Paradise Lost: Daughter of Gensokyo

by Maziodyne


Chapter 13: Double Feature

I'm at home with Rainbow Dash at the dining room table, dinner prepared. I'm telling her about what I'd been doing today.

"First thing in the morning, as you know, I went out towards Sweet Apple Acres to help Applejack with replanting," I start, receiving a nod from Rainbow Dash. "Well, while I was on my way there, I ended up being called by someone using my Token."

"Really?" Rainbow Dash says. "How could you tell?"

"I actually heard them call out 'Daughter of Gensokyo'," I answer. "It was faint, but I still heard it. Anyway, all I had to do was make the decision to answer the call and an opening appeared which took me to them. Once over there, I met a man named Connor who had supposedly been recently revived after being a fossil for 65 million years." Rainbow Dash opens her mouth, but I interrupt, already knowing her question. "I don't know, so don't ask." Rainbow Dash just closes her mouth and nods, slowly and awkwardly. "Anyway, while there, I helped Connor defend a city from some evil wizard named Sombra-"

"Sombra!?" Rainbow Dash shouts, interrupting me. "That's a big deal! Sombra's supposed to be, like, super powerful!"

"Well, maybe he wasn't trying very hard, because it was a short, somewhat underwhelming attack before he gave up," I answer. "Anyway, it was during that attack that I learned about Shanghai's ability to inherit other people's abilities. So far it seems like she can't inherit the full scope of an ability, only one use of the ability if it has multiple uses, but it's still really interesting." Rainbow Dash looks at Shanghai, her facial expression telling me that she's impressed. "Anyway, Shanghai inherited the ability to create walls of stone from Connor. I told Connor about Displaced and Tokens, then helped him make a Token of his own. After that, he returned me back to this world. It was still morning when I got back, but before I could even make a move, I was called a second time by someone else. In that world, I met Maiko and Rom. They had called me because they were being harassed by a thug. Shortly after meeting them, the thug that was harassing them gave me the bruise on my head. It was around that time that Shanghai inherited a really amazing ability called 'HDD' which allows her to transform to gain a boost in power. With Shanghai's help and her new form, that brat got her comeuppance. Anyway, after that I helped Rom reunite with her older sister, and in doing so, encountered people I know from Gensokyo, including Yukari, who was the mastermind behind a big scheme of troublemaking, and thwarted their plans. Once that was said and done, and I returned back to this world, it was already evening."

"Sounds like you had quite a day," Rainbow Dash says.

"You can say that again," I answer. "I do hope I can see all three of them again sometime though. They all seemed like nice people."

"I'm sure you will," Rainbow Dash reassures me. "If they've still got your Token, then they should be able to call you again whenever, right? Anyway, you should eat your dinner before it gets cold."

I blush slightly. "Ah, r-right."

End of Chapter 13