Magic. Some say that it has it's benefits to help with life... While many others said the opposite. They cause great destruction, calamity, and darkness.
Gensokyo has tolerated magicians for generations, until an experimentation ruined their reputat...
As I feel the slime covering my whole body, I feel it seeping inside my skin, becoming one with me.
And after every last drip is absorbed, I see flashes.
"I am dying, Koakuma. My physical weaknesses are killing me."
I see an image, of her talking to her familiar Koakuma who in turn smiled at her mistress.
"When I was summoned here, Patchouli-Sama, I pity at your condition. You had great power which has been suppressed by your disease. But I do think I have found a way to deal with it."
I see Koakuma handing Patchy a book, and upon reading it I see her eyes widen, and her frown turned into a grin.
"This... This is something, Koa. But how am I supposed to get the corrupted human blood?"
"Why don't we just cause it to be created? Anyways, in the end you'll be the one to rule this land. A land with no more conflict, disease and suffering... All obeying your will."
"But I needed help in performing this ritual. Someone very experienced in magic rituals just like I do, and is not suppressed by disease."
"There is this vengeful spirit of a magus, inside the Forest of Magic... Maybe we can use her?"
"Indeed, Koa. Indeed... I'm not wrong to have summoned you."
Much to my horrors, I see Koakuma with Master beside her talking to Patchy. And what's the worst of it? Master nodded, agreeing to unleash this monstrous blood red cloud, that had changed Gensokyo, my homeland... Drastically.
Master shows a face of regret and sadness as the cloud forms up, and floated away from the Mansion, covering the skies of Gensokyo.
She went away, out of grief. But I can see her praying, perhaps she thinks that I would be the one to stop this? But why?
The memories then cut to when Patchy had captured everyone, starting from Sakuya, to even her close friend Remilia and her sister Flandre. Then she went as far as to kidnap many others, leaving only a clue that say that access to Myouren has been sealed off, by erecting a magic barrier surrounding it.
As the flashes then come to a halt, I find myself in a black void. No light, only darkness surrounding my view, and that I'm standing on a body of water.
"Heh... You defeating me is just delaying what's inevitable."
I turned around, to see some of the water rising up, forming the body of the person I just fought with.
"How? I killed you!"
"Only in body, but my mind shall exist forever inside you. It won't take long until I take over this shell."
Then I hear her voice behind me, and I widened my eyes.
"Think about it. You're becoming a part of something great."
I turned around quickly, but nobody is there.
"You'll never feel pain, or any kind of physical harm including a mortal's death. Then, with our knowledge of a wide array of magic spells we shall conquer Gensokyo together in this shell."
"Shut up!" I shouted, putting my hands on the sides of my head.
"I couldn't. Time is ticking, Marisa. You must decide what to do, before I take over..."
I need to head home, to see Master. Maybe she knows how to separate Patchy's mind from my body...
And in a flash, I find myself back in the library. I stood up, and looked at my hand, and down to see my body.
Nothing changed, except for a new set of clothes.
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A dark leather coat. I looked up, to look at the mirror before turning around. I see that on the back, is a glowing pentagram.
Did I create this? Or because of Patchy's mind, she managed to morph this coat, out of her own slimed body?
But now I know what to do. I need to see Master, to have her expelled from me.
I took my broom, and my weapons before I flew out of one of the windows. The cloud's presence has diminished drastically, making me navigate across the land more easier.
