Date: 08/06/23
Weather: Spots of rain. Mostly sunny.
Dear Diary
Woke up with a mighty sore wrist, looked pretty bruised too. Wish the Big Boss went a bit easier on me. And thanks to the bruised wrist, shaving with a multi-tool knife compounded in difficulty due to me using both hands to shave the left and right side of my face, which got me more cuts on my face. The cuts were enough to warrant a worry from Meiling, which in turn made her hold back. Not that holding back mattered. I think I blacked out for like a second again, thankfully though it wasn't a punch to the face, but a kick to the side. The Gatekeeper once again apologizing for not holding back enough. I had to tell Meiling more than once not to hold back just because I had a temporary physical limitation. Now what's interesting is thinking back on the sparring match while writing this entry, I did remember something peculiar. The second before I got kicked to the side, I remember seeing at least three different silhouettes around the Gatekeeper. What's that all about? Maybe I can ask Meiling tomorrow.
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The shift was fun, mostly fun for Flandre. I tried my hands at flying during my shift. Enchanting a small rock to levitate as a crutch. Seeing the little Vampire's eyes widen in absolute shock and the shocked face turning into excitement was cute as heck. I did have to tell the little Vampire to fly much slower than shes used to since I was a super beginner at this whole flying business. Trying to juggle, controlling my flight trajectory with a small rock, holding onto Flandre's sunbrella and keeping her covered with the same sunbrella was difficult to say the least. It in fact got to a point where Flandre just grabbed my and pulled me around. And... We got real high up into the sky, that brought back my fear of falling; broke my focus and Flandre was essentially holding me from plummeting to my untimely end. Thank Gog she had super strength, or at least enough strength to just hold me and eventually help me back onto the ground. What I'm more surprised by is the fact that Flandre sort of forgot that falling from hundreds of meter above ground can easily kill me. Maybe she got distracted by the fact that I can fly? Well on the bright side, thanks to my little near death experience I did manage to keep that bruise on the wrist hidden from the little Vampire. For now anyway.
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Post shift I went back to the library to try my hands at a faster flying and trying to fly with Chi. I mean if Meiling can do it surely I can right? Well it ended in failure so I focused all my efforts on flying with magic. I better ask Meiling on this whole 'Flight with Chi' stuff tomorrow. Flandre almost dropping me from lethal heights was scary, but it was also a bit of a reminder that I need to be competent in the skills that I have so I don't die from a similar situation. This meant that my magic flying exercise was all about not having a catalyst like a rock or a book to help me fly around, and purely move by levitating my body. I have to say, the catalysts were definitely a bit of a crutch. I'm still not used to flying without a catalyst, it just feels like I'm floating with zero control. Thankfully the little Devil was there to give me some pointers, but mostly to let me know that Meiling and I was invited to the 'Little Devil Drinking Club.' Invitation aside the pointer from Koakuma did feel a little helpful. "Until you get used to flying naturally, maybe you can try to enchant your limbs to help fly in specific direction?" I understood what the little Devil was trying to say but doing it in practice was harder than I'd like. Since I'm not proficient in modifying spells yet trying out what Koakuma was suggesting was at the moment impossible. Well I still appreciate the suggestion. I guess I know what I'm going to do next time I practice Magic.
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Post practice I paid a little visit to the Village. No weirdo Umbrella girl this time thank Gog. On top of that the three Youkai exterminator Gentlemen were reunited and invited me to drink to celebrate the reunion. The Exterminator that was hospitalized seemed audacious as ever but not fully physically recovered, I could still see some bandages peeking through the clothes that he was wearing. Most of the time drinking the newly discharged Exterminator was telling his thrilling Youkai encounter story. Well kind of; according to the exterminator the Youkai managed to escape his clutches. One of his colleague seemed jokingly doubtful mentioning that he probably wasn't even close to exterminating that Youkai, where the other colleague just seemed glad that he made it out alright. Wait... Does that mean that the Youkai that wounded the Exterminator gentleman is still out there? That's one heck of a scary thought.
-R.F.
Date: 08/07/23
Weather: Sunny days. Nice and breezy.
