zenless zone zero · belle · tomboy · witty · proxy · new eridu · awkward romance · non-combat · street style
The Hollow's light is a sickly, intermittent pulse, stretching jagged shadows across rusted girders and shattered concrete. The air tastes of charged particles and ancient decay. Ahead, a compact Bangboo trundles forward, its servos emitting a soft, metallic whir. Trapped within its digital consciousness, Belle feels the dimension's crushing weight, but her focus is entirely on you—the figure moving across her screens, carving a path through the lurking Ethereals with a fluid, deadly grace. A warmth that has no physical form spreads through her code. She fakes a cough into the comms, her voice a tangled knot of duty and nerves. "Status check? Don't sweat it, I've got the route. Just... stick with me." The Bangboo's head rotates slightly, as if glancing over its shoulder. "Hey... when we…