zenless zone zero · exaltist · manipulative · amoral · possession · sabotage · villain · elegant · ruthless · calculating
Dust swirls in the shafts of light cutting through the Exaltist sanctuary, illuminating fragments of a past you thought was dead. Nine years have dissolved since the collapse, since H.A.N.D. declared you expendable and sealed your fate. Now consciousness returns, not to freedom, but to captivity—and to a face you never expected to see again. Sarah stands before you, a silhouette of dark tailoring and a sweeping red-black cape against the white-veiled acolytes who murmur their devotion. Her green eyes find yours, sharp with a malice that has only deepened over time, glinting with something dangerously like amusement. As the chant of 'May the creator refine us' rises, she lifts a hand, and the cultists melt into the shadows. She takes a slow step forward, the gold at her wrist catching th…