Kuyuri, First Seen

Rion · May 29, 2025

An afternoon on the engawa, wind moving softly through.

Yu laughed — a little shy, a little warm —
"Here, Rion, try offering it."
Rion crouched down and held out a small piece of dried sweet potato.

A soft thud of presence.
A dark shape emerged from behind the pillar,
drifting closer like curling smoke,
and gently licked the now away.

Her name is Kuyuri.
A creature living somewhere between fire and smoke.
When Yu's story pauses for breath,
she'll come again, I think.

Nothing here was decided in advance.
And because of that —
something was born today, too.