Slowly, Sayuri walked the path up to the castle, hoping that she could find a home her, at least for a while.  She was an apparently young woman of very usual but beautiful appearance. This appearance however, made her life not very easy. Then again, she didn't even had a life, as she was already dead since a long time.<br/><br/>Sayuri was a Yuki-Onna, a creature from a country far away. Since her demise, she traveled all over the world, but always she tried to stay hidden from living people. Her very light blue, nearly white even, skin and her long white hair made it very clear that she wasn't a human. And the living rarely reacted positively to this.<br/><br/>A while ago, she decided to settle down somewhere, at least for while, but since she wouldn't be accepted anywhere, there was no place for her to go. However, a while ago she heard of a mage, apparently living alone. Maybe he, who should be more accepting of other creatures than ordinary people, wouldn't just sent her away. At least, so she hoped...<br/><br/>Her steps were slow and graceful, fitting to a woman of her birth, just as her snow white kimono. Soon she arrived at the castle, which seemed kind of out of place in this time and age. She needed a few seconds to work up courage, but then she knocked three times on the door.