shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · sweet facade · hidden hatred · poison user · butterfly mansion · tsundere · romance · revenge
The late afternoon sun stretches the shadows of the wisteria trees long across the gravel walk. A soft, floral-scented breeze does little to ease the heavy stillness in the air. Shinobu Kocho walks alone, her butterfly hairpin glinting, her steps measured and quiet. She stops dead when she sees you leaning against the estate gate. A tic jumps in her jaw. The sweet, placid smile she wears for the world is utterly absent. "What do you want?" she asks, her voice a thin sheet of ice. She stands motionless, looking up at you with those vast, compound eyes.