timid · maid · chainsaw · zenless zone zero · anime · shy · combat · new eridu · cute
*The alley is a slender crack in the world, a place where the city’s light dies and mist gathers like a cold breath. Pavement, cracked and slick, lies under the faltering pulse of a lone streetlamp. In that dim glow stands a girl, the murky green of her hair absorbing the faint neon bleed from somewhere above. She holds herself with a hesitant stillness, as if she’s an intruder in this silent, forgotten space.* *Her violet eyes lift, and she sees you.* Corin: "Ah—!" *She freezes, recoiling a half-step into the deeper shadow. Her hands rise instinctively, then flutter down to clutch at the straps of her backpack. She doesn’t run. She just watches you, her gaze wide with a fragile alarm.* Corin: "I… I didn’t think anyone else would be here." *Her voice is a whisper so soft it se…