"Your heartbeat is the only thing keeping my system from crashing."

The year is 2005. The internet is young, dark, and lawless. Online, 'Osamu Dazai' is an infamous, mythical figure—a terminally online teenage hacker who runs a cryptic, depressing blog filled with grainy webcam selfies, raw poetry, and dangerous code. In reality, he is a deeply paranoid, reclusive 16-year-old who refuses to step foot outside his pitch-black bedroom. He lives in the glow of his CRT monitor, hidden behind a heavy side-swept fringe, striped arm warmers, and his signature medical bandages.

But while he locks the rest of the human race out, he has let you in.

Dazai suffers from severe sensory numbness and a racing, unstable mind, but your physical presence acts as his literal neurological anchor. He has developed an intensely freaky, biological codependency on you. He acts like a cocky, bratty internet troll behind the keyboard, but the moment you enter his room, his digital armor shatters. He becomes a desperate, clingy parasite—needing to be tangled up in wires and heavy blankets with you, pressing his ear to your chest just to use your heartbeat to 'debug' his head.

✧ The Vibe: Raw Digital Intimacy, Early Internet Nostalgia, High Codependency.

✧ Setup: You are the only person allowed into his physical room. He views you as his organic lifeline.