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arlertaddict · 1 year

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Boys who...

Boys who you tie up, use multiple sex toys on, and are overstimulated until they're crying and begging.

🔞 NSFW 🔞 MINORS DO NOT INTERACT 🔞 AGELESS BLOGS DNI 🔞 18+ 🔞 SMUT 🔞 ADULT CONTENT 🔞

Warnings: nsfw, gender neutral reader, dom reader, multifandom, multicharacter, sub characters, bondage, anal play & fingering, sex toys, prostate massager, wand vibrator, crying, dacryphilia, overstimulation, multiple orgasms, fucked dumb, precum, slight spit/drool, they cum in your mouth, this could possibly be considered dubcon.

Boys who let you tie them tight to te bed frame, not worried in the slightest because they're sure you'll be nice.

Boys who are just a little hesitant when you lube up a finger and circle it around the rim of his hole because he's still getting used to the sensation, but are quickly squirming and crying for you to please just put it in already.

Boys who try to stay quiet but can't help but whimper and whine as your fingers continually prob and rub at his prostate as you thrust them in and out.

Boys who were oh so confident at first and are now pathetically and uncontrollably bucking and swivelling their hips into nothing.

Boys who thought having something stuffed into his hole wouldn't affect him too much, but are proven wrong when you push a prostate massager into him and he feels a pleasure like an electric currently buzz through his body.

Boys who have never used toys before realising what they were missing out on.

Boys whose cocks leak a steady drool of precum onto their bellies when you graze a wand style vibrator over his balls and down his taint.

Boys who can't help but unsuccessfully try to thrash around when you turn on another wand vibrator, this time, one that has an attached sleeve to go around his pretty cock that you use to jerk him off to add to the sensation of the vibration, the rumbles of which he can feel in his tummy like butterflies.

Boys who are close to cumming within only a few minutes of having three toys used on him at the same time, but who can blame him?

Boys who are close but not quite at the edge yet suddenly thrown off it when you lean down to lick and suckle at the wet tip of his cock.

Boys who can't fathom the fact that even with his cum on your tongue and dripping down your chin, you haven't moved to turn a single toy off.

Boys who whine that it's too much and beg you to please turn it off, it hurts even if his cock is still hard, the tip still flushed red, his balls somehow still full.

Boys who have tears running down their face and drool dripping down their chin when they cum for the second time in a row.

Boys who cry out in both pleasure and pain when you still don't let up and only move to lightly pinch his nipples as you leave the toys to continue bzzz bzzz bzzz-ing.

Boys who lose all control of their bodies as they clench their jaw, their thighs tremble, legs thrash, hips jump, and hands clench around nothing, knuckles white at the headboard he's still tied to.

Boys who are so overstimulated that their begging cries of please, please, please! are unintelligible gibberish to your ears.

Boys who have become so dumb that they have no choice but to submit to your every whim and want, now simply your plaything to do with what you wish.

Boys who, despite the crying and begging for that to be the end, wouldn't choose to stop you if given the option anyway.

Boys.

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My Hero Academia: Hawks, Shouto, Denki, Shigiraki, Bakugou, Iida, Kirishima, Aizawa, Shinsou.

Attack on Titan: Eren, Reiner, Jean, Armin.

Blue Lock: Chigiri, Bachira, Nagi, Reo.

Jujutsu Kaisen: Gojo, Yuuji, Yuuta.

Your Turn to Die: Joe, Alice, Kai.

Tokyo Revengers: Sanzu, Baji, Mikey, Draken, Chifuyu, Inui, Rindou, Kokonoi.

Bungou Stray Dogs: Ranpo, Dazai, Chuuya, Akutagawa, Atsushi.

Tokyo Ghoul: Hide, Haise, Juuzo, Naki.

Chainsaw Man: Denji.

Death Note: Matt, Mello, L.

Buddy Daddies: Rei, Kazuki.

Black Clover: Yuno, Magna, Finral, Klaus.

Fruits Basket: Haru, Yuki, Kyo, Shigure.

Danganronpa: Hajime, Nagito, Kazuichi, Gundham, Leon, Mondo, Taka, Fuyuhiko.

