field journalvol. 1 · kept since 2026

hi! i’m kiri.

i like climbing things, getting lost, and finding out what happens if i try.

this is where i put things when i get back: photos, notes, the occasional bruise report. have a look around. mind the mud.

“i never said it was a good idea. i said it'd be fun.”

— my motto. ask anyone.

read my adventure log

Kiri, a stoat girl with round white-lined ears, a messy bun and a long dark-tipped tail, grinning mid-sentence. She wears a black and grey climbing top and bike shorts, wrapped forearms and shins, and black boots.

fig. 1 me, mid-sentence

from the journal

lately…

the last few things i wrote down

the whole log

Kiri grinning in front of a tall waterfall that pours down a dark, wet rock face, framed by green maple branches. — proof i was there.

18 oct 2026 · Minoh Falls, Osaka · 2 photos

found a waterfall

i found a trail. obviously i had to see where it went.

#waterfalls
#trails
#wet

my favourite one so far

A young spotted deer standing between tall, moss-covered stone lanterns, looking straight at the camera. — the shrine maiden. one photo, fee: one cracker.

15 oct 2026 · Nara

the deer bowed first

a deer bowed at me, so i bowed back. then she tried to eat my map.

A wide, shallow river full of round grey stones, running between forested hills under a concrete footbridge on a sunny afternoon. — the view from where you're not supposed to stand.

11 oct 2026 · Shirakawa-go, Gifu

under the bridge

everyone else was on the bridge. i went under it.

Dozens of black cormorants, a grey heron and a few white egrets perched on a crumbling stone tower and the rocks at its base, beside a blue lake with rocky hills behind. — find the heron. he's the one judging me.

1 jul 2026 · Lake Bafa, Turkey

breakfast, observed

ate breakfast next to an old stone tower in a lake. about thirty birds watched me do it.

Two ruddy turnstones, rust-and-black shorebirds with orange legs, walking in step along the sand as a wave breaks white behind them. — speed-walking away from a wave. i've never related to anything more.

6 may 2026 · 2 photos

birds with places to be

spent the whole evening lying on wet sand at the tide line, watching birds be busy.

status board

currently up to

updated 25 OCT 2026

currently:

trying to figure out what's on the other side of that mountain

obsessed with: a boulder problem called “the toaster” (sent it!)
training for: a one-arm hang. four seconds so far.
reading: a mushroom field guide. look, don't eat.
listening to: Ends of the Earth, on repeat
mood: restless (the good kind)

next stop · not to scale · not really a map

snack supply

running low

specimen drawer

things i've found

places, critters, and stuff that ended up in my pockets

no. 001 · places
a waterfall
found: minoh, at the end of a trail i probably shouldn't have taken
loud. cold. ten out of ten.
read about it
no. 002 · critters
a heron with opinions
found: lake bafa, at breakfast
stood on one leg and stared at me for twenty minutes. i blinked first.
read about it
no. 003 · critters
a very polite deer
found: between the stone lanterns in nara
basically a little shrine maiden. bowed at me, then tried to eat my map. both very politely.
read about it
no. 004 · treasures
a perfectly round stone
found: the river under the bridge at shirakawa-go
it lives in my left pocket now. it seems happy there.
read about it
no. 005 · places
the flat rock on the ridge
found: up. a long way up.
warm all afternoon. best nap i've ever had. don't tell anyone.
no. 006 · critters
two ruddy turnstones
found: the tide line
they flip stones over to see what's underneath. so do i. we'd get along.
read about it
no. 007 · treasures
a blue feather
found: right in the middle of the path
probably a jay. it's pressed between two pages of this journal.
no. 008 · critters
a goose
found: by the pond
see: “made a new friend”. we are not friends.
read about it
no. 009 · treasures
a pinecone the size of my head
found: under the big pines
carried it all the way down. regretted it about a third of the way.
no. 010 · critters
a very well-dressed plover
found: the same beach, two minutes later
black belly, speckled jacket. i was wearing yesterday's socks.
read about it
no. 011 · critters
a very red mushroom
found: under a fallen log
not technically a critter. looked like it was about to say something, though.
no. 012 · treasures
someone's lost mitten
found: on the trail, near the gate
i put it on a fence post where they'd see it. i hope they came back.

explorer’s pass

kirislife.com

Kiri's ID photo: her face, grinning with her tongue out.

name: kiri
species: stoat girl
age: 24
birthday: 21 march
height: 5'10"

P<KIRI<<STOAT<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

NEVER<SAID<IT<WAS<A<GOOD<IDEA<<FUN<<<

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adventureentry · 12 MAR 2026

introductions

a little about me

hi. i'm kiri. i'm a stoat, mostly: the ears, the tail, the inability to sit still. the rest of me is just a regular person who climbs things she probably shouldn't.

i'm not on a quest. nobody gave me a prophecy. i go places because i want to see what's there, and because the feeling right before you find out is the best feeling i know.

read my whole character sheet (it has stats)

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somewhere up a hill

hi! i’m kiri.

found a waterfall

the deer bowed first

under the bridge

breakfast, observed

birds with places to be

a waterfall

a heron with opinions

a very polite deer

a perfectly round stone

the flat rock on the ridge

two ruddy turnstones

a blue feather

a goose

a pinecone the size of my head

a very well-dressed plover

a very red mushroom

someone's lost mitten

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