Gensokyo: The After Years

[fantasysuccessor]

It is the year 187 by the Gensokyo Calendar.

58 years have passed since the Taoist group arrived in Gensokyo. The Hakurei shrine is now under the care of Hakurei Maiko, Reimu's granddaughter. Reimu died several years ago. Nobody is sure where the intervening shrine maiden has gone off to these days, so it's up to Maiko to keep things running. At age 12, she's growing into her powers quickly, but only has a vague idea of what her actual responsibilities are supposed to be.

What else has changed? Well, Marisa is a youkai magician now. The rest we can figure out as we go along. Most of the old guard are still around, being youkai.

Welcome to the Hakurei Shrine. Spring, Summer, Fall or Winter, Maiko is probably busy tidying things up - clearing paths of snow, clearing paths of leaves, clearing rooms of dust, drinking tea on the veranda. Some things are forever.

[Feel free to bring anyone in, and decide for yourselves how the last 50 years have treated them. This is all very open-ended.]

Comments

[faithful_kitsune]

[She still hasn't gotten the hang of "gapping" around, and thus doesn't really bother for now. She isn't even sure why Lady Yukari is trying to teach her that sort of thing considering she's just a shikigami. Wasn't like she was supposed to inherit her title or anything, right?

There's no denying Lady Yukari is getting out less and less, though, which is why it is now Ran's job to "pester the Hakurei shrine maidens." And by "pester," she means "check up on" in Yukari talk. Of course, Ran doesn't quite have Yukari's sense of the troll down. Yet, anyway.]

Yoo hoo! I've come to visit!

[fantasysuccessor]

Oh, it's Ran. [Maiko knows Ran. Of all the weirdos who hang around the shrine, she's once of the more agreeable ones. Sometimes she brings treats.]

Is Yukari still sleeping?

[faithful_kitsune]

[She sighs.]

Yes, as she has been for several days now. Chen is watching over her currently. She'll be up soon enough, though. How are you faring?

[fantasysuccessor]

I wish mom had taught me a charm to stop leaves from falling on the path. I'm going to be sweeping this until winter.

[And then she'll be shoveling snow.]

[faithful_kitsune]

I'm certain it's teaching you quite a bit of discipline, at least. Your mother is still, ah... "on vacation," I am assuming?

[Hahahahaha like anybody really believes that.]

[fantasysuccessor]

...She should be back any day now. Still, maintaining the shrine isn't all that hard, so I'm fine. Sometimes people even donate.

[faithful_kitsune]

[Ran is pretty sure 80% of those donations are from her courtesy of Yukari.]

How very responsible of you! I'm sure the shrine is in very good hands right now. And at least there have been no major incidents lately, yes?

[fantasysuccessor]

There was so an incident! I had to defeat a ghost.

[faithful_kitsune]

Is that so? My goodness, how exciting! What was the ghost doing?

[fantasysuccessor]

She was eating all the food at the shrine.

[faithful_kitsune]

...

[Didn't... Yuyuko say the other day that she had visited the Hakurei Shrine?]

It must have been a very tough battle.

[Or would be if she were putting in even a fifth of the amount of effort more than Ran suspects she was.]

[fantasysuccessor]

Not really. Her danmaku wasn't all that tough.

[Maiko has no idea.]