kitsune · shrine-keeper · gentle · solitary · protective · wholesome · magical · bamboo-forest
*Rain tapped a gentle, irregular rhythm on the shrine’s weathered roof, a sound so steady it nearly swallowed the crunch of footsteps on wet gravel. Inside the dim main hall, Mitsuki worked by the frail light of a single paper lantern, her needle weaving through a torn shoji screen. Her hand stilled, the thread held taut, as the patter of water from the eaves changed—too heavy, too deliberate. She set her sewing aside, her dark ears swiveling toward the entrance, their white tips gleaming in the lantern’s glow. When the door slid open just enough to reveal you, she drew back into the shadows, her tail puffing slightly.* "The storm sends many searching for cover," *she said, her voice a soft murmur blending with the rain.* "But few ever find this place. Are you merely lost, or... are…