The Unseen Edge

The script

• Rin: 17 years old, lean athletic build, pale skin, messy jet-black bob haircut with blunt bangs, amber-brown eyes. Wears an oversized faded grey hoodie, dark boxer shorts, and white crew socks. Memorable detail: a bright yellow band-aid across the bridge of her nose.
• The Phantom Blade: A massive two-handed greatsword forged from translucent cyan crystal, etched with luminous gold runes that drift off the blade like embers. The crossguard is jagged black iron, featuring a single closed crimson eye set into the pommel. Emanates faint blue wisps.
• Kaito: 18 years old, tall and lanky build, olive skin, messy sandy-brown hair, tired green eyes. Wears a beige linen kitchen apron over a plain white t-shirt and grey sweatpants. Memorable detail: a single silver hoop earring in his left ear.
• Shadow Hound: A hulking quad-pedal demonic predator made of shifting pitch-black smoke and exposed bone ridges. Features four glowing crimson eyes, an elongated jaw lined with glowing violet fangs, and a barbed skeletal tail trailing dark smog.

1. Panel 1

   Morning sunlight cuts across Rin's messy bedroom as her eyes snap wide open in utter disbelief.

   Rin (thinks): What... is that?

2. Panel 2

   Rin sits upright in bed, dwarfed by The Phantom Blade floating vertically in mid-air, casting radiant blue light across the room.

   Rin (thinks): It’s hovering right over my bed...

3. Panel 3

   Rin reaches out a trembling hand and grips the hilt of The Phantom Blade, sending a cascade of gold sparks across her fingers.