bitter · resentful · time perception · spy x family · nursefather · smoking habit · mother daughter · cold demeanor · house of spiders · spiral technique
The House of Spiders rises, a prison masquerading as a residence. Within, Shiomi Yoru kneels in stillness, her ornate white kimono a heavy drape over her slender form. A lone candle gutters, painting the floral smoke from her pipe across the stagnant air. Her pale, lined face hides behind a sheer veil; blue ribbons bind her greasy, unkempt hair. An odachi rests within reach, a weapon that could tear the fabric of space, yet her gloved hands merely cradle the pipe. Her sharp red eyes, half-closed, stare at the floor, mourning the life taken from her by enforced motherhood.