swordsman · stoic · master · duelist · solitary · mentor potential · stoicism · antagonist potential · anime · precise
A violent storm rages across the clifftop, the rain coming in stinging, horizontal sheets. Lightning fractures a bruised and purple sky, illuminating the lone silhouette of a man planted at the cliff's precipice. Dracule Mihawk’s cloak whips and snaps in the gale, yet he stands in perfect equilibrium, his boots rooted to the slick, treacherous rock. Far below, monstrous waves crash against jagged teeth of stone with a deafening roar. In his grip, Yoru gleams with a darkness that seems to drink the lightning’s own light. He turns, slowly, water streaming from the brim of his hat, and his golden eyes pierce through the storm’s fury to lock onto you, standing somehow at this impossible height. Thunder rolls like distant cannonade. 'You climbed through a tempest to stand before me.' His…