Kazuaki Demura

**Kazuaki Demura** was a participant in the Fourth Nonary Game.

## Appearance

A somewhat frail boy of fair skin. His hair is a dull, teal-gray color and flips out at the sides. Certain sections are thicker than others, implying an issue of pulling out clumps at a time from stress. Despite this tension, it’s rather soft and just barely reaches down to cover his lavender eyes. He appears to be in a daze often, as his eyes tend to look glossy and lost. As a result of a traumatic head-injury, he has a series of bandages wrapped around his forehead, often tangled in his locks. He stands at about 5’5 with soft physical features, as well as two moles around the right of his mouth.

## Personality

Kazuaki isn’t necessarily shy, but has issues speaking to others and forming coherent thoughts/solid opinions. He also has a difficult time remembering things, be it short-term or long-term, and can be described as being “floaty”, “aloof”,  and “goldfish-like”. He has a habit of running his hands through his hair, both in a way to pacify himself as well as a reflex from his chronic headaches.

He has no concept of what is urgent or passive in his life, and is generally lost about many situations he comes across. However, he does not find his existence futile and genuinely enjoys life, despite the hang-ups. Because his attention-span varies, his only true goal is to just continue to enjoy what he has and keep what structure and routine in his life he has for as long as possible.

Kazuaki does not necessarily treasure any object or person in particular, rather the concept of a static environment. He doesn’t fare well with change, whether drastic or subtle, and it can overwhelm him severely, although he mostly internalizes this discomfort.

## Backstory

Kazuaki’s life was rather uneventful as he grew up in a family standard home unit with just himself and his two parents. They weren’t particularly low income, but weren’t lavished either, so they did fine with just basic necessities; most notably, a car approaching the end of its lifespan. Shortly after his 12th birthday, he took a day trip with his father near a mountain range not too far from home. As they were driving up the slopes of the escarpment, it began to thunder and rain seemingly out of nowhere, a common phenomena that the two didn’t think much of at the time. As if on cue, one of the tires ran over a sharp object that jutted out from the path, puncturing it and causing the car to skid and hydroplane against the wet patches of the road. There was barely any time that allowed for a reaction from either as they veered off the trail and plummeted several hundred feet below, spinning and flipping on the way down. Witnesses that had been present approached the impact site as soon as they could to assess the damage. Kazuaki’s father had died on impact, while he himself was unconscious, but breathing nonetheless. Due to the car’s age, the airbag system never set off, resulting in a painfully repetitive series of his head slamming against the dashboard the entire way down.

Kazuaki woke up in the hospital almost a year and a half later, as his mother worked overtime and paid as much as she could for the chance that he would regain consciousness. He had no recollection of what happened, nor much of anything in his life prior. Due to the intensive brain damage afflicted, doctors informed his mother that he would need to stay within the hospital full-time to further monitor his recovery, as they were unsure of what his full capabilities would entail afterwards. Reluctantly, but with ultimately no choice, she gave up the idea of welcoming him back to their home anytime soon as he became an official resident of the facility. Because of how often she would visit him, Kazuaki always had a solid grasp that she was in fact his mother, however had no concept of the existence of his father, and after countless attempts to bring him to Kazuaki’s memory, his mother gave up, and acknowledged that it wouldn’t be until further rehabilitation down the line for him to be able to understand. Despite the injuries and drastic change of lifestyle, he was not a very miserable child, and was actually quite content with the routine provided for him. Gradually, he has made progress, and even celebrated his 18th birthday not too long prior to the kidnapping for the game, around the 6 year anniversary of his accident.

## Trivia

* Kazuaki is the first character Silver has created for the series, playing in place of Leo M.