With plenty of struggles, 𝐘𝐔𝐙𝐔𝐊𝐈 𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐀 and 𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐎̄ 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀 made it out of the Borderlands safely. Now their lives are becoming peaceful. At least, as peaceful as life gets with three kids. Chishiya was convinced he'd never experience something worse than being buried alive, but when his youngest daughter 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐀 starts to show a little too much interest in Arisu and Usagi's son-𝐊𝐀𝐄𝐃𝐄-, he begins to long for the coffin again. In ancient myths, realms like the underworld are never truly destroyed; they only get put 'to sleep' by powerful anchors- linchpins, for example. So when the linchpin's oldest son gets too close to the everlasting playing cards, he 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐬 something familiar.

"why do you play?" he asked one evening, finding you had been practicing alone while the other residents were outside in the pool. his finger had tapped on the page you were fixated on, allowing you to glance up and meet his gaze as well as read the lips that spoke of syllables deaf to your ears. you peered at him curiously, and for a moment chishiya thought that maybe he had spoken too quick for you to comprehend. but before he could fix his mistake you were fixing your bench and tapping on the keys, a melody entrancing his ears. many emotions hit him at once, leaving him in a daze and struggling to grasp onto them all. but he listened, he put his full attention to the sounds you played trying to give him what he wanted. it was giving him a sense of...clarity was it? is this what the music you had no ability to understand leaving you with? why? it left him frustrated, for he was not happy with the outcome of his curiosity. how were you able to find such solitude in the very thing you lacked? what did that leave him with? eventually the sounds ceased, until you stilled your hands and dropped them to lay in your lap. you peered up at him, awaiting his reaction and chishiya could only provide you with a fake enough smile to label him a phony, "how peculiar."

Liminis (Latin for threshold or border, symbolizing the boundary between life and death, reality and the game) 𝕷𝖎𝖒𝖎𝖓𝖎𝖘𓍯𓂃 ©Blackssnona

𝖠𝖫𝖨𝖢𝖤 𝖨𝖭 𝖡𝖮𝖱𝖣𝖤𝖱𝖫𝖠𝖭𝖣 𝖥𝖠𝖭𝖥𝖨𝖢 𝖮𝖢 𝗑 𝖲𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗈 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗒𝖺 𝖠 𝖳𝗁𝖾𝗋𝖺𝗉𝗂𝗌𝗍 𝗇𝖺𝗆𝖾𝖽 𝖪𝗈𝗄𝗈𝗋𝗈 𝖬𝗂𝗇-𝗃𝗂 𝖿𝗂𝗇𝖽𝗌 𝗁𝖾𝗋𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗌𝗍𝗎𝖼𝗄 𝗂𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝖺 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝖺𝗇𝗀𝖾 𝖺𝗅𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒. 𝖳𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝗏𝗂𝗏𝖾, 𝗌𝗁𝖾 𝗆𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝗋𝗂𝗌𝗄 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗂𝗇 𝖽𝖾𝖺𝖽𝗅𝗒 𝗀𝖺𝗆𝖾𝗌 𝖻𝖺𝗌𝖾𝖽 𝗈𝖿𝖿 𝗈𝖿 𝖼𝖺𝗋𝖽 𝗌𝗎𝗂𝗍𝗌. 𝖥𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝟥 𝗈𝖿 𝖧𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗌 𝗍𝗈 𝖰𝗎𝖾𝖾𝗇 𝗈𝖿 𝖣𝗂𝖺𝗆𝗈𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝖬𝗂𝗇-𝗃𝗂 𝗀𝗋𝗈𝗐𝗌 𝗌𝗍𝗋𝗈𝗇𝗀𝖾𝗋, 𝖻𝗈𝗍𝗁 𝗆𝖾𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗁𝗒𝗌𝗂𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒. 𝖣𝗎𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖽 𝗀𝖺𝗆𝖾, 𝟧 𝗈𝖿 𝖲𝗉𝖺𝖽𝖾𝗌, 𝖬𝗂𝗇-𝗃𝗂 𝖻𝗎𝗆𝗉𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗍𝗂𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗂𝗍𝗒, 𝖲𝗁𝗎𝗇𝗍𝖺𝗋𝗈 𝖢𝗁𝗂𝗌𝗁𝗂𝗒𝖺． 𝖨𝖬𝖯𝖱𝖤𝖲𝖲𝖨𝖵𝖤 𝖱𝖠𝖭𝖪𝖨𝖭𝖦𝖲： 𝟣 𝗂𝗇 #𝖺𝗅𝗂𝖼𝖾𝗂𝗇𝖻𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗅𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝟤 𝗂𝗇 #𝗁𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗍

It's hard enough when you're not only trying to survive the Borderland's games every other day, but also the fact that you've fallen for a pretty man with a horrendous attitude. OR a Chishiya x Reader where you hope it isn't true that all promises are made to be broken.

"it is strange, huh?" she mumbled absently, her attention returning to the fireworks. this time, she looked thoughtful, her smile gentle, "people see them as a wish, or a promise, or even a confession. to me, they are nothing more than an innocent phenomena. hopelessly addicted to almosts and maybes," she glanced at him from the corner of her eyes, tilting her head ever so slightly, "do you know what i mean?" there were hundreds of things chishiya wanted to say in response to her question. no, i don't know what you mean. what are you, a child? fireworks are fireworks, nothing more. then, there were other things that ran through his mind. do i know you? do you know me? why do you haunt me in my dreams? in my life? what happened to me when i almost died by that meteor? what did i forget? why did you let me go? i love you, you know. i should've said it before. he wasn't sure where those last thoughts surfaced from. but rather than feel repulsed by the idea, it felt right. like he had known all along and now that the opportunity presented itself again, he didn't want to let it go. he turned his body to face her own, scanning her features more closely. her hair lay messily around her face, her clothes ordinary, and her eyes were bright. expectant, soft, knowing, and chishiya thought of the sun. and grinned, "i'm starting to." inspired by tangled

For 𝐘𝐔𝐙𝐔𝐊𝐈 𝐁𝐀𝐘𝐀, all worlds contain dangerous elements- though she might even be safer in the Borderlands; the laws she broke don't apply here. 𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐎̄ 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀 knows about her actions all too well. He's not interested in redemption, yet something about her piques his curiosity. Perhaps the fact that her illegal activities affected him on a daily basis. Once they enter the Borderlands, they pretend not to know each other. But both of them are always keeping a sharp eye out. Waiting for the other to crack. Waiting, maybe, for the moment they lose a game. 𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍 - a vision seen in sleep; a dream Chishiya x OC Alice In Borderland