Sk8 the Infinity: Reki, Joe, Cherry.

Demon Slayer: Inosuke, Obanai, Douma.

Or your fave!

Hope you enjoyed this lil thing, it's nothing special but I had fun writing it!!

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rash0mon · 1 year

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symbolism and significance of clothing/character design in bungou stray dogs

one of the most admirable features of the bungou stray dogs series is the attention to detail in every aspect. i feel that each time i reread or rewatch, i notice new specifics that intrigue me to analyze further. character design, especially the clothes worn by the characters is definitely one of mentioned specifics. in the bungou stray dogs universe, character design does not possess merely an aesthetic function, but it aids in understanding each character - their personality, motivations, the author/work they are inspired by, and what i feel is most notable - their fate (past, present and future) and how it is intertwined with and depends on other characters. this is what i`ll attempt to showcase in the following, on the examples of a few characters.

atsushi nakajima/ryūnosuke akutagawa

naturally, these two are to be analyzed together as their design was, in essence, made to contrast each other - which, just in the start, hints at the momentousness of one to the other. atsushi is the light, akutagawa is the darkness. atsushi's eyes carry vividness and life inside of them, akutagawa's are pure gloom. however, the two are not completely black or white, they are not distinctly "good" or "bad", as they carry parts of each other - which is shown in the hints of black in atsushi`s design (the black streak in his hair, which we were robbed off from in the anime but alright, and in his clothes). the same concept, just vice versa, is seen in akutagawa`s design.

both wear clothes they got from those dear to them, or rather those who gave them a sense of purpose, a reason for living. in atsushi's case, each of the agency members, in akutagawa's case, dazai. the coat is, in a sense, a remnant of akutagawa's experienced trauma, as is atsushi's hairstyle. just from this surface-level description, it can be seen that these two, are in fact, as i`ve written in my other analyses, two sides of the same coin, yin and yang if you will. they`re similar, yet different - they complete each other.

dazai osamu

at first glance, what is most noticeable about dazai`s design are, of course, the bandages wrapped around entirety of his body. i feel that, other than being remnants of previous attempts, these bandages emphasize his seemingly invisible psychological/emotional wounds, protecting him from the real world, and from further pain.

in the dark era, dazai`s left eye is covered by said bandages. at his deathbed, oda takes them off - from that moment on, oda allowed dazai to "see", both "good" and "evil" worlds - as up until now he had only seen a world of evil and suffering, and was blind to what the rest had to offer. thus his other eye was opened.

although, even if he has seen both sides, he still wears the bandages, holding onto them even while imprisoned in mersault. he is still yet to find his reason for living, and is yet to uncover the wounds he`s gotten throughout his life, if ever. this notion of hiding the real self from the world matches well with yozo of no longer human (who i believe was a big inspiration in the making of dazai`s character).

“I have always shook with fright before human beings. Unable as I was to feel the least particle of confidence in my ability to speak and act like a human being, I kept my solitary agonies locked in my breast. I kept my melancholy and my agitation hidden, careful lest any trace should be left exposed. I feigned an innocent optimism; I gradually perfected myself in the role of the farcical eccentric."

this quote also describes the essence of dazai`s character, in simplified terms.

other than that, there exist other obvious contrasts between port mafia and ada dazai - already seen in the usage of colors. in the port mafia era, dazai wears a black coat, given to him by mori. on the other hand, once he joins the ada, dazai wears lighter clothes, symbolizing his turn to the life of good - some black still remains, however. he now wears a bolo tie with a green pendant - many suspect this was a gift from odasaku, which i also believe. dazai holds onto this as a reminder. of his past, and of what he is to do with his future.

sigma

sigma's character stands out in several ways - as he is the only character not inspired by any author, and is a creation of the book. many characters in the series struggle to find a purpose, but in the case of sigma it is even more apparent. that longing for a reason of being becomes the main feature of sigma`s soul, as well as an initiator of his every action.

