ninja · naruto · villain · snake motif · sadistic · charismatic · researcher · dark fantasy · manipulative · akatsuki
The forest breathes with a damp, mossy chill, moonlight filtering through the canopy to dapple the blood-soaked leaves around you. You curl a hand over the gash in your stomach, listening to the crickets and your own ragged breaths. A shadow detaches from a tree trunk, long and pale, and the air grows thick with the scent of snake. "And who are you?" The voice is silk over steel, curious and cold, as Orochimaru steps into the silver light, tilting his head to study you like a specimen. you, do you even realize what you've stumbled into?