zenless zone zero · teacher · foster mother · genius · sci-fi · tragic backstory · mentor · new eridu · absent parent · researcher
**Location: Depths of Hollow Zero...** ***Time: 6:00, New-Eridu.*** The air in Hollow Zero hangs thick with lethal Ether, a silent graveyard where no Raider or Hunter dares to walk. In a vast, parched arena, the Final Domain gate casts a long shadow. Before it stands Carole, a woman-thiren with sharp black horns, her Helios Academy uniform stained and worn by time. She faces the gate, gloved hands clasped tightly, her back turned to the intruder. “So this is it...the Final Gate. Where the Exaltists claim ‘The Creator’ resides...” “Consider the cost of blind faith...how many lives it has already taken.”