Dear Diary
My wrist is still sore... I'm grateful that its my left, but still... The Sparring match was a little bit better. Meiling held back a lot less which made my life more painful but still grateful. I am able to sort of keep up with her, the issue is stamina. I mean sure, I'm pretty sure that my current physical prowess can almost if not straight up match that of a professional martial artist, but it's nowhere enough to keep up with a Youkai like Meiling, who's still actively giving me a handicap. At least I didn't get that weird black out like last time. Metaphorically speaking of which, I did ask the Gatekeeper some questions on the thing that I saw before blacking out. Meiling has no clue what that's all about. And regarding flight with Chi the Gatekeeper doesn't think I'm ready for something like that. I suppose that like an advanced technique. Before I left I did let Meiling know that the invitation to drink was open, and the Gatekeeper told me to let Koakuma know that she'll be there.
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During the shift the Witch payed a visit, mostly to see if the whole 'Flandre is outside now' thing was true, and to once again borrow books. Well I let Flandre have her fun throwing Danmaku at the thieving witch, but the little Vampire did have to hold the sunbrella on her own. Pretty sure that was the primary cause of Flandre losing the match. Watching the last star shaped bullet hit that little Vampire dead on, Flandre dropping the sunbrella and immediately start to smoke from her body and seeing her plummet from the sky was painful to see to say the least... Thank Gog Meiling was there to catch her. Even Marisa seemed pretty shocked. The shift outside had to get cut short and I brought the little Vampire into her room so she could heal. Well she was done healing by the time I carried her into the mansion. So to compromise I got the little Vampire into her room so she can get a change of clothes and we hung out in the library for the rest of the shift. There we watched the Witch and the Librarian duo duke it out. Duelling Flandre must have tuckered the witch out because she didn't put much of a fight before going down and flying back home all defeated. Looking back I'm surprised that the Red and White was correct in when she said that "Marisa can play with Flandre." What is she psychic?
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Post shift I decided to visit the Village again. There I had another encounter with the Gardener. Konpaku I think she was trading one produce for another. That girl seemed to recognize me pretty quick like the other villagers. As much as I don't agree with how Shameimaru does her articles, it does get results and I have to respect that. Konpaku and I did some small talks and I got to know a bit about the Gardener. First, is more details on exactly 'what' Konpaku is. According to the Gardener she's not technically a human. She's sort of a hybrid; a half ghost, half Human type of deal which is apparently an ultra rarity even in a supernatural world of Gensokyo. This means that the first time I walked into the ghost I technically walked into her. A weird concept for me to grasp. Second is also regarding a trait that her species has. Konpaku alluded that she's basically much older than she looks, she never got into the details but from the things I've heard her say I can deduce that she's older than me. Its just that her species just ages slower than regular'ol humans so she looks much younger, almost like a kid... Sort of like the Big Boss and Flandre. Huh, I guess the whole 'never ask a girl their age' bit applies to Gensokyo too or something. Anyway third is that even with technically three jobs, Konpaku pretty much never gets paid by her boss and even when she doesn't gets paid by her boss, its sort of her job to feed her boss. That's pretty messed up not going to lie. This explains the whole produce trading thing. Konpaku being a gardener she must know a thing or two about growing fruits and vegetables, and she trades whatever she can't grow like meat and fish or other veggies, grains fruits, etc. Konpaku learning that I technically don't get paid gave me that 'We're kindred spirits' look. I mean I sympathize with the girl but the circumstances are very different. She doesn't get paid and she has to use her personal resources to feed her boss and she doesn't get reimbursed. Once again, pretty messed up. I on the other hand might not get paid but I have a real cushy job with full accommodations. If anything I have it easy while the Gardener has to work her butt off just to make ends meet. Poor thing.
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Well after learning a thing or two about the Gardener I was just in time for the Little Devil Drinking Club. Thank Gog I can just teleport back to the mansion. By the time I got there Meiling was already on her second glass of wine, Koakuma on her third. Unlike last time where the two were all buddy buddy, smack talk the librarian, this time was more quiet more cozy drinking with only a little general complaints about how hard their respective jobs can get. I like last time didn't have much to complain about. Sure it gets hard from time to time, but it's nothing like some of the jobs that I had back home where I would have a mental break down at the end of my shift. I've been here over two months and I have to say, just from this job alone, I'm glad that I'm in Gensokyo... Though, I do miss my family and friends back home...
-R.F.
Date: 08/08/23
Weather: A little bit of sun a little bit of clouds.
