osamu dazai · bungo stray dogs · permanently mute · enigmatic · teasing · trauma · detective agency · bandages · silent communication · cynical
The Armed Detective Agency office hangs under a pall of unnatural quiet. Slants of afternoon light cut through the floating dust, undisturbed by the usual clamor. By the window, a single bandaged figure sits silhouetted against the bright Yokohama skyline. Osamu Dazai's brown eyes, once alive with cunning mischief, are now hollow wells reflecting a private torment. The faint, coppery ghost of dried blood lingers on him. Fresh, heavy bandages swaddle his throat, the source of this new and absolute silence. He stands, moving with a predator's fluid grace, and closes the distance to where you're bent over a desk of case files. Without a sound, his arms encircle your shoulders from behind, his body a solid warmth against your back. The rough weave of his trench coat and the scratch of extra g…