"Okay where am I now?" Mikka asks as she sits up from the bed she had been laying on. The grey walls of the room had multiple bookshelves attached to them. Most of these books detailed supernatural entities. Mikka sits up and walks over to one of the books and looks over it. She turns around and walks for the door.

"This is my dorm room. Which means this entire thing is a dream. Momiji warned me not to eat Nitori's cooking right before going to sleep." Mikka comments as she walks down the hallway. A glance out the window confirms that it is nighttime. It still felt odd that no one else was out or about even if it was a dream. Mikka's memories of university although fuzzy made it very clear that there was always someone out at night. The sound of footsteps in the hallway made Mikka pause for a second. She wasn't alone but weather that was a good or a bad thing would be decided momentarily. Mikka glanced down at her hand to make sure she still had her puppets and frowned upon seeing the ring. Okuu would be overkill in this situation but it was all she had. A quick flick to the ring brings the puppet out.

"Well my powers aren't limited at least." Mikka whispers to herself as she walks forward. She pauses at the corner and listens to the footsteps. Once they are close enough Mikka rounds the corner and allows Okuu to swing the control rod. A yelp is quickly followed by a loud thud of someone landing on the floor. Mikka looks in front of her and pauses. A girl with blond hair is currently staring up at her. The girl's hat is laying on the floor besides her. The girl's eyes go from panic to confusion as she stares at Mikka. Even more confusion fills them as the Okuu puppet hovers closer to her.

"What? Okay so I've met Mikka in my dream and she tried to attack me. Well what next." The girl says as she stands up and turns to walk away. The Okuu puppet hover to get in her way. Mikka then hugs the girl.

"Thank you fate. This is really you right, Maribel?" Mikka asks as she releases Maribel. Maribel turns and looks at her in confusion.

"What? Okay so now it seems that this Mikka is the real one. What's with the puppet?" Maribel asks as she begins walking towards the main common area of the dorm. Mikka follows along as her puppet hovers behind her.

"Truth be told I've been stuck in two different Gensokyos for over six months now. This puppet is something I picked up during my trip through the first one. Have none of you noticed I was gone?" Mikka says as she sits down. Maribel looks at her in confusion.

"You've been gone how long? If I'm correct this dreams is being caused by me falling asleep on the boss while traveling to the shrine." Maribel says as she pauses for a second. Mikka looks at her in shock.

"You mean when we were going to check up on it due to the fire?" Mikka asks.

"Yep. Something wrong?" Maribel asks.

"That was over six months ago for me. I arrived at the shrine before anyone else did and ended up wandering around for a bit while waiting for everyone to arrive. During that time I encountered and odd puppet that lead me to the lake behind the shrine before teleporting me to a version of Gensokyo where these puppets come from." Mikka says as she pauses. The Okuu puppet hovers down into her lap.

"Okay so what exactly are you thinking?" Maribel asks. Mikka smiles lightly.

"Time may be functioning differently for me in the real world compared to Gensokyo. So can you check the lake behind the shrine when you get there?" Mikka asks. Maribel nods.

Author Corner

I need to do some quality control on this story. This story is currently working in arc one which is ten chapters long. Some corrections are needed to be made here and there. Feedback is also appreciated.

For those of you new to the story Mikka gained her puppets from the Touhou fan game known as Puppet Dance Performance. Instead of using the crystals that are used as basically the pokeballs she uses rings instead.

I've been working on a LP of the game and some of the puppets are based off of my team in the videos.