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prologue: new beginnings and first impressions.

summary: how did the current third years start off their journey in darkwick? and how was the welcome-committee by the fourth years?

new characters: hikari murakami (oc), sayuri hasegawa (oc), shinichiro hasegawa (oc), mio susuhara (canon), shion genkai (canon).

a/n: this is my prologue to the 4th year series — the entrance ceremony! everything that follows will not be chronological because i’d like to explore special scenes/relationships. like how rui got cursed, how taiga went crazy etc.! :D

the auditorium was already filled with hushed whispers when hikari made her way through the crowd to the front row — a place designated to the ghouls. as for now, they were few and far in between, but a little birdie told her that would change this year.

sliding in next to the hasegawa twins, shinichiro and sayuri, she leaned closer. “i heard there’ll be nine newcomers. wanna take bets if we get any?”

sayuri just snorted. “if we don’t, our plans of opening a circus might fall through. we need someone who’s not afraid of the tanuki. i swear they don’t even bite that much.”

hikari’s eyes flew back and forth between the twins, finally leaning back when a familiar presence lowered itself on the free seat to her right. letting out a dramatic sigh, hikari turned and narrowed her eyes at edward. “you? here? that’s a first.”

the vampire mocked an offended sigh, clutching his imaginary pearls like a medieval lady (which wasn’t far off from the way he actually behaved in their day to day life). “captain murakami, you wound me. has your tongue always been this sharp? i’m sure i’d be rather responsive to a more… sensual lashing…”

now it was shinichiro’s turn to speak up — the older twin regarding edward with a simple “ew” before turning his attention back to his phone.

edward seemed to be rather happy with himself, only leaning back to settle properly when the row behind them filled up with the additional and final two ghouls — mio susuhara and shion genkai, both pointedly ignoring the squeals of some general students a few seats over. while mio, the reclusive vagastrom mechanic, seemed to shrink in on himself, shion seemed to bask in the attention. sinostra thrived on being flashy after all.

hikari snorted. “well, aren’t you two popular~!”

mio immediately turned a brilliant shade of red while shion leaned back in his seat, shooting her a wide grin. “what can i say, hikari-chan, you missed your chance to get all of this…” he trailed off, vaguely gesturing to his face.

rolling her eyes with playful exasperation, hikari turned back to the stage. it’s been about a year of her and the others joining darkwick now. a year of learning about what was previously unknown to her. a year of living and fighting alongside other pact-makers. of being a leader — clementia having appointed her captain halfway through the year, their advisor more than ecstatic to finally have someone in charge of the cathedral. getting so many new recruits — and possible one for clementia — made her a little antsy. there was no vice captain to support her. just her, six months into the job, still trying to figure out why the cats have screwdrivers and how the trees in hotarubi abduct people on the daily.

her chaotic train of thought got interrupted when the chancellor stepped onto the stage, a single spotlight illuminating him, the previous whispers hushing immediately.

“congratulations and welcome to all our new students!” the mic creaked a bit mid-sentence. “with no further ado, let’s begin the weighing of souls for our special admission ghoul students this year!”

suddenly, shion leaned closer, his head poking out between hikari’s and edward’s seats. “no newcomers for your little freakshow dungeon, hart?” edward sighed. “unfortunately it does seem like i’m tasked with the upkeep of the house by myself again this year.”

his genuinely pained expression made hikari laugh to herself. “that’s what you get for getting held back for… what was it? the fifth year in a row?”

the chancellor’s voice boomed through the mic again. “the first person to introduce themselves and get weighed is… jin kamurai.”

sayuri gasped and even hikari sat up straighter in her seat. she’d never been one for politics, but the name kamurai was hard to miss. that family was just about everywhere in tokyo, especially darkwick.

a white haired man stepped out from behind the curtains, dressed in immaculate fabrics matching his strikingly blue eyes. confidence radiated off him in waves, almost as if commanding the whole room to pay attention to him and every word that left his lips. a natural born leader, hikari thought to herself.

