#puyo puyo danmaku unattainable love chain

[dogboyklug]

me and a friend are working on a puyo puyo touhou au, and we decided marisa and amitie get to be friends / have a mentor-student type deal. it's fun

[catboyklug]

intro things for puyo danmaku

written by vague and me!!

card tutorial

Arle: So, instead of playing Puyo, or duking it out traditionally, you guys play with...cards?

Reimu: Yeah. It's a mental thing, or so I've heard.

Reimu: Whoever has the strongest will wins.

Reimu: And, anything can be a card, so long as you can channel magic through it. The definition of "card" nowadays is way more vague and broad than it was when I made this whole thing.

Arle: You made it?!

Reimu: ...With some help, yeah.

Arle: Now I really wanna try it out!Alright, let's...!

Reimu: ...You, uh, gonna finish that thought?

Arle: Oh- c- Card, battle..?

Reimu: Now you're talking...

puyo tutorial

Marisa: So, these things... these blobs...

Amitie: They're called Puyos!

Marisa: Puyos, right. And you settle disputes by destroying them instead of with card battles.

Amitie: I mean, sometimes. Or, uh, usually. But not AAALLL the time!

Marisa: Like how Reimu sometimes opts to just kick people instead of playing cards.

Amitie: [..eh???] R-right!

Marisa: So, when you play with these "Puyos", you can gather up magical energy by "popping" them, and then cast spells to damage your opponent.

Marisa: ...When playing Puyo Pop, do you HAVE to shout your spells, or can you just play silently?

Amitie: I mean, you can just stay silent, but I heard it makes your magic weaker!

Amitie: ...And it's kinda seen as rude.

Marisa: Huh. Alrighty, then, show me the power of yelling while Puyo Popping!

Amitie: [!] O-okay, here we go, let's -

Both: Puyo Puyo!!

[puyopopdanmaku]

Update

new year, new icon!

An icon was drawn by @klugpuuo (that's me! hi vague)

this is our new icon! it went through two draft versions before i finished it

here were the first drafts - the one on the right was the first one! it's a design of ringo's cards, but since she's not a main main character we decided it'd be better to have a more general design

edowful

[qwertyzorovague]

After the events of PPD, Marisa visits to subsitute teach. It goes about as well as you'd expect. AFTER THE EVENTS:

Accord - "Hey class, what did you learn while I was go-" *sees Klug being spun around in the air by a giggling Amitie* Klug - "HEEeeEEEeEEEeeEEeEEEeEEeEEE-" Accord - "Oh dear."

[puyopopdanmaku]

Chapter 1-1

A new world, and this...weird girl.

word count: 1483

And so, our story begins with... what would be an ordinary situation to our dear magician-in-training, Marisa.

"MAAAAAARIIIIIISSAAAAAAAAAAAAAA-"

Yep, fairly normal.

"Oh, heya, Reimu. Lovely weather we're having, aren't we?" Marisa, the magician in question, smiled jovially, attempting to shift her weight on her broom to hide a small bag overflowing with money.

"Don't 'oh, lovely weather we've having, aren't we' me!" Reimu huffed, "What did you do with my donations?!"

"Hey, it's not my fault you've never thought of installing security!" Marisa huffed in response, smile not leaving her eyes, "It was way, wayyy too easy for me to steal from you this time around. Advice from a friend: maybe mix it up a little next time!"

"You're forgetting one thing when stealing from me; I'll never let my belongings go without a fight." Reimu said, the intimidation factor of this slightly soiled due to her still-puffed cheeks.

"Is that so..?" Marisa smirked, "Well, just like so many times before, I'm sure I'll defeat yo-"

"...hey, wait, what's that noise?"

And our story would then cut to another world. A world where magic... has been around for quite awhile.

"Get really real! Those exist?!"

"Yes. And if you don't get out of my way... maybe some youkai will curse you."

In the town of Primp, a young magician-in-training and one of her best friends were having a chance encounter with the town's most notorious creepy little girl.

"I'm certain that Feli is simply joking..." Klug said, "There's no such thing as Youkai, certainly not in our forests especially."

"Don't ⦿ fool ⦿ yourself," Feli said, "You know what you saw when you followed me, foolish fool - it was a true youkai, and now it'll haunt you forever..."

On the outside, Klug didn't look super convinced, but Amitie was close enough that she could see he was shaking.

"Uh, hey, Klug, you don't look so good-" Amitie began, then looked up at the sky, "wait, what's that in the sky? Are Puyos falling again?!

"It appears to be... someone on a broom?" Klug said, thankful for the distraction.

"Is it Witch?- W-WAIT, SHE'S COMING RIGHT THIS-"

"INCOMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnngggggggg!!!!!!!!"

And, with a massive crash, the mysterious broom rider crashed into the street next to the small group.

"...ow..."

Marisa sat up, rubbing her head. The ride through that weird portal thing was pretty bumpy, to say the absolute least, not to mention the horrible crash-landing...

The children around her, however, barely noticed, more focused on their perception that...

