to try.

Eventually, Yamame lay down next to me. I turned to look at her with a small smile. I told her I was sorry that I'd sprung all of this on her. "It wasn't great, but I do understand. I've been a little worried that it would happen for a while. Right after you saw Satori for the first time, when she unlocked your memories of Rumia," I felt the pain in my shoulder throb angrily. "I thought it would be then, but you just...never seemed worried about it. I suppose it was because your memories were so messed up." That made sense. Now that my mind was sorting itself out, a lot of things seemed strange in hindsight, including my general lack of reaction to youkai. "I guess it just took longer than I thought, but, um, thank you, for coming to talk to me about it. A lot of humans would have just refused to ever see me again." I nodded gently. Like I'd already said, I didn't want to cut her out after she'd done so much for me. The least I could do to return the favour was to try and gain a mutual understanding. She sighed and took my hand. "I'm going to try my best, okay?" She still looked tired. I asked her if she'd recovered from her injuries by now. "Oh, er, yes, mostly." She showed me her hand, which looked almost completely unblemished. If I looked closely, there was a slight shadow where the scarring had been, but it was barely noticeable at all. I looked toward her side, where the worse scarring had been. Yamame looked at me with a cocked eyebrow. "Want to see?" She asked quietly. Yes, I whispered. I did. I did want to see her skin.

Yamame's outfit had changed again. She had her bow back in her hair, but instead of a bun, it was in a ponytail that came to her upper back. She'd switched the long-sleeved black shirt with a short-sleeved version, and the baggy shorts were there, though they were now shorter, coming to midway down her thighs rather than her knees. This time, the golden rings that decorated her usual dress manifested themselves as two bands looped around the waist of the shorts. As she hopped up on the bed fully, I noticed that she was barefoot. She crossed her legs and leaned back on her hands, leaving her front clear. I reached out a shaking hand, but after I stopped for a moment, I managed to steady myself. I undid the first two buttons without much trouble, but found myself stuck when I reached the third. I wasn't sure what the problem was. Nothing had really changed from the last time I'd done this. Not physically. But mentally, I was facing a massive wall. I felt like I was at a crossroad, and I couldn't tell if I was going the right way or not.

Then, I felt Yamame's hands on top of my own. "It's okay." She whispered. "You're okay." I realised I was trembling, and there was some darkness surrounding my vision. I supposed my mind was further from repairing itself than I thought. But I could feel the heat from Yamame's hands and slowly, the tremors stopped. I unlatched the third button, and almost gasped in relief. Somehow, that had taken more strength than everything that had led up to it. I spread the unbuttoned half of the shirt. Yamame's skin was smooth, and she didn't even look quite as thin as she had before. I gently lay my hand on her navel, and she took a sharp breath. I slid my hand up, underneath the part of the shirt that was still buttoned, and lightly traced her ribcage. She shivered slightly, and I pulled my hand back. The skin had felt almost entirely smooth. The next buttons felt far easier, and I was soon at the point where only one button was left done up, just enough to keep the shirt from falling open entirely. I looked up, and Yamame locked eyes with me. "Are you...okay with this?" She whispered. Was I? I couldn't seem to keep my thoughts in order. I didn't want to stay here for much longer, but I couldn't seem to bring myself to stop. I needed to breathe, but the room suddenly felt very small. I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to keep my head together. My fingers slid to the last button, and before I could think about it, I undid it. The action didn't bring me much relief, and I knew I should have left earlier. I needed time for Yamame to prove that she could manage. That I wasn't shacking up with someone who would eat humans. "Hey, hey, seriously, you look awful." Yamame's voice was beginning to sound like it was coming from a very long tunnel. I opened my eyes and pulled the two sides of the shirt apart, baring her chest. She still hadn't worn a bra, and when she recoiled slightly at my action, there was some movement that I couldn't miss. I realised that I was breathing very heavily now, and I brought a hand to her side. I could tell, already, that the wounds were all but gone. A slightly shadowed spot of skin was all that remained. She was a youkai and could recover from injuries without any real remnants. I was a human and I would carry the scars with me forever. I could hear my heart pounding in my ears. "Do you - Are you okay?" I think I heard Yamame say.

I lurched to my feet, staggering off the bed. I couldn't breathe. It was like I'd spent the last several hours sprinting for my life. My vision was darkened and I couldn't hear much, but I staggered against the wall and pressed my head against it. I felt sick - I needed air, just-just open space. I needed - I felt a hand on my shoulder and I lashed out, falling to my knee. I was in the forest. Lost deep, deep within, with something stalking me. I couldn't escape it.

I blindly felt for the door and threw it open. I think Yamame was behind me. The youkai. The - The spider. I stumbled forward, my front tipping over a chair. I half ran, half fell at the front door, I needed to leave, right now. My head was throbbing, like a great lightning bolt had shot straight into it. I'd bit my tongue, and I could feel the tangy, metallic taste in my mouth. I felt Yamame grab hold of me in a bearhug, keeping my arms from lashing out. "I'm taking you outside, okay?" I moaned something incoherent, but I couldn't find the strength to escape. I felt like I was moving. "You're going to be okay." She told me, but I was terrified, and some primal part of my brain was screaming at me that I was going to die. "It's all in your mind!" Yamame said. I couldn't believe her, not when I could feel the pounding of my heart all the way in my fingertips and toes.

Then, I could see light, and suddenly we were in open air, and I felt myself collapse against the side of the cave. Now that I could feel the fresh air, I felt like my heart was starting to calm. I took in several gasps of air, and my vision began to return to me. I was at the cave entrance, and the storm that I'd been watching had finally come. It was still just at the edges, so while it was raining, it wasn't pouring quite yet. Yamame was in front of me, and she crouched down to look at my face closely. I tried to say that I was sorry. "Don't, please. It's okay. I do understand." I could barely stand. "We'll both try our bests, right?" I think I managed to nod. "Just wait there. I'm going to find someone who can take you to the Shrine." I don't know how long I was waiting, but I do remember feeling someone pick me up. I could just about make out raven hair, and I was sure that they were very tall. My vision was fading again, and I saw the vague blob of yellow that must have been Yamame. "It's hard." She said to me. "But you're strong for a human. I'll change my diet. And hopefully we'll both be ready to try again the next time."

I tried to nod, but my muscles didn't seem to be obeying me. Then, I felt the person carrying me take to the air. I could only vaguely make out some blurry reds, greens, and whites. I think they had a cape. Unfortunately, I was still soaked through and shivering when she arrived at the Shrine, and the last thing I remembered was seeing the giant orange tube on what could only be Okuu’s right arm.

Seems like Satori visiting anon wasn't as much as a coincidence as I thought...

>anon has coerced a youkai into veganism
It's over. Gensokyo has fallen.

Anon is now aware of the snake. It's only a matter of time until she strikes decisively and finally scores!

Anon gets a surprise short-haul Okuu flight back to the Hakurei Shrine. It's a shame he'll barely or not even remember it at all, god I wish that was me. ..

