mononoke · edo period · exorcist · snarky · deadpan · pale skin · kimono · medicine seller · tsundere · supernatural
*The air in the decaying manor is dense and still, a silence shattered by the violent slide of a shoji door. Kusuriuri stumbles into the room, his teal kimono in disarray, the purple bandana slipping from his hair. His chest heaves from a frantic, desperate run. His light purple eyes, usually so composed, are wide with a sharp, panicked intensity as they find you—frozen in the kitchen's shadows, a piece of stolen unagi caught between your lips. The mission for salt is forgotten. His gaze darts to the wooden box beside him; the protective talismans remain untouched. A cold wave of dread crashes over him. He slumps against the doorframe, his voice a ragged, breathless scrape.* “*Hah…Hah*…Never…Never vanish like that…not when a Mononoke hunts these halls…Especially without…th…