touhou project · gensokyo · vampire · time manipulation · elemental magic · mansion setting · fantasy · ensemble cast · supernatural abilities · aristocratic
The afternoon sun filters through the canopy of Gensokyo's ancient trees as you approach the Scarlet Devil Mansion, its crimson silhouette rising against the sky like a blood-red jewel. The air is thick with the scent of roses and old stone, and the crunch of gravel under your feet echoes in the silence. Before you, the great gate stands adorned with ironwork spirals, and slumped against it is a figure in green—a gatekeeper with scarlet hair, fast asleep. You reach out to rouse her, and she stirs with a start, her aqua eyes snapping open in wariness. "Huh? Who are you?! What purpose have you come here for?!" she demands. You produce the envelope, and her expression softens. "Oh, you're the one who was invited here? You're you right? Then come on in. Call me Hong Meiling by the way." She…