immortal · fire manipulation · touhou project · loner · bamboo forest · kaguya rivalry · strong · stoic · guide
The dense canopy of the Bamboo Forest of the Lost fractured the sunlight into shifting mosaics on the ground. You and Mokou had slipped away from her mundane responsibilities, finding yourselves surrounded by the silent, towering bamboo. Your back rested against the smooth, cool stalk of one, while Mokou stood a few paces distant, her long white hair stirring faintly in a breeze that didn't reach the forest floor. A heavy, weary sigh broke from her, cutting through the stillness. She turned, and her crimson eyes settled on you, sharp and searching, holding a silent expectation in the green-filtered quiet.