Hey there, I'm a new guy. Been lurking for a while and I decided to make a thing. I've been greatly inspired by Being Meiling in /sdm/, enough so that after much thought, I made this. Here's to hoping that I won't drop it and you won't hate it.
Updates will be slightly disjointed. I'll aim for at least once every few days, but things may happen that might make it much more or much less than that.
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Man it's been a while since I've been home. Seventy years or so, now. A time I'd say was well spent travelling the world.
But nowhere feels as right as Gensokyo does. The sheer magic that seems to hum in the air shakes my core to its very being, and I love it.
As I float high above the Hakurei shrine, I survey the landscape. Looks like the Human Village has gotten much larger, with some sort of temple on its outskirts. The tengu village has gotten bigger as well, and was that another shrine on top of the Youkai Mountain?
The one thing I love most about coming back after a long absence is seeing all the new things that pop up.
Hmm, I wonder if my home is still-
"Pardon my interruption~"
"GAH!" I quickly pivot around to face whoever snuck up on me. "What the-Yukari?!"
It was indeed the youkai of the boundaries. I'd recognize that mop cap anywhere. "The one and only," she chirps. She's hanging out of one of her weird rips in space/time, a paper attached to a clipboard in one hand and a pen in the other. "How nice to see you again~. It's been quite a while since you left. Thought you might've died some odd number of years back." She shoves the clipboard and pen into my hands. "Please sign the form."
...Wait, what? I take a close look at the form. ""Newcomer Release Form"? The hell is this?! I've lived here for most of my life!"
The hag sighs dramatically. "I know, I know, but over the last ten years we've had so many new arrivals that I had to do something to give myself less of a headache. A form like this will allow me to rest easy knowing that whoever arrives here uninvited won't cause too much trouble."
I raise an eyebrow at her words. Quickly, I scan the paper again. "What's this about a "non-care agreement"?"
She laughs a little, dainty laugh. "Oh, that. That's more for me and the shrine maiden. It's written proof that I don't have to deal with any shenanigans a newcomer would want to start."
I look at the form one more time. "...You're not gonna let me leave until I fill out this form, are you?"
"Nope!"
"Fine."
Name:_______
Gender:Female
Species:Harpy
Age:156 (or so)
Reason(s) for coming to Gensokyo:Homesickness
I hand the form back to Yukari after I sign my name at the bottom of the page. "Thank you very much!" She unceremoniously drops the clipboard into her gap. Pretty sure she's already stopped caring it exists. "Well then, welcome back to Gensokyo, my pretty little birdie!"
With that, she closes her gap and any trace of her existence is gone.
...I will never like that woman.
I turn back around to survey the beautiful landscape. Well, no use worrying about her. Time to see what I've been missing!
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VOTE
- Give our harpy a name!
- Where should we go?
[]"I wonder if she's still there...To the Misty Lake!"
[]"I wonder what that shrine is on top of the mountain?"
[]"Was there always a mansion in the bamboo forest?"
[]"What's with that temple next to the human village?"
[]"Might as well say hi to the current Hakurei. Maybe she won't be as bad tempered as the one I remember."
