Mentioned Characters: Marisa, Patchouli, Alice

Marisa Kirisame is a magician who lives in the Forest of Magic. Unlike Alice or Patchouli, she's an ordinary human. And just like other ordinary humans, she must sometimes draw pictures. It follows that there must also be a world out there with a Marisa obsessed with drawing them.

Marisa used to record any battles of bullets she saw in her notebook. She thought that doing so might provide her with some insight and resolved to continue until the day she was called a great magician. Whether she still takes notes today is unclear. If there's a book called "Gensokyo Illustrated Bullet Battle Compendium" on a library shelf somewhere, that means her work is done. If not, she's probably still at it. Battles of bullets can't be described with words alone. You have to capture the scene itself. A tengu would likely use a camera, but what about Marisa? Perhaps she made as detailed sketches as she could from memory.

Marisa felt a pleasant kind of melancholy. She began sketching battles of bullets for research purposes, but over time, she developed a love of drawing itself. Each time she completed a sketch, she felt a sense of accomplishment that simply taking a photo could never provide. The world of drawing is profound and vast. Naturally, she wasn't the first to discover the joy drawing brings. Gensokyo is home to many people with dexterous hands, exceptional color sense, and even professional painters. Marisa was frustrated that she wasn't the best, but the excitement of discovering new possibilities was undeniable. "Everyone's so good. One day, I will be, too."

In some world, there exists a Marisa whose daily routine involved traveling around Gensokyo and drawing its scenery. Eventually, she began drawing the stars in the night sky. To record something is to interpret it and construct a world based on rules of your own making. That was true when Marisa started recording battles of bullets, and it's true now. "In a world without rules, battles of bullets make no sense." Ask yourself... what do battles of bullets mean to you?

Marisa is still recording the events of Gensokyo through her drawings today. By now, she's probably faster at drawing than writing. Someday, she might even create a full grimoire of illustrations. In fact, the more she thinks about it, the more that sounds like a great idea. There's just one problem... "You wanna know the color of love? Umm... No, no, gimme a sec. I got this. Uhh... ...I got no clue!"