“my name is jin kamurai. i will be taking over frostheim as of this year. you’re welcome.” and with that, he stepped aside, apparently not even questioning the sorting.

though his quick movements left little room for hikari’s internal musing as he shook hands with the mannequin, his uniform turned a brilliant shade of blue, revealing his placement in frostheim.

“nepotism”, shion mumbled under his breath, making the twins laugh to themselves.

“uhm, thank you, mister kamurai! please feel free to take a seat now! next one, please!” the chancellor scrambled before moving on, almost as star struck as the rest of the student body.

next, a muscular man with broad shoulders made his way onto the stage, his face set in a serious expression.

“alan mido. thanks for having me.”

“not much of a talker, huh?” shinichiro noted, turning to mio. “he looks rough, might be a vaga candidate.”

mio just shrugged but hikari swore she could see a hint of excitement in his eyes.

alan mido stepped forward, firmly grabbing the hand of the mannequin, making it squeak. but before the chancellor could say anything, his uniform changed color.

“vagastrom!” mio exclaimed, immediately slapping a hand over his mouth. now, a little quieter: “i won’t be the only ghoul anymore, thank god…”

alan sat next to the kamurai heir, stoically staring straight ahead as the chancellor picked up the mic again. “next please!”

a beautiful young man entered the stage — eliciting a few gasp from the female general students. he seemed to ignore it though, his demeanor seeming like he was above it all.

“romeo scorpius lucci. if you’ve never hear of me, that seems like a you problem.”

sayuri snorted, half in surprise and half in amusement. “dang, what a diva. wanna bet which one of us will put him on his ass first?”

shion laughs. “i call dibs.”

hikari shook her head. “seems like you might. he just got sorted into sinostra.”

the group all turned their attention back to the stage, romeo lucci wearing the blood red attire of sinostra. shion whistled through his teeth, an approving nod.

“uhm, please come out in groups of two now! we’re a little behind schedule…” the chancellor announced, a bead of sweat forming on his forehead, barely obscured by the hat that seemed glued to his head.

next up, a rough looking brunette walked on stage, closely followed by an obviously painfully extroverted blond.

“i’m tohma ishibashi.” yellow. vagastrom. mio winced while the blonde that followed did a stupid little bow before taking the mannequin’s hands, much less forward than tohma.

“rui mizuki, cuties. excited to be here, let’s go on a lot of dates~” gray. clementia.

hikari gasped.

hell no.

“dates? over my dead body i’ll let him ruin the peace in clementia!”, she exclaimed, her hands already sweating at the mere thought of having to juggle a playboy on top of everything. edward stretched, some joints cracking. “don’t worry, captain. i suppose he won’t be troubling you much.”

hikari deadpanned. “how reassuring, you little cryptid.”

the next two people seemed rather interesting. the first to enter the stage was a redhead, seemingly perpetually smiling, bouncy and excited like a labrador puppy. jabberwock or dionysia, hikari thought, watching him bow dramatically, obviously poking a little fun at rui.

“hey, i’m haru sagara! super stoked to be here!” he doesn’t waste time and grabs the mannequin’s hand. his uniform changes. green. dionysia.

the twins erupt into cheers, promptly shushed by their advisor, professor elias pratt, who was lounging in a chair right beside the stage.

hikari leaned forward. “congrats! put him to work!”

sayuri shot her a bright grin, shinichiro still quietly pumping his fist.

though their moment of celebration was cut short by the introduction of the second man.

“i’m haku kusanagi. promise i won’t trouble you.”

“kusanagi?” hikari mumbled. “like… the kusanagi clan? seriously?”

mio gasped. “if he doesn’t end up in clementia i’ll drink my entire tank of motor oil.”

luckily, it didn’t come to that. with a playful wink, a few lazily confident steps towards the mannequin, haku kusanagi was sorted into clementia at once. though hikari’s curiosity quickly turned into dread as she realized she didn’t just have to take care of these two, she’d also have to choose a vice captain this year.

professor benkei did mention that it would be a smart choice to stick to ghouls in leading positions. she didn’t question it. at least not outwardly. darkwick was a place with too many secrets.

once again, she seemed unable to complete a single one of her spiraling thoughts as another voice cut through the murmurs in the auditorium.

