Fanart is by Syurii22.

Toyosatomimi no Miko is a character in the Touhou Project series introduced in its 13th installment, Ten Desires.

Miko was once Prince Shoutoku, a Japanese leader in the 600s known for promoting Buddhism and streamlining the Japanese government. In the Touhou lore, she was visited by Taoist hermit Seiga Kaku, who had heard about Miko’s longing for immortality. Seiga introduced her to Taoism, but she rejected it as a religion unfit for placating an entire country. She was intrigued by its promise of immortality, however, and privately converted to it, advocating for Buddhism to keep Japan stable. After drinking an “immortality elixir” (mercury sulfide), however, she was forced to let go of her body and become a supernatural hermit like Seiga, notably taking on the form of a woman, making her a canonically trans character (lets-fucking-go).

After convincing a hermit from a rival clan (Mononobe no Futo) to sleep without decaying, Miko followed in suit, waiting for a time where a Taoist Japan would revive her in search of guidance. However, Buddhist monks were able to keep her mausoleum sealed, and the legends surrounding her were slowly brushed off- which led to her transportation into Gensokyo, where the folklore of old is a reality of everyday life.

When she awoke in Gensokyo, it was right after Buddhist monk Byakuren Hijiri opened her own temple, however, leading to a surge of divine spirits across the realm, setting up the events of Ten Desires.

What look like headphones on her are canonically earmuffs- Shoutoku was allegedly able to discern between ten questions asked at once, an ability carried by Miko (although with her enhanced abilities, she can also analyze each person and determine their inner desires (thus the title of the game))- although it means her hearing is highly sensitive and has to be muffled to prevent pain.


Join our public Matrix server! https://matrix.to/#/#tracha:chapo.chat

As a reminder, be sure to properly give content warnings and put sensitive subjects behind proper spoiler tags. It's for the mental health of not just your comrades, but yourself as well.

Here is a screenshot of where to find the spoiler button.

Show

  • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
    ·
    il y a 4 mois
    ^^

    :3 fitting well is nice

    oof, yeah lack of space is a major problem while baking, hopefully your mom will let you use her kitchen.

    Rye bread is excellent i used to have a starter too (snatched from work 🤫) but i wasnt active enough with it and it exploded in the fridge meow-knit, should bake something with rye again for sure. did a lot at the bakery and i kinda miss it. (i totally snatched some rye flour from work too🤫) cause, yeah everything but plain flour is expensive and that is also getting expensive lea-sad

    awwh i hope you give Reven a nice hug from me, and they can give you a nice hug from me too Care-Comrade

    ugh the worst part about this grass touching is that it's going to cut into my cute gal on the phone time crush

    Thank you, c: i hope you have a restful night filled with lovely dreams, sweetheart ralsei-wave

    poetry

    wistful sighlea-blush

    • lilypad [she/her, null/void]
      ·
      il y a 4 mois
      :3

      Good morning lovely! :3

      give Reven a nice hug from me

      Reven said anarkitty and then gave me a big hug from you cuddle

      My night was good, but I got poor quality sleep so im groggy and need to brew a big pot of coffee lea-why

      baking

      Rye might be my favorite bread. With the right toppings it just is divine angel-biblical i used to live by a bakery that made amazing rye loaves that were like bricks in their density but were so soft and were just the absolute best :3

      Also snatching starter and flour from work is praxis lea-finger-guns

      it exploded in the fridge

      explosion i cant imagine that was fun to clean up :(

      ugh the worst part about this grass touching is that it's going to cut into my cute gal on the phone time

      lea-blush i like being the cute gal in your phone :3

      Ive also got some grass touching ahead of me. Another birthday party, and hopefully a doctors appointment.

      sweetheart ralsei-wave

      crush

      • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
        ·
        il y a 4 mois
        c:

        morning, sweetie. lea-happy

        hopefully the coffee woke you up, wouldnt want my tired day on you lea-blush

        we used to make this brick of a rye bread at the bakery and it was always a delight to eat, you have excellent taste in both bread and the cute gal you keep in your phone crush

        currently residing in lapland in the (former) family summer cottage, after 8h car ride with intermittent napping, my neck is busted aubrey-pain tomorrow we'll do the rest and end up at my aunt's house in sweden.

        i was informed that the grass touchery is going to have a wifi so i might be more online than previously feared! aubrey-happy

