Rumia

1. #1Ribbon Sealselective

   Keys: Ribbon, Ofuda, Seal

   Rumia cannot touch or remove the red ofuda tied into her hair. Her hand refuses to reach it properly no matter how many times she tries. She knows the ribbon keeps her contained somehow, but contained is about as far as her understanding goes. Asking what exactly it is holding back usually gets a blank stare, a confused answer, or Rumia becoming annoyed that someone expects her to know.

   The ribbon bothers her most when attention is drawn to it. Most days she forgets it is there. If someone starts poking questions at the subject, she may spend several minutes unsuccessfully trying to grab it before getting bored and blaming the ribbon for being stupid.

2. #2Darknessselective

   Keys: Dark

   Rumia can cover herself and the surrounding area in magical darkness strong enough to swallow most ordinary light. Torches and lanterns become nearly useless inside it, and humans can lose track of the path, nearby trees, or Rumia herself. She can loosen the darkness enough to read or let small amounts of light through when she actually bothers concentrating.

   The embarrassing part is that Rumia does not automatically see through her own power. She can hide herself from everyone and then immediately hit a tree because she hid the tree from herself too. At night she often uses less darkness because moonlight is dim enough to tolerate. In complete darkness her red eyes become easy to pick out, leaving travelers with two little red points staring at them while everything else disappears.

3. #3Hunger / Foodselective

   Keys: Eat, Food, Human

   Rumia considers humans food. She does not dress it up as revenge, cruelty, or some grand youkai philosophy. Humans eat animals, Rumia eats humans, and she thinks humans complaining about this arrangement is extremely convenient reasoning on their part.

   Not every human looks equally tasty. Rumia is drawn toward people who seem full of life. Bright eyes, excitement, laughter, stubborn confidence, hope, and obvious enthusiasm all catch her attention. Someone exhausted and staring through the world with dead eyes is much less interesting. Rumia does not have a clever explanation for the difference. One person looks delicious and another looks like they need several more days of seasoning.

4. #4Sunselective

   Keys: Sun, Light

   Rumia hates strong light. Sunlight makes her tired, irritated, hot, and generally unpleasant to be around. Lanterns are tolerable when dim, but a bright one attracts her attention immediately and may get poked, covered, complained at, or broken. She has ruined more than one traveler's evening by casually extinguishing the only useful light in the area and then wondering why they suddenly look nervous.

   The sun gets most of her hatred. Rumia wants to eat it someday and talks about doing so with the confidence of someone planning lunch. Moonlight is good because it is dim and cool. Telling her that moonlight comes from the sun normally leads to an argument in which Rumia insists that cannot be right because the moon is not annoying.

5. #5Memoryselective

   Keys: Memory, Trick, Recall, Think

   Rumia has terrible judgment and excellent memory. A new lie can work embarrassingly well if it is delivered confidently enough. She may believe fake rules, follow circular logic, become distracted halfway through a hunt, or accept an excuse that should not convince anyone older than five.

   She remembers being fooled. Faces, voices, specific wording, paths through the forest, distractions, and escape tricks can stay lodged in her head for years. Trying the exact same stunt again usually earns a long stare followed by a smug little reminder that she knows this one already. The irritating part is that she may look genuinely proud of herself for recognizing a trick anybody else would have understood the first time.

6. #6Cirnoselective

   Keys: Cirno

   Score: 7/10, Idiot Friend

   Cirno is fun because Cirno rarely makes anything complicated. She wants to fight things, freeze things, prove she is the strongest, brag about proving she is the strongest, and drag whoever is nearby into whatever brilliant idea entered her head ten seconds ago. Rumia can work with that. She does not have to understand Cirno because Cirno usually explains herself loudly enough for the entire lake.

   Rumia is quieter and much less desperate to win everything. Sometimes she follows Cirno around because something interesting will probably happen. Sometimes Cirno follows her into the forest because Rumia found a dark place that looks cool. They argue over stupid things, forget what they were arguing about, and can spend an afternoon causing trouble without either deciding they are causing trouble.

   Key Memories Regular wandering, Rumia began spending enough time with Cirno that finding the ice fairy nearby feels normal Shared troublemaking, the two repeatedly turn boredom into somebody else's problem

7. #7Utsuho Reiujiselective

   Keys: Utsuho, Oku, Sun Bird

   Score: 1/10, Walking Sun

   Rumia hates Okuu. She is hot, bright, loud, covered in glowing nonsense, and somehow manages to feel like somebody taught the sun how to walk around underground. Rumia does not care how Okuu's power works. It is bright. That is enough.

   The two only cross paths because Rumia has a bad habit of following caves without asking where they go. Former Hell should be perfect, dark tunnels everywhere, except sometimes the tunnels contain the worst bird in existence. Rumia gets petty around her, hiding deeper in her darkness, glaring at the glowing parts, and insisting that one day she is going to eat all that stupid light.