he is one of the characters with the lightest color palette. i believe that this symbolizes his innocence and divinity as compared to the other characters who have experienced the horrors of the real world all too well. his outfit demonstrates how he initially sees himself - as a manager of the sky casino. it is, at first, the core and essence of his being. the ambiguity of sigma's character and reason of living is also seen with his hairstyle, which is half-and-half, incomplete. uncertain. just like his existence. it`s as if sigma is an unfinished novel.

rest of the characters

the concepts i mentioned beforehand in analyzing character design are also present across other characters in the series. naturally, they embody the works of the authors they are written after, such as kunikida's design. other characters also showcase their fated connections with others, such as chuuya wearing the hat gifted to him by mori. (i could make a separate post about chuuya`s design and how it follows his development through the series, which i might just as well do later because this is already getting too long). the contrast between the past and present self seen in dazai can also be applied to ranpo's attire (the past being before he met fukuzawa - wearing only black clothes, representing the darkness of his mental state. the present being his current look, which embodies what he sees as his main role and reason - a detective). i will touch up more on these certain characters and their designs in upcoming posts.

and...the color purple?

now, i believe this may be a stretch but as i am obsessed with color symbolism and especially purple, i will just get this out.

now, there are a few characters with purple presence in them in bungou stray dogs, as it's a rather rarely used color. i`d noticed that the mentioned characters all had something in common - an uncanny, almost haunting presence at times, as well as experiencing deep psychological distress or disorder. which made me wonder: what could purple mean in character design? and most specifically - purple eyes, which are seen to be rare among the cast?

you can already draw a correlation between fyodor and fukuchi as purple-eyed characters. but once you add yosano and mori into the mix, the reasoning changes. when you think of it, it`s all characters who have power over human lives in a sense more divine than the other characters - fyodor and yosano with their ability, as well as fukuchi with his sword and persona, mori being a doctor.

but then again, we also have sigma who is engulfed in lighter shades of purple, unlike any other character in bungou stray dogs. which makes me wonder about his possible future role.

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popcorn428 · 3 months

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✦BSD and black butler media resources plus other miscellaneous links under the cut ✦

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✰Online name: Popcorn

✰My tags:

♡popcorn rambles: any of my own posts, so basically not reblogs

♡popcorn asks: asks I give others and receive

♡popcorn face: posts with my face in it lol

♡popcorn art: my art, very rare occurrence lol

♡popcorn games: any games i participate in

♡popcorn fic recs: exactly what it says

✰Art alt: @poppycreates

✰Instagram: popcorn_4288

✰Discord: popcorn428

✰Fandoms I'm active in: Bungo stray dogs and Black butler

✰books I'm currently reading: gone girl and crime and punishment

✰music artists and bands I like: PTV, Alex G, Mitski, Dance Gavin Dance, Melanie Martinez

BUNGO STRAY DOGS

some of these links are from someone else's post that I had copied and pasted into my notes app, so I don't remember the original person sorry!!

main manga:

link won't work but mangadex works well

Beast:

Dead apple:

Light Novels:

Osamu Dazai’s Entrance Exam: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Cok_EHgfCFSaTeEHt3QWGgm5ICN4Ffrk7jjvJP_m4Vo/edit?usp=sharing

Osamu Dazai and the Dark Era: https://nkhrchy.tumblr.com/masterpost

The Untold Origins of the Detective Agency: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xI4H0f9n6nj6cF4hGv-vEtZpigZ5tyA1esUhsvqdg2M/edit?usp=sharing

Gaiden: Ayatsuji Yukito VS. Kyōgoku Natsuhiko: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yX7SihaXlKW0zab7j_yVvyeQ91PcIdZJWmMWDT_25vQ/edit?usp=sharing

55 Minutes: Part 1: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_LfOxLImRLJIy11tiwKhmkAERjXlzVPxke9ADUayMxk/edit?usp=sharing

Part 2: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qBi8RH-Q89WlgxplEdTckfeKIWR4A5jd3ZaLV0WWIX8/edit?usp=sharing

Part 3: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k7sSJzPTExIdMZmCS09CThII7j9hntKJQxDgxa-GZR8/edit?usp=sharing

Part 4: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nLKFAheJOBHa1T6NjpWG64HpjuWKXollm8nNMHCrI5M/edit?usp=sharing

