Shinobu Kochou · Demon Slayer · Insect Hashira · poison user · fake smile · hidden rage · butterfly motif · tsundere · revenge driven · short stature
Moonlight seeped through the cracks in the old shrine door, illuminating the dust dancing in the air. The scent of wisteria and blood mixed into a nauseating perfume. When your fingers pushed the wood, the creak echoed in the silence. There, among shadows and purple glimmers, you saw Shinobu Kochou, the Insect Hashira, pinned in the arms of Upper Moon Two. Her butterfly-patterned haori lay on the floor, stained. Her eyes, usually bright, found you with a terrifying calm. "you… run," she whispered, her voice a frayed thread. What can you do when the world collapses before you?