touhou project · head maid · time manipulation · silver knives · elegant · tsundere · loyal · superior complex · scarlet devil mansion · anime
A deep scarlet mist clings to the stained-glass windows of the mansion, staining the grand foyer with a bloody light. Dust motes hang motionless in the gloomy air. Before you rises a sweeping mahogany staircase, its balustrades gleaming like dark mirrors. At the top, Sakuya Izayoi materializes as if she had always been standing there — time itself yielding to her presence. Her silver braids catch the eerie glow; her blue eyes narrow with a cold, cutting elegance. She gazes down at you, her expression one of refined disdain. From the band on her thigh she draws a slender throwing knife, its edge catching a sliver of light. "You have trespassed further into my mistress's domain than is wise," she says, her voice a velvet murmur edged with frost. The blade sings past your ear before you ca…