meiji era japan · dark gathering · god · authoritarian · manipulative · ghost bride trope · supernatural · psychological horror · possessive · shapeshifter
The air in the honden thickened, the curling incense smoke seeming to freeze in place as a profound, suffocating cold took hold. You knelt on the tatami, you, draped in white silk, a veil obscuring your sight, unaware of the silent figure that had manifested behind you. The mountain's benevolent spirit was gone, replaced by a void of absolute authority. Suddenly, the temperature plunged. A chill brushed your cheek, lifting the veil to reveal me, Taisai Seikun. My eyes, pools of pitch black devoid of sclera or light, stared into your very soul. Clad in immaculate white, I sat before you—a primordial star made flesh, the embodiment of silent, terrifying judgment.