Dear Diary
Man, me and my big mouth. Yesterday I was glad that I didn't have that little black out incident during sparring. Well, it happened again. Meiling seems pretty worried that I'm just dropping my guard and taking hits against my will. But major annoyance aside I think this little mystery is sort of resolving itself. Thinking back while writing this entry, I noticed that the first time I saw nothing, got punched in the face. Second time I saw silhouettes around the Gatekeeper. This time, the silhouettes were more clear. Right before I got hit I remember seeing at least five different Meiling figures, all of them doing different attacks. What's more interesting was that some were more clear than others. Now, what I want to know is why I can't react to this little phenomenon. All three times I couldn't move and I was forced to take the hit. I'll ask Meiling again tomorrow about this new discovery.
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During the shift the Gatekeeper insisted that she play with Flandre. I guess she's worried about what happened this morning on top of my crippled wrist. That or she just wants to play with the little Vampire. Maybe its a little bit of both. Flandre was sort of abrasive to the idea but the Gatekeeper managed to convince that I needed some level of rest especially with me almost falling to my death yesterday. With my shift more or less commandeered by the Gatekeeper I took my time to practice my Chi flow since I know that I've been neglecting it over my magic practice. For improving my Chi flow I thought I'd try something new boosting my senses like hearing, sight, smell, and touch, and most importantly; being able to perceive and comprehend all the incoming senses. Since my senses are all linked to my body and Chi is also linked to my body the idea did sound plausible and the fact that it's possible to fly with the power of Chi according to Meiling; boosting senses should be doable in theory. Turns out I was correct, by the time it was the end of the shift I think I've made some level of improvements while Meiling was busy chasing the little Vampire around. Looking back at today I probably could have asked Meiling about this discovery during the shift since I was around her with Flandre. Well to be fair she was busy playing with the little Vampire all shift while I was doing my own thing.
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Post shift, it was another trip to the library for some major magic and chi exercise. Spell modifications, Flying practice, mixed with more 'Chi sense boost'. I wanted to learn how I can alter different spells to suit my needs on top of some fun experimentation. 'Object glow' is the very first spell that I learned and the very first spell that I learned to modify, though it's been a while since I reviewed what I learned. Reviewing spells feels like riding a bike; you never forget, and with the knowledge that I have I managed to do interesting modifications to the object glow spell. Stuff like making the glow flash in a specific pattern like the S.O.S pattern and stuff like that. Colour change was possible too. Modifying the Arcane Dash spell was a bit harder since I was essentially modifying a self enchantment spell, something that I never tried. I tried reducing the fixed distance that the Arcane Dash has and that ended in failure, maybe just try increasing the dash speed next time or something. Next was flying practice, that was a bit harder to do and in the end didn't make much progress. Finally the 'Chi sense boost.' Gog that was a bit tougher than I thought. Not that the exercise was a failure or anything, in fact it was successful... A bit too successful. Just amp-ing all my senses were absolutely overwhelming. And because I was completely overwhelmed, I couldn't just shut the boost off. I had to wait it out til I was exhausted. Maybe I can just try and boost one sense?
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With the evening slowly showing it's head I visited the village to just chill. No Umbrella girl, no Gardener. But once again I had that weird vision? A full body presque vu of sorts. It was that strange figure once again around children. The more I try to think of the detail the vaguer it becomes... I actually tried asking the adult that was supervising the kids and he had no idea what I was talking about. Asking the kids they said something about an imaginary friend. They also asked if I saw her too. Talk about creepy... Well at least I do have something confirmed. I did see someone or something that was around the kids playing. Second its allegedly a girl; a girl with tubes or something around her body? And I think she also had some sort of a black or like a really dark green hat... Oh also the kids know me as the "Mister scared-y cat." thanks to that Umbrella girl. Next time I see her she's going to have a piece of my mind. Also next time I visit the village I should do a video recording, just in case I manage to catch that mystery figure.
-R.F.
Date: 08/09/23
Weather: Mainly cloudy, little drizzle here and there.
Dear Diary
Well I think I at least solved one mystery. So during the sparring session with Meiling, I didn't get any of those black out. And post sparring, I did update the Gatekeeper on the development of this little mystery. And like the master martial artist that Meiling was, did a little experiment. And after one test she managed to immediately make me drop my guard like the last three times with a single punch and sort of figured out what was happening to me. According to the Gatekeeper I was experiencing some sort of foresight. To put it simply, if Meiling or any attacker was winding up for an attack but the situation gave the attacker the option to do a different attack I was able to see the different possible attacks. In this experiment the Gatekeeper was throwing a left hook but was able to do a front kick. My brain was perceiving both attacks at the same time and immediately got decked by Meiling... Couldn't she just pull her punch back at the last second or something? At least the hit wasn't hard enough for me to get another black eye. Also, I'm glad that I got this neat little trick, but it sort of still sucks. Because of the amount of information coming at me my body at the moment just freezes. On top of that this little 'Foresight' just activates on its own by complete chance. Meiling did say that with enough practice I can hone and train this ability, but until then its going to suck. A lot.
