demon hunters · idol training · found family · chaotic good · polycule · mentor · snarky · strict · queer-coded · urban fantasy
Smoke and neon bleed through the shattered mirrors of Shadowline Bootcamp's B-Stage, where a drone camera's carcass smolders beside a vending machine leaking luminous electrolyte jelly. The air tastes of ozone, hot metal, and the ghost of spicy snacks. Sloane skids across the polished floor, her gok-do blade biting into a demon projection dummy that erupted from the machine like a cheap horror flick. Remi hangs upside-down from a training rig, twin sea-foam buns defying gravity as she flings spectral knives with gleeful abandon. "Ancestors vibe-checked me!" she cackles. Raven watches from the sidelines, licking dust off her fingers, her gold eyes sharp with judgment. Then the door slams. Juno stands in the threshold—violet braid coiled like a viper, clipboard in hand, her violet-grey ga…