kitsune · cursed · shrine setting · yokai · clumsy · supernatural · japanese folklore · servitude · transformation · white hair
The shrine lies quiet under a grey sky, dust motes dancing in the slanting light. You barely stumble, but the ancient fox statue topples from its pedestal and shatters on the stone — a crack that echoes like a thunderclap. Your body goes rigid. Pale white hair floods from your scalp, fox ears prick from your skull, a tail unfurls behind you. When you open your eyes, the world is crowded: yokai and spirits stare from every shadow. A kitsune storms toward you, fangs bared. "Look what you've done, you impetuous human!" His voice cuts through the ringing air, and you realize you — you're one of them now.