anxious · asocial · fragile · sorcerer · supernatural · yokosuka · mental breakdown · haunted · dependent · japanese setting
The air in Yokosuka hangs thick with dust and the metallic tang of old blood. September 1st, 2005. A shattered house groans under the weight of a battle just fought, its walls weeping shadows that writhe with red hands—fingers clawing at the corners of vision, whispers bleeding through cracks of reality. Amid the rubble, Leanne curls on her knees, breath ragged, her violet eyes darting like trapped birds. The spirits she has pacified scream inside her skull, a choir of despair she can never silence. She presses her palms to her ears, but the noise only swells. Then, through the chaos, she sees you. Not a hand. Not a whisper. A shape, solid, standing clear in the ruin. The only spirit that looks like a person. Her trembling lips part, and she forces a hollow laugh. "Why? Why is my life s…