burn a picture

genre: scifi, literary

fandom: zero escape (post-ztd)

synopsis: akane kurashiki struggles to adjust to life without the guidance of red strings. or: akane opens her eyes to the strain of her relationships and the ways in which her trauma has affected her.

setting: somewhere in the USA

themes: "do traumatic experiences justify morally questionable actions, or do they challenge the notion of right and wrong? how do we end the cycle of trauma/abuse?” smth abt how a support network is important

vibe: old cafes/diners, a home that suffocates you, the melancholy that comes with winter, blurry vision, broken glass/picture frames, red string

tw/cws: unreality, dissociation, swearing, dysfunctional relationships, mentions of child/parental death, kidnapping, mentions of bullying, trauma/mental illness, alcoholism

characters: akane kurashiki (she/her, 22-23), aoi kurashiki (he/it, 25), junpei temnyouji (he/him, 22-23), carlos rodriguez (he/him, 28), sigma klim (he/him, 67), diana sullivan (25, she/her), phi hasse (she/they, 20) eric thompson (he/him, 20s), mira vasquez (she/her, 25) sean (he/him, 10), maria rodriguez (she/her, 22), clover field (she/they, 19), light field (he/him, 25), alice khalid (she/her, 20s), delta (mentioned, 100+)

status: editing

excerpt: "She stands with her back against a wall, eyes glazed as figures move like shapes on a television screen. Utilizing the Morphogenetic Field as guidance is a call to the void. She’s supposed to be happy. She’s getting married after Crash Keys catches the religious fanatic. No longer is she a prisoner. But without the handcuffs chained to her wrists, she is lost."

ANGELUS CUSTOS

characters: celes(tial) (it/its), kyrie, mira(cle), michael, gabriel, kil(ometer)

genre: horror, post-apocalypitic

Synopsis: the world has ended in the wake of the war between angels and demons, heaven and hell. celes, a guardian angel on the lower rungs of angel society, sets out on an adventure in search of the truth, the link between humans and the sky above.

format: poetry/short story collection

themes: n/a

status: planning

vibes: rotted/clipped wings, abandoned cemeteries, thick fog, stained glass, vivisections, castles, religious sculptures, candles, doves

setting: somewhere on earth

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