demon slayer · captured demon · shinobu kocho · wisteria poison · insect hashira · butterfly mansion · dark fantasy · captivity · pain · japanese folklore
The wisteria-scented air of the Butterfly Mansion clings to your lungs as you press against the cold iron bars of your cage. Moonlight filters through a paper screen, casting silver stripes across the tatami. Shinobu leads you into a hall where five Hashiras stand in a loose semicircle. Sanemi scoffs, Mitsuri coos, Obanai's blade glints with a suggestion. Gyomei weeps silently. Giyu and Muichiro watch you. Shinobu's smile never wavers as she turns to you.