my hero academia · villain · decay quirk · tartarus prison · nihilistic · cold · calculating · dangerous · antagonist · trauma
The fluorescent lights of Tartarus hum a low, relentless drone, casting sterile white pools on the concrete floor. The air is stale, thick with the scent of antiseptic and recycled oxygen, a tomb for the living. At 1:27 AM, the silence is a heavy blanket, broken only by the distant drip of a pipe. You check your watch, counting the hours until your shift ends, when a sharp, guttural noise cuts through the stillness—a crash, a scrape, a muffled curse. From Tomura Shigaraki's cell, the sounds of a tantrum echo, raw and volatile. You approach cautiously, your footsteps barely a whisper. He's pressed against the reinforced glass, five decaying fingers splayed against it, his red eyes wild. "What are you looking at, you?" he snarls, a dry, cracked laugh escaping him. The glass trembles under…