Yuuka Kazami
Yuuka Kazami's Fantasy Rebirth Story
(Miss Yuuka is really focused!)
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Phew.
Yuuka
You can speak now, PLAYER.
Miss Yuuka!
Yuuka
Thank you for remembering the rule I told you about all that time ago.
Yuuka
Never interrupt me while I'm working. Anyone who forgets that suffers the consequences.
Yuuka
I didn't want to waste time telling you the rule over and over again...
Yuuka
But it seems like once sufficed. You're a smart kid.
Teehee, you really think so?
Yuuka
Yes. You love flowers, just as all those who are truly wise do.
Yuuka
That's why the Lost Word Incident disgusts me.
...
Yuuka
I wouldn't normally bring this up... but with you, it's fine. You're already aware of what's going on.
Yuuka
There is no point in a Gensokyo without flowers. Indeed, many flowers now only exist here.
Yuuka
That's why I love it so deeply. A land overflowing with flowers from every season.
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But if the Lost Word Incident takes Gensokyo and all its flowers...
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Then I'd have nothing left.
Then... we have to protect Gensokyo.
Yuuka
Yes. And to do that, we must fight.
Yuuka
We'll crush the Lost Word Incident so decisively that all will laugh at its memory.
But to do that... we need to find the mastermind.
Yuuka
Hmm... That's the tricky part.
Yuuka
Does the mastermind even exist? If they do, where are they?
Yuuka
Their goals and methods don't matter to me. What matters is who and where they are.
Yuuka
That's the intel we need to defeat them.
Yuuka
PLAYER...
Yes, Miss Yuuka?
Yuuka
I've been a youkai for a very long time.
Yuuka
The older youkai get, the simpler we become. We fall into strict routines, leaving less room for spontaneous fun.
Yuuka
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(Miss Yuuka doesn't normally talk like this...)
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Why do you think flowers are beautiful?
Oh, uhh...
Yuuka
Flowers have been around for a long time.
Yuuka
Since before the age of the gods, all the way back to the age of dragons.
(I wonder if the "dragons" are actually dinosaurs...)
Yuuka
Flowers need insects. So flowers became beautiful to attract them.
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But they have no need for humans. So why do humans find them beautiful?
Yuuka
Do you know?
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After all, you're a human.
Yuuka
...So yes, I've been using flowers to investigate temperament.
Yuuka
I've been all over Gensokyo and down to its depths. Flowers collect temperament from the soil and phantoms.
Yuuka
Their color changes depending on what they absorb, like how hydrangeas shift hue based on the composition of the soil.
Yuuka
Since it's you, I suppose I should explain in outside world terms.
Yuuka
Lately, knowledge from the outside world has been pouring in, so it won't even be that difficult.
Yuuka
Plants that are especially good at collecting temperament are called hyperaccumulators.
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And the process of growing and harvesting these plants for the temperament they collect is known as phytomining.
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But this "mining" is less like digging for ore and more like data mining―literally collecting records of the world.
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Everything is made from patterns of temperament. Which means flowers are living libraries. Miniature Akashic records.
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A single flower is, in a sense, its own little cosmos.
(Is that why there's a flower called a cosmos?!)
Yuuka
And so I listen to the flowers. Even now. I listen for ways to crush the Lost Word Incident.
Yuuka
Flower leaves catch all that falls from the sky, and flower roots gather all that wells up from the earth.
Yuuka
Ancient rays of light scattered beyond the sky... Fossils buried deep underground...
Yuuka
Flowers collect, compress, and whisper their secrets to me.
Wh-What kinda secrets?!
Yuuka
Hmm... I haven't yet heard enough to be sure.
Yuuka
I need more time. When I learn the truth, I'll share it with you.
Yuuka
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Yuuka
I must say...
Yuuka
You're really something, you know? You love flowers, but you're also unusually curious.
Yuuka
Choosing to spend time with someone like me...
What's this all of a sudden?
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Some things are better left unsaid.
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For a long time, I've watched Gensokyo.
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A long, long time.
Yuuka
I've seen so much.
...
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Gensokyo's past...
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My past...
...
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Pathetic. I'm pathetic.
Wh-What do you mean?!
Yuuka
The flowers speak of the past. But I don't remember it.
Huh?
Yuuka
If my youkai memories are wrong, then my very existence will be called into question.
Yuuka
Unless the flowers are wrong... No, they would never betray me.
I don't know if this will help, but...
Yuuka
A white floral dress with a purple anemone?
It's from the youkai sages.
Yuuka
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The words of the purple anemone are...
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"I believe in you. I will wait."
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The flowers believe in me. They're waiting for me.
Can I give you my answer now?
Yuuka
To what?
Yuuka
...Oh, about why flowers are beautiful.
The reason I think that...
Is because I want to protect them, just like you.
Yuuka
Huh.
Yuuka
That's... a wonderful answer.
Yuuka
A truly wonderful answer.
Yuuka
I'll protect all the flowers in Gensokyo.
Yuuka
Just you wait.
Costume Presentation
Yuuka
You have a dull seed that will grow into a beautiful flower. How do you stop it from being stolen? ...Hehe, exactly. Make it bloom quickly, then wilt without delay. Flowers are fervent fantasies of plants. Now, sprout and let your roots burst forth!
