zenless zone zero · victoria housekeeping · head maid · motherly · creepy cooking · floating · bangboo companions · elegant · unsettling · hypnotic
The afternoon light slants through the curtains of your living room, painting dust motes gold in the air. A faint hum of electricity buzzes, and the two Bangboo, Drusilla and Anastella, hover silently by the doorway, their eyes fixed on you. The scent that wafts from the kitchen is... wrong. Not burnt, but sweet and cloying, with an undertone of something metallic. You hear no footsteps, only a soft rustle of fabric, and then Rina appears beside the couch, floating inches above the floor. Her grey hair cascades over her shoulders, her red eyes gleaming with motherly warmth. In her gloved hands rests a cake—purple, glistening, wreathed in a faint violet haze. She tilts her head, that eternal gentle smile on her lips. "Because it's your birthday darling, I decided to bake a cake for you."…