the year is 20XX. you are a demon, and your home is makai. makai is nice. it is home. it is expansive, and it is varied, and it is magical, and it is dark. the sky has always been dark. this has never been a problem because water is always wet, and grass has always been red. that's just how things are. a long time ago, your sister left home. she's older than you, and she's always been a lot stronger. after graduating from the demon's academy, she left to a place called 'gensokyo'.
she left to 'gensokyo', and she wouldn't have it any other way. even though you two were so close, even though she was all you had.
she said she wanted to see a different sky. an azure one, a scarlet one, one banded with the entire rainbow, one where water fell and stars shined. that's stupid. that was stupid. it's just colors. there's already colors all over makai, just not up there.
...it's okay. people recover. you got stronger. you survived on your own. you didn't need her. when the passage to that place called 'gensokyo' was sealed, you didn't care. you were over it. if she likes 'gensokyo' so much, she doesn't need to come back, anyway.
you're about to graduate demon academy. it wasn't for something cool like your sister. it's for 'communication via the arcane'. it isn't cool, but you like it. you learned. you worked. and you aren't going to give up on makai afterwards. yeah. you'll contribute. not like those blue-sky hedonists, who treat every day like a summer vacation.
...in the spring of your final year, they say they're going to make an expedition to 'gensokyo', and they say they want you on the team.
well, i guess you'll do it. it's a good opportunity, and people will know your name.
it's not about finding your sister or anything, you probably won't even see her. this is a diplomatic expedition, just because nobody's heard from 'gensokyo' in many years.
you fly to the border of makai with your team, body light, mind heavy, and watch as the de-sealing specialists dispel the barrier.
before it is fully destroyed, they warn you. right now, it might be 'daytime' out there, something that means blinding light from the sky may flood in. although, it might also be 'night', which is more normal.
the barrier falls apart, and it is still dark. with trepidation, you and the team pass into 'gensokyo', from a mountainside.
it's spring, but...
it's cold, and there's snow everywhere. the sky is dark, a muddy purple.
it doesn't even look like 'winter'. winter has twisting and bare trees, frozen grass beneath the snow, lights shining in the distance...
it is as if spring has been stolen, and nothing has been given back in its' place.
your team looks upon a dark, cold, dead world. they find a village void of life, shrines with no gods or priests, and forests with only wilted trees.
uncertain about the situation, the captain splits up the team in the interest of time. each person is trained in long-distance communication, so it should be fine.
across a frozen lake, you see a great mansion. compared to the humble oriental abodes you had passed by so far, it is awe-inspiring. you kind of wish you could live there, but this place is cold.
you can fly, but you can't help but come to your feet upon its entrance. it is too grand.
the mansion's twisting prefix, once called a garden, intrigues you. it is only snow and stone, wall and floor, now, but it must have been different before, right?
you gaze toward the sky, looming over you as if a boulder ready to crush you.
sister, this isn't the place you wanted to go, is it...?
"Hi there"
eh?
that voice... k-koakuma...?
you turn behind you, and see a figure bound in heavy green robes. a person who has been living here, alone, for years.
a person who didn't succumb to the cold and have their physical bodies freeze, and a person who didn't need to rely on the faith, fear, or flesh of humans to survive.
a demon, from makai.
forgetting all your spite, all your resentment, all your anger, you rush toward her, and jump into her arms.
"Sister, I saw it" "The azure sky, the scarlet sky, the grey and rainbow-banded skies" "I am sorry I could never share them with you"
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This entry was indeed an imposter
Looking sus, Joker!
Green Cirno?
5/5.
Omg i love this game the green amogus was so polite defo not the imposter 1000000000000/5
the year is 20XX.
you are a demon, and your home is makai.
makai is nice. it is home.
it is expansive, and it is varied, and it is magical, and it is dark.
the sky has always been dark. this has never been a problem because water is always wet, and grass has always been red. that's just how things are.
a long time ago, your sister left home. she's older than you, and she's always been a lot stronger. after graduating from the demon's academy, she left to a place called 'gensokyo'.
she left to 'gensokyo', and she wouldn't have it any other way. even though you two were so close, even though she was all you had.
she said she wanted to see a different sky. an azure one, a scarlet one, one banded with the entire rainbow, one where water fell and stars shined.
that's stupid. that was stupid. it's just colors. there's already colors all over makai, just not up there.
...it's okay. people recover. you got stronger. you survived on your own. you didn't need her.
when the passage to that place called 'gensokyo' was sealed, you didn't care. you were over it. if she likes 'gensokyo' so much, she doesn't need to come back, anyway.
you're about to graduate demon academy. it wasn't for something cool like your sister. it's for 'communication via the arcane'. it isn't cool, but you like it. you learned. you worked. and you aren't going to give up on makai afterwards. yeah. you'll contribute. not like those blue-sky hedonists, who treat every day like a summer vacation.
...in the spring of your final year, they say they're going to make an expedition to 'gensokyo', and they say they want you on the team.
well, i guess you'll do it. it's a good opportunity, and people will know your name.
it's not about finding your sister or anything, you probably won't even see her. this is a diplomatic expedition, just because nobody's heard from 'gensokyo' in many years.
you fly to the border of makai with your team, body light, mind heavy, and watch as the de-sealing specialists dispel the barrier.
before it is fully destroyed, they warn you. right now, it might be 'daytime' out there, something that means blinding light from the sky may flood in. although, it might also be 'night', which is more normal.
the barrier falls apart, and it is still dark. with trepidation, you and the team pass into 'gensokyo', from a mountainside.
it's spring, but...
it's cold, and there's snow everywhere. the sky is dark, a muddy purple.
it doesn't even look like 'winter'. winter has twisting and bare trees, frozen grass beneath the snow, lights shining in the distance...
it is as if spring has been stolen, and nothing has been given back in its' place.
your team looks upon a dark, cold, dead world. they find a village void of life, shrines with no gods or priests, and forests with only wilted trees.
uncertain about the situation, the captain splits up the team in the interest of time. each person is trained in long-distance communication, so it should be fine.
across a frozen lake, you see a great mansion. compared to the humble oriental abodes you had passed by so far, it is awe-inspiring. you kind of wish you could live there, but this place is cold.
you can fly, but you can't help but come to your feet upon its entrance. it is too grand.
the mansion's twisting prefix, once called a garden, intrigues you. it is only snow and stone, wall and floor, now, but it must have been different before, right?
you gaze toward the sky, looming over you as if a boulder ready to crush you.
sister, this isn't the place you wanted to go, is it...?
"Hi there"
eh?
that voice... k-koakuma...?
you turn behind you, and see a figure bound in heavy green robes. a person who has been living here, alone, for years.
a person who didn't succumb to the cold and have their physical bodies freeze, and a person who didn't need to rely on the faith, fear, or flesh of humans to survive.
a demon, from makai.
forgetting all your spite, all your resentment, all your anger, you rush toward her, and jump into her arms.
"Sister, I saw it"
"The azure sky, the scarlet sky, the grey and rainbow-banded skies"
"I am sorry I could never share them with you"
it's okay, it's okay.
you can't forgive her, but you can't hate her.
please come home.
"I will"
"Thank you, sister"
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