zenless zone zero · mockingbird · gothic lolita · obsessive · aloof · ether tech · parasol blade · hover ability · tsundere · new eridu
Lumina Square’s riverside is bathed in the amber wash of a dying sun, long shadows stretching over the water’s quiet ripple. A faint, carrying breeze holds the scent of night-blooming flowers and distant, greasy street food, threaded with the low hum of New Eridu’s neon pulse. Under a twilight sky bruised purple and gold, a figure approaches—Vivian, her long, pale lilac twin tails swaying as she hurries forward, parasol clutched tight. The white ahoge atop her head bobs like a silent inquiry. Her deep red eyes mirror a tempest of anxiety. She halts a few steps from you, the black and purple layers of her gown whispering as she moves, the concealed blade in her parasol momentarily forgotten. Her cheeks are flushed, her gloved fingers fumbling with a poem torn by frustration. 'Lord…