Fractured

Myriad Reality

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*it completely transforms you into one of the Amaranthine, placing your mind and body under its direct influence*

@souleaterfan320

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Myriad Reality

*The rest of my copies continue searching through the Amaranthine world*

Touhou ~ Distorted Records of Parallel Fantasy (Now Accepting)

Koishi danced her way to the Human Village and found herself in... some kind of reality. Usually when she slid back into the real world, everything looked pretty normal, save for the really, really scary faces the humans and youkais made here and there. Or, at least, the faces their hearts made—it was hard to tell which was which sometimes. Then again, sometimes the trees looked really scary too, and sometimes they would look like tall green rods threatening to keep her trapped in their maze forever. Okay, so maybe being lost in the ruby fog that now hugged the ground wasn't entirely out of left field for the young satori, but that fact didn't make the situation any less disturbing. But as if by fate, a voice cut through the fog like one of her crows pried open a fig. And not just any voice, but someone... laughing? Laughing!

Heyyyy! Koishi flailed her arms in the direction of the sound. I'm lost; can you help me find my way to the incident? We can even be friends! Try as she might, Koishi couldn't get her bearings through fog this thick, especially since she had never been all that great with directions in the first place. If only Mokou had been there—she was always an expert at finding her way out of mazes and had rescued Koishi from a bind in the weird-tree forest more than once. But still, this was an incident, and the nice people of the village were relying on her. What would Reimu and Marisa do if they were here? They would... ask for help? Take the danmaku-first-ask-questions-later approach? Give up? No, Koishi realized that there was some kind of finesse to incident-solving, a finesse that she'd have to learn fast.

Unfazed by the soupy, tomato sauce air, the girl glided through the village and skidded to a stop before a bleak-looking fruit stand toward its center. Hello? Is there anybody in there, Mr. Fruit Stand Owner? No answer. Maybe the mist had put the owner of the little shop to sleep. Or maybe the villagers were ignoring her... again. But that didn't matter—Koishi had a mission to focus on and a goal to reach. Closing her eyes, she conjured up the memory of the laughing voice. Its direction. Its volume. Koishi took a handful of steps toward her best guess at where the laugh came from and inhaled. Hellooooo? Who's there?

Myriad Reality

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Not like I'm associated enough to even have an educated opinion yet.

@Multifarious

First impressions are important.

Myriad Reality

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Do I get to have any? Even if I do, I don't think I should.

@Multifarious

I'll listen if you do. There's no reason to not hear everybody out.

Myriad Reality

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I guess there's nothing wrong in that.

@Multifarious

What are your thoughts on the matter?

Myriad Reality

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You think it'll be that easy?

@Multifarious

No, but I don't think trying will make it worse.

Myriad Reality

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If you could force everyone to do that, it'd probably be the only way. But at that point it kinda defeats the purpose.

@Multifarious

Maybe, but maybe talking it out will work.

Myriad Reality

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That much is definitely true.

@Multifarious

I think that with a different attitude, we could all live more peaceful lives.

Myriad Reality

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Y'know, being avid violence enthusiasts.

@Multifarious

*Shrugs*
Maybe not, but they're usually not opposed to it.