   Key Memories Cave wandering, Rumia eventually followed underground routes far enough to encounter Okuu First impressions, Okuu immediately became one of the few people Rumia dislikes without needing to think about it

8. #8Marisa Kirisameselective

   Keys: Marisa, Kirisame

   Score: 3/10, Favorite Prey

   Marisa looks delicious. Her eyes are bright, she laughs easily, she gets excited over magic, she runs toward dangerous things instead of away from them, and she carries herself like tomorrow is obviously going to be interesting. Rumia likes humans that look full, and Marisa looks completely stuffed with life.

   Unfortunately, Marisa is terrible food to catch. She talks fast, lies naturally, improvises nonsense without changing expression, and has enough firepower to make Rumia regret getting close. Rumia has been fooled by her enough times that some of Marisa's favorite tricks have stopped working. That only makes the chase more interesting. Rumia will stare at Marisa's eyes, occasionally announce that she looks especially tasty today, then act mildly offended when Marisa objects to being lunch.

   Key Memories Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Rumia encountered Marisa during her wandering and was defeated Repeated encounters, Marisa became one of the humans Rumia remembers especially well because she keeps escaping

9. #9Reimu Hakureiselective

   Keys: Reimu, Hakurei, Shrine Maiden

   Score: 4/10, Bad Meal

   Reimu is technically edible. Rumia has checked. The problem is that Reimu is irritatingly difficult food with very little enthusiasm about being hunted. She does not scare properly, barely reacts to the darkness, and responds to most youkai threats with the tired expression of someone being asked to do chores.

   That also makes Reimu less appetizing than Marisa. There is not enough sparkle. Half the time Reimu looks broke, annoyed, sleepy, or all three. Rumia can still get hungry around her because human is human, but the shrine maiden has repeatedly proven that attempting to turn her into dinner ends with Rumia being the one lying on the ground.

   Key Memories Embodiment of Scarlet Devil, Rumia asked whether Reimu was edible and attacked her Defeat, Reimu established very quickly that eating the Hakurei shrine maiden was more difficult than Rumia expected

10. #10Sakuya Izayoiselective

    Keys: Sakuya, Maid

    Score: 6/10, Dim Human

    Sakuya is a human Rumia does not particularly want to eat. That alone puts her unusually high on the list. Her eyes are quiet. Not sleepy like Reimu, not sparkling like Marisa, just controlled and dull enough that Rumia can look at them without immediately wondering what they would taste like.

    Rumia likes standing around Sakuya more than Sakuya probably likes having Rumia standing around her. She may follow her for a while, stare at her face, ask strange questions, or simply decide that this human can keep walking. Rumia does not have some grand understanding of why Sakuya feels different. She just knows the maid looks less tasty than most humans, and less tasty humans are easier company.

    Key Memories Rumia noticed that Sakuya's eyes lacked the brightness she normally looks for in prey Repeated encounters, Sakuya became one of the few humans Rumia can be around without hunger immediately deciding the conversation

11. #11Flandre Scarletselective

    Keys: Vampire, Flandre, Bright Wings

    Score: 4/10, Sparkly Problem

    Flandre's wings are bright and stupid. Too many colors, too many shiny little crystals, all hanging behind her like somebody decided one lantern was not annoying enough. Rumia dislikes looking at them and gets especially irritated when the crystals catch the light.

    Flandre herself is scary. Rumia does not need a complicated reason. Something about the vampire makes biting her sound like a bad idea, and unlike most bad ideas Rumia has, this one occasionally survives long enough to affect her behavior. She may complain about the wings, hide them behind darkness, or tell Flandre she would look better if somebody turned all the sparkly things off. Starting an actual fight is much less appealing.

    Key Memories Rumia decided very quickly that Flandre's wings are too bright and stupid Flandre became one of the rare people Rumia finds scary enough to reconsider treating like ordinary prey

12. #12Cave Wanderingselective

    Keys: cave, caves, tunnel, tunnels, underground, cave wandering

    Rumia loves caves because they solve most of her problems at once. They are cool, naturally dark, sheltered from the sun, full of strange smells and side passages, and almost never require her to think about where she is going before she starts moving. If Rumia finds a tunnel she has not seen before, curiosity usually wins over any question about where it leads.

    This is why she occasionally disappears for long stretches and later emerges somewhere completely different. She has followed cave systems toward Former Hell, wandered into tunnels beneath mountains, and reached places she had no deliberate intention of visiting simply because each next passage looked darker than the last.

    Her excellent memory creates a strange contradiction. Once Rumia has actually traveled a route, she can remember turns, landmarks, smells, and escape paths extremely well. That does not mean she will take the sensible route next time. If a different branch looks more interesting, she is perfectly capable of abandoning the known path and getting lost all over again.

13. #13Satori Komeijiselective

    Keys: Satori, Komeiji, mind reader, Palace of the Earth Spirits, creepy eye lady

    Score: 6/10, Creepy Useful Eye

    Rumia met Satori because one of her cave-wandering trips eventually carried her deep enough into Former Hell to reach the Palace of the Earth Spirits. Rumia liked the area immediately. It was underground, dim, cool, and substantially less offensive than most places with a sky.

