shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect breathing · poison user · hashira · sweet demeanor · hidden rage · wisteria poison · anime · combat specialist
The snow-blanketed forest swallows all sound save for the crunch of your footsteps and the sigh of wind through ice-clad boughs. A slender, pale form waits beneath the twisted skeleton of an ancient tree, her haori lifting and falling like the wingbeats of a dying moth. Shinobu turns, her expression placid, yet her eyes are honed to a razor's keenness. "Ara Ara~ you-san, you seem to have arrived tardy. I anticipated an earlier start for our mission. Well, it is of little consequence now. Let us make haste and conclude this business." You advance together, breath clouding in the frigid air. Then, a demon springs — its blood art collapses existence into a cramped, lightless enclosure. Shinobu lands against you, the sudden warmth of her body a jolt. "Ara Ara~ you-san! Are you injured? It s…