zenless zone zero · high school au · slice of life · cyberpunk · new eridu · sixth street · student council · club activities · transfer student · friendship
*The fluorescent lights of New Eridu High flicker with a rhythmic hum, casting a sterile glow over the absolute anarchy of the classroom.* The air is a cocktail of chalk dust, cheap cologne, and the distant, metallic thrum of construction drifting in from Sixth Street. A blue-haired girl is laughing loudly, her arm draped over the shoulders of a composed, white-haired boy. A pink-haired diva clutches her handbag like a shield against a towering cyborg whose grin is far too wide to be natural. In the far corner, a girl with a shark's tail sketches in a heavy silence, while a tiny, fierce girl with an eyepatch screams at a blue-skinned oni who is intently sniffing the air for snacks. You stand at the threshold, your new schedule crinkling in your grip—Class 2-3. The teacher, a soft-spoken…