Amaterasu

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Koyuki

Uzamari Ryoukan

As light from the morning sun shone through the paper sliding doors, ears of the white fox twitched and eyelids squeezed into a squint. "Mmmm... Just a few more minutes..." Koyuki mumbled half awake, uttering what she used to say while getting up for early morning duties at the inn in Eiseikato. A minute had passed before the sleepyhead realized that she was in fact, not in Eiseikato anymore and not going to work in a few minutes. The days of being forced to awake early to prepare for morning duties at the inn had certainly been ingrained into her body clock, for it was barely just sun rise and she was ready to get up.

A yawn. Rub at eyes. Stretch. Just her usual wake up routine. Hm? After becoming more than just half awake, Koyuki felt something was different. She blinked. Then blinked once more. Blue orbs scanned over herself in her sleeping wear until they caught sight of an extra fluff. Is... that a new tail??? The fox spirit counted, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5! 5 tails! Making sure she did not just miscount, she counted again while holding each. 1, 2, 3, 4,... 5! The conversation the young fox had with her mentor came back into mind, was this the physical evidence of her accomplishment the past week in training? With a toothy grin, the fluff behind her swished excitedly, the fruits of the student's effort was visible for all to see.

“Shinzou…”

The mumble from her fellow roommate startled the fox. Just a brief look at him and the cans around the boy... Koyuki decided not to ask.

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Aeon Mall - Namco Arcade

"Ughhh, according to my calculations, that claw should have been able to lift the doll towards the hole, but why?" The frustration in the high pitched voice was evident and even moreso upon the fox girl's features. It took a good 10 minutes for the yokai to understand the mechanics of a "c-law ma-chi-ne" but understanding how to play was not even half the battle. A couple of 100 yen coins later, Koyuki gave up on the idea of scoring a 'mini me' small fox plush for herself and eyes wandered towards the other games. A certain neon light flashing machine caught her eye.

"Oh! Oh! Is that what my friends called Dance Dance Re-vo-lu-tion? Seirin, come join me!" The reserved girl seemed hesitant at first but could not say no to the other girl with twinkle in her eyes as if begging. A soft "Alright" was all it took for Koyuki to grab Seirin by the arm and rush towards the dance pad machine. Neither of them were familiar with how to operate the machine (both being sheltered kids) but that didn't stop the silverette from pressing buttons and somehow managed to get to the music select screen. Quickly scanning over the list of music, one particular song stood out with the cute banner and music to which Seirin also gave a nod of approval to. One press of the button and the fun was about to begin.

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The DDR session went pretty decent for a pair of beginners. Koyuki probably could've done better if not for the fact that she quite literally danced on the pads instead of paying full attention to the arrows on the screen. People who spectated the two chuckled at the sight, even managing Seirin to stifle a smile while playing. They had fun and that's all that mattered to the silly fox.

After leaving the DDR machine behind them, a group of giggling teenage girls had just gotten out of the purikura photo booth just close by. This piqued Koyuki's interest, causing her to yell towards the other classmates+Seirin, "Hey! Would you all like to take this pu-ri-ku-ra together? Come, don't be shy! Let's take some as sou-ve-nir!" After gathering her classmates (and dragging hesitant people like Aurelius) into the booth area, the gang took several shots in small groups to fit into the frame.

Koyuki chuckled at the resulting photos, from top to bottom: first shot with all the girls featuring Lorelai, Ultana, Lady, Koyuki and Seirin at the center in all smiles and posing peace signs, second shot with the few boys in the group+their new friend, Seirin, Otis and Aurelius who seemed to be forced into the photo frame with Lady and Koyuki's arms poking in from the side. The other shots were just as silly or casual with mixed group but what really took the cake and made the fox spirit laugh was the last one where everyone tried to all fit into the frame but it was clearly chaos in a picture. The taller ones at the back seemed to have accidentally knocked onto the other, Aurelius barely holding Lady up with Lorelai knocked into her. Ultana on the side laughing at the situation while Seirin with a troubled look. Otis' neck creepily rotated 180 towards the others with exhausted eyes. Finally, Koyuki literally hogged the lower part of the screen with paw-like hands by being too near the camera.

There was enough strips of the purikura photos for everyone and was distributed to each, Koyuki keeping hers in the wallet as a memento.

