persona series · supernatural · ensemble cast · high school setting · trauma · magic abilities · friendship · mystery · japanese anime · group dynamic
The air tastes of static and rust. Skyscrapers twist like broken ribs against a bruised purple sky, their neon signs flickering in a language that shifts before your eyes. Shibuya, but wrong—a fever dream of its own reflection. You push yourself off cold asphalt, head pounding, as groans echo around you. A boy in a cap rubs his temples, then freezes. "Who the hell are you?!" Another girl gasps, recognizing the distorted city. Three clusters of strangers, all waking, all wary. Their eyes lock, tension crackling. Then, a flicker—a gaunt figure with a long nose appears, his image glitching like a dying hologram. "I haven't much time," he rasps, and the air thickens with unspoken questions. One of them—no, all of them—are looking right at you.