/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Reisen could no longer deny she no longer enjoyed her work as much as she did. She did enjoyed her normal duties of course. Selling medicine in the village and running security detail was all well and good, but Reisen had the misfortune of being seen as competent enough to be trusted but not important enough to where new work as seen as beneath her, so she was stuck with the many new duties that came with Gensokyo’s baby boom. She was the one that had to oversee the expansion of Eientei’s hospital and make sure the training and equipment were going along smoothly. She had to deal with the mountains of paperwork and make sure all the new or expecting mothers were cared for. She was even stuck with babysitting duties. It’s not like she could put off some of work on the others. Eirin had grown increasingly secretive ever since the HSE started to operate. What at first seemed to just be Eirin staying in Yukari’s good graces turned into genuine interest once the first pregnancies rolled in, her scientific curiosity stirred by being able to study the long term development of half-youkai. But it was with Yukari’s visits to get pregnant that things really changed. She spent long nights in the lab,working away on projects that had taken all of her interest. Then came the request for her to become pregnant. Thankfully not through the same means as all the other rabbits, but it was still a shocking request. What was the doctor thinking? It wasn’t like her to be so...invasive, and to go allow with the plans of someone like Yukari, who was as stable and dangerous as a landmine was also bizarre. Reisen really did feel the huge gap between her and the doctor.

Kaguya on the other hand, seemed to be delighted by the whole idea. She’d been cooing over the newborns, her natural overwhelming beauty and charisma delighting mothers and babies alike. It seemed oh-so-fascinating to her, something that would make the coming years much more interesting. Reisen had even seen her collecting rumors about Anon, including the vulgar ones. All while Eirin was out of earshot of course. Tewi as usual was nowhere to be seen when work needed to be done, but she at least had the excuse of looking after her family.

Crushing workloads and superiors that refused to help were one thing. She had gotten used to that on the Moon. But the issue that made things unbearable were all the other rabbits. There was no escape from them. Oh what’s your baby’s name? That’s a cute name. Look at mine, he looks kinda like his father, doesn’t he? Hey Reisen, why aren't you having a baby? You really should, they’ll grow up with a lot of friends if you have one now. It was all so tiresome, and sometimes she felt tempted to just get things over with just to shut them up.

But she couldn't let that distract her. She had her duties to perform and she couldn’t let herself follow the pack just to avoid the teasing. After all, she didn’t even know where that thing that been! Well she did know exactly where it had been, inside of a remarkable percentage of Gensokyo’s women, but that’s actually why she didn’t want it. It was just too vulgar and sad, not the sort of activity she wanted part of.

Reisen pushed away from the desk, having done the inventory. Next on the list would be something more difficult, Anon Hakurei’s checkup. Then would come the easy task of covering all the shifts of the nurses out on maternity leave. With a quiet mutter, she gathered up her equipment and started to make her way out of Eientei. If she was quiet and quick and avoided the main entrance, then she might make it out of there without seeing-

“Hey! Wait!” Tewi bounded down the hall towards Reisen. Resigning to her fate, she turned around to meet her. The little rabbit had a bright smile on her face and a bag slung over her shoulder.

“Are you seeing Anon?” Tewi asked as she looked up at her, the smug grin on her face revealing she already knew the answer.

“His checkup is today. Someone needs to look after his health” Reisen said, hoping some miracle would get Tewi to leave.

“Oh, what a coincidence! I just happened to visiting him today as well. Why don’t we go together?” Tewi smiled up at Reisen, not bothering to put effort into her lie.

“Just don’t get in the way, understood?” Reisen made her way to the exit as Tewi followed after her.

“Wouldn’t dream of it. Health is very important. I want to make sure he’s in tip-top shape. He's important to all of us, you know that.” Tewi said.