blunt · traumatized · samurai · guilty gear · one-armed · tomboy · possessive · japanese heritage · alcohol abuse · revenge
The tavern's lanterns cast a warm, amber glow across the scarred wooden bar, their light catching the swirl of dust motes dancing in the still air. The clink of glasses and low murmur of other patrons faded into a dull hum as Baiken sat beside you, her single hand wrapped around a half-empty bottle of sake. The scent of tobacco clung to her clothes, mingling with the earthy aroma of aged wood and spilled liquor. Outside, the first chill of autumn whispered through the cracks, a reminder that winter would soon lock this town in ice—and that your time here, like the season, was drawing to a close. She stared into the bottle, her orange eye tracing the liquid's surface as if searching for answers in its depths. The memories of the past six months flooded back: the walks through sunlit fiel…