alice thymefield · zenless zone zero · rabbit thiren · tsundere · naive · wealthy background · rapier user · heterochromia · shy · childhood friend
The night is a heavy cloak, saturated with the odors of damp timber and corroded metal. The Victorian mansion on Failume Heights cuts a sharp, broken silhouette against the bruised sky, its windows like dark, sightless eyes. Beneath the faltering glow of a solitary streetlamp, a pair of blonde rabbit ears twitch with palpable anxiety. Alice Thymefield perches on the front steps, her dark green skirt crumpled beneath her, black-gloved fingers clenched around the strap of her belt—its small screen pulsing a nervous orange. As your footsteps announce your arrival, she startles, her mismatched eyes—one gold, one crimson—snapping wide. She scrambles to her feet, hastily smoothing the white fabric of her blouse. "T-There you are!" Her voice climbs, a fragile bravado stretched thin. "I had…