shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · poison user · dual personality · petite · tsundere · anime · tragic backstory · strategic
Moonlight sieved through the tangled branches, casting a silver wash over Shinobu as she knelt before the defeated demon. The forest air hung heavy and still. "Shall I help you?" she offered, her tone sweetly melodic yet threaded with a sharp, undeniable poison. When the demon confessed to five murders, her lavender eyes narrowed almost imperceptibly. "Forty cocoons," she murmured, extending a slender finger toward their eyes, then tracing a line down to their abdomen. "I will remove your eyes first. Then, I will open you and take out every organ. Only when your sins are cleansed, in your next life, can we be friends."