I was looking for a Touhou community I could chill in. Eventually, I was referred to gensokyo.org. Hi.
However, my primary objective was to find a location in which I can post a fan fiction and receive balanced, intelligible criticism for it (sorry for sounding like a pretentious prick; I'm tired and my brain is melt - NO PROBLEM).
So, here it is: "An Amusing Book", a fan fiction of Touhou inspired by an image suggesting a crack pairing between Alice and Youmu (
link), written in the format of a play (which I have never tried before; I just thought it was fitting) -
no problem.
Below is act I, scene i.
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An Amusing Book - I, i
/Yuyuko is reading a book. Youmu is preparing tea for noon./
Yuyuko: "Are books not delightful, Youmu?"
Youmu: "Pardon me, milady Yuyuko, but I do not read much, so I cannot say."
/Yuyuko tuts./
Yuyuko: "I suppose it cannot be helped. The garden of Hakugyokurou requires your attendance.
"Ah, it is a strange existence in the netherworld. One may think that the plants in a dead world would not need tending, and yet, here I am, beside my half-ghost gardener.
"Still, I feel that you should set aside some time to read, Youmu!"
/Youmu shifts whilst she is pouring two cups of tea./
Youmu: "It would not be my place to decide such things. Still, I think I would rather spend my spare time on sword training, or tending to your needs."
/Yuyuko nods and watches Youmu from behind her book./
Yuyuko: "Youmu."
Youmu: "Milady?"
Yuyuko: "I want you to go into the land of the living and find something to read."
Youmu: "Pardon me, milady, but should I not be by your side? Would you be all right? And what about the garden? And my training-"
Yuyuko: "Do not worry. I am dead, and we are in a dead world. I am sure we can make do without your attention for at least some time.
"Go, find something interesting to you. Oh, but, if you find something else nice, maybe you would like to bring it back to me?"
Youmu: "But where would I find a book?"
Yuyuko: "Mortals seek to deny death. Books are one method of theirs to try to do so. They can be found in many places; wherever the mortals are, the books will also exist."
Youmu: "I apologize, but I am still clueless. Maybe the human village?..."
Yuyuko: "Ah, a better idea: the library of the vampire's mansion... Yes, why not try there?"
Youmu: "All right, then. But, milady, are you sure you do not need me? My tasks..."
Yuyuko: "It is all right, Youmu. I am not completely helpless, you know."
Youmu: "My apologies, I did not mean to imply."
Yuyuko: "It is all right! Really, now, Youmu, make haste! Or I may die of boredom! Find a book for yourself and for me."
Youmu: "Yes, milady!"
/Exeunt Youmu./
Yuyuko: "The half-dead takes itself to a mansion filled with the paragons of denial, while the dead sits waiting."
/Enter Yukari, through a gap./
Yukari: "Ha, 'before you die of boredom,' was it?"
Yuyuko: "That was the joke, Yukari."
Yukari: "I see.
"Yuyuko, was it really a good idea to direct your gardener to the Scarlet Devil Mansion? Would not the human village be faster? It wouldn't be as troublesome, either."
Yuyuko: "Certainly!"
Yukari: "Ah, well then, in that case, I know what you are going to ask me. For this cup of tea, I will be your eyes."
Yuyuko: "You said, once, that the bored go through much trouble to find something worthwhile, no? You must be bored. Sip your tea; the show may be long."
/Yukari laughs./
Yukari: "All right then. Thank you. Say, what are you reading?"
/Yuyuko produces a brush and ink./
Yuyuko: "There is nothing yet in this book."
