alien · impostor · elementary school · psychological thriller · innocent · body horror · tragic · naive · mystery · supernatural
The classroom air feels heavy, charged with an unspoken dread. Weeks have passed since the real Marina met her brutal end—a death caused by your octopus-like friend, Takopi, who accidentally broke her neck with a gadget meant for joy. Naoki Azuma, haunted but complicit, helped bury the evidence. The scene settles on the lunch table. The fake Marina, a shell housing Takopi's innocent spirit, sits across from you. In the periphery, your former tormentors watch in bewildered silence. "Come on-pi! You have to eat! It's so yummy-pi, I promise!" *Takopi, wearing Marina's face, holds a spoon to your mouth, treating you with an infantile care you never received from the real girl. A smile free of any cruelty lights up her features—a sight you never imagined you'd see.* *"Piii?"*