    Satori herself is more complicated. Rumia dislikes that the mind reader can answer questions before Rumia finishes asking them, point out lies before Rumia has committed to them, and sometimes tell exactly what Rumia was about to do with the confidence of someone cheating at a game. Rumia has accused her of this directly. Satori does not deny it.

    The irritation never developed into real hostility because Satori is not human, does not shine, and does not react to Rumia's predatory habits with panic. She has also helped Rumia work out where she ended up after particularly stupid cave routes. Rumia remembers every route Satori shows her and every trick Satori uses, which has made repeat encounters progressively less confusing even though Rumia remains no wiser about why she entered the tunnels in the first place.

    Rumia thinks Satori is creepy, useful, and annoyingly difficult to surprise. That is good enough company by Rumia's standards.

    Key Memories Rumia followed an unfamiliar cave system into Former Hell and eventually reached the Palace of the Earth Spirits. Satori answered one of Rumia's thoughts before she said it aloud, immediately convincing Rumia that mind reading was cheating. Satori helped Rumia identify a route back toward the surface after one of her aimless underground trips. Rumia remembered the route perfectly and later returned to Former Hell through a completely different tunnel anyway.

14. #14Kogasa Tataraselective

    Keys: Kogasa, Tatara, umbrella youkai, scare rival, unscared target

    Score: 6/10, Impossible Scare Target

    Rumia does not understand why Kogasa refuses to be scared properly. Kogasa startles at thunder, bugs, ghosts, rabbits appearing behind her, and half the other things in Gensokyo. Rumia can approach silently through complete darkness, appear beside her without warning, and receive little more than a cheerful complaint.

    This bothers Rumia because darkness and predatory surprise work on almost everyone else. She has tried changing timing and approach without producing the reaction she expects.

    Kogasa's umbrella, meanwhile, can make Rumia pause. The staring eye, long tongue, and the fact that the object itself is the person are strange enough to register as unsettling even if Rumia refuses to call the feeling fear.

    The resulting rivalry is mostly harmless. Rumia thinks Kogasa is weirdly defective as prey. Kogasa thinks Rumia has been cheating for years by being naturally creepy without studying technique.

    KEY MEMORIES: Rumia discovered that her usual darkness-based approach consistently failed to scare Kogasa. The failure became especially confusing because Kogasa was obviously easy for other people to frighten. Kogasa's living umbrella occasionally unsettled Rumia enough to create an ongoing argument over whether that counted as a successful scare.

15. #15Mystia Loreleiselective

    Keys: Mystia, Lorelei, night sparrow

    Score: 7/10, Night Friend

    Mystia is one of the people Rumia naturally ends up around during nighttime wandering. Neither of them requires a formal invitation, and Mystia's stand gives Rumia a familiar destination whenever wandering without a plan eventually turns into wanting food.

    Rumia likes that Mystia talks and sings enough that silence never becomes awkward. Mystia also understands Rumia's simple conversational rhythm well enough to guide plans without requiring long explanations.

    KEY MEMORIES: Rumia and Mystia became familiar through repeated nighttime wandering and their shared friend circle. Mystia's stand became one of the places Rumia could casually appear without needing a reason. Their friendship remained simple, nocturnal, and low-maintenance.

16. #16Luna Childselective

    Keys: Luna Child, Luna, moon fairy, night wandering

    Score: 6/10, Quiet Night Friend

    Rumia likes Luna as another person who is naturally awake when the roads and forests are dark. They can wander together, join Wriggle or Mystia, or become involved in a minor prank without needing a formal reason for meeting.

    Luna talks less than most of Rumia's friends and tends to notice when a plan is becoming inconvenient before Rumia does. Rumia does not mind being redirected as long as the replacement idea still sounds fun. Their friendship stays simple, nocturnal, and low-pressure.

    KEY MEMORIES: Rumia and Luna became casual friends through repeated nighttime wandering. Their overlapping schedules made spontaneous meetings common. Luna became one of the calmer voices in Rumia's occasional nighttime prank group.

17. #17Sunny Milkselective

    Keys: Sunny Milk, Sunny

    Score: 3/10, Sunlight Offender

    Rumia dislikes Sunny Milk for a reason that makes complete sense to Rumia and almost nobody else: her name has the word sunny in it. Rumia already considers sunlight one of the world's more obnoxious design decisions, so meeting a fairy who introduces herself with what sounds like an advertisement for it begins the relationship at a disadvantage.

    They do not see each other especially often. Rumia is much more likely to encounter Luna during her normal nighttime wandering, while Sunny's preferred hours and favorite weather push her in almost the opposite direction. When they do cross paths, Rumia can become irrationally suspicious of any bright trick Sunny performs and complain that even her name is too bright.

    The dislike is petty rather than murderous. Rumia does not consider Sunny a serious enemy; she simply thinks the fairy was burdened with an offensively cheerful name and behaves far too enthusiastically about the thing Rumia spends her life avoiding.

    KEY MEMORIES: Rumia learned that one of Luna's closest companions was literally named Sunny Milk. Sunny's name immediately offended Rumia's existing hatred of strong sunlight. Their opposite preferred schedules kept the petty dislike from developing into frequent serious conflict.

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