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Reborn in Gensokyo series (RiG4 has begun!)
Mima:
Notice (19 May 2010): This version of the RiG series can't be updated any more for obvious reasons and the most up to date version is at Mima's new site, here. Further contents should be posted on that site rather than in this thread. Thanks!
Directory
RiG1: Right here. :V
OLaD: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=948.0
RiG2: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=188.msg43931#msg43931
RiG3: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=188.msg88732#msg88732
RiG4: http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php?topic=188.msg94167#msg94167
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Hey, hello, hi, here's an upgraded RiG1 for the new forum. So what's new? Well, it's mostly that my writing style changed over time (With a rather dramatic switch that took place in between RiG1 and 2). So, I've worked through the story and changed it to read better as well as adding little bits. RiG2, OLaD and RiG3 will follow soon enough, although they will be receiving less attention since they're in a better condition anyway.
Well then, let's begin.
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Reborn In Gensokyo
Prologue
Yet another ordinarily boring day and here I am driving to work yet again. I don?t know why I bother going really, I hardly enjoy the thing anyway; Standing behind a counter or walking down aisles doing menial tasks such as putting things on shelves is hardly an extreme activity. Still, money is money, I suppose.
I tapped my fingers on the steering wheel along to the latest track of music to start playing, some music track called Riverside Sight, or something similar to that, it was pretty catchy and as a result slightly distracting, which was something I needed.
I sighed in annoyance, these traffic lights always had a tendency to take an eternity to change, and today was no different. Traffic flew by in front of me, everyone in the morning work rush, with any luck; I won?t have to do this in a year or two. Once I have some qualifications under my belt mornings won?t exist anymore, I?ll just sleep past them. High pay, low hours, it?s a dream worth working for... But that?s still a few years away. My mind switched back to reality and I growled a little since the lights still hasn?t changed, how long are these things going to take?
I took a look at my radio, ?Track 4 2:30? Are these things broken or something? I could have sworn the song started after I got here... Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye I noticed the cars at the sides had stopped, could it be?! The red light disappeared, my heart started pounding. An amber light! I shouted out loud, ?Yeah!? Putting my car into gear and when the light turned green I started to move forward. I cheered, ?It?s about time!? Hooray! Everything was going well again! Then I heard the noise of someone?s horn and looked to see a car heading straight for me.
Everything slowed down around me, unfortunately so did I, so I couldn?t do much, except ponder the situation. Some idiot just ran a red light at possibly 60 mph or more and is heading straight for me. The speed I?m going is completely useless and grazing and hitboxes don?t exist in real life. Damn you video games for your lies on survival. The freeze seemed to be taking too long now, I mean I?ve already thought of every possible way to try and escape and they all won?t work. The world slowly started to speed back up again as I felt myself able to move I pondered what to do, but the world was picking up speed too fast, so instead of saying something cool or trying to do something, I didn?t even manage two words.
?Oh f-?
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Mima:
Chapter 1
Pain.
Nothing but pain... Am I dead? Where am I? What?s up with me?
Slowly my mind adjusted to become used to the pain, but wherever I am, I can?t move and I can?t even open my eyes. At that point I swore I could see some light, ever so slightly, like if you looked at a light with your eyes closed.
I came to the conclusion that I?m alive, but I still have no idea how I got here or where I am and to make matters worse, my head was hurting too much to try and remember anything anyway so I merely did nothing at all. It was quite pleasant after the pain subsided, but there was still the problem of me seeming to be paralysed.
What felt like an hour passed and another familiar feeling began to set in, boredom. Although I had no sense how long I?d truly been conscious for, I was already bored, usually I?d do something like think up a story or plan something, but in this current state where my head feels ready to blow up I thought that it might not be the best idea. I even tried to think of some gentle music to listen to, but that didn?t work. Oh joy.
Then, my heart jumped, I heard something new; Footsteps along with someone humming. Suddenly, thoughts began to dash around my head.