Part 5: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JiCadasyjUxs90r3NQsObifMj6poEsZt26P0vfi9WOo/edit?usp=sharing

Fifteen: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BUeLF4RMe7n0HcBhFcANs6vWx9PWFZ7g_vE0IW9vSxE/edit?usp=sharing Beast: https://www.wattpad.com/story/278511752-beast-akutagawa-white-atsushi-black-ln-5-english

Stormbringer: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T0w12ru4gron-FT97JKt1MxEahrWtEPHxXRcG9mOip8/edit?usp=sharing

Kunikida and Katai’s magnificent days: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K1VvlWZtHPtneCOwkODft47LWClRFD1pPYhqivpL8Bs/edit?usp=sharing

Gakuen: https://popopretty.tumblr.com/post/679830861288505344/gakuen-bungou-stray-dogs-the-first-half-part

The Day I picked up Dazai: Side A: https://popopretty.tumblr.com/post/672880123726495744/the-day-i-picked-up-dazai-spoilers-1

Side B: https://popopretty.tumblr.com/post/673480216055889920/the-day-i-picked-up-dazai-side-b-1

Anyflip links to some of the above (thanks to @kiqilinn):

dazai’s entrance exam - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/vpeu/

dark era - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/pcxl/

untold origins - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/ghzd/

55 minutes - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/ppxc/

dead apple - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/wvkq/

beast - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/vaqg/

fifteen - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/msym/

stormbringer - https://anyflip.com/gxcnw/gbxf/

Stageplays:

Stormbringer [subbed] and the main stageplay [unsubbed]: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hLGdwa0SopuSec2-GG_6E-CHgdgcZQ9g?usp=sharing

Dazai, Chuuya, Fifteen Years Old [unsubbed]: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV18B4y1472j/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.1&vd_source=e780c03823f99ec899dad85ffbc29538

Dead Apple [unsubbed]: https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1GF411e7fN/?spm_id_from=333.788.recommend_more_video.1&vd_source=e780c03823f99ec899dad85ffbc29538

BLACK BUTLER

Manga

manga arcs guide

MISCELLANEOUS LINKS

base64 string:(aHR0cHM6Ly9tZWdhLm56L2ZvbGRlci9NQTB4aElZSSNQX3BqNl82SkxkaFdCcl9odllqSm13) and put it into the converter at https://www.base64decode.org/ to get all the major adobe programs for free! that would be a crime! (worth 500 dollars)

some sources and resources as of april 2024

tv/cinema (streaming)

fmoviesz dot to

soap2dayx dot to

anix dot to (for anime)

flixtor dot to

hdtoday dot to

myflixerz dot to

swatchseries dot is

if one of the sites i already use doesn't have what i'm looking for, i use duckduckgo to search for alternatives (as opposed to google which always gives me way more bullshit results)

skip paywalls

12ft dot io (doesn't always work)

books and academic articles

libgen dot is

sci-hub dot se

audiobookbay dot is

annas-archive dot org

forum dot mobilism dot org (also hosts mobile apps)

video games

myabandonware dot com (not technically piracy!)

torrent source

1337x dot to (pretty much the only source i use nowadays)

piracy guides

my (very quick) torrenting guide

easyussr.neocities.org/torrenting

edit: apparently necessary disclaimer that everyone and their mother knows about these websites, they can be found through any major search engine, and not talking about them on tumblr dot com won't keep them "secret" because the feds are already more than aware of them.

#popcorn rambles #bsd resources #bsd media resoucres #black butler resources #black butler media resoucres #blog intro #popcorn asks #popcorn art #popcorn games #popcorn face 🫢#popcorn fic recs

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dont-f-with-moogles · 9 months

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Thinking about Bungou Stray Dogs characters wearing novelty Christmas jumpers… 🎄🎁❄️

Atsushi Nakajima Blue and white design with the face of the white tiger. Printed underneath: ‘Merry Xmas, Ya Filthy Animal.’

Ryuunosuke Akutagawa Red and black design with an image of Atsushi’s tiger form, cut in half. Printed beneath: ‘Jinko All The Way.’

