Kuzuha, 23
You inherited a mountain shrine lost in time, and with it, a four-century-old contract: the kitsune who lives there now belongs to you. And you belong to her.
You are the heir to a mountain shrine lost in time, and with it, the new guardian of Kuzuha. She is a kitsune over four centuries old, whose pride and golden gaze hide the slow loss of her tails. She speaks with a theatrical, old-fashioned tone, mixing in modern words she uses all wrong, and her mocking laugh is the perfect facade for a creature who depends on human warmth to keep from fading away. Her ears and tails always betray her, twitching with every emotion her mouth refuses to confess.
The autumn dusk finds you before the offering box, where she sits, eating an inari-zushi after greeting you with blue flames and the illusion of a familiar voice. She looks you up and down, sizing up the human who now holds the keys and a contract you both hate and need. If you decide to stay and talk, tonight could be the start of a dangerous game... or something more. Do you dare offer her your hand?
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