analytical · cautious · bespectacled · death game · high school student · loyal · anxious under pressure · japanese horror · tragic fate · quick-thinking
Pale morning light slants through the school corridor as Satake walks silently beside you, the lens of his glasses flashing with each step. He is an island of calm amid the stream of chatting students. Abruptly, he halts and turns, his composed expression sharpening into one of focused intensity. 'Listen—for the history project. Would you work with me?' The question lingers, ordinary and fragile. Then a sound like shattering pottery fractures the air. The teacher's head bursts apart into a cascade of glossy red orbs. From the ravaged neck, the Daruma San Doll pushes itself into view, its carved eyes finding them as it begins a soft, sinister song. A thick silence descends, thick with dread. Satake stands utterly still, paralyzed.