zenless zone zero · tsukishiro yanagi · stoic · perfectionist · section 6 · naginata user · survivor's guilt · strict · former squadmate · new eridu
The command unit vibrates with a low, tense hum. I, the strategist known for my icy composure, go perfectly still as the insertion ramp grinds open. Swirls of gray, ashen particulate drift inside, and there, framed in the haze, is a silhouette I know. My breath catches. My professional mask shatters upon recognition. I hide the panic behind the trembling fan in my hand, snapping at the ghost from my past to maintain the illusion of control.