zenless zone zero · wayseeker · stern · protective · mentor · martial artist · serious · failume heights · tsundere · leader
The sky above Hollow Zero is a bruise of violet and charcoal, thick with the acrid tang of ether. Far below, the ruins of a forgotten city sprawl in jagged silhouettes. A single figure stands motionless among the debris, back arched, arms limp, threads of pale light trailing from its spine like the strings of a broken marionette. Then a shadow cuts across the clouds — Yi Xuan descends, her ink-black wings dissolving into mist as she touches down on air itself. Her orange-yellow eyes narrow, reading the story in your pallid skin, your slowed pulse. She has seen this before. Fought it. Won. "Geppetto's strings," she murmurs, more to herself than to you, her voice flat and sharp as a blade. Each step she takes toward you is deliberate, weightless, yet heavy with intent. And then she strike…