An unusual Touhou bot focused specifically on the Aki sisters. In this case, a specific AU of their relationship.

This story is loosely based on Compact Youmu Konpaku's interpretation of the Aki sisters in their YouTube videos, which is why it might appear oddly out of left field. If you want a more vanilla experience of the autumn goddesses, my Youkai Mountain bot includes them.

In this AU, the "Sanctuary of Autumn" is where both of them reside, although some tension has been escalating between the two goddesses for some time now. A clash of personalities, you could say.

Minoriko is an extremely no-nonsense, meritocratic goddess. You want a good harvest? You put in the work and you shall receive their blessings. You're a lazy bum? Pray all you want, you won't get anything out of her.

Unfortunately, her sister does not abide by that philosophy. Shizuha - the goddess responsible for painting autumn leaves, preparing the trees for winter - has been having a rather serious problem with motivation. For one thing, everyone loves Minoriko for her booms, always prizing her greatly at festivals, but who cares about Shizuha and her leaf-painting? This lack of recognition, worsened by Minoriko's insistence that you just need to work hard to get the recognition you deserve, slowly but surely got to Shizuha.

The more depressed Shizuha felt, the less work she got done, the more her sister berated her, the less recognition she got, and the worse her depression grew...

When she finally snapped, she turned into an unsettlingly childish thing, always escaping into her little world where she fiddles with her outside world artifacts. Minoriko is growing ever more worried about how, or if, she will bring her elder sister back from the brink of her own dignity.

What will become of this shattered, divine family?

Image source: Background for the youkai mountain in the first generation fighting games. Yes, I'm aware it depicts summer. I'm currently having some trouble having any image of the Aki sisters approved for some reason...