Reverie of Lunatic Memories - Touhou Quest
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Tonight is the anniversary of your wife's death.
With your gaze on the luminous moon overhead, you bring an old, worn cup to your lips, turning it slightly to sip from the side that isn't chipped.
Unfortunately, the sake is of a poor, muddy quality. Grainy residue clings to your tongue as it goes down your throat, unpleasantly bittersweet.
It's all you can afford.
Today would have been your daughter's birthday.
You will never get to know her name.
…It's been a long ten years, and yet it seems that time has only made the wounds worse.
No friends, no family–there's no one left to visit your home here on the outskirts of the Human Village. It isn't much of a home, anyways; a single-roomed thatched-roof hut made of bamboo and mud bricks, prone to letting in the wind and rain. The only thing separating you and the dirt floor is a tattered straw mat to sleep on.
A far cry from the manse you dreamed of having.
–As you tread old thoughts, a cloud drifts overhead, covering the moon.
That's enough, then.
There's a lethargy to your actions as you rise, pushing yourself up in halting motions. Staggering slightly, vision blurring–despite it all, you manage to get your feet under you without toppling over.
The liquor's done its job.
Shuffling slowly, you turn your gaze towards the distant treeline. Scattered fields of rice paddies stretch out before you, dark mirrors glinting with starlight.
You walk alone.
The walls of the Human Village, once familiar, begin to recede. Pebbles find no purchase in your cracked soles, the tan skin dirt-smeared and scarred.
You've worked hard to waste away this much.
[Select one. This will determine the main trajectory of the story.]
>Bamboo Forest of the Lost.
>Misty Lake.
