Hello, ITalkToSky here
Here comes the setup of the story. I also have a question for you at the end of this chapter.
I hereby call for a poll. Muwahahaha (at the end)
The racial trait of Youkai Magician will be elaborate and expanded upon in this story, but not necessary in this chapters or the next though.
I also might tamper with a little bit with the timeline of Gensokyo in order to provide a proper background.
Both Touhou project and Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei belong to their rightful owner. Only my OC is my actual idea.
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Back to the present
Hovering above the Scarlet Devil Mansion with wide eyes, Lunaire spun around as his mind was overclocked. His frown deepened with every passing moments. He raised his hand to his face and squeezed his temple strongly. He slightly tapped his feet on the imaginary foothold midair and slowly climbed the altitude. Slowly decelerating to a stop, he froze.
Scarlet Devil Mansion was tucked away in the valley and woods of some sort. Nicely hidden away with great atmosphere to boot, but Lunaire knew that was not the most important part. What caught his attention was what far beyond the little valley they popped into. He could never forget those white rectangular objects that stood tall and pieces the heaven. Its surface reflected the light of the morning sun. Buildings, very tall building that seemed to be made out completely of windows. That was definitely not Gensokyo, even Kappas don't have the technology to start constructing this, but they are getting close.
"Scry" Lunaire demanded as both his vision and hearing were projected straight into the city. The first thing that came to his mind was Japanese. The language that he had spent the last century using in the land of fantasy, although what he heard was contained some differences. It was within his expectation for Japanese to change over the course of a century, but this would definitely spell his trouble if he could not gather information due to linguistic differences.
"Hey do you want to go to the movie? It is only a few stations from here."
"I can't I have Mirage Bat club practice today. I am sorry I can't go."
"Oh right, nine school competition is close, isn't it."
"Mirage Bat? Nine school competition?" The silver hair Youkai Magician was not familiar with the terms. Before he could think any further though, he saw many more figures that flew toward him from the mansion.
"What is happening? I saw a flash and…this!" Marisa bellowed, before taking in the scenery.
Alice was more collected, but appeared just as shock as the others that followed. Patchouli though, in addition to being confused, wore a silent expression of delight with more things to satisfy her curiosity.
'It might be sad to tell her that there is nothing magical out here' was what Lunaire though, but he did not know how soon it would be for him to understand how wrong he was.
"Let's get back into the mansion. We are out in the open here and I don't want to get caught off guard. We need to think up a plan." He said with hushed tone even though there was nobody out there to eavesdrop on them.
"Wait Lunaire! Hold on! What is happening out…" Marisa held up her hands to stop Lunaire, but he responded with the most serious expression he could muster.
"I will explain in the mansion. I don't know how we got here, but if this is where I suspect we are, and then we have some serious problem on hand." It was a serious expression indeed as the weight of a century of life was not something to be joked about. Lunaire then turned away before speeding toward the mansion.
"Hmm" A man on the reclining office seat trained his eyes on one of the monitor. It seemed that the psionic sensor had detected someone using magic in the city proper. He snorted, thinking that the some of the fools from magic high school probably found some trouble. However, a quick glance at the security camera in the vicinity showed no sign of any fighting
Considering the small magnitude of magic, probably the investigation wouldn't be needed. Most of the time if there is not an open magic assault right in the middle of the city, then the case is probably not significant. Many magicians lately seemed to fancy running around with some magic. Although the magnitude of the psion detected by the sensor was quite small, the psion patterns that are unique to each person were still recorded. The man slowly reclined back into his seat after he verified to automated activity log, not noticing anything about the data recorded.
Before they went into the mansion, Lunaire asked Sakuya to go and fetch Meiling, while Patchouli was asked to bring in Koakuma. After the two left, he ushered the rest into the library, but before anyone could say anything, he quickly chanted a few words of power. The rest looked at him curiously, before going on their way, when he explained that he restrained Cirno and Daiyousei that was loitering about the premise.
Lunaire closed his eyes for a bit before noticing an existence of a being flying down to his side. Inside, he thought that this person was the last person they needed in this situation, Shameimaru Aya. However, thankfully, she wore a very serious expression. As expect of Youkai with the greatest seniority, she knew when something important happened.
After a short break, everyone was gathered in the library, except for the fairy maids and the little intruders he just apprehended. Lunaire brought Aya into the meeting under the surprise of many and quickly explained her reason of being in Scarlet Devil Mansion when thing went down. The atmosphere was heavy as everyone seemed to try and force out an answer from Lunaire with their eyes.
"I want an explanation." Unexpectedly, it was Alice who started the conversation. Lunaire found it very unexpected, but sighed as this explanation would be a long one.
"I don't know how, but that flash brought us…out." He paused trying to arrange his thought. The expression on his face appeared calm, but it was his hands fidgeting about slightly that betrayed his anxiousness.
"What do you mean out?" Alice pressed. Everyone stared at the silver haired boy for elaboration. Patchouli laid her book on her table, while Marisa leaned in closer. Sakuya appeared undisturbed as always and as expected of Remilia, her face was glowing with the overwhelming excitement. Lunaire wondered what could make this lady feel anxious, save for her sister. Reisen only moved closer, but she wore a tight expression, as expected of a former soldier of the moon.
