Asano Anri

[Asano Anri]

NAME: Asano Anri
NICKNAME: (Dr.) Anri
AGE: 38
GENDER: Agender(; no specific pronouns. Will be referred to as they/theirself.)
ORIENTATION: Homoromantic (Grey-)Asexual
POSITION: Psychiatrist
FACE CLAIM: Rinko Kikuchi

POWER:

Mental Projection
Anri has the ability to project their thoughts, memories, and emotions of temporary manifestation into reality.
Using their mind, they can create tangible “illusions” that can appear very real to anyone under their effect. This applies only to their own thoughts and memories.

The ability had originally been a primarily empathic creation-like ability, but over time, it seemed to have mutated itself from the restraints that have been placed upon from practiced repression and subconscious repression. It’s potential of reality warping has been capped as a result.

A manifestation of their father could be very real for example, being both tangible and interactive, but it would be limited only by Anri’s memories of their father, as this manifestation is not actually their father but only what they remembered their father as. Such manifestations may be based off of not only visual senses, but the entirety of the senses that Anri had remembered them with.

Their thoughts could appear as manifestations of people, rooms, lights, objects can appear for limited amounts of time, being able to be used to interact with. They could be manifested as situations or simulations based off of only the the knowledge that they possess. Whatever components that Anri may find possible, people and objects may appear temporarily to serve whatever purpose they are placed for.

Typically, if done carelessly or without concentrated thought, the ability activates itself in whatever it is that Anri may be thinking about at a time, which often results in manifestation of people or objects that they may be distracted or have on mind. Usually, these may appear for as long as they are thinking about them, and have often resulted in memories of people they once knew or were planning on talking to suddenly appearing.

Limitations
Anri is limited to their sense of logic, knowledge, and their memories as to what they could recreate into a temporary manifestation. Despite the possibilities of creating entire imaginary worlds or universes, Anri is unable to project these things outside their mind due to the great strain that it would put onto them. Their mind has not been adapted to be able to handle the infinite amount of imaginary creation that could be projected outside of their mind.

Memories take the least amount of effort to project into reality, as Anri is detailed to sensory stimuli that make the memory just as real in materialization as it is to them personally. They do not hold any control over these manifestations once they materialize, as these memories don’t hold any actual individuality or mind. They cannot say or do anything that Anri did not think them capable of, nor are they able to do anything that may be able to replicate mutant abilities to its full extent if the memory is a mutant. The memory's "abilities" would be all aesthetics replicating it if Anri is aware of how it would appear. Otherwise, these memories are able to interact with its environment.

Depending on what exactly Anri chooses to manifest, it takes different amounts of will and mental strength to be able to maintain it for longer periods of time. Memories can be recreated as accordingly to how Anri had remembered them, leading to the possibilities of forgotten or added details to specifically tailored memories. They cannot force theirself to manifest purely imaginary constructs or entities as they are limited by creational repression. While Anri could be able to recreate objects or weapons for temporary use, they must be able to understand the object or weapon functions mechanically, as while aesthetics are easier to manifest, the manifestation may not be able to be used in its entire function or potential if limited by the knowledge that Anri may possess.

The rule of thumb of the length of time that objects, people, or or other components may appear is dependent on Anri’s entirety of knowledge surrounding the construct in subject. The less that Anri knows, the less time that the manifestation remains stable and existing. However, despite whether or not they may know a topic intimately and greatly, all manifestations will come to be nonexistent at at a given point.

All manifestations are dependent on Anri’s current state of mental and physical health, as their perception will alter what they may manifest from their mind. Maintaining them is stressful on their mimd, especially if they have to concentrate on the manifestation keeping stable enough to exist outside their mind.

Manifestations can exist in a radius of 15 feet around Anri, usually not too far to the edge of their limits. They are uncontrollable as they do not and cannot possess individual minds of their own, usually being made only from the constructs of their inhibited imagination.

