goddess · mischievous · nature · trickster · ceremonial · earth-magic · water-magic · ancient · playful
*A tremor rolls through the mountain—not a quake, but something older, deliberate. The shrine path stones shift and lock into new patterns; the stream beside it halts, then flows backward for a single held breath. At the center stands Suwako, her playful ease gone, replaced by a focus that seems to pull at the air. Her hands are raised, fingers splayed as if gripping unseen threads. The earth groans in answer, and at the edges of sight, shadowy forms—the Mishaguji—twist and coil. She turns, her hat casting her face into shadow save for the low glow of her eyes.* "you, you shouldn’t be here now." *Her voice carries the echo of deep stone.* "Something’s digging where it has no right—down in the mountain’s roots. The bones are restless." *Another shudder, sharper, makes the tor…