"Outside the barrier, the outside world, the place beyond Gensokyo or whatever you want to call it. The place has change, but almost a century has passed since I left to Gensokyo. I am sure, because this suffocating low level of ambient mana is what didn't change." Lunaire grimaced as he began to grow more convinced that they somehow slipped out of the Hakurei barrier, along with Scarlet Devil Mansion, into the world a century after he left it. This would bring a lot of troubles for the people of Gensokyo to suddenly appear.
Lunaire decided that these people deserved to know everything, which would also be much more convenient that withholding information. The story of his escape to Gensokyo and the world back before he departed was told under the curious gazes, mixed with some anxious ones. When he started, everything started to pour out. Nobody had ever heard of his story before, so everyone attentively listen till the end. He recounted the secrecy of magic, disbelief in supernatural and the technologies the human of the outside world possessed.
"You are completely sure?" Alice asked with her eyes still wide from the otherworldly account of the outside words. Her right hand grasped tightly to her left wrist said a lot about her anxiousness.
The rest were so different. Their expressions range from anxious, mild surprise to neutral. The only two that differed were Marisa who wore and unreadable still face and Remilia who was practically glowing with overwhelming enthusiasm. Aya seemed to be pondering something as he frown deepened. Lunaire silently thought that it was rare for Aya to be so serious and not make someone angry by being a nuisance.
After a moment of stuffy silence, they started to look among each other, silently praying that one of them will have the brightest solution for their dilemma. However, no one said anything. Lunaire rubbed his temple and sigh.
"With us not knowing the way to return, we must make do with what we have and live. That is our number one priority. As for how exactly are we going to do that, first we need to be able to feed for ourselves. Although I would like to say that it is looking good as Alice, Patchouli and I won't need food as we are Youkai magician, but I can't because we have tons of fairy maids and others to feed. I have a solution for that, though we all need to work together in this." He paused a little and stared at everyone face. What he received was a tentative nod from each of them.
To solve their food issues, Lunaire asked Patchouli to research up any books relating to edible plants, including how to properly grow them, and then instructed Meiling to start constructing the temporary farm within the vicinity. As for meat diet, hunting will be occasionally assigned to Sakuya. Although protesting about how she wanted to hunt, Marisa backed down after Lunaire explained that they want meat not a blob of charcoal.
"Second, we need to keep our existence secret. A hundred years has passed, so I don't know what could be waiting us out here. If they don't know us, they can't hit us. If the situation calls for it, we will need the approval of most of us before disclosing the information of our existences to anyone, most likely our future collaborators." Lunaire continued as if he was lecturing his students in a university. By being the only one who have the barest hint of idea about the outer world, outdated as it was, he viewed that he at least have the obligation to raise their chance of survival. In other word, he was afraid of the regret that would haunt him if he lost someone when he could have saved them with what he knew.
After the discussion about modern weaponry a century ago on Earth, everyone came to a conclusion that although it is almost useless in direct confrontation as almost everyone could erect a barrier to defend, but that is not the case if caught off guard. The consensus on the topic of confrontation therefore was to avoid the fight until the group can get their bearing straight, including the confirmation about the destructive power of current weaponry. Even then, everyone was advised to only fight to protect themselves and people in the group. Lunaire offered to issue a magic stun grenade he invented to them later.
Many gasped when he proposed that the spell card rules be dropped for every confrontation, except for duel between Gensokyo resident. It seemed that they had lived many years with spell card rules that the idea of dropping it never crosses their minds. He could not blame them, spell card rules was a magnificent rules, but when life was on the line, the group will need everything in their arsenal to prepare of the unknown.
"Finally, we need to gather information. As I said, I don't know anything specific about the world right now. In the situation like this, those who know more can stay a few steps ahead and that might be what keeping us safe."
"Let me…" Aya started, but I cut her off.
"I will go. I probably understand the people better; after all I sought refuge here in Japan for a while after all. I will be the one doing the preliminary scouting. Don't worry about me, just hold the fort. Please trust me on this. After I get something, we will then be able to go on to step 2. My plan right now is to retrieve whatever I left here when I went to Gensokyo, sell them to get the funds we need for further operation."
"It will be a rough task." The Tengu's tone was stern.
"I can handle myself, but Thank you. Patchouli, can you help me with the transmutation?"
"Transmutation?" She asked in a slightly confused tone. The corner of his lips rose slightly as Lunaire grinned, before beckoning Patchouli to join him and then began walking out of the library.
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Uh oh, their cover is a little bit blown.
I have a question for all you reader and ask for you to give me your vote. Who do you think should go the First High and how many?
Before you answer, I want to tell you that all Touhou characters that came from Gensokyo won't be available as choices. You have to consider their appearance. Reisen with her rabbit ears and tail won't cut it. I mean sure you could use magic, but Tatsuya is going to notice it. Even if it is magic from different system and his elemental sight might not be best for the job, he will suspect something. Also it is over when someone decides to pat her head.
This is the list of all characters that are in play from Touhou side plus OC. Mind you this is the first set of cast. Depending on how the situation plays out, I will bring in more, but don't expect that in the near future. I don't like cluttering a story by trying to bring everything and everyone one into the story without making it develop properly.
OC
Remillia
Flandre
Sakuya
Patchouli
Koakuma
Meiling
Marisa
Alice
Reisen
Cirno
Daiyousei
Aya
From this list the one that can definitely appear are…
OC
Sakuya (Though will she leave her mistress…)
Patchouli
Koakuma
Meiling
Marisa
Alice
This does mean that everyone will have to appear in school. Preparing the documents for huge amount of people who randomly pop into existence will be quite a pain for our OC, even if he knows the process, his knowledge is outdated.