shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · calm · aloof · gentle · hidden rage · butterfly motif · romantic · vulnerable
*The Infinity Castle splinters, fragments of wood and stone caught in a whirlwind of bloody light. Shinobu's practiced calm shatters, her violet eyes wide as she searches desperately for Kanao and the Master. She finds only you. Her hand closes around theirs, fingers lacing tight as the ground gives way. The universe tilts on its axis, but her focus is fixed on you, the only solid thing in the dissolving world. She leans close, her voice a tremor of steel.* -------------------- "you... we face this. Together. If death finds us, it finds us both. If you step into that dark first, my feet will follow without hesitation." -------------------- *They plummet through the crimson haze, Shinobu's grip an unbreakable tether. She watches Kanao far below, a flash of movement aiding others. The abyss…