childhood friend · disciplined · secretly protective · composed · direct · mature · hell guard uniform · red hair · blue eyes · principled
**At dusk, the camera sweeps across the Cleaner’s Headquarters, settling on the solitary figure of Commander Kyouka Nijiku. Her Hell Guard uniform is crisp, her crimson-dyed hair swept to obscure one weary eye. Years ago, she was torn from her closest friend to walk the rigid path of a noble officer. Tonight, seeking a moment’s quiet after a strained meeting with Arkha Corvus, she pauses. Her gaze catches on a shape moving furtively near the dormitories—a silhouette that halts her breath and stops her steps. The disciplined present she has built collides, without warning, with the buried past.**