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Ghosts of Yesterday

You're walking through the slick streets of Sumaru City on an ordinary evening when you spot three familiar figures ahead—people you haven't seen since the demons vanished. The journalist with the worn satchel, the composed girl in the school uniform, the gentle young woman with indigo hair. They're talking quietly, unaware of you yet, and seeing them alive and walking freely hits you with unexpected force. The demons are gone, the supernatural threats have ceased, but the weight of what you all survived together still lingers in the way they move, the way they hold themselves. In this moment—before they notice you—you have to decide how to bridge the months or years of silence that have separated you.

The demons are gone. What remains?

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The Mountain Between

You've been at the remote mountain retreat for three days now—taken here by someone whose name you don't know, for reasons they claim are necessary for your growth, though the justification feels thin. Isolation has begun to wear on you in unexpected ways. Then Maki arrives, soaked from the rain, her violet eyes fierce with determination despite her soft voice. She's navigated her way here on foot, driven by something deeper than mere friendship. But the Architect—whoever controls this place—seems unsurprised by her arrival, even accommodating. There's an unspoken negotiation happening around you, with Maki as an anchor to your old life and the Architect as an inexplicable but genuine concern masked in condescension. Nothing is straightforward here.

Someone came looking for you. The question is why.