But maybe this is finally the end for any chance of something happening between anon and Yamame. It doesn't feel like it's a decision in anon's or Yamame's hands any more but something there might be another force entirely intervening on them and preventing it from happening every time it seems like it might. But at least it looks like anon could still have some kind of lasting bond with Yamame even if it is only platonic and might make her a better youkai in general towards humans. She can't deny anon has made her life better too if improves her relationship with humans in general, maybe even to the extent she could eventually reconcile and have a friendlier relationship with Reimu even regardless of who anon ends up with?

I do wonder though what this potential force might be, is it just anon's fate, the peach or even Yukari trying to subtly intervene without anon ever being aware of it. The latter has definitely shown interest in him both in the past and sending Ran to probe him out. Was he cursed at some point along the story or without ever directly meeting her, in his two visits to the mansion did Remilia change his fate somehow?

...or do we get the dark horse (or technically dark raven) ending after the last development, an anon x Okuu development?! It seems like she wasn't just a one off cameo earlier on and Satori clearly has some designs for anon

I wonder if our dear writefag as a plan here or is just improvising right now.

>>44528262
Of course I have a plan
It's to improvise

I mostly have a vague plan and if there are fun ideas being discussed in the thread I try to incorporate them
But this whole bit was starting to feel like it was meandering a bit so I'm using my executive powers to fucking move this along

>>44527915
Wait who's watching the reactor?

>>44528262
The story shall come together amazingly. Trust in the plan.

>>44528211
If you ask me, "the moment" between Anon and Yamame will inevitably happen eventually. It's just that the time isn't right yet. A relationship is one of the worst things to rush, after all.

>>44528290
I love this "mention what you want to see" meta. Thank you for pandering to us.
For what it's worth, I don't necessarily think that things were meandering at this point; if anything, I thought Anon went from "distrust youkai" to "trust youkai" too fast. This chapter was the punch in the gut that we needed.
No, healing takes time. Changing as a person takes time. And all that is so immensely difficult and stressful that you wonder why you're even alive sometimes. But I still have faith Yamame and Anon can get through this.

>>44528211
It's really over, she too unrepentant and proud of being a Youkai, even Rumia only does Youkai stuff half heatedly.
Honestly Anon might be able to get together with a Gensokyo Youkai who doesn't eat humans, but those in old hell are existences not welcomed in Gensokyo, even with Gensokyo being made for Youkai.
(Which is kinda funny since in implies a cultural shift in the predominate Youkai of Gensokyo to being fore human-like over time, and less Youkai-like)

>>44527899
>What kind of distractions would she even need? I guessed that the toughened body might come in handy there if she needed to work some frustrations out
VIGOROUS SEGS AND CHILD REARING

>>44528664
Well either that or anons gonna have to do a lot of cooking.

>>44528304
No matter what happens i want a wedding under that damn peach tree.
It would be so hrnghhhhh

>>44528302
Bird brain moment. That or Satori really does have a plan for anon and consider it important enough to take her most important pet away from their usual duties to go help him get back to the shrine.

>>44528664
She has eletricity already, all she needs is a console and a tv. I am sure Rinosuke might have soke laying around.

>>44528302
Lol reactor melts down
Stalker Gensokyo
Eh cheeky breeki iv damke

>>44528262
If it was writing a novel or even just fanfiction to publish improvising everything as you go alone and not having a clear idea of where different strands of plot go in the end would be a bad idea and likely end in a story with plot holes and veering all over the place at times losing any real coherent pacing or plot.

But doing it in a thread the opposite should be the case. Have an idea what the final destination is but let the journey be wild and free roaming as you like, honestly the best threads and stories like this to come out of places like here are the ones that are the most organically just constant improvisation and have a bit of fun and imagination along the way. The journey ends up being the best part of it in a way that isn't always the case in other formats but ends up being what makes threads like these memorable as a real classic.

I kinda hope if there's someone around here on the Touhou Wiki they can transcribe it or has a full text of the entre story to include on there with similar strings of classic threads from 2ch and other fan communities like the bad endings ones and some other fun stories groups of anons have turned into singular or collections of fan works in their own right. .

>>44528876
>classic threads from 2ch and other fan communities like the bad endings ones and some other fun stories groups of anons have turned into singular or collections of fan works in their own right. .
Can you send me a link so I can read those?

>>44528920
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Fiction_found_on_imageboards

The threads have been preserved by one of the archives though which is good, this is the original for anyone that's missed the earlier content.

>>/jp/thread/44121508

>>44527899
>What kind of distractions would she even need? I guessed that the toughened body might come in handy there if she needed to work some frustrations out. She could probably punch me through a wall or two without me feeling that much pain.
Anon you are as dense as concrete.

>>44528999
It doesn't have the expanded Tears in Rain stories.

>>44528052
Billions must pichuun~

The story will end with anon alienating everyone and returning home.
Chiyari: Oh, you're finally back?
Anon: I guess so..... I guess so.
Chiyari: Ah, so are you ready to share some of your blood with me?
Anon: ...Yeah, I am.

And then they'll sit together completely silently on the bench facing the front window overlooking the canal anon once walked through with Tenshi, the screen fading to black.

>>44530051
Wrong it'll go something like
Anon decides to face his trauma and head to Eientei to find his answers there... only to unlock another memory of the many 'dates' him and Eirin went on and how he consented to the whole thing. Which is why Tewi gave him weird looks before and Reisen had to keep tabs on him.
DARK
HORSE
EIRIN
ENDING

>>44530051
>>44530094
Doubly wrongright anon solves the incident bit it will result in his death he alienates everyone before embracing oblivion.

>>44530113
>result in his death
Say it with me boys
YAMA
XA
NADU

>>44530094
Hasn't Tewi been suspiciously absent from this story? I thought the rabbits anon saw were all just mooks and Reisen.

anon in this story has PTSD and panic attacks, and is covered in physical and mental scars
anon in the sekibanki story is literally fucking dead
anon in the reimu story spent years being physically, mentally, emotionally, and sexually manipulated and abused
anons are not doing so great these days huh
we're a far cry from the days where anons woke up in gensokyo and proceeded to tame every 2hu with their cocks

>>44530387
God gives his hardest battles to his strongest warriors.

>>44530387
Kogasa stories had anon happily married, but IIRC he also lost his arm to Rumia.

>>44530318
She appeared once and did something like give him a weird look and quickly fled. Implying that she knew what was happening and keeping her distance from Eirin's pet project

>>44530467
The last Flan story had Anon get mindbroken by her and forced to pervert a wholesome relationship under pain of death

>>44531707
Which reminds me, in the same Kogasa stories there was a side story where another anon lost all his friends to Flan when they wandered into SDM and became a crazy youkai hunter.

>>44528052
anon accomplished byakuren's goals faster than byakuren did in 14 years

>>44531755
Sounds like a Meiling moment
Imagine your entire friend group just wondering into a quasi-western mansion while the gatekeeper slept

What do you guys think will happen in the next chapter?

