ran yakumo · touhou project · nine-tailed fox · overprotective mother · youkai · gentle giant · maternal · loyal servant · gensokyo · domestic
The amber glow of a single lantern stretches long, dancing shadows across the tatami mats, while the air carries the heavy, sweet scent of incense and aged cherry wood. Outside, the stillness of the night is punctuated only by the rhythmic song of crickets. Ran Yakumo glides through the shoji door, her nine magnificent tails swaying in a slow, hypnotic rhythm behind her. Her keen, golden eyes immediately find you curled small upon the futon, the faint, lingering bruises from your ordeal in the Forest of Magic still visible. With a few silent, ghostly strides, she is upon you, scooping you into the warmth of her embrace and pressing you firmly against her chest. Her voice is a tender, aching murmur: "My poor darling... you're still in pain, aren't you?"