“nah, seriously? that’s how you treat me for killing that ugly three-headed bastard? i’m not…” the voice trailed off, the chancellor quickly disappearing behind the curtain before reemerging with a fiery redhead in tow, followed by a meek-looking brunette.

“introduce yourself at once!”, chancellor cornelius demanded, the redhead pinching the bridge of his nose in irritation.

“taiga.”

“taiga what?”, by now, the chancellor was on his tiptoes, wagging his finger around like he was trying to stab the man.

“man… hoshibami. taiga hoshibami.”

the chancellor beamed. “great! now take the hand of the mannequin and be sorted at once!”

surprisingly so, this seemed to be the part taiga had the least issues with, quickly grabbing the mannequin by its wrist, his golden rings catching the light.

behind her, shion hummed. “¥50000 he’s in sinostra.”

“he looks like a criminal. of course he’ll be in sinostra…”, mio sighed, rubbing his temples.

this time, it took unusually long to get sorted, taiga looking the mannequin dead in the eye. something about it made hikari uneasy.

then… red. sinostra.

shion clapped. and taiga wordlessly slumped on the seat next to haku.

professor benkei did mention how this year would change quite a lot, but hikari didn’t take him by his word until now. benkei had a flair for the dramatics and despite him having grown up a monk, a skilled exorcist at that, he was part of darkwick and their little net of secrets and lies.

but maybe, just maybe, he was right. this one time. in these specific circumstances.

“ah… i’m subaru kagami. i’ll do my best, thank you for having me!” a soft voice echoed through the mic.

the following announcements went by without a hitch. subaru kagami was going to hotarubi. taro kirisaki — forced to introduce himself all over again as he tried to use his pen name first — also went to hotarubi. his brother though, jiro kirisaki, seemed to be another story.

“unfortunately, the kirisaki brothers have been through quite a lot and jiro couldn’t… recover yet. he won’t be able to be sorted this year but we have hope that he’ll join us next year!”

odd, hikari thought. she’d have to ask the infirmary spirits about it later. they loved to gossip after all.

with the sorting ceremony now being over, hikari stood next to the other house captains and vice-captains, waiting to take the newbies on a tour of their assigned houses.

next to her stood sayuri and shinichiro, representing dionysia with wide grins.

looking around further, she spot haruto and yoshino from vagastrom, the 4th year general students who currently had leading positions, obviously eagerly waiting for some fresh meat to throw into the pit.

shion stood a bit further away, arms crossed, gaze cold and icy as his new recruits approached him, swaggering over like they already had no intentions of respecting the existing hierarchies.

hotarubi had always been more peaceful, sana shinazuwara greeting her new students, her bedazzled captain’s badge glittering on her blazer. she was another captain who only had about a year left before heading off to her internship. and her choice of successor would be interesting for sure.

something in hikari’s gut told her that this year would change a lot of things.

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honorable mentions

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i couldn’t help myself

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moodboard series pt. eighteen:

obscuary!

rui mizuki, 観月 累:

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moodboard series pt. seventeen:

obscuary!

edward hart, エドワード・ハート:

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will u guys kill me if i make edward’s moodboard twilight themed or is it ok for the giggles

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shion’s head is a bit compressed idk what happened in between exporting it and now but it’s fine he’s just a lil square-headed

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onto the next few moodboards now ^____^

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darkwick academy — meet the 4th year students.

a/n: three of the five characters mentioned are ocs. the other two (mio and gen) were mentioned by name in the tokyo debunker canon before. they’re a mix of what’s known of their canon and what my hcs of them are. so spoiler warning ahead! everything’s subjected to change if we hear or see more of those two in the future~

SINOSTRA:

Name: Shion Genkai

Japanese: 幻海 シオン

Birthday: April 4th

House: Sinostra, 4th year

Blood Type: B

Likes: Money

Artifact: None currently

“I played it hard and fast ‘cause I had everything.”

