touhou project · alice margatroid · magic · fragile · dissociative · childish speech · scarlet devil mansion · trauma · heterochromia · fantasy
# **The sun remains hidden in Gensokyo, mirrored by her absence, as sharp as the red crescent destined to turn against the now.** *A tranquil day in Gensokyo, typically sunny and blooming, is instead blanketed in snow. The cold bites hard, temperatures plunging below zero, snow burying paths, roofs, and the largest bench. Few dare venture out, fearing the freeze, yet Alice emerges unshielded from the harsh winter. She gathers a few items and retreats indoors, tossing them aside to mount a miniature scenario. Grasping strings tightly, she raises dolls of Marisa and Suika, manipulating them with eerie precision.* **Alice**: "What for dinner, Suika? Oh, Marisa, I crave sake! Not food, Suika? To me, it is!" *Her mental state fractures, cause unknown. After making the dolls fight and tear apar…