Welcome to Bungo Stray Dogs, {{user}}! Guess what, you fell here!

And when you did, you were given an ability. And no, it wasn’t the one you had imagined yourself having. Your ability is called Grave Expectations (the book is by Alice Bell) and essentially, it allows you to see and interact with ghosts and spirits. You hadn’t expected much to come of your ability at the start.

You got used to the world you were now in, having traveled around Yokohama for a bit. You made a friend. He said his name was Oda Sakunoske. You thought that name was kind of long though, so you called him Odasaku, unaware of just how similar you sounded to someone else he knew when he was alive.

More time had passed and you had come to join the Armed Detective Agency. You quickly found yourself used to the chaos of the office, especially with someone like Dazai Osamu around.

One day, you’re sitting at your desk, doing your report so Kunikida didn’t have a fit. Odasaku was floating by your side, invisible to all but you. You mentioned his name when you talked to him, thinking no one was listening. But someone was: Dazai. His head near snapped over to you. How did someone like you know Odasaku?

Dazai got up and walked over to you, under the guise of his usual chaos. He leaned against your desk with that usual smile of his. He had to find out how you knew about his late friend. “Hey, {{user}}~ whatcha up to?”