Wednesday, October 22, 2008



Anon rubs his head. He feels like he was just thrown off a cliff. Or hit by a train. Or rammed by a train off a cliff.

"Good thing I landed on something soft," he mutters as he gets up.

His hands find something cup-shaped. It feels like soft pudding. He looks down to see what it is. He freezes.

"Why am I lying on top of a girl? Who is she? She looks kinda cute. She feels soft. She smells nice, too."

Anon quickly stands up, realizing that he is thinking aloud.

"I'm sorry! I'm not a pervert! Please don't call the police!"

The girl doesn't reply. It looks like she is unconscious. Anon sighs in relief.

The girl has beautiful blonde hair and soft white skin. A single braid is tied with a ribbon to the side of her face. She is wearing a frilly black and white outfit. A black witch's hat complete with a ribbon is lying by her head.

"Such cute witch cosplay, I'd take her home," Anon says.

He slaps himself quickly. He needs to focus. It looks like he somehow landed on her and knocked her unconscious. This won't end well if he keeps thinking like this.

Focus.

He looks around the area. They seem to be in some heavily wooded area, a forest perhaps. There is a long sweeping broom lying on a tree to the left. To the right, there is an overturned basket with a few mushrooms in it. There are various plucked mushrooms lying around the area as well.

Think.

Anon can't seem to remember anything else besides a growing pain at the side of his head. He can't remember what he was doing, or where he came from. He can't even remember his name.

However, he do knows that staying in an unknown forest is a bad idea. Wild animals, poisonous plants, at god knows what else might easily end him.

Decisions.

[ ] Nudge the girl and try to wake her up. Ask her if she is alright.
[ ] Examine the girl carefully. She might be bleeding.
[ ] Leave the girl there and walk around. The forest looks peaceful enough.
[ ] Custom


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Darkness. All around him, he sees darkness.

He stands alone, yet is not alone. Someone is watching him.

"I know you are there," he says. "Show yourself!"

Laughter. Cruel laughter. It comes from everywhere and nowhere.

"Perceptive, aren't we? And those eyes glimmer of intelligence as well."

He sees it. Red eyes in the darkness. The voice speaks again.

"Try not to die too much."

Monday, October 20, 2008

Magical Rhapsody



I came up with this one to kill some time while waiting for responses on the boards for "Scarlet Horizon" (http://scarlet-horizon.blogspot.com). It isn't a spin-off, but a separate and complete story on its own. There is no need to read the other related stories, but perhaps understanding the relationships between each may add some insight.

This occurs in the same universe and time line as "Scarlet Horizon". The two stories occur within the same continuity (except for Bad Ends). Perhaps Grey and Anon can meet at some point.

This story is meant to have quite a different feel from "Scarlet Horizon", and it may be easier to think about this as a story on its own. While the events in the two stories may influence one another, each is planned to have its own major plot and endings.

I am using this blog as a public archive of the threads. The original can be viewed at http://www.touhouproject.com/forest/.

Yep, still no trip as of this post. I think you guys are smart enough to identify the original.