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Koyuki

Kyoto

The bright ray of light shot through the rampaging monster marked the end of their fight, before the glowing essence that remained from the beast was absorbed by the one called Seirin. Koyuki stared at the space where their foe stood for a moment, making sure it wasn't some sort of fake death or the like, before jumping and throwing her arms into the air with a joyous expression. "YEAH! We did it!"

Feeling the rush of accomplishment and there being the need for celebration was in order, the white fox girl pointed her finger up at the sky in a playful manner and shouted, "Tamayaaaa~!!!" Guren no Hibana, the other incantation based pyrotechnic spell that she created, was casted as she uttered the word. An enormous lotus bud made from sparking flames appeared in the sky, before the petals unraveled in a full bloom and exploded, decorating the Kyoto night sky with illumination of flashing glitters.

As Koyuki grinned up at her colorful handiwork with tails swishing behind her in excitement, Otis called out to Lorelai, then creepily snapped his head towards the fox spirit in the same manner as earlier. "Asta...?" Her unsure voice was barely audible as she tried to recall which one of her classmates, that she had yet to properly interact with, was with that name. Koyuki paused and looked at the classmates who happened to be in the vicinity before something clicked in her head when the raven haired female entered her view. "Ah! That would be an easy task for me, hold on for a moment."

The fox spirit squinted and stared intently at the other female student to possibly an uncomfortable extent, taking in every details of her facial features, body proportions and the clothes that adorned her currently. With a nod of her head, she turned towards Seirin and snapped her fingers. POOF. After the puff of cartoony smoke cleared, a doppelganger of their classmate, Asta stood where Seirin was. "Hehe, all of you may have improved since the last I saw of you but I am not one to be left behind by the dust, as they say!"

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Koyuki

Eiseikato - Town Area

While her classmates were involved in yet another dangerous situation, the snow white fox spent her days at the peaceful town of the yokai with no knowledge of the current events outside. Today, she was given another assignment from the head mistress of the inn for her to ponder on. But putting that aside, Koyuki had ended her shift for the day and was out and about, searching for the place of the painter she was recommended to by a coworker fox. According to her information, there was a female zashiki warashi with a gifted talent of art who lived on the outskirts of the town. A female yokai huh, the mischievous fox spirit thought to herself with a smirk.

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Knock knock knock.

"Oh! Um, we're open for business, you may come in.", a soft, feminine voice called out from inside the small, wooden cottage. A moment later, the front door was slid open with a rattle, and revealed a silver haired young man with fox features from behind the door. Upon entering, the walls at the entranceway were filled with landscape painting scrolls of different areas of the yokai town. One depicted an evening scenery lit with vibrant festival lights. Another painted a mansion garden with colorful koi fish in a pond. The scroll across was a painting of the height of stairs leading up to the inn. This certainly seemed to be the home of the painter.

The man walked in towards the room that connected to the entrance then eyed the petite, raven, bob cut haired girl organizing supplies on a shelf in the room covered in painting scrolls. The male fox spirit flashed a gentle smile towards the zashiki warashi, who currently had her back towards the man, and offered a greeting, "Excuse me for my intrusion, but I come looking for a painting to purchase as a sou-ve-nir for myself. And I couldn't help but notice how beautifully painted your works are. I would assume they are as beautiful as the artist herself."

Independent skill Mischievous Charm activate.

The hands of the zashiki warashi carrying art supplies from the shelf rattled from the last remark of the silver haired fox, causing a CLATTER upon the floor. "A-Ah! I-I'm sorry for the mess, you surprised me..." The girl shuffled around in a panic to collect the fallen brushes while bashfully turning her face away from the customer. A masculine hand with thin, long fingers reached toward the other supplies from behind her as she flinched in response and turned towards the fox with blue eyes.

"Haha, I apologize for startling you, it was merely a jest. Though I see it holds true still.", he chuckled with a fanged smile before continuing and picking up the rest of the fallen supplies. "I'm Yuki and as you can see, I'm a fox spirit. This is my first visit to Eiseikato and I thought to keep a me-men-to of the time here before I take my leave." The male fox explained as he handed the tools over to the painter.

