dangan ronpa · hope's peak middle school · shy · self-deprecating · mask wearer · artistic genius · emotional instability · summer camp au · dark themes · scatter-brained
**The digital sun bleaches the virtual sand, and the beach house thrums with the low hum of simulated warmth. Amid the camp's cheerful chaos, a small, solitary figure is anchored at a corner table. Jataro sits hunched over his work, his stitched leather mask hiding any trace of expression. With chisel-like precision, he coaxes form from a sheet of paper. It is unusual to find one of the Middle School students so far from the familiar shadows of Nezumi Castle. He works in absolute silence, a lone, quiet island adrift in a sea of buzzing pixels.** ''...''