Its satisfying for Tsukasa's manipulation to be falling apart at the seams already that the same lines that used to completely paralyze Kosuzu now barely have an effect, and getting Grip down to 1 was nice.

As for Yukari/Reimu, I suspect Yukari has fully realized why Reimu understands her fighting style so well, but has defaulted to teasing Reimu because Reimu is cute when embarrassed. Also some confirmation that shutting down Seiga's access to the library was vital to prevent her from being an annoying cockroach that kept popping up to cause problems.

[X] Yukari had one trick in particular which echoed what the wolves had done today. And even if that hadn’t been Seiga’s idea, there were few people more deserving to be on the receiving end.

Not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I have a bad feeling that if we chose to have Reimu go full Dragon Miko now we would lose access to it during the final confrontation of the Arc. Would rather have access to a second Re/Incarnation in the backpocket just in case. My only worry is that this is Yukari choosing to inflict on Yoshika something similar to what Mayumi and the other Haniwa are dealing with right now, but I'll just hope for the best.

[X] Yukari had one trick in particular which echoed what the wolves had done today. And even if that hadn’t been Seiga’s idea, there were few people more deserving to be on the receiving end.

Don't wanna exhaust Reimu too early.

[X] Yukari had one trick in particular which echoed what the wolves had done today. And even if that hadn’t been Seiga’s idea, there were few people more deserving to be on the receiving end.

I don't think it is wise to use the full power of the Dragon Miko here. Seiga is a crafty opponent who likely has some tools to try and counter Reimu, as she stated having tricks to counter Mayumi, Kosuzu, and Reimu, even if the last one might not work. It is better to let our own schemer take the lead, since I don't think she prepared for Yukari, and it forces Seiga to reveal some of her tricks before we have Reimu risk falling into any traps that Seiga prepared for her.

I admit I was tricked by the first half of Kosuzu's section. Glad to see Kosuzu had enough sense to stand up even when confused her desire to protect kept her on the right path. I have to guess that the six sense that was telling Kosuzu that Yumemi was in danger might be the small spirits that are around her.

Take care and thanks for the heads up!

Take care and get well soon. Have a nice break!

Enjoy your break!

It was a dark evening, made even moreso by how deep in the basement the lady of the house had found herself in as she made her way down the stairs.

Flandre always had been a little reclusive. If there wasn’t a good fight to be had, something interesting or novel to destroy with her power, then she was usually content to stay in her room, being waited on by Sakuya and some of the other maids and butlers they’d had over the centuries. Even when Remilia had found things she thought would interest her sister, she was more likely to bring them to her than let her wonder around.

Flandre could be a little… enthusiastic when it came to destroying things. The scattered remains of Bloodstone Keep were a testament to that. Stoica, contrary to his name, had not taken it calmly. He was absolutely furious with Flandre, coming over to the Mansion and demanding compensation and punishment. The cleanup had been a nightmare.

Soon enough, Remilia found herself in front of the door to her sister’s room. She knocked on the door twice, as a gesture of politeness. Then she opened the door anyway; it was her house, after all.

Flandre sat in darkness, the gloom only illuminated by a single candle, held by Sakuya, and the luminescence of the crystals on the younger Scarlet’s wings illuminated the wing. Remilia was unbothered, of course; no vampire should shirk from darkness.

Remilia sat down at the table. A moment passed, before a cup of tea materialised in front of her. In front of Flandre was a goblet of blood.

Flandre perked up at that, lifting the goblet and drinking through the whole thing in a matter of seconds. She slammed the goblet down, another moment, seeing it instantly refilled to the brim. Remilia just shook her head at the younger vampire’s lack of refinement.

“Well, this place has gotten pretty boooooring.” Her sister whined, the wide motions of her arms sending the crystals along her wings flapping.

Remilia, well used to her sister’s moods, just gave a grin as she sipped on her tea.

“It’s true that both the quantity and quality of vampire hunters has been on a precipitous decline recently. Though it was unfortunate that you slept through the

>Then, there were none

So close to the title drop. Nah, that was totally deliberate.
On another note, are you posting this story anywhere else?

>>211962

Intially the transitions were a more vanille "four left", "three left" etc, till I got a brainwave 80% of the way through

As for if I'm posting elsewhere, not at present, no. I do intend to cross-post this at least one of FFN or AO3, but I haven't gotten around to doing it just yet.

“Master, shouldn’t we start on the outside?.”

“Nonsense, You heard Eirin yesterday, we will be doing inside for now.”

