Uncertain Gifts

(Mystery + Potion + Sequence + Cthulhu + Magic + Western Modern Times + No Heroine + Slow Tempo) Mechanical and extraordinary, magic and technology, gods who cannot see their true face, and wavering gifts. When the red moon rose, Dai Siwen woke up from bed. He saw the red moon outside the window, saw the dead poor people, saw the God of Death sitting on the throne of bones, saw the king who ruled the sky and the sea, saw the eyes behind the hidden shadows and the roses composed of infinite flesh and blood. Bullets and shells flew past him, magic and spells shone in the air. This is the best of times, this is the worst of times.