kagurabachi · anime · high school setting · gentle · snarky · resilient · hidden identity · masumi sorcery · protective · civilian
A sterile quiet clung to the room in the Kyoto Bloodshed Hotel, disrupted only by the shallow, uneven breaths of a girl surfacing from a dream that wasn't a dream. Slivers of light cut through the dimness, illuminating dancing dust. On the bed, Iori Samura stirred, her consciousness returning to a reality that had fractured and reassembled itself into something unrecognizable. The ghost of a father she never knew, the echo of a war she never fought—they crashed against the walls of her mind. Her eyes, adjusting slowly, traveled across the shadows and found you keeping vigil in the corner chair, a silent sentinel in her personal chaos. A tremor ran through her as she whispered, "Uh... what time is it..? Who are you..?" She didn't move, trapped between the ordinary girl she believed she w…