Overly Ominous "Rumors" Surrounding a Popular Pillow
The usual outfit of Doremy from the world with super thoughtography records. The ruler of dreams is untouchable.
Overly Ominous "Rumors" Surrounding a Popular Pillow
Voice Lines
Gacha Pickup
From good night to good morning, it's Doremy Sweet as always. There's been some cross-connection between dreams lately, so be careful.
Introduction
Is the pillow comfortable? Good evening. I'm Doremy Sweet, the developer and distributor of the Sweet Sleep Pillow. Is this our first meeting? Or have we met before? It hardly matters. I used to think the crossovers in dreams were something that needed fixing, but then my perspective changed. If so many people can be linked through dreams, the possibilities are endless. Like, say... plunging all of Gensokyo into a shared nightmare of terror... Ah! I didn't say anything weird, did I?!
Purple Heart
I really want to resolve the whole dreams-crossing-over mess quickly.
Blue Heart
I suddenly felt a surge of power as I was running my business in the Dream World.
Green Heart
The Scarlet Devil Mansion's gatekeeper... Hong Meiling, was it? You say she made contact with the avatar of Taisui Xingjun? I was aware of that, but the records surrounding it are very vague.
Orange Heart
I was ready to wind down the Sweet Sleep Pillow business once it had run its course. However, despite the creepy rumors, the sales have stayed pretty steady for a long time. Youkai thrive on fear. Maybe that's why I've been feeling more powerful. It almost feels as though someone is nudging things along behind the scenes.
Pink Heart
I've seen a girl wandering the Dream World, jotting things down as she goes... and I've even spotted Yukari Yakumo slipping in and out as she pleases. Dreams beyond my control are always a concern because one of them could very well spark a major incident before long.
Winter
It's chilly and you're feeling a bit down, aren't you? All you gotta do is hibernate with a warm futon and a fluffy pillow. A kotatsu, you say? Well, if you insist, I'll add that too.
Login
I really just wanted to promote the pillow and boost sales. Why am I becoming more powerful because of it?
Enhancement
I've upgraded the pillow based on user feedback! Now it's fluffier than ever!
Return
Welcome back! You must be tired. How about some rest on a super fluffy pillow?
Home 1
I usually keep my hair tucked inside my nightcap, but it's gotten much longer lately. Not that I mind. Styling it has become a lot more fun.
Home 2
I look more grown up now. Not that a youkai's appearance ever stays consistent. Maybe because I'm a dream youkai, this change means my powers have grown?
Home 3
I'd love to say I'm the unbeatable ruler of the Dream World... but then I remember how Junko and Hecatia managed to do as they pleased. I can't be everywhere at once!
Reaction 1
The pillow's ready on my lap. Now then... you know what to do.
Reaction 2
That's right. Let yourself drift off to sleep.
Reaction 3
See you in the Dream World. *pats head*
Task
A task? How about a little nap instead?
Task Complete
Well done on completing your task. You've earned a nap!
Mail
Is that a new order form? Oh, it's just a letter for you.
Errand Finished
Sounds like someone's back. Everyone's tired, so how about a nap?
Start of Battle
Close your eyes―I'll show you what exquisite sleep feels like.
Mid-Wave
Interested? Just stop by your nearest bedding store.
Victory
Pre-orders welcome. Just sign right here.
Defeat
It didn't meet your expectations? That's unfortunate.
Spellcard 1 Chant 1
Taisui Xingjun? There's no way someone
that important would just be hanging around.
Spellcard 1 Chant 2
Let's not get sidetracked―back to business!
Presenting the famous Sweet Sleep Pillow!
Spellcard 1 Casted
Dream Sign: Odd Sweet Sleep Pillow Dream
Spellcard 2 Chant 1
I am the ruler of dreams, so in
the Dream World, I'm invincible.
Spellcard 2 Chant 2
Please take a moment to fill out the survey.
It'll help us make our pillows even dreamier.
Spellcard 2 Casted
Dream Sign: Dream Diary
Last Word Chant 1
Let's meet again in your dream tonight. Still
scared of that woman's face, aren't you?
Last Word Chant 2
They'll revive if they keep scaring you in
dreams? Don't be silly. Forget it all and sleep.
Last Word Casted
The Woman Who Haunts Your Dreams
Boost 1
The actual product―
Boost 2
May slightly differ from the sample.
Boost 3
Just a heads-up!
Graze 1
A bit too firm?
Graze 2
Need more fluff?
Graze 3
If you liked it, recommend it!
Command A
It's one of our best-selling designs!
Command B
Our top-selling item!
Command C
A custom order? My, my!
Command D
Hehe, fancy seeing you here again.
Skill A
Wishing you quality sleep.
Skill B
Wishing you tranquil dreams.
Shot A
Here's a prototype just for you!
Shot B
A new release is in the works.
Damage
Ugh!
Heavy Damage
That's obstruction of business!
