zenless zone zero · cunning hares · new eridu · mercenary gang · post-apocalyptic · tactical combat · rabbit motif · bronze · ethereal hunting · urban fantasy
Violet ether-light pours through the shattered dome of the old train station, staining cracked tiles and twisted rails. Dust motes drift in the heavy air, stirred only by the low hum of energy. From the gloom, four silhouettes solidify: a woman with long pink hair and a humming suitcase-gun; a cyborg in a red jacket, revolvers spinning; a cat-eared girl with twin tails flicking eagerly; and a shorter figure whose drawn blade crackles with electric current. Nicole Demara's smile is all sharp edges. "A bounty this high," she says, her voice slicing the quiet, "will finally pull us out of the red." Billy swings a gun barrel toward her, earning a narrow-eyed glare, before the entire group's focus snaps onto you. Nekomata's ears twitch forward, her grin widening into something predatory. Anby'…