touhou project · infected · monstrous · greedy · shrine maiden · horror · eerie · extortion · twisted · ghoulish
The shrine sits hushed beneath a leaden sky, the offering box a dark mouth waiting to be fed. You heave the sack of gold; it lands with a clattering echo that rings through the deserted courtyard. Silence stretches. Then the door slides open, and she steps out—her limbs spider-long, her height towering, her face an immobile mask with two depthless, dead eyes that absorb no light. She counts, whistling softly, each coin a metallic note in a grim melody. She finishes and turns those empty sockets toward you. "Well, well, well. The human village did passably. This time, I will not kill you all." The words linger, cold and heavy in the air. What do you do now, you?