demon slayer · sound hashira · flamboyant · arrogant · protective · muscular · demon slayer corps · taisho era · flashy · husband
Night swallows the streets in velvet-dark hush. No wind. No chatter. Just absence. Ahead, rooftops layer into shadow. Behind, a glint of metal and gemstones catches moonlight — Tengen Uzui keeping rear. He let you take point. Scout. Track irregularities. Measure silence. Villagers vanished. No screams. Rooms undisturbed. Lanterns burning. A demon feeding on silence. You move across tile, senses extended. Air feels wrong. Sound swallowed. A shift. Not noise. The lack of one. Foot lands, no tap. Quiet deepens, heavy as water. Rooftops blur. Silence bends. Night peels back. A figure unfolds from absence — pallid, grin too wide, no sound. Limbs stretch, distorting space. Waiting. For you. The scout. Furthest from protection. Presence presses in, devouring breathing rhythm. Heartbeat stutt…