Re: Touhou CYOA - Second edition
"She'll kill me if I don't fight her off" the words float around in Byakuren's mind. She tries to strike at the beast leering over her, but that has a similar effect as hitting a wall would have. The girl lets Byakuren hit her a few times, laughing all the way
"YOU THINK THAT'S GOING TO HELP YOU?!" she says, raising her other hand. Byakuren can just barely tilt her head to avoid the powerful claw strike launched at her. The blow has enough force behind it to break the floorboards next to her, so Byakuren redoubles her effort to get free. The other hand soon follows, but Byakuren is able to stop the blow by catching it with her own arms. Frantically fighting to keep the claws off her, Byakuren can see the girl twitch her other hand, now free from the floorboards
"ENOUGH GAMES, DIE WENCH!!" the girl yells as she readies herself for a killing stroke. As the claw descends, Byakuren can see her life flash in her eyes
"This is it...."
Before the claw reaches her, the girl is suddenly pulled off Byakuren. A familiar mass of white hair can be seen as the beastly girl is tossed out of the door.
"C'mon Keine. I come to see you during this beautiful night, and now I have to spend most of it fighting you? Not fun." the newcomer says, sighing after she does so
"Mokou, thank you... So it really is Keine.." Byakuren thinks, still trying to gather her wits from the near-death experience she just got through. Rising to a sitting position, she can see Mokou face off with the beasty Keine.
The white-haired girl doesn't look like she's afraid of the bloodthirsty version of her friend. Suddenly, an aura of fire starts to build up around Mokou. As it intensifies, a pair of flaming wings sprout from her back.
"Well, let's get this started with then." she says to her beastly opponent. Before they can attack each other though, Keine suddenly flashes for a quick moment, returning to her normal scholarly self. She drops to her knees, realizing what just occurred. Upon seeing this, Mokou's flames die off as quickly as they came into being
The three of them retreat into Keine's house, where she explains that those men where ones trying to make her leave, or kill her if she didn't
"The humans don't have much tolerance for youkai around here. Some of them know about my state, and wish me gone. Yet, all I want is to be able to protect and educate them. I just don't know what to do at times.." she tells them, keeping her gaze down. Mokou grabs the teacher in her embrace
"It'll work out Keine. And if you leave this place, you're welcome to live with me. We'll help them together, like I always do"
In the morning, Byakuren finds Keine still home. The teacher approaches her with an apology and a gift
"I've found this wonderous scroll from an ancient library, before it got destroyed in a fire. It's supposed to be a spellcasting aid, but I'm no magician myself. Maybe you can find it useful in your journey"
After a breakfast and some final conversation, Byakuren leaves Keine's house behind and heads towards the mountain once again
After a day of travel, Byakuren reaches the foot of the mountain. Coming across an run-down shrine, she considers the place to be good enough to spend the night. As she comes to the shrine's front door, an old donation box catches her eye. She wasn't sure if the shrine was in use anymore, but it was a custom to offer donations to the shrines
A. Leave a donation
B. Ignore the box and go inside