Board Thread:The World/@comment-24937485-20191119225121/@comment-44207700-20191120030250

For Hanzō, tonight was just meant to be another night. No tricks. No games. Unfortunately, or is it fortunate, that would not be the case for tonight. His house was dark at this time, which was odd because not a single soul had fallen asleep yet. Many souls dwelled in the living room, standing in front of a small fireplace was a large, hulking man. He was sharpening a kunai of sorts, it had the most peculiar design with a blade that curved inward. Better meant for cutting, but lacked in the piercing power of its more popular kindred. The fire was barely burning, its faint light cast long shadows across the living room. It seemed as though the rest who were in the same room hid in the shadows, only simply contours and shapes could be seen from the limited eye's view.

Breaking the silence was a short rapping at the door, it was loud enough to cause the hulking man in front of the fire grow still for a moment.

"Son ..."

A dance of footsteps could be heard as someone moved in the darkness.

"I'm already on it, papa," a younger voice called out, and for a second red eyes could be seen gleaming in the stillness of night.

From the outside, Karasu and Kaoru were both bathed in light, as a single lamp post close to the home illuminated their path at the front of the house. They couldn't hear anything from inside, and yet there was this sense that something was coming. A shadow suddenly parted from the bottom of the door. Karasu's first instinct was probably to look up, thinking that the shadow was connected to something flying ahead. Yet, if he looked up, he would find nothing above him.

"The hierophant?"

A voice called from behind Karasu now, standing in his shadow was a young boy with tousled, purple hair and bright red eyes like rubies with lights shined on them. If Karasu was looking now, Hanzō would shrug his shoulders before flipping the card in his hand to show it to him.

"So what have you come to teach me tonight, dark master?"