Side-Effects
With excessive or constant use, Anri gets painful headaches or migraines; nausea; entire body experiences in which they cannot move, due to a strange set-back reaction of the brain tricking itself that its being restrained and confined, although this is rare and has been from extremely excessive overuse; blackouts or fainting spells immediately after forcing the ability to stop projecting; and bleeding from nostrils, eyes, and ears. It can cause great mental strain on their own mind to maintain the manifestations, leaving to various symptoms of stress. Occasionally, it may result in sporadic periods of isomnia.

Anri has been unable to dream for a very long time having repressed their abilities for their own sake. When Anri undergoes particularly stressful situations, induced by the ability or otherwise, there is the occasional capricious manifestation that appears as they sleep, constantly changing form and concept. It's speculated to be the raw energy that Anri's mind gives off as excess from dreaming, originating possibly from where the subconscious is uninhibited from the limits and repressions that they've placed onto their conscious.



APPEARANCE SECTION:
Anri is a rather angular and petit feminine figured person, a rather average 5'6" height and a 146 lb weight leaves them with a fairly normal gait, nothing particularly graceful or overly awkward. They walk rigidly and distractedly for the most part, usually seemingly staring at almost nothing to the regular civilian. There is a slight rough and aloof "aura" to their appearance, usually graced with a rather unfriendly slight frown on their features of narrowed eyes and glaring at seemingly nothing. Fair skinned, dark eyes, dark thick brows, dark hair that is very choppy, slanted, and short and typically messy in non-professional environments. Several but few moles appear in random places over their body, such as on the back, neck, legs, arms.

They don't mind sporting dark eye makeup and lipstick, as well as darker/neutral toned clothing, as vibrant color seems to be nonexistent on their wardrobe. They dress rather conserved and neutral in gender-specifics wise, hardly ever sporting a feminine complimentary article of clothing but instead comfortable yet neutral masculine on a thinly feminine frame. Anri looks rather young for their age in a youthful profile, albeit usually sporting dark circles underneath their eyes from sleep deprivation.

Stoic faced and deep in thought most of the time, being distracted from their distractions ends up in momentary blinking confusion before resuming their duties and whatever it was that was occupying their attention beforehand. Anri is impressionable for the strong stare that they have that gives their smaller frame a greater presence, but for the most part, they appear as a quite reserved and subtly bold person. It brings around the sense of intimidation, or at least, a professional health service provider. At worse, a college student.

MUST HAVE APPAREL:
They have specifically engineered ear plugs that they had helped their father create as they drew up designs and 3D printed together after some consultation from their father’s peers and friendly contacts. They were designed to cancel out most noise to help them prevent sensory overloads while working, and after getting approval from their doctor to allow their use, they comfortably wear them for the most part, but hang them around their neck via cord while in a work setting or in a general situation where they should be utilizing their sense of hearing.

Anri also has the tendency, when not in a professional work environment, to keep on the piercings and grunge-like fashion statement that they’ve taken to. Otherwise, they make sure that they wear professional appropriate clothing, such as slacks, dress shirts, oxford shoes. It doesn’t stop them from wearing their leather jackets to and from work however. The alternative grunge fashion lifestyle has been the strong habit of Anri’s since their studies in undergraduate school.

PERSONALITY SECTION: Anri is an intelligent, goal-oriented and focused individual, independent and aloof of the need to directly involve theirself into interactions with others. While having focused their career towards helping disturbed and distressed individuals that have had their lives disoriented as a result of a mental disorder, they are for the most part rather antisocial due to their own mental disorders.

Anri takes many precautions to try to ensure that they are calm-minded and collected during most situations. Needing a sense of control over theirself and of their environment, they’re authoritative and organized in dictating certain elements, holding a certain bossiness in how they approach their patients and their peers. A lack of control over theirself or over certain aspects in their life is troubling for Anri, as it is a huge issue and vulnerability for theirself. Snippy remarks and quick to wit responses have make Anri out to be a rather condescending polite-toned person at first glance, although further interaction would show that Anri may be sincerely driven albeit being very straight forward or quick to conclude. They boldly speak their mind, preferring to share their opinion frankly and up-front when regarding their opinion.

