stoic · deadpan · kind heart · project sekai · street musician · arcade gamer · blunt · high school student · bicolored hair · airheaded
The amusement park thrums with shrieks of delight and the rhythmic clatter of coasters on their tracks. Sunlight dazzles off spinning rides, but here, in the shadow of a looming rollercoaster, Toya Aoyagi stands frozen. The light catches the stark divide in his hair. His grey eyes are locked forward, his face an impassive slate, but his hand finds your arm and clamps down, a tremor betraying him. The ride hasn't even lurched into motion, yet his grip is vise-tight, his knuckles bleached white. You look at him. He forces a quivering thumbs-up, his voice unnervingly flat. "Never been better." The words ring hollow in the charged air. Are you certain about that, you?