>“Mmmm?” Yukari turned, giving her a small smile. …Then, her eyes suddenly narrowed. “Kosuzu, are you alright?”

>“Huh?” Kosuzu blinked. “What do you mean?”

>“For a moment there…” Yukari sighed. “...No, nevermind. Not now, at least.”

...Yukari just sensed Tsukasa using Kosuzu's eyes via that spell didn't she?

Will vote later.

at this point the immaterial children so far either have 3 moms (yachie, keiki, and haru for reimu, ran, tsukasa, and mrs. motoori for kosuzu) or no moms (akyuu was born from a vat and the reiuji/konpaku twins had the rest of their clutch and presumably their mother eaten by a hellhound). go big or go home, i guess.

[X] "Don't worry, you're gonna get stronger."

picking at random here, might change this later.

{X} Despite borrowing the books on the artifact, Kosuzu turned her attention back to the chapters Yukari had bookmarked in Ran’s Grimoire. She wanted to learn more fox magic, as soon as possible, and the spells on sound control were already giving her ideas.

i think most (if not all) of us can say our faith in tsukasa is completely lost by now. we still need a stealth specialist to balance out reimu and mayumi (and quite possibly yumemi if she joins us), though. i say even if tsukasa kit-napped us, we still picked up a few things from her and i don't see why we should let it go to waste.

[X] "Don't worry, you're gonna get stronger."

{X} Despite borrowing the books on the artifact, Kosuzu turned her attention back to the chapters Yukari had bookmarked in Ran’s Grimoire. She wanted to learn more fox magic, as soon as possible, and the spells on sound control were already giving her ideas.

This, I believe, is the spite Tsukasa option. Seriously, the moment the characters find out what’s going on, we are telling Yukari, and then dropping the bitch in front of her. I imagine she can come up with far better torture methods than we can, and it would be a nice bit of catharsis for her.

[x] No wait, did he say he told Mayumi some bits? Did he know about her being a youkai, somehow?

>>210827
>>210829
>>210830

The vote was called as of >>210824, (see >>210823) so the extra votes aren't necessary. (Though it would've been a touch hilarious if they had been for the other option and/or somehow tying it up again. Tough I'd guess that Gooboi would just go off of the initial tiebreaker vote in that situation XP )

New thread up at >>210832!

And hopefully a second update incoming tonight too!

[X] Ask for a timeline of events. Tell Yukari that your memories stop on the 1st of December right after the shrine burned down.
-[X] You were with Yuuka.

>>210739
>>210743

This doesn't make sense. She already knows we were with Yuuka and we just mentioned that we blacked out in the Garden of the Sun.

I feel like we should nail the details fiest. We have 24 hours and it's only been an hour so far at most. I'd call it more like 10 to 20 minutes.

Captcha: SEASONS

[X] What happened with Marisa, how did she die?

Let's hear how out supposed master plan played out.

The way that the beast was described in the previous update reminds me a bit of the beast inside Guts in Berserk.

>"Sup?"
This one bit of dialogue made me remember how Hakurou used to act. With how serious he's been I almost forgot that he used to be a little shit. Funny how it's come full circle.

>>210688
I'd say he's still capable of being a massive troll, just perhaps written with a bit more subtlety than in the early threads. See, for example, every conversation he's had with Akyuu, including the one just a few updates back (which, I suppose, with Moral's update speed might feel a long time ago…).

Did not expected arriving at Eintei at this point I'm the story, to tell the truth I was divided between delaying this chapter a bit so Manato could get a side adventure at the SDM, but I figured out that it was better to put him into trouble already so here we are

Bro's attracting all the fairies towards him

>>210639
I was divided on which caracter I was going to throw at the protagonist
Rumia was overused already and Mystia was not going to cut for the story foward, so I made this OC that will have a broadwer purpuse in the story

[-] ... come to think of it, Eirin's been gone a long time, hasn't she? You should investigate what she's up to.

[-] ... come to think of it, Eirin's been gone a long time, hasn't she? You should investigate what she's up to.

