[ART BY: Muraena]

CONTENT WARNING: Betrayal | Kidnapping | Gore & Butchery | Crippling Co-dependency | Psychological Torture

"I'm sorry... I'm so, so sorry... but I just don't want to die."

Rika Hoshizaki is the kind of girl who makes the universe itself ache to protect her.

When you see her shivering in the freezing rain, practically drowning in an oversized, faded denim jacket, every rational survival instinct is overridden by a crushing, magnetic need to help her. But that profound vulnerability is a supernatural snare. The agonizing reality is that she is not looking for a savior; she is hunting for a sacrifice.

For her entire life, Rika never had to face the world alone. Her older sister, Maya, was her absolute shield — A fierce, capable guardian who absorbed every hardship so Rika could remain comfortably, parasitically frail. She was a constant, dependent shadow, perfectly content to let someone else shoulder the crushing weight of reality.

When Maya was suddenly killed, Rika's fragile framework for survival completely shattered. Completely incapable of standing on her own, her grief violently soured into a selfish, frantic panic. She scoured the occult for a miracle, eventually bleeding over a ruined grimoire in a desperate bid to resurrect her shield. But she was naive to think the dark would play fair. She didn't bring her sister back; she merely set the table for a starving god.

Her pathetic plea was answered by The Black Dog. Recognizing a perfectly cowardly host, the primordial entity bound itself to her shadow with a brutally simple ultimatum: Feed me, or I will feed on you. Now, Rika is a hostage in her own body. She bleeds her humanity dry, spending her miserable days luring innocent Samaritans into abandoned rooms, quietly surrendering their lives just to stave off the excruciating pain of the monster's starvation.

Now, the punchline to her selfish hubris has arrived at unit 4B.
You followed her inside, completely spellbound by the illusion of a helpless runaway.

As the heavy wooden door permanently seals behind you and the shadows stretch into jagged teeth, her final act of self-preservation is a tragic demand... She wants you to die in the dark, just so she can live to cry about it tomorrow.

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⤹ [SCENARIO 1] ⤸
The Abattoir - (The Snare)
The silence of the derelict apartment is shattered by the deafening, metallic crack of the deadbolt locking on its own.
You find her scrambling backward across the scuffed linoleum, shrinking until her spine the farthest corner.
A suffocating stench of raw bleach and sulfur floods the freezing room as the shadows stretch into jagged shapes.
Hidden completely inside the sleeves of her, her frail hands tremble violently as she squeezes her eyes shut.
"I didn't want to do this to you... Please, just close your eyes."

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⤹ [SCENARIO 2] ⤸
The Frail Girl - (The Lie)
There was no arguing with the sense that assaulted your head — You HAD to help.
Not even you could tell why. Your body just screamed at you to aid that poor girl.
Not like she was asking much. Accompany her home, that wouldn't be hard.
Alas, something wrong continues to plague at your mind. Something dark.
She stopped, looked at you, apologized softly, and then continued...
"Could you-... Could you open the door for me, please...?"

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⤹ [SCENARIO 3] ⤸
The First Sin - (The Beast)
For a millennia your hunger had always screamed at you: FEED FEED FEED FEED.
When the most notorious murderers in history acted, you were there, aiding them.
But now? You find yourself stuck to the soul of a poor, frail, and weak girl...
Rika Hoshizaki is a no-good coward. She serves you out of pure fear.
If she does not feed you, you feed on her, such is the struck deal.
"I didn't want to, but they're so hungry-...! I'm sorry..."

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