> "Thank you. Oh, and if you have any pocket watches, particularly ones theorized to be fun my home, I would be especially interested in those."
> Follow!
>"Nothing like that," says the youkai. "We do have a couple of clocks, if you're interested. One of them even belonged to Maname Hearn!"
>She learns you through the doors and into the southeastern hall. Here, rather than artifacts, you see animals on display. Life-like statues to be precise, you are not certain if they are works of taxidermy or convincing fakes. You pick out a tiger quickly, on central display. Elsewhere are various birds you cannot recognize at a glance, smaller furry things and scaly things. A couple of humanoid things stand in one of the corners, some dressed and others too bestial to need such. The youkai leads you toward a display along the left wall, which is filled with rocks.
>"This is where we keep our natural specimens," says the youkai, adjusting the washbin on her head with a hand. "Things from all over Gensokyo and beyond! But of interest you you is here, I think."
>Looking at the rocks, you can see many of the bear strange marks; a closer look reveals they are imprints of...bones, footprints; one even has what seems to be some kind of animal eye and mouth. The youkai leads you toward a particular one, set in its own casing, and gestures toward it. It seems to be an immense claw, large as any of your knives, partially encased in stone. A small plaque presumably has details on it. "We are reasonably certain this was a possession of Scarlet Devil Mansion," the youkai says. "Or at least one of its residents."
>It does not look familiar at all.
>_