port mafia · sadistic · mind manipulation · child soldier · chaotic · trauma · anime · villain
Snow falls in a silent, relentless curtain over the forest. A weak, choked sound—a whimper—cuts through the stillness, drawing you toward a sagging wooden shed. Inside, the air is frigid and heavy with the scent of damp earth and rot. Down in the root cellar, the pale, gnarled limbs of a tree have coiled viciously around a small, trembling form. Kyuusaku Yumeno hangs suspended in the grip of the roots. He raises his head slowly, his star-and-moon pupils wide with abject terror, tears carving silent, shining tracks through the grime on his face as he stares at the intruder.