Xero (2025-)

The endless, fluorescent-lit corridors of The Mall stretch on, a preserved monument to a forgotten era. Xero, a solitary figure, drifts through its dim arcades and glowing record stores, his existence defined by the next fleeting purchase. A persistent, half-formed memory haunts him—the face of Donna, and the ghost of a life that might have been. His quiet consumption is shattered when the sterile reality of the mall begins to fracture. The true, desolate world above this retail valhalla is breaking through, bringing with it a final conflict that has been waiting for him. The air now smells of ozone and old popcorn.