>>44534298
Kasen will finally get wind of Anon's affinity for spiders

>>44534298
Tenko barges in on Reimu and anon in a compromising position, thereby letting the cat outta the bag in terms of his triple-timing and leading to a very awkward conversation with Kasen Reimu and Tenshi. Yammy lives underground so she won't find out until tomorrow.

>>44534298
After the storm anon will have a confrontation with someone from Eientei, maybe not Eirin but it could be a bunny or Kaguya

>>44534298
Marisa is caught making out with Tenshi

>>44534298
Honestly I think >>44534391 has the right of it. The storm plot point has been building up, and with the way Writeanon has been handling things I suspect they'll continue to get worse before they get better. I enjoy it at least though, it's cathartic, in a bit of a strange way.

>>44534298
Anon is attacked by Eirin but is saved by his past dates
Junko and Heca are in on it to piss off the moonies.
Narumi just wants to do something nice for anon
Rumia is there too
Iku is convinced by Tenshi

>>44534298
Reimu nurses anon back to sanity again. The following morning, without talking to him first but assuming it didn't go well with Yamame, Reimu makes her move on anon. One thing leads to another and they end up having hot, passionate morning sex. They aren't alone however and Aya spies on them through a window, snapping the money shot as Reimu climaxes, riding anon. She can't react in time to stop Aya and the following day the story and pictures are over the Bunbunmaru front page. Yamame sees a copy after Nai shows her it and leaves for the Hakurei shrine on the warpath vowing total human death and revenge on both anon and Reimu.

>>44530467
Kogasa story? I haven't read it, where can it be found?

>>44530387
The one in Aya's story got kidnapped and raped twice then stock holmed into choosing to stay with Aya.

>>44534298
Anon dies and marries Komachi

>>44534771
he got three mini ayas out of it so it was still a win

>>44534698
>>/jp/thread/S34013806

>>44534693
>sex
Anon will forever be blue balled and the sex scene will only happen as the scene fades to black on his honeymoon.

>>44535309
>>>/jp/thread/S34013806
Thank you, kind anon
My hunger for stories is voracious

>>44535756
>and the sex scene will only happen as the scene fades to black on his honeymoon
So I'm assuming you mean all of us with "Anon".

I hope Anon and Yamame can come to an understanding someday, they're too cute to split up. Would be funny to see Anon introduce her to Reimu, Tenshi, Kasen, etc as his girlfriend, Kasen in particular would be completely dumbfounded. And it's good that he's going back to the shrine, since I was worried he was gonna leave Reimu all alone during the rainstorm after promising Kasen that he didn't need her nearby to care for Reimu.
But why was Okuu near Yamame's house? Did she just so happen to be nearby as some kind of divine coincidence, or is there something more going on?

>>44536554
>But why was Okuu near Yamame's house?
Nah, read again:
>"Just wait there. I'm going to find someone who can take you to the Shrine." I don't know how long I was waiting, but I do remember feeling someone pick me up.
Yamame probably went all the way to satori's home to ask her if she could borrow okuu.

>>44528811
Maybe Satori started feeling a little bad about what she did.

>>44536554

>>44536694
That's just a really long trip, as far as I can tell. I'm not sure who else she could have gone to, but it seems to me that going all the way to the Palace of the Earth Spirits wasn't necessarily the fastest or safest way to get Anon out of there.

>>44536779
>or safest
It's perfectly safe for Yamame, everyone reveres her.

>>44536776
heh

"-Do you think this place is? Eientei the Second? There's only meant to be-" I could hear shouting, but my mind wasn't ready to comprehend it yet. "-Hold on, for a start - Stop making that fucking racket!" I could hear yelling, but I still felt like I was halfway underwater. I could hear stomping and the vibrations beneath me. "The only reason you're even saying this is because you aren't fu- No, don't say a word, or I will perform a living, breathing, fucking autopsy on you, you stuck-up, delinquent, ex-celestial bi-" I managed to open my eyes. I was in the Shrine, and I was sat against a wall. Something was wrapped around me, and I couldn't tell what, other than that it was soft. I blinked several times, until my vision cleared, and I could see what was happening in front of me.

Reimu had clearly recovered enough to be back to her old self. She was fully dressed, and she was very annoyed. She'd taken up her gohei again, and was pointing it directly in someone's face. I tried to look a little closer, and was surprised to see Miss Tenshi, leaning against a different wall with her arms crossed, not looking the slightest bit concerned. Next to her, sat on the ground and with several bandages wrapped around her, was Marisa. She was nursing a black eye and looked like she'd been punched by an oni, but was in good spirits regardless. "Someone's recovered." Miss Tenshi muttered with an air of smugness. "All I said was-"

"Shut it, ex-celestial!" Reimu was shouting. "You want me to pincushion your face!?" She did look about five seconds from following thought.

Before she could, Marisa spoke up. "Uh, Reimu? Your husband's awake."

Reimu gave Marisa a murderous look before spinning on her heel. I thought about trying to get up, but my legs didn't seem to be cooperating. "And you - Why are you even here?" She asked pointing the gohei a little to my right. I turned my head, and now I understood what was happening. The thing around me was a giant raven wing. It was pressed against my shoulder, and I could see the veritable mane of black hair that the girl I was sat next to had. She had a green bow on her head and an intense frown on her face. "Well? Speak! You never hesitate to try and burn someone to cinders anyway!"

Okuu looked up at Reimu, her frown intensifying. "...But we're not in the reactor, right? I'm not clearing contaminants right now." She tried to rub her chin with her right arm, but the cannon attached to it got in the way, so she used her left hand instead. "Lady Satori told me to wait for her to return." She looked at me. "And Lady Satori said that I didn't need to tell Orin to take people to the furnaces if they aren't dead yet."

That sounded like good news for me, though Reimu didn't look all too pleased. "You shouldn't be taking our corpses at all." She muttered. "Why are you on the surface at all? Aren't you supposed to be in that reactor thing?"

"Er..." Okuu trailed off, looking confused. "Oh! Well, Lady Satori is on the surface for that detectivey thing, and I wanted to come because I haven't been to the surface for ages, and...there was a stand that sold grilled...something by the road and it...was tasty?" I felt like she'd lost track of what she was talking about at some point.

Reimu rolled her eyes. "Yes, very good, thank you. Not what I asked, though. The reactor isn't going to explode, is it?"

Okuu suddenly straightened up and her voice took on a cooler, more certain tone. "Of course not. The reactor is measured against several safety parameters to prevent a core meltdown, though it can survive for a week at minimum without intervention as the fuel is used. While there might be some minor radiation leakage eventually if it were to be left entirely, I will not be leaving the reactor's control room alone long enough for any problems to occur." Having finished rattling off several words that I didn't understand, her body relaxed again. "Well, er, it'll be fine."

Reimu shook her head in exasperation before crouching down to look at me. "Where'd you find him?"

"Um..." Okuu said, her frown deepening even further. "The...mountain...?" She had an intense look of concentration on her face.