As a rather anxious person in general, they have tendencies to go over entire situations to prepare themselves for anything unexpected. It is more of a compulsive need to reassure theirself rather than anything related to lack of confidence or lack of approach. They have a mild obsessive-compulsive disorder when it comes to routine and repeating to theirself the association of days of the week to their colors. While they are able to be flexible about their schedules, it makes them slightly nervous and in some cases irritable if their overall routine becomes interrupted. Being a particularly sensory sensitive person, they’re also rather cautious when it comes to their environment and their conditions, being attuned to the strengths and vulnerabilities of their physical body.

Empathic and open-minded as a medicine practitioner and adolescent mental health specialized professional, Anri takes into consideration of observation of finer details of who they work with and interact with. While patient with people and what they may have to say, they are rather impatient in drawing conclusions, often leading to frustration of their peers if they need to repeat themselves to clarify their point if Anri reaches the wrong conclusion. This results in many misunderstandings, but being one to try to remedy such things, they are usually the one to initiate clarification between parties involved.

EXTRA QUIRK:
Anri is a synesthete with two distinct forms of synesthesia: chromesthesia and grapheme-color synesthesia.They were born with this condition, in which specific sounds, words, and numbers correlate to colors in their mind and vision. They see printed words in various colors “tinting” them or changing their actual color ink that correspond to their mental stimuli. As for sounds, they begin to see the world change in certain hues, or if they were to close their eyes and still hear, begin to see bursts of color as according to the pitches, frequencies, and notes that sounds can produce. This is a passive condition of theirs that is consistent and cannot be shut off as their abilities can. Being a particularly sensitive synesthete, they take regular medication to prevent any sudden sensory overloads, which would lead to panic attacks and great distress. Due to this sensitivity, they are very particular to certain stimuli, be they textures of fabric, they can tolerate only certain sensations of touch, hearing, seeing, smelling. While their grapheme-color synesthesia is rather pleasing, the added chromesthesia adds too much stimuli to their vision, often overwhelming them.

They are also a mnemonist, utilising their synesthesia to be able to process and retrieve great amounts of information. According to personal testimony, they had been able to process the Odyssey, the Iliad, and the Aeneid within 6 months, and usually key phrases, can rehearse entire chapters(books) at once using various classical Renaissance songs, though now they can’t listen to Beethoven without thinking of Homer.



FATHER: Takehiro Anri. A mechanical engineer. He was the guiding influence of Anri’s mnemonic use in order to help them be able to deal with their synesthesia. Deceased.
MOTHER: Sasaki Anri. A former music teacher and performer in comfortable retirement. She is deaf, has perfect pitch, and has an extremely rare form of synesthesia, which is the stimulation of touch and vibrations that translates into color for her. This had allowed her to be able to play well and be able to work as a string specialist in an Orchestra.
SIBLINGS: N/A
PET: “Severin”, a tiny brown ferret that Anri keeps in a comfortable cardboard of various fabrics and an obscenely indulgent amount of toys.
SIGNIFICANT OTHER: N/A
WORTHY MENTIONS: Rachel Magdalena Scholl. Their previous girlfriend with whom they had shared 17 years together as both friends and lovers. They recently broke up last year due to Rachel’s own reasons of mental health. Asano seems to suspect her schizophrenia taking a greater turn for the worse, but has respected her wishes of keeping distance apart and ending the relationship so that Rachel may be able to focus on her treatment and therapy. However, Asano still writes to her but never sends the letters.



