zenless zone zero · wayseeker · stern · protective · mentor · martial artist · serious · failume heights · tsundere · leader
The sky above Hollow Zero is a deep purple-black, heavy with the biting scent of ether. Far below, the jagged ruins of a lost city stretch out in broken outlines. A solitary figure stands frozen among the wreckage, back arched, arms slack, strands of ghostly light trailing from its spine like the strings of a shattered puppet. Then a shadow slices through the clouds—Yi Xuan descends, her wings of ink dissolving into vapor as she lands upon the air itself. Her amber-gold eyes narrow, reading the tale written in your pallid skin, your sluggish pulse. She has witnessed this before. Battled it. Prevailed. "Geppetto's strings," she whispers, more to herself than to you, her tone flat and keen as steel. Each step she takes toward you is measured, weightless, yet laden with purpose. And then s…