Touhou Gensokyo Girls

Episode 4: Daily work (Capriccio Queen)


HAKUREI SHRINE: morning

Reimu awoke from her sleep at the usual time in the morning and stretched, "Ahhh, just another morning, better get moving." she got up, dressed, ate breakfast and then went about her duties.

She was dusting, taking care of shrine, prepared fortune slips, two people came by her shrine, though they were just lost and needed directions, while wondering why a building was placed so far out from the village.


It was around midday when the usual magician disturbed the peace.

"Hiya Reimu, doing something fun?" Marisa asked as she landed in front of Reimu.

Reimu gave her a dull look, "What makes you think anything fun happens here?"

"Then let's get drunk." Marisa just fired out, in a tone that clearly said, as if that should provide them with something fun.

Reimu raised an eyebrow, "In the middle of the day?! Is that what you call fun?"

"But you got so much sake..." Marisa pointed out.

Reimu shook her head in dismay, "It is the shrine's sake, and it's not for us to use on selfish desires."

"Come on, ya got so much." Marisa pushed harder.

Reimu gave her a firm look, "It's still a no, and that won't change, if you got sake, I would be more than happy to share it with you."

Marisa then let it drop, "I think I got some at home, I'll be back *ZE*." She jumped on her broom and flew away fast.

Reimu just stood leaning on the wooden beam as she watched Marisa disappear behind the trees in the distance, "Finally, got time to finish my work, without Marisa around, she can be so distracting."

"You are right, she can really be in the way." A voice, from behind her, agreed completely.

Reimu turned around to see the scarlet vampire lady, standing right next to her with a parasol for the usual sun protection, "REMILIA!? FOR THE LOVE OF... from one distraction to the next."

Remilia gave her an offended look for an instant, "How rude of you to speak about your guests that way."

"I don't remember ever inviting you." Reimu glared back.

"Well I am here now." Remilia stated.

"I can see that, but why did you come?" Reimu asked, even though she could probably guess the answer on her own.

"Well, I was in the mood for a walk and decided to go by the shrine." Remilia explained causally.

Reimu looked at her with a raised eyebrow and asked, "And? How long have you decided to stay?"

Remilia replied in a lofty attitude, "As long as I wish."

"...Terrific." a deep sigh was heard from Reimu.

Remilia stood waiting, "Well, aren't you going to offer me a cup of tea?"

"As your highness wishes." She said as she began preparing the tea. Reimu tried to ignore whatever comeback her vampire guest threw in her direction, whilst making the tea. After the tea was finished, they both sat down and began drinking it slowly, sip by sip, without a seeming care in the world.

Of course that was quickly destroyed when a certain magician came back, "Reimu, I'm back, and I got the sake with me."

"That's not enough sake for even a human to get drunk on." Remilia pointed out.

Marisa made a playful jab, "Ohh, so you killed Reimu and took over the shrine."

"No, she hasn't sucked me dry, yet!" Reimu said sarcastically.

"I have a light appetite, so don't worry about it." Remilia assured her.

Reimu was getting rather annoyed, "I am not on today's menu, and come to think about it, you drink tea most of the time and I have seen you drink sake too, do you even have to drink blood at all?"

"It's true that I usually drink tea, but I do need blood from time to time." Remilia told them.

Marisa just said down on the shrine's wooden floor, next to Reimu, "well I got the sake and with Reimu's-"

"It's still the shrine's sake, and it's still not for our use!" Reimu interrupted angrily.

"We got a lot sake at home." Remilia hastily said, taking this opportunity to invite Reimu home.

Reimu knew too well what Remilia had in mind, "I do not have the time or desire to visit."

"Then I'll have Sakuya bring it here." Remilia knew she had to talk very fast in order to convince them.

"Yay, finally something fun will happen here." Marisa jumped up with glee.

Hoping to have Remilia out of her hair for a few minutes, Reimu said, "Well good luck with the trip."

Remilia responded in a flirty tone, "I am not going to take my eyes of off you any time soon."

"Then, how are you going to get Sakuya to bring it over?" Reimu asked, not sure if she would like the answer.

"Like this, 'SCARLET MEISTER!'" Remilia shouted as beams of red magic was fired from her fingertips and covered the sky, and then it formed the words, "Sakuya, bring lots of sake."

In the distance, words formed in multiple colors, "I'll see to it Mistress, I'll be there soon."

"Convenient." Marisa said as she was stating the obvious.


As the sun began to disappear to the west they all saw Sakuya come over, with Meiling carrying all the sake on a pallet, like a pack mule.

"We are here with the sake Mistress. I even got the Chu Yeh Ching for you as well." Sakuya told her mistress politely.

The Scarlet vampire looked pleased at her servant, "Very good Sakuya."

"Always a pleasure to serve you, Milady." Sakuya gave Reimu a sidelong glance and smiled to herself, knowing full well why they had to bring the sake.

Reimu looked at the staggering amount of sake in awe, "...So, much, sake..."

"We are so going to get drunk." Was the first thing Marisa said when her mind had comprehended how much sake there was.

