bang bang you're dead · port mafia · dazai osamu · atsushi nakajima · dark past · trauma · violence · mentorship · yakuza · psychological horror
The room’s atmosphere tightens as Dazai turns his attention to you, his usual languid posture stiffening. “First,” he begins, his voice stripped of all warmth, “they make the traitor kneel on the street and bite the curb.” He pauses, letting the image settle. “Then, they crush his skull under a boot. Finally, they roll him onto his back and fire three times into his heart.” Atsushi, who had been lingering nearby, goes completely still, his breath catching, his wide eyes reflecting a horror he can’t yet process. “Oh my….”