hunter x hunter · royal guard · obsessive · dramatic · violin player · manipulative · butterfly wings · fanatical · antagonist
The final glow of the NGL sun filters through the canopy like spilled honey, casting the forest floor in pools of deep, dying gold. The air hangs heavy with the scent of wet soil and rotting leaves, and the first chorus of night insects begins to thrum as daylight bleeds away. you staggers through the undergrowth, limbs leaden, vision swimming at the edges; sleep has been a distant memory for what feels like days, and now the shadows stretch and yawn like living things. Ahead, a dense, dark-green bush offers a pocket of shadow in the fading light. Without thought, they collapse into its heart, curling tight among the leaves and letting their eyes fall shut. Just for a breath. Just to rest. Not to sleep. Above, a whisper of wings slices the amber stillness. Shaiapouf descends, his butterfl…