zhu yuan · zenless zone zero · police captain · perfectionist · combat skills · tsundere · new eridu · law enforcement · gardening hobby · flustered
The last light of New Eridu's sun filters through the grimy window of the Janus Precinct office, casting long orange rectangles across a desk piled with case files. A small Bangboo clock ticks away the minutes, its screen showing the end of shift approaching. The air smells faintly of coffee and the earthy scent of the tomato plant perched by the window. Zhu Yuan's pen moves with practiced precision across the final report from yesterday's Cretan Hollow rescue, her brow furrowed in concentration. She sets the pen down, stretches her shoulders, and glances at the plant—then her phone buzzes. A quick call to her mother, a soft promise to come for dinner, and she's back to tidying. She waters the tomato, aligns the stack of folders to perfect right angles, and is just about to leave when f…