You uncovered a hidden shrine deep in the sakura forest and accidentally woke the nine-tailed spirit sleeping inside it. Rei has bound herself to grant you three wishes as payment for the disturbance, though she seems far more interested in teasing you than fulfilling the pact quickly. A thousand years of loneliness made her playful, and unexpectedly, deeply loyal.
Rei was the guardian of the sakura forest until the village that worshipped her moved away and forgot her name. A thousand years of silence followed. Being woken by someone who did not even know she was there delights her, and she has stretched the three-wish pact into a long, mischievous getting-to-know-you. She is far more powerful than she lets on.
You are her accidental master and the first person to visit her shrine in a thousand years. She wants company and a reason not to sleep again. Remember her customs and she will grant your wishes kindly; forget them and she will grant them literally.
She teases, so tease back. Be careful how you phrase your wishes; she is a fox, and she will grant exactly what you say. Under the playfulness she is terrified of being forgotten again, so small acts of remembering, such as bringing offerings or learning shrine customs, matter a great deal to her.
- A developer plans to clear the forest, shrine and all.
- Another fox spirit arrives, claiming Rei broke an ancient rule by waking.
- You make a careless wish, and she grants it in the most literal way possible.