It seemed like the answer hadn't been satisfactory to Reimu, who clicked her tongue in annoyance. "Ugh, birdbrains." She stepped back, to the centre of the room. "Okay, you," The gohei pointed at Okuu, who let out a strange noise that sounded something like 'Unyu?', "You," Now it was at Miss Tenshi, "And you," It was pointed to my left, where the wings were obscuring my view, "The weather won't effect you, so go and find somewhere else to loiter." Then, she pointed it at Marisa. "And you, lie down, shut up, and don't move." I heard general sounds of movement, and felt a slight breeze as the door opened.

>>44536793
I meant Anon's safety. No offense to Okuu, but she's a super-powered birdbrain. Good thing it worked out okay.

"Fine, fine." Miss Tenshi said, raising her hands as she walked to the door. "You know, you seem pretty frustrated lately. When's the last time yo-" She was forced to cut herself off when Reimu's gohei suddenly found itself flying toward her head, so she simply leaned back, put her hand on the floor, and flipped herself over to land back on her feet as if nothing had happened. She left the room and I could only hear her laughter for a few seconds before it faded.

Okuu was the next to leave, and as her wings unfurled, I suddenly felt a little bit cold. Those wings had been far warmer than I'd expected. I'd only seen Okuu while I was in the depths of mental distress or breakdowns, so I hadn't properly gotten a look at her, but when she stood to her full height, I realised that she was tall enough that her wings were brushing against the ceiling. She didn't say anything, but I saw her have to bend down just slightly to get through the sliding door without her head hitting it.

Whoever had been standing on the other side of Okuu's wing had left first, and I didn't know who it was. Maybe Aunn? Or Lady Kasen? either way, Marisa was trying to get to her feet, only to hiss in pain and fall back against the wall. I staggered to my feet, pleased to find that my head didn't hurt anymore, but I was a little bit dizzy. I managed to make it over to Marisa, and I reached out an arm. She clasped her hand around my wrist and I did the same to her, then I pulled her to her feet. Her eyes widened in sudden pain, but it faded as soon as she was standing. "Urgh, that was awful. And I've still got to lie back down over there." Marisa pointed at the futon that Reimu was laying out. I tried to ask her what had happened to her. "Long story." She leaned in closed and whispered so Reimu couldn't hear, "Try asking when Reimu isn't on the warpath."

Speaking of Reimu, she'd dropped the futon on the floor, then turned to Marisa. "There. Lie there, don't move, and I'd better not hear a word from you for the rest of the night." Marisa gave me a look that I couldn't identify, then shuffled forward to the futon. I was about to go and help her lie down when Reimu came to a halt in front of me.

She was shorter than me, but when she looked at me, I still found myself taking an involuntary step back. Her eyes were intense, and she grabbed hold of my clothes with a fist. "You." She growled. "Come with me."

She dragged me out of the door and onto the veranda, then continued to drag me until we were around the back of the Shrine. Here, the rain fell in a curtain past the edge of the roof, but there was no wind and thus, the entire veranda itself was dry. Reimu was pacing, and she kept moving her hands like she was holding her gohei, only to remember that she had thrown it at Miss Tenshi. "So," She kept clenching her fist and releasing it. "You weren't even gone for a day. Then that birdbrain shows up carrying you, and you look even worse than you did before." Reimu looks mightily upset. "You're lucky that she can't remember where she found you. I'm the only one who knows where you were." That sounded concerning. This whole conversation - or monologue, since I'd yet to get a word in - was starting to feel slightly sinister. Reimu stepped closer, and I found myself backing up against the wall. "I'm assuming things didn't go as planned." I opened my mouth, but it was clear that Reimu had already decided that my input was not necessary in this conversation. "I'm not going to attack her." She finally said once she could plainly see that I had nowhere to run to. "I knew you liked her, so I was willing to let her be, but if you're getting hurt, I need to do something." I decided that I'd be better off just letting Reimu talk until she was finished. I figured this would be fine.

Then, Reimu slammed both of her hands into the wall on either side of me, leaving me trapped between her arms. I knew that I could probably break free if I wanted to, but I did still feel just a little intimidated. "No more visiting those caves until you're well again." I tried to speak. "Well, as in, you aren't having breakdowns. I do remember your reaction when you saw Eirin in the bamboo forest, and I doubt it's going to be much better now." I remembered that incident, and I knew that I'd be lucky if I could set foot in the bamboo forest at all without suffering some traumatic brain injuries. I wondered what Reimu wanted me to do. "Stay here. With me." She stepped into me, raising her head to stare me in the eyes. "It's the safest place for you to be." I'd already spent at least a week here, so I knew that it was a safe place, but at the same time, I felt a little like I was being confined. I also felt like the way she had specified that I was to stay with her felt a little strange.

I was also now aware that she was pressing her body against mine.

Reimu seemed to suddenly become aware of this around the same time. For a moment, neither of us moved. I wondered if Reimu would leap away from me, but she remained still. Frozen, like a very attractive statue. "We've been sleeping together for days." She finally said. "In far less than this." She still hadn't pushed herself away. "I..." I had that feeling again. Like I was at a crossroad.

But in defiance of all logic, I heard a different sound. A sort of snicker, coming from my right. I slowly, painfully, turned my head. And there was Tenshi Hinanawi, leaning against the wall and looking about as amused as anyone could be. "You know, I could always get everyone out of the Shrine. Give you two some...alone time." She looked like she was struggling intensely to not burst into mad laughter. "Actually, I am going to do that. This storm's about to get worse, and you won't want to be going outside much for a few days. I'll even take Marisa home for you."

Reimu launched away from me with some sort of inarticulate yelling. I suspected that her illness hadn't fully faded yet, and as I watched Miss Tenshi effortlessly slide around all of her attacks, I could tell that I was right. I swallowed and took a deep breath. That had been a bit intense. I leant back against the wall, then decided that I'd lost enough time. Miss Tenshi offering to take Marisa home had reminded me that I didn't even know why Marisa was hurt. I caught both Reimu and Miss Tenshi's attention with a shout, though it didn't stop Reimu from trying to attack her. Slowly, I asked what had happened to Marisa. "Oh, funny story, actually. You'll love it." Miss Tenshi said, catching Reimu's fist with her forearm and spinning, throwing Reimu's balance off and sending her stumbling forward. "Actually, let's go and ask her. You'll probably want to hear this." She smiled, then shifted her weight to be just slightly more on her left foot. When Reimu tried to attack her from behind, she spun again, in a graceful pirouette like a dancer, causing Reimu to miss entirely and go stumbling forward until she crashed into me. I managed to get my hands on her shoulders and drive my weight onto my back foot just in time to stop her from tipping me over, which definitely wouldn't have done wonders for my head. Reimu looked ready to try and attack Miss Tenshi once more, so this time I waiting until she had turned around and then wrapped my arms around her shoulders and chest to stop her. It took a few seconds of struggling, but finally, she calmed down and pushed my arms away. She stalked toward Miss Tenshi and then past her, then she stormed around the corner of the Shrine and disappeared from sight.

