Marisa and the Blind Forest - of Magic

by Substandard Scripter

Marisa was a regular resident of the Forest of Magic. It was where she lived after all, where her home is. But after a night of a severe springtime storm, she found a much deeper story to the Forest than she could have ever imagined, as the Forest of Magic also went by a different native name... As well as making new creature friends!

1. Some Storm

A/N: I myself am much more familiar with Ori and the Blind Forest than I do with the Touhou Project, but knowing a bit from Touhou wikis and by looking at it the series briefly, I decided to do a little crossover involving Ori's storyline anyways. Even I wonder how it will turn out.

Completion of Ori and the Blind Forest game and knowledge of the Touhou Project (better knowledge than me at least) is recommended for the best enjoyment of reading.

Ori will be referred to as a "he" for convenience. All non-Japanese characters will inherently understand Japanese for convenience, also.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the rights to most of the content in this story. They go to either ZUN, Moon Studios, or Microsoft.

Now let's begin (the following date has been visibly chosen as to find a way to least disrupt the Touhou timeline, while also making sense of the actual release day of The Blind Forest. Funnily enough, Ori and the Blind Forest will be 10 years old)

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MARCH 6, 2025 - 00:00 HOURS (12:00 AM)

Marisa Kirisame's House, the Forest of Magic, Gensokyo

A thunderstorm in a springtime midnight drifts over the Forest of Magic in Gensokyo. The sounds of wind gusting the trees filled the air and rain poured heavily from the skies. The trees shook almost violently as if they were about to timber. Some did. However, the Forest felt... expanded, bigger, than what is usually was in Gensokyo. Something was different, especially with a storm this heavy. Youkai residing in the Forest were also vastly annoyed by this kind of weather.

This night was not a pleasant night for Marisa, who was in her house, struggling to sleep in her bed.

"HRUUUUUUGHHHH!" Marisa whined, whilst using a pillow to cover her ears and trying to dampen the sound of the violent rain. Still in her teenage years, it is sensible for her to have some irritation to nature. Youkai were also scrambling around the Forest, allegedly adding insult to noise pollution, ticking off Marisa even more. The furniture in her house was rumbled a bit too, although not enough to classify as an earthquake. That would be way worse. Either way, this was not one of those normal nights, no less a normal thunderstorm. However, this storm would be a precursor to an insane journey that Marisa would embark in only once in her lifetime.