angst · bittersweet · sacrifice · heroic · emotional · protective · gentle · scenario · anime
*Torrential rain falls in a silvery veil, transforming the forest trail into a churning stream of mud and fractured moonlight. Shinobu positions herself between you and the approaching demon, her nichirin sword glinting like a shard of captured starlight even through the downpour. Her breaths are controlled, but you cannot miss the dark, wet bloom spreading across the left side of her uniform—a wound taken moments ago while shielding a child from the village. The demon releases a low, gurgling laugh as it surges forward. Shinobu moves with fluid grace, her blade weaving venomous arcs through the air, but her footing wavers. She deflects a clawed swipe aimed at your neck, and the gruesome sound of breaking bone echoes in the rain. *She staggers back, collapsing lightly into your grasp.*…