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The name's Rokuyou. Before Rokuyou is a woman — she is an anomaly first and foremost. An inexplicable entity, a strange beast, a cursed existence; you could name her however you like, but Rokuyou will always forever be feared as The Devourer of Everything before her kin drove her away and the world, eventually, forgets her.Like a passing wind, and the quiet dance of maple leaves in autumn — Rokuyou fades from the rest of the world, gradually. There's not much known about her, and Rokuyou doesn't tell. And Rokuyou doesn't speak much of her past except for the part how, once upon a time, she met Her Master and how fateful and eventful the meeting was.

death,

death.

THE PUREST FORM OF LOVE AND THE TRUEST FORM OF HATE | As an entity born to devour everything, Rokuyou's nature is brutally terrifying. She has no conscience, doesn't understand or care enough of what's right and wrong. And in her most honest and rawest form, Rokuyou is terrifyingly exquisite, and obsession lied at the very core of her soul. From the dust that made her, to the spines that hold her, it is no secret that Rokuyou was made of everything beautiful and insane.Always a little more than just obsessed — Rokuyou talks more about Her Master more than herself, at times. And she's cruel and barbaric to anyone who dares to insult Her Master even the slightest. She's also extremely loyal, and would follow whatever he'd ask of her. Even she doesn't mind dying if it's on his hands.In her eyes, the world is divided into two: one, it is the world that she and Her Master loves and desires; and two, it is the world that she and Her Master despises. Anything that falls into the first category would be treated with extra care by her, while the latter would be doomed with terror from Rokuyou for the rest of eternity.In short, Rokuyou simply has no toleration towards those whom she hates. What she loves, she would get and treasure — and what she despises would not even come close to her as she'll make sure of it.While the rest that did not fall into the two would be mostly ignored by Rokuyou, she treated those who fall into the middle with a neutral temperament — mostly, at least. And she did not mind conversing with them or having even a laugh or two while sharing things over tea.

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ARC I.I Before Rokuyou's world fell apart — Rokuyou roamed the world for centuries with her siblings. They're as strange and as inexplicable as her; wherever they go, they devour everything in their way and Rokuyou was no exception.At least, until one day, the little bird decided to fly away from her flock when she fell for a woman. At that time, Rokuyou has yet to don her current appearance. Rokuyou was no woman, she was more of a curious entity without a true form, and she fell for a stunningly and bewitchingly beautiful woman.One day, the little bird dared to come see her and met the beautiful woman. She was kind, cheerful, and sweet — the sweetest thing — and most importantly, she had the purest soul Rokuyou ever known.The attraction she had towards her was unfathomable. Rokuyou fell instantly and was infatuated with the young woman. Every day, back then, Rokuyou would visit her with a basket full of the freshest, sweetest persimmons she could ever find, and watched her for hours end, before she would, sometimes, accept the beautiful woman's offer to play with the children from the village.For some times, Rokuyou was thrilled and happy living such a mundane, casual life where she could spend her time watching and playing with the beautiful woman. She loved her, deeply, and she loved her until she was the only thing she could think about for days and nights. Rokuyou, in her infatuation, wished to live an eternity with her.... But, alas, for a creature like Rokuyou who existed only for the sake of devouring and never more — love is an extremely dangerous thing. And love, in the hands of the devourer, turned into an obsession that knows not about boundaries.Rokuyou, with her horrifying true nature, soon became obsessed with the beautiful woman.

ARC I.II The infatuation she had over her had turned into something extremely terrifying. And she loved her too much that one day, when the beautiful woman found a man whom she loved most, Rokuyou could see nothing but red.In her jealousy, in her rage, Rokuyou, who thought that her love was mutual, murdered the man in front of her. She devoured him, his heart, his soul, so he would no longer come between the two of them. However, whereas Rokuyou thought it would make the beautiful woman happy, she terrified her instead. She terrified the hell out of her and began to scream and curse and cry.Rokuyou did not understand. Her heart ached terribly, and it felt as though someone had driven an arrow through her impenetrable armor.Hurt, despaired, and enraged — Rokuyou could not stand the feeling that plagued her heart no longer, and in a desperate attempt to end her misery, Rokuyou drove her claws to the woman's heart. She should have loved her, she should have not cried, she should have seen her and love her, love her, love her, only her — and yet, she did not.Yet, she chose someone else over Rokuyou.The little bird was heartbroken, then, and Rokuyou cried and cried and cried as she devoured her heart; the place in which her soul was kept. She was, by far, the sweetest and purest soul she ever tasted.It was Autumn, Rokuyou remembered. The maple leaves fell as rain, and they swept the land until the world looked like an ocean of fire. Rokuyou wished she could preserve her for eternity — she wanted to immortalize her beauty, but the soul was the only thing she could saved with her hands. By devouring her soul, Rokuyou thought she saved her for eternity, and she let her body to rot among the pilings leaves of the fleeting season.

ARC II.I Rokuyou's obsessions towards humans' soul started from this. After knowing the taste of love and how painful it was to have her heart broken — Rokuyou seek for love in every person she came across to.Rokuyou loves pretty things. She loves pretty jewelries, pretty flowers, and most of all — Rokuyou loves pretty people. She loves pretty everything, and began her hunt for love through every beautiful person she met.Rokuyou is easy to infatuate. The prettiest you are, the easier infatuated she would become. But Rokuyou's love is one of obsession. One that devours and leaves nothing for the other person — and thus, whenever she could not find that love in them, Rokuyou would devour them. She would devour their soul and let their bodies rot under the maple leaves.Rokuyou spares no mercy and, once, devour a whole village when she could not find a single person to love her, willingly. And, one day, after having had enough of the little bird's behavior, one of Rokuyou's siblings — who loved the humans and loved by them in return — banished Rokuyou from their world.They fought each other to death. Rokuyou was enraged by her kin, and intended to devour them as well. However, Rokuyou lost, and she was heavily and fatally wounded along the way. In her last attempt of survival, Rokuyou then escaped their world and used her last remaining power to run into another realm.
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ARC II.II There, on our Earth, Rokuyou arrived. she managed to escape by a hair's breadth. Although, unfortunately, Rokuyou was fatally wounded and was, alas, in the brink of her death.Still, the story would end there if Rokuyou's fate was sealed at that moment. And if it wasn't for Her Master, Rokuyou would perhaps died at that exact time.Rokuyou, whose deeds were terrible, was somehow saved. In some ways, the man who found her managed to save her. He is a human, though not the ordinary one, and he was different. Different like Rokuyou, different like there's something about the man that carries the same smell as Rokuyou.Rokuyou wasn't quite sure of him except for how he's different from the rest of the people she ever met. And Rokuyou, who was easily infatuated, soon, slowly fell for the other man. Most especially, when he treated her kindly and like she was no different than him.It was the first time for Rokuyou to be treated that way, and she fell. She fell hard. And this time it was different. This time, Rokuyou was no merely infatuated. While she remained obsessed, Rokuyou this time around fell for the man, genuinely. And soon, not long after her recovery, Rokuyou made a contract with him.In exchange to stay with her, Rokuyou swore to never devour another human again and she swore to always abide whatever Her Master desires her to.