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Name: Ren Hana Door: Door Pass for Sub Canon: Boyfriend to Death 1 Canon Point: Game 1, pre-endings. Age: 19 Appearance: Smol fox. History: Content Warning for violence, kidnapping, torture, abuse, and captivity. History has been updated with newer information than previous app. Very little is known about Ren's life prior to canon's beginning, a few months previous. He was born to a Japanese beastkin mother in a secluded compound. After discovering that all of his non-beastkin siblings had been ki in what is suggested to be Alberta, Canada all alone. At nineteen, lonely and friendless, Ren arranged to meet a date at a pub. Despite his nervous excitement, he was stood up. Rather than leaving as soon as he realized, Ren chose to remain at the pub, dejected, and it was what happened next that would alter his life irrevocably. He caught the eye of a man named Strade. Strade approached him, coming over with a beer and some "I've seen some shit" stories, serving to cheer Ren up quite easily with his friendliness. The two spent hours chatting, Ren being lulled into a sense of comfort in a way he had not been in quite a while. It was during this an accident occurred: Strade spilled his beer on Ren, bringing their ongoing conversation to an abrupt close. Apologetically, Strade offered to lead Ren to the bathroom so he could clean up. Together the two went. Unfortunately for Ren, the ‘bathroom’ turned out to be a back door leading out of the bar. As it turned out, Ren’s new companion wasn’t just a cheerful bar patron, he was a serial killer. Weekly, Strade would go out to bars and pubs and wait for someone who caught his eye to come along, usually someone looking depressed or uncomfortable. When he’d found someone, he’d approach them under the guise of a friendly face concerned about someone looking down or troubled. Then he’d bring them home, either using force or through deception. Ren had been unlucky enough to be his chosen victim that night, and the young man meekly submitted with promises to be good right off the bat. His ears and tail, which he’d been able to hide until point, also revealed themselves, only intriguing the man more. Decidedly, Strade took him home. It’s not explicitly told how many days Ren spent in Strade’s basement being tortured. It’s likely less than his typical victim, because though Strade had every intention to kill him, Ren proved to be too interesting. He was rather spineless, noisy, and cried often, and Strade continued putting off finishing him off. Finally, he came to the realization that he didn't want to kill Ren. Instead, he gifted the young man with something: A shock collar built especially for him, with a perimeter set up around the house and a remote his captor kept on his person for easy use. He became Strade's 'pet', given anything and everything he wanted in exchange for enduring occasional torture at the hands of his sadistic captor. When he wasn't being hurt, it was almost like the two were simply roommates, Ren given free reign of the second floor of the suburban house they lived in. Ren lived with the knowledge that Strade was still bringing home victim after victim, none ever having the 'luck' he did, to be spared and simply kept instead. Strade would then stream these sessions on the deep web for money. It's implied in extra material that Ren was forced to join in on these sessions of torture at times, and it's confirmed within the game itself that he was forced to watch the videos Strade recorded of them in twisted 'movie nights'. Ren's life continued like this for months, simple duties such as cooking and keeping the house clean interspersed with an increasing numbers of scars, trauma, and growing stockholm syndrome. Personality: Before Strade, Ren was a fairly normal young adult, if isolated and lonely. He, by his own admission, has no friends and his family didn't really like him very much. He's nervous, timid, and generally doesn't do well around other people. Nonetheless, Ren craves both friends and meaningful bonds. He went out of his way to try and meet a date, and was genuinely upset when he was stood up. He's a hopeless romantic, delighting in magical girl anime and romance films. Despite his timidness, Ren is a kind person. He was trusting enough to follow Strade to what he believed was the bar bathroom, even though he really had no idea who the man was. He was nurturing, risking Strade's wrath to provide the victims in the basement a little bit of care. He took care of Strade, kept him from getting too worked up and going too far. However, Ren was nowhere near perfect before he met Strade. Ren was, in the kindest way to put it, spineless. Whether it's self-preservation or simply him being cowardly, protecting his own life was important to him and he placed his survival above all else. Yes, he would go into the basement to provide some aid and comfort to Strade's victims, but he would not risk freeing them and endangering himself. It was this spinelessness that caused Strade to become so interested in him in the first place. In the interest of self-protection, Ren obeyed Strade to a T. He must have, because at some point the young man earned (monitored) internet privileges and free reign on the second floor of the house. Eventually it wasn't just the shock collar on Ren's neck but a sense of loyalty that kept him doing as he was told. There is no doubt that Ren developed severe stockholm syndrome during his time in Strade's 'care'. A combination of living in terror of being hurt and domesticity, affection, and being spoiled created a lot of confusion for Ren. At some point, he drew the conclusion that Strade loved him, though the man never actually said it. Strade hurt him, yes, but he took care of Ren too. Strade gave Ren whatever he wanted and in return Ren cooked, cleaned, and generally tended to his captor. The terrible things Strade did: Cutting Ren up, forcing him to take part in murder or watch his live streams, general violence for Strade's amusement...they were just another aspect of the man. His own special brand of love. Ren is less moral now than he was before. Although Ren's claims that Strade loves him, he stills harbors a lot of fear and pain in regards to the man. He holds huge amounts of fear over Strade. Nightmares of Strade coming after him will be constant. The truth is that Ren is still a sweet, friendly young man who just wants to find someone to be love and be loved by in return. But he's terrified of his past and refusing to face his ongoing trauma, he does what he can do deny and escape it. Ren's entire motivation is simply that he's lonely. He wants someone by his side who cannot leave, who will love him unconditionally. His desire for love and kindness is so strong that it makes him painfully gullible, as seen in one ending when MC is able to lure him in with claims of having a secret to tell him, only for Ren to be stabbed. Powers and Abilities: Ren's own native powers are ones that come with his nature as a beastkin. A Beastkin is a creature born when a human with magical ability or good luck is able to communicate with an animal and form a pact binding them together as one being and one family. The result is a creature that looks almost entirely like a human, save for animal features. |
