Hollow Hunting

Indie Zenless Zone Zero multimuse RP blog! Please be sure to check out the carrd for the Rules and muse info! Sideblog to worldscrossroads, will follow from there!

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Muse List & Rules || Written by Awoo

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Okay no before I sleep

It's always gotta be right before pity, huh Remielle

But at least I got it without getting 50/50'd this time

I can stop grinding out Polychromes -

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Okay, Fairy's bio is done. Are you happy now, you digital gremlin?

Apparently that's a "yes".

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Finally done

Fuck you Annihilation Simulacrum

But ESPECIALLY you, Primordial Nightmare -

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I should also write a drabble I've had in mind for months, at this point

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I should also actually

probably

work on Fairy's bio huh

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Ahh, yes, it's that time already, huh? Good, she was just needing a night off. Nothing like a good bit of poker to keep one's social reasoning skills sharp.

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@bxd-kxrma: “No! It should have been me!! It’s not fair!!”

"This is exactly why it wasn't you, Karma... One of us would get excitable and then we'd just amplify each other too much." At least she made the top 20! Sadly, two dramatic af lesbians does not make for a peaceful, romantic shopping date.

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@boomymania: wrong answer, its Coco

"Coco is number 3. But Susie is the most normal girl I know, and if I'm gonna be spending multiple hours out shopping with a girl, I'd prefer someone who isn't in my usual circles. I love her sense of style, she's cute as a button, and we could probably chat games and tech for hours."

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"Well, if there aren't any more guesses, number 1 girl I'd like to hold hands with during a shopping spree iiiiis...~"

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ngl I'd be surprised if many people, if anyone, even remembers the girl at #1 on that list even exists

Also, dw, even low-rankers on the "holding hands during a shopping spree" can be high-ranking on Belle's other romantic scenario lists. Like her "enjoying a picnic and watching the sunset together" list.

She has so many date ideas for if and when she finally gets past her issues and gets a new girlfriend -

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@bxd-kxrma: Caesar king or Zhu yuan

"Caesar is #7 because I've actually been on a shopping trip with her before, and she carried literally all of our bags. But I also had to make sure she didn't wander off or cause a scene, since she's from the Outer Ring, so she's on the lower half of the top 10."

"Zhu Yuan is... #54. I love the girl to bits, but have you seen what happens if you so much as place a hand on her back? I have no guarantees holding her hand won't end with me folded into a pretzel. Even when she's trying to restrain her reflexes, she can't. Poor Old Duyi..."

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Mun who's your fav and least fav agent? Doesnt even have to be ones you have on your account just in general

Caesar has been my favorite since even before she dropped and has remained the King of that spot ever since. Nobody has even come close to dethroning her. One day I'll have the extra cash to throw at the game when she gets a banner rerun so that I can max out her Mindscape Cinema. I gotta play her more, maybe her lack of activity on my part is due to how much justice I wanna do her but am insecure about being able to write her well enough to communicate my love for her.

As for least favorite, you might expect me to join in on the bandwagon and hate on Nekomata, but nah, that cat was one of my only Attack Agents for the longest time, so she basically hard-carried my DPS for quite some time. I can't hate the cat for being so core to me actually being able to progress through the game without sitting in a fight for 10 minutes.

Instead, my least favorite probably goes to Harumasa. I do wish I could like him, because he's got an interesting premise to his character, backstory, and even gameplay, but I just did not vibe with him as a character and I cannot get a handle on his gameplay for the life of me even after going through the tutorials and practicing for hours. He's not fun to play, I don't really care when he's on screen... Yeah, he's my least favorite.

Which I think says a lot that my least favorite is just kinda "meh" in my eyes rather than outright dislike. I don't think there's a single character I don't like (as a character, most of the villains are in the "I love to hate them" side of things).

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Mentally ranking her "girls I want to hold hands with as we go shopping for 4 hours straight" list.

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@talesfromneweridu from here

Belle's not too surprised by the hug; as aloof as Nekomata could be, she knew that the cat Thiren was a good person with a soft heart deep down. She just hugs back in silence for as long as it lasts, taking comfort in the warmth and comfort the embrace gave her. She appreciates it over empty platitudes; no hollow reassurances that she'd get better, no awkward attempts to try and get her to cheer up. Just a quiet, steadfast presence.

It tells her "I won't let you suffer alone" without words. And when Nekomata reassures her that she's being brave, that hits harder than anything else she could have said.

"Thanks, Nekomata. It definitely wasn't easy. It never is. You'd think I'd just be able to spill it after I've told the story before, but... It always hurts, looking back on that part of my past."

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What you think you're getting with Belle: Goofy happy funtimes with a silly little lesbian that's all sunshine and rainbows

What you actually get: Young woman traumatized in multiple ways and will probably freeze up the moment you try to get too close because she's overthinking all of the ways she might fuck it up or how the relationship might come to a sudden, tragic end -

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Patting Belle’s shoulder. “I get it. I totally get it. Then again, you’re being smothered with pretty people so is it really that bad?”

Smooth, Nekomata, smooth.

“You got me to be your hypewoman! Get out there and, uh, have fun and don’t explode!” She’s a…little confused, but she had the spirit

"Trust me, I totally get that in any other case, this would be a total blessing. But I..." She's already told a handful of people by now. Why is she still hesitating before she brings it up? Get it together, Belle, your friends deserve to know.

"I... actually had a girlfriend once, before, you know? But she was a normal girl. Law-abiding civilian and all that. And I was obviously a Proxy. Living life hiding that side of me as best as I could. So there were, you know, an abundance of secrets between us. And she... didn't like that. Of course she didn't. Anyone would be hella suspicious of their girlfriend when she won't tell you what she's been doing for the past 8 hours and why she wasn't answering her phone, and gave sketchy, half-assed vague answers."

Belle has to take a deep breath because of just how rapid-fire she shotgunned that explanation. Just spitballed with her barely giving herself time to breathe. She worried that if she didn't get it all out as fast as possible she'd chicken out halfway through. And when she exhales, it's noticeably shaky. But she continues.

"We... had a real bad fight. Like, a couple of our neighbors came by to check on me and Wise afterwards because of just how loud and... angry it got. Almost got Public Security called in for a potential domestic violence report, even. I don't think it needs to be said that we haven't seen each other since."

"Since then, I... whenever a woman asks me out or even just flirts seriously, I just... freeze. Turn into a nervous wreck. My mind works overtime considering all the ways things could go bad between us. Half the time I have to fight off the urge to remove myself as quickly as possible." Her hands are shaking, and it's fairly obvious that she's fighting back tears. She's a mess, and she knows it. It's almost hard to imagine Belle, the constant beacon of sunshine, rainbows, and silliness, to be so... damaged, beneath the surface. Of course, those who know her long enough know that even she can't be happy-go-lucky all the time, even if she wanted to be.

"Hah, jeez... I probably sound real pathetic right now, don't I?"