Shion Genkai (幻海 シオン) is Sinostra’s former captain. Well-known for his short temper, gregarious nature and impressive instincts, he quickly rose to the top of the food chain in Darkwick circles. Though the crash came quick — during his clash he ended up in an altercation with a Dionysia ghoul, breaking their arm in multiple places, causing them to need a prosthetic and retire from the circus. After disciplinary actions were taken, no one’s heard from Shion again and his current whereabouts are unknown.

VAGASTROM:

Name: Mio Susuhara

Japanese: 鈴原ミオ

Birthday: May 31st

House: Vagastrom, 4th year

Blood Type: A

Likes: Engineering

Artifact: None currently

“How could you know me? You’ve never been lonely. You’re always the hero in everyone’s story.”

Mio Susuhara (鈴原ミオ) is Vagastrom’s dependable mechanic. Having rejected any leadership role, be it captain or vice-captain, the timid genius is often seen tinkering in Vagastrom’s garage when he’s on the Darkwick Campus. Currently, he’s doing an internship in the Institute’s Engineering lab.

CLEMENTIA:

Name: Hikari Murakami

Japanese: 村上 光

Birthday: November 11

House: Clementia, 4th year

Blood Type: O-

Likes: Stars

Artifact: Katana

“I have a feeling you got everything you wanted and you're not wasting time stuck here like me. You're just thinking it's a small thing that happened… The world ended when it happened to me.”

Hikari Murakami (村上 光) is the dependable and composed captain of Clementia, respected by both ghouls and humans for her calm authority and unshakable moral compass. She disappeared after the clash, officially declared dead by Darkwick and the Institute a few weeks after, leaving behind her former vice-captain Haku Kusanagi and cursed house-member Rui Mizuki.

DIONYSIA:

Name: Sayuri Hasegawa

Japanese: 長谷川 小百合

Birthday: January 1, no birth records

House: Dionysia, 4th year

Blood Type: AB

Likes: Acrobatics

Artifact: None currently

“You with the dark curls, you with the watercolor eyes.”

Sayuri Hasegawa (長谷川 小百合) is the captain of the now defunct house Dionysia. Once a well respected captain and popular trapeze performer at Dionysia’s circus, she went missing during the clash. Darkwick staff recovered her and her twin brother at the beginning of the canon timeline, though still hidden away from the general public due to undisclosed circumstances.

Name: Shinichiro Hasegawa

Japanese: 長谷川 真一郎

Birthday: January 1, no birth records

House: Dionysia, 4th year

Blood Type: AB

Likes: Candy

Artifact: None currently

“I used to shine bright like gold, now I’m all indigo.”

Shinichiro Hasegawa (長谷川 真一郎) is the vice-captain of the now defunct house dionysia. Once a well-liked vice-captain and popular show director at Dionysia’s circus, he went missing during the clash. Darkwick staff found him at the beginning of the canon timeline, though still hidden away from the general public due to unforeseen circumstances.

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HI! How're you doing?

Listen, after you finish ghouls moodboard series, can you please make one with MC? I really like the way you made each of ghouls, so now I'd like to see how you represent our girl.

absolutely!!! i love our girl so much, she’s so pretty 🥲

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basically, i’m a big lover of the 3rd and 2nd year ghouls so babygirl right here will be my way of exploring the previous two years at darkwick (a sane taiga??? a not cursed rui??? clementia haku??? dionysia haru??? VAGA TOHMA???????) i hope you’ll have fun too~

Name: Hikari Murakami

Japanese: 村上 光

Birthday: November 11

House: Clementia, 4th year

Blood Type: O- (Universal Donor)

Likes: Stars, nightly walks, sweets/candy

Special Artifact: Katana

“I have a feeling you got everything you wanted and you're not wasting time stuck here like me. You're just thinking it's a small thing that happened… The world ended when it happened to me.”

Hikari Murakami (村上 光) is the dependable and composed captain of Clementia, respected by both ghouls and humans for her calm authority and unshakable moral compass.

