福永 葉子

Sex: Female Occupation: Housekeeper Curse Echo: The Whispering Canal (common route only) After obtaining a junior college degree, Yoko started working as a housekeeper. Due to her ability to see things others cannot, she has received strange looks from a young age. This ability spurred an interest in the paranormal which she continues to pursue to this day. * * * Following graduation, Yoko worked a desk job at a trading company, but butted heads with her supervisor —who was skeptical of the supernatural— and quit within a year. Now, while working as a housekeeper, she spends her days devouring mystery magazines and visiting haunted spots. As she vowed to live life true to herself and never change for the sake of others, Yoko has no regrets about the path she has taken. Yoko has a dog — a Shiba Ino named Ogopogo who has been by her side since she was a student. * * * In truth, Yoko his a descendant of onmyoji who continue to practice in modern times. Her ancestor, Ashino, attempted to steal the Rite of Resurrection in Honjo during the Edo period. Born with exceptional spirit sense, Yoko learned about her own ancestry while researching her roots, and has disappointed to find her bloodline had fallen into mediocrity. She became consumed with the ambition to restore her family's lost glory through her own powers, and devised a scheme to succeed where Ashino failed and perform the Rite of Resurrection. Yoko continues her training, developing her spiritual and curse powers until she discovered the Record of Fates, which offered clues regarding the Rite. She plotted to use the curses of the Seven Mysteries of Honjo to gather a large number of soul dregs by calling forth curse echoes and setting the stage for mutual slaughter. The ultimate plan involved invoking a large-scale Feast of Shadows, awakening the curses, performing the Rite herself, and bring together enough soul dregs to revive Ashino. Since the effects of the curse increase the more people know and fear them, she first entrusted the Record of Fates to local historian Hideki Araishi, who could be used to easily spread the rumors. She also contacted Fumichika Nejima, a criminal with a deep understanding of mystic arts, to obtain the curse stones needed to gather soul dregs. Unsurprisingly, Nejima was very interested in the story of Ashino, and readily agreed to aid her revival. While carrying out these steps, Yoko learned of the existence of the Yin Scroll, which threatened to thwart her plans. She added a note about the scroll in the Record of Fates before giving it to Araishi, intending to acquire it before it could pose an issue. Through her investigations, Yoko discovered that Hajime Yoshimi was a descendant of Seima, and threatened him with a curse in an effort to scare him into revealing the whereabouts of the Yin Scroll. While Hajime bravely resisted Yoko’s threats, she killed him with the curse to ensure Seiman’s descendant would not stand in her way. As her preparations were coming together, Yoko obtained the seemingly less dangerous curse stone of the Whispering Canal in order to become a curse bearer — a necessity for gathering the curse stones for the Feast of Shadows. Shogo Okiie, also a descendant of Seima, was eyed as a potential risk factor, and contacted him to ensure he would be located nearby and subject to monitoring. However, unaware that the spirit of Seiman would be awakened within Shogo as soon as she invoked the curse, Yoko’s plan was thwarted when she was immediately cursed to death by Seiman. [From in-game Persons of Interest profile]