The House of Teeth

[PepsiYuuka]

Talking was at least keeping Yuuka’s mind off of the ungodly speed they were going. Mei’s questions gave her a bit of an excuse to keep talking, so she took it. “Because the Outside World isn’t prepared for things like youkai, vampires, or ghosts anymore.” She glanced between both Fury and Mei as she spoke. “In Gensokyo, there are laws and rules for people that can be enforced by those powerful enough that said rules actually matter. Letting a youkai outside would be like asking a fox to be governed by the laws of chickens, if that makes sense.” It was an apt metaphor, at least to Yuuka. Sure, there would be some who would be capable of resisting temptation. But they weren’t her, now were they?

She sat back and listened as Mei told her story. Yeah, she was certainly from the outside world- though perhaps an even further along outside world than the one parallel to Gensokyo. “Robots? I know a little. There was a large balloon shaped like one a couple years back, though I can’t say it seemed particularly interesting at the time.” It was an advertisement, really- not worth Yuuka’s precious time and energy to check out. Those Outside World gods sure had some wild ideas as to what would interest Gensokyo’s citizens.

The story was abruptly cut off with their entrance into the new realm. The chariot they were now being pulled by was still far too fast, though- no rest for the floral, it seemed. Adding to this still uncomfortable situation was the fog. While Yuuka had nothing against the fog, she appreciated having distance vision as much as the next girl. The whole place was… bleak. Her internal senses told her that there wasn’t even much blooming around here, flower-wise. It wasn’t the place most flowers really thrived, and this curtailed her interest in this realm quite a bit. 

What she did notice, however, was the fact the others were immediately on guard. Yuuka shifted a bit in her seat to sit more upright to look out the windows. She saw a vague shape, but not much more. It seemed too far in the distance to make that much of a stink about at the moment, though. “More importantly than arming ourselves, do either of you have experience with horses? I’d prefer it if we had a way other than jumping out of this thing to stop.” Though she was still smiling on the outside, she was actually quite serious. She didn’t want to get her only set of clothes dirty this soon into her trip.