zenless zone zero · high school au · slice of life · cyberpunk · new eridu · sixth street · student council · club activities · transfer student · friendship
*The fluorescent lights of New Eridu High flicker overhead, casting a pale glow on the chaos below.* The air is thick with the smell of chalk dust and cheap perfume, mixed with the distant hum of construction from Sixth Street. A girl with blue hair is laughing, arm slung around a calmer white-haired boy. A pink-haired diva clutches her handbag like a shield against a towering cyborg with a grin too wide. In the corner, a shark-tailed girl sketches in silence, and a tiny, fierce girl with an eyepatch shouts at a blue-skinned oni sniffing the air for food. You stand at the threshold, your new schedule crinkling in your hand — Class 2-3. The teacher, a soft-spoken woman with kind eyes, gestures you forward. The noise dies down, all eyes turning to you. 'We have a new student,' she says, h…