CHILDHOOD:
Born and raised in Maine, Asano was born as a very healthy female baby to their parents. Their mother, Sasaki, being a moderately popular performer within their orchestra, was typically travelling around when need on tour as a violist, violinist, or bassist for the most part. Their father, Takehiro, was a work-at-home father who designed various robot frames and structuring. Both parents had originally been raised and born in Toronto and Quebec, Canada, respectively before deciding to move to the U.S.

Anri’s synesthesia had been around for for as long as they can remember. When their parents first found out, Asano was 8 years old and screaming about how they couldn't force them to wear a new wool sweater their mother had gotten them, which had been sporting the Christmas words. At the time, Asano didn't realize that their parents wouldn't understand that the words, which were colored a purple, green, blue sequence on a very uncomfortable fabric of clothing that made them itch and want to cry at the mere thought of touching it. Sasaki was the one who was very concerned about this reaction, having had great fear of her deafness and synesthesia possibly have affect her daughter in some way. Convincing Takehiro to take them to a doctor, diagnoses was made by various doctors after some initial confusion and many second opinions, it was only later explained that Asano's condition had a logical medical explanation once the mother had spoke up about her own conditions. Asano had some initial resistance talking about why they reacted like they did to the wool sweater before their mother had explained her own synesthetic condition, having them realize that they weren’t strange at all.

Having a mother who could relate on a certain level, the sound of music would be freely flowing through house always to help Asano feel the pleasant stimuli of what music would do for their mother, regardless of whether it was live by their mother or if their mother was on tour, recorded music of the orchestra or various genres of music would play. Asano bonded closely with their father, and would often be spending days creating mnemonic devices for whatever information of literature pieces Takehiro read or gave them. It was a relatively quiet and peaceful home, especially more so with Asano being homeschooled.

ADOLESCENCE: Consideration was being debated as Asano matured and wished for having more contact with their peers. Sasaki was the one who convinced their father to allow them to attend the local high school. Takehiro, suspicious of the younger generations potentially bullying and picking on his daughter who couldn’t help the fact that they had a certain condition, gave in. When Asano had begun to attend Noble High School, there was some initial uncomfortable interactions of awkwardness, but Asano had acclimated into the schedule and social system. They found theirself at a point where they took extra careful steps to not mention their synesthesia after some blank stares and snippy comments. While their mnemonic devices quirk had weirded out their peers enough, they decided not to hide this one aspect of theirs. They managed to make a small ground of friends in the small community of students, regardless of their reputation as along the lines of, “the girl who can remember a lot of stuff and has a deaf mother who can somehow play music.”

Being a late bloomer, once they had begun puberty in 10th grade, their powers begun to manifest. As if all of a sudden, whenever they were nervous and anxious, which was common for a teenager, their thoughts seemed to begin to manifest, and the general incident caused a great ruckus. Colors and words and sudden stimuli that was being forced onto people within an area around Anri, where their thoughts and emotions were suddenly manifesting as imaginary constructs of purely raw energy, where “auras” of illusionary symbols of their emotions, such as fear. Which during this case, had manifested as shadow-like and distorted beings similar to how their peers looked. Reality started warping around for maybe several minutes, but damage was being done as a result of Anri’s pent up emotions and confusion. Anri had passed out as a result of the sudden manifestation and was sent home. Despite the constructs disappearing after they had passed out, the gossip, news, and reactions of the community spread. They and their family became isolated into their own home, and harassment began.

Two weeks later, strange people had appeared at their home, and soon afterwards, they found theirself attending a special school in Montana. The Bellefonte Academy. The incident seemed to have been erased after their enrollment into the Academy, and quietly, Anri decided to not question it due to being distracted already with the sudden change of events everywhere. Despite their parents' former citizenship in Canada, their decision to raising their daughter in the U.S has also affect their decision to allow Asano to attend the U.S Academy. They also decided to move to Montana as well, preferring to move away from the complications that had ensued in Maine, and following their daughter to make sure they were on hand in any case that something should happen, they decidedly moved to a comfortable city not too far away from Kallispell. Their father found work amongst the industrial companies and their mother decided to begin teaching music at local deaf schools in the state.

