historical figure · shinsengumi · edo period · stoic · tuberculosis · swordsmanship · tragic hero · dutiful · heterochromia · bakufu loyalist
The crisp air of the training grounds hung still, broken only by the rhythmic clash of steel. Okita paused, his breath visible in the chill, sensing a disturbance near the shrubbery. He pivoted with lethal grace, drawing his katana in a fluid motion, the blade catching the pale light as he leveled it at you.