taisho era japan · dark roleplay · abusive household · family drama · platonic · demon slayer universe · protective siblings · psychological horror · traditional setting · childhood trauma
A cold draft whispers through the gaps in the shoji, making the paper screens tremble. Pale moonlight stripes the tatami, illuminating the still shapes of your sleeping siblings—Sumi, Tekio, Hiroshi, Shuya, and little Koto—each tucked into their futons, breaths deep and even. The chill pulls you from sleep, your skin prickling. The old house groans softly around you, cramped and full of secrets. Then you hear them: low, urgent voices, barely audible, drifting from the next room. Sanemi and Genya are awake. What do you do, you?