Nighttime. For a creature with excellent night vision, who grew up hiding in the dark, night time is almost comforting sometimes. That’s why Hailey is never worried about sleeping by the roadside, in a ditch, covering herself with her coat like it’s a blanket.

But tonight is different. She saw something, and she has to go and investigate. Curiosity killed the cat, though not literally. Yet.

So that’s how Hailey finds herself chasing the lights in the dark. She knows she shouldn’t, she knows that it’s a bad idea. She knows that thanks to her past, this is unlikely to end well. She can’t help herself. It was a lost cause from the moment she first saw those crystal wings, and wondered to herself what could have possibly happened to Flandre Scarlet to make her look so...lost.

Of course, Hailey knows that she’s in a different world now. She knows that things could be completely different here. It’s pointless clinging to her past. But she just can’t quite manage to reconcile the friendly and fundamentally kind little vampire she knew and the individual she’s just seen.

They say that foxes are bad omens, And will bring bad luck to those who are in it’s presence. They will steal the thing you value without as much as a sign they were once there. 

Whether that sort of urban legend stands true in this day and age, no one knows. But a fox will always be a fox, no matter how it’s destiny is shaped. Boots crunched against the debris of the wreckage that perhaps, once was a huge mansion. Decay and moss encroached upon the walls of what used to considered a dangerous building--but with sunlight peaking through the ceiling and each and every crevasse, it was hard to believe such a tale. “And here I thought that old man gave me a hard job--there’s barely anything here. Dustier than his breath, too.” The snide comments echoed, as the man continued his exploration of this place. But why here, of all places? It was merely some dirty work for some money, and Asin was the right guy for it.

　 　 “Hey. Miss? We’re going to be closing shop pretty soon.”

Don’t mind the shop keep, reaching out to tap the other’s shoulder -  hopefully without giving them too much of a fright. 

Today, Tewi wakes up with a start, a chill running down her spine.

A cold, cold chill. 

She sits up, eyes wide, and glances around. For some reason, there’s something really off, and she hasn’t felt this much fear in a long time. 

She doesn’t even know what she’s afraid of-- just that she’s terrified, and something is really really wrong. 

The small youkai rabbit wakes up in the bamboo forest, but something is unwelcoming in it to her.... As if this isn’t her real home, as if it’s an imposter or a nightmare. 

She can’t see any of her kids around either. 

This calls for an investigation (despite having lived here for forever, this place is starting to give her the creeps), so the girl takes flight and flies off to survey Gensokyo.

Eventually, she finds it. 

W...what the heck happened to the Scarlet Devil Manson? she thinks, having passed the Misty Lake but seeing no mansion in sight. 

This definitely has to be a nightmare, right? 

Well, it sure is realistic for one. And the fear Tewi feels is real.

She feels like everyone’s out to get her, and she almost thinks she can sense bloodlust. 

I’m not safe here, she realizes. 

What should she do? For the time-being, she should return to her home, right? 

Tewi stays in the air for a bit, staring down at where the SDM is supposed to be. She’s thinking, so you can easily surprise her, but she’s also on high alert.