Paper Koishi Anonymous 2017/09/21 (Thu) 23:28 No. 2153 ▼ The crunching of paper.
So wet. So moist.
Your tiny boat didn't stand a chance.
The water kept seeping in… You could feel it penetrating the borders.
Shriveling the skin. Turning the paleness into a sickly, wrinkled yellow.
The hat, ribbon torn by the current. Your skirt, shrinking and ripping as you claw for air.
Your arms burn, nearly ripping at the seams as you struggle to breathe. Struggle for the surface. Water invades your chest. So close. The sun is so close.
Freedom.
“KOISHI!”
You awake with a start, through your gasp doesn't come; your chest is too waterlogged to be useful for anything but coughing. "KOISHIIIII!!" You look around in greater alarm. That was your sister's voice! You attempt to rise, but find yourself flapping uselessly, a pair of clothespins keeping you in place. You shake your hair, trying to force some of the water off of your floppy form, but it's no use. You have a hard enough time seeing, though; your body is all wavy and wrinkly. You can barely see past your chin!
One thing's certain: you'll have to get down from here. You flop back and forth, trying to free yourself, but you feel so heavy. You try to bend up and grab at the pins, but can't reach. You're just too soggy; you certainly don’t have the strength.
And then you land on the floor with a splat when your arteries manage what you failed. It seems that they took your boot dagger and cut the line.
You lie on a floor you've never stood on, staring up at the ceiling you've never seen as you try to at least flatten out. It... doesn’t work. You’ll need the warm press of your comforters at home to do the job. However, you do manage to peel your head off the floor to look for your sister… wherever she may be.
You stand on legs that feel like they will break apart at any moment, taking in your surroundings. There's a floor, walls and a ceiling, sure, but this also seems to be a cell. The flat metal bars holding you within are proof enough of that. They’re not even nice enough to give you a window!
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Cirno and Daiyousei, Sitting in a Tree Anonymous 2017/09/29 (Fri) 23:51 No. 2154 ▼ “Woah Daiyousei, the view from your house is so awesome!”
At the end of a long day, along the shore of the Misty Lake, in the uppermost branches of a certain tree were two young fairies. At first glance, this would not seem to be such an unusual thing to find in the land of Gensokyo. Gensokyo was home to many trees, with many young fairies frolicking among the many branches, usually making mischief for any unsuspecting humans or youkai below. What made this particular tree so unique was the fact that these two particular fairies were not frolicking at all, but were in fact sitting. For this particular tree was planted in just the right spot, that the waterfalls and rivers of the Youkai Mountain could be seen reflected in the calm waters of the misty lake, set aglow in the beautiful oranges and yellows of the setting sun.
“Thanks Cirno. This view is the whole reason I picked this tree to live in.”
The two fairies sat close together, contentedly watching the sunset in silence. However, although the view was breathtaking, one of the fairies found it difficult to focus on it. For this fairy had something weighing heavily upon her mind.
This is it Daiyousei, the fairy thought to herself.
You’re all alone with Cirno watching a beautiful sunset together. Now is the perfect chance to tell her how you really feel about her. “Um… Cirno. There’s something really important that I have to tell you.”
“What’s up Dai?” Asked the ice fairy, quickly taking her eyes off the view to focus on her friend.
“Well… you see,” Daiyousei nervously began. “We’ve been friends for a long time right?”
“Sure have. For as long as I can remember.”
“Yeah,” Daiyousei continued. “And whenever I’m with you, we always have lots of fun together.”
“Sure do,” Cirno agreed.
“And whenever a strong youkai or someone scary like Reimu comes along, you’re always there to protect me. So even though I always get really scared when stuff like that happens, I know that everything will end up ok.”
“Awe, that’s really no big dea
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Prey Anonymous 2017/09/30 (Sat) 01:04 No. 2155 ▼ "Graaaagh! I've had it!"
Luna Child punched the nearest available tree trunk in frustration, stirring up a cloud of startled insects.
"We've been wading, through a swamp, in the rain, for
four hours. I'm covered from head to toe in mud, mosquito bites and
bug guts, because some
genius had the bright idea of swatting them with a
giant exploding hammer!"
She slumped against the tree and slid into a half-sitting position.
"I wanna go home."
"We all do, Luna," Marisa replied, leaning tiredly on her sword.
"At least you're not up to your neck in river water," Luna shot back.
Marisa winced; as the shortest of the party, Luna was the worst off by far.
"These conditions do leave something to be desired," Kaguya agreed. Even covered in muck and sopping wet, she somehow managed to look dignified.
"We haven't even seen a single Ludroth yet," Luna groused. "How hard can it be to find a ten-foot lizard?"
"Not this hard, surely," Marisa agreed. She turned to look over her shoulder. "Something up your nose?"
"I smell disaster," Hina replied, still sniffing at the air.
"Please tell me it's not coming this way," Luna groaned.
"It's coming from over there," Hina said, pointing.
Marisa squelched to Hina's side and squinted through the downpour. The silhouette of a ruined ziggurat was barely visible against the clouds.
"Should we investigate?" Kaguya asked, shielding her face from the rain to look as well.
"If it gets us out of this bloody rain, I'm all for it." Luna punctuated her sentence by doffing her Great Jaggi cap and wringing the water out of her hair.
"Screw it, can't be any worse than this," Marisa said. "Let's go!"
"We'd better hurry," Hina warned.
Hina lead the way as the four hunters strug
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