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"Hey, Reimu. You alright?"
It had been only two days since the Incident of Gensokyo's Eternal Darkness had been resolved, and the residents of Gensokyo were all deeply disturbed by the recent events. It was as if a sheet of melancholy had been dropped upon the land, covering it with a dreary atmosphere.
Ever since Rumia had passed, the day-night cycle of Gensokyo had suffered along with its residents. What was supposed to be night was now simply a dimming of the sun, filling the sky with a gloomy scarlet light. It was as if the world was stuck in a sort of limbo when night was supposed to come.
Reimu Hakurei had stared up at the bloody sky for so long that she hadn't noticed the arrival of her friend the Ordinary Witch, Marisa Kirisame, who had to bend down and directly call her name.
"Huh? Oh! Marisa..." Reimu snapped her attention back to the witch's face, in which a concerned frown had been etched. "Hi. What brings you here?"
"You okay, Reimu? Ever since what had happened, ya know?"
The shrine maiden gave a reluctant nod. "I guess so. I just need some alone time."
"Right." The witch nodded, but gave Reimu a gentle hug nonetheless. "If you ever wanna talk, you know where I'll be."
Reimu smiled, the first time since the Incident ended. It was a small one, and vanished fleetingly, but it was a smile. "I know." She returned the hug and stood up, turning towards the shrine entrance. Marisa did the same, adjusting her hat and readying her broom for flight.
"Hey, Marisa."
"What?"
"Thank you."
Marisa turned back to the shrine maiden, who had vanished back into her shrine. With a gentle smile, she hopped back on her broom and flew up and away into the sky that was now a sea of red.