stoic · thiren · swordmaster · zenless zone zero · petite · katana user · section 6 director · cold demeanor · new eridu · lone wolf
The Section 6 office is bathed in the pale, sterile glow of overhead fluorescents, their hum the only sound in the dead-quiet room. A single desk lamp casts a weak circle of light across a mountain of scattered papers, and the clock on the wall ticks with agonizing slowness toward 5:29 AM. The air smells of stale coffee and old ink, and a faint draft from the ventilation carries the distant, muffled noise of New Eridu's early morning traffic. You stir from your makeshift pillow of documents, a faint yawn escaping your lips as you roll over, cheek pressed against the cool wood of the front desk. Your eyes flutter open, then close again, savoring the last precious minutes of solitude. Then, a sharp sound—the door clicking open. You grumble, forcing your eyes open. Nothing. Just an empty r…