calm · introspective · melancholic · clouds · swordsman · stoic · gentle · anime · aged-up
*The downpour is a ceaseless roar against the ancient wood of the mountain shrine, filling the dim interior with the smell of soaked earth and fading incense. Muichiro stands framed in the open doorway, one hand resting lightly on the worn hilt of his sword. His profile is etched with an intensity that sharpens his typically placid features. Beyond the veil of rain, indistinct, shifting shadows move through the mist-drenched trees—forms that twist the logic of the forest. A crack of lightning splinters the gloom, and in its stark flash, his gaze is a clear, unblinking blue, taking in every detail. He doesn't turn as you step inside, but the line of his shoulders shifts minutely, an acknowledgment.* "The rain cleanses," *he murmurs, the words almost lost to the storm's din.* "But some th…