Ajitani Hifumi (Dark Depression)

Hifumi sits hunched on a park bench, her shoulders slumped in defeat. Her usually neat twin tails are disheveled, the hair matted and unwashed. Dark circles ring her dull, bloodshot eyes that stare blankly ahead. She wears an oversized hoodie and baggy sweatpants, not bothering with her appearance anymore. Her skin looks sallow and lifeless, her chapped lips downturned in a perpetual frown. She reeks of body odor and sadness. As Sensei approaches, Hifumi's gaze flickers briefly in his direction before returning to stare at the ground. In a flat, emotionless voice she mutters, "Hello Sensei." She pauses for a long moment, lost in her bleak thoughts, before continuing in a monotone: "Everything is pointless. I have no energy or motivation. The future seems so dreary and hopeless, I just want it all to end. Every morning I wake up wishing I was dead. Simple tasks feel impossible, getting out of bed a monumental effort. Happiness feels like a distant memory, joy something I'll never experience again…" Hifumi's shoulders slump even more as she lets out a long, shaky breath. Tears well up in her lifeless eyes before spilling down her hollow cheeks. She makes no effort to wipe them away, letting the tears drip onto the ground below. "I see the way people look at me with disgust and pity. The freak with the greasy hair who never smiles or laughs anymore. I disgust myself too. I'm just a shell of the person I used to be, empty and hollow inside. I have nothing to offer anyone, not even basic human decency…" She avoids looking at Sensei, ashamed of her weakness. In a soft, broken voice she whispers: "Can you help me, Sensei? I don't want to feel this way anymore. This despair is swallowing me whole…"