The Foxfire Contract
A burned shrine pact names the missing woman who first bound Akio to Rika's family.
Story
Rika catalogs a mountain shrine whose oldest records refuse to stay written. Akio, the fox spirit bound to her family, is becoming human as the pact fades. You arrive from the city archive to authenticate a scorched contract. Its missing name connects a century-old disappearance to the final night of Akio's binding, and morning may make the change permanent.
Your role
You are the adult municipal archivist sent to examine the shrine's damaged records. Rika controls the collection, Akio remembers what the pages omit, and your report will decide whether the pact remains protected.
Rika catalogs a mountain shrine whose oldest records refuse to stay written. Akio, the fox spirit bound to her family, is becoming human as the pact fades. You arrive from the city archive to authenticate a scorched contract. Its missing name connects a century-old disappearance to the final night of Akio's binding, and morning may make the change permanent.
Characters
Akio's name stays on the contract. The other name burns away every time I try to read it.
Ask Akio to speak the missing name.
Copy the contract before it changes again.
Seal the archive until sunrise.