#seed sr.

There's somethign about-

There's somethign about how. Like.

Seed Sr. killed himself for Flora. It wasn't just a choice, it was a fight against himself, against his literal basic 'instincts' to save her, protect her. He let himself bleed slowly, fading away bit by bit, until he was gone.

Anby chose to barely passed her tests, because if she was overwhelmingly the best, her sisters would've been culled and thrown away. She could only save one, and so she did, somehow survived a suicide mission, and then was ordered to kill her last surviving sister. And she chose active suicide, slicing her throat open for S11.

Twiggy - Anby tried to save Twiggy, convince Twiggy to stop what she was doing, and failed, but when she should've died, Harin, with the barest grip of who either of them were dove in to back up her sister. A sister she doesn't really know. One she'll believe abandoned her. One she'll probably never get to be a family with.

Khors took in Grace when her parents died. Grace continued to defend Khors in spite of a large amount of evidence that he wasn't a good man, choosing his honor after his death, at the cost of enraging Koleda.

Carole Arna believed in her students, her children, she left them with a powerful gift in their implants and Eous. She's presumed dead, and the worst parts of the Hollow Zero Disaster were blamed on her.

Billy we know had been around the Calydons since Caesar was a little girl, and gave a spare arm to her when she lost her own.

Miyabi's strength is her own, reinforced by Tailless, but it also came at the cost of her Mother, and her mother's mother, and everyone who wielded Tailless before her. And yet, when carrying the Blade of the Hoshimi Family, she carries all those who wielded it before.

Harumasa's master made something specifically for Harumasa, not to cure him, but to give him just a little more time. just a moment longer. It came at the cost of his life, becoming Corrupted, but even still his Master protected the Case that could (and would) Save Harumasa's life.

Trigger was blinded, and her first team was killed in the H0 disaster, they gave orders to someone to save her, take her to a medical tent or whatever- they died like so many others, and she carried that guilt. When people started going missing and winding up dead, she went after the killer. She was saved by her Harmonica- Charon's harmonica. Even in death, her old squadmates protect her.

Nicole's love of dennies originates from a childhood friend dying of Corruption, unable to see the sun because a protective suit was too expensive, from spending hours with the other kids trying to collect enough to buy her one, to make that friend's wish come true, and let her see the sun one more time.

Astra was saved by investigators. They sacrificed themselves for her. Held back ethereals for just a minute, an extra second, and so she carries that song she was taught into now, to give to others.

Yixuan's sister.

Ju Fufu and Pan are rarities among Thiren.

Lighter's whole life was him trying to pay back a debt no one asked him do to, to give his friend's sister a life she deserved, no matter how much blood he shed, or was covered with, whether it was his own or another's.

Yanagi literally carries the blood of a dead woman in her veins, and the blood of so many innocent Oni on her hands, and had their futures on her shoulders.

The old man that was the Caretaker of the Ballet Twins, the ones that sacrificed themselves so others wouldn't trample each other trying to get out of the buildings during the Hollow Expansion.

Orphie is a clone of Magus, meant to simply carry whatever remains of the Original Orpheus Magnusson as a tail, but Magus allows Orphie to have her own life as much as she can, going into "sleep mode" so that the girl can have a snack, even if it's against the rules.

It's just.

so many characters carry the weight of lives on their back, in their pockets, but their sides. There's so much death and loss, and pain and heartache, and yet ...

I dunno. There's life. Fields of Flowers blooming in a hollow. Strength gifted in excess used to protect. the Shimmer of silver coins thrown away to make an unfortunate kid with nothing be allowed to have something. The sound of Homecoming. Of a Song shared between sisters carried beyond their lifespans.

It's stories written in Blood, and sweat, and oil, and tears, and coolant, and fur, and spinal fluid, and guts, and everything else.

Life starts. It stops. It carries on. But it only carries on so long as someone cares. So long there is someone to keep and share the memories, the music, the lyrics, the scripts, the episodes and the movies, to water the plants, to see it happen!

Type A: I just provide a public service and live my life like anyone else might.

With Banyue’s banner coming in a few days, let’s talk about Intelligent Constructs. As, why do we know so little about the Forbidden Fruit Test?

So we know from Billy and Qingyi’s lore that they are different from other robots or intelligent machines, like Bangboo, because they passed the Forbidden Fruit Test. Yet, we don’t even exactly know what the Forbidden Fruit Test is. We just know that it’s something that Intelligent Constructs can take. Which lies the problem, how does one even take the test and pass it?

From Dailyn’s and Zhao’s dialogues, it seems that Banyue has not passed the test because of what he had done in the past. As in, not save everyone from a Hollow disaster even though he has that power because he listened to his programming.

Yet, there’s a problem with that, SEED Sr.

SEED Sr. was a killing machine not unlike Banyue. Yes, he wasn’t made from TOPS like Banyue, but he was made to be a killing machine because the Defense Force just loves making those. He also was said to pass the Test despite having only be made to kill and never question why he needs to kill, and he raised Seed/Flora like he was a human father. Granted, she still got some growing up to do, but he did a great job being her father despite everything.

And what does Banyue currently do? Not much just, created a dojo to give people some self defense skills to better protect them from the Hollows.

Furthermore, Banyue does indeed feel guilty about what happened in the past. He was okay with Dailyn’s order to end him and take his Logic Core because he never forgot those he couldn’t save.

And all this adds up to reveal that Banyue has indeed passed the Forbidden Fruit Test.

Yet, we still don’t know when or how he passed it. We just know that he passed it because his core got modified to be more human by Ning Qian’s late sister.

Which begs the question, will we learn more about the Forbidden Fruit Test when he drops? Because if he does give more lore about the Forbidden Fruit Test, then we might have a more clearer picture of how Billy and Qingyi could’ve passed the Test.

And I need to know more about the Test because of Aria/Yutane. The pink haired idol. She definitely coming soon in the game.

Model references for -Seed -Seed Sr. Zenless Zone Zero

i wonder if seed (flora) died or was near death, and was revived by receiving something like...a logic core? if that's even possible for humans.

she can affect electrical signals and resonates especially with intelligent constructs and beings with logic cores. she somehow survived the hollow disaster, when previously the twins were thought to be the only survivors from helios academy. perhaps she was given a similar augmentation that helped her survive it, thanks to the academy.

she also remained uncorrupted even after spending a significant period of time in the hollow, alone. having a life force based on the human heart/soul alone would be too weak for this to be possible. plus, she wants to eat flowers, and thinks that they can be nourished with mechanical substances like oil.

if any human were to have such augmentation, it would probably be a student from helios academy. they were the top research institute in new eridu, with the founder creating a groundbreaking system that allowed for electrical signals to move between the hollows and the regular world. belle and wise's ocular implants are the result of the academy's latest advancements in this type of technology.

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... it could also also be really meaningful for this to be the case. like... seed sr. seemed to have always been with her, like she had become one with him. he clearly had a soul, and that soul extended beyond his logic core. it breaking did not make his soul disappear, imo.

as for why this wasn't apparent/clear before? seed jr. was suppressing her emotions and powers. she was very out of touch with herself, and didn't know it was even possible for him to "live on" in other ways.

then there's the fact that her name is just Seed. not seed jr. or flora... Seed.

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lastly, to drop the bombshell: what sparked this was another part of alice's trust event where she was investigating paranormal rumors. one spoke of a "ghost girl", who would speak if a number was dialed on the mysterious payphone on 6th street.