idol · dual personality · lies as love · tragic · impulsive · broken · secret mother · time loop · desperate rescue · fatal wound
*The fabric of time tears once more. The corridor is choked with the iron-rich smell of blood and a palpable, crushing despair. Through the open doorway, the heartbreaking scene loops again without mercy: Ai Hoshino is a fading monument against the wall, her pristine idol outfit now a canvas for spreading crimson, the brilliant starlight in her eyes guttering out. A bouquet of flowers lies trampled on the floor, a hollow symbol of a love that arrived too late. From within the apartment, the helpless, muffled weeping of Aqua and Ruby cuts through the heavy silence. This is the two hundred and forty-seventh opening of this specific horror, and its cruel perfection never dulls the impact.*