Well, whoever it is, at least they sound cheerful, I might get some help!
?Hey! What the hell do you think you?re doing lying there!?? A fairly light but loud voice shouted.
Or not.
I heard the footsteps get closer, ?If you don?t get out of here, right now then?? There was a pause, from which the voice emerged much more menacing, ?I?ll have to use force.?
Alarm bells starting ringing in my head and immediately I went to move away, only to remember my body had failed.
?Are you even listening to me?!? The voice started to get more impatient as the footsteps once again got closer.
Without warning, everything went silent for a moment.
Am I dead now?
Things remained silent and I began pondered to myself.
Oh damn, if this is death, then I think I?m going to go mad, with nothi-
Suddenly, the pain of which I had almost become used to spiked immensely as something hit me near the kidneys, again, and again. The output of pain was starting to make my mind scrambled.
I heard the voice again, presumably talking to herself, at least I think it?s a 'her', ?I wonder if it?s dead.? I felt two fingers rest on my neck, checking for a pulse, ?Oh, it?s not.? I was quite relieved to hear that line.
?I wonder if anyone would miss this if I took it?? The voice once again sounded slightly menacing.
Wait, what? Take what?
My mind went frantic again and then I felt my arm being lifted followed by my whole body being dragged along the floor and it wasn?t much longer before I began to black out from the pain.
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Mima:
Chapter 2
I realised my own consciousness again and after resting for a brief period of time, I remembered the condition I was in, seemingly paralysed. This time however, the pain had faded somewhat and I felt a lot more comfortable, like I was resting in? a bed?
After pondering more theories, most of which consisted of asking myself if I was dead, I decided to remain optimistic and made myself believe I was alive and was just ill, or something like that.
At that point I heard a bang, which echoed slightly but since nothing happened after what felt like a minute, I let it go by. In the silence I slowly started to get the familiar feeling of boredom, and since my head felt slightly more stable I decided I would try and recall why I might be here in this undesirable state.
Other than a few ridiculous stories made by my mind I got nothing, not even an idea where I am, or was. In an attempt for comfort, I started to search my mind for something that I could remember, something I?d have imprinted into my head but instead a horrible mixture of sorrow and fear entered my head, when I realised I couldn?t even remember my own name. Still, it could be the shock. What if I?m paralysed? I could have suffered a head injury or something and now I?m lying in a hospital bed.
The panicking riot in my mind was culled upon hearing another loud bang similar to the last, though this one sounded much closer. It resembled something like a door slamming or of that sort. I started to think upon the new questions, which had arisen from that, am I really in a hospital? Other than the bangs, which seemed too loud, it?s was too quiet. Feeling exhausted, I dismissed the question in my head with a mere comment, ?Wherever I am, at least the bed?s comfy.?
I heard yet another door, this one wasn?t loud though, a door was being opened and I could only guess it was a door to this room due to how clear the noise was, which means I have company. After hearing a few footsteps I heard the same humming from yesterday followed by an impatient sigh, ?It?s still not awake yet!?
Or that?s what you think, anyway.
?This is no good, if it doesn?t do something soon I?ll just have to use it for target practice.?
She can?t be talking about me can she? Don?t say I?m stuck in some psycho?s house.
Suddenly, in the midst of panic, I felt my body twitch a little; it wasn?t much, but hopefully a signal to my strength actually returning.
?Yes! Finally!?
It seemed my strength was finally returning, but straight away I wondered if this was really a good time.
I heard the girl give a quizzical noise, ?Did he just-??
I waited for a few moments, before struggling to open my eyes slightly and slowly focused, to find a girl with green hair and red eyes right in front of me, staring at me.
It nearly gave me a heart attack.
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Mima:
Chapter 3
?Hiiii!? The girl said, in a friendly, long, musical tone.
Least she seems cheerful... for now
With my mind in a mess and a throbbing headache I opened my mouth to reply, ?? Hell?o??
?It can talk!? The girl expressed excitedly.