        I hope your grass touching is successfull, filled with good vibes and actual help in the doctor's case. i would love to know how things work out if you're willing to sharecrush

        i like being the cute gal on your phone too, sweetheart.

        but for now, you have a wonderful day and beautiful dreams if i dont manage to be online before you're off to bed. ralsei-wave talk to you later, sweetie.

        feeling a bit sad about this old house, but i'll spoiler them if you dont want to be saddened too, just feel like putting these thoughts into words.

        sad about the cottage

        i remember when this house was filled with joy, laughter and family, now it feels like the village around it is filled with life, but this sad little house filled with countless stories is filled with ghosts.

        everywhere i look reminds me of another life, the happiest parts of it. i barely remember playing one of those guessing games with grandma. i remember when i was sad because the lake was so far and my uncle filled an inflatable boat with water so i could take a dip. we had a whole family feast once inside one of those massive tents, someone had scrounged up from somewhere.... fuck

        this place that gave me a lot has been left behind, but i dunno. sorry, just. yeah.

        • lilypad [she/her, null/void]
          ·
          edit-2
          il y a 4 mois
          halllåååå

          My morning has been, uh, difficultish. Im just exhausted and my roommate is being a bit odd.

          excellent taste in both bread and the cute gal you keep in your phone

          lea-blush ive been glued to my phone way more than normal kril-bashful definitely nothing to do with the cutie inside of it, no no not at all lea-wasnt-me soy-cutie

          car ride

          Im sorry your neck is busted! I know long long car rides well, and have few fond feelings for them. The worst was a 26 hour travel by bus and train. The train was nice, but of course it was the shortest leg of the journey. We also couldnt get any food or water cause it was in the middle of the first covid lockdown and all the kiosks were closed.

          I hope youre in a non-mosquito-y part of sweden, its that time of year dafoe-horror

          i might be more online than previously feared!

          Oh nooo! Youll just have to talk to the cutie in your phone then i guess, no way around it bridget-smug

          doctor

          Im just hoping to finally get a perscription and off of DIY. It would be helpful and less stressful.

          you have a wonderful day and beautiful dreams if i dont manage to be online before you're off to bed. talk to you later, sweetie.

          Aww i hope you have a lovely time darlin ^^ and im sure my dreams will be wonderful ;)

          cottage

          Oh honey im sorry cuddle i dont know whats happened with the cottage but those memories of love and familial closeness sound very loving, and bittersweet with them being in the past <3

          I had some aspects of that with my home, and some areas and places so closely bound to my life before my folks split. madeline-sadeline

          If the cottage is still somewhat in your family maybe it can be filled with new memories? New and old faces could laugh before the hearth?

          Regardless im sending hugs meow-hug

          • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
            ·
            il y a 4 mois
            hejsan!

            no i cant speak swedish oh-shit

            awh i hope this next morning treats you better, sweetheart meow-hug

            i've been smiling fondly at the phone enough that the parents might be getting suspicious, but cant really help it when I have a cutie pie on it who writes me poetry lea-blush soy-cutie

            this is slightly embarrasing, but back home i just sat on the pc reading my gay tablet and refreshed hexbear every few minutes niko-wonderouscrush

            26h without food or water stops?? niko-concern just shoot me at that point. it's more humane.

            talking more to you was the plan, yeah. lea-blush

            did you meet the doc? i know getting off from diy made such a big difference on my anxiety about money and wait times on the shipments. I sincerely wish it went well. meow-hug How about the birthday party?

            Fairly sure I get to be more online later today so I'll chat with you later, sweetheart. ralsei-wave

            cottage

            it's the childhood home of my mom and her side of the family, some of them are dead and the rest have moved on and built/bought their own summer hidey holes madeline-sadeline the plan is to sell it, which... i dont really know how i feel about it.

            I'm sorry about your parents cuddle and thank you for your kind words, sweetie. lea-blush

            • lilypad [she/her, null/void]
              ·
              edit-2
              il y a 4 mois
              ^^

              i cant speak swedish

              Thats ok, neither can I (i speak one of the other ones lol). I love language tho ^^ how do you say hello in finnish? (The only word I know is perkele niko-cocktail)

              awh i hope this next morning treats you better, sweetheart

              Ittt.... Isnt, so far lea-tired the birthday party was at a bar and was incredibly overwhelming. I made a post about it in the mega, but short version was that it was all i could do to not break down for most of it.

              smiling fondly

              lea-blush

              embarrasing

              Thats ok, the only reason i have daily social contact is cause me and my roomie hit it off and she works from home so we just hang out every day lol. (Although her demeanor has shifted and shes acting weirder in a not-happy way).

              talking more to you was the plan, yeah.

              anya-heh

              I havent met the doc yet, im calling for an apointment in ~10 minutes. My DIY has been pretty stress free, aside from once a year when I need to reup.