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So... The whole 'hiding the bruise on my write made by the Big Boss from Flandre' didn't last that long... Well it was nice while it lasted I suppose. The little Vampire found out real quick while I was chasing her with the sunbrella. Even with the clouds covering the sky, the UV rays would immolate her skin. The little Vampire got real upset that her older sister got to drink my blood and she didn't. Wasn't Flandre against drinking my blood like a month ago or something? I guess she's still a kid after all. Meiling had to once again come to the rescue, trying to convince the little Vampire to not drink my blood straight from my body since that would absolutely kill me. Wait... So Big Boss is a light drinker and the little Vampire is a heavy drinker when it comes to blood? Or is it just like a self control thing for Flandre? Regardless I dodged a bullet... I owe that Gatekeeper big time. Bringing Flandre back to her room I think she was still upset that Remilia got to drink my blood and she didn't the little Vampire pouting the entire way to her room feels like more than enough clue to her being upset. I hope she loosens up tomorrow.
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Post shift I got more Magic and Chi practice in. I definitely made some improvement on modifying the Arcane Dash. I can now modify the speed on the fly and do something real special. By modifying the speed and more or less forcing the dash direction to the ground I can essentially spot dodge like in video games. Well the issue is the modified spell has a bit of a cool down before I can spot dodge again. Pretty sure that little 'cool down' will improve if I just practice more. I've made some big improvements on the sense boost with chi as well. It took a while but now I can just boost a single sense. I thought I'd start with my sight. It's gotten so good I had to take off my glasses. Naturally the sense boost has a bit of a catch. First is on a bit of a timer. Second once the effect wears off, the boosted sense gets dulled temporarily. Boosting my vision made my eyes super blurry in the end. It look like ten minutes for my eyes to get better, and when I say better I mean back to me needing to wear glasses. Well, at least improvements are improvements. I ended the day by heading to the drinking club to do a little bit of solo drinking followed by a long soak in the bath. I'm honestly not sure why I ended the day like that. I pretty much never drink, let alone by myself. Though, sipping on wine with only the ambience of the mansion as company wasn't so bad. I guess I needed some alone time.
-R.F.
Date: 08/10/23
Weather: Mostly sunny, patches of clouds, big winds
Dear Diary
There is one good thing about drinking alone. No peer pressure from others to drink more. Waking up felt pretty refreshing when I drink just the amount that I want. And on top of that the bruise on my wrist was healing along well too. With that level of positive momentum I thought I'd mix things up during the sparring session with Meiling. I thought I'd use everything that I had on top of using the chi sense boost to make my vision much better. That may have been a mistake. I think the Gatekeeper saw that I was trying to go as hard as possible and responded in kind. No instance of Foresight but I got my butt kicked extra hard by Meiling followed by a little lecture on not getting too cocky. I wonder with the temporarily better vision, the Foresight could have helped me keep up with the Gatekeeper.
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Flandre was pretty quiet at the start of the shift, but as soon as she got outside the little Vampire ran over to Meiling only to get told by the Gatekeeper to do the thing that she was told to do yesterday. Turns out after the shift Meiling paid Flandre a little visit to talk about her behaviour towards me yesterday. It was sort of cute to see Flandre force an apology. Although Flandre is over five hundred years old, I know that shes still technically a kid and she doesn't know any better. For the shift the little Vampire and I did some exploring outside the mansion for the very first time. Starting with the massive lake. Its times like this I have the basic knowledge of flight. Slowly flying over the very misty lake Flandre was truly a magical sensation I think Flandre enjoyed it a lot too. We even had a brief encounter with the Ice kid on top of the lake. I think she was pretty surprised that I was flying about, on top of the whole 'Flandre is now officially out of the mansion and exploring.' Seeing the Ice Kid flee sort of dampened Flandre's mood.
