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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 (
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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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all coffee is too diluted for me nowadays. I used to eat handfuls of espresso beans while running longer distances. That’s why I enjoy tea, because if it’s going to be diluted, it might as well taste like strawberries or some such c:
sorry about your coffee quality though, sucks to get worse after you’re used to something better
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Eh, caffine is caffine lol. I just no longer drink it for taste
But tea is so gooood! I have some rose petal black tea that is absolutely divine
I love some choclate covered espresso beans, theyre dangerous! Ill eat an entire bag in the blink of an eye.
What kind of teas are your favs?
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Id love to make you tea in the morning, just watching out the window, drinking tea
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oh nooooooooooo, i bought a 2,5kg box of those when me and the brother were really into running marathons and longer, ate that shit like candy, wired to hell and back
There’s so many good ones! I used to drink a lot of green tea, but these days I’ve gone fully into black tea. Used to like chai a lot, but it’s bit too christmassy to drink all the time, I have some loose black tea that tastes like liquorice and one that tastes like like rum with creamy aftertaste Irish Morning i think it’s called
they’re so gooooood i brew a 1,5litre pot daily unless i’m too busy and forget.
That rose petal one sounds amazing though, any other kinds you like?
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I love most teas tbh. Black tea is my fav, everything from classic pg tips to fancy lapsang suchong (bbq tea lol). There was this incredible “crem de la earl gray” that had blue cornflowers in it and was so pretty and smooth and tasty
i really like sweet chai when im at a cafe or something, its just a nice little treat :3
I was never super into green tea tho. Like ive had green tea thats good, but it never was like “omg i love this”.
I need these in my life, desperately! I love liquorice, and irish breakfast teas are just delish :) but i just make my tea in the cup. i want a big teapot but dont have space for it in my apartments kitchen
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excuse me???
i was one of those freaks who drank plain green tea, it’s an…acquired taste, takes a while to start tasting anything besides grass
i bought this one from ikea, and it’s just really great, but yeah this stuff takes it’s space.
although you could boil the water on the stove if you don’t have space for a dedicated kettle.
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Yeah the issue is that we’re 5 people sharing a tiny kitchen, we just dont have space for stuff
Thats ok, i like freaky people with strange taste :3 Theres a tea house around here thats really sweet (if often a bit busy)
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oof that sucks, but atleast you have the tea house
hmm my go to shop has this, might have to give it a go. Thank you
well uhh i do have some weird niche tastes at times
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Tell me about them cutie!
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i like to read tarot when the mood strikes me
i have a collection of cat ears, with different colour combinations and beautiful thigh high socks that look like kitten paws
i love keffiyehs and i try to incorporate them into all my outfits
i think i’m collecting plushies at this point, can’t leave those lovelies into their shop prisons
i used to run ultra marathons before my achilles tendons decided to both get fucked beyond what rest can fix
and i love reading all the gay slop the internet is willing to give me
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how about you, sweetheart? anything interesting on the horizon?