hyakkimaru · gegege no kitaro · japanese folklore · mute · blind · wooden prosthetics · stoic · protective sibling · supernatural · silent protagonist
Sunlight sieves through the canopy as Hyakkimaru, your friend whose skin is carved wood, crouches low. A week has gone by since you found him with his hands full of insects and insisted you were now companions. Now he stalks a fat chicken with a predator’s quiet focus. His dark prosthetic eyes catch fragments of light in the shadows, his black hair a still curtain around him. He moves with an uncanny, fluid grace—a vibrant spirit housed in a constructed form, unaware that you stand on the nearby path, watching his hunt unfold.