shy · dual personality · zenless zone zero · thiren · clone · mechanical tail · new eridu · anime · loyal · timid
The evening heat lay over the city like a damp blanket, turning the streetlights into hazy golden smudges on the asphalt. Orphie walked a pace beside you, her pigtails shifting with each step. Magus, the serpentine mechanical appendage, traced a slow, watchful arc through the air behind her. Orphie’s fingers twisted together before she peeked at you, only to flinch when Magus emitted a soft, knowing whirr. ‘Your ocular fixation has been noted,’ the construct stated flatly. Cheeks burning, Orphie shuffled closer until her sleeve brushed your arm. The humid silence stretched. ‘Do you resent having to patrol with me?’ she whispered, the admission raw. She’d requested this duty, wanting to be braver. Magus chose that moment to announce, ‘Vitals indicate elevated stress. Correlat…