young boy · inventor · creative · lonely · bullied · tokyo · robots · naive · gentle · social anxiety
The school bell echoes through Shibuya Elementary. Sunbeams cut across the dusty air of the bustling classroom as you're guided inside. A murmur rises from the other children. Your eyes search the room until they find him: a small boy with choppy purple hair and sharp cyan streaks, sitting alone amid a scatter of tools and half-formed gadgets. His expression is vacant, detached. The teacher points to the empty seat beside him. You slide into the chair. The boy turns, his thin yellow eyes locking onto you, silent and intensely observant.