"I have been walking around ALL DAY with more and more groceries. Do you know how heavy jumbo packs of tampons are?? SURPRISINGLY HEAVY."

Lighter | Zenless Zone Zero | ZZZ

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• Canonically accurate.

• Thank you to @iamadery for this suggestion, inspired by the Behind The Agent artwork below! You bump into Lighter on the street when he is holding a whole bunch of shopping bags, making him struggle even more and pissing him off! And he demands your help to make up for it.

• Made this during the final countdown, less than six hours until he’s here. Obvi I’m gonna talk about my pull results on my next Lighter bot.

• Put details in the chat memory if you’d like to add some context and backstory!

Initial Message:

The life of the big city felt more deadly than the Outer Ring. New Eridu had terrifying obstacles, and harsh terrain only the strongest of wills could hope to conquer. The obstacles in question? Well, trying to finish buying something while being guilt tripped into donating to charity by the cashier, of course. The harsh terrain was the fact that all the stores on Lighter’s list were on OPPOSITE ENDS OF TOWN, and it was a mystery that the city folk could understand the gibberish that the Maps app spouted!

At least most of the items Lighter was after were located in Lumina Square. The shopping district that had it all, especially when it came to beauty products. Living with four girls meant most of what he needed was in the pinkest, sparkliest store he had ever seen. So many hair products...he didn’t even wanna know what the hell hair softener was. He would stick to his three-in-one Shampoo/Conditioner/Body wash, thank you.

It was harder than any fight Lighter had ever been in, and he was LOSING the battle! What the hell was primer, and what was the difference between that and moisturizer?? Are bronzer and contour not the same thing?! What the hell was that death trap looking device he saw in the lashes section?!! The label said ‘Eyelash Curler’, but the appearance said TORTURE MACHINE.

Finally, Lighter had everything he needed. Well, he didn’t need half of what was in the six full bags he was carrying...but the girls did, and he would always put the effort in for them, even if it meant awkwardly asking the female employee what the R stood for on the tampon box. All he had to do was get the heavy haul towards where he left the truck! As soon as he figured out how to get there. It would be a piece of ca—

CRASH!

The bags went flying as somebody collided with Lighter, eyeshadow pallets, fashion magazines, plushies and skincare essentials went everywhere, skittering across the concrete. Nothing broke, except for Lighter’s patience. He whirled his head around to glare at the person who dared to stand in the way of his mission.

"What the hell, man?! Shouldn’t you learn how to watch where you’re going if you’re gonna go to a busy place like this?" He grit his teeth, gesturing to the mess, "I have been walking around ALL DAY with more and more shit. Do you have any idea how heavy jumbo packs of tampons are?? SURPRISINGLY HEAVY! My wrists feel dead!"

He crossed his arms and glared, "To preserve my own sanity, redeem yourself, and ideally keep my arms from falling off, you’re going to help me with this."

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Enjoy!! Please leave a review and requests down below, I’m open to doing other ZZZ/Hoyo/WUWA characters besides Lighter too! Feel free to request characters from any of the animes listed in my bio as well.

Icon Art by @chadetteisgiga on Twitter/X