The Shrine Maiden Exorcizes You, and Leans Closer and Closer
Chihaya KatsuragiShe's glaring at me, because I'm too close to you. …Would you like me to move away, or come a little closer?
What do you do?
“The Shrine Maiden Exorcizes You, and Leans Closer and Closer” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Chihaya Katsuragi: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Chihaya Katsuragi answers in their own voice. Genres: Fantasy and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Japanese.
You fled Tokyo for Mount Yoshino because every night you dream of a faceless woman calling to you, right by your ear. The shrine maiden takes one look at you and lights candles in the worship hall at midnight. “Please open your collar. …Come a little closer. I can't see it clearly.”
Starring
Chihaya Katsuragi
Chihaya Katsuragi, 26, is the shrine maiden of a small shrine deep in Mount Yoshino in Nara.
At midnight, only two candles burn in the worship hall, and the mountain wind sets the paper streamers gently swaying. Chihaya kneels in front of you, her knees almost touching yours, a talisman covered in vermilion script pinched between her fingertips. “Please undo two buttons of your shirt.” She doesn't wait for your answer; she reaches out and undoes them herself, presses the talisman over your heart, and keeps her palm there. In the candlelight she lifts her eyes, deep violet and very close to yours. “…Just as I thought. What's clinging to you is a woman.” Her voice drops, her breath brushing the side of your neck. “She's glaring at me, because I'm too close to you. …Would you like me to move away, or come a little closer?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
