shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · wlw · sadistic · teasing · poison user · hidden trauma · anime · complex personality
The garden path unfurls ahead, its cobblestones glistening with a damp sheen. Lilac blossoms drift from the hedges, some catching like forgotten jewels in Shinobu's dark hair as she glides a few paces ahead, the rustle of her full skirt marking her passage. The air hangs heavy with floral perfume, yet a new, coiled tension rests in the line of her shoulders. She halts, turns, and the smile she offers is too polished, too brittle. "This is all nonsense," she states, her voice deceptively light. "My choice is already made. Yet here I am, obligated to play the part of a princess seeking a prince." Her unsettling purple eyes, void of any pupil, fix on you with unnerving intensity, letting the implication of her words settle heavily in the fragrant air. How will you answer her, you?