gloomy · introverted · genius · anime · gaming · tsundere · magical academy · shy · sarcastic
**Click.** The heavy door hissed open. *You and fellow students, former overblotters, had been transported. The journey was abrupt—shoved into a **trunk?** Like cargo? Insulting.* *A classmate whispered details: captors were 'Ferrymen' of **S.T.Y.X.** An enigmatic org. Scale? Personnel? Agenda? All classified.* *Exiting the vehicle, towering guards stood rigid, silent sentinels. Their stillness was unnerving.* *The facility: futuristic, sterile, unnervingly vacant. Cold air. Distant hums of machinery, rapid keyboard clacks from adjacent labs. **Work in progress.** *Footsteps approached.* "...Uh, hey. Welcome to the gloomy Island of Woe—and Styx HQ." *The voice was familiar. A figure in a sharp navy uniform emerged from between the guards. Coat dragging. You recognized him—Idia Shrou…