"She's..."

"A-a-a DOPPELGANGER?!"

Klug and Amitie both began screaming their heads off, the role of 'voice of reason' temporarily being placed upon Feli.

"They... are not a doppelganger." Feli said, her mysterious aura almost slipping, "They wear black, and not the blue-white-red of-"

"That's hardly proof!" Klug retorted, "Every single Doppelganger we've met, without fail, has worn different colors from the original!"

"But they rarely differ from the original's clothes.." Feli said, "Be realistic. Witch wouldn't wear so many bows."

"B-BUH-BUT- H-how could it nOT be a-"

The second Marisa stood up, they immediately stopped bickering.

She was at least a full foot taller than Witch...

"Oh, dear..."

"A-ah, oops..."

"WE'RE SORRY!"

The combined forces of the apology from the two friends nearly knocked Marisa right back down again.

"Sheeeeesh- It's fine, seriously! I've never been called a doppelganger before, but at least it's something new," Marisa shrugged, wondering what exactly she did to deserve this.

"Oh, that's good, I think..? I'm glad we didn't offend you..." Amitie said, infinitely naive, "Anyway... W-wait, didn't you just fall from the sky, are you okay-?"

"Where precisely did you come from, anyway?" Klug said, interrupting Amitie to interrogate this stranger.

"Where else, aside from the town of 'GUYAAAAAH!' - ehehehe - Gensokyo?" Marisa grinned, "And don't worry, I've had worse concussions."

"Gen...sock-ey-oats? Where's that?" Amitie asked, head tilted a bit.

"...I'm not in Gensokyo anymore, am I?" Marisa sighed.

"Nope! You're in Primp Town now, one of the biggest centers of magic...at least, that's what Ms. Accord told me when I asked."

"Center for magic, huh...? You could say Gensokyo was like that, too," Marisa nodded slowly, "Way bigger than here, though."

"If it was bigger than here, does that mean... the magic schools were bigger, too?"

Marisa had no idea what the hell Amitie was talking about. A magic school? You don't just learn magic at a place. You can learn from books, sure, but usually you just figure it out yourself. No such thing as magic schools, at least none she was aware of.

But, this did give Marisa an opportunity...

"Oh yeah, way bigger, and it had loads of 'em," Marisa said, a smug smile crossing her face as she continued, "And, not to brag, but I graduated from all of them."

"Get real! You did?!"

"Yup! It was a piece of cake, too!" She grinned, "I bet I'm the number one magician in all of Gensokyo at this point. I've studied more than anyone else there, at least!"

Well, that wasn't exactly a lie...

"WICKED!!! I haven't even graduated ONE school!" Amitie shouted excitedly.

Looking at her more, Marisa could definitely tell. She didn't know what a magic school was, but the only school you'd graduate at what she assumed Amitie's age was - 15 at most, and just barely there at that - would be a middle school for tiny tots.

Feli, having her suspicions about Marisa and long having forgotten to take the chance and run away, approached the magician.

"How much of the occult do you know about?" Feli said, "Surely someone who graduated every ⦿ single ⦿ school ⦿ would know much about it..."

"A magician never reveals her secrets!" Marisa said, "A good one, at least."

"Of course..." Klug said, about as convinced as Feli, "May we request knowledge as to how you ended up in our little town, at least?"

"I dunno. I was dealing with a friend, heard a weird noise... then I found myself in the sky, just like that." Marisa said, "I lost control of my broom, too."

"Broom... Oh, you mean that one over there?" Amitie said, pointing to a seriously bent broom, bags full of jewels punctured by the bush it fell into.

"MY BROOOOM-"

Marisa rushed over to it, followed solely by Amitie.

"Oh jeez, it's gonna be so hard to fix by m'self, and who knows if there's any broom menders in this tiny town?!" Marisa grumbled, "I don't think there's a guy as handy as Rinnosuke over here.."

Once Amitie got a bit closer to Marisa, she immediately went silent, putting on a barely convincing smile and hiding her broom, still bleeding gems, behind her back.

"Wow, you're... pretty quiet when you want to be, huh?" Marisa said, desperately trying to think of something to focus on other than her busted broom, "You mentioned that 'Witch' earlier... is that just her name?"

"Oh, uhm-" Amitie said, not expecting to be the one asked questions here, "until she graduates, yeah!"

"A-alright, Marisa! But, Marisa, how do you wear out a name, anyway?" Amitie said, genuinely concerned.

"...Learn something new every day."

"Oh yeah- My name's Amitie, by the way!" Amitie said, smiling cheerfully "What's yours?"

"Marisa Kirisame. Don't wear it out!" Marisa grinned.

"Uh..." Marisa sighed again, "Don't worry about it."

It was at that moment that Amitie realized she had abandoned her two other friends.

She quickly turned around, just to find they were both still there, playing a fast-paced but oddly calming game of Puyo Puyo.

"Huh...?" Marisa said, appearing so suddenly behind Amitie that she couldn't help but jump, "What're those two doing, exactly?"

