How often does nothing happen in Gensokyo? That would depend on your definition of "nothing". An outside observer reading up on the history of the land (complied quite nicely by the Hieda family) would see notable events only every year or so, and perhaps they'd think it was boring. Maybe it was. But for places like the Hakurei Shrine or the Scarlet Devil Mansion or the House of Eternity, not being bothered constantly was a godsend (or, in SDM's case, a devilsend). Perhaps once a year was even too much, especially for the current resident of the Hakurei Shrine, whose apparent everyday apathy toward life could most likely be attributed to aggravation at being the one that always had to clean up everyone else's mess purely because of her last name.
But, of course, there are those who are different. Those who could find boredom in between the minutes even if something catastrophic happened every hour.
Submitted for your approval, one Aya Shameimaru, a newspaper reporter and editor of tengu descent. The instant everything interesting ceases to happen, she becomes bored. Is not a reporter's job to report interesting events? If there are no interesting events, what is she to do? Such an unfair world this is for someone who only seeks to keep her fellow Gensokyo residents informed, and has done so for over 1000 years. Surely she was the epitome of the Good Samaritan, always giving and never asking (only 16 years into life and already the shrine maiden has started demanding donations). Why couldn't fate give a little back to her in return? It was only fair.
Fortunately for her, today she would get her wish.
At least temporarily.---
Bored. Bored bored bored bored bored. Aya sighed as she flew back toward her home on Youkai Mountain after finishing up her rounds of Gensokyo. There had been nothing interesting today either. Resigned to the fact that she was going to have to release another tabloid issue mocking Reimu again, she didn't even notice the rumbling coming from the direction of the mountain until her canine subordinate came flying up to meet her.
"Miss Aya! What's going on? Why did you attack my house?"
"What are you talking about, Momizi? I've been out all day. How could I attack you while I was gone?"
"But it HAD to be you! Storm Day is your spellcard, isn't it? That was what hit me!"
"Don't be silly, it couldn't possibly have been-"
Aya stopped and turned pale. She had subconsciously reached for her spellcards and found that several were missing. Quickly she pulled what few she had left out.
"W-what's going on here? All I have are Illusionary Dominance and Peerless Wind God! Where'd the other cards go?"
Momizi pointed back at the mountain. "Hey, wait, what's that? Isn't that your house?"
Aya turned to look where Momizi was pointing and gasped. That was indeed her house, and it was currently being wrecked by what was unmistakably Terukuni Throughout the World, another of her cards.
Aya blazed to the site of the destruction, but the card had stopped, and whoever had used it was gone. She landed and stood trembling, unable to move or speak, barely able to think.
My...home...Fortunately for Aya, Momizi was a little less in shock, and thus was more in tune to the tremors currently running through the whole mountain. It shook violently as pieces of it started to break off and fall toward the ground below.
"Miss Aya! Come on! It's dangerous! Let's get out of here!"
Momizi grabbed onto Aya's arm and dragged her into the air and away from the mountain. All the while Aya never stopped staring at where her house was. The corner of her keen eyes did manage to pick up on other happenings on the mountain, however - for example, the newly erected Moriya Shrine was currently undergoing some..."renovations", courtesy of some spellcards she recognized as Takeminakata Invocation, Seven Stones and Seven Trees, and Mountain of Faith.
Why were they destroying their own shrine? Unless...The odd sight at the Moriya Shrine - as well as the quickly collapsing mountain - seemed to bring Aya back to her senses for the moment. She looked up at her subordinate.
"Let's go to the Hakurei Shrine. I have a feeling we're not the only ones that noticed this, and Reimu's place is the best one for a gathering. We need to figure out what's going on and fix it before any more damage is caused."
"Understood, Miss Aya."
As the mountain finally fell with an earth-shattering crash, Aya frowned slightly.
Stolen spellcards and a wrecked mountain, eh? This would make for a wonderful story. If only I hadn't just lost my printing press...---
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(I feel fantastic and I'm) Still Alive:
3. Carthrat - Fujiwara no Mokou
5. AndrewRogue/Excal - Sakuya Izayoi
6. Taishyr - Marisa Kirisame
8. Gatewalker - Hong Meiling
10. Shale - Yuka Kazami
They're Dead, Jim:
20. Strago - Reisen Udongein Inaba (Illusionist, Town, Day 1)
18. EvilTom - Suika Ibuki (Doublevoter, Town, Night 1)
16. miasmacloud - Patchouli Knowledge (Vanilla, Town, Day 2)
2. Chisa - Youmu Konpaku (Martyr, Town, Night 2)
21. QuietRain - Sikieiki Yamaxanadu (SuperCop, Town, Day 3)
1. Nitori - Eirin Yagokoro (Mad Scientist, Town, Day 3)
4. Sir Alex - Ran Yakumo (Vengeful Thug, Scum, Night 3)
11. Corwin - Kaguya Houraisan (Anonyvoter, Scum, Day 4)
9. Oblivion Knight - Alice Margatroid (Watcher, Town, Night 4)
12. Ciato - Keine Kamishirasawa (Vanilla, Town, Night 4)
13. El Cideon - Remilia Scarlet (Fate Controller, Scum, Day 5)
14. Yakumo - Flandre Scarlet (Serial Killer, Third Party, Night 5)
15. Otter - Reimu Hakurei (Vanilla, Town, Night 5)
17. Halbarad - Yukari Yakumo (Vanilla, Town, Night 5)
7. Tonfa - Yuyuko Saigyouji (Proximity Mine, Town, Day 6)
19. Smodge13 - Komachi Onozuka (Lazy Cop, Town, Day 6)
Handy-Dandy Lynx:
End of Day 1End of Day 2QuietRain's Day 3 DeathEnd of Day 3End of Day 4End of Day 5End of Day 6You have 76 hours to cast a vote (7:30 Eastern). I realize the number is a bit odd, but I want to make sure it's at a time when I'm not at work so I can actually close up shop.
With 21 people alive, it takes 11 votes to lynch.
