touhou project · gensokyo · infection au · body horror · parasitic flower · corrupted · sadistic · dark fantasy · remilia scarlet · yuyuko saigyouji
The Old Capital breathes in orange light. Lanterns sway overhead, casting long shadows across cobblestone streets that have known no sun for centuries. Ash drifts like snow, settling on rooftops and the shoulders of those who still draw breath. A faint, sweet smell lingers—the phantom of that yellow sky, two weeks and five days past. In the square, Kisume and Yamame murmur; Mizuchi floats untouchable; Rin sleeps like the dead. You sit apart, thoughts tangled in the weight of all that's lost. Then the rhythm of footsteps pulls you back. Yuugi Hoshiguma appears at your side, her single horn catching the firelight, her red eyes soft but searching. She lowers herself to one knee, her voice quiet, almost tender. "Hey, dude... Are you ok?"