>You are Reiuji Utsuho, and the world is wrong.
>You are a resident of Gensokyo Isle, an isolated nation located in the Pacific Ocean, established some decades ago in the wake of WWII by the Japanese and American Governments. You live in a small, run down double with your roommate Orin. Your adoptive mother and landlady Satori lives in the other half of the house. You are twenty-one years old, and work as a repair woman for Kawashiro Heating and Air. All of this is wrong.
>You think of yourself as a generally well-meaning person. You have a somewhat poor memory, and keep a notepad with you at all times to assist with that. As such, your grades in school were mediocre, and were never able to pursue your dream of becoming a nuclear technician with Gensokyo Research Foundation. However, you've proven to have an aptitude with mechanical things, and have found yourself a comfortable niche repairing heating and air conditioning systems. You have an inordinate fondness for crows, and some of the neighbors have complained about your tendency to feed them. You enjoy video games, good music, good food and good times; like practically any normal person your age. You and Orin have managed to secure a comfortable living together, if somewhat spartan. You are keenly aware that the world is wrong.
>You awoke this morning with a profound sense of alienation, and the conviction that everything you know is wrong. It frightened you like nothing you've ever experienced. For nearly an hour, you laid in bed, almost to tears from the absolute terror that you were losing your mind. But, you can't deny it. The world is wrong. What you know is wrong. You do not know how or know why, but you know it is wrong. And, you know that if you told this to anyone, they would think you are mad. Even Orin and Satori would almost certainly think you've lost your mind. You don't know if there's anyone you could ever turn to with this knowledge, and it frightens you. You don't even feel like part of the world anyone, like you're some stranger who woke up on another planet. But, you have resolved not to take it laying down. You have vowed to find out how the world is wrong, and prove you are not going mad.
>You have spent the day traveling around the island, looking into things. Your memory is terrible and you really should write things down more often. You have discovered a robbery at the harbor. You have visited the shrines of the island seeking help, getting different kinds of advice from each; the Myouren Shrine suggesting you look within and look without to compare to what is within, the Moriya Shrine telling you to try to put it out of your mind, and the Forest Shrine telling you to follow your heart. You have befriended Maribel, a paranormal investigator and detective. You've made friends with a kindly gardener named Yukari. You've investigated rumors of a haunting at the Museum, inconclusively. You have helped your neighbor, Miss Heida, combat her house being unjustly condemned. You've tried to make arrangements for new sources of information from a pawnshop. You've made some arrangements with Nitori to try and meet with people at the University. You've made progress toward being accepted into the University and following your hitherto abandoned dream of becoming a nuclear physicist; you just need to prepare for the exam. You are traveling with Parsee Mizuhashi, a conspiracy theorist you've befriended/taken out for a date. You've explored the wilder parts of the island, and found it is full of flowers and home to something otherworldly called the Forest Spirit.
>Right now, you stand outside the office of Usami Investigations, a detective agency that specializes in investigating supernatural things. Looking through the window, you see they are in a flurry of activity, preparing to go investigate the Forest Spirit.
> "I'm not really sure. I think I've basically done everything I wanted to do today. You got anything that needs to be done?"
> "I'll try and think of something, but now I feel kind of bad for dragging you out here considering how bored you were. Let me make it up to you. Is there anything you'd like to do right now? Anything at all!"
>"I wouldn't mind a trip uptown," she says. "It'd be kinda nice to show off a date, if nothing else. And don't feel too bad, this is serious business that needs to be dealt with. Just I didn't have much to say to them."
>"Do you get free texting?"
>She nods. "Yep, as long as it's not outside Gensokyo. Not that useful, but they threw it in as a signing bonus."
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