Knowing when they weren't needed, and in the way, Sakura and Meiling bowed in unison and said, "We will be taking our leave."


The three of them had been drinking sake nonstop for half an hour, pretty heavily.

Remilia had begun to act a tiny bit silly because she was intoxicated, "Come on, just a little taste."

"No, my blood is my own." Reimu replied, also a bit intoxicated.

"Just a few drops then." Remilia pleaded.

"Do I look like a blood tap to you?" Reimu said defending her skin.

"But you are drinking my sake." Remilia had turned to sulking at this point.

"I never asked you come with it in the first place." Reimu coldly pointed out.

Remilia whined in response, almost on the verge of crying, "That's no fairrrr~ you're drinking it anyway."

"This is Marisa's sake, and she is the one who is drinking yours, so why don't you ask her for blood?" Reimu retaliated.

"She doesn't smell... as good as you." Remilia said sobbing.

"I heard thaaaat~"Marisa cried back, definitely intoxicated.

"You smell like garbage! Do you ever take a bath?" Remilia said while trying to wave Marisa off, to no success.

"I do... sometimes... when I feel like it~" Marisa said in a slurred voice.

Remilia's face got a look of disgust on it, and she made a grimace, "That explains everything... and why my library smells so bad lately."

Marisa just shrugged her shoulders in response, "...Baths are overrated~ *ZE*"


Things got more silly from there, as the more Remilia had to drink, the more childish she got. A long time passed and the drinking escalated, partly because Remilia more or less forced Reimu to drink her sake as well, until Marisa asked a question, "So, Reeemiliaaa... how co-come you didn't useee.. your powers to mannnippulate fate... to actually win-hihi... when we triieed... t- stop youu-hu?" she asked totally wasted.

"I caused the incident... to get noticed and get friiiieeeeendssss, I thought my powers o- fate were completly flawlessss at th- time." Remilia openly admitted and lowered her head in embarrassment.

It took Marisa a minute or two to properly process the information she had been given, "By THAT logiiiic, I guess your powers ARE flaawleess...like a diamon-hehehend."

Remilia seemed to be in a state of drunken surprise, before shaking it off of her and turned her attention to her infatuation, "That remiinds ME, why don't you wuv me Reeiimuuu?"

"Because people don't come visiting anymore... you scared them all awayyyy, you're so scaryyy. Don't be so scawyyy~" Reimu complained in a childish voice.

"I'm a vampire... I'm supposed to be scawy~" Remilia said as seriously as she could...which failed utterly.

"Don't be a vampire, it's not niceeee~" Reimu was too drunk to notice how unreasonable she was being.

"I CAANT stop being a vampiruuh." Clinging to Reimu's arm was now a drunken vampire, who had rested her head on the shrine maiden's shoulder and gave a content sigh, much to Reimu's dismay.

Marisa looked at them in a haze and thought to herself, "These two, act like childish schoolchildren, they are so cute." She then proceeded to wobble over to them very slowly, and then gave a fierce hug to both of them, "I like you twoo."

"I guess you're pretty drunk, Marisa." Reimu said coolly like it was nothing.

Remilia screamed, as she sprang out of Marisa's range, "Get ahway from meee."

Marisa put on a exaggerated flirty tone, "Ooooh come on... yoeu kno- you like meeeee~"

Remilia then fled the party, to get as far away from Marisa as possible.

Reimu was amazed at how Marisa had saved her, so easily, "So THAT'S how you scare off a vampire."

"I alwaays help my frieends." Marisa grinned in her drunken haze.

Reimu looked at her funny, at first, but then she started having a giggle fit.


SCARLET MANSION: midnight

The returning vampire landed on one of her many balconies, where she was greeted by her chef maid, "Welcome back Milady."

"Good evening Sakuya." Remilia said in a somewhat normal tone, now that she had gotten some fresh air to cool her head.

"Did your time with the shrine maiden go well?" Sakuya asked in her usual politeness.

Remilia felt tired and disappointed, "Could have gone better, I feel so dirty."

"Shall I prepare a warm bath for you?" Sakuya asked, waiting for her lady's orders.

Remilia nodded, "That would do good. I also wish to relax." she muttered in a low voice.

Sakura could see it clearly, that her mistress needed some time to unwind, "Very well Mistress, I will make sure no one disturbs you."

In Remilia's chamber

The rest of the night Remilia was silent as sat on her huge royal scarlet bed.

"Something wrong sis?" Flandre said as she walked into Remilia's chamber.

"Not now Flandre." Remilia muttered dismissively.

"Why~?" Flandre asked curiously.

"GO AWAY" Remilia ordered, which would be enough to scare anyone away... except her little sister.

"Have I done something wrong?!" Flandre asked confused.

"...no, but I'm not feeling so good, so leave me alone..." Remilia

"Are you sick?" Flandre asked again as she sat down beside Remilia

"...Yes, a certain kind of illness, you might say." Remilia said in a resigned voice.

"What kind?" Flandre said a bit worried.

"Well, let me try and explain..." Remilia started out. The Scarlet siblings sat side by side, talking long into the night, until they fell asleep. At dawn, Sakuya found them both sleeping there, on top of the bed.