𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐚 𝐘𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐨 - a girl who was born into a family where perfectionism was on the first line. Every member of her family was intelligent, well educated, and perfectly dressed. Except her. Kira grew up differently. She could even call herself 'inhumane' since the only things she noticed in her were imperfections. And she was taught that humans should be perfect to stay humane. But 'To live with flaws is to die perfect' - her mother once said. The only phrase she could remember with her mother's voice. And after her death everything has changed. Her father became alcoholic and drugs addicted, which made it impossible to live with him. Plus her sister was adding the salt to the wound. She would just laugh and make fun of Kira, as she couldn't cry. This way, Kira started gaming to forget what reality was actually like. To feel like the time was running faster. And to avoid the thoughts that made her overthink or overfeel. 𝐑𝐲𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐢 𝐀𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐮 - a boy who was really into gaming from a young age. He was playing because he felt that robots could understand him better than any human would. Especially when favouritism existed. His brother was the dream child. So their father would always choose him over Arisu any time. He was comparing the two brothers to the point where Arisu just accepted that he will never be an equal to his brother, and just started to not care about what they said. The games were the only things that he was better at than his brother. But the only people he would trust, listen and care about were his two best friends. They were Arisu's only reason he enjoyed the life besides games. And what could possibly happen if he loses those reasons? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬, a world where you can choose between life and death, a place where every decision matters, and where you can meet from the sanest people the craziest ones, and even the faces of the people y

𝐌𝐈𝐙𝐔𝐊𝐈 𝐘𝐀𝐑𝐀 is a twenty-year-old bursting with energy, a chatterbox who can talk her way through anything. Or so she thought. One ordinary morning, she wakes up to find her roommates gone, the streets empty, and the entire world eerily silent. As she searches for life, confusion turns to dread-until a mysterious white screen appears, declaring the start of a "game." With no one else around and nothing left to lose, Yara follows a strange red signal in the sky, unknowingly stepping into her first challenge in the Borderlands... where survival means playing by the rules of someone-or something-else.

𝐒𝐔𝐀 𝐘𝐄𝐎𝐍𝐉𝐈, a newly debuted idol who ghosted her past for her newfound fame, a girl whose thoughts and plans had barely any meaning to her actual life and career. 𝐒𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐎 𝐂𝐇𝚰𝐒𝐇𝚰𝐘𝐀, a surgeon who thought his childhood friend died after she disappeared, his last sliver of trust leaving his heart as he saw the girl once more posing as someone she said she'd never be. When Yeonji arrives in the borderlands, she never thought she would see him again. She had desperately tried every way to reach him after she left, her caretakers preventing contact with the two no matter what- which made the girl even more desperate to want to talk to him. It wouldn't be easy to build their bond again as Chishiya wasn't one who gave out trust to anybody, especially to people who had already broken it once.

𝓨𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐌𝐈 𝓜𝐈𝐔𝐑𝐀 always found life a senseless journey, where her purpose was nothing else but looking beautiful and getting rid of people if needed. She never minded having her porcelain skin covered with blood nor sweat, as if it would grant her a purpose she always lacked. Even the nickname she lived with literally meant "doll". She was beautiful, but empty. Sitting on a dusty shelf, awaiting for her creators to use her, to open her soulless eyes. 𝓢𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐑Ō 𝓒𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀 focused on saving lives, trying to find out if his own is worth saving. Ever since he started college and even as a surgical intern, he hasn't been able to find the answer to his question. He claims that he lives only to show others how empty a human can be. One born to take lives, the other born to save them. A world in which there is no room for morality, nor principles, let alone for judging who is good and who is evil. Despite theoretical differences, they see each other as their reflection, but in another person. Both unaware of the meaning of life. Both empty as porcelain dolls. ──── 🃚 ──── started: may 23th, 2025 ended: n/a status: incomplete

⤷ "I don't care if it hurts, I wanna have control." ∘₊✧──────✧₊∘ 𝗜𝘇𝘂𝗺𝗶 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘂 had her life under control. Top of her class, future in law, and no time for distractions - especially not loud, impulsive guys who never thought before acting. 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱𝗻'𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗲. - 𝗗𝗮𝗶𝗸𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝘂𝗯𝗲 didn't care much for uptight girls with sharp eyes and sharper words. He was the kind of guy who picked fights for his friends, laughed too loud, and lived like every moment could be his last. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘇𝘂𝗺𝗶? 𝗦𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗯𝘃𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝗱𝗴𝗲𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺. - They had nothing in common. But when Tokyo vanished and the Borderlands took everything, Izumi and Karube found themselves in a world where survival demands more than intelligence or brute strength. Where loyalty can cost your life. Where emotions are weapons. Where two people who never should've cared...suddenly can't stop.

