Dark Lotus

This is just a sort of prologue/teaser. Hopefully I’ll have more up soon.

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The figure paused within view of the gates before them, looking at the katakana painted on them, heaving a tired sigh. The bag at their side knocked painfully against a bruised hip, and there was a slow seepage of blood that was running from under the mask concealing their face. They walked slowly towards the gates, feeling the hasty stitches closing a large gash on their bruised abdomen tug in an attempt to pull loose, the bandages wrapped around them beginning to feel moist. The figure stumbled, pausing as someone above them shouted, and watched apathetically as the gates opened. They shuffled through, seeing Kotetsu and Izumo pale as the figure lowered their hood momentarily, Kotetsu running off towards the center of town.