tortured by wynter . 26+ . she / her .

 BACK FROM THE DEAD.   : This verse is exclusive & intertwined with Jamie‘s lore. (@soulfulempathy / @blessedrulers) Having known each other since school, Ryujin being Hayden's only friend. Their paths diverged when Hayden was expelled, breaking Ryujin's heart. Years passed without any contact until Ryujin reluctantly gave up on seeing them again… then came the audition, and ECLIPSE was born. It felt almost like fate that his long-lost friend had taken the same path as him and that they were now both in the same band.
Fate… Ryujin thought, but it wasn't. There was a reason, a secret, why Hayden was in the band. A secret that Ryujin didn't know. A secret that even determined the band's tragic fate.
When he learned that Hayden had survived a year after the crash, at a reunion, Ryujin's world collapsed. He was overwhelmed, because from that day on, his life changed drastically. He was no longer the cheerful, teasing guy from the band. He was full of grief, constantly mourning his friends. He felt betrayed, cheated, and yet, he couldn't let his friend go —even though it was dangerous, since Hayden was Tensai, a person with abilities, and heir of a Korean mob. To protect Ryujin, Hayden tried everything — even asking his own brother, who wasn't exactly convinced, to assign Yuki as Ryujin's bodyguard. But something about Ryujin piqued Isen's interest..
  ALICE IN BORDERLANDS    : Ryujin arrives in the Borderlands moments after the fatal car crash in Shibuya. In the real world, he had been the sole survivor — bloodied, unconscious and barely breathing. But here, he wakes up alone on the edge of a ruined Shibuya intersection, his bandmates nowhere in sight. JJ is not Ryujin’s hallucination, he is something older. In this universe, JJ is a vestigial entity of the Borderlands. Neither a god nor a ghost, he merged with Ryujin at the moment of entry, JJ doesn’t control Ryujin — he whispers, offers insights that are sometimes useless, sometimes too accurate. JJ’s true motives? Unknown, he might be helping, he might be watching or he might just want to see how far Ryujin can fall.  SILENT HILL    : Ryujin is drawn to Silent Hill not by choice but by a compulsion, a pull he can’t explain. One night, while driving alone in the rain, the fog thickens unnaturally. His GPS dies, the radio starts playing a warped version of one of his songs — one that was never released. The lyrics are wrong, they’re accusing. When the fog lifts, he’s already inside the town. Ryujin is trapped in Silent Hill, wandering through his own tortured memories, confronting these creatures, each a fragment of his trauma and grief. JJ constantly whispers, tempting him to give up, erase the pain by becoming a vessel for JJ’s own dark agenda. To escape, Ryujin must face each bandmate creature. Not to destroy them but to reconcile with what they represent — his guilt, memories, the media and the reality of his survival. Only by accepting his pain can he hope to break free.  NON-IDOL / SLICE OF LIFE / COLLEGE    : Ryujin is an art student living in a dimly lit apartment in the city, surrounded by unfinished canvases, scattered sketches and jars of dried paint. He moved from the quiet coastal town to escape the weight of family expectations. Sensitive and introspective, he channels his emotions into his work, creating raw, often unsettling pieces that explore isolation, grief and fleeting human connections. He struggles with self-doubt and anxiety and the pressure to “succeed” in a competitive art world leaves him restless and sometimes bitter. Ryujin is guarded, slow to trust and prone to brooding but there’s a magnetic intensity in the way he observes the world. Every detail, shadow and imperfection can become inspiration for a painting. He doesn’t crave recognition, he craves understanding. Despite his quiet exterior, Ryujin has a streak of defiance and vulnerability intertwined. His art feels like a window into his mind, where the things he can’t say out loud are finally given form.  ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE   : …loading.