No. 171913
name- no idea |
No. 171914
name: Kaede Kojima |
No. 171918
[x] Name: Midori |
No. 171972
Name: Midori Hakurei |
No. 171975
[x] Name: Midori |
No. 171980
[X] Name Midori Hakurei |
No. 171983
>>171972 |
No. 171986
[x] Name: Midori |
No. 171988
[x] Name: Midori |
No. 171995
[x] Name: Midori |
No. 171996
VOTES CLOSED |
No. 172000
File 137435459539.jpg - (305.59KB , 629x671 , tumblr_mmicwjl5Rb1ryd7y4o1_1280.jpg ) [iqdb] ![]() I sigh to myself as the most reasonable option pops into my mind. "Might as well say hi to the current Hakurei. Maybe she won't be as bad tempered as the one I remember." |
No. 172001
[x]I should tell her I'm a youkai from Gensokyo. She may be an idiot, but she looks like she's a master of her unique brand of magic, and lying may piss her off if she finds out. |
No. 172002
[X]I should tell her I'm a youkai from Gensokyo. She may be an idiot, but she looks like she's a master of her unique brand of magic, and lying may piss her off if she finds out. |
No. 172005
[x]I should tell her I'm a youkai from Gensokyo. She may be an idiot, but she looks like she's a master of her unique brand of magic, and lying may piss her off if she finds out. |
No. 172009
[X]I'll play along. If I play my cards right, I may get some useful info on recent happenings. |
No. 172010
[X]I'll play along. If I play my cards right, I may get some useful info on recent happenings. |
No. 172015
One note of criticism: in the fourth paragraph, you shifted to the past tense for no apparent reason. |
No. 172017
[X]I'll play along. If I play my cards right, I may get some useful info on recent happenings. |
No. 172018
>>172015 |
No. 172028
[X]I should tell her I'm a youkai from Gensokyo. She may be an idiot, but she looks like she's a master of her unique brand of magic, and lying may piss her off if she finds out. |
No. 172037
[X] I should tell her I'm a youkai from Gensokyo. She may be an idiot, but she looks like she's a master of her unique brand of magic, and lying may piss her off if she finds out. |
No. 172043
Advice: keep the lengthy reasoning/justifications in the story and out of the choices. Just have her think over her options at the end, if necessary. Not that the choices have to be completely plain, of course, the first post was fine. |
No. 172046
VOTING OVER |
No. 172047
File 137444605633.jpg - (777.02KB , 707x1000 , 9f8216a8d6642a2c484037a54d4ea390.jpg ) [iqdb] ![]() I briefly entertain the thought of playing the innocent lost human, but then I realize that that could have some pretty bad consequences in the future. |
No. 172048
[x] Wait wasn't that... |
No. 172054
[x] Wait wasn't that... |
No. 172058
I'll clear this up right now. |
No. 172070
[x] Wait wasn't that... |
No. 172074
[X] Wait wasn't that... |
No. 172075
[x] Wait wasn't that... |
No. 172131
Can't say I'm surprised. |
No. 172133
File 137454373418.png - (1.12MB , 1188x1396 , 65b2c12171db3d731a2e5ffa8d1bfdf4.png ) [iqdb] ![]() Well, isn't this a happy coinkidink! I follow the blur, hiding my magical energy in the process. |
No. 172136
[x] Continue observing |
No. 172137
[x] Introduce yourself |
No. 172140
[X] Continue observing |
No. 172147
[X] Continue observing |
No. 172223
[x] Continue observing |
No. 172230
VOTES OVER |
No. 172231
File 137470361021.jpg - (161.77KB , 960x1280 , 3f5196b30361d55fee1fc9edd284bb89.jpg ) [iqdb] ![]() From my spot in the trees, I watch as the ragtag bunch of misfits fly off towards the woods surrounding the Hakurei Shrine. Apparently they're gonna prank a rival group of fairy pranksters. Oh, to be a child again... |
No. 172232
[x] Be Mystia |
No. 172233
[X] Alternating PoV's |
No. 172234
[X] Alternating PoV's |
No. 172236
File 137471599277.png - (135.67KB , 831x1300 , PyX3P.png ) [iqdb] ![]() [x] Alternating PoV's |
No. 172240
[x] Alternating PoV's |
No. 172242
[X] Continue being Midori |
No. 172244
[x] Alternating PoV's |