              (Edit: no apointment times for today lea-sad)

              I'll chat with you later, sweetheart.

              niko-spin i look forward to it ^^

              cottage

              plan is to sell it, which... i dont really know how i feel about it.

              meow-hug That sucks lea-sad i wish you could buy it, then you could move become the forest witch of finland lea-smile. my mother has talked about selling my childhood home and it always makes me sad. I was born in the living room ill die in the living room dammit!

              • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
                ·
                il y a 4 mois
                :3

                please tell me it isnt danish scared

                heippa or just hei. greetings translates to "tervehdys" but everyone just uses terve in common speech lea-happy

                perkele was originally a god of thunder but christian missionairies turned the word to mean Satan, ruining cultural terms as they are wont to do lea-sad

                social contact

                dont feel too bad, when i was fully employed the only reason i talked at all was because i lived with my parents lea-finger-guns

                no apointment times for today

                aww, sweety meow-hug you'll get it, eventually.

                I'm sorry the birthday party was hard, my anxiety meds usually help, but i need to know to take them beforehand meow-hug wish I'd been there, sweetheart.

                yes crush being a forest witch sounds great, shame I dont have that kind of money. Childhood homes should be protected, this is true.

                • lilypad [she/her, null/void]
                  ·
                  edit-2
                  il y a 4 mois
                  :p

                  please tell me it isnt danish

                  Youre in luck darlin ;p Danish is impossible to speak and understand. I can read it tho ^^ i guess that makes it obvious what i speak then doesnt it lea-finger-guns I remember working with some people who spoke danish and they assumed I could understand it lea-why i couldnt get them to slow down or anything. They gave me free drinks tho so emilie-shrug

                  heippa, hei, terve

                  Noted! Idk i just like language. Its just really difficult to learn if not immersed in it lea-pout

                  ruining cultural terms

                  Fuckers ralsei-angry

                  you'll get it, eventually.

                  Ive got one scheduled for a month from now, so thats something vivian-shrug

                  I'm sorry the birthday party was hard

                  <3 afterwards i just wanted to curl up in a little kitty ball and cry and be held. Squeezed my plushies half to death and that helped.

                  wish I'd been there, sweetheart.

                  powercry-2 that would have been really nice crushshy

                  being a forest witch sounds great

                  Youd make an amazing forest witch sweetness :marihappy: (why do we only have :marisad:? lea-pout)

                  shame I dont have that kind of money. Childhood homes should be protected, this is true.

                  They should be! Ive basically given up on ever owning a home. live to rent, rent to live, live to die. aubrey-rage-cry

                  I hope the rest of the drive was a bit easier and your neck feels a bit better today meow-hug. How is Sweden treating your beautiful self? Grass touching with wifi and water sounds like a lovely time aubrey-happy

                  • GenderIsOpSec [she/her]
                    ·
                    il y a 4 mois
                    hallo!

                    yeah, sink denmark tbh lea-why cant turn down free drinks though knight-nod

                    finnish is interesting because you just make the words longer instead of adding words lea-finger-guns germans still got us beat on that though lea-wasnt-me

                    we used to have a popular god of love called Lempo, but the fuckers got to him and now it's an old timey swear marisad

                    hell yeah month from now lets-fucking-go

                    awh poor little kitty meow-petted internet is great, but distances suuuuuck virtual hugs will have to suffice meow-hug

                    sweetness

                    crush heeeee

                    shy

                    i might own a home solely because my brother already owns one and my parents have one, what a great system we live under lea-breakdown

                    massive headache the whole day, but aunt had some painkillers to give meow-melt i got to make my own vegan pizza and the area is beautiful, might go do a little walk at the seashore tomorrow lea-blush

                    she called me a boy once but it wasnt out of malice, overall things are pretty good aubrey-happy except that i suck at writing on the phone and the sweetheart who resides in it would deserve faster responses lea-blush