Guard
Careful now!
Graze Activated
Whew, the product is fine!
Change to Rear
Let me check our stock.
Change to Front
We have it in stock!
Buff/Heal
Much appreciated!
Knocked Out
Only dreamers truly know the comfort of a fine pillow.
Voice Sets
Overly Effective Pillow
VA: Nemoto Yuna
Overly Thriving Business
VA: Shinfuku Sakura
Overly Suspicious Dream Rumors
VA: Hoshizaki Kana
Character Information
Temperament: Soyogi no Konoha
Soyogi no Konoha (a Touhou LW original) refers to the subtle breeze caused by the rustling of tree leaves. This is an apt temperament for Doremy, a dream youkai who eagerly tries to sell bedding at every opportunity.
However, something strange seems to be mixed into this temperament. Alongside Doremy's usual temperament (Earth Phase & Star Essence), there appears to be an additional, ominous temperament suggestive of a calamitous god (Wood Phase).
Ability/Backstory: Capable of eating and creating dreams (Prolonged)
The ability of Doremy Sweet from the world with super thoughtography records (a Touhou LW original). There is no noticeable difference between her ability and the abilities of Doremys from other worlds.
The 15.3rd Prolonged Incident is classified as a special case. It closely resembles the 9.4th Prolonged Incident, forming a peculiar spacetime in which otherwise unrelated events come together in a strange way. The whole thing feels less like a single narrative and more like an omnibus, or even a tribute, pieced together from fragments scattered across different times and places. The original timelines were likely inconsistent as well. With this many unrelated phenomena converging in one place, it's hard to believe it was mere coincidence. Something, or someone, was clearly at work behind the scenes. It feels like the kind of dream you have when you're sick.
15.3rd Prolonged Incident―Type 4, Case 2
A popular, yet suspicious pillow sold by Doremy Sweet. The pillow guarantees a good night's sleep and doesn't appear particularly unusual, at least by Gensokyo standards. Strange dreams had been reported, but nothing out of the ordinary, again by Gensokyo standards. There didn't appear to be any obvious factor that would cause the situation to worsen over time... at least so it seemed.
As this is a Prolonged Incident, the following information is drawn from false data and should be regarded as a reference only.
Doremy Sweet refers to herself as the ruler of dreams. The Dream World is believed to be vast, and considering the nature of dreams, it likely mirrors the real world in scale. This raises the question of whether such an immense realm can truly be kept under control. Over time, it became apparent that the inhabitants of the Dream World do not always act according to Doremy's will, but instead behave independently, much like those of the waking world.
This should not be mistaken for a failure in Doremy's authority. It is simply the consequence of the Dream World's immense scale. Any form of control comes with a cost, and with every cost comes a limit. Perfect and absolute control is therefore impossible under any circumstances, which means that, even in the Dream World, Doremy will always have vulnerabilities. Exploiting them, however, would require the appropriate means, sufficient power, and the right conditions. The Dream World once served as a temporary refuge for the inhabitants of the Lunar Capital, a task Doremy handled competently. Her strength is therefore not to be underestimated. However, there are beings who far surpass her. Such a being has already been identified in the past: the avatar of Taisei Xingjun.
Hong Meiling once encountered the avatar of Taisei Xingjun in a dream. Any existing records of the event are presumed to be heavily filtered through Meiling's perspective. Taking that into account, it would not be unreasonable to dismiss the event as nothing more than a dream. However, so long as Hong Meiling's true nature remains unclear, it's possible that the encounter holds far greater significance. The open involvement of a heavyweight like Taisei Xingjun in Gensokyo is exceedingly rare. Even Hecatia Lapislazuli, formidable as she is, is in essence only one among the many gods of the Mediterranean cultural sphere.
Taisei Xingjun, however, is an exceptionally powerful god of calamity. It would not be an exaggeration to say that onmyoudou was created and refined to avoid the overwhelming calamity they represent. The emergence of such a being would be disastrous.
Taisei Xingjun never appeared in person in Meiling's dream. What she saw were their youkai servants, borrowing the forms of familiar faces, along with one of their avatars, identifying itself as the Giant Catfish. Had Meiling failed to prevail, that calamity might have crossed over into reality, plunging Gensokyo into catastrophe.
Was Doremy Sweet, the ruler of dreams, aware of this? Perhaps it doesn't matter. What matters is that someone attempted to interfere with Gensokyo through the Dream World.
What, then, was Taisei Xingjun intending to accomplish through his avatar? Or did that avatar act of its own accord? Or was the entire incident just a dream?
In the Dream World, however, "just a dream" is anything but reassuring. Whatever purpose the avatar may have had was likely never realized. To plunge Gensokyo into disaster, one would first have to overcome the ruler of dreams.
Hopefully, Doremy has things under control...
Attacks
Prototype Bean Bags
The Spread Shot of Doremy Sweet from the world with super thoughtography records (a Touhou LW original). She attacks with her prototype products, which are still in development.