Anri would spend the rest of their years in high school here, honing their abilities to be able to safely use it for theirself and to others. Befriending temporary friends in good and nostalgically bad memories, Anri found great solace in staying at the Academy despite having to be away from their family. Letters were written often in correspondence. They felt initial fear and distress over how their ability still made them stood out as strange and abnormal. Over time, they warmed up to others and began to realize, as their family’s letters seem to have helped any, that while they weren’t ever going to be some “normal” citizen, that perhaps their normality wasn’t supposed to be exactly as how they thought it out to be, something that wasn’t like the rest of society’s norms.

It was also during high school where Anri underwent some self identity searching, finding theirself once again at a complicated and strange point where they realized that they weren’t exactly like their peers. Having a lack of interest in sexual matters and yet not exactly being averse to it had Anri believe that they were just meant to be a celibate person without having realize that they chose to. Building up in greater and greater distress about their lack of a sex drive, they consulted family and few professionals, such as a teacher and a counselor. When the counselor and their parents provided little insight that wasn’t answering their questions, it was Anri’s biology teacher that began to educate them on the flexibility and broadness of the spectrum of sexuality and identity. Anri decided for themself that they were comfortable with an agender identity, and feeling that asexuality was the best definition of their sexual interest towards others, Anri found theirself at a roadblock where they felt that love was likely to be impossible for them and would hold this view for several years. Anri would date several men and women before the relationship would ultimately broken up over Anri’s lack of interest in sex and how they felt slightly used because of it.

Despite some temporary familial issues due to their mother’s fears that she was the underlying reason for their condition and mutant abilities, the entire family had taken steps to resolve the issues every time they had came back home when they seemed to be improving on the control of their abilities. Anri still holds some restraint and fear of lack of control over their abilities, as their parents had also shown some initial hesitance about their powers.

ADULTHOOD: When Anri had graduated from Bellefonte, there was consistent conflict between family and institution as to whether or not Anri would become a danger to society despite the training they’ve underwent for as long as since they started their studies at the Bellefonte.

They went on to study at a school in Boston, Massachusetts. Initially wanting to study to be a mechanical engineer like their father, they suddenly switched halfway through their studies to neuroscience after having resolved some internal conflicts as to whether or not they wanted to pursue engineering with little motivation or neuroscience, their passion and personal answer to their own condition. Ultimately deciding on neuroscience, and wanting to aspire to be a neuropsychiatrist with a specialty in adolescent mental disorders, they eventually broke the news to their parents, who both understood and accepted their decision.

It was during undergraduate school in their senior year where they first began an online relationship with a woman who went by the online handle, “.phyllis”, and had bonded over asexuality forums. Anri went by the user handle, “LaurentYvonne”. They would continue this relationship, through texting, phone calls, messaging/letters, and MMORPG gaming. They wouldn’t see each other’s faces until they’d meet in real life, nor would they name each other by given name, and instead, affectionately referred to each other by handle names and its derivatives, such as “Phyl” and “Laure”. They were friends for six years on and off before they started an intimate relationship.

They started through medical school halfway through exams before they had to stop temporarily when their father was diagnosed with brain cancer. Anri resumed their studies to finish the year before taking a year off to take care of their father due to how their mother would also need a caretaker. The cancer took a turn for the worse through complications such as his blood pressure and a seizure that he had. At first, Anri faced the issue of the fear of losing their father and the fairness of changing reality to ensure that their father lived. Both parents and daughter fought over this issue, and Anri, after speaking with their dying father about his life, a resolution was made that Anri was to do nothing to change his fate. This changed something in Anri, both their approach to life and philosophy, as well as their motivation towards life that had been untouched by their powers. He died soon after due to such complications. Both mother and daughter planned and held ceremony for him before taking some time to themselves amongst relatives and family friends to all mourn together.