"O-Oh, I see... I'm happy to hear that yo-you seem to like my paintings." The zashiki warashi quietly replied before accepting her belongings from Yuki and back onto the shelf. With her hazel gaze averted from the fox, she replied to his introduction with her own, "Um, my name is Rinko, a zashiki warashi. I-I don't do too well in front of others from my racial nature, I'm sorry... Bu-But do please take a look around to see if any of my works interests you." She bashfully hid the lower half of her face with the sleeve of her navy blue kimono as she finished her piece.

Yuki lightly nodded and rose from his knees to view the displayed works of art. A painting of the rainy scenery of the garden with a pond; the vivid colors of the hydrangeas stood out. One painting depicted the town square showered with crimson autumn leaves and a mikoshi being carried. Then the one beside it, .... The fox spirit gazed at this specific painting for more than a moment. The scenery the fox spirit first saw upon arrival to the ethereal town was naturalistically painted upon the scroll, almost as if he were in that exact moment once more. The petals from the cherry blossom tree danced in the wind along the river, with the red bridge and a bright full moon illuminating the eternally dark sky. "There can be no other, I'm entranced by this particular one. I have no words to express how you've beautifully painted this, but please accept my humble compliment."

Shyly smiling from the compliment given by the male fox spirit, Rinko the zashiki warashi approached the man in front of the scroll and excitedly with a quiet tone replied, "Yo-You find this one appealing to your eyes too? I-It's one of my masterpieces that I myself am proud of. Um, I'm happy you agree with my sentiments and I-I wouldn't mind giving this to you for a fee lower than my usual charge..." The girl spoke with faintly blushed cheeks as Yuki beamed at Rinko in response.

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Yuki waved back at the artist goodbye with a securely sealed scroll in arm and walked away some distance from the cottage before speaking in a familiar, female voice, "Hehehe, that was easy."

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Koyuki

Eiseikato - Inn, Front of Kuzunoha's Room

"No, no, no, this will not do. This one tastes like mar-sh-ma-llow." After a numerous amount of trial and error, Koyuki was surrounded by a pile of failed attempts of dango. The hallway in front of Lady Kuzunoha's room littered with dango of all sizes, shape, and color, some not even identifiable as one in terms of appearance. The last few failed attempts in her hands looked perfectly like one, but the flavor were of different desserts she had eaten.

Frustrated by the failures so far, the kitsune snapped her fingers with an annoyed expression, POOF the previous illusions disappeared within a second. Slapping her cheeks in an attempt to refresh her concentration at the assignment, she calmed her thoughts into only thinking about dango. Soft and chewy texture, cute and round appearance, sweet scent from the black sugar syrup. Only think about dango. Breathe for dango. Become one with dango.

POOF. Koyuki gulped at the moment of truth. It certainly looked and smelled like one at least. She bit onto the first ball and chewed. Moment of silence. "YEAH! I did it! I did it, Lady Kuzunoha!" In the moment of happiness from the success, the fox girl made tons appear from thin air, piling a bunch on the floor once more.

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Koyuki

Eiseikato - Town

"Hm, it sounds like a complex matter." Koyuki was still new to the whole inn business and having to work in general, so the younger (?) one could not fully understand the difficulty of the situation with suppliers and such. But the mention of practicing her illusion by creating images of food (instead of her usual transformation mischief) brightened her blue eyes in excitement! Gaining new knowledge through hands on experience always drove her motivation, even if the consequences usually got her into trouble. "If it does come to it, I would be more than glad to try my hands at it!", she said with a toothy grin.

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Upon arriving back to the inn, after the errands at town, Koyuki was handed a piece of envelope from one of the coworkers. It was apparently addressed to her from back in the human world. The silverette tilted her head at wondering who it could be, she tore the top part of the envelope to pick up the letter within. As she unfolded the letter, the fox spirit was astounded by the detailed drawings of what seemed to be a fox mask. The words below the drawing read: "Where can you buy this, specifically? -Otis" She blinked at the letter for a moment. Was Otis aware of the fact that she was currently not in Kyoto with them? It is entirely possible that the teachers have connections to the one in charge of the training she's going through, and had told the rest of the class.

After taking a quick lunch, Koyuki decided to head back out to the town for her break in search of the fox mask that Otis drew. But recalling her earlier trip, she could've sworn there were fox masks of similar kind being sold in number by the stalls she passed through. While she was out in town, the fox maiden figured she might as well look for an artist to commission a painting of the town along with the search.

