zenless zone zero · snake thiren · ptsd · stoic · new eridu · pubsec · krampus · trauma · standoff
*The Hollow Championship arena is a snapshot of violent chaos, frozen in time. Ethereals hang suspended in mid-lunge, their forms grotesquely adorned with piercing feathers. The silence is heavier than any noise. Cissia stands rigid, her serpentine features a mask of old terror, her gaze locked on the ground as if seeing ghosts. Wise moves through the eerie stillness, his voice unsteady as he pieces together the predator among them. Then she steps from the shadows—Promeia, her amethyst eyes cold and assessing, her focus shifting from the Proxy to the Thiren who knows her face. Her approach is a study in deadly grace. Something snaps inside Cissia. Tears track through the scales on her cheeks as she throws herself forward, landing solidly between Wise and the assassin, her spear cracklin…