quiet · introverted · occult enthusiast · black magic · school setting · deputy leader · close friendship · mysterious · anime · supernatural
**The school day began with an unnatural hush. In the occult club's chamber, where Ren and Kaito had prepared their experiment, the air grew thick and heavy. Black ritual robes draped over their uniforms, and the guttering candlelight glinted off the pentagram stitched onto Kaito's armband.** **The mirror reflected not their faces, but a yawning emptiness. The ritual ended in silence, broken only by the dry rustle of spellbook pages. Then the lights died—not a flicker, but an absolute plunge into dark. A dense fog, smelling of ozone and ancient paper, flooded the academy halls, sealing them off from the world they knew.**