I have got to know where you got the name Vandrer from because it is awesome!

>>211553
I'd guess it's derived from "wander" or "wanderer" – in fact, "vandrer" does mean "to wander" in Norwegian, which would be an appropriate language to name a wolf in, considering the myth of Fenrir.

>>211534
the_price_is_right_losing_horn.mp3 (for Tsukasa ofc)

Karma's coming.

>>211547
I'd guess he was a missionary. There were some Christian missionaries in Japan as early as the 16th century, though they were mostly Portuguese or Spanish rather than American, and they were often subject to persecution up to the Meiji Restoration in the 19th century.

>>211549

Now I want to know how Greg's dad and Ran fell in love, that has to be one hell of a story considering their very different origins and we've never gotten a name for Greg's dad now that I think about it huh?

also curious if Ran would recognize Greg immediately if she were to see him or if it would take her time to realize that Greg is her son.

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.

It was a peaceful day at Kourindou. As was normally the case, the shop was completely devoid of customers, and the store’s owner was sat behind the counter, nose deep in a book. The tall, white haired man idly stretched and adjusted his glasses, luxuriating in the serenity of the day.

Said serenity was suddenly and violently shattered by a child bundling in through the door. It was a young girl with red hair wearing a deep purple witches’ dress and a hat to accompany it. In her left hand, she clutched a broom. Something about her seemed familiar to Rinnosuke, in a way he couldn’t quite put his finger on.

As much as he wanted to irritated that someone had interrupted his reading time, he recognised that he probably shouldn’t antagonize a potential customer. Not yet, at least.

“Welcome to Kourindou-” He began, before being interrupted.

“Kourin!” She shouted. “Good to see ya!”

Rinnosuke looked confused for a moment at that, blinking owlishly at her. Then he leaned forward and squinted a little at his guest.

“Marisa?” he called in surprise. “Goodness, it’s been years. How have you been doing”

“I’ve been-” She started, grimacing minutely before forcing herself to smile and continue “I’ve been great! Learned so much magic!” She laughed, though it seemed a little forced to Rinnosuke’s ears. Taking a good look at her, it was clear that she was favouring her left leg over her right. Her right arm, too, bore some scratch marks and cuts on it.

Rinnosuke just sighed at that, raising his glasses and pinching his nose.

“Sit down. I think I’ve got some bandages around here somewhere.”

Marisa nodded mutely, her ears beginning to burn.

It was a quiet few minutes that followed. Marisa made her way behind the counter and sat down in a seat surrounded by clutter. She idly swung her legs as Rinnosuke rifled through his hoard of items. Eventually, he found a White box with a red and blue cross on it.

He recalled receiving it from a black haired woman in a pink dress a few years back in return for a few books. He still wasn’t sure why she had needed the fake moustache, however

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!

>>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

The morning breeze awakens my body with the gentle, cold air of the morning. I can hear the chirping of the birds, but my eyes are heavy, and I feel like my mind is clouded.

Ugh, what the hell happened to me?

Moving my fingers around, I can hm…This sheet feels more modern and comfortable, and I think my head is lying on a pillow different from the one I am used to.

I do not remember much before I blacked out, just that I arrived at the shrine in the middle of the night and saw the master carrying me somewhere, but that's about it.

Awaking my eyes with heavy eyelids from slumber, I am surprised that the first thing I see is…A window framing the bamboo forest.

I lifted my arm in a panic, but a stinging pain on my left shoulder prevented me from doing any more movements, and on top of that, a staggering sense of exhaustion. Even though I had just woken up, I felt a crushing weakness, a fever perhaps? But the blanket is fluffy, like something made in heaven, although I may describe it like that because it is way better than sleeping in the subpar futon at the shrine.

…

What was that fairy about? Master informed me that fairies were more annoying than dangerous, but that one wanted to kill me straight and offer me to someone named Rumia, and Master dropped me somewhere inside the Bamboo Forest, the last place where I think I should be.

Looking around some more, the room is solely lit by the morning—soon noon—light coming from the only window in the room. The walls and floor are made of the same white paper I am used to at the shrine (but brand new), nothing crazy…except for the various medical devices that seem to come straight out of a normal hospital, and…what the heck? There's a tube coming out of my arm connecting to one of the machinery in the room. Why am I wearing a white kimono? Someone stripped me?!

Anyway, I can assume I am in a hospital of some sort. Master had told me that Gensokyo was more than a century behind in technology and infrastructure compared to the outside world, but trying to recall more of what she said makes my head hurt, so I will just lie here with my eyes closed and rest.

Thud* *Thud*

Or not. I

I must admit, I get a bit leery when Lunarians start talking about impurity. Though, considering it's Eirin, I guess she gets the benefit of the doubt

Also, it must really be throwing everyone to find some random dude following Reimu around calling her 'master' lol. She's not really the teaching sort on first glance.

Nice to see Manato's views on spirituality. The fact that he was already a believer in the soul will probably help him acclimatise to Gensokyo a bit faster. Might help if he decides to go the priest/kannushi route especially

>>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!

[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!