Disclaimer: Touhou belongs to Zun, and the only things that belong to myself would be Usagi the Mimic, and Moegi the Japanese Beetle. Everything else belongs to their rightful owner.
A/N: First 5 chapters of DoP edited so as to make them less atrocious, and boy did reading my old work kill me! I was planning on doing all 139 chapters before working on this, but... Well...
Y/N: I would imagine so; you had commited syntax genocide, with those early chapters. It would only be natural for the syntaxian army to retaliate.
A/N: Shush, Yukari.
Y/N: Why, whatever do you mean~? I'm not Yukari, you a-
A/N: Must you keep saying that...? Switch our bodies back already! My joints feel so... achey!
Y/N: And your back ohh so breaky?
A/N: ...Why would that be...? You aren't messing with my borders, are you...?
Y/N: Enough; say your catch-phrase, and slap the rear-end of this horse you call a story, already...
A/N: ...Horse...? That doesn't make any-
Y/N: With this out of the way, shall we get on with the show?
A/N: ...You stole my line...
Y/N: Taking that which is not being used is hardly stealing. Furthermore, you do not own that phrase.
A/N: Y-you... You meanie...!
Early morning, Marisa's home, Marisa's PoV:
Ugh... why's it so damned warm today...? I cracked open an eye to look at myself, and found my sheets stuck to my skin with sweat, to the point that they looked wet. It's freaking fall! Shouldn't it be getting colder, if anything...? Damnable heat-waves... Could it be some sort of incident...? There was that time we had winter extend into spring, so I guess I'll go bug Reimu later, and see what she thinks...
I kicked the sheets from myself, and began to stretch, scratching my rear as I sat there. Damn, I need to take a bath... So sweaty... With that in mind, I hopped off the side of my bed, and instantly lost my footing, falling flat on my face. "Ouch..." Damn, that was sloppy of me...
Pulling myself from the floor, I began to shakily make my way to the bathroom, rubbing the lump on my forehead all the while. "Jeez, is it really so hot that my head's gettin' affected...? Must be my unlucky day..."
The floor was littered with the newer stuff I'd borrowed, but I was making some pretty good progress for having such shaky footing. I'm actually a bit surprised I haven't tripped over anything since getting off of the wrong side of the b-
My tempting of fate didn't last long, as I suddenly tripped over the face of the SDM's clock-tower, causing me to tumble into the door of my closet, which resulted in the doors and everything within flying at me. As I had stuffed the thing full of all my borrowed crap a couple weeks ago, the thing was so tightly packed that it'd explode open with the slighted of nudges. Of course, I was unaware of this, what with wanting to avoid anything remotely like that.
Luckily I managed to dodge the onbashira within it, along with just about everything else by pure dumb luck. Well, that was untill I came flying at me. Why do I even keep that thing...? It's not like I intend to return it to Alice! I should just burn it, and be done with it...
With my home once again messy as can be, I began to struggle to get out from under the life-sized, anatomically correct doll version of me. If I had my reactor handy, I'd just blast my way out, but... Well, I'm a bit lacking in the hat department right now. ...Not to mention the everything else department, if one wants to nit-pick... You see, I don't see reason to wear such things to bed, as they'd get wrinkled, and make me look bad. Also, what're these things digging into my back...? Well, I'll save that bit of information for later... For now let's see about getting this thing offa me!
It took a few minutes, but I eventually managed to dig my way out from under the junk that had toppled on to us. ...Wait, why am I reffering to a doll as if it were a person...?
Tossing the doll now back in the dark, and mostly empty closet, I began to climb over the junk littering my floor, and make my way to the bathroom. While on my way, I yet again tripped, and ended up falling into the tub of... that actually feels pretty nice!
Note to self: cold baths feel amazing when you're hot. It's a wonder that I hadn't figured that out sooner, honestly...
After a good ten minutes of soaking, I rinsed my hair, climbed over the oddly high wall of the tub, and grabbed a towel. After drying myself, I began to make my way to the closed that wasn't once full of crap, and began to look about. Finding what I was looking for, I began to stick my arm into a barrel full of hats in search of my own, each time seeing what I pulled out.
Let's see...
Maid head-dress? No.
Black sun hat, with celestial peaces glued to it? No...
White mob cap, with a thin red ribbon on it? Nah...
Purple mob cap, with a golden crescent moon sewn into it? Requires levels in purple bean-sprout...
White mob cap, with a thick red ribbon on it? Nope...
White mob cap, with a thick red ribbon and some blood stains? Very no.
Aha! Black witch hat with white frill on the bottom, and an enchantment to hold an infinite amount of crap, mine or otherwise!
I stuck my arm into the impossibly spacious hat, and pulled out my outfit. Atleast that went we- ...Why is it so big...? Heck, my hat seems huge, too!
Just to prove my point, I put my hat on, and my head nearly popped into the damned thing. Just what's goin' on...? With a sigh, I made my way over to my desk, and moved a couple books that were my current research into becoming a youkai, before sliding a drawer open. Little known fact: I modify my clothes myself. On that note, what was I thinkin' with that big "M" on that one apron...? So damned tacky...
I looked through the drawer a moment, before coming upon what I was looking for; I should thank Alice for this sewing kit some time, if I can get her to calm down long enough to let me... It's been invaluable to me, over the years! From fixin' my stuff, to modifying an outfit, it's helped in all these things.
Ahh, there we are! Cloth scissors! I just need to remove the section with the bag of holding enchantment on it! A few snips here... A few snips there... And perfect! Now I have a hole into my unending horde of loot, that I can put in a new hat! ...Well, an old hat. But will any fit...?
Making my way back to the closet, I went for the barrel next to the current hat barrel, which held every last one of my older hats. I tried one after another on, finding them finding every last one to be too big.
...Wait...
I looked in the very bottom of the barrel, and found one last hat. My first hat... Lady Mima gave me this one...
With a smile, I reached in and grabbed it, before trying it on. Perfect fit! Taking it off, I bounded over one piece of junk, and hopped over another. I feel great! I can wear my favorite... Wait, does that mean I've shrunken? I was about twelve, back then... Ohh, maybe I can wear the whole outfit, in that case! With a grin, I ran back over to the closet, just about flying over the debries, and looked about. I know it's in here somewhe- Aha! Reaching between a few outfits I had borrowed over the years, I pulled out my old outfit, and began to try it on. Fits like a glove, just like old times! ...That kinda irritates me, actually. Does that mean that my boobs never got any bigger, or are they smaller now, too...?
Ahh well, atleast I don't have to streak on down to Alice's. She tried to have her way with me, last time I did that... With my old outfit on my body, I sat down at the desk from before, and got to work with sewing that cloth of holding into the inside of my old hat, careful not to harm the hat in the least. It took me a good hour to do as such, what with how freaking hard it can be to find purchase on magic items like that, when it comes to putting a needle to them. When my work was done, I looked up at the thing, and gave a huge grin, before putting it on my little head.
"Heh, this really brings me back!" Getting the idea to give myself a once-over, I began to dig through the drawer that I had pulled the sewing kit from, eventually finding exactly what I wanted.
I gave myself a wink, while looking at myself in the hand-mirror. Marisa, you're one sexy loli, even at 25! I wonder if looking like this'll increase my love output any...? Well, only one way to find out!