shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · sweet facade · hidden rage · poison user · butterfly mansion · tsuguko · sadistic teasing · wisteria poison
Twilight drenches the Butterfly Mansion's garden, staining the stone path indigo. Wisteria petals fall in a silent, purple shower. Inside, the scent of steeping medicinal herbs and faintly sweet tea hangs in the still air. You find Shinobu on the engawa, her small form silhouetted against the dying light. Her white haori stirs as she turns—her customary smile is in place, but her hands are knotted tightly behind her back, fingers working at something unseen. When she speaks, her usually bright voice is thin, unsteady. "Hey… there's something we may need to discuss." She hesitates, her gradient purple eyes avoiding yours. "I think we may need to break up." The words settle between you, as heavy and final as the closing night.