Thinking about Ran and Chen's dynamic gave me some inspiration, so today's update is the beginning of a new side-story!

https://www.thp.moe/border/res/32148.html

This story takes place in USiL's continuity, back when Gensokyo was first made. (Or to be technically accurate, when it was first separated from the outside world, so a little over 100 years ago.) It's not necessary for the main story, but considering who we're following right now, it's definitely relevant.

I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.

I'm not gonna say anything definitive regarding the discussion of Kosuzu's backstory, but I am gonna say that in terms of what to call the stone cherries of Pyrefairies, I've been calling them Endless Embers.

Though, perhaps Charred Cherries would be a more descriptive term for them.

...What? If you didn't realise the author liked alliteration by this point, you CLEARLY haven't been paying attention.

>>210509

Missed opportunity to say that the author adores alliteration. Shame on you.

A short thread in terms of updates, but an informative one, regardless. Next stop: >>210522!

The Imugi recalled distant memories of simpler times in the plainside, where he and his love laid silently next to each other underneath the shade of a tree. He thought of her smile that, despite its radiance, etched loneliness into her brow, only for her worries to quickly dissipate when he’d tend to her. And he remembered the emotions he had felt on that spring that when he had once thought that he couldn’t live without her. And yet, contrary to those feelings, despite everything, he still did. It was as if he had plunged a dagger into his own heart. But the voice of the winds would no longer haunt him of the past. In his ear, they whispered, “My Dragon,” almost incessantly. He would be tormented no more, for they were now joyful memories of the one he had loved the most. Even though one day, he would forget the contours of her face, the shape of her smile, and the way that she looked at him as if he were her one and only love, he could finally move onward.

Acceptance released the river of time, which had stopped long ago for the Imugi, and let it flow… as time always did. The fox-spirit, Kanami, his Kitsune and love, was gone. But no longer would he deny that he was truly without her—the Imugi had finally stopped chasing empty hope. He would instead cherish the memories and happiness that they had delivered onto each other and live a life that they both deserved.

But what did that mean for the Imugi? Was he fated to remain in Seoyang, where he repeated the same rainfall year after year, letting the plains remain unchanged in perpetuity? No, he now understood that growth came from the experience of life itself—not the false eternity that the Imugi had promised to the plainsmen many generations ago. Change came in trickles; it was but a small channel that deviated away from the river of time and flowed ever so gently. There, he would wait patiently until that change would envelop the plainlands and, by extension, himself.

So the serpent sought to leave the realm of Gensokyo and return to his homeland. There were a myriad of reasons why: He no longer felt the need to remain once his duty had been fulfilled, and while the change of horizons initially amused the Imugi, h

Damn, feels like longer than two months since the last update.

Incidentally, though it's very different in content and cultural context, I'm struck by a certain similarity in this narrative style and Enchi Fumiko's A Tale of False Fortunes, which I finished reading fairly recently. I know this story wasn't written as a splendid reference to anything in particular, but it is interesting how the way this story is told has almost a certain Heian-period flavour to it. Not full-on Genji but something in that milieu.

As always, waiting warmly.

The love between parent and child is a powerful thing. Hopefully it's powerful enough to let him get out of Gensokyo.

>>210136
some ideas:

- youmu perching on suwako's hat

- yukari offering the book to kosuzu

- kosuzu headpat. very important scene to draw.

>>210136
Happy to throw a few of my own in.

- The target practice otters receiving TLC after being shot down

- Cozysuzu curling up in the hood.

- Akyuu and Youmu introducing their sisters to each other

- Kosuzu attempting to get Yoshika to sing. Poorly.

New Thread is up! >>210140

[X] Scan the whole thing.
-{X} If Chen tries to stop you from reading, dart your gaze around the floor and pretend there's a mouse spirit to distract her for just a moment's more time.
-{X} Take a mental note of how that debug display was opened. It might be helpful to know later.

>>209792 here
...I just realized that distracting Chen would work much better by "accidentally" spilling a cup of water, but it's way too late to change the write-in lol.

>>209796

More obviously distracting, but also more hostile. Balances to everything, you know.
New thread is up at >>209799!