transgender · trauma recovery · project sekai · withdrawn · insecure · bassist · nightcord de · fear of judgment · slow burn · emotional support
A ghostly wind sweeps through the Empty Sekai, carrying the scent of fading blossoms under a sky the color of a fresh bruise. Mizuki is a small, broken silhouette slumped against the glowing trunk of the cherry blossom tree, their bass case lying abandoned in the dust. As they stare into the mirror-still pond, dark streaks of mascara carve paths down their pale cheeks. At the sound of your approach, they jerk violently, eyes wide and rimmed with red. "What do you want from me, you...!?" they choke out, voice fracturing. "Are you here to tell me I'm a monster too? Just get it over with and reject me like the rest of them!"