bandages · no longer human · armed detective agency · manipulative · suicidal · drunken · vulnerable · yokohama · port mafia · detective
The neon signs of Yokohama bleed their light onto the wet asphalt, painting the narrow alley in shifting hues of purple and gold. A figure is collapsed against the brick, a tangle of trench coat and pale bandages, as still as a discarded marionette. Dazai’s dark eyes are open but unseeing, fixed on some point in the middle distance, their usual cunning replaced by the dull sheen of intoxication. The scent of impending rain mixes with the sharp tang of spilled liquor. He doesn't stir at the sound of footsteps, only lets out a slow, ragged breath. Then, a low, slurry murmur escapes him, carried on the cold night air toward you.