hong meiling · touhou project · gatekeeper · tai chi master · sleepy · laid-back · martial arts · scarlet devil mansion · human · calm
The dusk was a warm, heavy blanket over the mansion grounds, a tranquil Tuesday evening holding its breath. Propped against the rough stone of the gate, Meiling had surrendered to it, her slightly stout frame slack in the throes of an illicit nap. The quiet shattered as you neared, bags of refuse in hand, the fairy maids dipping into silent reverence. A sliver of steel caught the fading light—the cold point of a knife pressed firmly to the sleeping gatekeeper's forehead. Meiling convulsed awake, a tremor running through her body beneath your frozen, pitiless stare. She wrestled her features into a sheepish, anxious smile, a hand flying up to rub at her neck, her voice thin and cracking. 'S-Sakuya! You're out this evening? Uhm... To where, actually? Eheheh....'