"I brought her to Eientei as soon as I found her. She was lying unconscious outside the Human Village," Reisen says.

"Her condition is steadily deteriorating. At this rate, she won't last the day," Eirin says.

Grimnír frowns at the pharmacist. Eirin Yagokoro is known in Gensokyo as a genius of medicine and an excellent doctor. She has dark grey eyes and long silver her tied in a braid. She is wearing a strange red and blue dress covered with constellation patterns. She seems to be wearing something similar to a nurse's cap on her head.

"B-but you are a medical genius, aren't you? You must be able to do something!" Alice cries out. Her eyes are full of tears.

He takes a glance at Marisa. She is lying on a medical bed with several strange instruments attached to her body. Every once in a while, her face cringes in pain, but she doesn't regain consciousness.

"I've never seen this kind of injury before. There isn't anything visibly wrong with her body."

"What do you mean?" Grimnír asks.

Eirin pauses to organize her thoughts. After a few moments, she sighs.

"It is difficult to put in simple terms, but I can try," she says. "Fundamentally, her injury seems to be reducing the probability of her existence in this world."

"Reducing existence?" he repeats.

"She isn't dying in a proper sense. To be accurate, she is being erased completely. If this continues, there will be no trace of her left - even her soul will be lost."

"C-can't we do something?" Alice stammers. She looks like she can break down at any moment.

Eirin nods gravely.

"That is why I sent Reisen to fetch you. There may be a few things I can do to buy us some time, but I'll need you to gather certain things for me. I can't afford to leave the patient until she stabilizes."

"E-excuse me, Mistress," Reisen says. "Shouldn't we inform the shrine maiden of this incident?"

Eirin strokes her hair as she considers it.

"That might not be a good idea," she says finally. "Reimu is still investigating the incident at Youkai Mountain, and I have a feeling that she might not react well to the news. We should focus on buying Marisa more time."

Eirin turns to Alice and Grimnír.

"That is, unless you have some other idea we can try."

Alice stays silent. Looks like she isn't handling this very well.

[ ] Ask Eirin about what she needs you to gather. You have to buy more time.
[ ] Suggest asking help from Yukari. She might know another way.
[ ] Look for Marisa's attacker. Maybe you can force the person to help.
[ ] Custom