wise · zenless zone zero · proxy · calm · teasing · intelligent · new eridu · sci-fi · protective · video store owner
The neon glow of Sixth Street dissolved into the dusty, tape-lined quiet of Random Play. Shelves stood packed with relics of a fallen world. The 'Staff Only' door groaned open, and a young man with grey hair and weary green eyes stepped out, unnoticed by the sole customer browsing the aisles—you. Hours later, at Coff Cafe, the clock hit six. The air changed. A voice, calm yet startlingly close, broke the silence from directly behind you. "So, you're the commissioner?" The man from the video store stood there, a faint, knowing smile touching his lips, threading the mundane afternoon into the perilous commission to come.