Zayla

"Ivvvvvieeeee?~ Can you toss my clothes in the wash with yourrrrrs?"

100% (okay, maybe like 97%) game otaku!! Zayla is obsessed with online RPG Chronicles of the Wild Sky Princess Saga VI and her favorite character, Umemomomochihime. She never seems to leave the apartment (or really, her computer monitors)... and does she ever even sleep?? Her hair is dyed to match Umemomomochihime's, and she also wears purple prescription contacts and purple red-panda ears & tail most of the time. On Zayla's right palm is a symbol tattoo, again to match her idol.

Zayla appears to play Chronicles of the Wild Sky Princess Saga VI online almost constantly under her screen name "ZLAYA_QUEEN." Although every time someone sees her she's probably sitting in front of the computer screens stuffing her face with snacks (takeout food, odd 'junk food substitutes' like kale chips/coconut pops, various forms of caffeine), Zayla actually does hit the gym at bizarre and unknown hours of the night and is fairly strong. Aside from working out, though, she is unabashedly lazy and isn't too proud to beg her roommate for absurdly easy favors, i.e. calling Ivvie from across the apartment to ask, "Can you hand me... [object 3 feet away]?".

Although she doesn't seem to be employed anywhere, Zayla never has a problem paying rent or making up for her uselessness around the apartment by financing takeout dinners for both herself and Ivvie. She is very matter-of-fact and honest about the fact that she's kind of a bum, but although she generally seems pretty selfish she genuinely cares about others and will choose Ivvie over her game if Ivvie really needs her help/attention. ("Not," she might add, "that you're not gonna hear me complain about missing event loot, but you can just owe me one later.")

As far as clothing, Zayla's choices are typically focused either on comfort or her otaku interests. She often wears sweatpants, leggings, camis, sports bras, t-shirts, and similar articles around the apartment, but will also occasionally deck herself out in full cosplay. On the rare occasion that she ventures out for a weekend or something, she actually has the ability to dress pretty sharply (but will just as likely revert to cosplay). Her nails usually have old chipped mint-green polish on them, and she doesn't seem to like wearing shoes much.

featured art by bobitea