>You are Keine Kamishirasawa, and the world around you is not the one you remember. Something happened in the future which broke the past, and you intend to fix it.
>Two evenings ago, you investigated a strange disturbance in the woods near the village. There you found an unknown human girl, and a mysterious white-winged youkai whose presence seemed to make you drift towards sleep. And then they spoke, and reality broke around you. You awakened to a world where some things are very different, and you've been trying to determine what caused this.
>You have discovered the human village abandoned, and inhabited only by Hina and a strange human woman named Shiouko. The Spring Snow incident went unresolved, and Gensokyo endured an entire year of winter. The ensuing famine killed a great many people, including your close friend Akyuu. The surviving humans now live in a new village at the foot of Youkai Mountain, under Kanako's protection. Kanako is working with the Kappa to industrialize Gensokyo, and some of the fruits of this work can already be found in the human village.
>You have met and befriended Rumia, who has been following you around ever since.
>You have found a chasm where the Hakurei Shrine should be. Apparently Reimu disappeared with it, sometime after the Scarlet Mist Incident.
>You have fought off Mystia, who evidently held a grude against you for reasons you cannot remember.
>You discovered a house that belonged to your counterpart in this timeline, who seems to have lived a life that you do not remember. She seems to have vanished since the time when you awoke.
>You have witnessed a large explosion of magical energy that appears to have transported a large patch of forest at a point between Yokai Mountain and the Scarlet Devil Mansion. When you investigated, you were attacked by a winged shadow creature that emerged from remnants of the energy. You obtained a sample of this energy, and gave it to Patchouli to analyze and she has mapped the location of similar fissures across Gensokyo
>You have explained your situation to Mokou, and she has been travelling with you ever since. She seems to be growing close to you already, and it's comforting to have her along.
>You have ventured into the Hell of Blazing Fires, and discovered that it has turned cold. You learned that Utsuho had been held captive by Kanako, and had told Orin that Utsuho could never be released.
>With the help of Suika, you have tunneled a path into Eientei, breaching the wards that surrounded it, and convinced Kaguya to restore the full moon.
>You've found Yukari's house, seperated from the rest of Gensokyo by a reality splice. Inside it, Yukari has been slumbering in a web of barriers for seven years, after she froze the border between the past and present to prevent a change in the future from rippling further backwards in time
>You have rescued Ran from inside this barrier and reunited her with Chen, after being seperated for seven years.
>Ran has opened a path along the fissures to where she believes the pieces of Gensokyo were transported. You have travelled along this path, discovering that it leads to Kyoto, 11 years in the future. You've found no sign of anything mysterious on the other side, however.
>You arranged for Shikieiki to judge Kanako regarding Utsuho's confinement, and in the ensuing moral argument, Sanae freed her. Although Utsuho seems damaged by her experience, she is now home with her family. Without her presence, however, the reactor that powers the villages will soon run down. You don't know whether this will bring the industrialization of the village to a halt or not.
>You are currently in the dining room of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, having just finished eating dinner.
>Rest up for a bit, then gather up Ran and head for the "admit two" rift.
>With a nod to Sakuya, you and your companions depart the dining room. You give a little time for the lovely dinner to settle, and for Ran to complete the components of the spell she's preparing, and then you get ready to depart for the rift. You leave Chen and Rumia behind again, although Mokou asks to tag along for at least the first leg of the journey.
>Soon, the three of you arrive back at the fissure where you were attacked by the shadow creature yesterday evening. The remnants of energy still flicker actively. Ran takes a look around, then withdraws the portal key.
>"I believe I am ready when you are," she says.
