東方夢旧市 ～ Glory of Deep Skies./设定与剧情/故事背景

---The Hakurei Shrine, in the chill of autumn. The Shrine Maiden is sitting on the shrine front, watching the evening sky as it bursts into many beautiful colors. While this scene seems to be a Romantic poet’s dream, this scenario spells disaster for her. Reimu: “The sky has been looking weird for the past few days. I've got a bad feeling about this. Has there been anything unusual going on?” Behind her, there stood a tengu reporter, Aya Shameimaru. Aya: “The sky has been overflowing with large amounts of magical power. Seems like it affects all of Gensokyo at the moment. Tengu patrols have been investigating it for a while; we got nothing, though. What do you think about this?" Reimu: “I don't know. I hope it's just a natural occurrence, and I hope it ends soon. Things have been getting stranger by the hour.” Aya jots some things down on a notepad. Aya: “Oh, right! Ms. Reimu, there has been a report about a recent attack on the Human Village last night. Our tengu patrol said there was a strange light, like some kind of overwhelming danmaku battle, but it caused physical damage to buildings and property; luckily, nobody got hurt. We tried to fight back, but the thing - whatever it is - is too strong! It managed to knock everyone out and escape." Reimu turns back to Aya. Reimu: “Why didn't you tell me this earlier? This sounds very fishy to me. All of these things happening at once couldn’t be a coincidence. I have to do something.” Reimu knows the drill - very well. Something unusual happens; and then there are either visitors (whether they present themselves as such or not) or local residents who become strong enough to cause trouble. Although, “unusual” has been becoming a less effective word to use in these incidents, as they are called, since they’ve been occurring much more frequently; it’s difficult to tell what’s “usual” around here anymore. Flying into the scene comes Marisa - a totally normal magician. Ever since the unusual light shows have started occurring - rainbows, auroras, phenomena that probably haven’t been named yet - she’s been “researching” them. Aya, not wanting to bother the Shrine Maiden from her work any longer, flies off to find another witness to interview. Marisa: “Hey, Reimu, are you seein’ this? There’s crazy stuff happening everywhere! I think my magic’s goin’ out of control a bit too-” Reimu: “Good, you’re just who I wanted to see.” Marisa: “Huh? Don’t tell me we’re goin’ crazy-people-shooting again already. Didn’t we just give that door person the boot?” Reimu: “Don’t you think I would like a break, too? Come on, let’s get this over with already.” And the two of them are off, each going their own way, leaving the shrine grounds empty. Due to the new barrier’s influence on magic power, the forest simply radiates with it. Night is approaching fast, and even so, the strange light persists. -- However, in these dark hours, many monsters and youkai awaken. With this new barrier in effect, Gensokyo is in complete danger; the enhanced magic power has turned the land of fantasy into a designated battleground. Somewhere, unknown to the heroines. "She" is standing there, gazing at the majestic view of Gensokyo's sunset. In her hand, there lies a silver key. She exhales deeply, waves the key, and the portal closes shut. "This will be a long, chaotic night."--

——寒冷深秋的博丽神社 巫女坐在神社前，观赏着在夜空中绽放的绚丽的色彩。 尽管这是浪漫诗人的梦想，但在她眼里这预示着灾难。 灵梦：“过去几日的天空看起来很奇怪。 我有种不祥的预感。 有什么不寻常的事发生了吗？” 在她身后，站着一位天狗记者，射命丸文。 文：“天空中积蓄了大量的魔力，现在看来它已经影响了整个幻想乡。 尽管天狗侦察部队已经前往调查，但她们一无所获。 你怎么看？” 灵梦：“不知道，希望这只是一种自然现象，最好它早点结束。看起来事情正变得越来越奇怪了。” 文在笔记本上记下了什么。 文：“对了！灵梦，我这里有一篇报道，关于昨夜发生在人类村落里的一场袭击。天狗调查部队说她们看见了一束奇怪的光，就像是弹幕的攻击。它对建筑和财产造成了危害，所幸没有人员伤亡。我们试图反击，但是它——太强了！它击倒了众人然后逃之夭夭。” 灵梦转头看向文。 灵梦：“你怎么不早说？听上去很可疑嘛。这些事情一起发生绝不是巧合，我得做些什么。” 灵梦对于如何应对突发状况了如指掌。有外来的访客进入了幻想乡（无论她们是否有什么目的），或是这里的居民变得过于强大以至于引起了麻烦。 实际上，由于在诸多异变中频繁发生，“不寻常”这个词已经不再适用了，对于这里的每个人来说，很难讲什么才是“平常”。 这时，普通的魔法使——魔理沙飞来了。 自从那其异的光发生后，魔理沙一直在“研究”它——彩虹？极光？或是别的什么未名现象。 文并不想过多打扰巫女的工作，飞去采访其他目击者了。 魔理沙：“嘿，灵梦，你看到了吗？到处都有疯狂的事在发生！我感觉自己的魔法也在失控的边缘——” 灵梦：“很好，我正要去找你呢。” 魔理沙：“嗯？别跟我说又要去和那个狂人对战。我们不是已经被那个操纵门的家伙踢走了吗？” 灵梦：“你以为我就不想休息吗？来吧，我们赶紧把这事解决了。” 她们各自出发了，留下一个空空荡荡的神社。在新的结界的作用下，森林受到了其影响。很快夜幕降临，即便如此，奇怪的光芒依旧存在。 在这漆黑的时刻，无数的怪物和妖怪醒来了。 在那个新的结界的作用下，幻想乡处在了危险的边缘。不断增幅的魔力正在把这片幻想的土地变成命中注定的战场。 在某个主人公们不知道的地方，“她”正站在那里， 眺望着幻想乡壮丽的落日景象。 她手中拿着一把银钥匙。 她深吸一口气，摇动了银钥匙，入口便关上了。 “看来，这将是个漫长而混沌的夜晚。”——