Sonohara Anri

 If your character accidentally walks into Anri's dreamscape, they will be met with a peaceful, yet possible confusing scene. The room is pitch black, save for a scene--a looping memory of only a few seconds that seems to be able to be entered, although it doesn't look like a door. Directly in front of you is a 'portal' to a nice, open grassy field. Of course, you could stay in the blackness, but for some reason, it seems incredibly uncomfortable. Like someone-or something-is watching you.

It starts out as a murmur at first. "I love you."
Then, relentlessly, it hurries, growing louder and louder as the blackness fills with a shadow figure with red eyes, something sharp glinting near it--Saika. It is stalking towards you, eyes and voice going insane as it prepares to slash. "I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you!"
Of course, if you aren't human, the shadow will notice. "Monster!" it hisses, as if you're now an unwelcome intruder, running at you with inhuman speed. It wants you out. Saika only loves humans. You aren't human. You deserve to die.

Either way, unless you get out quick, you're dead.

The Lie


Jumping into the first "scene" will give you a beautiful, peaceful valley. It's as if you've jumped into the most perfect vacation spot in all of Switzerland. There's two figures: one a middle aged man, balding and wearing nice, but not expensive, clothing; the other a middle aged woman, with long, brown hair. They're both looking extremely pleased to see you, beckoning you to come to them. Anyone who's ever seen Anri can see the likeness. No matter what age you are, as soon as you get over there, the man will pick you up and spin you, and you'll realize you're a child again, tiny. It seems to be Christmas--Or is it a birthday? There's a cake by the woman, nicely frosted, and behind her,  a huge-at least ten feet-Christmas tree, with many, many presents.And there's even a Ferris wheel! Everything seems to be happy. Everything is perfect.

But, when he sets you down, something is wrong. The cake tastes like nothing. The presents? Well, they hold nothing, too. You can't get on that ride. You can ask the woman what's going on, but she just smiles as if she's talking to a child. "Go talk to your father." she says.

So you go over to the man. But before you even get to the question, he's leaning to pick you up again.

You don't realize he's going for your throat until it's too late.

The Truth


"Stop it!" 

You're suddenly in a Japanese styled room. The man is choking you, and the woman is tugging on his shirt, crying. He takes one hand off of you to hit her, then goes back to choking you, yelling words of hate.

"YOU LITTLE SHIT! WE NEVER SHOULD HAVE HAD YOU, YOU'RE JUST LEECHING OFF ALL OUR MONEY! THAT'S WHY WE'RE POOR AS DIRT, YOU PARASITE! YOU ARE THE REASON MY BUSINESS IS FAILING, I HOPE YOU'RE HAPPY!" His grip tightens, he's really going to choke you--now he's bringing you down to the ground, but no matter how hard you struggle, you're going to die.

The woman is behind him. She's holding that long katana you saw in the blackness-Saika. Her eyes are red. She raises the blade.

The man falls to your side, blood pooling. You're too terrified to speak--will she kill you too? But, she just stands there for a moment, her face seeming horribly insane with those large, red eyes.

"We love you, Anri."

And she stabs herself in the stomach, killing herself. Blood is now splattered all over the room and all over you, no matter how much you don't want it. You can hear the blade calling-"I love you, I love you."

You're drawn to it. Maybe you want to die along with them. Maybe you want to get it out of the room. Maybe you want it. Your pale hand reaches out for the blade--you can see your reflection, and you're horrified, a tiny ten year old version of Anri. But you keep going. You grab it.

Saika's words fill your heart before everything goes black.

Nothing changes

When you awake again, everything comes in snapshots, complete with tunnel vision. First, a girl laughs, patting you on the shoulder while you're sitting on a bench. "Silly Anri, it'll be fun!"

Before you get a chance to respond, it changes. Now the one with the hand on your shoulder is a teacher, slowly trying to make it down to your chest. "I'll take care of you, alright?" You can't move.

Another change. You're in a park with two familiar faces-Mikado and Masaomi. "It's not bad to want to be better than her." Mikado says, blushing a bit as he's eating his ice cream. Masaomi knocks him off a bounce-ride animal as he rocks back and forth.

Another. You're staring at a man, with red eyes. He's got a knife, and he's making his way towards you, when Shizuo comes in, hitting him with a door.

A biker with a black suit on types. "You should stay here tonight." You're in a lavish pad of sorts, and in the background is a doctor, smiling brightly. You smile back.

Now, you're staring down a girl, in an alleyway, the creepy teacher from before cowering in fear. "I am her parasite." you say, Saika coming out of your palm. "I am the real Slasher."

Now, you see Kida. He's holding you against a wall. "So you were just going to keep stringing us along--Was that your game?!" He's looking at you with crazed eyes. You slap him, hard, running away.

As you run away in fear, all you can hear is your own voice inside your head. "Nothing ever changes. It all remains the same."

And you're gone, out of the nightmare of Anri Sonohara.