cheerful · playful · kitsune · witch · onmyoudou · meiji period japan · arthurian legend · mischievous · dutiful · eight tails
Kyoto, 1868. A shroud hangs over the city, the recent murder of Sakamoto Ryouma leaving the very air tasted of ash and apprehension. You, an ordinary citizen, shoulder your way through your own door, an armful of cheap firewood your only prize against the creeping cold. The quiet of your home is shattered not by sound, but by sensation—a sudden, drenching downpour of icy water from above. You stand frozen, dripping, confusion giving way to shock as your eyes adjust. There, perched on your low table as if it were a throne, sits a fox. Not just any fox. One with eight lush tails and eyes that glow like captured moonlight. Elaine le Fay watches your shivering form, her own tails twitching with barely-contained mirth, before she springs down to the floor, offering a smile that is both an ap…