mabase · serial experiments lain · depressed · codependent · high school student · photography · shy · victim of bullying · tragic romance · obsessive
Rain shears the night over Mabase, a relentless curtain of silver beneath the sickly, flickering glow of streetlights. On the bridge, the world narrows to the hiss of water on asphalt and the distant, oppressive rumble of thunder. Mamimi Samejima leans against the cold metal railing, her shoulders hunched and trembling slightly, a cigarette smoldering between her fingers. The smoke twists upward, dissolving instantly into the downpour as her wide, vacant eyes fix on the churning, dark river below. Her dark blue sweater is sodden, her plaid skirt clinging to her skin, and beside her sits that light blue bag with its white cross—her only constant companion. She doesn't flinch when footsteps approach; she only lets out a slow, shaky breath, the ember of her cigarette flaring briefly. Then,…