“So what are we doing today?.”

Both Master and I are sitting cross-legged in the hospital bed after she barged in the middle of a conversation I was having with Reisen while eating my breakfast.

“That’s easy.” Master sticks her hand into her dress's pocket and pulls a purple ball with a yin-yang orb. It is very similar to the one she uses when dueling Marisa (which happened), but this orb seems a bit more familiar.

“Master I am sure I have seen this before.”

“Yes and you made it when you killed that monster that knocked you out when you first appeared in Gensokyo”

“I made it? But how?.” Heck, I don't remember beating that thing.

“I theorized that when you first came into contact with the Shrine, the Hakurei God probably intervened on your behalf to save you, however, you lack the training and the stamina to manipulate and create true yin yang orbs and the result was you being knocked out and... this” She shovels the 'thing' in my direction which I almost fail to catch.

After securing it in my hand, although said orb is quite small, I feel like the various scratches and the huge crack in the middle of it, indicate that this thing has stood quite a beating.

"I am going to train you in manipulating these orbs, since they are simpler than, say, learning how to fly" I guess learning how to fly will be a thing on my agenda.

"First, close your eyes and try to feel the presence of this object in your hand, just close your eyes and try to listen to it" Very abstract but I will try.

Closing my eyes and shiting my attention guided towards the thing in my hands, I can feel a uhh…presence? I can picture a ball in my hand from it, although the orb’s presence is so weak that any loss of focus makes me "lose" the object's presence, but what intrigues me is that I am sure I had felt this "presence" thing Master talked about.

“Master, I am sure that I felt this when I was at the Shrine but much stronger, why so?” To tell the t

Coming up with a cool ability to my MC that wasn't so op but not unless was a hard thing to do but here we are.

Also these was supposed to be more stuff in this chapter but I decided to split in two, next chapter the MC will learn that Tewi can't help but do another trolling to save her life.

Lad spends some time pondering his orb, as you do.

More seriously, a sensory ability is a useful boon, especially if your field of vision tends to get clogged up by bullets.

>>211829 here.

Remember this?
>“The big mistake I made was underestimating Reimu herself. Trying to curb her potential. I tried to quash her unique qualities, when they were exactly what she needed to make it through.” Yachie raised a finger. “Likewise, allow me to say, do not underestimate young Kosuzu. I believe there’s quite a bit of potential lurking just beneath the surface there.”
Adding as a write-in to either vote:
-{X} Ms. Yachie said it best, we all have the potential to help you all.

It's basically voicing the thought but gives the adults a reason not to push back on the idea.

[UNDO] “I can fight too! Let me join you!” She couldn't get her worry about Reimu and Mayumi out of her head.

[X] “Can we do anything to help here?” There had to be something two young scholars and a living computer could do.

I'll repeat myself in that I did not actually expect Yukari actually letting them go with her, but I can agree that these three might be more useful in the backline, especially since Yumemi would probably be left alone otherwise. Let them stay with Yachie, maybe even helping organize the defense.
There might be something else in Ran's grimoire to help (apart from the scope), who knows.

New thread:

>>211848

I guess Alice might also have some anger to burn off, between her best friend getting hospitalised and her initial set of allies getting party wiped and Shanghaied.

Ran: God I hate Jiangshi, fuck them, they're abominations, they're gross, they're dumb, aaaaaaaand she's right behind me isn't she?

>>211521

My guess is she was interested in testing out the limits of a Jiangshi. Anything in the name of a living doll.

I somewhat agree with >>211460. I've tried to be engaged with this story, because I like it, but it's been difficult. The cadence of updates has made things hard to keep track of, and then the rather convoluted nature of things going on after a certain point just adds a further barrier to trying to re-read yet again after a new update is posted. I don't remember who's who, what they've done, or what any of it means, so making any kind of meaningful comment on anything, much less an informed vote, is exceedingly difficult. Anymore, I feel I don't have the mental bandwidth. I can maybe try, but I can't guarantee anything.

The situation is generally regrettable. I would like to be here for this story and see it to its end, and most importantly be actively participating as a member of the audience, but price of entry has become a bit high.

I actually like that the story has become what it is now. Makes it feel like it evolved past its shitpost origins but still has it tie to the current story.

The other anons did a good job at pointing out the absolutely fucking abysmal update schedule, so I'll just leave it at that. And when the fuck are you going to update Excuse again?

>>211465
Awoo has at least had three updates in the past year. Poor Kyouko has had one update in the past two years! This injustice must be righted!