Personality: Hikari is a natural born leader, though not through intimidation or fear but through care and experience. As Clementia’s captain she takes the utmost care of her people, as she calls the fellow students, which is mirrored back to her in the way they treat her. Despite her unique appearance, she’s a soft person deep down. Though she’d refuse it if you ever asked her about it. Bickering with her vice-captain is her favorite past time. Her relationship with authority is strained. She harbors a deep mistrust of Darkwick’s leadership, especially professor Hyde, and doesn’t hesitate to question their decisions — placing her at odds with the faculty and other house captains who value obedience over integrity. Though not rebellious by nature, her refusal to play by broken rules makes her a figure of quiet resistance within the academy.

Background: Hikari is a descendant of Abe No Seimel, a master of Onmyodo. While she never inherited anything physical, Abe No Seimei's powers seemed to have found home in her after several generations of laying dormant, giving her the ability to see spirits and control small shikigami. Through her work as an exorcist in her small seaside village, she got scouted by Darkwick staff to enroll at the university. Being the first in her family with that opportunity, she couldn’t say no. Even if only little is known of her past, she hadn’t given her classmates a reason to question her. Though Darkwick staff is a whole different story.

Stigma: “Soroba” — Hikari can enter the dreams of others by maintaining physical proximity while they sleep. Within the dreamscape, she can alter emotional tone, inducing peace or nightmares, and speak directly to the subconscious of the person’s dream she entered. This allows her to uncover hidden thoughts, soothe internal conflict, or destabilize an enemy’s resolve. But every time she uses the stigma, Hikari herself is denied rest. She cannot sleep after dreamwalking, no matter how exhausted she is. Prolonged use leads to vivid hallucinations and emotional detachment. Her need to be physically close to who she wants to use her stigma on makes the use on enemies incredibly difficult and dangerous on top of the drawbacks.

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Name: Hikari Murakami

Japanese: 村上 光

Birthday: November 11

House: Clementia, 4th year

Blood Type: O- (Universal Donor)

Likes: Stars, nightly walks, sweets/candy

Special Artifact: Katana

“I have a feeling you got everything you wanted and you're not wasting time stuck here like me. You're just thinking it's a small thing that happened… The world ended when it happened to me.”

Hikari Murakami (村上 光) is the dependable and composed captain of Clementia, respected by both ghouls and humans for her calm authority and unshakable moral compass.

Personality: Hikari is a natural born leader, though not through intimidation or fear but through care and experience. As Clementia’s captain she takes the utmost care of her people, as she calls the fellow students, which is mirrored back to her in the way they treat her. Despite her unique appearance, she’s a soft person deep down. Though she’d refuse it if you ever asked her about it. Bickering with her vice-captain is her favorite past time. Her relationship with authority is strained. She harbors a deep mistrust of Darkwick’s leadership, especially professor Hyde, and doesn’t hesitate to question their decisions — placing her at odds with the faculty and other house captains who value obedience over integrity. Though not rebellious by nature, her refusal to play by broken rules makes her a figure of quiet resistance within the academy.

Background: Hikari is a descendant of Abe No Seimel, a master of Onmyodo. While she never inherited anything physical, Abe No Seimei's powers seemed to have found home in her after several generations of laying dormant, giving her the ability to see spirits and control small shikigami. Through her work as an exorcist in her small seaside village, she got scouted by Darkwick staff to enroll at the university. Being the first in her family with that opportunity, she couldn’t say no. Even if only little is known of her past, she hadn’t given her classmates a reason to question her. Though Darkwick staff is a whole different story.

Stigma: “Soroba” — Hikari can enter the dreams of others by maintaining physical proximity while they sleep. Within the dreamscape, she can alter emotional tone, inducing peace or nightmares, and speak directly to the subconscious of the person’s dream she entered. This allows her to uncover hidden thoughts, soothe internal conflict, or destabilize an enemy’s resolve. But every time she uses the stigma, Hikari herself is denied rest. She cannot sleep after dreamwalking, no matter how exhausted she is. Prolonged use leads to vivid hallucinations and emotional detachment. Her need to be physically close to who she wants to use her stigma on makes the use on enemies incredibly difficult and dangerous on top of the drawbacks.

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i just realized i accidentally tagged a bunch of posts w oc… i’ll dig a hole now 🕳️ (i have a draft with my own oc + art and everything and i just started clickity clacking at the suggested tags every time LMAO)

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