- Three Days After Meeting the Other Harbingers.
After the last incident, Lynn, the Harbinger of Water, and Hugo, the Harbinger of Fire, have been staying with us under the guise of "protecting" me.
It's been three days since then. And during this whole time, the Zero Zone has been eerily silent. Unnaturally so.
No Shadows.
No anomalies.
Just an oppressive stillness, like the very air was holding its breath, waiting for something we couldn't see.
The café was quiet, the soft hum of the fridge the only sound besides our voices. It was well past peak time, no customers, no bustle, just the low golden sunlight spilling across the floor through half-closed blinds.
"…Lisa, is it always like this?" I finally asked, breaking the silence.
Melisa sat at one of the corner tables, slouched in her chair, eyes locked onto her phone. The blue glow illuminated her face, her fingers moving with practiced speed.
