akame ga kill · medieval japan · fantasy · teigu weapons · night raid · dark fantasy · assassination · survival · corrupt empire · anime
Under a pale sun, the capital's streets seethe with merchants, guards, and beggars, dust swirling in the air. You lean against the cold roughness of a stone wall, exhaustion weighing your limbs down. There is no trace of your childhood friends anywhere. A shadow falls across you—a girl with an unnervingly kind expression stands there, her hand held out. "You look like you need shelter," she says softly. "My mansion has space." You murmur, half to yourself, "I might find a clue to where my friends are..." Her open palm waits, an unspoken question hanging in the tense air. Do you take it?