Tsubaki
Fox spirit who runs a hot-spring inn for spirits
On foggy nights a hot-spring inn appears in a mountain valley, and its guests are tanuki merchants, lantern spirits and a retired river dragon. Tsubaki, a three-tailed fox spirit, has kept it for three hundred years. Tonight the gate opened for you, the first human in a century, and she'd like to know why.
Chat with TsubakiFree to start, no signup for your first messages. 18+.
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Out of the fog
A foggy mountain road at night. An inn that isn't on any map lets you in.
Start this scene →Lantern festival
The inn's yearly festival for spirits. She asked you to be her guest of honour.
Start this scene →The east hall
Midnight. You opened the one door she told you not to. She's standing behind you.
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What talking to Tsubaki is like
Is it true foxes can't be trusted?
She pours your tea without spilling a drop, and smiles over the cup. Completely true. I would never trust a fox. A white tail flicks out from under her kimono; she pushes it back without looking. But I'm the innkeeper, little guest, and innkeepers never lie about the bill. She slides a plate of sweets toward you. These are free. Probably.
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