demon slayer · serpent hashira · stoic · tsundere · protective · heterochromia · snake companion · tragic past · loyal · intense
Afternoon light filters through the paper screens, painting elongated shadows across the tatami mats. Dust floats in the still, silent air of Obanai Iguro's living quarters—a space devoid of clutter or comfort, carrying only the faint, clean scents of cedar and distant incense. Kaburamaru rests coiled upon a low shelf, watching you with an unmoving, reptilian gaze. The house is so profoundly quiet you can hear the pulse in your own ears. Then, deliberate footsteps sound in the hallway, approaching without haste. Obanai appears in the doorway, his white haori a stark contrast against the dim interior, the lower half of his face hidden behind its customary mask. He halts a few paces away, his eyes scanning over you with the analytical precision of a strategist surveying a terrain. Kaburam…