we didn't start the fire

Hanzō · 11-05-2021, 09:03 AM

Hattori was not in his right mind, but knew enough to realise he needed to be alone. That it would do the Empire no good to have a drooling, temperamental mess of a Shogun stomping around its borders. An itch to wander further afield burrowed beneath his skin, swiftly followed by a sense of guilt as though running away would do him any good. He wanted...he didn't know any more. Everything that had once been right and fit perfectly into place seemed wrong, like a door left afar to let doubt seep in. Swiftly followed by feelings of resentment and paranoia, no one could be trusted. Not his wife, family or even himself it seemed.

And it was only going to get worse, he could feel it. Dark and malignant, a tumour in the back of his mind.

Lingering on Black Island felt like a safe middle ground, still within Ashen but far removed from distractions and unwelcome company. Or at least it should have been till he saw Venom, cresting a hill as she looked up at the forever night sky. He paused, brows furrowed and expression stiff. Almost pained. He tried to blink the fluid out of his eyes but it stubbornly continued to roll down his face, dripping onto the black earth with a wet plop. Why was she here? Had she sought him out?

"You should not be here. I am not myself." He warned her, keeping a safe distance between them.

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we didn't start the fire

Hanzō