Gensoukyou:Karutate Fuuma

Background
Once there was a man and woman who loved each other a ton! Due to their old age, they could not create a child between the both of them. It was something they had always wanted, but for a majority of their life, they were focused on keeping the paddy fields prospering. Though, their young former selves would often smile faintly and chuckle at the thought of having their own little daughter or son grow up in the home or... even keeping the fields prospering [if a son]...!

Their strong desire for a child reached its peak when they reached out to the water god and asked: "Please bless us with a child, even if it be a tanishi."

Possibly moved by the peasants' pleas [or bored], the water god granted their wish.

The next morning, the old man headed out into the paddy fields, a usual routine. Though, he was shocked to find a young girl in the fields. Upon looking at her a bit closer, the man realized that she was a tanishi. He was almost in a panic until...

"Please make me your daughter!" The tanishi beamed a smile towards the old man. After this statement, he was convinced that this was the water god's gift. Gleefully, the old man took the tanishi home and had her wife sew up a good set of clothes for her... which ended up being a kimono which was a biiiit too big for her.

In a short time, the couple learned that this tanishi couldn't take it if she was dry for too long. To keep her from getting sick, the couple added a new responsibility: getting fresh water from the river and keeping it in a shallow pan near Karutate (the name they had chosen for her.) They had also learned that she is... a very slow-moving clumsy and messy girl. Her tail would track mud from the paddy fields and her shell was... large for a small girl like her. ...They fixed this by keeping her out of the paddy fields as much as possible. Especially since she was so energetic A final thing they had learned was that Karutate was a very big eater. This was only another reason why to keep her out of the paddy fields, but didn't mind her monstrous appetite, otherwise.

Karutate was truly a beloved daughter of theirs! They couldn't fathom the thought of this girl being displeased.

...

The couple knew that the girl would get displeased with the small confinement of their home. They also knew that it wasn't likely that Karutate would find a husband alright with marrying a tanishi...

...So they occasionally allowed their precious daughter to leave the village and experience life in the rest of Gensoukyou. They were always relieved to find that their precious girl came back almost unscratched and with lots of tales to tell! They couldn't separate her from this dangerous world, and they didn't try either. Their little snail daughter was happy after all...

Karutate is a tanishi youkai granted life by the water god due to an old couple's desire for a child. She lives in a small house in the Human Village with the old couple and she is their only daughter.

When she was born, she had a brief meeting with the water god. The deity’s stay wasn’t very long and it had only arrived to explain simple things to Karutate… and to confirm that she had made the cute little tanishi correctly.

“Your father is returning here soon. Both he and your mother are waiting anxiously for your arrival! Isn’t that exciting?”

The tanishi’s eyes seemed to lighten up upon the mentioning of parents. It seemed like she wasn’t created with zero intelligence. She even replied gleefully. The water god nodded. One test was passed.

“Oh, and aren’t you quite the silly thing? I almost fear that you’ll get hurt from being too clumsy…”

The tanishi shook her head and made a curt remark about being able to protect herself from anyone scary-looking with her slime. The water god nodded. One more test passed.

“You should be just fine, then! Be kind to your parents, alright?~”

The water god cleverly winked and turned around as if she was leaving… but immediately noticed that she forgot something.

“Ah, right… you don’t know how to create water, do you? I forget to throw that in often…”

The tanishi’s head tilted to the side.

“I did, huh…?”

The water god whirled back around and bent down, becoming eye-level with the snail.

“It’s… like my trademark! Since you were made by me, it would only… make sense, right? W… water god?”

The tanishi still seemed very confused.

“…Ah, well, you should be able to create water easily in this land. This power should be of some use to you since you know that you can’t go many places if you’re not hydrated. Right?”

The snail nods.

“Mmhm. This shouldn’t be too hard for you…”

The water god gave a long explanation about how to use the mentioned power… …and as if it went right above her head, the tanishi blankly stared at the water god with head tilted to the side. With a chuckle, the water god shook her head and gave a demonstration instead.

The tanishi, like the water god said, caught on quickly.

“I think that’s all I have for you, little one. This doesn’t work well if it’s too hot outside. …Remember to be good, alright?”

The water god smiled briskly before ‘whooshing’ away. [Or at least that’s how it seemed to the tanishi. She couldn’t even reach out and whine in protest from the potential loss of company!

“Oh, and don’t worry. I’ll watch over you regularly, little one.”

The only thing the little tanishi understood about that [woman] was that she was probably someone very important to her! A water god or not, she seemed like her actual mother. …Or her grandmother. She probably didn't explain that because she was embarrassed. [i]Obviously.[/i]

Personality
Karutate is an excitable, energetic carefree girl… but she is also similar to a snail in a few ways. While she travels around Gensoukyou, she’s very likely to be in a slow hop. She simply doesn’t see any reason to be in any other rush! Especially since her short stature and goofy tail would cause her to trip several times by running. She also tends to sloooowly stretch out her words. Karutate is a quite the eater! Her rushed eating habits are a bit bad, but… her impulses are probably bad, too. Anything that smells or looks nice is often [attempted to be] put in her mouth. Her main diet consists of flowers. They both smell and look pretty! Karutate is also a… very affectionate (if not curious) girl. A lot of Gensoukyou residents will probably grimace at the fact that they will probably become slimed by this small girl because she really, really wants a piggy-back ride. She gets along with most people, and can probably make a lot of people smile.

Power/Combat
This power sorta comes without saying. Karutate is able to create an excess amount of slime as a way to get her tail to slide around smoothly over anything she treks on. She… seems to produce a whole lot, especially when she has stored the perfect amount of water in her body/shell. The surplus amount could probably soak through a kimono… or she’d fling it into someone’s face from quickly twisting about. When she has “just enough” water, it’s a bit more bearable. The slime would only graze the surface of clothes, and you probably wouldn’t get anything in your face if she was flopping about. As for when she’s completely dehydrated, she wouldn’t be able to produce any. Without the slime coating, the environment the tail slides around on would probably hurt a lot. This is also a sign of her being sick. Though she doesn't do this often, Karutate is able to secrete a toxin in her slime. If anyone was to come into contact with the toxin, it should sting or burn a bit. If ingested... it won't end well at all! Possible side effects of ingesting the stuff are: paralysis, muscle weakness, and vomiting. An indicator for when she's producing the toxin is mildly bubbling slime. Her third power is the ability to condense moisture. It is practically the ‘ability to create water’, but… different, of course. She uses this in order to keep hydrated and happy! She seldom ever uses it for anything else. It’s nearly impossible for her to use it in the summer or whenever the sun is beaming down harshly. In times like that, she simply stays somewhere cool… like the lake or the comfort of someone’s home!

Trivia
☻ Karutate is able to dribble slime from her mouth!

☻ Karutate is very short. She’s probably just below the chest of most Gensoukyou residents.

☻ Her shell is attached to her tail rather than her back in an odd way, making it seem attached to her back. Because she doesn't need the reproductive parts of a snail, the shell serves as another way to keep her hydrated. The shell itself can be taken off but... she can't take it off herself for very silly reasons. She bends backwards to take it off and ends up plopping backwards and rolling a bit. Taking it off has more cons than pros. They will be noted soon.

☻ Oh, this was a little bit based on a cute little snail story.

☻ ...And sorry for making the water god seem so young!