#//Imagine if for Khaenri'ahns it was like

[blood-orange-juice]

Yet another similarity between Childe and Fischl.

SLAMS HAND ON DESK.

Neu (who pointed it out) and I have unearthed something that got completely forgotten in time, and that is the fact that we did witness someone else lose control/have a malfunction of their Vision: Fischl, during the Immernachtreich Apokalypse episode in the Summertime Odyssey event (pre-Sumeru summer event), when Oz left her for the Nacht Fischl and thus removed her ability rights.

I think Neu would be more eloquent at expanding on this idea, but we had concluded in the theory that not only there's something really fishy (haha) about these two's visions and the beings possibly influencing them (Oz as a byproduct, and the Big Whale as a conduit), but also the possibility that it's related to something Abyssal; does the abyss hold an influence in the functionality of the Visions? What could this mean for these two specifically?

The fact that we lack a Vision tab for Tartaglia makes this all the more obscure—especially considering the possibility that he could have gotten it during the timeframe of his fall into the Abyss. Just exactly what sort of implications this little mishap could hold?

[rockingbytheseaside]

Hi! It's me again! I'm here hoping to inspire you or simply share some thoughts and ideas!

1. What if we knew the harbingers before they became harbingers. For example when piętro was still studying to become a court mage.(At least I think that he was a court mage), or when Capitano was training to become a soldier and we were a doctor or a nurse, we knew dottore when he was a kid and so on and so forth. They believe we are long dead but surprise bitch we are still kicking. I thought that maybe in Dottores and Pantalones part we were an adeptai or simply something that lives a lot longer than humans. And surprise bitch number two we were looking for them the entire time because you know we love them. The moment they see us they think they see a ghost or something that came back to hunt them for their mistakes.

2. And my second idea is much more wholesome. We are simply a kid that adopted them as our fathers/uncles. And they don't want to get rid of us because we remind them of well them when they were kids. Imagine one day they come to a meeting with a kid hiding under there Coat and when ask they are like the meme with Spencer from Icarly with the smoothie and the ostrich.

So yeah these are my brain dead ideas and if they are interesting or something you would like to read more of I would be happy to send more

But anyway remember to take care of yourself first!

(Wha- You said piętro! The keyboard said piętro!!! Only I am allowed to misspel Pierro's name as piętro 20 times a day, dlaczego masz polską klawiaturę?!!)

✧ I always kind of headcannoned Reader as a person capable of living many years - either because they are Khaenri'ahn, another species, or an Adeptus; it's not really up to me. Whatever intricate details people like to imagine are up to them. ✧ Imagine knowing a Harbinger centuries before they were a force to be reckoned with. Perhaps you and Pierro were apprentices to the higher sages in Khaenri'ah, spending countless times sharing secret vows before the Cataclysm separated you. Perhaps you were Capitano's first-ever formidable opponent, one who held immense respect for you as a warrior and admired your enigmatic capabilities, yearning for another battle with you. Perhaps, you knew the young boy Zandik way back in Sumeru and you are the only being left who remembers the ruby-red eyes staring at you with determined wonder. ✧ No matter the backstory or origins of the past, this Harbinger never forgot you, and despite the 500 years of separation, this person would now use all his power and intel to seek you out. Clinging to ancient memories of the past, he still yearns to see a glimpse of you. Even if it means to reach the Abyss and back, he is still seeking.

That, in my opinion, is the best trope for the Fatui fics. Even when I write about different scenarios.

✧ A wholesome Father/Uncle/Teacher Harbinger to smaller reader is just a recipe for comic chaos. You have this high and mighty Fatuus, who with a single gaze can deep his subordinates into silence, yet now this same man is running around the Zapolyarny Palace, trying to catch you because you refuse to do your homework. You will either exhaust him to death, or he will exhaust you from running away and causing shenanigans.

One way or another it ends with both of you dozing off an armchair later that evening. The Harbinger holding you in his arms, wrapped up in a comfy blanket, while he rest his weary head on his knuckles, the fireplace crackling nearby. <3 ✧ As always, lovely suggestions, my friend! I will tag you if I manifest them into fully-fledged fics. Thank you, and hope you're doing well

[pizzapasta23045]

Funny as hell to how the nazzizrncreuz or whatever the fuck Is likes "ahahah stupid khaenri'ahns falling for celestia's bait. Imagine using alchemy only to make bread."