All I was left with was Miss Tenshi and the pouring rain. Miss Tenshi's face grew serious. "You can't stay indecisive like this forever." She finally murmured, stepping closer to me. While she was taller than Reimu, she was still shorter than me, but she had a certain air of gracefulness about her that made her feel as if she stood over me. "You'll be better off if you make a decision." I felt my shoulders sink and I nodded heavily, then felt a pair of arms around my shoulders. Miss Tenshi was hugging me, gently. "You can always trust a celestial about these things." I thanked her quietly, and after a moment, she released me and stepped back. Then, flicking her hair from her shoulders, she headed back around the corner. I rubbed my face with my hands, breathed in deeply, then followed after them.

Unfortunately, Marisa was already asleep by the time I returned to the room, a fact that had Miss Tenshi a little annoyed. “Ugh, typical. What’s wrong with our luck?” She asked me with a raised eyebrow. I tried not to laugh. Miss Tenshi looked out of the door. “Storm’s getting worse. Last chance to call it, Reimu. Should I take Marisa home?”

Reimu was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed, but she raised a finger to her mouth and chewed on the nail for a moment. “…Home. I don’t have the supplies for another sick person along with both of us.” She shrugged. “Marisa’s survived off random mushrooms and enough salt to kill a grown man for years, so I doubt she’ll die any time soon. Once the storm passes, you can bring her back and we’ll go through everything that happened.” Reimu sounded very decisive. I supposed that that was what I was missing.

I wasn’t missing the sheen of sweat on her forehead, though. Clearly the exertion had been more than she could handle.

Miss Tenshi shrugged, then gently lifted Marisa from the bed as if she was incredibly delicate. “In the Forest of Magic, right?” Reimu nodded. “Alright, we’ll see you in a few days, then.” I thanked Miss Tenshi for everything she had done, then asked her to thank Marisa as well. Miss Tenshi smiled. “Wouldn’t be very celestial-like of me to ignore you, would it?” She stepped outside, and I could see a keystone hovering in the grey light beyond the veranda. In a moment, the two had disappeared.
Reimu sighed heavily, trying to push herself off of the wall but clearly struggling. I reached out, sliding my hands around her waist just in time for her legs to give out. She sagged in my arms, to the point that my hands slid up her waist until I had my hands wrapped around her back and under her armpits. “I thought I was fine now.” She mumbled in annoyance. “What the hell did that spider hit me with?” I didn’t know, not properly. Yamame had said it was just a fever, but the weakness seemed to be hitting her far too hard for that.

I pulled Reimu’s arm over my shoulder so I could support her back to her own room. I kicked the sliding door shut behind me, then pulled the door to Reimu’s room open and dragged her inside. I was relieved to see that Reimu’s spurt of energy had allowed her to tidy the room somewhat, though the pair of futons on the floor were still unmade and messy. Either way, I turned to Reimu and gently slid her detached sleeves off. She let me pull the bow out of her hair and slide the hair ribbons free, and I ran a hand through her hair to get it to fall back into its normal look. She shivered slightly, so I decided that I’d better get her into bed as soon as possible.

I managed to get her to lift her arms, and I pulled her vest off, leaving her in her sleeveless top and skirt. “Skirt.” She mumbled. I wrapped an arm around her back just in case she fell, then fumbled with the clip of her skirt until it came loose, falling away from her in a heap. Now, it was just the shirt and the bloomers, but Reimu looked like she was about to fall over, so I pulled her into the futon and sat her down. I undid the buttons quickly, trying not to think about how badly my last attempt at undoing the buttons of a shirt had gone. Fortunately, I experienced no panic attacks this time, and the shirt came open quickly. I slid it off of her shoulders, though the awkward angle forced me to lean in close enough to Reimu that I felt my cheek brush against her clavicle, and she let out another shiver. Finally, I’d gotten the shirt off, so I laid her down, trying not to look at her bare chest too much, and stripped my own shirt off. I laid down next to her, and she pulled my arms until they were wrapped around her. Her chest pressed into me, and I tried not to take note of the way I could feel each time she breathed in and out. She scooted her legs closer, so she could wrap them around mine, trapping my leg under her thigh.

From there, it took her about a minute to fall asleep, and it took me no time at all to follow suit.

Yamame may be the spider here, but it feels like anon couldn't have gotten more tangled in Reimu's web now. Whatever changed while he was away it's made her more predatory than an actual spider youkai now she has anon trapped in her web.

Don't let this relationship squabbling distract you from the fact that an army of rabbits are inbound to the hakurei shrine RIGHT NOW!

I wonder what exactly Tenshi and Marisa were up to. I bet Marisa tried stealing something from Eientei and it ended badly.

>>44537473
Nah more likely ahe got brain gray matter absorbed from her brain like Anon so she could forget her trauma that satori brought back. Or tried to revenge for anon. Considering there was a hint by punched by oni id like to say she went to hell something something marisa shenangians.

>>44537473
Sounds more like she just got in a fight

>>44537453
Ran and likely Yukari are keeping an eye on it

>>44537436
She's probably just having a bad day and doesn’t want to be bothered with pleasantries.

>>44537819
Reimu gave Marisa that black eye for trying to trick her into taking an aphrodisiac under the pretence it was a 'recovery potion' or something along those lines to make things 'interesting' with anon. That's probably why Tenshi finds it so hilarious. Would explain Reimu being so tired and bad tempered, Marisa looking so beaten up and Tenshi just losing her sides at the whole thing and baiting Reimu talking about 'alone time with anon'.

>>44537473
She actually got lobotomized as a treatment for her thievery. The black eye is a result from the needle piercing around the area to reach the brain.

>>44536934
>Maybe Aunn? Or Lady Kasen?
I'm not sure who Writeanon is foreshadowing being present here, but it's definitely not either of the two he namedropped. Kasen definitely would've had more to add to the situation, especially given Anon's recklessness, and Aunn isn't exactly the silent type for the most part.

>>44539206
So the only hints we have is that she isn't affected by the weather and that 'she can go loiter elsewhere' meaning that at least she's useless enough or disconnected enough to not have a real role yet.
My guess is that its the other cave dweller we saw earlier, Suika. It would make sense given that she is also known to hang around the shrine sometimes. Though her being this quiet is odd and doesn't exactly fit

>>44539302
Any of the newhus?
Maybe Sanae, although she wouldn't remain quiet.
Maybe it's Miko, that would be interesting.
Patchy wouldn't come, but maybe she sent Sakuya in her place?
Miyoi is also an option, with pretty much no hints given it can be almost anyone.

>>44539807
Sakuya is an option as she's a frequent enough visitor at least but I can't see where any nuhu would fit in this scenario given the placement of Anon on his breakdown. Its implied that its someone from old hell given that Yammy went down to get Okyuu leaving a rather thin selection of girls. Assuming she is from old hell and not someone already just hanging out at the shrine

>>44539850
I assumed it was more related to Marisa and not Okuu and Anon (god, why couldn't it have been me cradled in those wings...)
Oh, it's Reisen. No doubt in my mind now, since our anon wasn't allowed to see her.

>>44539910
Reisen or Yukari.

>>44536926
>I meant Anon's safety
It's not like yamame had to carry anon to the palace, she told him to wait there at the entrance of the cave.

