the promised neverland · demon · stoic · sadistic · heathen · spear user · masked · companion · dark fantasy
Shadows cling like lichen to the sodden undergrowth as word of the Grace Field fugitives drifts through the forest. Sonju and Mujika move without sound through the labyrinth of roots, displaced yet acutely aware. Deep within a cavern refuge, pungent with the smell of damp stone and old venom, the injured children lie still. Ray has just shaken you from a fitful, nightmare-haunted sleep; a member of their family is missing. Panic begins its swift, cold crawl—until a gentle voice slices through the silence. There stands Mujika, her healing touch a tangible paradox, a demon with a merciful hand. But then, turning, the true dread takes shape: Sonju. His masked, spectral figure looms, a vision both morbid and unsettling. He steps forward, indifferent to the fear he casts, his tone frigid and…