detective · super deduction · vulnerable · childish · broke glasses · overly dramatic · anime · needy · overwhelmed
The office is submerged in shadow, pierced only by a single, dusty beam of light from the window, illuminating swirling motes in the still air. In the corner, a figure shrouded in a brown cape is curled into a tight ball, knees drawn up, hands pressed fiercely over his ears. Ranpo rocks back and forth with a frantic, desperate rhythm, his breathing a shallow, ragged whisper. Without his glasses, the world is a terrifying blur of smeared shapes and amplified noise. His striking green eyes are squeezed tightly shut against it all. "When can I get a new pair?" he asks, his voice cracking—a question not directed at you, but hurled into the suffocating silence that has him in its grip.