Meanwhile khaenri'ah is making artificial humans, invented the technology for a gnosis puppet or something that's easily modified to do so, opening portals to the rest of the world like. I feel like y'all narzizzencreuz bitches are the ones falling for the bait.

[kasuna-kotonoha]

A tier list of who I think would be most likely to betray the Tsaritsa (explanation under the cut)

Before We start, do keep in mind that we know very little about most of the Harbingers, so I could be completely wrong.

Pierro: Ok, if there were to be a mass harbinger betrayal, it would start with him. It's might strange that he, as a Khaenri'ahn, is working for an Archon.

Scaramouch: No so much a betrayal in the same way as it would be for Pierro, but he did leave and has no intention to return.

Dottore: If he had something to gain from going with Pierro and betraying the Tsaritsa, I could see him doing it.

Sandrone: Same as Dottore, but feels a bit less likely.

Pantalone: Similar to the others in his tier, if he had something to gain, I could see it

Columbina: Given her Seraph inspiration, I could easily imagine her being against Celesting with the Tsaritsa. Unless another faction, or Pierro could offer her something she sees as better, I think she wouldn't have much of a reason to.

Arlecchino: It mainly boils down to the fact that I don't think she'd have a reason to. She might not be loyal the way Childe is, but she's principled. She's antagonistic to Furina, but that stems from the prophecy and the fact that, from her perspective, Furina is doing nothing. As long as her children aren't unduly threatened, she has no reason to leave her position.

Capitano: From what we know of his interactions with Varka, he seems to be a relatively upstanding cordial guy. But we don't know much more than that.

Pulcinella: Literally the mayor of Snezhnaya. Unless he's pulling a major con game, I can't see him betraying his nations people.

Signora: The Tsarista saved her from herself. Next to Childe, I think she'd be the least likely to betray the Tsaritsa (If she weren't already dead lol)

Tartaglia: Childe cares about three things and three things only. Fighting. His family. And serving the Tsaritsa. Part of his disdain for Arlecchino even stems from this.

[life-is-unreal]

Stranger Danger~ {Genshin Impact x reader} Chapter 1-5 (non teyvat chapters)

0.5- Note from the Author

*Hiiii :))) <3. This is my first fanfic so please don't judge it. Some bits are a bit cringe (SRRY!!!), you will be referred as Y/N and You. The MC will be a female so if you're not, just read it as a he/his. Btw, this story is a bit of a chat fic (Idk the proper name) but don't worry as it's mainly normal. (My grammar sucks so sorry in advance).

*this is my work from wattpad :D I'm not gonna post the OC descript or any images. Skip directly to Teyvat chapters if you wish :D

Wattpad: LifeIsUnreal

Tag list (I think that’s how u do it):

@dragontammerz

Chapter 1 - The Crimson Witch

Italic- thoughts

No! Please. Please wake up! Barbatos...please save him. I beg you...

"Rostam... Look at me, open your eyes. Please, it's over..."

You twiddled your fingers as you stared at Rosalyne strangely from a distance. It's such a pity that she died in Inazuma. Everything wants to kill you in that place, how the hell do people survive there? "Barbatos, I beg you." The woman sobbed, crumbling beside her lover.

"Miss Rosalyne, we've already checked his pulse. It's not there." Wrong move mister, wrong move. Her tear-filled eyes met with the knight's eyes. "Where is Barbatos? Surely he can save him?" She was met by the cold silence. You marveled at her from a random knocked-down barrel, the breeze mixed with blood and swayed her hair as she kneeled amongst the battlefield beside her lover. Her scholar uniform was stained with blood from interactions with dead bodies.

"Where is Arundolyn? Bring me to him!" She screamed. "Miss Rosalyne, he's severely wounded-" Rosalyne screamed even louder, clutching her head. She's deranged in a beautiful way. "No. Why? Why!" She whispered brokenly. You shifted your spot slightly, you could already feel small heat waves coming off from her. "She's going to go crazy soon." You muttered, checking your phone. Ah, Shit. No battery "When the hell is that portal going to pop out again?" you grumbled. It's been quite a few days since you've been in Teyvat. You literally had to save up your battery and camp outside. "I literally didn't finish my homework." After she gets batshit crazy, she's gonna ruin Monstadt, set it on flames, and get recruited by Pierro. I wonder if Khaenri'ahn's descendants are still chilling around. I mean some of them definitely survived. Meeting them would be cool, like imagine if I met Rhinedottir. And imagine if Lumine or Aether has already become the Abyss prince or princess.