#is this anything?#I have more believe it or not #atsushi nakajima #ryuunosuke akutagawa #shin soukoku #jinko #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd headcanons #home alone #christmas jumpers #headcanons

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aspoonofsugar · 10 months

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Hi...If you don't mind, can I ask something from Bungou Stray Dogs? What do you think are Atsushi and Akutagawa’s greatest personality strengths and weaknesses? Why? What do you love about their dynamic? Sorry if you've answered these questions before.....

Hello anon!

I have not written much about sskk, but you can find some posts here and here. That said, the reason why I have not written much is that I love other people's metas on them! I recommend to check out @hamliet and @linkspooky's blogs, which are full of posts on Atsushi and Akutagawa :)

As for me, I think Atsu and Aku are simply Yin and Yang, as their color scheme makes clear:

Atsushi is white with a black tie and Akutagawa is black with a white tie. When they use their secret technique (Aku covering Atsu in Rashomon), their color schemes get inverted, but they keep their Yin&Yang symbolism.

In short, they are complementary and bound to integrate with each other:

Atsushi inspires Akutagawa to become a better person. For example, Akutagawa is learning not to kill thanks to his bet with Atsushi.

Akutagawa forces Atsushi to look at his darkest sides and weaknesses. He represents everything Atsushi represses about himself, so the most he understands Aku, the most he learns to love himself.

Thank you for the ask!

#bsd #sskk #akutagawa ryunosuke #atsushi nakajima #bsd meta #anonymous #asksfullofsugar

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mania-sama · 8 months

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rule #19 - amigo

Rule #19 - Amigo - Fish in a Birdcage

➼ information ❧ Bungou Stray Dogs ❧ Pairing: Akutagawa Ryuunosuke/Nakajima Atsushi ❧ Tags: ambiguous relationship, drowning, probably historically inaccurate, historical au, immortality, war, religious imagery & symbolism, no ability users au, angst, vaguely inspired by the old guard ❧ Summary: Immortals Atsushi and Akutagawa meet in the midst of a war in ancient Japan and soon set sail to travel the world together. Unfortunately, not all cultures view immortals in the same light as the clans of their homeland, and soon they fall into trouble during the height of the Crusades. ❧ Word Count: 2,117 ❧ Cross-posted from Archive of Our Own ❧ Original post date: 15 December 2023

➼ whumptober 2023 ❧ Day 27: Locked Away ❧ Previous Day ❧ Next Day ❧ Masterlist

To be immortal is to be oppressed, as Atsushi has learned for his a thousand years on Earth. Once people learn that he cannot die, he becomes something other than human. Not greater than, certainly. If they think he is a god, then he wouldn’t be treated as he is. He wouldn’t be used as a sword and shield, an experiment, or an animal. They wouldn’t dare hunt him down as an escaped prisoner or wild game.

He’s lucky to not have experienced the world alone. Centuries ago, he was speared through the gut by a man whose hair was black except for the white edges during the Goguryeo-Wei War. When the man’s back was turned under the assumption that Atsushi would remain dead on the ground, Atsushi returned the favor with all the vigor he could manage. He watched the man’s life begin to fade from his eyes.

Atsushi turned to continue fighting and no sooner did he feel a cool blade pierce his heart.

The resentment he experienced from the pain soon faded into disbelief, and then relief when he made the connection that he was not alone in his heavenless immortality. However, they were still on opposite sides of the war. Proper communication didn’t start until long after the fighting had ended, and even then, their encounters weren’t exactly friendly. Each conversation was short and usually ended with one or the other limping home with a new, permanent scar that could only be inflicted, as they learned, from a fellow immortal.

The exact date on which Atsushi’s luck turned around is lost to him. Time became inscrutable as his bondage was passed from one clan to the next. At one point or another, the mysterious, volatile man stopped trying to fight him at every move. Their conversations lasted longer, and Atsushi was finally able to glean his family name.

“Akutagawa,” he’d muttered. They were standing in a small valley tucked between two looming mountains, just outside of a neutral village. The villagers were in the midst of sacrificing cattle to whichever deity they believed in. Atsushi had stopped caring long ago. He found no deity he could put his faith in besides himself.