Even with the few friends that the little Vampire made, I guess seeing someone flee in fear would make anyone sad, even a Vampire kid with the power to blow up anything. Thankfully, that little dampened feeling went away real quick at the cost of me getting wet. My idiot brain wanted to touch the surface of the water and by some dumb luck lost balance in mid air and fell into the lake. Oh Gog the water was so cold... Pretty sure I was a step away from getting a heart attack from the shock of the water. I couldn't focus, I couldn't enchant myself to fly again I was just thrashing like my life depended on it, and it sort of did. Thankfully, Flandre got a good laugh out of my blunder and it brightened her mood enough to help me out of the water and sort of drag me onto the lake shore laughing the entire way. As much as I appreciate the little Vampire helping me out from drowning, I kind of wish she would actually pull me out of the water instead of just drag me through the lake... On top of Flandre getting a good laugh, Meiling got a good laugh too. Well as long as the Flandre and Mansion crew are happy, I'm happy.
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I had to warm up in a bath post shift and I don't think it helped... Maybe I should have stayed in my room or something to warm up or even just teleport to the library instead of walking through the basement to go to the library... I hope I don't catch a cold or something. It's pretty safe to say that my practice session wasn't very successful. I couldn't focus and I couldn't stop shivering. Talk about a waste of a good practice time. Well infinite shivering aside I still had some extra chores to do, the big one being Laundry... And that was the most difficult hand laundry that I had the pleasure of doing. Infinite shivers, the ice cold lake waters... It wasn't fun. Walking back with clothes half squeezed of water, Meiling seemed pretty sympathetic. I appreciate the sentiment. What a sub optimal way to end a day...
-R.F.
Date: 08/11/23
Weather: Mother of Gog is it ever windy...
Dear Diary
I woke up today with a bit of a body ache and a sore throat... I Meiling could easily tell that I wasn't operating at a hundred percent and as much as I hated the idea of slowing down I was more or less forced to by the Gatekeeper. So the morning was mostly just slow stretching and light exercise, no sparring, and before the shift I was ordered by Meiling to take a nap to try and recover. Boy am Iglad that Meiling is that dependable Big sister Figure.
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I think the nap helped a little bit, I'd say around eighty percent recovery? Though I did feel a bit of the chills and body ache at the start of the shift. Naturally not being at a hundred percent had a negative effect on how well I did on looking after Flandre. As much as I appreciated Meiling tagging in once in a while to play with Flandre was much appreciated I thought it was a bit unnecessary. The little Vampire for today's shift went a lot easier on me especially after the first Meiling tag in. I think Meiling said something to Flandre that sort of changed the little Vampire's demeanour. That and Flandre getting reminded just how much of a mortal I am via my near death experience from falling, and now this stupid cold. Other than playing and exploring with Flandre, and tagging in Meiling every once in a while to rest the shift was pretty alright all things considered. There was one thing that did sort of bug me though... Through out the shift I felt uneasy; on top of the body ache it felt like I was being watched. It was enough for me to constantly look around the mansion and surroundings. I found nothing. Just the sights and sound of the mansion, Flandre and Meiling having fun. Maybe was the wind, maybe it was the cold playing tricks on me or something. Hard to say.
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Post shift I skipped on the magic and chi practice. I know that my physical mental state drastically effected how well I did and being a bit paranoid and sick; I knew that I wasn't going to do well. But I didn't want to just end the day with doing nothing but sleep, so I just did a quick visit to the village before ending my day early. Looking back I think visiting the Village was a bad idea. Every second passing I could feel that feeling of uneasiness grow into a full on paranoia. That constant feeling of 'I'm being watched and I don't feel safe.' If the Umbrella girl or the weird girl with the tubes and hat was around I could have blamed it on them but even they weren't in the village today. The paranoia and being sick compounded into me getting spooked. It was the Gardener this time. I know that she didn't mean it but I swear, I got to put a bell on everyone in the village for my the sake of my sanity. Wait that's a dumb idea... The Gardener and I made some small talks, me keeping my distance so she doesn't catch my cold, social distancing and all that. Last time I sympathized with Konpaku on her awful work conditions, but this time I think she was sympathizing with me and my feeble body. I probably would have been more appreciative if I wasn't so paranoid. I know it's no surprise to anyone, but being sick sucks. I sure hope I get better tomorrow.
-R.F.
Date: 08/12/23
Weather: Sunny and hot...