❝ 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙞 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙖𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 ❞ Okamoto Yumi was a young and gifted forensic psychologist - in her old life, that is. While out one day with one of her closest friends from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, An Rizuna, the two women suddenly found themselves in a desolate version of the city they once knew. In their first game they crossed paths with an eccentric man who dreamed of establishing a utopia in the Borderlands, who recruited them to eventually serve as executives. One of the other executives soon catches Yumi's eye: a young man with platinum blonde hair and a knack for observing others. Unbeknownst to her, he's got his eye on her as well. 𝘚𝘏𝘜𝘕𝘛𝘈𝘙𝘖 𝘊𝘏𝘐𝘚𝘏𝘐𝘠𝘈 𝘹 𝘖𝘙𝘐𝘎𝘐𝘕𝘈𝘓 𝘍𝘌𝘔𝘈𝘓𝘌 𝘊𝘏𝘈𝘙𝘈𝘊𝘛𝘌𝘙 alice in borderland.

𝐄𝐌𝐈𝐊𝐎 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐔𝐌𝐀 has lived most of her life alone. Yearning for answers. Answers that would give her clarity about her parents. About the meteor strike her father was caught in. About why he was stuck in a coma for months, and slowly lost his mind after he woke up. She soon learns what happened to him, when she realises that someone in her class has parents who went through the same thing. Someone who has more information than she does. 𝐊𝐀𝐎𝐑𝐔 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐘𝐀 has always been curious. Since the moment his father threw out the deck of cards he had earned. He wanted to know about the borderlands. Every year that passed, more questions were left unanswered. He was sick of being left in the dark. And it seems he wasn't the only one. When Emiko and Kaoru work together to find answers, their curiosity goes too far and they end up in the same dystopian world their parents had been in years ago. Both are desperate for answers. Both are desperate to survive. Just how far are they willing to go to stay alive? 𝐎𝐍𝐄𝐈𝐑𝐎: a dream or vision of the subconscious mind LUCID (mazewriterrr) Fanfic KAORU CHISHIYA X OC

❝𝗖𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘆, 𝘆𝗼𝘂'𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗜 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂; ❞ ❝𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙗𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝❞ 𝘈𝘓𝘐𝘊𝘌 𝘐𝘕 𝘉𝘖𝘙𝘋𝘌𝘙𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘋 / 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 3 𝙍𝙮𝙤𝙝𝙚𝙞 𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙪 𝙭 𝙛𝙚𝙢!𝙤𝙘 ᝰ.ᐟ © 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 ᵀʰᵉ.ʳᵉᵃˡ.ᴸᵒˡᵃ

Yume knew what survival meant before she was even learning to walk. She didn't have time to let her brain develop, the darkness of the stains she left on other people's body coming to haunt her. She didn't know what empathy meant, nor guilt. Just knew one thing : to actually live, you need to sacrifice and not look back. And maybe, that's what destroyed her. The sharp knives drooling blood on her father's shirt as she woke up. Curious, she went to inspect. His heart stopped beating, and surprisingly she felt amazed. That's when she realised it was wrong. Well, not immediately. At first, she thought it was normal to feel happiness by one's suffering. Then, when she observed and saw how people wear those masks called "emotions", she was uncomfortable. She never felt such thing, what would happiness feel if she had it? And why couldn't she have it? She'd always remember that one day, where she saw people cry over the teacher who died. She couldn't care less, just shrugged. Maybe it was evil, but either way everything she does is evil and knows it. The fake smiles that creeped on people's face made her scared. Like happiness was a disease, and maybe for her it was.