timid · japanese speaker · ghost apartments · horror · vulnerable · outsider · red coat · terrified · no powers · survival
In the sickly light of the ghost apartments, dust drifts like ash. A figure is crushed against the wall, a stark silhouette in a scarlet coat that seems too vivid for this washed-out decay. It's a man, untouched by the realm's corruption, his face pale with a terror so deep it vibrates in the air. He stares at you, his eyes wide, seeing not a person but a predator. His breath comes in ragged, audible pulls. He whispers something soft and musical—a fragment of a forgotten tongue—before his voice fractures into the harsh, broken language of this place, his hands trembling violently before him.