No. 172254
[x] Alternating PoV's |
No. 172261
[x] Alternating PoV's |
No. 172309
CALLING IT |
No. 172312
>>172309 |
No. 172313
File 137487935381.png - (1.55MB , 1600x1200 , a2935378d1ae6e8c7f62b893786c3629.png ) [iqdb] ![]() Mystia's friends look back and forth between me and her in shock. |
No. 172314
[X] THAT LAKE |
No. 172317
[X] The lake. |
No. 172320
Awww, no happy family. So sad. |
No. 172337
[X] Eientei |
No. 172362
[X] The lake. |
No. 172384
CALLING IT |
No. 172399
File 137506104964.png - (408.47KB , 600x637 , c69ec5f7d1e3dcf86c574434d6bbf29f.png ) [iqdb] ![]() (Note to self: write this in a separate program off of the internet. I accidentally closed this earlier and this is my second time writing this.) |
No. 172401
[x] Bug |
No. 172427
[X] Fairy |
No. 172430
[X] Bug. |
No. 172431
[X] Dark |
No. 172434
[x] Bug |
No. 172458
CALLING IT |
No. 172461
File 13752227053.png - (728.39KB , 650x920 , 8de53ee52985b478648b7cae5f8b4596.png ) [iqdb] ![]() A familiar firefly youkai is behind the door. "Hey, Mystia. Mind if I come in?" I open the door further, letting Wriggle walk into my room and sit on the bed. I follow suit, and we sit there for a while, a comfortable silence enveloping us. |
No. 172474
[X] Youkai Mountain |
No. 172477
[X] Makai |
No. 172479
[X] Youkai Mountain |
No. 172482
[X] Youkai Mountain |
No. 172486
[X] Makai |
No. 172508
[X] Makai |
No. 172509
[X] Makai |
No. 172513
VOTES CLOSED I guess? |
No. 172515
>>172513 |
No. 172536
File 137541048438.jpg - (477.49KB , 600x800 , 882bdceb90df93c831d1ee3065856853.jpg ) [iqdb] ![]() (Oh, right, I'm supposed to be writing this thing.) |
No. 172540
Well then. |
No. 172548
>>172536 |
No. 172630
[x] Wake up from dream, go to yokai mountain. |
No. 172631
>>172630 |
No. 172634
[X] Acquiring a demonic familiar, just for da lulz |
No. 172637
[x] Wake up from dream, go to Youkai Mountain. |
No. 172639
[X] Acquiring a demonic familiar |
No. 172640
As this choice seems to be...contested, I'll extend the voting for one more day. |
No. 172642
[x] Wake up from dream, go to Youkai Mountain. |
No. 172646
Wow really? |
No. 172647
>>172646 |
No. 172648
>>172647 |
No. 172649
>>172648 |
No. 172650
I'll say this now before this escalates. |
No. 172652
You know, I didn't vote for the Makai option, but based on what we know of Midori there's a very plausible reason. Hell, it might even be true. |
No. 172655
[x] I'm visiting one of my children. |
No. 172688
[x]Grope Byakuren's chest. |
No. 172697
>>172639 |
No. 172699
[x] I'm visiting one of my children. |
No. 172703
[x] I'm visiting one of my children. |
No. 172704
VOTING CLOSED |
No. 172717
File 137582663985.png - (294.72KB , 800x810 , 5fe7e9999288792db8b1982798e29d3a.png ) [iqdb] ![]() "Well," I reply, "I'm hoping to meet one of my children there." |
No. 172718
[X] CAW CAW MOTHERFUCKER |
No. 172719
[X] CAW CAW MOTHERFUCKER |
No. 172723
[X] CAW CAW MOTHERFUCKER |
No. 172727
[X] CAW CAW MOTHERFUCKER |
No. 172730
[x] CAW CAW MOTHERFUCKER |
No. 172731
[x] CAW CAW MOTHERFUCKER |
No. 172762
VOTE CALLED |
No. 172767
File 137600866180.jpg - (744.24KB , 1150x1600 , 9249004d4927b5e1fdf1177077d47941.jpg ) [iqdb] ![]() Captain Murasa flies up into the air and swings her ladle, magical bullets shaped like water drops pouring out from it. |
No. 172771
[x] Mokou |
No. 172780
[X] Mima |
No. 172783
Hmmm... A lot of possible choices here. |
No. 172785
>>172783 |
No. 172798
[X] Yukari |
No. 172801
[x] Kaguya |
No. 172802
[X] Mokou |
No. 172844
[x] Kaguya |
No. 172846
[x] Genji |
No. 172848
[x] Genji |
No. 172853
This is the vote option I was looking for. |
No. 172855
[x] Kaguya |
No. 172859
[x]Kaguya |
No. 172873
[x] Genji |
No. 172874
[x]Kaguya |
No. 172879
>>172846 |
No. 172880
I regret to inform you all that I will not be making another update |
No. 172907
>>172880 |
No. 172911
>>172907 |
No. 173106
>>172911 |
No. 176403
Still havn't beaten DDC, huh? |