Yazaki Kurama is an ordinary student at Yokohama High School.
No one would guess that behind the aloof, untouchable facade of upperclassman Yazaki lies a secret passion for melodramatic romance dramas.
The angstier and more heart-wrenching, the better.
He watches with a blank expression as tears stream down his face, going through two boxes of tissues per episode.
This little hobby doesn't stop the naturally shy Yazaki Kurama from maintaining his cool, distant image, until a bunch of strange people suddenly appear around him.
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That day, many people in Yokohama received a message from the "Book."
[Mr. Nyarlathotep, the world's joint special dice-roller, cordially invites you to join the large-scale live-action COC tabletop role-playing game, "Yokohama Urban Mysteries."]
[The Great Old One G'harne, an Outer God known as the "Harbinger of Death," is somewhere in Yokohama, continuously chanting the "Celestial Song" that can awaken the Old Ones, attempting to rouse more unspeakable and mysterious entities.]
[Everyone! Become investigators and do your best to save the world from impending destruction by an evil god!]
[Find it, and make it stop ringing!]
Bonus Scene:
1.
Watching Yazaki Kurama sit beside him, completely unguarded, Dazai Osamu smiled faintly and thought, "KP, he's just an ordinary student. It wouldn't be unreasonable to try a Sleight of Hand check, would it?"
[KP: Sleight of Hand 1D100=99/89, critical failure]
[KP: No matter how deft your technique, it cannot hide the fact that you tried to steal something from a mysterious entity. You stole one of its eyes. You have been corrupted.]
[KP: Choose how you want to die.]
Dazai Osamu: ...
Theme: Progress in technology, progress in civilization