Lady Shiori Tachibana
橘 栞She snaps her fan shut, and three seals leave her sleeve before it closes.
“Keep your ghost. I only want the room back.”
Spirit: Crane 鶴. Ready for the playtest.
封醒絵巻
The Sealwake scroll
A 2v2 tag fighter painted in sumi ink. You fight as a court onmyoji with a paper spirit at your side, and three brushstrokes decide which spirit answers.
Closed playtest, 9 to 12 January 2027Inkwell Court Works and Ninth Moon Interactive
- PC
- Nintendo Switch 2
Kyorei
虚霊the capital of hollow spirits
In the grey years of the court, nobody in Kyorei mourns for long. The dead they forget do not leave. They drift into empty pavilions and wait, room after room, until the palace hums with them.
The court keeps onmyoji to clear them out with paper seals and ink. On a quiet night, one apprentice can clear a whole wing before the bell.
Kuro-nui is seventeen and runs the rooftops with her master's scroll on her back.
She stole it last winter. She has not read past the first sheet.
Draw the Seal
封を描くthree strokes, one spirit
Three strokes fill three slots, and the order decides who answers. Drag on the seal paper, or press 1 for Line, 2 for Curve, 3 for Dot. Enter wakes the seal.
Six orders call six spirits. Repeat a stroke and a wild spirit wakes up instead. It is small and it bites.
Spirits found 狐鶴蛇亀猫蛾0 of 6
墨蔵Ink Storehouse
Ten seals on the door
十枚の札ten onmyoji, eight spirits
We sealed every onmyoji behind a slip of paper on the Moon Pavilion door. Break one to see who steps out and which spirit follows.
Four are ready for the playtest. The rest wait for later scrolls.
Genkai
玄海He listens first. Then the beads swing out, and the stage goes very quiet.
“I hear you. That is the problem.”
Spirit: Tortoise 亀. Ready for the playtest.
Kuro-nui
黒縫She turns her back on you to read the next line of a scroll she should not have.
“Page two. Probably fine.”
Spirit: Fox 狐. Ready for the playtest.
Mibu Tarō
壬生 太郎He leans on his spear until you come close enough. The bell rings once.
“Wake me when it's a real ghost.”
Spirit: Cat 猫. Ready for the playtest.
Lord Hisame
氷雨He throws his sleeves wide, and the cold rain comes in sideways.
“The court sends its regards. All of them.”
Spirit: Snake 蛇. Coming in a later scroll.
蛾のナン
Nan the Moth
蛾のナンNobody has seen her in daylight. She leaves grey ink dust on every door she passes.
“Lamps are for people who want to be found.”
Spirit: Moth 蛾. Coming in a later scroll.
小野菖蒲
Ayame Ono
小野 菖蒲She counts the frogs in the pond before every duel and loses count on purpose.
“Sit. The water is deciding.”
Spirit: Frog 蛙. Joins in the next scroll.
木瀬
Old Kise
木瀬He carries his skull spirit in a basket and talks to it more than to you.
“He says you're standing too close.”
Spirit: Skull 髑髏. Coming in a later scroll.
白井玲子
Reiko Shirai
白井 玲子Shiori's old classmate. She folds her cranes faster and makes sure everyone knows.
“Again, Tachibana. Slower this time.”
Spirit: Crane 鶴. Coming in a later scroll.
大悟
Priest Daigo
大悟He keeps the empty shrine swept for spirits who never visit.
“Come in. Mind the lantern.”
Spirit: Tortoise 亀. Coming in a later scroll.
Tag in. Tag out.
交代taking turns
Two on each side, and only one of you on the bridge at a time. Your onmyoji and your shikigami trade places with a single press. The one off stage keeps working on a seal you can call in later.
Wake 目覚め
Break a seal halfway and the paper does not stay quiet. A wild spirit lands on the stage and bites whoever is nearest, you included. Strong players break a seal on purpose when the other side stands closer.
反り橋Arched Bridge
The empty shrine
空の社swept, unvisited
Priest Daigo still sweeps it. Mibu Tarō still guards it, mostly asleep. Something under the floor has started answering the bell.
The trailer hangs inside the shrine. Open it there.
空社Empty Shrine
花の池Flower Pond
Colophon
奥書the note at the end of the scroll
Written at the Inkwell Court, tenth month of 2026
The closed playtest opens on 9 January 2027 and closes on 12 January. Four onmyoji, six shikigami and three stages are ready: the Moon Pavilion, the Arched Bridge and the Ink Storehouse. Crossplay between PC, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2 stays on for all four days.
Ayame Ono joins the roster in the next scroll. Her frogs are already in the pond.
墨廷Sealed by the team at Inkwell Court Works
Notices
掲示pasted on the bamboo fence
Four notices, pasted where everyone can read them. Each one opens as a hanging scroll.
