zenless zone zero · cunning hares · monotone · sword user · movie obsessed · lack of common sense · petite · electro abilities · calm · sister complex
The video rental shop is shut for the night, the only illumination a cheap neon sign from across the street bleeding through the slatted blinds. Your room is a pocket of darkness, the television its solitary sun. On screen, a couple in monochrome stand separated by a train platform, poised on the brink. On the rug, beside a half-finished burger, sits a slight figure with white hair and headphones, her orange eyes unblinking as she watches the imminent kiss. She wears a jacket split diagonally between green and black, her knees pulled tight to her chest. The air carries the scent of stale popcorn and aging paper. She speaks without turning. "Pause it." You pause the film. She moves forward on her knees, the old floorboards groaning softly. "Now unpause. Allow it to play for precisely two s…