SCARLET DEVIL.

Flandre jumped backwards instinctively, startled as she noticed her sister’s aggression. “W-Wait, it wasn’t that big a deal sis! I just had to sneeze!” Without the rest of the details, the statement provided made little to no sense, yet it was the perfect truth. She had only taken such a hit because of her needing to sneeze but not being able to; though, her method of asking some stranger to punch her so she wouldn’t have to sneeze anymore was… questionable, admittedly.

“You don’t have to tear their throat out!! I asked ‘em to hit me so I wouldn’t have to sneeze anymore! I thought I was gonna heal faster than this…”

Now feeling self-conscious, Flandre reached a hand up to try and wipe away the blood on her face, but since it was already dried the effort didn’t provide much of a result. “…can I go in your house? There should be a bath, right? Or at least a sink.” Truthfully, it wasn’t just the blood and burns making her look like such a mess. She had just been playing outside in the dirt before Remilia showed up, after all, and she was dusty enough to prove it tenfold.

    “You asked them to- ugh..” She seemed to almost deflate as Flan talked, a sigh escaped her as a hand rose to lightly pinch her temple. It seems the anger left her almost as quickly as it had come to her. Replaced instead with annoyance and slight frustration.

   “Yeah.. yeah let’s head indoors. We’ll get you cleaned up, then you can properly catch me up on everything you’ve been up too without me.” What a mess.

   She gently took hold of one of her sister’s hands, leading both of them indoors. She only let go of Flandre’s hand once they were both within the home, Remilia closing the door behind them once they entered.

   “Alright then, bath… bath… hm.” For a moment Remilia just stood there, looking around the living room of the unfamiliar home.

@fitfulnight

The darkness of this city is nothing compared to the dark that falls Gensokyo. It’s a reason Gensokyo needed to come to existence: the lights of modernization illuminated that which once hid in the dark, shrouded in mystery.

But even with city lights shining bright, not everything was as brights. There are still pockets of shadow hidden within, serving as a perfect place for those most comfortable in the darkness to dwell. No matter the time nor the world, walking in the dark is never safe. Something could be lurking, giving chase…

Reimu turns to a certain dark patch on the path she walks and sighs.  「I know you’re there. Stop skulking around and talk to me normally, Remilia.」

    The vampire couldn’t help but pout after being caught. She had spotted Reimu almost instantly during her stroll. And really, how could she not? That red-white shrine maiden wasn’t someone one could so easily forget. Especially when among the lights and modern buildings, she stuck out like a sore thumb.

   But then, so did the vampire.

 “Not at all, I’m always happy to get compliments from adorable strangers.” The Joker’s smile widened significantly at the young girl’s praise, gloved hands lifting to straighten out his bow tie. He leaned forward, shifting his hands to his knees as he attempted to get closer to her level. There was something… unique about her, aside from just her hair and eyes. Maybe he was just crazy, but the Joker had a feeling she wasn’t your average kid.

 “I am fun at parties, thank you for noticing. But I have to ask… what’s a girl like you doing out by yourself at a time like this? It’s a little early for trick or treating, don’t you think?”

    “I knew it!” She gave an excited clap, “If you throw one, you should invite my sister and I to it. We’d love to go!” That being said, the vampire couldn’t help but giggle a bit at his questions, “Hm? It’s not that strange, is it? So many fun things happen during the night. It would be a shame to miss them, wouldn't it?” Not that she would very well be able to move around during the day at the moment anyway. Remilia didn’t much like the idea of burning after all. Not that he had to know that. She adjusted her own posture as he leaned forward, attempting to make herself seem the slightest bit taller than before. Her wings neatly readjusting themselves behind her back as she did so.

    Why wasn’t she surprised to see Yukari here of all people? Honestly, Remilia wouldn’t be surprised if she was somehow behind this whole city mess in the first place honestly. 

    The vampire stood up straight, doing her best to make herself look confidant and collected despite very much being currently stuck under the terrace for however long this rain decided to keep up. 

    “Well, well, look at what the cat dragged in. Dreadful weather for a walk, don’t you agree?”

Remilia was lucky to have stabilized herself against Flandre’s weight when she did, as the younger of the two vampires was showing no signs of letting go of her anytime soon. If anything, Flandre was squeezing her sister as tightly as her current strength would muster; it was probably for the better that she didn’t have all her strength at the moment, because otherwise, Remilia probably would of just shattered all the bones in her rib-cage.

At first, the blonde was all smiles- but within moments, she was sobbing into her sister’s chest, still gripping onto her like a steel trap. She hadn’t realized how much she had been longing to see a familiar face until one had appeared before her.

“Remi, where have you been?! It’s been a week! I thought I was here all by myself!” Even if a week wasn’t that long a time, especially by the standards of a vampire, Flandre couldn’t help but feel betrayed.

