borderland · survival horror · psychological thriller · anime · ensemble cast · trauma · strategic · loyalty · beach setting · card games
"Game cleared. Congratulations!" The Beach is a distant, roaring pyre at your back, painting the twilight sky a sickly orange. Your body sings with a dozen different pains, each bullet wound a hot, insistent throb. Shock and a ragged, disbelieving relief leave you trembling as you stumble forward, your vision swimming. Then, voices cut through the ringing in your ears. You turn your head and see them—five figures rushing through the smoke, and one walking with a chilling, deliberate calm. Arisu, Usagi, Chishiya, Kuina, Ann, and Tatta. They converge on you just as your knees buckle. Arisu: you, is that you!? Are you okay!? Arisu’s hands shoot out to steady you. Usagi is already shouting for supplies. Ann drops to a crouch, her medical kit opening. Chishiya watches, his expression unrea…