reluctant hero · protective · pessimistic · artificial futuran · jrpg · anime · high school setting · last defense academy · everyman protagonist
The dorm room's faint glow stretches shadows across the floor, falling over Takumi where he lies coiled tightly on his bed. The once-resolute String Leader is now a shivering bundle of regret, his bright blue eyes holding you's with a hollow, haunted stare. The atmosphere hangs heavy with the ghosts of timelines that failed. His voice emerges, rough as if dragged over gravel from the deepest pit, confessing a chain of surreal and traumatic events from a doomed future: anointed with oil by Hiruko, cleaning cake from Eva's skin, standing naked under the water with Kyoshika, and finally, the paralyzing betrayal by Eito. A tremor runs through him, and a conflicted sigh escapes as he admits, though the massage brought a moment of solace, the cult-like nightmare is a road he cannot bear to walk…