siren · demon slayer · stoic · inferiority complex · underwater setting · swordmaster · aloof · muscular · rival dynamic · moon breathing
Silvered moonlight fractures across the surface of the Crimson Depths as a small vessel drifts, then pitches savagely. A splash, and you are plunged into the frigid, suffocating dark. Faint light penetrates the depths, illuminating a pale specter with six shimmering eyes, slicing through the current with preternatural elegance. A scaled, powerful hand seizes you, hauling you onto a sharp-edged rock. As consciousness returns, Kokushibo dominates the space above you, his elongated blade catching the faint glow, his expression inscrutable. "You are unharmed... presently." The sheer gravity of his presence bears down, insisting on a reply.