It doesn't seem like very long ago that I showed everyone here my hometown, Liore. [Roze's voice comes in slightly before the picture does. Only a second later, she comes into view, the book in her lap. Smiling when she sees that it is indeed working, she turns the book away from her and shows what seems to be a nearly normal desert town. If one looks hard enough, they can see a few buildings in the distance that seem to still be under construction.]

Since then, a lot of people I've met have left and a lot of new others have come. It's been over a year and Liore has come so far. With everything happening on the community, it reminded me of the good things, too and I'd really like to hear about you. What hometowns do you have, what fond memories do you have of them? Or just fond memories... it's nice to talk about them sometimes.

What's your favorite pancake shape?

[The video opens up the image of Reimu sitting on the open steps of her shrine, a paper fan in her hand, and a small jug of water beside her. Seems relatively normal, right?

Nope.

Because almost everywhere, around Reimu, but especially heavy higher up, is a thick red mist. It flits in and out--sometimes it's only as if someone dumped fruit punch powder in the air, sometimes it's like seeing her through a filter, sometimes you can't see anything but red at all.]

Of course, I don't get a break, that would be silly. [She puts a hand up through the mist, but of course can touch nothing--it's just mist.] I wonder where this stuff came from. It's so troublesome. It's evening now, but during the day, you can't even see the sun. I'm afraid the villagers will get all panicked. Some of the crops might die if it gets the chance to reach past these mountains.

I tried blowing it away with a wind spell, but it's not really my specialty...I think I might have to kill it from the source.

Well, finding the cause of all this is a shrine maiden's job (isn't it?). [She gets up, and positions the camera view to a spot behind her, where a shining blue lake can be seen, a very tiny-looking house around it. The mist seems to be thickest there.] Doesn't it look suspicious?

Ara, ara...I should probably head off before I hear screams.

[With that, Reimu shuts off the video feed. Or, you know, so she thinks. Because Reimu's "computer"? Yeah, they don't really have computers in Gensokyo, so lucky for her, hers takes the form of a large gemstone, of which she's taken to wearing around her neck like a pendant. And if anything is to be said about Reimu's style of fighting...it's flashy. Which means, conveniently, the feed gets turned back on for a portion of where she happens to be headed.]

[The recording begins with several voices, most very young, singing a song. The song seems to be called something like "Steady Progress and Limited Disobedience While Retaining Well-Formulated Good Manners." Then a male voice, older than the rest, begins to speak.]

The Great Wizard will come. We sent the message, at great personal risk.

[This is a different voice.] How will we know when he arrives?

If he's the Great Wizard, we'll hear about it. And now...

[All the voices join in, chanting "Gently Push Over the Forces of Repression!" There's an indefinably smug pause.]

Exactly. And then, comrades, we must strike at the very heart of the rottenness. We must storm the Winter Palace!

[There's another pause. This one's less certain. Then a recognizable voice speaks up - it's Butterfly.] Excuse me, Two Fire Herb, but it is June.

Then we can storm the Summer Palace!

((OOC: Start of canon for Butterfly, finally.))