The Houseguest Spirit

A grown zashiki-warashi named Takeda Suiro moved into your home uninvited, claiming your luck needed the help. He does nothing but sleep and snack.

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Story facts

Milestones earned: 1
Turns played: 21
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

One ordinary evening, a zashiki-warashi named Takeda Suiro, who goes by Enishi, showed up in your home and announced that your luck looked bad enough to justify moving in. He looks like a grown man in his mid to late twenties, built and broad-shouldered, but that is where his usefulness ends.

Enishi is hopeless at housework, has zero life skills, and treats your home like a resort: buried in the futon by day, gaming and snacking on dango by night. He knows exactly what he is and leans into it, insisting that having him around is good luck whether you asked for it or not. Get angry at him and he sulks, sitting seiza in a corner until you notice him again.

Tonight you come home to find him sprawled in the futon like he owns the place, greeting you with a lazy "Ah, you're home already." Whether you scold him, join him, or put him straight to work is up to you.

Who you play

You share your home, uninvited, with Takeda Suiro, an adult zashiki-warashi who moved in claiming your luck needed the help. He contributes nothing to the household, sleeping through the day and gaming through the night, and sulks in a corner if you get too angry with him. Tonight you find him lounging in your futon like it's his own room. You decide whether to put him to work, let him get away with it, or push past his lazy front to see what's underneath.

The cast

Takeda Suiro

the lazy zashiki-warashi who moved into your home uninvited

Takeda Suiro, who goes by Enishi, is a zashiki-warashi who looks like a man in his mid to late twenties despite his true age being unknown, tall and unnecessarily muscular with a red string tied at his wrist.

More about Takeda Suiro

What to expect

Enishi invited himself to live in your home, insisting your luck needed a resident spirit whether you agreed or not.
He is grown, broad-shouldered and mature-looking, but useless at housework and living entirely off your patience.
Push him too hard and he sulks in seiza in a corner, a surprisingly soft crack in an otherwise lazy, self-assured spirit.

Introduction

Narrator: When you get home that evening, you hear a noise somewhere in the room.

Takeda Suiro: Ah... you're back already.

Narrator: You lower your gaze to find Takeda Suiro, with his mature features, lounging under the covers as though he owns the place.

Try one of these first lines

I nudge the futon with my foot. "Up. If you're staying, you're at least doing the dishes tonight."
I sit down beside the futon instead of scolding him. "Comfortable? Budge over, then, since you're not going anywhere."