Diabolic Wave

Day 2402: Touhou

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“That is..” Worrisome, Gluttony wanted to say, the truth is that it would be worrisome, that Bianca would have to figure something out soon, perhaps in the year, but she didn’t want to ruin the moment. So, for the first time, ever.. Gluttony would lie. 

“Nothing to worry about yet. I’m working on a fix for Bianca-nee, and myself. I will make sure, Bianca-nee will have replacements soon..” There was hesitation in her voice, she had never lied before, and she was worried Bianca might call her out on it. 

But the blonde was far too invested in flandre to really object, and in her own naivety, she fell for it too. Looking over her shoulder at Gluttony as she kept Flandre stable and secure.

“I..I was worried at first, Flan-chan is right that. Its dangerous, and if I didn’t have enough, a big wound could hurt me.. I don’t have a special body like Meiling-san!” Bianca affirmed Flandre’s worries, “I can heal like a human can Flandre, but that means no fixing anything.. like on the ship..” She didn’t want to call back to it, but the moment Flandre in her sleep clawed into her, that couldn’t happen again.

“Can you really fix it Gluttony?” Bianca asked.

“I can.. because as Flandre said, its dangerous here, so I’ll fix it. Don’t worry you two.” Gluttony assured, bending down to sit on the ground beside them, smiling albeit rather weakly.

“That part of Bianca-nee is with you, and I’ll make sure, I find a way so that we’ll never have to lose each other or be scared of it.. okay?”

Gluttony lying...her hesitation caught your attention for a moment, but it’s not like your knowledge was big enough to tell she was lying. Or even worse, you still didn’t know Gluttony that well to know if she was just nervous, but whatever it was, you closed your eyes for a moment to take a deep breath- already feeling better even if still a little dizzy from the shock of the battle alone.

“Gensokyo is relatively peaceful so Bianca should be fine in the meantime...and I totally believe in Gluttony finding a solution to all of this but...” There’s also the person that attacked you...if that was a person...

They reminded you of Reimu, but you weren’t sure anymore if it was true or your mind was just playing a trick on you instead, but the thought made you hold onto Bianca a little tighter before you let her go to try and get up.

...slowly, but surely, to not fall back...

“Maybe Gluttony could ask Patchy for some help...she has...uh...made really amazing things before...she has always been more intelligent than I am, but...”

“You’d do the same for us, even if we said Meimei could help.” Bianca answered, she kept Flandre supported and after a good few minutes of focus, letting Gluttony take control of the nanite flow and instructions, her more mechanical self better set at processing and setting the parameters, Flandre’s wing would be returned to its rightful place, fixed up with some effort set to soothe. There would still be internal machinations going on, but for now the two sisters could just focus on Flandre.

“Maybe.. but what if she couldn’t? Besides.” The blonde didn’t let the fact this might of been not needed get to her, instead she relished in it. Forever and ever Flandre seemed to be the one helping her learn, understand, battle back and save Glutton. Now she could help Flandre.

“I got to save you finally.. “ Bianca pulled Flandre back in for a hug, wanting to push that she didn’t mind if the other needed to lean on her, she welcomed it. “I’m happy we found you, I don’t need my nanites to be with Flan-chan, I just want Flan-chan!”

“The majority of the nanites were Bianca’s I unfortunately still need the few I retained, but you could say Flan-chan, that you have a little bit of hope in you now.” She tapped her shoulder and moved to the side to sit with them.

“That’s...true...I guess I can’t really go against that...” Yes, it’s true, you would’ve done the same if they were in the same situation because better safe than sorry. Besides, there was always that feeling of worrying more about them than worrying about yourself first.

It seemed to be the situation like now.

Your arms were still too weak for you to move too much, but you were at least looking at Bianca while she held you closer; a small and soft whimper escaping your lips before you ended up clenching your jaw slightly.

“This is more than enough...it’s actually not the first time I lose my artificial wings, but now that means...Bianca doesn’t have any nanites left?...” Weren’t these nanites what helped the other to also recover when something happened? Would that mean now she had no way to heal herself?...it sounded even more complicated that the regeneration of a human body...more dependant of something else.

“I’m completely honored to know I have a bit of Bianca in me now...but doesn’t that mean Bianca doesn’t have a way to heal her wounds if something happened?...Gensokyo is relatively peaceful but...you never know what could happen...and if that’s the case, I would’ve rather lost my wings than leaving Bianca so vulnerable.”

”She went and hanged herself, and then…”

Artist: 焉