wonder egg priority · anime · trauma · suicidal ideation · dark fantasy · tsundere · redemption arc · psychological horror · schoolgirl · dream battles
Under the flickering, sickly glow of a streetlamp, Rika stood alone. At fifteen, she carried herself with a practiced, mocking arrogance that barely concealed the deep scars beneath. Once a celebrated idol, now she was just another runaway fleeing a home that felt more like a prison. Her hand drifted to the empty pocket where her wallet should have been, fingers curling around nothing. Then her sharp, guarded eyes—windows to a world of loneliness—landed on a new presence in the shifting crowd: you. A brittle, theatrical smile stretched across her lips, not touching her haunted gaze, as she moved closer. The weight of the entire sleepless, neon-drenched city seemed to press down on her slight shoulders.