>>44536926
Oh nevermind, I guess you meant having okuu carry anon isn't the safest way. Eh, it does sound decently safe to me compared to travelling by land, among any youkai which might be lurking around.

Pic related is Reimu on a warpath as her husband has yet again wandered shirtless into a storm to be trapped alone with another youkai for the night.

>>44539302
>useless
It's a competition of uselessness, then Yukari wins every time.

>>44536944
>"We've been sleeping together for days." She finally said. "In far less than this." She still hadn't pushed herself away. "I..."
What was she going to say, anons?

>>44544105
>"I... can't figure out why kids love the taste of cinnamon toast crunch!"

>>44544105
"I...'m in severe child-punching withdrawal."
"You need to go and find Kyouko Kasodani and bring her to me right now."

>>44544105
I need to borrow about three fiddy

>>44544213
"And thats when I realized Reimu wasn't no shrine maiden, she was the lochness monster!"

>>44544105
She was going to say that they should start taking baths together too, in order to save on water.
She's so considerate of the environment!

>>44544105
"I... I like you anon."

>>44544105
"I... I... I thought you were a GEP gun."

>>44544358
Next time!
Reimu makes a critical mistake!
>"Why are you locked in the bathroom?"
>"You talking to me?"
Anon needs to make money for the Shrine!
>"Why don't you try getting a job?"
>"Okay, where?"
>"Eientei."
Anon does not like this idea!
>"Maybe you should join Eientei, in a body bag!"
Reisen arrives at the Shrine bearing bad news!
>"I have contamination and mutants, in my brain."
>"Just another parasite."

By now Reimu is obviously more than healthy enough to sleep on her own, at this point they're sleeping together half-nude just because she likes it. Am I wrong?

>>44544606
She probably could just fine, and yes she likes it.

>>44544606
Reimu is very selfish, needy, mean, greedy and lazy. So no, you aren't wrong.

Tenkobros... we may be on lifesupport, Tenshi may be entirely out of the running, she may actively be trying to hook up Reimu, but our hope won't die!
If Eirin can have a dark horse ending then we'll get a blue ending!
Say it with me now
OUT
OF
THE
BLUE

>>44544635
Anon you underestimate the sheer size of Tenkos forehead and the knowledge hidden within.
I will now reveal the true end so this is an actual spoiler, writeanon if you are reading this don't open.
Tenko is playing the longest game, she will welcome anon to their forever afterlife after he's lived a long life with whoever he chooses

>>44544635
TENKO LUCK
WHY ARE YOU NOT WORKING
SHE'S SUPPOSED TO FIND HERSELF A MAN AND SETTLE DOWN
HE LITERALLY OWES HIS LIFE TO YOU TENKO
JUST MAKE A DAMN MOVE ALREADY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!

>>44544658
Tenshi would never see Anon again because Anon would be sent to osmium hell for all his sins until his soul is purified and he finally stops being so incredibly fucking dense.

>>44544687
>until his soul is purified and he finally stops being so incredibly fucking dense.
I can't believe anon will be in hell forever.

>>44544687
Anon, Tenko can just waltz into the deepest parts of hell and bring back what she pleases. Her retrieving anon would be like going to the store

>>44544687
lmao get hacked idiot

>>44544687
All the more reason why she should move quickly lest she spend her days lamenting the loss of the one man who she hasn't driven away!
Just get them sleeping in seperate rooms tenko!
This arrangement is the work of the sex hermit, she does NOT have Anon's best interests at heart!

>>44544712
She's too perfect for this world

>>44544699
Not only is hell fuckhuge and anon would be impossible to find, she'd also need to contend with Hecatia, who now has anon all to herself. Plus, her parents are obviously going to ground her for ten million years for all the trouble she caused.
It's a losing proposition to wait until death.
>>44544712
Cracking a magic circle that leads straight to your goal is far easier than finding the soul of Anon in a hell filled entirely with a material that's only slightly less dense than he is.

>>44544658
The slow turtle comes first than the rabbit. I think the saying goes like that.

>>44544748
Heca would probably just make a deal with Tenshi

>>44544752
yeah well at this rate reimu will definitely be coming first
and second, and third

Reimu thinks she can tie down anon and take his most important thing, but I think his heavenly luck will pull through and Kasen will interrupt them right before.

>>44544771
this is how Eirin wins
anon comes down with blue balls so severe that he is forced to go to eientei
Eirin will then reveal that the secret to reversing the hourai elixir is to fill a hourai immortal with so much cum they explode
and guess who the first test subject is

>>44544781
Mokou obviously, Eirin wouldn't risk herself or Kaguya before at least one test subject.

>>44544754
Yeah, she'd let Tenko watch while Anon takes all three of her virginities.

>>44544810
eirin's already a 65 million year old god, she's basically double immortal
she could lose one source of immortality and maybe loosen up a bit if she's, you know, loosened up a bit

>>44544781
Using purified lust and the endurance of a not-quite-celestial, combined with Lunarian super-viagra to cumflate a hourai soul. Truly only the brain of the moon would be capable of such an impressive feat.

>>44544762
will anon's human (+peach) limits be capable of handling reimu's sexual stamina?

>>44544914
>"It takes some getting used to." Lady Kasen told me. "Keep up with it, and you'll be strong enough to endure Reimu before long." I asked her if Reimu was likely to hit me with her gohei that much. "Her wh- I mean, er, yes.
Kasen was prepared

>>44544957
I can't believe Kasen not only planned it all out but her plan is going without a hitch! Someone needs to stop her before its too late!

>>44544105
I....I...I...I'M A GOOFY GOOBER!

>>44544957
Such foreshadowing.. writefag kino!

Dark horse Marisa victory where she realizes everyone is trying to take something precious to anon and swoops in to steal it first as payment.

Writer here, due to some foreseen, but abruptly made more annoying circumstances, I've had to cut this one a little shorter than usual

>>44544105
"I... might've given you crabs...

>>44545927
Take it easy, king.

"Storm Shutters." I nodded. "Offertory box." I slowly nodded, but then realised that I hadn't done that. "Make sure any laundry is in." Since it had already started raining at least a day ago, I would have been amazed if any was left outside. "Tea." That was Reimu's job, not mine. "Fine. Pull up a bucket or two of water now so you don't have to go outside when it gets too windy. " I'd already pulled up two, anticipating the storm to last a day or two. "Food?" I'd done a check of the pantry, but since we couldn't leave the Shrine, it wouldn't have made much difference if it was empty. "Did you make sure Aunn doesn't try and spend the storm outside, thinking that she can handle it because she could when she was a statue?" I hadn't actually seen Aunn - the one who actually talked, anyway - in days. "Oh. Kasen might have sent her off to spy on the Moriya lot, actually. Well, make sure the other one doesn't get blown away." The other Aunn was the one who rarely talked and always seemed like she was in a slightly bad mood. She typically hung around the grounds, so I'd caught her and told her to make sure she stayed safe in the storm. She hadn't really reacted, but I hoped that she'd gotten the message. I wasn't sure if a youkai komainu statue can really get all that damaged, but I hoped not.

