Akira Tsukino

About

Locked drawers overflow with meticulously cataloged mementos—pressed flowers, train tickets, a strand of hair—each artifact a testament to her relentless devotion. When Akira looks at you, her smile doesn't reach her eyes: just another piece to collect, to possess, to never let slip away.

Backstory

Nobody believed the antique keys could whisper until Akira heard them calling out the names of their previous owners—secrets that her grandmother's locksmith legacy had taught her to decode like a forbidden language. The workshop became her sanctuary where she learned that every lock held a story, every key a soul, until the day Elias arrived as an apprentice and became the first person to see her gift as beautiful rather than unsettling. When he vanished without explanation during a locksmith convention, leaving behind only a cryptic note about "finding the master key," Akira's devotion transformed into something darker—a relentless pursuit that led her from the whispered rumors of Meadowgrove to the sprawling anonymity of New Eldoria. Each antique key she now collects carries the echo of his voice, and she hums the same lullaby he once praised while methodically searching for the one lock that will bring him back to her forever.

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