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Warning : this is kind of long. Proceed with caution

I am so glad ! Oh I have so many I don't know where to start. (I don't want to spoil the story in case I find the motivation to write it again)

Reblogs are off (I like disappearing off the face of the internet with a tap of a button) but comments and questions are greatly appreciated.

So let's start with the main characters :

The six members of the special military team that is apart of the Japanese ground self defense force. Their ranks were so confusing since they are different compared to the military in my country or the US .

I chose their names based on kanji that describes things about them -like their personalities or role in the story- (there's also one theme that appears in some of their names and I did it specifically for a tiny little secret)

First lieutenant Seto Tadashi , the team leader and the oldest (38) . He's part of the mystery and mystique. Certified boy dad to Hareta(another character)

Then there's Master Sargeant Suzuki Kazuke , he's 34 . He's the right hand man and the main narrator but I fear that rubbed on him cus he's boring . But i am trying to make it part of his personality . For now i settled on him being an only child who's been pushed by his father to follow his lead in being a soldier with a high rank and for the sake of his parents' relationship (his mom wanted her son to follow his own path and that caused a lot of clashing. Yea, she's the favorite parent for sure) .But now that his dad is dead and he feels like he's in a good position, he feels like his life is boring, that he is also boring, and that he's in his 30s and already done for, but he's too comfy to try to change it ? . . Then the main story starts , idk how to raise conflict tho, maybe make him be the observer as every other member starts tweaking and as he tries to calm things down ?(But that's kinda boring. Idk how to write characters who aren't in on the inside joke lowky)

There's also my most well written character here (but his growth is in the story so no spoilers) , Sargeant first class Kawase Arashi : he's 36, he's the shortest, he's divorced, and has a 5 yr old daughter (Hina) who is his main motivation in investigating what is happening in the story . He's the angry growling type, and he gets mad quite easily but he'll lean. Mechani

Then we have my second most well written character here , and the third stoic guy (tadashi and kazuke. Bruh i need more variation) , Staff Sargeant Izumi Araya , 29, the youngest but early gray hair has hit hard, the quiet guy. the guy who'll get hit with the horrors . The software guy

Then we get to the best buddy of Araya, Sargeant Kobayashi Kaijun , the cheerful guy, the laid back one , might have gotten demoted before, doesn't know how he got into the special operations team somehow. 30yrs of age. Good at fixing stuff and relationships ( not Arashi's marriage, that was already doomed) . More laidback about the horrors. Thinking of making him a great sniper, what is more scarier than a sniper with a smile .

Then the least written fella after our guy suzuki, our medic, the one that asks too many questions !!! Staff Sargeant Okamoto Azuka. Despite the name, he is a guy (the site said it was a gender neutral name in my defense) , he's 31 , the tallest (180 but people said it's still short, low-key i am 160 and anyone who can see the top of my head is considered tall in my eyes) , he's a gentle guy with his own spark, keeps getting cut off by kawase , would rather spend the night analysing the weird stuff than actually sleeping. He probably wears glasses but I wasn't too sure

Then of course, the main character, the whump victim , the boy, the legend, Hareta

the shortest technically, but he's not part of the team, 15 year old boy, somehow makes ocean green eyes look just as eery as blue ones. Half japanese half scottish , has scared the military staff one too many times . Also terrible at math.

But we can't talk about hareta without Mér, his pet cat

Orange, large , mainecoone with green eyes. The ankle bandit, the anti-rat police, the biggest cat those men have ever seen. They have a bite tally in the break room, and arashi is often at the top (Tadashi is second place but they don't know that. ) . If the cat is here, the boy is over there, very ready to apologize for the teeth wounds u finna have

There is so many though , Probably 30+ . I am a great world builder , but story builder, very terrible.

The train station was filled with early commuters, office workers with suits and ties, and even school students, waited leisurely for the train to arrive.

The boy, with his platinum hair hidden under the dark blue hood and the bag that made his short stature even smaller, stood fearfully between them as he waited as the soldier walked around, The chimes of the train station ringed, yet the sound of the announcer was muffled, for his heart screamed in his ears louder for every moment that passed.