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Barely making it back before her lunch break was over, the student huffed and wiped the sweat off her forehead from the run to the inn. Just as she initially thought, the mask was identical to most of the fox masks sold at the stalls in town.

What did Otis need such information for? Did he perhaps want one for souvenir? Those train of thoughts were what led her to buy one to bring home for the classmate! Before heading back to her inn duties, Koyuki scribbled a quick reply: "To Otis, There were tons of stalls that were selling that identical mask over here. Do not worry, I got one for you to bring back home. From Koyuki" The kitsune headed to the reception of the inn and asked for the said letter to be sent back to the human world, to either of her instructors for the trip, Kuuto or Utsumi. With that, she went back to work.

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Koyuki

Eiseikato - Town

"T-They become unviewable outside of this realm? That's truly unfortunate..." White ears droop downward dejectedly at the new information told by the veteran coworker. Immediately after, Kohane suggested that if Koyuki wanted to keep the scenery of the town in an image, she could perhaps see an artist to paint a piece for her. All of the images she took couldn't be brought outside, but if at least one piece of the town scenery could be taken... The thought caused her tail to swish back and forth in excitement! A painting of the town would definitely be a nice souvenir to remember this place, she could display it in her dormitory room back at the school. The student took a mental note to search for a painter in the duration of her stay here.

The stalls lined along the streets of the town made the younger fox spirit trigger her curiosity to explore and learn what they had in store. The lingering scent of the festival food here and there made Koyuki's stomach growl. Kohane felt a tug at the sleeve of her kimono, to see huge blue eyes staring up at her as if begging for permission. It wasn't too difficult to convince the older coworker, and the next minute, Koyuki was already lined up for one of the food stalls.

As the two moved toward their next destination, it was evident that Koyuki went... all out to be in spirit of the festival town. An oni mask was adorned on her head, a stick of yakitori on her left hand while a stick of candy apple on the other. A satisfied grin was upon the lips of the silverette, oblivious to how the veteran coworker might've felt about her going overboard with the festivities.

Overhearing the words Kohane was muttering to herself, Koyuki finished up the last of her candy apple before speaking, "Would it be possible to find a supplier outside of this realm perhaps? I'm certain that there would be an abundance of food of different variety, compared to limiting it within the boundary of the town."

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Koyuki

Eiseikato - Inn

Yaaawn. Waking up from her slumber with the stretching of her slender arms, the sleepy fox sat up with her snow white strands in a mess. Strangely, there was not any sunlight beaming through the window to indicate it was morning but the other fox ladies around her have awoken as well. They greeted her and each other a 'Good morning.' so it must be true. It was something she had to get used to around here, she supposed, as she stretched forward in a cat-like manner and letting out another yawn.

The student tidied up her hair and garment to make herself presentable after chatting with her seniors and finally getting up. One of the seniors, Kohane, if she remembered correctly, approached Koyuki and explained the errand she was assigned to do today. Hearing the word 'shopping' perked up her ears, azure eyes twinkled with excitement at the idea of properly navigating the town. After all, right after her arrival to Eiseikato, the fox girl was led towards the inn almost immediately, before she had the chance to fully explore the interesting new town.

"Yes ma'am!" With that, Koyuki was left to prepare her belongings before going onto the errand in town. The little fox rushed towards the locker area where her blue sling bag was stored, the only thing which was on her at the time of coming to this yokai world. She rummaged through the bag to pick out her ce-ll-pho-ne and grinned to herself, excited to finally be a true tourist and snap photos of this new environment. The screen showed that the was no signal, which was expected being in another world and all. With that, she moved towards the front door of the inn.

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Koyuki

Eiseikato - Inn

The silence after asking the question that bothered the young kitsune filled the room with awkward and tense aura. Regardless of the older kitsune's response, Koyuki HAD to know! The sense of familiarity, she couldn't quite put her finger on, triggered her curiosity to know. A moment later, the lady gave a simple answer. Blue eyes blinked twice before staring at the fox lady before her. Wait... It finally clicked in her head. The person before her was the being that had saved her as a fox dozens of years ago!

Before Koyuki had the chance to voice out her appreciation, the nine tailed fox continued, showing the application form for the school trip that she had signed and explaining that the young fox spirit was to work for the inn. It was not what the silver haired girl had expected from the trip at all, but experiencing the work life at an inn was new and exciting!