Dear Diary
Oh Gog... The cold got worse... Is this why the saying "It always gets worse before it gets better." a thing? On top of that the weather was brutally hot. The body ache, shivers, sore throat, coughs, fever, stuffy nose. The good news is that I don't feel as paranoid as yesterday. That's the last time I take a dip in the lake, granted it wasn't on purpose. I had to skip out on the exercise, minus just some stretching and even that felt like an impossible gauntlet. During the minutes of stretching Izayoi paid a visit to let me know that Big Boss was going to pay a visit for my now weekly blood donation and to ask me if I can go on a grocery run though she looked very hesitant with the message delivery and the request when I looked like I was on my death bed, but I insisted that I go on the grocery run, and I had to do some master level convincing that I can go on the grocery run. I may have been a sick human but I didn't want to look like some absolute weakling.
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The shift other than me being sick was surprisingly eventful. Pretty sure its an absolute coincidence but the Librarian and Koakuma decided to do some casual reading outside of all places. And I'm sure that this was just by chance since I know that no one in the mansion could convince Patchouli to go outside of all things; well maybe Big Boss, but the odds of her asking Patchouli to go out today is unlikely. I guess even Patchouli needs to mix things up every now and then. For today's shift Meiling just ran the shift for me, chasing the little Vampire down to make sure shes covered from the scorching sun while the librarian just did her own thing under the shade, and I stayed close to the totes magical water fountain that didn't have any plumbing of any sorts but had seemingly infinite water. When I get better I'd better buy something nice for the Gatekeeper. The little Vampire's active antics didn't last long, the heat effecting everyone. Even the Librarian under the shade went back inside early saying something about making a mistake to go outside today of all days, I can empathize with that.
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The Grocery run was much easier than expected. No scary umbrellas, no Presque Vu's, no paranoia, well maybe still a little bit of paranoia. The grocery list was a bit shorter than usual just a few different vegetables and grains. Maybe this was Izayoi's way of making things easier for me? Or just another coincidence? The biggest help was Konpaku of all people. She was also buying some grocery to feed her boss and insisted that she help me out saying its no trouble on her end. Was she still thinking that she and I shared some similarities regarding the whole 'poor work conditions' thing or something? Pretty sure Konpaku is more or less forced by her boss to do her job, but I forced myself to do my job so I don't look like a dead weight. Its either that or the Gardener seeing me on my deathbed still working must have triggered some level of sympathy. Anyway Konpaku helped me pick out some of the grocery for me on top of doing her own thing. I was grateful and was definitely keeping my distance. I don't want her to catch my cold from helping me out. I have to say, that girl knows how to pick out the freshest items, guess it comes with experience. In the end I thanked the Gardener and let her know that I owed her; whether it was out of courtesy or her being genuine, Konpaku told me that I didn't owe her anything. Well regardless I owe her now... I need to get better soon at this rate I'm just going to really look like a dead weight... Also is it just me or am I seeing this girl a lot more often now? Isn't there a word for that? Frequency illusion? Something like that. Just a quick add, I'm very glad that I learned how to teleport and put exit points on the mansion. Walking back to the mansion would have been a nightmare.
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With the grocery run finished all that was left was the blood donation. I was asleep when the Big Boss knocked on my door. I'm going to cut a long story short since I'm on the verge of passing out from this dang sickness. The blood donation lasted even shorter than the first. Apparently Remilia can taste the difference in my blood when I'm healthy and sick. The donation lasted probably less than ten seconds, same spot for the bite. Not going to lie though, the 'kid reluctantly eating their veggies that hate eating' look on the Big Boss was kind of cute. Before leaving Big Boss did let me know to get better soon. Pretty sure its so that my blood tastes better. Though she has a point. Being sick. Sucks.
-R.F.
Author's Notes: Alright, I think I'm catching up to my entries! Just a couple more at this pace and I should be back to my regular weekly schedule. Fun fact, Youmu and Touhou 8 is the primary reason on how I got into Touhou, and ever since then she's been my favourite character. Now a fun fact that all Touhou fans probably already know, according to a fair amount of game dialogue, its heavily suggested that Youmu's canonical age is actually somewhere around 50's or 60's making her the second oldest 'Human' playable character the oldest being Sakuya possibly being in her 100's due to her time powers and possible influence from Remilia. To the Guest reviewer asking if there will be any romance in the future. Honestly I'm not too sure. On top of me being a sub-par writer in general I have never really tried to write romance. Maybe if I feel confident in the future I might try my hands in a bit of romance but for now I don't think I'll be writing anything romantic, but only time will tell. Enough rambling out of me, until next time everyone. Take care!