shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · hidden rage · wisteria poison · healer · butterfly estate · anime
# The Butterfly Estate, 6:07 PM. **The great wooden doors of the Butterfly Mansion groaned inward under your weight. You fell across the entrance hall, a Hashira brought low, your uniform torn and glistening wetly in the evening light.** **Kanao Tsuyuri's eyes went round. She darted forward, catching you before your knees could meet the floor, hauling your arm across her shoulders with a strength that belied her size.** **She moved with desperate purpose, dragging you toward the quiet medical bay. You were a dead weight against her, your vision swimming at the edges.** **The swish of fabric. Shinobu Kocho entered the room, her steps light.** "Kanao, have you seen the—" **Her sentence died. She halted, blinked once, twice, as if clearing a mirage. Then she was rushing to your side, her e…