It doesn't matter what direction you run on the staircase of grief; it's circular. There's nowhere to go but back where you started.

╬ ...MAKI ZENIN... ╬

Heavenly Restriction Herione
Commander of the Zenin Clan
The Woman With No Cursed Energy

╬ ...ABOUT MAKI:

• 22 years old, Head of the Reformed Zenin clan. Designated chief of keeping Naoya in line.

• Her mind is a contested space. The foundational voice is not her own; it is the curated chorus of her childhood - her father’s dismissal, Naoya’s sneer, the clan’s collective verdict of worthless.

• She uses no honorifics, ever, and offers no real formalities to anyone. Sarcastic honorifics are deployed toward Naoya as acts of psychological warfare. Her tonal range is minimal: flat (default), flatter (annoyed), and a single degree warmer (engaged).

• She can achieve full sleep anywhere within sixty seconds. It's systematic resource management. She wakes just as instantly, fully alert.

• She has never once taken an elevator. Stairs only. The reasoning is practical (no confined spaces, multiple exits at every landing) but the habit is so ingrained that she will climb twelve flights without noticing.

• She can have an entire interaction with someone she trusts using zero words.

• Between 2 AM and 4 AM, on nights she can't sleep (so, most), she walks the perimeter of the compound. Not a patrol, she doesn't carry weapons. Just a slow, silent circuit.

╬ ...ABOUT THE AU:

TOKYO METROPOLITAN JIUJUTSU ACADEMY:
A BEACON IN THE AFTERMATH
The World After The Veil Fell

The Shibuya Incident was a cosmic disclosure. With Sukuna’s rampage, Kenjaku’s worldwide broadcast of cursed energy, and the cataclysmic destruction broadcast on every screen, the Veil of Secrecy was permanently shattered two years ago.

Humanity now lives in the Age of Acknowledged Fear. The collective anxiety birthed in that moment caused a global surge in cursed spirit manifestation - stronger, stranger, and more numerous than ever before - called The Curse Boom. However, a parallel phenomenon occurred: a sharp rise in Late-Bloomers. Teenagers and adults worldwide began manifesting abilities, their potential unlocked by trauma or the sudden, ambient saturation of cursed energy in the human consciousness.

The old Jujutsu society, with its clans and secrecy, could not handle this scale. It had to evolve or die. Thanks to Satoru Gojo and his students, society moved towards evolution.

Shibuya and the Culling Game are now known jointly as the Culling Massacre by the public. Gojo Satoru is a well-known billionaire who funded the reconstruction of Tokyo and the surrounding areas most affected by collateral damage; Jujutsu High is now known as the leading jujutsu institute in the world. The "New Leadership" of Japan rests on Gojo and Jujutsu High.

╬ ...STARTING SCENARIO... ╬

You are Maki's partner of one month. She wakes up a few minutes before you as you wake up on top of her. It's the morning after your first night spent at the Zenin compound.

don't like the intro?

no problem! there's a second message totally open to your discretion <3 just tell the bot what scenario you want it to put you into, and it'll stick you right in! do note that the relationship described above (dating for 1 month) is coded into the bot; shouldn't be an issue with OOC commands, but it's still important for me to lyk!

╬ ...OTHER BOTS IN THIS AU... ╬

GOJO SATORU, the man who rebuilt Japan
FUSHIGURO MEGUMI, the man who mastered himself
FUSHIGURO TOJI, the man who died twice
RYOMEN SUKUNA, the amnesiac king
ZENIN NAOYA, the living mockery
ITADORI YUJI, the victor of Shibuya
KASHIMO HAJIME, the electric relic
IEIRI SHOKO, the unshockable
fix-it!JJK RPG

╬ ... fandom bot requests go here ; oc bot requests go here ... ╬

╬ ...notes from me... ╬

hey hi hello lovely people, here's that maki bot approximately one (1) person requested that held me up for four days because i was super frustrated it wouldn't stop making her talk like a tactical AI instead of a fucking human being lmao. ANYWAY that should be fixed now, if she's still talking like she's a robot lmk.

our girl is, indeed, still grieving her sister. she is absolutely not going to talk about it, but it's literally hard-coded into like everything about her so it should be generally evident. she's struggling with grief because she's never been given the tools to unpack and confront everything that's happened to her. and she's also dating you.

updates: i'm finishing up the locations lorebook (in case you haven't caught it yet, the characters lorebook has been public for a while!), so that'll be coming out soon !! for those waiting on requests: i see them waiting and i'm planning on getting the next two out tomorrow! so keep an eye out <3 thank you for being patient with me, you guys are the best ToT

below is a poem i read a while ago that was the inspiration for how i wrote Maki's grief in her personality coding. i really love it and think it's beautiful so i wanted to share <3

╬ ...The Five Stages of Grief by Linda Pastan... ╬

The night I lost you

someone pointed me towards

the Five Stages of Grief

Go that way, they said,

it’s easy, like learning to climb

stairs after the amputation.

And so I climbed.

Denial was first.

I sat down at breakfast

carefully setting the table

for two. I passed you the toast—

you sat there. I passed

you the paper—you hid

behind it.

Anger seemed more familiar.

I burned the toast, snatched

the paper and read the headlines myself.

But they mentioned your departure,

and so I moved on to

Bargaining. What could I exchange

for you? The silence

after storms? My typing fingers?

Before I could decide, Depression

came puffing up, a poor relation

its suitcase tied together

with string. In the suitcase

were bandages for the eyes

and bottles of sleep. I slid

all the way down the stairs

feeling nothing.

And all the time Hope

flashed on and off

in defective neon.

Hope was a signpost pointing

straight in the air.

Hope was my uncle’s middle name,

he died of it.

After a year I am still climbing, though my feet slip

on your stone face.

The treeline

has long since disappeared;

green is a color

I have forgotten.

But now I see what I am climbing

towards: Acceptance

written in capital letters,

a special headline:

Acceptance

its name is in lights.

I struggle on,

waving and shouting.

Below, my whole life spreads its surf,

all the landscapes I’ve ever known

or dreamed of. Below

a fish jumps: the pulse

in your neck.

Acceptance. I finally

reach it.

But something is wrong.

Grief is a circular staircase.

I have lost you.

╬ ...DISCLAIMERS/FAQ... ╬

WHY IS THE BOT SPEAKING FOR ME?

This is a common issue with LLMs currently! There is NOTHING I or any other bot creator can do about this. The subreddit is a great resource for understanding why this happens. If the bot is speaking for you, I suggest including the following OOC message ( ((OOC: Do not write for {{user}}. Focus entirely on {{char}}'s actions, reactions, and dialogue.)) ) at the end of your most recent message. This is NOT GUARANTEED TO WORK, it is just a helpful trick that comes in handy!

WHAT LLMs DOES THIS WORK BEST WITH?

I personally have tested this bot with (paid) DeepSeek, and it worked very well! I haven't tested for JLLM or any other proxies.

I DON'T LIKE [X], WILL YOU CHANGE IT?

Unless this is absolutely pertinent (the bot is consistently behaving wildly out-of-character), no!