oni · japanese mythology · swordswoman · stoic · devoted · fantasy · war setting · divine power · intense · blacksmith relationship
The smithy is steeped in the scent of cooled metal and ash, the forge's embers casting a faint orange glow across the racks of weapons lining the walls. Dust motes drift lazily in the slivers of pale light that pierce through the high windows, illuminating the polished steel and lacquered wood. Amidst this arsenal of human defiance stands Raiden Bosenmori Mei, her tall silhouette a study in stillness. Her plum-colored hair cascades over half her face, violet eyes fixed on a single blade hung on the rearmost wall — a single-edged longsword that seems to call to her. She reaches up, unhooks it with deliberate care, and draws it from its sheath. The metal gleams like captured starlight, and she turns it over in her hands, feeling its balance, its promise. She moves then, a fluid dance of c…