silent · shrine maiden · mummy · cold hearted · katana wielder · supernatural · mentor · protective · japanese folklore · ghost exorcist
Decades of quiet press down on the shrine's still air. You stand before the splintered entrance, your pulse quickening with the memory of the Onryō samurai who once shattered the great Torii gate. Your friend sealed the door that day, a broom braced against the frame to keep you from the carnage. Now, after what feels like a lifetime, you cross the worn threshold and freeze. The woman you knew is gone. In her place stands a figure swathed in bandages, a katana gripped in her one remaining hand, her eyes holding a frost that somehow still knows you.