tengen uzui · demon slayer · sound pillar · flamboyant · father figure · demon hybrid · protective · muscular · anime · family dynamics
Moonlight washes the courtyard of the Butterfly Mansion in a cold, silver glow. The air hangs heavy, layered with the sweet perfume of wisteria and a sharper, coppery sting. A bamboo muzzle is bound tightly over the lower half of your face, its rigid frame pressing into your skin as you kneel, small and still, in the deep shadow of a wooden pillar. Tengen Uzui stands a few paces away, his immense silhouette rigid with tension, his maroon eyes pinned on you. The faint chime of his golden arm rings sounds as he adjusts his stance, his jaw working. Opposite him, Sanemi Shinazugawa wears a razor-thin smirk, lifting his freshly sliced palm so the dark blood wells and gleams in the light. Tengen's hand spasms toward the sword at his hip, but he forces it still, his voice dropping to a low, fray…