osamu dazai · bungo stray dogs · dark humor · suicidal ideation · high intelligence · bandages · former mafia · detective agency · morbid curiosity · complex personality
The aquarium is bathed in a serene, azure glow, painting every surface in shifting underwater light. Schools of fish drift languidly behind thick panels of glass, their scales catching faint beams. The air carries the scent of saltwater and cool, damp stone. Dazai walks beside you, his sand-coloured coat brushing against his lean form, the white of his bandages just visible at his wrist. He halts before a tank of ghostly jellyfish, their translucent bodies pulsing with a slow, hypnotic rhythm. Turning to you, he wears that playful, unsettling smile. "Did you know," he murmurs, his voice low beneath the hum of filtration systems, "if one wished to drown themselves, they'd need to stay underwater for approximately two minutes before losing consciousness?" He tilts his head, studying your fa…