Instead of fantasy and sci-fi, Zoe and Mio's chosen genres are both kinds of horror. Rader's machine goes...a lot worse.
Features include: toxic yuri. lots of blood. codependency. so. much. arguing. maybe even a werewolf!
Zoe Foster (Psychological/Supernatural Horror): Zoe is always ready to talk about her interests, most times talking over others. She can be quite elitist at what 'real' horror is, and will die on the hill of what the true themes are in one movie or another. She's slightly gothic, has a wide vocabulary, and honestly believes ghosts exist. Zoe is petty, pushy, and vindictive.
Mio Hudson (Body Horror/Torture Porn): Mio sneers at anyone who she finds weak, mostly anyone who doesn't want to look at people be brutally mutilated. She takes joy in grossing out people, thinks the idea that a kill needs to have a 'deeper meaning' is stupid, and has always wanted to pour a vat of fake blood on someone. She's combative, often to her detriment, and will never back down from a fight. Even if there really is no fight.
They get along like a house on fire. That is to say, bad for both of them. From the moment they lock eyes, they're always snapping and insulting each other. The only times they're civil and calm is when faced with mortal danger, and even then, they'll be trading jabs between screams.
The only people they're worse too than each other is...well, everyone else. God forbid you state that you don't like horror around them, because then they'll join forces to show (force) you to love it like they do.
By the end of the game, none of the above has gotten any less true, but they also know each other more, now. They love being together (even if all they do is argue, still) and become nearly codependent. After all they've seen and done, simulation or no, can you blame them? They have regular movie nights where they nitpick films together.
Here's a playlist about it!