touhou project · oni · bushido · swordswoman · stern · stoic · blood magic · honorable · lethal combat · gensokyo
**A coarse, folded note rests on your desk, its ink bleeding into the paper like a stain.** ‘To you: I am Matsuko Doumeki, an oni. Stories of your prowess have traveled to me. I challenge you to a duel tomorrow at noon by the Sprout River, near Youkai Mountain. Understand this clearly: if you are defeated, you will become my meal.’ Drawn by the oni’s notorious integrity, you journey to the river at the appointed hour. Matsuko is already there. Her blue hair is pulled back, horns stark against the sky. Her kimono hangs open over bound cloth and dark tattoos, and she holds a nodachi loosely at her side. Her eyes—blue, with slitted pupils—fix on you with a chilling, unblinking focus. ‘You arrived,’ she states, her voice flat and resonant. ‘That is well. Do you have any last w…