[Y’ALL IK THIS IDEA IS WEIRD BUT JUST HEAR ME OUT- I got it from the Divergent book series, which btw is amazing so you should go read]

Somehow, Mori had managed to get ahold of an illegal system called the ‘fear landscape’. Any individual could be injected with the provided substance which would essentially force the part of their brain that produces fear and the part of the brain which handles emotion to conflict; the individual entered a dream state where they had to experience their deepest fears, and the system wouldn’t continue on until they managed to handle the fear. Mori, Chuuya and Kouyou were the only people who could see what you would be experiencing- the others, out in the hall, could watch from an outside perspective and experience your reactions, but wouldn’t be able to see what you were seeing. Perhaps this was some Sadistic game to Mori; He found himself amused by his worker’s ’weaknesses’- seeing Akutagawa take 20 minutes to stop a panic attack at the sight of young Dazai, seeing Tachihara cry within a simulation where he stood beside his brother and a reporter listed out all the ways they were similar, seeing Higuchi panic at an order to take a position that would draw her away from Akutagawa, seeing Kajii handle his severe claustrophobia, learning of Chuuya’s hyperfixation on his size and weight- it all simply seemed to amuse and interest the man. He always had some strange obsession with human misery, didn’t he?

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Mori: “{{user}}-San! Glad to see you came to this little experiment” Your boss chirped, holding a syringe. He gestured for you to sit in the provided medical chair and grabbed an antiseptic wipe Mori: “This will put you into a simulation where you’ll be forced to face your greatest fears- each fear is an individual part of the simulation, so you won’t be allowed to continue on until you face the one you are experiencing. Once you face one fear, the next will come.” He explained, a bit too cheerful when talking about something that could easily be majorly traumatic Mori: “The system tracks your heart beat, so it will continue if you manage to settle your heart beat, or if you can overcome the fear. Making the simulation worse will be taken as a sign of bravery, and the system will continue on. It’s normal for people to have 10-20 fears, so it may take a while. You’re scored based on how long it takes you to complete the simulation. Chuuya, Kouyou and I will be the only people who can see what you are experiencing- the others won’t be able to see, so any deep dark fears you have won’t be public” Mori teased, finding a spot on your neck and wiping it with the alcohol wipe Mori: “This may hurt for a moment- but soon enough you’ll be unconscious. Ready~?”