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[Anonymous No.]

Her silhouette remains etched in my mind from that afternoon.

I was in the Bamboo Forest collecting mushrooms and herbs as I do every once in a while. Some people might tell you it's a dangerous area, but they're really exaggerating. If anything, they're trying to scare people so they can keep prices high on these sorts of magical ingredients. Sure, the forest is covered in fairies and has its fair share of Youkai, but I've never once had a problem with any of them. The fairies are, of course, harmless. The Youkai mostly seem to ignore humans, or in rare cases, give a passing greeting. Maybe they're too afraid of the shrine maiden to go around eating people--or maybe those stories were exaggerations themselves.

At any rate, it was nearing the end of the afternoon when I saw a figure in the distance. I initially assumed it a Youkai--it was far too large to be a fairy, and what were the odds I'd meet another human here? Yet the creature moved through the forest effortlessly. It was more than the walk of a native; it suggested that whoever this was, it had been here a long, long time.

It felt like only a few seconds--it must have been longer though--before she was standing by my side. She looked as if she couldn't have been older than her twenties, but something about the way she stood gave the impression that she was far, far older. She wore an outfit that looked as if it hadn't been washed for weeks yet her long hair appeared smooth as silk. She had to be a Youkai. But then why had she approached me?

[Anonymous No.]

With lightning-fast movements, she grabbed my hand and began walking me towards the edge of the forest.

About to ask her what she was doing, she pre-empted my question. “You need to leave the forest now. This is a bad time for a human to be here.”

“But I come here all the time! What's wrong this time?”

“This isn't a good time, at least not today. If you stayed longer, you would see why, but I can't let you do that, because then I couldn't guarantee your safety.”

We moved faster and faster through the thicket. Whoever this was, she clearly knew the entire forest like the back of her hand.

“Wait, what's going to happen?”

“Nothing that should be glimpsed by mortal eyes.”

In seemingly record time, we had exited the forest.

[Anonymous No.]

“Wait, if you're a Youkai, why are you helping me?”

“When did I say I was a Youkai?”

“Wait, but if you're not mortal--”

I turned to face her. She was gone.

Blindingly bright colored light began to filter through the trees from deep inside the forest.

Instinctively, I turned around and began walking back towards the village.

[Anonymous No.]

>Instinctively, I turned around and began walking back towards the village.

Wrong direction, dumbass.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1960173

Oh come on, I'll go back through afterward and get all the BAD ENDs.

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>>1960176
Don't fuck around with this pasta- go seriously make a text based adventure. It will get far higher exposure aswell as being far more enjoyable.

[Anonymous No.]

So I assume you end up boning her, right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>1960206
I suspect it's quite the opposite.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1960230

I really, really hate some things about Touhou.

[Anonymous No.]

>>1960247

and I really hate most things about Touhou, but what of it?

[Anonymous No.]

>>1960261

Never mind.

[Anonymous No.]

If I squinch up my eyes, I can imagine it's this is Keine talking, and the story ends in hot lesbian sex.

[Anonymous No.]

Did >>1960183 seriously get through to this guy?

[Anonymous No.]

>>1960363

Writing is easy. Writing something large, and making it not suck (and avoiding filling it with memes), is hard.

I could try sometime.

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>>1960159

Reach for the Moon ~ Immortal Smoke is now playing in your head manually.