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kosuzu motoori [touhou project] || affiliated with isola radiale

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There’s nothing that sates Kosuzu’s cravings for novelty like touring the city on the hottest day of the year, and her surroundings ring less familiar the further she ventures. Even though it’s not her first taste of something resembling the Outside World, her memory only goes so far. Despite those intense rays beating down on her, she’s bound and determined to explore around this place.

As she glances at the buildings that line the streets of Cotes, she’s quickly coming to the realization that maybe she should take cover -- at least, until the hottest part of the day passes. It isn’t any good if she were to melt into a puddle!

Cue a slightly disheveled Kosuzu crossing the threshold into the nearest shop. It’s not fancy by any means, but what she finds lining the shelves piques her interest. Perhaps there are some books? Maybe a youkai shopkeeper?

She advances around a shelf tentatively, unsure of what exactly she’d find on the other side. “Excuse me... I was wondering if you kept any--” 

An unexpected but familiar sight comes into her view. Is the heat playing tricks on her? Or maybe it really is...

“M-Marisa?” 

@casualtheft​

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—// kick this off with a small starter, like for one! I’m capping at 4 for now ok, thank you~

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“Kissing day...?”

“Sounds kinda fake.” 

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Kosuzu throws herself over a bench in some sort of admission of defeat -- from this standpoint, the persistent beating sun’s won... this time. 

“Uwahh... it sure is hot!” She doesn’t dare use the book she’d just picked up as a source of shade or a fan. That’d be too cruel to the book.

[mywool]

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kiratte‌;

Lined with old shops and unassuming window displays, the Cotes Ward street branching off from a more popular area didn’t get much foot traffic. He was only here out of curiosity, following a desire to find something more interesting than the libraries carried. More bookstore-filled than not, this area had some value for now.

He stopped to read what signs weren’t too faded to decipher, and the first other person he’d seen appeared. A girl had followed the route he’d come in through. She looked even more curious than could be seen on his face, and Dune set his original plan back for a moment. Might as well see if he could make this more worthwhile.

“Good afternoon,” he greeted her with a smile. “Are you also here to see if the rumor is true?”

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Despite her momentary bout of negative feelings that addled her on her arrival back, such feelings were just that -- momentary. It’s at present that Kosuzu’s mostly forgotten about why she had been upset to be back here, with her attention aimed toward exploring the myriad shops in Cotes. There’s something universally comforting about bookstores; to her, though the Suzunaan was less like a bookstore and more like a lending library, such shops were a familiar sight in a mostly unfamiliar town. Though it isn’t home -- rather it’s nothing like home -- she’s satisfied with popping in and out of the shops for the time being. 

After a brief while of having done so, she winds down a different path, curious to see where this heads. She’d have been just as content to continue, were it not for a stranger’s sudden address stopping her in her tracks. 

“Oh, good afternoon!” With a light bounce in her step, Kosuzu turns to greet him back. But wait -- what’s this about a rumor? 

She shakes her head and giggles, attempting to play off such surprise; there’s no harm in going along with it for now. “The only rumor I’m interested in is a certain bookstore! The one with the giant animal shaped chairs, right? Is that what you’re thinking of?” Clearly she has no idea.

[isolaradiale]

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penancedhonor‌;

 “This kind of talk isn’t appropriate.”

“Hmm...”

“I guess it could be okay, like in the sense that you’re talking out your frustrations. But this is also the kind of thing diaries are for, aren’t they?”

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KOSUZU MOTOORI (touhou project)

protagonist of the forbidden scrollery manga

an ordinary human girl who just loves books

works in the book renter shop Suzunaan, which her family owns

beautiful cinnamon roll too good for gensokyo, too pure

curious and interested in all things occult-related as a result of the kinds of books that land in her shop

this often gets her into a fair bit of trouble

this always gets her into trouble

can decipher any text, whether foreign or in an ancient language, though the context is often lost on her

prone to fainting when frightened

pls dont bully

[touhou-curator]

Forbidden Scrollery

Artist: 駒碧

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[isolaradiale]

oof it looks like I'm going to need a bit of a longer break from rp than I expected, so for now I'd like to drop Kosuzu Motoori from Touhou, housed in house 160. apologies to anyone I planned to thread with. Thank you!!

Dropped!

– mod altair.

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“Giving chocolates as an expression of adoration on one day of the year..? But people should know they’re special year round. I really don’t get it.”

Surrounded by numerous books and magazines spread out around her, Kosuzu  pores through each of them but soon throws herself over the back of the bench in frustration. 

[darkaac]

kosuzu a qt

@shit-the-touhous-said

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☥: If events in your muse’s life had gone very differently to how they did, what would they have done with their life? What sort of occupation might they have chosen for themselves and would they, in your opinion, be happier than they are now?☢: If your muse knew that they were going to die in 24 hours, name three things they would do in the time they had left.☠: What is the one thing for which your muse would most like to be remembered after their death?

symbol / headcanon meme // accepting!!

☥  -- i can only imagine she would have continued going to school, or have continued her education in some capacity! kosuzu’s love of learning and unbridled curiosity wouldn’t have faded, and i can also see her imparting her learning to others in some aspect, whether it is as a teacher or perhaps an author or scholar. she’d be just as satisfied -- she’s very driven and determined to achieve what she wants, even if it means getting herself in some sort of trouble.

☢  -- oogh. on one hand, she wouldn’t heck up too badly -- from what she’s heard, the Yama is a very scary individual and having to face her is quite the ordeal. best not to make it even more painful than she has to. but on the other hand, she’d likely spend that time either with her close friends or trying to figure out how to transform herself into a youkai so that she wouldn’t end up facing the inevitable. 

☠ -- she’d want to be remembered as someone who was benevolent to others regardless of whether they were human or youkai. 

[rockinrpmemes]

Reblog if your CANON blog takes *anons* pretending to be other characters from their series to dig out the dirt on your muse.

IE: emotions, opinions, reactions to stuff that happened in canon, etc.

Because sometimes the counterparts to my canon muse(s) don’t exist in the tumblr RPC, a sender follows you but doesn’t rp here, OR, they just want to TRY that muse out before making a blog. Or, they’re simply curious on how the canon would reply, and ONLY wants a one-shot moment! 

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“Um, excuse me, but one quick question about what the angry man was saying. Furries...”

“What kind of youkai is that?” There’s a lot about this world she doesn’t understand yet.

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“Hash tag Not All Youkai!”

“...Is that how that’s supposed to work?” Kosuzu, you’re saying that out loud.