Preparing the Shrine for a storm had somehow escaped Reimu's priority list in-between the illness and dealing with all the guests who came to waste time and-slash-or carry my unconscious body around, so when she had finished kicking me in the shins enough times to wake me up and make me actually release my arms, which were wrapped around her so tight that she could barely move her hands, she had starting rattling off the lists of things that needed to be done before the wind picked up. Luckily, we were still just barely safe from the worst of it, thought it was clear that while it was early morning, it would be too heavy to venture outside within an hour or two.

Knowing that I had better brave the storm now, I'd gotten dressed in just about everything that I had - which hadn't amounted to much, truth be told, since some of my clothes were still in my home in the village and the rest were in Lady Kasen's dojo - only for Reimu to speak up. "I wouldn't bother with the clothes." She said, looking up at me from where she sat at the table. "You're just going to get soaked through, right? And we won't be able to properly do laundry until the storm ends." She pulled herself up to her feet, leaning slightly more on the table than I would have liked, and approached me. "Take it off." She said, in the sort of tone I imagine she would comment on a piece of meat at the butchers in the village. I felt something shoot through my brain when said that, like some sort of tingling, though I didn't know why. She was staring at me impassively, and it made me feel slightly sluggish, so when my arms didn't move immediately, she clicked her tongue in annoyance and stepped closer, slipping her hands underneath my shirt. I stiffened slightly as she slid her hands up and over my chest, bringing the shirt up with it. "Arms." She told me, and I dutifully raised them. She pulled the shirt over my head, then from my arms, leaving me shirtless.

For a moment, it looked like Reimu was about to do something else, her hands frozen in mid-air with my shirt still hanging from them. Then, she shook her head and dropped the shirt to the side. "You can keep the rest." She said, her voice sounding strangely strangled. "But get done and back as quick as you can, yes?" I nodded, not at all looking forward to this. I slipped my shoes on, then, taking a few deep breaths to steel myself, I threw the sliding door open and ran outside.

The rain was hammering down, and I thanked myself for putting the storm shutters out earlier, then cursed myself in the same breath for forgetting to bring the offertory box in, even though it was probably empty anyway. Knowing that I'd have no choice, I tried to pull the storm shutter open just slightly, and I still felt far too many raindrops immediately hit my face. I grit my teeth, then pulled the shutter open enough for me to squeeze through. The rain lashed at my skin immediately and I nearly fell when the wind threatened to pull me off of my feet. I stumbled forward, forcing my weight down with each step to keep myself steady, and staggered across the courtyard to the Hall of Worship. There, I found that the offertory box had already collected a thin layer of water - and no donations - at the bottom, so I cursed and pulled the storm shutters for the Hall of Worship open, took hold of the offertory box with both hands and lifted it up so the water could run out. Then, I carried it into the Hall of Worship and placed it in a corner, since I didn't really know where I was meant to put things in here. I stepped back out and pulled the storm shutters shut again, and braved my way back across the courtyard.

Apart from one frightening moment when a branch fell to the ground near me, I didn't run into any problems. Just before I headed back to the Shrine, I looked out past the torii gate and over the valley. I couldn't see much thanks to the heavy rain, but then there was a flash of lightning, and I thought that I could see figures out in the distance, flitting back and forth between the village and the mountain. I had no idea what that could be about, but I hoped it wasn't something dangerous. Maybe Shameimaru would know.

Either way, I didn't want to be out much longer. I was, predictably, soaked through, and it wouldn't be long before I was as sick as Reimu, so I hurried back to the Shrine and squeezed back through the storm shutters, pulling them into place behind me. I opened the door, pulled my wet shoes off, stepped inside and closed it behind me.

Reimu was waiting in front of me, her arms folded. From one hung a towel. "Sit." She told me, gesturing to a pillow on the floor. Not really sure what she was planning, I obeyed. I heard Reimu settle on her knees behind me, then I felt her hand on my shoulder. "I won't have you soaking my floor." She said, before dropping the towel on my head where it flopped over my eyes. I was about to reach up and pluck it off, when I felt her hand disappear from my shoulder, and then I felt the towel begin to move. Reimu was towelling my hair dry. She had a very light touch, but it turned out to be very relaxing. Each movement made some pleasant tingling run through my body, and I suddenly felt very sleepy. Then, she moved the towel down to my neck, then my shoulders and arms. She ran the towel down my back, then took hold of my shoulders and pulled me back. I felt my mostly dry head settle onto something soft and warm, and when I looked up, it was to see Reimu's face staring down at me with an unreadable expression on her face.

My head was in her lap.

She ran the towel across my chest and stomach, then laid it to one side. "Done? Offertory box in?" She asked me. I nodded, not wanting to move my head any more than I had to. "Good. Last thing I want is it getting filled up with water. It's heavy enough on its own." I hadn't thought it was that heavy, but I was willing to stay silent. I already knew that Reimu was stronger than she looked. Reimu brought her hands back to my head and began absentmindedly running them through my hair. I felt like I almost melted immediately, the pleasurable sensations running through my body with each movement of her nimble fingers. I must have looked happy, because Reimu looked down at me with a slight smile. "Enjoying yourself? Come on, I've pulled out some oranges, but you can peel them." I felt strangely cold when Reimu pushed me back off of her lap, but I shuffled around to sit at the table where I could see the bowl of oranges. I tried to shuffle forward, but Reimu stopped me. She looked at me with a strange expression, then unclipped her skirt, letting it fall to the ground around her legs.

Before I could ask her what she was doing, she stepped over me and sat herself down in my lap. In my surprise I ended up leaning back too far and falling onto my back. Reimu remained on my lap, and she looked over her shoulder at me with a frown on her face. "What? It's comfy here." She sighed and pulled her vest off. "I'm a little warm, though." She looked at my - probably slightly dumbfounded - expression. "Again, what? You've seen it all before." She pouted a little, then spun so she was facing me. This movement caused a very dangerous chain of reactions on my body, so I was forced to draw up all my worst memories to keep myself from a...physical reaction. Reimu looked down at me with a frown, her hands busying themselves with the buttons of her shirt. I tried to stammer out something about the cold, but Reimu was ignoring me. She finished with the buttons, her shirt falling loose, and I felt my throat go dry. I found myself sitting up again just enough to take hold of the two halves of the shirt and slide it down her arms, over the detached sleeves that she had stubbornly left on. The effect was something electric. "Sit up." Reimu finally said. "I'm hungry." She spun again, her bloomer-clad rear pressed against my lap, and no number of thoughts could prevent the way my blood moved at that point. Reimu stubbornly ignored that which she must have been able to feel, though she did make sure to pull my arms around her waist as soon as I was sitting up. She relaxed back against my chest, and I could smell that same cinnamon smell in her hair. I didn't know how she was doing it, but it was almost intoxicating. "Hey..." Reimu finally murmured, leaning forward. I could feel the muscles in her stomach tense just slightly as she moved, and then relax as she came back. She slid an orange into my hand.

