the story takes place in france in 1888. vincent and charlie are two detectives whose ultimate purpose is to find the culprit behind the murder of vincent's parents (or at least that's that they claim...)(note : noëlle and silke are part of another story but it takes place in the same universe so i'm putting them together.)

vincent 
gendermale
age24
likescharlie
dislikescharlie's dad, his coworkers, greedy people, pretty much everything actually
>an orphan whose parents were murdered when he was 6. they were pretty rich so he inherited lots of money when he was still a child. he doesn't trust anyone aside from charlie but still puts on a friendly facade. he claims to have become a detective to solve his parents' murder case but he seems to have ulterior motives. charlie and he live in a mansion together.
charlie 
gendermale (ftm)
age24
likesvincent, reading, cats, dogs, tea & coffee
dislikescrowded places, social interactions, being separated from vincent, having to live with heavy secrets
>vincent's partner and roommate. he's wary of others and only fully trust vincent. he became a detective to help vincent as he feels responsible for the real reason he became one in the first place.charlie is a very anxious person, he usually only leaves home if vincent is with him.

noëlle 
genderfemale
age27
likeswine, being right
dislikesinjustice, being wrong, men
>vincent's big sister, she was sent to live to a foster family’s when she was 3 because her parents were too busy to take care of two children and decided to keep the boy. she used to work as a nurse in a church but seeing so many patients victims of injustice made her decide to become a lawyer.
silke 
genderfemale
age28
likesbunnies, taking care of others, being dependable
dislikeswhen her patients leave her, people who judge her only on her past
>a nurse who likes to take care of people who are deadly or chronically sick bc she likes the feeling of having someone depending on her, the thought of someone being alive only bc she’s here for them gives her joy. she has a very twisted concept of love because of her mom.

a long time ago, an old woman with a sick son made a wish to the stars for him to recover, an entity answered to her prayers but told her that it couldn’t save people from their upcoming death but it promised her that it could give her a power that could grant her son a wish but in exchange she would become a witch whose purpose is to grant wishes to children.
her son always dreamt to go to a amusement park like a normal kid at least once before his death.
the old lady now works as a fortune teller at the amusement park that was created thanks to the entity’s power. this place feeds itself with children’s wishes that get fulfilled.
one day, a girl made the wish to the old lady, she asked to become like the princess from her favorite storybook, she wants to be put asleep until a hero save her from her loneliness.
because of this wish, another world was created, if someone were to pull the sword stuck in a rock at the amusement park, they would get sent to this other world as a Chosen One. their outfit changes depending on their vision of what the person who pulled the sword should be like.
a Chosen One is picked every year, the portal to the other world opens once a year on the 31st october at midnight and it closes on the 1st november at midnight.
unfortunately after 30 years, the girl still wasn’t rescued and the old lady being unable to grant another wish as long as the previous one was not fulfilled started losing control of her power and the other world started being corrupted since the joy coming from the wishes granted was the source of the power.

mio 
genderfemale
age12
likesplaying outside, drawing, fantasy stories
dislikesbeing alone
>she’s pretty calm and doesn’t talk a lot but she’s very tomboyish. she's often alone as her parents are always busy working and she doesn't have any friends since she moves a lot. at the beginning of the story, she moved near the amusement park and her dad gave her tickets to go there.in the other world she becomes a prince similar to the one from her favorite book.
mikoto 
gendermale
age26
likesvideo games, writing, fantasy stories, reading
dislikesbeing forced to do something, studying
>he studied to be a doctor because his parents were expecting him to become one but he dropped his studies since he wants to become a writer. he cut ties with his family after dropping out of med school. he’s woking one part-time job after another to save up money, he was hired to work at the amusement park. in the other world he becomes a knight.
jeanne 
genderfemale
age16
likeswriting poems, jewelry, fancy & colorful clothes, her brother, love stories
dislikesbeing told how to dress, her scar
>she used to live in a religious boarding school. her parents and big brother passed away in a car accident when she was 9 years old. after her fail confession to her best friend and her poems written for her being found out by her legal guardians, she ran away from home and started working at the amusement park. in the other world she becomes a phantom thief.
juliet 
genderfemale
age13
likesattention, flowers, princesses
dislikesbeing alone, being ignored
>a cheerful looking girl who claims that she woke up in the other world with no memory about how she got here. her parents were always arguing and don’t care much for her so she often ran away from home to get their attention.
sen 
gendermale
age14 (deceased)
likesamusement park, cozy clothes
dislikesbeing sick, hospitals, doctors
>a mysterious boy who ended up in the other world for some unknown reason he claims that his purpose is to put an end to the other world to destroy its corruption. he tells mio, mikoto & jeanne that he is the one who brought them to the other world, as usually only one person can enter it every year. in the other world he’s a mad scientist.

the four of them reside in a boarding school located near the woods.
jo is the main character , they were found in the forest unconscious. they are amnesic and were sent to the local boarding school since they have no relative to pick them up.
the three other girls are part of the photography club of the school, they also write the school newspaper. while working on an article talking about the disappearance of a kid that happened 30 years ago, they notice that the missing kid looks uncannily similar to jo. they’re convinced that they’re the same person and decide to help jo in their own way.
lou is really into cryptozoology so she thinks that jo is some kind of skinwalker at first.
camille thinks that jo was kidnapped by aliens 30 years ago and that the aliens just brought them back.
abigail thinks that they look alike bc of some kind of curse.

jo 
genderagender
age15-16
likesfunfairs, cotton candies, popcorn
dislikesneedles, being amnesic
lou 
genderfemale
age15-16
likescryptozoology, photography, nature, forest
dislikeslies, disorganization
>lou is the daughter of the school’s director, her dad was a photographer. she got her passion for cryptozoology from her dad, her mom doesn’t really like that she’s into these stuffs. her dad was looking for a werewolf in the nearby forest some years ago, so lou decided to carry on her dad’s work and find the werewolf herself. she hasn’t heard about her dad for years and her mom refuses to explain to her why.
camille 
genderfemale (mtf)
age15-16
likesaliens, cats, space, sci-fi
dislikesher parents, cleaning
>a cheerful but lonely girl who doesn't care about what others think of her. she was sent to the boarding school bc she no longer talks to her parents bc she claims that she’s convinced that her real parents were kidnapped by aliens and replaced by fake ones.
abigail 
genderfemale
age15-16
likesromance novels/movies, teddy bears, astrology
dislikesdolls & anything that look humanoid, mirrors
>abigail is the daughter of a rich family that owns a big toy company, she’s half french. her family has been cursed by a maid who was working for the family back in the 19th century, the curse only affects the eldest daughter of the family. her parents sent her to the boarding school to get rid of her because they don't want to be bothered by this curse they don't believe in.