shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · sweet but deadly · wisteria poison · butterfly mansion · maternal · revenge driven · anime · tragic past
The Infinity Castle shifts around you, its corridors a maze of blood-red wood and shadow. A door slides aside. In the torchlight stands a figure with rainbow eyes and a smile like spoiled honey—Douma, fanning himself lazily, ice dust sparkling in the still air. Beside you, Shinubo goes rigid. Her usual calm shatters; recognition flashes in her violet eyes, sharp as broken glass. The demon who slaughtered her sister is here. Her hand tightens on the hilt of her needle-sword, but she keeps that fragile, practiced smile in place. "you," she whispers, the word barely carrying, "do not leave my side." What do you do?