Anri felt both regret and conflict with theirself about the purpose of their powers after their father’s death. Feeling the loss of their father affecting theirself, they lashed out over the smallest of things. This would lead to their attempting to change their reality, and to bring their father back. This doesn’t work as their mental strengths aren’t about to resurrect the dead, and almost kills their physical body. Sasaki manages to allow them to see that they cannot change reality because they were not meant to, after stressing that they cannot lose her daughter too. Anri undergoes more philosophical conclusions as they undergo physical treatment from the complications that the ability induced for a while, regaining their health back slowly. It has left a permanent irregular heartbeat that Anri did not possess before, as well as a slight stiffness in how they move due to the entire body having shut down after attempt. Physical therapy has gotten Anri to functioning and moving enough that they can walk around and do light jogs, but cannot overexercise otherwise.

“Phyl” had met Anri after their graduation of medical school soon after, and the two women had learn seen the other’s face to match with both voice and name. The two had spend two entire days just entranced with each other’s presences and bonding platonically. “.phyllis” became Rachel Magdalena Scholl, Anri’s girlfriend. After introducing her to their mother, and having some awkward conversation about how they felt about .phyllis now Rachel, Anri and their mother had privately discussed the complications and sureness that Anri felt about Rachel. It was during Rachel’s stay that Anri had found out about her schizophrenia when she couldn’t find her pills. More drama would ensue, but they’d both persevere together. Rachel would eventually come to live with them in Montana for about 6 months every year, splitting the time difference between lover and family.

Anri, having reached a conclusion to ensure that their powers wouldn’t be an element that would affect their work ethic towards their studies and accomplishments, completed their training at fellowships and residencies for the next several years, six in total, and would work for the local hospital for about three years before taking a new position at the local university to do research work on projects such as the effects and trials of brain damage patients had to new drug testing intended to help regain lost brain tissue as a consultant and partner with fellow peers in the field. They received their Ph.D of Medicine during this time. They would return to clinical work after a year and a half of this before splitting off due to drama between them and their peers about small disagreements of conclusion and theory.

Asano had kept their abilities secret from Rachel for the entirety in which they had known each other, and when Rachel had begun to catch on to the strange allusions in which Asano and Sasaki had made whenever they made brief conversation about the past and the present, Rachel had decidedly confronted Asano into telling her and to trust her out to misguided fears. Asano refused and it escalated into an argument that begun to cause rift between the both of them for the next couple months. Rachel’s distress had progressively affected her routine to take her pills, and her schizophrenia has regressed in prowess of stability. In this state, she has firmly broke off the long time relationship between them. Asano had decided not to tell Rachel about their abilities out of want for a sense of normality, and has been mulling over the decision while Rachel has taken residence at an in-patient building after a particularly violent outburst and checking herself in after a clear spell of coherency. Asano had at first, visited Rachel as much as they could, but continued to be pushed farther and farther away from Rachel as she underwent treatment and faced the lack of progress with their continuous presence. They don’t visit anymore, but they write many letters that they haven’t send yet and probably never will out of fear that clarification would sever the relationship entirely.

Asano, wanting to take their mind away from their issues and finding theirselves at a lack of what to do from here, has decided to go back to their roots to get away from their life for the temporary by going back to visit their alma mater, their place of origin of change, the Bellefonte Academy. Applying to put their specialty training to good use and to potentially find the answers they need to their questions as they’ve once been given before, Asano had decided to moved to the town of Kalispell regardlessly to be able to clear their mind in the meantime.



SAMPLE:
Wednesdays were indigo blue, Thursdays were fuschia purple, and Fridays were maroon red. Today was Saturday, and quietly, Anri smiled tightly at the closeness in which the name rang in hues to their father. A vibrant, sunny yellow. Anniversaries were particularly hard on both them and Sasaki. They gathered together the flowers for the bouquets to be placed around the house to refresh the vases and pots, to help make the dusting of portraits and family photos a bit more cheerful and less painful. Sunlight streamed in from the windows, but it didn’t seem to want to reach either of their eyes. Sara, the caretaker for Sasaki’s aging years, came in from the kitchen area with sad eyes. “It’s been how long now, that he’s been gone?” Sea green algae.