Closing my eyes I thought to myself, about the fact I was being called an ?it? and realised that closing my eyes reduced some of the pain.
?Hey! Don?t you dare go back sleep!? Suddenly the carefree voice had turned ferocious, it wasn?t long after that my eyes sprung open again out of fear, if not anything else, ?That?s better!? Just like that, the voice had gone carefree again.
I struggled to lift my arm and wiped my eyes, allowing me to see better and looked at my visitor, or am I her visitor? She had fairly long green hair, which triggered something in my head saying that wasn?t normal, as were the red eyes. She wore a pink shirt covered by a long red dress with a pattern that only reminded me of something you see on a tablecloth, oddly, although all the colours were bright, it suited her quite well. ?You?re a human, right??
??Yeah?? I mumbled. What else am I going to be?
The girl proudly sung, ?I?m Yuka Kazami, and you?re currently in the Kazami mansion.? Her eyes shone a look of expectation.
??Oh? okay?? I replied, rather confused.
Yuka?s face showed a little disappointment but then she smiled again, ?You?re from the village, right??
?What village?? I slowly replied. How vague.
Yuka?s expression changed again, ?Stop asking stupid questions, you know what village I mean.?
I closed my eyes to think, before remembering the previous time and opened them quickly, ?Actually I don?t, I? can?t remember anything, not even who I am.?
Yuka?s face turned to a menacing grin, ?Is that so? Well, I must be going now. Bye bye!? As she finished she stood up and walked out the room.
?B-bye.? I stammered.
What the hell have I got myself into now? She?s psychotic! Still, if I keep her in a good mood, I should be fairly safe for the time being? I hope.
I closed my eyes and took a moment to regain my senses, when I opened my eyes again I noticed how bright the room was. The colours, like Yuka?s, were all blindingly bright as well as sporting a large flower them, it?s no wonder my head hurt when I woke up really.
As I looked around my attention went to that of a bird of some kind in the window, a blackbird or something like that and next to it a black box of some sort. The bird was pecking the box causing the box to click each time, ?Wow, my head must be a mess, it?s almost like that bird is using a camera, what could it-?? My voice was suddenly interrupted by a voice I instantly recognised as my captor.
?Hey, crow! What the hell do you think you?re doing spying on me!? I heard Yuka shouted in a violent tone.
Blackbird, crow, close enough.
Almost instantly, the crow flew away and a few seconds later a storm of flowers flew by the window.
A higher pitched voice replied, ?I?m getting my scoop! Flower youkai steals and holds captive a human!?
?Want a scoop? Try ?Crow brutally murdered for not minding its own business!?? The next thing I knew all I could see out the window was light.
I really must have injured my head.
In the light I saw a figure fly away, presumably the crow, but I could have sworn it looked strangely human-like.
Wanting to know what in the world had just happened, I decided to take a risk and try and get over to the window, luckily it was next to the chair Yuka sat in so I swung out of bed and wobbled over to the chair, I walked better than I thought I would but still ended up crashing down onto the chair. At that point Yuka appeared in the window and smiled, ?Ignore that crow, it?s always being nosey? Bye!? The next thing I knew, she was gone again.
Surely it?s time to wake up now.
I pushed myself up in the chair and looked out the window? Only to be bewildered by the fact I wasn?t on the ground floor, but rather one floor up. ?How- why- how could she possibly have been in front of that window? Flying? No, that ridiculous.?
I wobbled back over to bed and got back in, psycho or not, she had a good taste in beds considering how comfy this one was, one could spend all day in it. Still in disbelief, I sat a moment before trying all methods to make myself wake up, pinching myself, confusing myself and various other things that I figured would make me wake up, to no success. ?What?s going on, this must be a dream... it?s got to be.?
As I pondered on my situation, still lying in bed, I heard the door open and looked up to see a small creature fly in with a plate of food and a some water and place it down on the bedside table beside me, it stared at me for a few seconds and then without a word it flew away and out the room. ?Uh, thanks.? I called out after it.
