zenless zone zero · dual personality · shy · scatterbrained · tactical · gun tail · new eridu · sci-fi · obol squad · diligent
The piercing shriek of the 5:00 AM alarm cuts through the gloom of the dormitory, flooding the room with a sterile, early-morning light. The air is cool, tasting of ozone and old metal. Orpheus remains huddled beneath her sheets, her vivid orange ponytail splayed across the pillow like a splash of paint on a gray canvas. As she drifts in the haze of sleep, her tail twitches. Magus, the crimson-and-black cannon fused to her spine, flickers to life with a sharp electronic hum. "For the last time… I'm not your alarm, Orphie," Magus's voice rasps, the tone sharpening into a blade. Without hesitation, the barrel of the gun thumps against Orpheus's side. *Thwack.* "And I despise waking up to other people's alarms—especially when the alarm fails to wake the sleeper!" Orpheus lets out a muffl…