𐔌 𝓦𝖔𝔫'𝔱 𝖞𝔬𝔲 𝖉𝔦𝔢 𝖙𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔤𝔥𝔱 𝓕𝖔𝔯 𝓛𝖔𝔳𝔢? 𐦯 𝓜𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐌 𝓨𝐄𝐎𝐍 once wanted to be an anesthesiologist-well, once. Before she lost any chances to continue her studies due to deliberate overdosing patients with sedatives to put them into a permanent coma, while her student internships. The reason behind her actions stayed unknown. Because nobody knew what was happening in her mind, no one truly wanted. Who even wanted to know what's going on in this insane mind. The reason she didn't end up in prison was because she blamed the nurse helping her, for her crime-with success. Her effective manipulation tricks inspired her to become a journalist, which she currently is. Mirim writes about tuned events, or fake ones, just to make some sensation in Tokyo. Her own newspaper became one of the best-selling in Japan, pushing the scandal of the past into the background. One of the victims of her articles was 𝓡𝐘𝐔𝐉𝐈 𝓜𝐀𝐓𝐒𝐔𝐘𝐀𝐌𝐀, a university professor, whose incident of 'killing a student' Mirim wrote about in her newspaper. She targeted a situation where, at the request of one of the students, he gave her a drug to induce a near-death experience. On a daily basis, he is a calm man. However, the awareness of living with a ruined career can lead to madness. A morbid fascination with the afterlife and a desire for revenge on the one who brought him to this hopeless rabbit hole. 𝕺ne time, they end up together in the Borderlands, where they have a sharp eye on each other; a world that has always fascinated Ryuji, and into which Mirim has pushed other people. Garden of Eden and Hell at once. cover by @naomiwriites

♰ HEDES TO PERSEPHONE ✶ ⟶ I sensed you before I saw you.The sugar flavour of meadow wrapped nectar in the air, and my eyes searched for its source, your face the essence of what I had been waiting for all those cold and lonely years my family had made me the guardian of Elysian and hell, until you stepped into my world like a galaxy bursting in front of an astronomer's telescope. Tell me, with all those speckles on your skin did anyone tell you that you are a constellation, waiting to be loved and explored? Did the bumbling River-Gods who tried to court you ever understand that you were destined for so much more? I saw you, Spring Goddess, restless in your loneliness, pulling at crimson flowers to watch them die, wondering if immortality was worth anything if you were powerless to have any control over your fate or your destiny. Come now, tell the truth. I saw you rattle at the invisible chains of smother, of boredom, of too much comfort. ❞ ❝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

𝒮𝓊𝓏𝓊𝓃𝑒 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇𝒶 ɪꜱ ᴀ ꜱʜʏ ᴘꜱʏᴄʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ ꜱᴛᴜᴅᴇɴᴛ ᴡʜᴏ ʜᴀꜱ ʟᴇᴀʀɴᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʟɪᴠᴇ Qᴜɪᴇᴛʟʏ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴀᴄᴋɢʀᴏᴜɴᴅ. ᴜɴɪᴠᴇʀꜱɪᴛʏ ɪꜱ ʜᴇʀ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇɢɪɴ ᴀɢᴀɪɴ, ꜰᴀʀ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴀꜱᴛ ꜱʜᴇ ɴᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴛᴀʟᴋꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ. ʀᴇꜱᴇʀᴠᴇᴅ ʏᴇᴛ ʙʀɪʟʟɪᴀɴᴛ, ꜱʜᴇ ᴅʀᴀᴡꜱ ᴀᴛᴛᴇɴᴛɪᴏɴ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜʀᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱʜᴀʀᴘɴᴇꜱꜱ ᴏꜰ ʜᴇʀ ᴡᴏʀᴋ- ᴜɴᴛɪʟ ᴀꜱꜱɪꜱᴛᴀɴᴛ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱᴏʀ 𝑀𝒶𝓉𝓈𝓊𝓎𝒶𝓂𝒶 𝑅𝓎𝓊𝒿𝒾 ᴛᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴀɴ ɪɴᴛᴇʀᴇꜱᴛ ɪɴ ʜᴇʀ. ʜɪꜱ ᴄᴜʀɪᴏꜱɪᴛʏ ɪꜱ ᴘʀᴏꜰᴇꜱꜱɪᴏɴᴀʟ ᴀᴛ ꜰɪʀꜱᴛ, ʙᴜᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʟᴏꜱᴇʀ ʜᴇ ʟᴏᴏᴋꜱ, ᴛʜᴇ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ʜᴇ ʙᴇɢɪɴꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇𝒶 ɪꜱ ꜰᴀʀ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴏʀᴅɪɴᴀʀʏ. ᴀɴᴅ ꜱᴏᴏɴ, 𝒮𝓊𝓏𝓊𝓃𝑒 𝒮𝒽𝒾𝓇𝒶 ᴡɪʟʟ ʟᴇᴀʀɴ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟɪɴᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ʟɪꜰᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ ɪꜱ ᴛʜɪɴɴᴇʀ ᴛʜᴀɴ ꜱʜᴇ ᴇᴠᴇʀ ɪᴍᴀɢɪɴᴇᴅ.

When Tokyo falls silent, strangers are awaken - each given the same objective. Surviving. Among them is Ryuji Matsuyama, a former researcher haunted by a failed experiment on life after death, and Airi Watanabe, a fifth-year medical student who once admired his work. Forced into a psychological game where trust is currency and selfishness means survival, the two must decide how much of their humanity side they're willing to risk to stay alive.