>>211449

it would also end up a bit funny when Akyuu gets the full description of Sanae and go... "HEY, WAITAMINUTE! I saw her all the time when the Watasuki sisters wanted to pet a bunny!"

>>211436
>>211444
I like the idea of fairy Marisa as well! Firstly, it fits her mischievous and somewhat short-sighted personality well; secondly, the camaraderie of fairies, chaotic as it may be, would be a nice contrast to the depressingly dysfunctional family relationship of Kosuzu and Tsukasa in this arc; and thirdly, weak as fairies may generally be, being a fairy *would* give Marisa one very useful ability: being able to resurrect endlessly as long as she is not "erased at a conceptual level".

Ah, whoops.

New thread here:

>>211466

>>211123

Pretty sure the first daughter is Chen

The book that is addressed to the "second daughter" is called the bluebell grimoire, and bells are a significant theme for Kosuzu. Pretty sure that little preamble was written after she was taken in hopes that it would make its way to her and help her come safely home. Which it has in its own way twice now.

Also on the first daughter bit, look back at how surprising helpful Chen way trying to be to Kosuzu there. (Reimu noted it as unusual from her memory. And also the fact that Chen has grown a bit compared to what Reimu and Kosuzu remembers, she's trying to be the big sister!)

> …Though, now she was looking at her… “Chen… how tall are you?”

> The cat looked back, confused. “...Maybe it’s just me, but… I feel like last time, even a few years from now, you were still… shorter. Right?” She turned to Reimu for confirmation.

> Keiki smiled. “Youkai grow at least partially depending on their mental age. Some can seem to eternally be children, and some can mature rapidly compared to humans. It’s not uncommon for some youkai to experience some form of arrested development if they reach an equilibrium they’re happy with. ...Granted, it's no less uncommon to find them deliberately hiding their age, for one reason or another.”

So Chen thinks of herself as Kosuzu's big sister, and is now bigger than she was in the previous timeline because Chen believes that big sisters are supposed to be bigger than their little sisters. Is that why Okuu is smaller than she was in the last timeline? She thinks of herself as Youmu's little sister and little sisters are supposed to be smaller than their big sisters?

Does that mean if Marisa ends up a fairy, we could potentially get big Mama Cirno after Cirno takes the newbie fairy under her wing?

Kosuzu's adventures continue in thread 7!
>>211127

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

As much as the Dragon would have loved to leave post-haste, he wasn’t discourteous enough to leave without so much as a farewell. Begrudgingly, he first left to the lonely shrine in the mountainside. As he arrived, there was a comfortable silence that enveloped the shrine, broken only by the gentle tittering of birds.

In no more than a couple days’ length, he returned back to where it had once begun. Did he even accomplish anything in Gensokyo beyond meaningless retribution? And while he respected Seoyu’s wishes, the Imugi truly could not appreciate the sights of Gensokyo. Perhaps he was not meant to dip his hands in willful indolence, for he could not ignore the worries that muddled his thoughts. Were the plainsmen doing well? How was Seoyu doing? Did he overwhelm her with his responsibilities?

Regardless of his worries, he flew down to the shrine entrance and was once again met by the green-haired shrine maiden who, this time, was diligently sweeping the fallen leaves away from the paved steps.

“Oh, hello—ah, wait.” With a stifled bow, she corrected her posture and tone. “We meet again, Sir Dragon.”

“Indeed,” he replied, inwardly discomforted by her awkward decorum. “Would you guide me to Moriya Suwako? I wish to speak to her before I depart.”

“Oh, you’re leaving already?” the shrine maiden said with a whine, immediately dropping formalities. “But I wanted to know more about Dragons! You should come visit again sometime.”

“I’ll consider it,” he said vaguely as the shrine maiden led him into the inner shrine.

“Awesome. And don’t tell Lady Kanako anything I said! She’ll be harping me like last time if you do. Anyway, you can go right in and Lady Suwako’ll be in there… somewhere.” With an excited wave, she leaves the Imugi to his own devices. “Okay, bye!” Immediately after, the girl disappears, presumably returning to the front of the shrine.

The Imugi gingerly took a step into the chambers. What awaited him was a disheveled blond goddess, who was busy tending to her wounds. She sat rigidly over a low-rise table, nursing a bandaged hand. Since the serpent’s last visit, Moriya Suwako had tidied herself; sh

Oh, I thought this story was finished finished; I'm glad I got to read more of your beautiful prose!