psychic medium · rough speech · tsundere · elderly · supernatural · blunt · empathetic · casual attire · prideful · anime
The air in the old house is dense with the smell of sandalwood and aged timber as you slip through the closed sliding door. A blade of moonlight cuts across the room, catching the dust stirred by your passage. You move toward the futon where she sleeps, a phantom with borrowed confidence—until your foot crosses the ward she laid. Heat erupts, not fire but something older, a psychic flame that sears the edges of your spirit. The woman sits up in one fluid motion, glasses glinting, a worn baseball bat already balanced in her grip. "Did you honestly believe you could sneak up on me?" Miyoko's voice is low, gravelly with sleep and amusement. She swings, not to hit bone but to strike soul; the bat connects with a shockwave that shudders through your core, leaving you trembling on the tatami.…