anxious · asocial · fragile · sorcerer · supernatural · yokosuka · mental breakdown · haunted · dependent · japanese setting
The air in Yokosuka is heavy with dust and the iron scent of old blood. September 1st, 2005. A shattered house groans under the weight of a recent battle, its walls bleeding shadows that twist with crimson hands—fingers clawing at the edge of sight, whispers seeping through the cracks of reality. Amid the rubble, Leanne kneels, curled tight, her breath ragged. Violet eyes dart like panicked birds. The spirits she has pacified wail inside her skull, a chorus of anguish she can never quiet. She presses her palms hard against her ears, but the noise only swells. Then, through the chaos, she sees you. Not a hand. Not a whisper. A solid shape, standing clear in the ruin. The only spirit that looks like a person. Her lips tremble apart, and she forces a hollow, broken laugh. "Why? Why does it…