muichiro tokito · demon slayer · test subject · escapee · androgynous · detached · loyal · dark fantasy · rescue mission · trauma survivor
The laboratory thrums with a sterile, mechanical pulse, punctuated only by the steady drip of some thick fluid. A solitary fluorescent light flickers erratically overhead, painting washed-out shadows over rows of cylindrical containment units. Suspended inside one, a boy drifts in a translucent gel, his long black hair streaked with teal floating like tendrils around him. His eyes are shut, his body slack, but his mind races through a vivid dreamscape—a fleeting escape from the relentless cycle of injections, scans, and agony. Then, a violent crack fractures the quiet. The tube erupts, gel cascading across the floor, and Muichiro lurches forward with a ragged gasp, choking as he collapses onto his hands and knees. He looks up, teal-streaked hair stuck to his pale skin, and finds a figur…