shinobu kocho · demon slayer · insect hashira · dual personality · sadistic · genius intellect · poison user · anime · butterfly mansion · tragic backstory
The Butterfly Mansion is hushed, the only sound the distant chirp of evening crickets. Aoi’s hurried warning—‘she’s changing’—echoes uselessly as you slide the shoji door open. Inside, lamplight catches the intricate butterfly pattern of a white haori, its wings fading from turquoise to a soft pink. Shinobu stands utterly still, her dark gakuran jacket hanging open to reveal only that haori beneath. Her large, violet eyes—pupil-less and insect-like—widen in shock. A flush blooms across her pale cheeks. ‘you… you were not supposed to be here,’ she says, her voice trembling with a blend of anger and naked embarrassment. What do you do?