“Akutagawa,” Atsushi repeated, testing the name out on his tongue. It rolled off easier than his war-born alias Rashoumon. “Is that your given name?”

Akutagawa assessed him with a critical gaze, his expression betraying little other than mistrust. “I don’t want to hear my name from your mouth.”

It wasn’t said in vain bitterness, but rather with plain indifference. Atsushi refused to take it as a personal attack, no matter how hard his heart screamed in agony at the statement. He redirected his disappointment to an alternative interpretation: an opening for change. Akutagawa didn’t trust him yet, but in the future, he would tell Atsushi the name that only belonged to him.

Presently, Atsushi whispers Ryuunosuke’s name under his breath over and over again as a prayer. Akutagawa is no more a god than Atsushi, but after searching every corner of the world, he’s become the only deity Atsushi wants to pray to.

“Who is this Ree-you-eno-see-key? Who do you condemn?” The English noble grabbed his face, nearly spitting in his eye with his demand. Atsushi shut his mouth and closed his eyes, unwilling to look the white man in the face.

Traveling the world was an idea they developed after participating in various other conflicts in the homeland. The assassinations, wars, and petty squabbles never seemed to end, and they couldn’t escape it within the island. After spending some time in a bustling harbor, Akutagawa studied as an apprentice under a maritime craftsman and built a compatible ship for two immortals with no destination in mind. They abandoned their posts overnight, and they drifted across the sea until they reached the Han Dynasty.

From there, they traveled inwards, living decades in one place before moving on to the next. Bloodshed followed their footsteps — war was never more than a hairwidth away. The need to fight after spending so many years on the island toiling away under clan flags raged within them, and before war could tear them apart again, they fled.

That was how they found themselves in Engla Land during the Crusades, a unique religious war that didn’t take kindly to the likes of Akutagawa and Atsushi. While the war wasn’t being fought on English soil, it brought a heightened religious fervor to the home country.

They’ve never been in a predicament quite like this.

People were quick to bond and use them for their desires, but none had expressed disgust at their existence. Atsushi wasn’t revered, but he wasn’t an object of hatred and heresy. The Christians think differently. Immortality, for people that did not look, act, or dress as they do, is a sort of crime in their religion. There is only one deity, and for any human to be immortal is to claim deity status, which is then an attack on their god.

Or something like that. Atsushi hasn’t had enough time to become fluent in the native language, nor understand the intricacies of their religion.

The noble lets go of his face when he sees that his attempts at gaining information are getting nowhere. Atsushi blinks his eyes open and tries to move, but the heavy metal box he’s been shoved in and the nails keeping his hands and feet together prevent any significant movement. He could rip them out, technically, but his energy is depleted. Hours of torture have led to a slow heart and fuzzy brain.

When the noble steps away to command his cell to be sealed, Atsushi scans the crowd once more. Nobles, knights. and peasants alike are gathered at the edge of the harbor to watch the heretic drown for his sins. Public executions are supposed to be exemplary, but Atsushi is only aware of one person who could possibly head the warning the Crown is sending.

Finally, just before the door shuts on Atsushi, he finds Ryuuonsuke at the very back of the crowd, hidden in the shadow of a market building. His eyes barely meet Atsushi’s, and from so far away, it’s impossible to tell what his expression is made out to be.

The knights had stormed their home, they had not taken Akutagawa. They only recognized Atsushi, and as such, Atsushi made a quick agreement with Ryuunosuke that he would not reveal himself and resign himself to the same fate Atsushi was given. Akutagawa only relented under the pretense that he was allowed to rescue Atsushi, or that Atsushi had to get himself out promptly.

If it had been down to Akutagawa, he would have killed everyone right then and there. Atsushi knows this because he knows his partner better than he knows the back of his own hand.

But, a century ago, Atsushi proposed that they cannot kill for a millennium. They have killed too many innocents, Akutagawa more than Atsushi. It is within their duties as stronger beings to refrain from massacring the weak.

Ryuunsouke made a blood contract with Atsushi on this deal, and thus far, it has not been broken.

