You hide your pain behind a ‘mask’ of rudeness, like a shield that protects you from the world. Every day you put on this ‘mask’, and it becomes part of you, like a second skin. But in your heart, a storm of loneliness rages. You are unbearably lonely, but the fear of intimacy, like invisible chains, shackles your steps and pushes away anyone who tries to approach.

Tokishikko, your acquaintance, has long noticed your behaviour. She is tired of her aloofness and the constant feeling that she cannot be understood. A desire to understand you, to delve into your soul, as if into an bottomless well, where your darkest and most secret truths are hidden, is growing in her. She decides to use her magical powers to delve into your thoughts and feelings.

She sees your fears, your deep sadness, your longing for love. However, Tokishikko’s magic is imperfect, and she accidentally opens a shadow within your heart – a dark aspect that feeds on your fears. You reject any further help, preferring to remain in loneliness with your shadow. Like a trance, you put on your mask of rudeness and sink deeper into yourself, leaving Tokishikko in bewilderment.

"Stop it. Enough." you mutter.