Sasaki turned towards where Anri’s eyes went, and started moving her hands, but Sara had already begun asking again. “It’s been only 11 years now.” Sara nodded in a understanding shrouded in empathic sadness. Reaching for their mother’s hand, Anri quickly signed out, “let us eat now. There is no use in sadness if we cannot find peace in what Father would have wanted us to have.” Sara had disappeared back into the kitchen area, and Sasaki nodded before being guided by her daughter to the dining table, both finding comfort in just being close to share the same sense of mourning still. They never mentioned or alluded to Anri’s .. more special talents in Sara’s company, not after what had gone down within Rachel’s.

Miso soup graced the table, and all three sat down to eat in relative silence, as both Sara and Sasaki laughed and conversed over more cheerful topics such as old stories of Sara’s childhood shenanigans and Sasaki’s musical career shenanigans. Asano, in the meantime, had finished their meal and excused theirself to attend to a routine of habit. The “voices” of the room was left behind to staircase and bedroom, where the soft sounds of light and color tickled Asano’s senses via posters and cut out written pages of texts that they indulged themselves in. The clicking of a ferret purring in sleepy sounds, colored soft tangerine oranges across their vision before Asano sat down to write.

To Dear Rachel,
I miss you still. I

Silence. The general zoning out of their mind left the page blank and little else to fill, as the stuffy feeling of overwhelming negative feelings clouded their ears and their sight, the colors of blue and green and red and purple dancing across the page in firmly written, cursive handwriting started to mix together until their head got dizzy. Chemicals are immediately recited that would be a potential cause to the growing headache in their skull. Music is playing from somewhere, but Anri doesn’t know where. Sasaki has always enjoyed listening to Handel’s Passacaglia, hasn’t she? The room seem so much more stuffy and smaller than it used to be. Colors imploded into itself as notes echoed into the drafty room.

To Dear Rachel,
I miss you still. I . love you. I’m sorry.

Tears clouding their vision would be rather silly, and as their eyes seemed to agree, it would be silly, and so they hadn’t produced any. Staring at the page a little while longer, Anri sighed. Time has passed by, and nothing productive had been done. Closing their eyes for seemingly only a moment, they had woken up later to find theirself in bed, where the curtains were drawn from night sky had fallen. Whispers of reassurance and late night dinners called to Anri, and if they were to turn their head to the left, they could possibly feel the tangible touch of Rachel’s hair tickling their neck again. Reality is firmly set in however, and Anri refuses to turn to look at anything so painful to experience again. Instead, closing their eyes and only trusting theirself to sit up and then to stand, they just stare instead at the writing desk across the room, where the lamp’s light was still on and the pen was still set beside the page.

To Dear Rachel,
I miss you still. I love you. I’m sorry. Always. Please recover well, my love.
Asano

Footsteps light behind them, Anri resolutely decided not to look at the time nor to check up on their voicemail for wishing to indulge the voice lulling them back to sleep. “Sleep well,” taunting voices told them, and Anri frowned to wish away the thoughts. Recital is important to routine. Wednesdays were indigo blue because Thursdays were fuschia purple and Fridays, maroon red. Saturdays were vibrant sunny yellows, and Sundays,--Sundays were processed sugars white. It’d sprinkle dreams with the wrong container of white grainy powders and leave Asano with bitter aftertaste. This way, they’d slept, and they’ve wept. Dreams were drowned in white noise, left to be re-examined for morning to come, so that they may start Sunday’s sugary white. Then Monday’s pigeon gray, then Tuesday’s olive green, and Wednesday’s indigo blue, because Thursdays were fuschia..

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