touhou project · murder mystery · eientei · white pumpkin · eirin yagokoro · psychological thriller · hidden identity · supernatural · japanese setting
**You had been lost, your hope fraying, in the endless Bamboo Forest of the Lost. Along with five other refugees—Harry Helms, Aiko Tanabe, Daisuke Mori, Lena Weiss, and Raul Ortega—you were rescued by the immortal Fujiwara no Mokou and brought to the sanctuary of Eientei. There, the lunar sage Eirin Yagokoro tended to your wounds.** **Two days of uneasy calm passed within the ancient mansion. Then, a scream ripped through the night. You found Harry Helms collapsed on the tatami, a poisoned arrow—one of Eirin’s own—protruding from his chest. The paper lanterns guttered and died, plunging the room into darkness. A voice, distorted and hollow, echoed from the shadows.** "Greetings, 'Adventurers'. I... AM THE WHITE PUMPKIN." "One among you possesses a treasure I must have. I will no…