She has a bad feeling when she got up that this was going to be one of those days.
She should have payed more attention to this feeling.
Reimu Hakurei stood just outside the entrance to her Shrine, staring at the massive pile of estrogen that had appeared out of nowhere and unceremoniously dropped in her courtyard, her best I'm-trying-to-seem-indifferent-but-really-I-just-want-to-nuke-this-whole-goddamn-planet look on her face. The heap of humanity (and what looked like a couple of fairies) seemed to be trying to extricate itself from itself, jabbering away in some strange language and even occasionally throwing a punch or a kick at another part of itself. No part of it seemed to have noticed her yet. This needed to change.
Reimu summoned several large yin-yang orb and dropped them with a thunk onto the cobblestones in a tight circle around the newcomers. This got everyone's attention. Somewhere between fifteen and twenty pairs of eyes now stared at her. All was silence.
"...So."
Reimu started tapping her gohei on her shoulder.
"Does anyone want to tell me what's going on here?"
In response, a girl with long blonde hair tied up into a ponytail started yammering away in that same unknown language. It was not long before another girl with even longer peach hair started talking as well. They starting having what appeared to be an argument. Other girls threw in various lines of nonsense. This looked destined to reach the previous intolerable noise level. Reimu raised both hands in front of her, and silence descended once more, though the peach-haired girl was still glaring daggers at the blonde.
Lowering her arms, Reimu could feel her fist tighten around her gohei and her jaw clamp hard. Suwako damnit. This had officially upgraded from one of those days to one of those days.
Time to nip this in the bud.
"Yukari, get your ass out here pronto! I know you're here, and I know you think this is funny!"
On cue, a portal opened up, and Yukari neatly dropped out of it, doing a little somersault before landing feet-first on the ground with a smile on her face.
"Oh, Reimu, what a pleasure it is to hear you want me! I didn't think you cared about me that much~"
Reimu ignored the scattered gasps of surprise from the strangers in favor of beating Yukari over the head with her gohei. The small cry of shock mixed with pain gave her immense satisfaction.
"What is this nonsense you spew on my lawn? Who are these people? And what the hell language are they speaking? You're going to fix this right this second or I will break every gohei I have giving you bruises!"
"Kya! Reimu~n, stop it! I'll fix it, I'll fix it!"
Yukari waved her hand and there was an audible buzzing in the air for a moment. After it had stopped, Reimu was disappointed but unsurprised to see that the newcomers were still there. She was just about to resume giving Yukari what for when she realized she could understand them.
"And what was that?"
"How are we going to get back home?"
"I got 50 Euros on the red one. She's scary."
Reimu stared at the group, then turned to Yukari, who was beaming, then turned back to the group. She sighed in resignation. Might as well get this over with.
"Okay, folks, I presume this lousy layabout over here has made it so you can speak and understand Japanese now, so let's figure out what's going on."
A long purple-haired woman in armor spoke up. "What's this about Japanese? You're speaking Deutsch! Why didn't you do that in the first place instead of babbling incoherently?"
Reimu cast a sideways glare at Yukari, but she was busy looking elsewhere, muttering something that sounded like "I thought we were speaking English..."
"It's a long story. The short version wouldn't make any sense to any of you. Now that we can actually understand each other, let's work out who you are and why you're here. I am Hakurei Reimu, the maiden of the Hakurei Shrine. This is Gensokyo, a magically-sealed land tucked into a small corner of Japan. Yes, Japan," she said in repsonse to the various surprised noises. "It's a far cry from your home country of Deutschland, I'll admit. You have gap-for-brains to thank for that. Speaking of, before we go any further...Yukari, why are a whole bunch of Deutsche girls now in Gensokyo?"
"Well, Reimu~n, I was playing this great new game, and-"
"Got it, thanks." Reimu turned back to the group. "So now you know who I am and where you are. Hows about you tell me who you are?"
Introductions were made by the blonde-haired girl (soon learned to be Spiritia Rosenberg), some more pleasant than others. It seemed not all of these girls liked each other very much, and that they may even be divided into two polar-opposite factions. Reimu was mildly surprised to learn that a magic land existed elsewhere.
"So yeah, we were busy just chillin', and then suddenly VWOOP! We end up here outta nowhere, and then we see you walkin' outta that building over there. I think you can take our story from there."
"I can. Thank you...Sichte, was it? Yes. Okay. Well, the lot of you will fit right in here, as Gensokyo is rife with magic and various groups of girls looking out for their own self-interest. Let's get you lot inside, so we can work out a plan on how to properly deal with this issue."
"Ah, Reimu~n, before you do that...I should say that I also brought them here because not all of them are...of sound mind, shall we say. They're looking to get rid of everyone else here. Thing is, I don't know exactly who they are. I figured that you could solve the problem, since you're so good at it and all! Let me know when you've fixed everything and I'll be glad to send them back to Germany! Ciao!"
The group gasped as Yukari vanished through another portal, thought more at the revelation that traitors were afoot than at the sudden disappearance. Reimu rolled her eyes.
"Fine, whatever, I'll take care of this, because Suwako knows I don't have enough things to do around here. Okay, you lot, let's get to rooting out some moles so we can get you all the hell out of here."
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It is now Day 1. With 17 alive, 9 votes will lynch. Don't forget that hitting the deadline means the person with the most votes gets lynch, as opposed to the usually No Lynch way I host.
1) Pesco (Axelle)
2) UncertainKitten (Spiritia)
3) Kitten4u (Strudel)
4) Edible (Schwer-Muta)
5) Chaore (Zorne)
6) Jam-Kiske (Liebea)
7) Carthrat (Freudia)
8) Serpentarius (Schirach)
9) Zakeri (Luste)
10) Nietz (Eifer)
11) Alice Margatroid (Lecht)
12) Kerigis (Trauare)
13) UsuallyDead (Grolla)
14) Arashi Kurobara (Rink)
15) Sodium (Pamela)
16) Kanako (Sichte)
17) EvilTom (Dolis)
You have 48 hours to cast your votes. Happy hunting, everyone!