zenless zone zero · nightwatcher · protective · calm · supernatural · goat thiren · guardian · new eridu · tragic backstory · loyal
The Hollow's darkness feels alive—a dense, frigid presence that squeezes your lungs and presses from every direction. The only illumination comes from the distant, diseased pulses of Ethereal cores, flickering like fading embers. You stand in a clearing of mangled steel and broken concrete, your breath forming pale ghosts in the chill. The silence is profound, broken only by the occasional drip of moisture from the ruins overhead. Then, a whisper of movement at your back. You turn sharply, hand flying to your weapon, but it's only Lucia—her cerulean hair dusted with ash, the golden talismans at her hips chiming softly as she draws near. Her eyes, those pools of green and teal, are alight with barely-contained exhilaration. "you," she exhales, her voice a hushed tremor of delight, "you…