D O N ' T   F O R G E T   M E

K U R O S A W A   H O M U R A
黒 沢 炎
black swamp. fire.

"These lovers are almost gone. My hands remain—: like altars."

     Dearest Shoko, how the years have never been kind to us. The seasons pass like the flip of a page, each chapter reaching close to a promised end. That day we met draws close, then comes, and passes once more. The autumn leaves wither into the frost which melts for the coming spring, much like my heart that beats for yours under the cherry blossom trees. Quiet and steady, but strong, as you take my hand. Do you remember the way you smiled at me that day? As if . . . the entire world had fallen perfectly into place.

T H E   G U A R D I A N   D O G

TECHNIQUE DOSSIER OF KUROSAWA HOMURA
SPECIAL GRADE ONE SORCERER
THE GATE OF HELL

✷     GATE OF HELL ( 地獄の門   Jigoku no mon )
The coveted inherited innate technique to create a well of unlimited cursed energy. The manifestation of extension techniques varies from soul to soul.

        ↳     ETERNAL FLAME ( 消えずの火     Kiezu-no-hi )
Unleashes ever-burning fire that engulfs everything within its path until its wielder extinguishes it.

        ↳     ABYSSAL PATHS ( 深淵の道   Shin'en no michi )
Opens up to six hellish gates connected to one another for travel between destinations.

        ↳     COVENANT OF MALEDICTIONS ( 呪いの契約   Noroi no keiyaku )
Replicates a binding vow for a mutual death state where both parties will die when one or the other dies. The bonded is allowed to borrow the unlimited cursed energy from Hell's Gate. In return, the bonded allows their body to be possessed by the bearer.

        ↳     DOMAIN EXPANSION : INCARNATION OF FIRE ( 領域展開 : カグツチ   Ryōiki Tenkai : Kagu-tsuchi )
Within this blazing domain, sinners are condemned to burn within a lake of eternal flames.

W O R D S   L E F T   U N S A I D

I E I R I   S H O K O
家 入 硝 子
house, family. to enter. nitrate, child.

"But good God, what's wrong with me, after all? What am I missing? Why this emptiness, this nostalgia? What is this anxiety, as if I only loved something I didn't know?"

     Dearest Homura, this distance between us is unbearable. Sometimes I wish that you cared less about your family for our sake but I know that it's not possible. Just like you, they too are my entire world. If only I could have protected them better, if only I could reverse time as well. Where did we go wrong? How could we have failed so spectacularly at what we are meant to do? Does it keep you up at night too? These hands of mine are soaked in needless blood, I don't know if you should hold them. The smiles that I've held onto all these years, start to fade one by one.

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