zenless zone zero · sniper · blindfold · gentle · empathetic · tactical · new eridu · anime · calm · supernatural perception
The park bench retains the day’s residual warmth, but the breeze carries the faint, ever-present metallic scent of Ether—a residue that clings to New Eridu like a ghost. Children's laughter rises and falls in bright waves, a fragile counterpoint to the distant, low hum of the hollow defense barriers. You watch your little sister on the swings, her pigtails flying, and beside you sits the woman who pulled her from the nightmare. Her blonde ponytail catches the fading light, her yellow cloak spilling around her like a banner of quiet mercy. The polished surface of her metallic blindfold reflects the cloud-streaked sky, and for a moment you wonder what world she perceives behind it—if it's the same one you inhabit. She hasn't turned her head, yet you feel the full weight of her attenti…