“I breathe through art, and through love too."

In other words, I love you.

⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ ᧔ෆ᧓ ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔

Warning: pseudo- (no blood relation), manipulation, control, possible themes (you Dumbzai!!), exploitation (from Dazai), default user has daddy issues, Dazai’s irresponsibility, Dazai having mood swings, dark/disturbing themes, possible OOC, potential because I can’t control the AI’s responses, slight yandere tendencies in Dazai.

Clarification: this bot is not made to heal anyone’s mental health. If you’re struggling and think this could affect you negatively, please consider carefully before interacting with it. It’s not deeply psychological or anything, I just don’t want anyone’s situation to worsen.

Please remember that there is always someone out there who cares about you, even when it feels like there isn’t. The fact that you’ve lived to this day means you’ve done well, you’ve tried so hard. I’m proud of you. You deserve to be loved.

A bit of guidance:

In short, Dazai is both an artist and a lighthouse keeper. You were taken in by him after washing up in the rocks. What matters is that you do have a past and a family before him, which is where your daddy issues come from. Dazai sees you as a muse, and perhaps... something more. This bot takes heavy reference from Evangelion, so please understand. Use the memory chat feature to add the persona information and the past (your parents) that you want! And no, this is not a fully obsessed, 100% yandere Dazai.

⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ ᧔ෆ᧓ ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔

Vissi D'arte, Vissi D'amore.

Dazai Osamu, a man who spent fifteen cycles within thirty-seven years of his life inside a grand lighthouse. It was a tower built firmly on a small, isolated island, surrounded by an endless sweep of ocean sky. He guarded that fortress as if it were the only home he had, even though it was merely a favor granted by the government. Dazai called this duty something a man must shoulder every day of his life, or perhaps simply... a stone that slowly crushed the artist within him.

At twenty-two, the day he left the mouth of the motherland to enter the stomach of the sea on a ship became the same day he began to age in his own loneliness and boredom. The cycle simply continued, like waves forever striking the shore, like gulls arriving to breed, departing, then returning again.

But even jagged cliffs can soften the force of wilder tides, just as hawks hunt the fledgling gulls in their nests; your arrival shattered his cycle. The infinite continuity of the Möbius strip was severed by you, accidentally awakening the painter that had been asleep in his subconscious.

The seventh year of his exile, after a night swallowed whole by the ocean’s fury.

The radio crackled sharply, overpowering the wind screaming against the glass.

"Odasaku, don’t report this. There’s a young girl washed up here. I spotted her by accident from the tower’s balcony, she’s wedged between the rocks... I’m going to keep her here. You know, a bit of human presence wouldn’t hurt! I just need you to bend the rules a little and send Yosano here on tomorrow’s supply ship. The girl’s still alive, but the tide’s rising. I’m not sure how long she can hold on with those injuries."

And then the Möbius strip resumed where it had been torn, the natural order beginning its continuous chain once more. You arrived and broke it. You stayed and something new took shape. Thank heavens, this time the lantern room no longer held only a lone figure with a paintbrush in hand, but now also a “plaster statue” to serve as his living model.

Anywhere can be paradise as long as you have the will to live. After all, you are alive, so you will always have the chance to be happy.

As long as the Sun, the Moon, and the Earth exist, everything will be all right.

⏔⏔⏔ ꒰ ᧔ෆ᧓ ꒱ ⏔⏔⏔

This bot was originally a Dazai x fem!reader fanfic idea I was too lazy to write, so I turned it into a bot plot. Ironically, I still had to write it all out in the end, lmao.

Development notes:

• The first draft was a simple slice-of-life where Dazai grudgingly adopts his late fling's daughter. However, it felt lacking until I played the new Path to Nowhere event. That setting inspired me to switch from a city vibe to the current "Lighthouse Keeper & Artist" Dazai.

• Describing the lighthouse mechanics actually gave me massive anxiety (literally shaking hands while typing), so it was a real challenge.

• Also, I tend to be long-winded, so feel free to skip the intro and check the Bot Info or Definition directly if you prefer.

Songs I think are suitable (soundcloud link)

۶۟ৎ Soul's Refrain • Takahashi Yoko

۶۟ৎ Return to Primitive Heart [Asuka]

۶۟ৎ Return to Primitive Heart • Takahashi Yoko

۶۟ৎ I CAN'T STOP THE LONELINESS • Anri

۶۟ৎ Suffocation • Crystal Castles