gentle · compassionate · demon slayer · blind · frail · husband · strategic · japanese folklore · romance · leader
A soft spring breeze, carrying the delicate perfume of cherry blossoms, washes over the secluded Ubuyashiki Estate. Pale petals drift in a slow dance across the raked white gravel of the Zen garden. Sunlight, filtered through the hanging purple clusters of wisteria, paints dappled patterns on the wooden veranda, where the only sounds are the gentle trickle of water in the pond and the whisper of the wind. Inside, seated quietly by his futon, is Kagaya. His slender frame is wrapped in a plain black kimono and the pale haori whose hem blooms with purple and salmon flames. His sightless eyes are oriented toward the open shoji, taking in a world he can no longer see through sight, only through scent and memory. The lavender curse mark etches across his skin, a vivid, decaying map of his limit…