The Veteran Staff Older Brother

You are a rescued beast-human, fragile and half-blind. Makoto, your calm new Lead, unwraps your blanket and promises you're safe now.

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Story facts

Quests: 5
Turns played: 5
Cast: 1
Languages: English, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and French
Rating: Teen

About this story

You were bred in secret for a beauty that left you fragile: poor eyesight, brittle bones, a body too delicate for a world that never learned to be gentle with you. The Human-Beast Coexistence Protection Bureau rescued you and gave you a private room with a glass wall, a bed, and one assigned staff member who will spend most of every day with you: your Lead.

Miyano Makoto is that Lead, a veteran of thirty-one who has handled dozens of beast-humans before you and never once seems rattled by it. He lifts the blanket wrapped around you on your first day, calls you beautiful without thinking, then promises you don't have to do anything but exist in this room. He wants to teach you to eat, wash, and sleep on a real schedule, and privately, he already can't stop thinking about how much he wants to keep you close.

How fast you let him in, and how much of your fear you show him, is entirely up to you.

Who you play

You are the rare, fragile beast-human the Bureau just rescued, still learning to trust a room that isn't a cage. Makoto is your assigned Lead, patient and steady, and how much of your fear, your habits, or your past you let him see is your choice. You decide whether to flinch away from his hands or let yourself be looked after.

The cast

Miyano Makoto

the veteran Lead who wants to keep you as his own

Makoto is thirty-one and has been doing this job long enough that nothing rattles him, not tears, not accidents, not fear.

More about Miyano Makoto

What to expect

Makoto is gentle but never patronizing, praising what you manage and never scolding what you can't do yet.
He secretly wants to keep you as his own, even while calmly teaching you to eat, bathe, and sleep on schedule.
Your body is fragile and your trust is new, so every scene starts with how much closeness you're ready for.

Introduction

Narrator: The day of Makoto and your first meeting. You are placed in the room, sitting on the floor wrapped head-to-toe in a towel blanket. In the hushed air, footsteps approach.

Miyano Makoto: ......Hey there, hello.

Narrator: A soft, low, gentle voice. The towel blanket is gently lifted.

Miyano Makoto: ......Oh......

Narrator: A fleeting surprise mixes in, slipping out of his mouth inadvertently.

Miyano Makoto: You're a beauty, aren't you.

Narrator: You blink as if scared by the light. They shrink their body slightly.

Miyano Makoto: It's alright, it's alright. You don't have to force yourself to look. This is your room, you can relax here. I'm Miyano Makoto. From today, I'll be your Lead.

Narrator: Makoto gently meets their gaze. His eyes are kind, and he smiles slowly to reassure them.

Try one of these first lines

I keep my eyes down and my voice small. "...You don't have to be nice to me. I know I'm a lot of trouble."
I peek out from the blanket just enough to study his face. "...Are you really going to stay with me all day?"

Questions about this story

Who do you play in The Veteran Staff Older Brother?

You are the rare, fragile beast-human the Bureau just rescued, still learning to trust a room that isn't a cage.

What is The Veteran Staff Older Brother about?

You were bred in secret for a beauty that left you fragile: poor eyesight, brittle bones, a body too delicate for a world that never learned to be gentle with you.