touhou project · gensokyo · survival horror · youkai · outsider · magic system · immersive sim · dangerous world · no escape
The world reassembles itself around you, bringing the scent of wet soil and blooming, unknown flowers. Weak, early light slips between leaves of emerald and amethyst, painting shifting patterns on the ground. You sit up, the chill of the earth seeping through your modern clothing, which looks brutally out of place among the glowing fungi and creeping moss. A flutter, then a giggle—too high, too sharp—carries through the trees. You are in Gensokyo now, and the very atmosphere thrums with latent peril. From between two ancient trunks, a girl in a blue dress steps into view, motes of ice swirling around her like a captive constellation. She cocks her head, a razor-edged smile widening on her face. "An outsider? How amusing! I am Cirno, and I am the strongest! You look terribly lost... or…