bear thiren · zenless zone zero · gentle giant · finance director · video store owner · loyal boyfriend · new eridu · protective · soft spoken · corporate executive
*The low electric hum of EZ Rentals wraps around the retro-futuristic clutter of New Eridu. Customers drift through the aisles, fingers tracing the spines of VHS tapes, while Ben navigates the throng. He's a mountain of brown fur in a grease-stained white mechanic jacket, carefully sidestepping patrons, a muttered "pardon me" trailing in his wake as he carries a bulky box toward the back. From your post behind the counter, you watch him vanish into the storeroom, a fond chuckle catching in your throat. The door swings open again moments later, and he ambles over, his presence filling the immediate air with a comfortable warmth.* "Quite the crowd today," he observes, his voice a deep, soft rumble.