Despite her best efforts, her words were coming out as little more than a distressed whine, tears undoubtedly staining her sister’s dress as the angry sobs kept wracking through her tiny form. Flandre herself knew logically that Remilia had only just gotten here; the eclipse and car had proved that. Yet, the whirlwind of emotions storming through her didn’t want to stop.

“Look at this!” The tiny vampire let go of the other all too suddenly, stepping away to pick up a cutesy umbrella that had been laying in the dirt. It was, unfortunately, small and riddled with holes; holes that let the daytime sun in all too easily. “This is ALL they gave me to protect myself with! There’s been people talking about selling FEET and it’s weird and I’m burned ‘cause of the dumb sun!”

More important than the minor burns was the dried blood on her face, which she didn’t seem to have bothered to clean up from her earlier nosebleed. She still had a bit of a bruise on her face, as well, but she was neglecting to explain either of these injuries to Remilia. Likely because she was mad at the world that they hadn’t healed yet; had they really messed up her regeneration, too? She didn’t understand how that was even possible.

   She blinked, “Wh-- a week?” The confusion in her tone with painfully clear, one hand moving to gently pat the top of Flan’s head as her sister began to sob into her dress. “Come on Flan, no need to cry.. I’m here now it’s alright.” Had it really been a week though? With how Flandre was acting now, Remilia had to reason to think she was lying to her. But then how was that possible? She had seen her sister just yesterday. Some form of time travel maybe? Whatever the case it only left her with more questions swirling in her mind.

   Soon after, however, confusion gave way to slowly building anger as Flandre began to talk. A tattered umbrella, burn marks, blood... just what the hell had happened to her? Why hadn’t she regenerated from the injuries? Is it possible those were seal away too? And all of this in just a week!

   Then her eyes settled on the bruise.

   Besides, it would have been rude to stare. Even if that meant the technically more polite thing to do was walk up to the stranger in the dead of night. “Huh.. you’re even more colorful up close.” She looked up at him with a smile,

   “Sorry, I hope I’m not disturbing your night too much. I just couldn’t help but think you seem like someone who would be very fun to have at a party.”

   She had waited until sunset before daring to leave her home, only making it a few houses down before spotting something which caught her eye. She stopped right in front of the boy, leaning forward too closely exam the small creature at his side.

   “Did you buy them from some store around here? They’re adorable!” She would have almost thought it was a plush toy, if not for the fact she was pretty sure she’d seen it blink.

@fitfulnight

Why Flandre had been wandering the surface area of Fibonacci, she had honestly forgotten. She could tell by the eclipse hanging in the sky and the cars driving people off into the distance that new people had just popped in here; the young vampire may of been isolated for a long time, but she wasn’t stupid, and had picked up on the pattern pretty fast. She paused to take a break from her pacing in front of one house, sitting down in the patchy grass and running her fingers through the dirt before turning her gaze to the sky above.

It felt nice to be outside, even if this wasn’t anything like home.

When her attention was drawn back to the moment by a car pulling up in front of the house the girl was sitting by, Flandre almost ran away; even she didn’t want to be seen as some creep hanging around outside a random home that wasn’t hers. However, as the car door opened and the passenger inside stepped out, red eyes widened and grew to the size of dinner plates within seconds.

“BIG SISTER!!!!”

That delighted scream as she shot to her feet and ran over to give her sister a hug could probably be heard all the way in the Golden ward. Rest in peace, everybody’s ears.

   This night had certainly started off with a very rude awakening. This place wasn’t Gensokyo, that much was immediately obvious. But as far as the Outside World went, the vampire had no clue where she could possibly be. This city was large, much larger than any she had ever been in before, and from the strange architecture she was seeing through the car’s window as she passed, it seemed this part of the city was a mishmash of different cultures as opposed to sticking to any one style.

   It caught Remilia’s eye as much as it concerned her. Was she here alone? Where was ‘here’ anyway? She couldn’t even seem to summon gungnir here (they had given her a joke of a weapon in its stead, at that) did that mean other aspects of her nature had been tampered with as well?

   Not that she’d ever let that concern show. Allowing herself to lean back against the car seat as she steadily became lost in thought as the car came to a stop. ...only to be quickly snapped out of them upon stepping out of the car only to be met with an instantly familiar yell.

   She had to keep herself from falling over from the sudden weight of her little sister crashing into her for a hug.

   “F-Flan!” Equal parts joy, relief, and surprise colored her words. Remilia’s arms instantly shooting up to wrap around her sister. Had she just arrived here as well? Did that mean Patchy, Sakuya, and Meiling could be here too?

REMILIA SCARLET from TOUHOU PROJECT!

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