Lakefront Property Closing Papers

[Clownpiece]

Takes place before Yuuka's post

“Well~” Clownpiece said in an almost singing voice. “Since you asked so nicely, I suppose I can tell you!” Warm winds whipped her hair back as the quartet flew along. “I’ve told you this before, but I’m from hell. So I should warn you,” she turned to face her icy friend, a rather devilish grin painting her face. “What you’re about to hear isn’t for the faint of heart!”

“I-I can handle it!” Cirno stuttered for a moment, but powered through her sentence, crossing her arms and turning her head up defiantly. “It can’t be that bad!”

“Oh it is~” Clownpiece responded, giggling. “You remember the heat you felt at the beach? That was like a cool, refreshing day compared to the intensity of hell!” The ice fairy let out a small, surprised squeak, floating vaguely away, before she caught herself again.

“S-So? You can just hide in the shade to avoid it!”

“Except there’s no sun in hell! Only the hellish flames found on every corner!” She cranked up the excitement and intensity, voice rising almost to a shout. “And there’s no ice in hell,” her voice suddenly dropped as she drifted closer to Cirno. “So there’s no escape from the heat.” Her arm was overcome with a great chill as she threw it around the ice fairy, pulling her even closer.

“No i-ice?” The frigid fairy’s face was pale, but for what it was worth, she was keeping her cool well enough.

“None,” she stated simply. “And that’s only the beginning of the torment. There are places in hell darker than the darkest night you’ve seen. Places so pitch black that not even torchlight can guide you through! Or mountains of needles! All sharper than anything you’ve been pricked with in your life. And of course since it’s hell, there’s ghosts everywhere!”

“Hah! Ghosts aren’t scary!” Cirno laughed nervously. “They’re all over the place, even in Gensokyo.”

“Not just any ghosts,” the hell fairy’s devilish grin turned downright cruel. “This is hell we’re talking about, so they’re all the ghosts of sinners. Vengeful spirits, constantly on the prowl for someone to possess. Or kill...” she added with a menacing chuckle. A few moments of silence fell between that statement and the next, during which Clownpiece’ face fell into something bordering on mournful. “Ah... I miss hell...” She mumbled, letting go of Cirno and drifting back into formation, trying to shake the cold out of her arm.

“I-If you like hell so much, then why did you end up in Gensokyo?” Cirno asked, some semblance of confidence creeping back into her voice.

“Well, I got brought to earth, and didn’t know how to get back,” Clownpiece admitted after a moment. She turned over in the air, facing the sky above as the group continued to fly along. “Master brought me to the moon for a super special and fun mission. But when it was all said and done, she plopped me down on earth instead of bringing me back to hell. Then I met you, and Sunny, Luna, and Star, and the rest is history.” She flipped back the proper way, staring straight ahead. “And that’s my story.”