Yoshika Miyako
Yoshika's Fantasy Rebirth Story
Yoshika
PLAYER! What took you so long?!
Yoshika
Did you get lost?
No, this place was easy to find.
I came as soon as I heard you wanted to see me.
Yoshika
Is that so?
Yoshika
With the Lost Word Incident going on, I was worried whether you'd make it here in one piece.
Yoshika
But it seems like I was worried for nothing.
How have you been? Aside from the big incident...
Yoshika
Me? I've been fine. As a corpse, I can't die. And as a zombie, I don't feel any pain!
Yoshika
Unless I do something totally reckless, nothing can harm me.
Do you ever do totally reckless things?
Miss Seiga wouldn't give you that kind of order, right?
Yoshika
I'm a jiang shi. In other words, a zombie warrior.
Yoshika
I can't do anything unless Seiga orders me to.
So Miss Seiga's responsible for your actions.
Yoshika
No, she's not.
Yoshika
Urghhh.
A-Are you OK?
Yoshika
Urghhh!
Yoshika
URGGHHHHH!
Yoshika
URGHHHHHHHHHH!
Yoshika
...
Yoshika
It seems like Yoshika's zombie brain is trying to protect Seiga.
Yoshika
At first, this brain only performed simple tasks, but thanks to continuous updates, it acquired a sense of self.
Yoshika
I'm sure you already figured that out, though, right?
You turned into Miss Yoshika! This hardly ever happens!
Yoshika
That's right. I very much desire to speak with you.
Yoshika
And thanks to you realizing it's me, we can get straight to it. I'll likely only ever appear a few times more.
Yoshika
After that, I'll fade from existence like a puff of smoke. I'll become one with Yoshika's body, never to appear again.
Really?!
Yoshika
Yes. That's why you must listen to me now.
Yoshika
...So, long story short, I wrote a love letter to an oni!
Yoshika
It was a long time ago. Don't judge me too harshly.
Yoshika
She was a beautiful oni with pink hair. I was kinda a mess back then, so I fell for her pretty hard.
Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
Yoshika
Yeah, you could say that. The thing is, I can't seem to remember if I ever got a reply to my love letter.
Yoshika
These feelings and memories don't really belong to me.
Yoshika
Their original owner has already left.
Yoshika
Humans are like pupating butterflies, and their corpses are like the empty chrysalis they leave behind.
Yoshika
I'm simply the chrysalis, no more than an outline of the one who left. I'm empty in every sense of the word.
Yoshika
Perhaps the human whose body this was became a hermit. For some reason I feel like they did.
Which would mean Yoshika...
Yoshika
Is like a hermit crab using me, the empty chrysalis, as a shell. No, that's not quite right.
Yoshika
A hermit crab and its shell are separate, but Yoshika and I are one.
Yoshika
We can't be thought of as two distinct beings.
Yoshika
I'm comprised of what little remained after this body's owner departed.
Yoshika
When Yoshika was later put into the body, me and her combined irreversibly.
You combined even though you have different origins?
Yoshika
I can't say for sure we have different origins as I don't know who Yoshika was before she died and became a spirit.
Yoshika
But us combining wasn't a bad thing. In fact, it was a good thing.
Yoshika
Yoshika enjoys her time in Gensokyo. She enjoys spending her days with Seiga.
Yoshika
Seeing as she's a zombie, it seems she has a hard time feeling things and expressing herself, but still.
Actually, it's easy to tell she enjoys being in Gensokyo.
Yoshika
Oh, really? That's good.
Yoshika
In any case, I'm slowly merging to become completely one with Yoshika. It must be because I accept her for who she is.
Yoshika
And also because if I don't... there's no way we'll be able to stop the Lost Word Incident.
Does Yoshika want to stop the incident?
Yoshika
I can't be certain, but it's likely she does.
Yoshika
But I'm sure she can't express that herself. She lacks the thought capacity, and still relies too heavily on Seiga.
Yoshika
Then again, if you feel like she wants to stop the incident... perhaps it's OK for me to put my faith in you all.
I'll work with Miss Seiga to figure this out.
Yoshika
Sounds promising, PLAYER.
Yoshika
I would guess the next time we speak will be the last. If there's something you wish to ask me, now's the time.
The ofuda on your forehead is slipping. Here, I'll fix it...
Yoshika
Whoa!
Yoshika
Oh, hey, PLAYER.
Yoshika
What's up?
(Oh, boy.)
(I think I messed up...)
...I-I have a present for you!
Yoshika
Wow, what an amazing outfit!
Yoshika
I can't wait to show Seiga!
It's from a hermit on the mountain.
Yoshika
No way! I owe this mountain hermit a thank you! And you, PLAYER.
Actually, do you know where Miss Seiga is?
Yoshika
Seiga, huh...?
Yoshika
She's over there!
Costume Presentation
Yoshika
Apparently, I'm outdated. It says on the ofuda Seiga gave me that "each task is determinable with a single step." I have no idea what that means! But my bullets are better than ever, so that's good! Now, when can I eat the big incident? Tell me!
