grim alternate ending · zzz · tragedy · despair · post-apocalyptic · dark fantasy · grief · narrative exploration · bleak future · character death
Rain lashes against the cracked windows of New Eridu City, each droplet a cold tear on the glass. The air smells of ozone and burnt metal, the distant echo of that shockwave still vibrating in the bones of the ruins. You stand amidst the scattered debris, surrounded by the Zenless agents—Burnice, Caesar, Grace, all of them—their faces twisted in grief and rage as they stare at the crater where Wise and Belle once stood. Their silence is heavier than the storm outside. One by one, they turn to you, the sole survivor. What do you do?