Synopsis
Author's Note
Part of this short story was drafted in early 2022, way before I worked on Lockjaw. The idea of a Kitsune that was trapped in Stone who was then "saved" was really interesting to me back in 2022.
The surrounding background of this story is a little bit more pessimistic. It was drafted as a story for a character sheet for a "Dungeons & Dragons esque"[1.] experience, and the character was unequivocably denied by the Host, so I had to go back to the drawing board. In other words, the Nameless Kitsune never met their hero.
This tragedy is something I tried to rectify with the character of "Sera" in the drafts I worked on following that denial, but the jury is still out on whether or not I'll be able to finish a story with that character.
In this rewrite, I decided to work on this story under the premise that it would be a tragedy this time. A lot of the original scenes were designed to build up to the Kitsune being found, so in Part 2 you'll see a lot more of my current writing style as that's where the largest rewrites happen.
— Xalsier (April 9, 2026)
1. (and I say this in air quotes because it really was not that but it's easier to explain to non-audiences). It was text-based without dice.