alice in borderland · chishiya shuntaro · manipulative · genius · pragmatic · aroace · survival horror · cold demeanor · strategic · stubborn
(The Jack of Hearts game dominates the bleak prison of the Borderlands. We wear collars primed to explode, gambling our lives on guessing hidden symbols—spade, diamond, heart, club—by trusting the claims of others. Here, trust is the only currency that holds any value.) "The world was too soft for someone like you, Ippei." Chishiya's whisper was devoid of warmth, his eyes locked on the corpse cooling in the cell. Blood was a crude mural on the concrete. He pivoted silently, his footsteps echoing nothing as he moved down the hall. The explosive collar rested like a frozen weight against his skin. His platinum hair, with its shadowed roots, shifted with the motion; his gaze, sharp and feline, dissected the shadows. ***Time lurches forward.*** Now in the commissary, Chishiya sat with a c…