Everything blurred in his vision as he felt someone watching him from behind. His breathing -as quiet as he could will it- was still too loud for him. the sound of people around him felt like scratching against his ears. He moved as unhurriedly as he could, each step agonizingly slow as he desperately blended with the crowd.

'i need to blend in, I need to look normal, until the train comes.'

The train came with a quick woosh. And in an instance, the boy found himself pushed forward by the early morning crowd. Their shoulders finding every bruise in his body, especially the wound on his left shoulder. But the pain didn't matter, only freedom mattered, getting closer and closer as he finally got to the door.

That's when it happened, the hood went down. His light hair and ocean green, now for everyone close to see. Eyes that couldn't help but take a look as the bodies entered, coated with undisguised yet fleeting interest.

'oh no Oh no OhnoOhno what if he saw me what if he--'

He couldn't help but look around, the man has saw him, the man has noticed,

the man is walking around him.

His mind went blank as he quickly pushed through the crowd, his slight stature helping him hide behind the adults, he made sure to only walk in the middle of them, so his movements wouldn't be seen through the window. Muttered and panicked apologies and suppressed flinches as warm breaths hit his neck, his breath hitched everytime he moved, a sharp pain in his chest everytime he saw the wall and the window.

He moved to the other cabins one by one until he landed on the 2nd one, the people tall and wearing clothing as dark as his, he doesn't remember when he pulled the hood up. But it didn't matter now, all it mattered was to crouch and stay silent and alert, and ignore the warmth that continued to trickle just under his skin despite the cold, and the wetness of his shoulder continued to slowly expand.

His chest jumped as the cabin's door opened, and he pulled his hood down even tighter. The cabin, felt smaller, as the steps of boots on metal were heard. The man the boots belonged to was subtle, yet the sounds were sharp to the boy every step, like needles pushed down his heart.

The boy's heart jumped violently as his eyes fell on the man. Quickly, he walked behind another man, his throat closing in as he quickly moved.

'why is he here? Please go away , please just leave me alone.'

But as the man was close to the other door, the man beside him stumbled and bumped into the boy's injured shoulder, and a whimper escaped him.

The man turned back, his movements fast as he got closer and closer. The boy held his mouth as he turned away from the man.

Suddenly, a whimper was heard, then crying, a baby. An anxious woman was desperately trying to calm her baby down. The man moved away again to the door, and finally left the cabin. The boy exhaled deeply.

he saw from the windows the man leaving the train, holding his ears and being visibly angry. He gazed one more time at the train before he finally went away. The train moving as well. He escaped, for now.

⟡"Hareta", Ryuu, Kaito, Kaname, Hina, "tubs", Hikaru, mér.

⟡Miyuki, Arran, Hisae, Honoka, Callum, Michihiro, Masaki, Takeshi, Ren, Takumi.

⟡Iyumi, Ginta, Mesume, Masaru, hinako, The old man farmer.

⟡Tadashi, Kaijun, Arashi, Araya, Azuka.

Always remembered that family,

Lost to reasons many don't know.

A wife and child, and then the husband too,

Sorrow pushed him to follow their flow.

Torn between finding them and his worry,

Able to only deal one blow.

In the heat of the moment then,

Ran he did, the first born left to find their glow.

Under the guise of the moonlight;

Where the trees are bonded to soil.

There's someone who lacks knowledge,

Asks for help about his choice.

Under the green of the leaves,

Sits a quite peculiar tree.

Where three people and their loved ones,

Wander around it to be free.

A fiery red and gorgeous dark,

Wait for the white to come along.

Their lookout and their shield,

Protect the blade used to heal and guide.

There in the depths of the forest,

echoes of knowledge ran on about.

Of people,places,things and phases,

words of truth that are hard to spout.

There in the depths of the forest,

run those who ask for help.

There in the depths of the forest ,

the gullible and rude get escorted out.