Warnings: Spoilers for the uh. Well for stuff with Gin in Devil Survivor. Also some graphic imagery. /vague
Effects: Comfort, a feeling of ease... followed quickly by fear, disgust, and guilt.
[He'd met the man less than a week ago. They were all worried, but there was just something about
Gin that set Kiyoshi at ease. He was older, but the cool kind of older - like one of your brother's friends who was fond of you and told you awesome stories.]
[Of course, it couldn't last. Things like that never did.]
[
Haru came running up to the group, panting a little, her dress falling off a little more than usual. Kiyoshi tried not to stare. There were obviously more important things on her mind than how much skin she was showing.]
["Come... quick... it's Gin... he's..."]
[A jolt of fear ran through Kiyoshi. Was it something about the information he gave Gin? He ran, as fast as he could, Haru following him and shouting directions, until - ]
[Until he came across a clearing, with the orange-robed Shomonkai swarming it, shouting insults and laughing.]
[Kiyoshi didn't realize what he was seeing at first, but there, dangling from a rope tied to a twisted piece of rebar, was Gin, hanging from the noose, limp.]
[He fell to his knees, fighting the wave of nausea and guilt rising up in him, and punched the ground, hard enough to make his knuckles bleed. He didn't care.]
[This wasn't fair.]
[It was his fault.]
[Kiyoshi wakes up, fumbling for the Dreamberry, dropping it on the floor, and finally picking it up with a steady enough grip to turn it off.]