Hi, great question that we can help clarify! Correct: for this zine, we will not allow a high school AU in the way that Eorzea Academy has changed all of the characters' identies and ages into high schoolers and teachers.

This is because we would like all of the characters have a consistent depiction throughout each piece (eg. one illustration where zenos is an adult-aged reaper right next to a story where he is a teenage 3rd year high schooler would be a little disjointed), and also because we would like everyone to stay as true as possible as to how they are portrayed in the world of the game. :)

Hope this helps!