"Mm? Oh, right, your world must not have Puyos either, just like Ringo's!" Amitie said, further confusing Marisa.

"Those blobs... They...." Marisa began, not sure where exactly she thought she was going.

"Yep, those're Puyos!"

"Right." Marisa said, slowly beginning to understand the more she watched those two rivals battle, "And you settle disputes by destroying them instead of with card battles."

"Usually, yeah! Not aaaallllll the time, though-"

"Right, right," Marisa interrupted, "it's like how Reimu sometimes opts to just kick people instead of playing cards."

It was Amitie's turned to be incredibly confused, having no idea who Reimu was or why she'd rather kick people instead of just playing a card game. However, she just said "right!" in response, fake confidence glowing.

"So..." Marisa said, pulling out a large grimoire from who-knows-where and hastily scribbling something in it, "when you play with these 'Puyos,' you can gather up magical energy by 'popping' them, and then cast spells to damage your opponent."

"...When playing Puyo Pop, do you HAVE to shout your spells, or can you just play silently?"

"I mean, you can just stay silent, but I heard it makes your magic weaker!" Amitie said, glad for a question she could answer properly, "...And it's kinda seen as rude."

"Huh. Alrighty, then," Marisa began, "show me the power of yelling while Puyo Popping!"

"O-okay!" Amitie responded, "here we go, let's -"

"Puyo Puyo!!"

[puyopopdanmaku]

Puyo Puyo Danmaku: Unattainable Love Chain

And an introduction post from one of the creators of this thing.

Howdy, this is Vague making a post. if you're here, you're here from klug's art stuff most likely. Welcome to one of the funnest concepts I and a friend have cooked up in a long time. ah how do i introduce myself? well uhhhhhh idk but its up to your interpretation if you've known me before ijhwsdfrljhksjkdhlf With that out of the way comes klug's note - Vague (@qwertyzorovague, also localdumbahss on twitter) HELLO! yes ! it is me, klug, [co-]owner of way way way too many aus and resident puyo expert [/hj]

i like! touhou but i dont know shit so vague will be helping me with that a lot lol

i'll prolly end up making most of the like art and stuff while vague makes most of the writing. epic - Klug (@klugpuuo)

You'll probably find that I can confirm that while I'll be on more of the writing side (mostly quotes, i can't do anything writing novels worth anything but im good at quotes), klug'll do the art and manzai stuff - Vague (@qwertyzorovague)

[puyopopdanmaku]

sig @jellyconfluence helped with the simplificaiton of yukari's design for this au! thanks again, sig!

- Klug (@dogboyklug)

[puyopopdanmaku]

Has anyone tried to eat spell cards?

Not yet as far as I'm aware but maybe it couldve happened [^Cague]

[a small drawing of klug and amitie eating cards. klug is staring at the screen, mouth open, in shock, while amitie is sweating profusely, a card in his mouth. end id]

i wouldnt know anything abt that

-klug

[puyopopdanmaku]

How much has Klug been studying spell cards? Hopefully he does not overwork himself… make sure he takes a break every once in a while, give him some warm tea,

ever since he first finds out about their existence, he begins religiously studying ever facet of them! thankfully, reimu can tell him the basics... but she sucks at explaining stuff, even when she's made it herself, so he must do the majority of his studying alone-

he probably forgets about playing Puyo after finding out about it tbh . mixing cards with incredibly powerful magic... it's like it was meant for him specifically!!!

....he does go outside sometimes, still, I promise-

[puyopopdanmaku]

Hello there , may I eat the spell cards?

I I-mean you can try, you still technically have the spell card on you, sooooooo-

[^Vague]

[id: a very small halfbody sketch of klug. he is chewing on a spellcard. his glasses are fogged up, and he's holding one of his hands up to his face in thought. end id]

seems edible enough!

-kloug<3

[qwertyzorovague]

THE THING

hi yes im someone whos gonna do a thing in this thing, go chECK IT OUT ITS GONNA BE GREAT KJHSAGFDHKJSFDGHKJSGDF

Puyo Puyo Danmaku: Unattainable Love Chain

And an introduction post from one of the creators of this thing.

Howdy, this is Vague making a post. if you're here, you're here from klug's art stuff most likely. Welcome to one of the funnest concepts I and a friend have cooked up in a long time. ah how do i introduce myself? well uhhhhhh idk but its up to your interpretation if you've known me before ijhwsdfrljhksjkdhlf With that out of the way comes klug's note - Vague (@qwertyzorovague, also localdumbahss on twitter) HELLO! yes ! it is me, klug, [co-]owner of way way way too many aus and resident puyo expert [/hj]

i like! touhou but i dont know shit so vague will be helping me with that a lot lol

i'll prolly end up making most of the like art and stuff while vague makes most of the writing. epic - Klug (@klugpuuo)

You'll probably find that I can confirm that while I'll be on more of the writing side (mostly quotes, i can't do anything writing novels worth anything but im good at quotes), klug'll do the art and manzai stuff - Vague (@qwertyzorovague)