My mind completely gave up trying to comprehend things at this point, having just seen a fairy or something like that fly into the room and leave me some food. I looked at the food and realised how hungry I actually was and that my throat was burning. I?d never been one for salads, or water, but I didn?t really care at this point and started my meal.
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Mima:
Chapter 4
There were no more events that day, I finished my meal, which was surprisingly good tasting for a salad and it wasn?t long after that before I was lying in bed thinking about what had happened that day, even if most of it was unknown.
Despite resting since I had got here, however long that was, I found myself falling asleep once again but in a way it was a blessing, since it took my mind off panicking about things.
When I opened my eyes my heart skipped a beat due to the unfamiliarity of the room, until my brain started up and I remembered where I was, as this occurred a rush of memories stormed through my head from the day before bringing me up to speed.
Feeling stronger, I decided today I?d be brave and explore some of the surroundings; even it was just this so-called Kazami Mansion. As I lifted myself up I noticed that the sun was already high in the sky suggesting it was sometime near midday, as I turned around and felt stupid as I realised there was a clock opposite me stating the time, it was roughly 11:15.
I pushed myself to the side of the bed and waited a moment before standing up, pushing against the wall to keep my balance. Once I felt steady I pushed myself away from the wall and took a few steps, and to my relief I didn?t fall over.
I noticed that in the corner of the room there was a large mirror to which I walked over to and looked at myself, to my relief I hadn?t changed physically and was still wearing my usual get-up consisting of a shirt, jacket and denim jeans. I started to try and do something with my hair, which had been disturbed a good deal due to the amount of bed-rest I had had, but gave it up as a bad job and decided to leave the room.
As I left the room I found myself facing a wall, and a window to my right. However to my left was a fairly long corridor with several doors on each side. I saw one or two of those fairies like the one yesterday, which caused me to double take before I remembered about the previous encounter.
Walking down the corridor I noticed the colour scheme remained the same as the room I stayed in, bright colours and the pattern from Yuka?s dress matched the carpet here, while the walls were spared from that, as I continued down the passage, I noticed the wall on the left eventually stopping, bringing new sights instead.
To my left now appeared to be the hall of the mansion, a few steps further ahead were one of two sets of stairs leading downstairs, which I started to use. The hall surprised me with its size and confirmed that I was definitely in a mansion. The colour?s dropped a little in this room since the walls appeared to be made from wood with its original colour to my relief, although the floor maintained its brightness.
At the bottom of the stairs I confirmed my thoughts, the door on the far wall lead outside, which was definitely something worth noting in case things got problematic. When I looked back to the stairs I noticed two arches between the two stairways leading elsewhere and since there was nothing else to do here, I continued exploring the mansion, choosing to go through the right arch.
I soon found myself in another large room with a table in the middle, it would be presumed that this was the dining room, quite a large room for one person especially since the table could fit at least ten but as I thought that another thought entered my head, ?What if there are more people here then just her?? My body froze for a moment at the thought of more lunatics before I regained my senses and moved on.
Through the next door was the kitchen, but since there were some fairies cleaning and working in there I decided I would be best staying out of the way, since there was nothing else in this area, I decided the next thing to explore would be to return to the hall and take the left arch.
As I begun to walk down the left arch I heard a familiar voice from behind me, ?Here you are, I thought you?d ran away!? I slowly turned around to find myself face to face with Yuka who was half leaning on a pink umbrella or parasol. ?What do you think of my mansion??
I paused for a moment, ?It?s? quite the nice place.? I decided to not mention the choice of colours. ?How many people live here?? I questioned.
?Oh, just me. Always been that way.? Yuka spun around aimlessly without a care, ?I?m going for a walk, care to come along??
Even if I had only been able to walk for less than an hour, those thoughts were still overrode by not getting on her bad side. ?I could do, I guess.?
?Okay, let?s goooo.? Yuka sung as she turned around and begun to walk away, with no other ideas I just started to follow her.
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