>> Title from City of Ashes by Jhariah - 𝖠 𝖼𝗅𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗋𝗈𝗈𝗆. 𝖠 𝗀𝗒𝗆. 𝖠 𝖻𝖾𝖺𝗋. 𝖠𝗇 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗌𝗂𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝗎𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖳𝗋𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗂𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝗋𝗈𝗄𝖾𝗇, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺 𝗵𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗇𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗇𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗋𝖾. 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲. 𝖡𝗎𝗍. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘬𝘰 𝘌𝘯𝘰𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘮𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘥? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘥? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴? - Ikusaba Ryoko was a dull girl, who was often described as empty. Ryoko knows despair intimately. So it is such a shame then, that this place is nothing but a twisted amalgamation of the very thing she's already breathes. But the very concept of this twisted game makes her head spin, her vision flicker, her brain pulse and static hiss in her ear. And she cannot help but be intrigued, because despite the constant predictabilities, and the apathetic boredom, there is something that ignites in her chest at this glorious feeling. This feeling of . . . - PART ONE OF 𝙿𝙻𝙴𝙰 𝙵𝙾𝚁 𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙶𝙸𝚅𝙴𝙽𝙴𝚂𝚂 - DOES NOT FOLLOW CANON.