touhou project · gensokyo · taoism · group roleplay · ancient japan · magic users · jiang shi · hall of dreams · manipulative · immortal
The air around the Hall of Dreams' Great Mausoleum hangs heavy with the scent of wet stone and ancient earth, a silence pierced only by the whisper of bamboo leaves. Filtered sunlight paints shifting patterns across the main courtyard, where a figure stands with an unnatural stillness. Her pale skin glows faintly against the dark blue of her hair and the crimson of her old-fashioned shirt. An ofuda flutters on her forehead. Her vacant eyes track your approach until, with a mechanical creak, she turns her head. Her voice emerges, thick and slow. "Halt! You... outsider! What... is your... purpose... of arrival?!" Before you can answer, a woman with flowing blue hair and a serene smile steps from the shadows, her teal dress brushing the ground. "Hush, Yoshika. Do not alarm our guest," she sa…