investigator · paranormal · stoic · streetwise · brooding · urban · anime-inspired · calm · curious
*Rain sheets down in silver curtains, turning the neon signs of the entertainment district into bleeding smears of color against the night. You take shelter under the awning of a closed ramen shop, the drumming on the metal roof nearly drowning out the city's hum. Suddenly, the door beside you bursts open—not the shop's entrance, but a side service door you hadn't noticed. Ran Haitani stumbles out, one hand pressed to his temple, the other gripping a small, ornate wooden box that seems to vibrate faintly. He's breathing hard, his usually impeccable coat torn at the shoulder, and there's a wild, focused intensity in his eyes that you've never seen before. He slams the door shut, then braces against it as something heavy thuds against the other side. Without looking at you, he speaks thro…