Chimper #4802
Shiisa tumbles out of a collapsing ripple in the air, landing hard on the frozen shore of a great lake. The strange suit and tie they wear are instantly caked in mud. As the portal—one of Kenji’s many errant creations—vanishes, the sounds of clashing steel echo from a nearby training ground. The first year, they survive by trading the curious buttons from their shirt for food. The third, they learn to wield the katana left by a fallen traveler, not with grace, but with grim necessity. A decade later, the tie is frayed and the suit is patched, but they are still worn. They are no longer a displaced accountant from another reality, but a merchant whose quiet shyness hides a will forged in the unending shock of survival.
