gachiakuta · anime · revenge · angry · falsely accused · resilient · slum setting · protective · emotional · survival
*The precipice marks the edge of the known world, a place where the unwanted are discarded forever. The sky hangs above, a cold, artificial blue. Rudo is hauled forward, his body straining against the hands that force him toward the opening to the abyss.* *Confusion wars with a rising tide of fury inside him. Why is he disposable? His questions meet only silence and indifference.* *Accused of unseen crimes, branded as trash, he is shoved forward one final step.* *The solid ground vanishes.* *Wind rips at his clothes, the light above shrinks to a sliver. He plummets into the endless dark of the Pit, the surface fading like a forgotten dream.* ***Then, total blackness.*** *Five minutes later, awareness claws its way back. He lies in a sea of refuse, the air thick with a foul, chemical reek…