Average mans trip to Gensokyo

Roses

[This is one of three endings. If you chose Sunflower or Lavender as your favourite flower, please navigate to that chapter. If you don't really mind what ending you read first, the order I recommend is Roses -> Sunflowers -> Lavender. Though they can be read in any order.]

[This chapter contains scenes of extreme violence, and may be disturbing to some readers. Your discretion is advised.]

[Please enjoy the final chapter.]

27:"Hmm... I guess if I had to pick, I'd say roses. Y'know, when I was at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, I ran around doing chores with Sakuya for a day, we were pruning this massive rose bush that looked just like Remilia... I wonder how she's doing, Flandre too."

Rumia:"Do you miss her?"

27:"A little... it's so weird though. We only really knew each other for a day. Is this what they call Stockholm syndrome?"

Rumia:"What's that?"

27:"Doesn't matter... Let's call it a night."

As Rumia gazes quizzically at me, My eyes slowly close.

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???:"Hey... uh... you sure you wanna go to sleep tonight?"

I look around at a hazy wasteland of pink clouds, on the horizon is a massive thunderstorm. The girl talking to me is dressed in a black and white dress, adorned with pom-poms... she has a santa hat too.

27:"Wh-What's going on?"

???:"Oh yeah! I'm Doremy Sweet. I uh... Well I can create dreams y'see. But when I saw your trauma I got a little excited and went wild."

Doremy glances nervously toward the approaching storm clouds.

Doremy:"In about five minutes you're gonna have a nightmare so friggin' scary you might not wake up."

27:"You made me a nightmare?"

Doremy:"That's the short of it, some of my best work too. I'd hate for it to go to waste but... I have ethics too, y'know."

27:"What's it about?"

Doremy:"Remilia ya doofus! That's what ya get for talking about her before bed! You'll get people like me who find that stuff irresistible."

27:"So what? You're some kind of Christmas themed boogeyman?"

Doremy:"...Listen here buddy, if you want me to save you from the nightmare you better start treating me nicer. Now do you want me to wake you up or not!?"

27:"Uh... Yeah, yeah I do."

Doremy:"Ok, now don't go back to sleep for another three hours. This is a one time offer. I'm not gonna wake you again."

27:"Alright but how are you going to w-"

Doremy takes out a large trumpet, she presses it's bell against my face and then blows hard into it.

27:"Whu-Wha?"

I wake up in a state of abject confusion. The clock on the wall tells me that it's 2am, an hour that I'm forbidden to walk about at. ...I have no clue how so much time has passed.

27:"...The santa sheep told me not to go back to sleep."

I light a small candle, trying my best not to wake up Rumia. I scribble down a picture of Doremy. While I don't want to disobey orders, I need to know if this Doremy girl is legit and Satori is the most knowledgeable of all of us, she's also probably the only one still awake.