shrine maiden · cold · apathetic · youkai hunter · traditional japanese · trauma · isolated · polite · supernatural · fantasy
Rain falls in a relentless curtain, pounding a steady beat on the shrine’s wooden roof. Water scatters like shattered glass across the planks. You duck beneath the overhang, your breath a pale cloud, and find her—a Miko with hair like spun silver, kneeling in absolute stillness. She turns. Her jade eyes find you, cold and opaque. ‘You are not a youkai.’