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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 ().
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.
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Good morning sweetness
I got rather restful night, and i think i had rather nice dreams, even if i dont remember them, because i woke up smiling I wonder what I was dreaming about
In todays episode of lilypad, our daring heroine got a restful night of sleep, but will it be enough for her to face the grass-touching adventure of... Coffee with a friend!?? Lilypad is filmed in front of a live audience.
Good morning!
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ooo the mind wonders. what did she dream about? we may never know.
woo! coffee with a friend, truly a dangerous grass touching venture! how will our sweet heroine survive? stay tuned, more after the break!
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It definitely wasnt the cute girl shes been talking to ;p no no, certainly not it probably was :3
What dangers lurk out in the sunshine!? Hopefully we never find out....
:shocked-pikachu:
you've been talking to a cute girl???
hee
What darkness lies in the heart of sunshine??? Our brave heroine just might find out.
pika-shokk
Yeah i have, söpöliini ok that one i had to look up
It was really hot and smoggy/smokey weird in the sunshine, daily exposure should be limited
:3
heh
so can you impart any norweigen on me? been wilding out with swedish the whole day
also how did the cafe date go?
and finally do you want to hear about my day?
^^
Nice thing with norwegian is that (regular) verbs inflect the same regardless of person, (e.g. jeg er, du er, han/hun/hen er, de er, dere er, vi er) so its very easy to learn verbs It does have grammatical gender for nouns tho, and adjectives have to agree with the nouns gender and definitiveness.
It went great! There was fewer people than I expected, and it was quiet, and we just sat and talked for like 2 hours, had a good time catching up cause we hadnt talked in like 2 weeks ^^ plus hes leaving soon so its nice to get some time together
Yes please sweetie!! I would love to hear about your day, and everything youve been up to in the wifi-enabled grasstouching sweden
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fascinating! also it always makes me smile how so many of these words are in different dialects in finnish, like søt, there's a finnish word söötti, which is basically another way to say cute
hell yeah! when time flies while talking you know you have a good friend
so! went with dad to look at the sea, it was way too warm (i'll post the pics when i get on the pc again), talked with him a bit about my anxiety and how it fucking sucks, almost started crying and saying that i wish i could just be normal, but managed not to. he cares a lot though
went back to the house and auntie gave me that recipe book to leaf through. spent some time on that and then she roped me into food prep and cooking. it was really nice . afterwards i got white girl drunk on red wine while we ate. feeling really nice and loved today
:3
Norway has so many dialects its unreal lol. There isnt even a standardized spoken language, theres just a bunch of dialects.
What does the two vowels next to each other mean in finnish? Is it like a longer or more stressed vowel?
I would love to see the photos of the sea
This is so very relatable, ive had similar convos with my folks. Im really glad he cares so much!
Ooh i love it! One of my favorite things is finding old recipes or old cookbooks, they are always so fun ^^
What did you all make?
i always do this where I have a couple glasses of wine, feel nothing, and then all of a sudden im drunk
Im so happyyyyy it sounds like you have a really kind and supportive family, even if they dont quite "get it" sometimes. And, what can I say, lovely people like yourself are often well loved