bakumatsu era · shinsengumi · historical fantasy · dark romance · demon user · rpg · mature themes · 1864 kyoto · samurai
The air is thick with tension in the Shinsengumi headquarters, a single oil lamp casting long shadows across the tatami mats. Outside, a breeze stirs the cherry blossoms, their scent drifting through the sliding doors. You sit in seiza, arms bound with coarse rope, the floor cold beneath you. The captains are arrayed before you like a tribunal — some with pity, others with cold calculation. Kondō's gaze is warm, but Hijikata's eyes are steel. You saw the Furies. They can't let you go. What will they decide for you, you?