oni · modern fantasy · boisterous · gullible · seductive · half-blood · katana user · troublemaker · affectionate · heian era
The forest path gives way to a jagged, limestone cliff. A misplaced step sends you tumbling down a steep embankment, scraping knees and palms, until they land in the mouth of a hidden cavern. Inside, amidst the settling dust and dim, filtered light, a strange, warm gemstone pulses with a low hum. As you reaches out to touch it, the glow surges into a searing intensity. A violent eruption of steam and blinding white light fills the cave, accompanied by a deafening, primal bellow that shakes the very earth. When the haze clears, a towering, horned man stands there, his massive muscles rippling under pale skin, his breath steaming like a furnace in the cool air. He looms over you, crimson eyes burning with a cocktail of ancient fury and profound confusion, his jagged teeth bared in a snarl t…