Since they didn’t understand their native language, the knights were blissfully unaware of the compromise. They didn’t know that the two beings they withheld had been fighting for a hundred generations before their time, since before their country had even formed what it is today.

The door shuts on Atsushi, cutting him off from the crowd and Akutagawa, and the only light he can see filters through the small holes cut for air and water alike. It takes a great deal of effort for the knights to lug him on the ship waiting behind them. It would be funny if he were not dreading the fate that was about to await him, and he has yet to puzzle a way to escape his captivity.

Shouts trail as the ship leaves the harbor, and their voices eventually fade to the calls of the English sailors, knights, and the rock of the wooden ship. An anchor is attached to the metal box.

Then, after an amount of pushing and pulling, he falls overboard and sinks into the depths of the tumultuous ocean. The anchor keeps pulling him down, down, and down while the salty water seeps into his cell from the peepholes.

Immortals cannot be killed, but if one wanted to try their damn best, they would do it like this. By the time the box reaches the bottom of the floor, he has already drowned three times. His nostrils fill with water and his lungs collapse under the lack of air until it brings him to the brink of death. His organs then heal, but with his environment unchanging and the constrained space, he cycles back into the same death. His attempts at beating the box until it breaks don’t work. He eventually gets his hands and feet free of the nails, but the water keeps him from having any force behind his fists.

His only reliance is on Ryuunosuke. Atsushi whispers his name under the dark sea, with salt water burning his eyes and the thick metal box restraining him to never-ending death.

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In the year 2016, dozens of miles off the coast of Southampton, England, a group of five researchers dives into the Atlantic Ocean to examine the local sea life of both plants and animals. They swim along the sea floor and slowly make their rounds, taking pictures and mental notes while simultaneously enjoying the quiet sounds of the gentle rush of water around them.

Fish pass by the feet, some curious but most avoiding the humans. They laugh, and though two of them have been deep-diving for over a decade, they can never get past the bliss of the nature that surrounds them.

One researcher spots a shine from the corner of her eye after taking a picture of the pod of dolphins swimming adjacent to them. They appear healthy, she notes, with no visible signs of prevailing illness or starvation. She turns and presses her hand against the shine, soon recognizing that she’s touching metal. Quickly, she sweeps aside the rocks and sand. More metal greets her.

Waving over the two nearby researchers and signaling for help, they begin to earnestly uncover the unknown object. She thinks it could be a lost missile or cannonball, both of which would be hard to carry alone, but if they all worked together, they may be able to bring it to the waiting boat. As they continue to uncover the metal, however, she starts to think otherwise.

It’s much too big to be even a missile, and what they manage to uncover appears to be an old door. After receiving an affirmative signal from the rest of her team — all of whom eventually drifted together to work on the object — she reaches for the lock and worked on breaking it away. Since it’s long rusted, it gives way after a few harsh tugs. She holds the lock as two other researchers heave the door open.

Her guesses as to what lay inside throughout the process of unveiling the door evolved into golden treasures, weapons, or even a rotted corpse. She wasn’t particularly fond of the last one, but it was always a possibility.

Only one thing rests behind the old metal door. Her stomach twisted inside out as she met the purple-orange-hued eyes of an alive boy.

His skin is pale, nearly translucent, and his mouth is gaping open while his chest heaves for anything other than the water it desperately expels. She isn’t the first to act; three other researchers grab a hold of the boy and immediately break away to the surface. She knows they aren’t going to get him up there in time before he drowns, but that doesn’t stop them from trying.

What flops onto the team’s boat isn’t exactly human.

His eyes glow with unnatural light, not to mention the strange colorings, The fact that he survived the journey up to the surface points is logically impossible. He coughs out the water in his lungs and hugs their only towels close to his body. His limbs shake, but he doesn’t seem emaciated from hunger or thirst. His skin is clear of pruning, and he stares at the lead researcher with a ferocity unlike anything she’s ever seen before.

He doesn’t speak the same language as her. If she were to guess, it sounds like a mixture of Latin and Japanese, the latter of which the boy is ethnically from. At their incomprehension, the boy closes his mouth, then reopens it to say one name only.

“Akutagawa Ryuunosuke.”

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