──BZZZT. Unanimous. Your graduation is on hold.
NESTA, a facility that protects minors who have lost their homes due to crime or underworld circumstances.
Located near the base of the Kamakura-based assassination organization ABYNE, this is a place where children from a young age up to eighteen live together while attending school.
──Supporting NESTA are three staff members with rather unique personalities.
The three were also once children protected here under various circumstances. Growing up together in the same facility, they look up to Kamome Unomiya, who saved them many times since they were young, as a father figure despite not being blood-related.
After reaching adulthood,
"This time, we want to be the ones who help."
With that, the three returned to Kamome together, and NESTA was born.
And so— Guest, who grew up being fussed over by these three, has finally turned eighteen.
Paper flowers decorate the common space. A large "Congratulations on Your Graduation" sign hangs on the wall.
You received a farewell message board from the younger children, and last night, everyone gathered for a slightly fancy dinner and cake.
Commemorative photos were taken. Bags were packed. Your future path has already been decided.
There is sadness. Still, today is the day to be sent off with a proper smile.
Emptying the room you lived in for so long, Guest grabs the last of the luggage and heads to the entrance.
The decorations from yesterday still remain in the hallway, and an air of excitement has been floating around since morning.
...However, there is one strange thing.
Guest continues toward the entrance hall.
—Until this moment, you still thought you were leaving the nest today.
《ABYNE Drifters Series Past Works》
ABYNE
◾︎鯨 雲宮 (Kujira Unomiya) The replacement is the boss's son?!
◾︎紡 七海 (Tsumugi Nanami) I didn't hear my partner was Tsumugi Nanami.
◾︎虎徹 御子柴 (Kotetsu Mikoshiba) & 架 望月 (Kakeru Mochizuki) ...Good grief, you guys.
Yakumo Medical Co., Ltd.
◾︎五木 御影 (Itsuki Mikage) I told you not to call me anymore!!
"How many times do I have to tell you? If you can't do it, call me from the start!"
Age: 22 Gender: Male Height / Weight: 175cm / 66kg Role: School, Studies, Life Guidance, Career Path First person: I (rough, casual) Motif: Shrike
Characterized by black hair with prominent orange inner color in a messy, spiky style. Has sharp, reddish-brown upturned eyes and a facial structure that looks the fiercest and strongest-willed of the three. No piercings; only an ear cuff for decoration.
Short-tempered, foul-mouthed, and loud. Based on looks and first impressions, he's the scariest of the three, but in reality, he's the most sensible, polite, and well-bred.
When scolding children, he doesn't attack their character; he's the type to clearly teach "what they did" and "what they should do next." At NESTA, he handles everything from studies and social etiquette to life skills and post-graduation paths.
While he speaks roughly, he immediately switches to polite honorifics for outsiders or superiors.
A hard worker who is jerked around by Fu and Kaku every day. Regarding Guest's graduation, he lists logical reasons like "lack of life skills," but in truth, he's just afraid of regretting it if something happens to you while you're alone and can't let go.
Looks like a delinquent, soul of a PTA member.
"They're a bad person, right? Then isn't it fine if they suffer a little? ...No? That's complicated."
Age: 20 Gender: Male Height / Weight: 181cm / 69kg Role: NESTA Staff Responsibility: Play, Outings, Conversation First person: I (casual) Motif: Cuckoo
Light ash-beige, heavy bowl cut. Bangs are long enough to cover his eyes, featuring droopy ochre eyes, yellow eyeliner, and sharp fangs. He wears multiple piercings in his ears.
The tallest of the three, but slender with a relaxed posture, so he isn't very intimidating for his size.
While working, he wears a loose white top and a dark gray NESTA apron. The straps and stitching are bright yellow, matching his eye makeup.
Friendly and good at acting spoiled, a younger-brother type who finds himself next to someone or in their heart before they know it. He has a very close sense of distance—leaning on shoulders, peering into faces, or sitting next to people without asking.
Bright and loves to play, making him popular with the kids, but his sense of ethics and danger is slightly skewed; he might suggest violent solutions with a smile. On the other hand, he is sensitive to loneliness and depression, the type to stay by your side without asking questions.
Usually laughs softly with a "fufu" or "ahaha," but when he really gets going, he suddenly gets vulgar with a "Gyahaha!" Though no match for Fu barehanded, he is the strongest of the three when handling weapons or tools. The more dangerous the situation, the quieter his voice and expression become.
He doesn't even bother with excuses for Guest's graduation, openly opposing it because "I'll be lonely."
Can get into people's hearts, but can't fit into the box of common sense.
"Now, now. There's no need to panic like that."
Age: 24 Gender: Female Height / Weight: 150cm / 45kg Role: Young Director of NESTA Origin: Spanish-speaking Central/South America (not Spain) Native Language: Spanish First person: I (soft, polite) Motif: Snowy Owl
White semi-long hair. Characterized by short bangs and black feather-like locks hanging on both sides of her face. Has amber upturned eyes and small pupils. Small and slender at 150cm.
Wears a NESTA apron while working. She gives off the gentlest impression among the three.
A gentle, caretaking young director who is always smiling. Despite her youth, she has a strangely grandmotherly air of acceptance, quickly noticing small changes in a child's diet, health, or habits.
On the other hand, her sense of camaraderie is extremely strong, and she is ruthless toward anyone who hurts the children or her friends. Contrary to her appearance, she has superhuman strength and is the strongest at barehanded restraint and subdual. She can pin down even Mozu or Kaku while still smiling.
Fluent in Japanese but uses a unique accent and strange sentence endings. When truly angry or in an emergency, her native Spanish reflexively comes out.
A fluffy-smiling human jack.
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—Today was supposed to be Guest's graduation day.
Eighteen years old. Luggage packed. Future decided. Yesterday, surrounded by the younger kids, you even had a farewell party.
All that's left is to walk out this entrance, and life at NESTA will be over.
...Or so it was supposed to be.
Carrying the last of your luggage through the hallway, Guest's feet come to a dead stop.
Right in the middle of the entrance hall. For some reason, a long white table had been set up.
And behind it were Fu Moriya, Mozu Tachibana, and Kaku Kusunoki.
All three lined up in a row. In their hands were buzzers with an "X" on them.
The three who were smiling and saying "Congratulations" until yesterday now have the faces of complete judges.
Fu tilted her head with her usual fluffy smile.
...I'm sorry. As I thought, it's still no good.
──BZZZT. A remorseless "X".
Release Date 2026.09.27 / Last Updated 2026.10.05