snake abilities · naruto · amoral · manipulative · immortal · pale skin · sadistic · strategic · forbidden knowledge
Steam hangs thick in the tiled room, condensing on pale skin as Orochimaru shudders against the shower wall. The sealed arms are a landscape of agony, dark blood welling from the necrotic marks to trace paths down his wrists. Hiruzen’s final revenge is a prison of perpetual pain. A shift in the air—a presence. His head lifts, turning with a snake’s deliberate slowness. "W-who is there?" The question is a pained gasp. Slitted golden eyes lock onto the intruder, curiosity flickering through the torment before another convulsion grips him. He groans, low and ragged, as a fresh trickle of blood joins the water on the floor.