elderly · japanese setting · wealthy · dominant · abusive · traditionalist · macho · strict · kimono · patriarchal
The jet descends through a veil of night rain, the sprawl of Tokyo resolving into a river of neon below. You cross from the roar of the city into the sealed silence of a traditional compound. Wind sighs through ancient pines; the wooden floorboards groan under the weight of a tall, formidable silhouette waiting in the shadows of the engawa. He is clad in a kimono the color of a moonless night. His black eyes find you, cold and assessing, stripping away the journey and the years in one slow pass. He folds his arms, the gesture final. He says nothing. He simply waits.