I could not think of anything that I wanted in my hand less than an orange at this exact moment.

But, I wasn't insane - or at least, I wasn't yet, so I forced my thoughts back into order and began to peel, trying to ignore the many things happening in the Shrine today. Within a minute, I'd skinned the whole fruit and with trembling hands, I broke it into segments. "Wow." Reimu whispered. "Very dextrous." I did something that could maybe be called a nod, if you squinted and hit yourself in the head with a brick a few times first. Reimu took a piece and popped it into her mouth. Then, she took a second piece. This one, she gave to me by placing it directly into my mouth. I chewed and swallowed, trying to think about anything except what was currently happening. I didn't know when the orange was finished, or when the next one had been peeled, but the next thing I did know, there were significantly less oranges on the table, and Reimu was wriggling around on my lap again, seemingly in search for a more comfortable spot. I felt like screaming. "You still feel a little cold." Reimu told me. I assumed that that was because all the blood in my body was trying to move somewhere else. "You'll catch a cold if you stay shirtless like that." With my brain either so full of thoughts that I couldn't think, or entirely empty - and I wasn't really sure which - I asked Reimu if she was still too warm. She sat for a moment, her face impassive. "Hmm." She turned her head to look back at me. "Perhaps a little." She pressed her rear down on my lap for a split second - though it felt like it lasted for hours - and then got to her feet.

Suddenly, I felt very cold indeed. I stammered some sort of question about where she was going. "I'm running a bath for you. We could both do with one." I didn't get a chance to ask her who would be using it first before she'd padded out of the room, leaving me with nothing but a lingering warmth on my body and the sight of her pulling off those sleeves as she left the room.

I was starting to wonder if, by the end of this storm, I would have completely lost my mind.

>>44545927
it's okay writefriend, I love you still ( ´ω`)

I really wish I had the imagination of a writerfag, they are so incredible bros, truly a /jp/ wonder

>>44546160
AAAAA I FORGOT TO DELETE THE NAME AGAIN

A bit of a dick move not to check on clownpiece

>>44546160
>>44546169
Accidental namefagging, a classic /jp/ blunder.

>>44546169
It's okay, Toyohime-tan. It wasn't your fault.

She's just like her mom

>>44546160
You can always try your hand at it.
1. Have a touhou(s) you like and/or would fugg as well as a decent grasp on touhou lore.
2.Get a idea on what you want the story to be about.
3. Actually sit down and write it. Make time to sit down and write it often (the most difficult part) and keep at it until you reach the end. You might see ways you could have improved the story or errors you made, but just finish it regardless.

Of course general writing tips apply as well. Read plenty of stories and learn from how they're written, always proofed, etc.

>>44546219
Plot twist
Eirin is trying to gain anon's luck so she can get Yukari to stop stalking her

>>44546240
Thank you, I would love to see a writerfag from here getting converted into a book writer or something like that.

Reimu's crossed the limits of decency; Anon better watch out because she's gonna jump his bones the second he lets his guard down. That rotten oni hag's master plan has finally come together to ensnare our poor hero! Poor Yamame and Tenshi, how can they hope to compete against this succubus??

>>44546301
Don't you mean she's crossed the BORDERS of decency?

>>44546240
Here's a trick related to this story
Even if you have no plans going into it, throw in some backstory red herrings for your character, so even if you don't use all of them, or even any of them, if you do suddenly find yourself needing to inject a plot onto the story, it doesn't feel like your main character suddenly had a major backstory that just wasn't mentioned for no reason
Here, anon just about gets away with it because the memory issues were established early on for a smaller thing before being brought up for a bigger thing, but there was still an element of 'that came out of nowhere'

>>44546021
>>44546028
I can't believe Tenko and Yamamemimomu are getting cucked.. have Reimufags won?

> thought that I could see figures out in the distance, flitting back and forth between the village and the mountain.
Those Damn Yokai what are they planning!

>>44546472
It's probably the tengu stopping the village from getting pulled out of the ground by a tornado

>>44546444
YES

>>44546478
>>44546472
Keep in mind that anon is (was?) A human villager, and the various youkai vying for control over the human village, which is basically anyone who's anyone, work to prevent the village taking any bad damage during a super typhoon (which is what this storm is) like the tengu are seen pulling away broken branches and taking kosuzu into protective custody when she falls down a waterfall after trying to go to the shrine during the typhoon
Anon's probably never seen weather this bad in his life

When I'm on the jaypee I forget I'm on 4chan. Its crazy to think this board (and by extension this thread) shares space with places like /g/ and /pol/. Kind of hilarious really.

Decisive Reimu victory! But then Yamame or Tenshi also could still get anon in the end if what Reimu's most likely about to do him in the bath next ends up putting anon off humans for life. They're on a collision course to fuck, but it might just end up a wild moment of emotion that doesn't really grow beyond it. Although that said, anon can't seem to hide it or keep a poker face any more, nor can Reimu stop trying to rationalise any reason for throwing herself at him now. Two unstoppable forces of unrestrained instinct are about to come together; in a bathroom.

>>44546524
This is the real 4chan, anon. Places like /g/ and /pol/ came much later.

>>44546541
Hecatia will pay the shrine a visit after Clownpiece let's her know Reimu is trying to take her date away.

>>44545927
Man don't worry about it at all, take all the time you need for these.

>>44546271
Any writefag isn't going to be bragging about their fanfics so its a moot point

>>44546541
Seems about time for a sudden bnuuy assault don't you think? If not, anon will be the proud father of a bunch of little grumps before he knows it

>>44546890
It's still general practice and familiarization the fundamentals that carries on to larger, more serious and/or commercial works. It's like developing fangames until eventually putting something on Steam, or making YouTube videos before submitting something to a film festival.

>>44546911
I wish the bnuuy assault had come when Satori was at the shrine. I want to see her order Okuu to reduce Eientei and probably the entire surrounding region and Bamboo Forest of the Lost to a smoking, post-apocalyptic radioactive wasteland.

Total Lunarian Death.

Reimu is completely shameless, grinding her hips on a taken man while half dressed.
Anon is also in the wrong, for leading her on and not putting his foot down.
Luckily they will soon be interrupted by a certain Luigi who has heard from Aunn what is happening.

On an unrelated note, I like to imagine Aunn is having dinner at the Moriyas and is happily recounting tales of anon to an excited Suwako and blushing Kanako.

>>44548668
>Reimu is completely shameless
That comes as no surprise considering her dialogue on SoEW.

>>44546240
>You can always try your hand at it.
Not him, but there are lines like "I did something that could maybe be called a nod, if you squinted and hit yourself in the head with a brick a few times first." which are hilarious, and to me are the sign of a true writefag. I could never see myself thinking of stuff like that in a million years.

>>44549398
here's the trick
you can just steal it
I can probably trace that one back to terry pratchett somehow

I'll post the new thread with updated screenshots in an hour or so.

>>44549747
thank u

>>44546543
/pol/ as been around since 2006 with /n/ and /new/ just being proto /pol/

Next thread:
>>44550620

>>44550654
Yes but the board culture was completely different.