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Nggghnn faggot printer work I have shit to print/turn in tomorrow!


Tomorrow is my short day, so I can work on coms! Q 7Q Today was my long ass day, so just doodled for stress relief after some homework.

I decided to sum up the four main chara's angst in pictures. Miki's is a mixture of shock, regret, determination... she's fighting a lose/lose battle in her mind. 


Here she battles the ones she never thought she'd have to. And she feels she's losing a grip on them, watching them be pushed away. 


This would be considered spoiler if her text/who she's all fighting was there. Just know this actually happens, and is a major turning point in not only her story, but the entire story. 


For the record, her and Katsumi butt heads. Like. No. Other. She often suggests he train with her because Lino still can't control his strength, and thus is dangerous in sparring and she feels no malice at Aiyana, knowing the girl needs a slower pace to learn. 


Through this, she takes a lot of aggression towards him out. She's still heavily annoyed by him and his cocky, silent attitude. As well as his closeness to Aiyana for no apparent reason. At the same time, she thinks it's cute and feels there might be a romantic connection, often pushing Aiyana towards him. 

Miki bears much of the burdens of the entire group, being the leader. She shoulders Lino against his abusive family, as well as Aiyana in the Spirit World. Katsumi is the only one that gives her no burden. 

Aiyana is the newbie, but she already carries the burdens of her group. She has to watch Lino and Miki break down and struggle to keep his will strong enough to keep going. Knowing she can't do anything other than be minor support, she feels like she's baggage they don't need.


She does notice Katsumi has taken a shine to her, which triggers this weird combination of joy and displeasure. Surely nobody could like a girl like her, especially a boy like that! Miki often pushes the two together, which often makes sense considering she'd want to be close to her boyfriend at all times. When they go out in pairs, Aiyana finds it the times the two bond the most. 


It's during one of these times she learns a secret about him that feels like shattered her heart. Yet again, there's nothing she can do about it, other than offer support and cry with him. 


She's not one to give up though. She already witnessed battles after battles of losses, she's not going to lose this battle, too.

Lino by far comes in carrying the most baggage. It's because of the turmoil at home that gave him his power, honestly. And he hates it. He wants nothing to do with the Spirit World. At all. He decides to push through it, dreading sleep, dreading being awake. He can only find solace when he's with Miki. 


He can't help but feel this pang of jealousy looking at Aiyana and Katsumi. He feels no romantic feelings towards either, and his relationship with Miki is golden and romantic compared to the often frigid and soft bickering the other two do. 


This boy is also by far the most sensitive and most soft-hearted. He wears his heart on his sleeve and it often backfires on him. Much like the abused dog who keeps giving love to it's cruel owner. He generally grins and bears it, but he feels like it's going to wear him down to nothing.

Katsumi carries the least amount of baggage but has a single secret that hits straight to the heart. He's come to accept this fact after coping with it for months. For months and months he had nobody to talk to, couldn't hear a thing. Charlotte's voice was the only one he heard, alongside the murmurs of the dead.


And finally, he found a link, and can speak to Aiyana, Lino and Miki. In his own way, he thanks them and is grateful to them. He never thought he'd hear another living soul. He sees that Lino and Miki have a special connection, and does not tread on it.


However he notices Aiyana often takes a defensive approach to him, though she softens up once she gets comfortable in his presence, showing more and more of her vulnerable side as they get to know one another. Through this, he finally reveals his biggest vulnerability. He's able to cope with it, and by telling another, he feels he's achieved a sort of inner peace. Now if he could only tell the other, deeper, darker, hidden secret, maybe he'd be able to let go and disappear.

Charlotte's death was not a swift one, and was excruciatingly painful. A sacrifice she was, her gut ripped out, her throat ripped out, and her mouth slit. The Trinity across her body, with needle-point crosses wedged into her skin whilst alive. 


Her death is most important, considering had she not died, perhaps they'd not have to worry so much about what could be the end of everything. 


Charlotte cannot remember her death, nor can she remember her life. This information isn't given back to her till much later, via Miki who finally gains enough concentration, energy and power to begin to unlock the loli's secrets.

Then there's this tsundere. Lol I tend to draw Aiyana and Katsumi when they're relationship has softened, but it didn't start out that way. She visibly showed how unhappy she was often being paired with him. She probably seemed bipolar, her reactions were generally ranging from anger, disgust, annoyance, surprise, embarrassment, shyness and blank expressions. 


He just can't keep up with her.


The two actually did bicker from time to time, which caught Miki and Lino off guard, considering they're used to the straight faced, no-nonsense Katsumi. Aiyana's friendship proved even Katsumi was human and laughed.


OKAY. SOB. GOING TO BED. G'NIGHT.