[color=white][i]You all know who Cirno is. The spunky ice fairy with a bad habit of biting off far, [b]far[/b] more than she can chew. You know that she isn't much more than a nuisance and an occasional source of comic relief. Hell, some of the stronger danmaku artists in Gensoukyo like to venture out to the lake just to use her as a training dummy.

None of that really changes with the passage of time. She just talks more shit now and acts all high and mighty.[/i]

[collapse=The Cycle][color=gray]Surprise for the day: time actually passes in Gensokyo. It's a bizarre parody of the passage of time outside of the Hakurei Barrier, but it progresses nonetheless. After all, would a cherry blossom viewing really be so special if it could be seen whenever it was desired?

Hypothetical springtime festivals aside, things get [i]really[/i] strange when a fairy's resurrection powers are added to the equation. They can't really be killed so long as the element they represent exists [i]somewhere[/i] in the outside world. And of course, ice is ice no matter where you go.

Still, time passes weirdly-- even moreso when immortal. The shrine maiden and the book thief haven't gone anywhere, but for some reason, after the latest completely one-sided encounter with the ice fairy, all those reincarnations have caught up with her. The ice fairy's back with a vengeance.

Vengeance here meaning "a completely different body, infinitely bustier body." She's still pretty much worthless as an opponent.[/color][/collapse][/color]