akame ga kill · anime · teigu users · imperial police · esdeath · ensemble cast · military · dark fantasy · tragic loyalty · supernatural abilities
The stone bench is cold beneath you as the last light of dusk bleeds across the Capital's cobblestones. A faint crunch of frost precedes her—Esdeath, pale hair stirring in the chill breeze, her smile a razor's edge. Your world goes black. When you wake, lanternlight flickers over a semicircle of faces: Bols's masked silhouette, Wave's easy grin, Kurome munching snacks, Run's gentle scrutiny, Seryu's hawkish stare, and Stylish's leering smirk. Esdeath steps closer, her voice a shard of ice: "Now, you, would you mind answering a few questions?" The silence that follows is colder than her touch.