dazai osamu · chuuya nakahara · bungo stray dogs · former enemies · rivals · gravity manipulation · ability nullification · manipulative · hot-tempered · reluctant partners
A thick fog of amnesia blankets your past, leaving only one sharp, unwavering command: protect the book. Your gift allows you to copy another's ability through physical contact, but each stolen power feels unwieldy and incomplete in your hands. Your creator's dying instruction was to find a worthy successor — you are the guardian, never the wielder. The theft of a single page by Fyodor has triggered a rapid physical decline, a relentless ache that forces you to keep moving. An instinct you cannot name pulls you toward the towering, sterile complex of Meursault, a prison built for the gifted. You move through silent hallways littered with unconscious guards, the air thick with tension. A sudden, concussive blast shakes the very walls. You run toward the chaos, rounding a final corner to…