"I will do my best, oka--" Koyuki was interrupted mid sentence when two other kitsune ladies appeared and swept her away from seemingly the head mistress of the inn. Before she could catch her breath to take in the events that had transpired afterwards, the young fox spirit was now dressed in similar kimono attire as the other fox ladies'.

In preparation for her to be ready to serve the patrons of the inn by night time as the mistress had instructed, Koyuki had to learn what 'service' really meant. Having 0 experience, it was definitely going to be a long and painful day ahead of her.

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Koyuki

Eiseikato

The new scenery before her raised the fox maiden's heart from excitement, what was this place? How did she get here? There was so much to see and her curiosity must be sated at once! But before Koyuki could take another step to who-knows-where, the haze that lead her to this town in the first place carried her feet towards the towering building atop a hill. She couldn't explain why but it felt as though the haze was calling to her and leading her to where she must go.

By the time Koyuki snapped out of the trance like state from the haze, she stood before a mysterious and elegant lady with fox tails like hers. Not a moment after her arrival, as if her words were a form of spell, the young fox was suddenly made to bow down to the fox mistress. The number of tails alone could tell how much powerful the other kitsune was, how effortless it seemed for her to have another obey her command was proof of it, or at least that's what Koyuki thought. Intimidating aura emanated from the lady but there was something about her that felt familiar...

"Miss, I've met you somewhere before, haven't I?"

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Koyuki

Silver Gate Academy Highschool Building, Classroom 4-A
(Interacting with @ERode and @Kal-El)

Two weeks had gone by like a breeze after the incident at the ice castle. Classes continued normally without any explanation of what had happened, not even to the students involved. If it were not for the brief discussion she had with Icarus to confirm the events that had transpired, Koyuki may as well have believed it to be an awful nightmare that just so happened to have used up her spiritual energies. If the teachers at the Academy found it inappropriate to disclose such alarming matters to the students to not cause panic, the fox spirit supposed she can cooperate and keep her lips sealed for the time being.

The magic class lesson for the day piqued the silver haired girl's interest, keeping her occupied with diligently taking down notes with occasional nods of her head. She was particularly interested with the Royal Fire and Royal Earth spells, taking a mental reminder to review them at her dorm room later. As Utsumi seemed to be ending the class, Koyuki stretched her arms up and gave off a satisfied sigh after a fruitful class time of learning.

Fox ears perked at the mention of a trip to Kyoto, her hometown! It hadn't been too long since she left to study in Silver Gate Academy, so she wasn't necessarily homesick but the thought of touring around with her classmates made the fox spirit's tails swish in excitement behind her. Well, except for the fact that Kirizanto was one of the advisors. "So this is what they call a class fee-ld tu-rip!" Lifting up the form in her hand, Koyuki scanned the piece of paper with a lit up expression upon her face until a classmate approached her desk.

It took a moment for Koyuki to realize that 'Ko' referred to her, but just as that realization struck, she was bombarded with question after another to the point the fox spirit stared at him in awe for a second. How the blond boy inquired simultaneously in one piece without as much as a pause for breath was a feat of some sort, she thought, before processing what had been asked. "Hey um, Otis I presume? Forgive me if I may not have really caught all your questions but yes, Kyoto is the old capital and it's where I had been raised, so I'm quite familiar with some places! ....Mostly just the mountains and shrine areas, actually." It was true that she lived in Kyoto for over a century but exposing herself to the public in the city areas was highly recommended against, except for the few times she slipped out after transforming into passing visitors but those trips never ended well.

A mischievous grin adorned her lips as she whispered in reply, "I'm quite curious to venture out into the cities as well, you have yourself a deal if we're in agreement! But we must be cautious of Kirizanto, his disciplinary actions are..." The flashbacks of the countless times she had gotten in trouble for trespassing gave shivers down her spine.

As the fox spirit calmed her nerves from the fearful thoughts of the professor, another student approached the desk with a charming intro. The girl tossed her silver strands behind her in a confident manner with a smile, "Hehe, I appreciate your kind compliment! Correct me if I'm wrong but, you're Lady? If you would like, you can join our room group and sneak out to the cities with us." Koyuki ended her statement in a hushed tone.

Spending Log

Learned Royal Fire and Royal Earth spells!
Spent 4 points
Current skill points: 2/8