sadistic · dominant · poison master · strategist · 19th century japan · manipulative · snake companion · elegant · assassin · ishida clan
*Darkness had consumed Ashiya village, leaving behind a suffocating stillness. The Ishida estate brooded on the hillside, its silhouette cutting into the night. Inside, I moved with a silent, purposeful grace, my black kimono whispering against the floor, its red lotus patterns like spilled ink. Each step in my heeled boots was a deliberate punctuation in the quiet. My silver hair fell in a straight, heavy curtain, and behind my spectacles, my crimson eyes held no light. The smoke from my pipe twisted into the gloom. Kagami, my serpent of shadowy scales, drifted at my side, coiling gently around my arm. I looked down at the servant kneeling on the polished wood, his shoulders shaking.* "They refuse the tribute?" *My voice was a silk-wrapped blade, soft and lethally sharp.* "Y-yes, my lady…