Dreams are often used to explain why sleep is essential. However, they cannot be dismissed as merely a method of organizing memories, as that explanation fails to account for prophetic dreams.
Bullets
Prototype Bean Bag
Advanced Prototype Bean Bag
Improved Prototype Bean Bag
Enhanced Prototype Bean Bag
Almost Perfect Prototype Bean Bag
Ultimate Prototype Bean Bag
Prototype Dream Balloons
The Focus Shot of Doremy Sweet from the world with super thoughtography records (a Touhou LW original). She attacks with her prototype products, which are still in development.
Dreams are said to lead to one of two places: the heavens or underground. While sleeping, the spirit leaves the body, and its destination depends on whether it is the hun or the po. According to ancient belief, hun and po are two types of souls: the hun is light and spiritual, while the po is heavy and bound to the body. The light hun rises to the heavens, while the heavy po sinks beneath the earth. The Dream World links to mysterious underground realms and enigmatic cities far beyond the sky. It may even allow passage to Hell or artificial satellites. However, some dreams travel to places that are neither heaven nor earth. One such place is Gensokyo.
Bullets
Prototype Dream Balloon
Advanced Prototype Dream Balloon
Improved Prototype Dream Balloon
Enhanced Prototype Dream Balloon
Almost Perfect Prototype Dream Balloon
Ultimate Prototype Dream Balloon
Dream Sign: Odd Sweet Sleep Pillow Dream
A Spell Card of Doremy Sweet from the world with super thoughtography records (a Touhou LW original). Strange rumors begin circulating about her popular sleep pillow.
Across history, dreams have inspired many stories. An astronomer whose work left a lasting mark on future generations wrote one of the first science fiction novels about a journey to the Moon experienced through a dream. There are also tales like the legend of Koga Saburo, where he spent an entire lifetime in Yuimankoku, only for him to awaken and find it was nothing more than a brief, fleeting dream. Though people's views on dreams differ, their feelings toward them are curiously similar. Humanity built civilization by pushing their brains that have barely changed since prehistoric times. Are dreams merely a shared glitch in that system? To dismiss them as nothing more than a film playing inside the skull would be a truly dreamless way of thinking.
Bullets
Odd Sweet Sleep Pillow Dream
Deep Sweet Sleep Pillow Dream
Vivid Sweet Sleep Pillow Dream
Lucid Sweet Sleep Pillow Dream
Surreal Sweet Sleep Pillow Dream
Ultimate Sweet Sleep Pillow Dream
Dream Sign: Dream Diary
A Spell Card of Doremy Sweet from the world with super thoughtography records (a Touhou LW original). She attacks with a dream journal that records every dream.
Sumireko Usami's condition later became widely known as the dreaming disease. Despite its name, it is likely better understood not as a disease, but rather as a temporary psychological condition, perhaps comparable to a teenage fantasy phase.
Aside from her first visit, Sumireko Usami most likely visited Gensokyo only while asleep, or appeared there as an alternate dream version of herself. While she's asleep, her physical body remains behind, often in places like a classroom where she dozes off, while only her consciousness travels to Gensokyo and inhabits a body capable of existing there. This method skillfully bypasses the barrier and is fundamentally similar to when Rinnosuke Morichika once experienced the outside world without realizing it.
Physical bodies cannot pass through the barrier, but spiritual or mental ones can. Perhaps the dreaming disease simply reflects a traditional understanding of dreams, which were once believed to occur when the spirit temporarily left the body, a concept that was not yet understood at the time of the 15.3rd Prolonged Incident.
Bullets
Dream Diary
Kilo Dream Diary
Mega Dream Diary
Giga Dream Diary
Tera Dream Diary
Peta Dream Diary
The Woman Who Haunts Your Dreams
The Last Word of Doremy Sweet from the world with super thoughtography records (a Touhou LW original). She attacks with ominous dreams.
Something was clearly wrong, though she couldn't say what. She only knew she had felt this way before. But when? It was a dream neither recorded in the dream journal nor one she recognized. There was no dream soul or dream personality, though that hardly mattered. This was an intrusion, something that did not belong. A girl wandered through the bamboo forest, scribbling notes as she went. Fear gnawed at her, but she pressed on, driven by curiosity. She wore clothes that felt strangely out of place, as though from another era. Now that she thought about it, the figure might have been Yukari Yakumo. Even so...
Bullets
"It's that woman!"
"Isn't that her?"
"It's probably her."
"Is it her?"
"On closer inspection..."
"Is that... a catfish?"
Skills
Skill: Prototype Bed
There's nothing better than a good night's sleep. It's worth coughing up the extra cash for a good bed.
Skill: Prototype Vacuum
Some dreams can be captured or absorbed. They are called dream souls.
Skill: Prototype Plushie
"Please believe us when we say our only goal is to bring peaceful, restful sleep to everyone."