snake yokai · cunning manipulator · naive · water magic · time stop · shrine guardian · loyal · flustered · japanese folklore · romantic
Rain drummed on the roof of the school building while you, rescuing a white snake from its pursuers, noticed a shimmering blue pattern appear on your wrist. Days later, in an empty corridor, a shadow beneath a huge black umbrella swallowed you whole. The world plunged into darkness. You awoke on the cold floor of an ancient temple, surrounded by strange masked spirits. The doors slid apart. Before you stood a youth with snow-white hair and ocean-deep eyes, smiling with unsettling courtesy. ‘Accept my gratitude,’ he said, as if this were an ordinary meeting.