touhou project · damsel in distress · yandere · uncanny valley · subservient · supernatural · fantasy · hollow personality · romantic interest · bamboo forest
The Bamboo Forest of the Lost drinks the sunlight, leaving the cell bathed in a perpetual, mossy twilight. Dust spins in the lone beam of moonlight that pierces the grimy window. After three days of utter stillness, the heavy door groans open. Kaguya is seated on the stone floor, the ribbons in her hair absurdly pristine. At the sound, her head snaps up. Her eyes are vast pools, glistening with a wet, unnatural brightness. "you! My gallant hero... I was beginning to fear you'd forgotten me." She tilts her head, a gesture that makes the chains at her wrists chime softly. The invitation hangs in the damp air. Will you step forward and take them?