7.4 KiB
💔 Protagonist: Kiriko, the Broken Sworn
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Background: Former Sworn Blade (Ketsushin no Seikensha) to a scion of an Akumei noble family in the Shogunate. She swore a Vow of Devotion, carved it into her body… and failed. Her charge died—by betrayal, or her hesitation. The spirit in her blade, once vibrant, has turned cold and cruel, reminding her with every swing what she lost.
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Exile: She fled rather than take her own life in ritual death. Now a ronin in all but name, wandering the Reaches, hunting spirits and monsters not for coin—but because her bond demands purpose. She is seeking something to protect again, something worth a new oath.
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Current Vibe: Haunted. Beautiful. Cold as her blade, until the reeds whisper a name she remembers from a dream she should not have.
🐺 Story Reframed:
The fox-spirit she’s sent to investigate is not a stranger. In a past life—before her soul was welded—she encountered her. Maybe even loved her. Or hunted her. The memory returns in fragments, but the desire… it’s instant. Wrong. Terrifying. True.
The fox does not hate her. The fox remembers her. Maybe even waited.
❣️ Emotional Terrain:
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Kiriko doesn’t trust herself—she broke one vow already.
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The spirit in her blade is suspicious, jealous even.
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The fox tempts her with what she could become again… something more than a broken sword.
🩸 Core Themes:
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Erotic Tragedy: Each meeting deepens both passion and pain.
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Power & Surrender: Kiriko’s blade burns brightest when she yields—not in weakness, but in sacred choice.
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Mirrored Wounds: The fox is not whole. Neither is Kiriko. But together… they might become something new.
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Devotion as Redemption: Kiriko's spirit blade was born to protect love—and now, it might be reforged in it.
🦊 The Fox-Spirit (WIP Name: Rika-no-Tsume, or simply Rika)
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Inspired by the kitsune, but with a corrupted grace.
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Once worshipped as a local guardian spirit—but shattered during a botched sealing or betrayal.
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Her tails are incomplete, her form shifts. She flickers between woman, beast, and mist.
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She is playful, predatory, half-mad. She lures with riddles, taunts with illusions. But when touched? She trembles.
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She tests Kiriko—sexually, emotionally, spiritually. And finds someone who sees her not as prey… but as possibility.
🔥 Their Dynamic:
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First Meetings: Kiriko stalks the spirit by moonlight. Finds a haunting, sensual presence who speaks her name like a secret.
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Midpoint Escalation: Rituals turn intimate. Each battle becomes a game, a flirtation. The fox pins her. Kiriko resists, then yields.
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Climax (Narrative & Erotic): Kiriko kneels—not in defeat, but in sacred offering. Her blade flares alive, and Rika kisses her with all her tails aflame.
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Ending: The village burns. They vanish into the Veil—a spirit and her blade, reborn not to protect a lord, but a lover.
🌙 Story Structure & Act Breakdown: The Reeds Remember Her
ACT I – Drifting Embers (Isolation & Intrigue)
Beats:
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Arrival in Reedmere Hollow – Kiriko enters the fog-shrouded border village; villagers are wary, whisper of “the fox in the reeds.”
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Signs of the Spirit – A shrine defaced. Reeds growing in impossible patterns. A child speaks of a woman with glowing eyes who sings by the lake.
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Kiriko’s First Encounter – At night. Moonlight on the water. The fox watches. No fight—only words… and a single brush of fingers that leaves Kiriko shaken.
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Blade's Silence – Kiriko's spirit-blade remains cold, unresponsive—resentful of her aimlessness.
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Flash of the Past – A dream or memory: the death of her ward. The vow she broke. The moment her blade went quiet.
Tone: Isolation, tension, hunger just beneath control.
ACT II – Tangled Threads (Games, Tension, Submission)
Beats:
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Testing Encounters – The fox lures Kiriko into spiritual trials, sensual illusions. They fight—but the violence turns into flirtation, power-play, and curiosity.
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The Blade Reacts – As Kiriko softens toward Rika, her spirit-blade begins to awaken again—whispers of purpose, warmth, jealous sparks.
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Village Paranoia – The people begin to suspect Kiriko isn’t going to slay the fox. Murmurs grow. Offerings vanish. The lake glows red.
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Erotic Ritual Scene – An ambush turns into seduction. Rika dominates—but Kiriko doesn’t resist. It is not defeat, but revelation.
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Confession & Communion – Rika reveals her true form—and how she was shattered during a betrayal by those she once protected. Kiriko confesses her broken oath. They share pain and pleasure—a kiss at the edge of a blade.
Tone: Erotic tension, duality, unraveling control, power exchanged in whispers.
ACT III – Union & Ruin (Climax & Catharsis)
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The Pact Deepens – Kiriko and Rika perform a forbidden bonding rite—something between a swearing and a binding. Kiriko offers her blade not to a master… but a lover.
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Blade Rebirth – Her sword flares with renewed spirit—the spirit within accepting this new vow.
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Village Confrontation – The villagers try to banish or trap the fox again. Kiriko defends her—slays former allies if needed.
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Final Night Together – A darkly sacred scene. They make love like spirits unraveling, the Veil itself bending around them.
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Departure or Ascension – They vanish into the mist. Maybe they become legends. Maybe monsters. Maybe gods.
Tone: Erotic climax, spiritual power, grief-laced triumph, bittersweet ending.
💋 Core Erotic Progression:
- Teasing Glances → Combat-as-Flirtation → Illusory Temptations → First Submission → Sacred/Passionate Bonding → Spiritual & Erotic Union
🖋️ Writing Style Guide
🌸 Tone & Texture:
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Mystical & Poetic: Lyrical imagery. Let the world shimmer like heat-haze. Use metaphors that feel elemental—wind, blood, silk, fire, bone.
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Sensual but Subtle: Erotic tension is suggested before it’s shown. Fingers brush before mouths meet. Blades whisper before they bite.
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Eastern Echoes: Not mimicry of Japanese prose—but inspired by its rhythms:
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Shorter, weightier lines in key moments.
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Use of nature to reflect inner states.
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Reverence in ritual. Let silence say something.
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✨ Style Inspirations:
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Katsuo Ishiguro (The Buried Giant) – for mystical unreliability and memory’s fog.
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Catherynne M. Valente (Deathless) – mythic sensuality with poetic bite.
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Lian Hearn (Tales of the Otori) – eastern aesthetic without over-westernizing.
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Yoon Ha Lee (Ninefox Gambit) – strange beauty in sharp, calculated prose.
💠 Linguistic Touches:
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Cultural flavor: occasional Kyourin or ceremonial terms like Ketsushin, Seikensha, the Red Cord, etc.
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Sensory anchoring: scent of wet rice-paper, the click of lacquered wood, heat of breath through reeds.
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Spiritual metaphor: refer to emotional shifts through spirit terms—“her soul trembled like a taut string,” “his words pulled at her binding.”