"Who are you?" You yelped from shock as you felt some hair touching your skin. "Uh, Hi?" You gulped as you looked down to your feet. The knights were all tidying up the bodies and cleaning up so nobody noticed Rosalyne moving to you. Rosalyne's eyes narrowed, looking you up and down.

"Um, my name's Y/N." you giggled awkwardly. Her aura was still unbearing, "Rosalyne. Girl, chill. It's not exactly Ven- I mean Barbatos's fault since he was like, asleep during the cataclysm. As for the knights of Favonius and Arundolyn, well Rostam and the Grandmaster lead the war so you can't blame Arundolyn, and I mean a lot of knights died. Plus, I'm pretty damn sure that your lover wouldn't be really happy if you went batshit crazy due to him dying. And like if you wanna have your vengeance or something like that to the knights or citizens- well, I mean he died protecting them so uh yea."

Rosalyne opened her mouth confused. You took notice of this and babbled random things out, "And um, if you see random suspicious people coming up to you to join their cult refuse 'kay? They might like use you or something. Oh, and um, have some candy." You quickly shoved a bag of candy into her hands. My favourite lollipops. You sniffled slightly.

The woman's eyes shot open wide as she stared at you alarmed. "Bro you good? Oh wait, damn I'm disappearing. Wait that's fucking cool." Yup, you were dissipating right in front of your very own eyes.

Long after you disappeared, the platinum blonde finally reacted, "Y/N?" she muttered. Weird name. "I...didn't tell you my name. Barbatos? Asleep? He's indeed unqualified as an archon then, and those warnings...they're oddly specific but of course. Why would I listen to a random stranger who's been stalking me?"

The first thing that you did was to charge your phone. That random ass boar almost stomped on it. And fuck, I'm starving. You were literally living off the kindness of Monstadt citizens like you can fight but a visionless person in Teyvat can't really survive in the wild like you're pretty damn sure some random slime could kill you if it wanted to. They're so damn cute thooo.

A small noise captured your attention as your phone gained one single percentage of power. "Holy shit, it's only been a minute." You gaped at the widgets in amazement. I was there for a week or longer and damn.

After lying down and procrastinating for a long long time on your bed you decided to do your homework. Wtf is this. The hell am I going to do a 60-question paper. Oh, wait, I've got friends.

"Yooooo guys." You were met with two very disgruntled teens. Yvonne sighed, "Girl, it's bloody 12:35, what do you want? Credit card number? Cheque?"

"That's very tempting but I need the answers for the math assignment."

"Wait what." "What."

Yeleris raised a brow. How tf do you raise a brow? "You're supposed to be the smart one here. I was depending on you to do your homework so I could copy it. But then, I don't see why you and I should care since we're still going to get at least an A with our grades so far."

Yvonne gaped, "WDYM THERE'S A MATH ASSIGNMENT?!"

You sighed, "We're fucked if we don't do this, it's like 20% of our grades and I'm pretty sure Yvonne's gonna fail since she skipped like 20 classes alone this term. AND Yeleris, we all know that you're a genius at Science and that includes Physics which is literally Math but with weird ass words."

"Okay, I actually agree with that."

"I DON'T WANNA FAIL!"

"Weeeeell, you wouldn't have to worry 'bout this if you spent less time on shopping sprees and skipping class to do random stuff."

"YELERIS! That's mean."

"Achoo! Damn it, who's cursing me at 12 am in the morning jeez."

Chapter 2 - Wow, a pretty lady

Hello, my name is Skirk.

The rain was absolutely deafening, a black rain signal had already been issued the day before. You loved rainy days, there's no school when the black rain signal is issued. But then, here you are, under a tree for absolutely no reason.

"Where the hell am I?" You gaped at the grassy fields and scorching sun.

You quickly took notice of a teleport waypoint next to you. "Isn't only the traveler able to use this?" Yup. The waypoint was blue even though you definitely did not touch it.

After scanning the area multiple times to make sure that there weren't slimes or hilichurls you finally sat down. You almost got suffocated to death by a hydro slime, if you were a character, you're definitely going to be a level 1 character with the worst stats possible. 

It's literally so unfair, like a slime could kill you and they're like the most harmless and cute things ever in the game. Except for the geo slimes, they're hard to kill.

"Holy motherf- ARGH." A fucking boar was charging at full speed and the target was you. "WHERE THE FUCK DID YOU COME FROM?"

After climbing up a tree and killing the boar by throwing random stuff that you could find, you decided to stay exactly where you were. Why? Simple, you could literally see two pyro whopperflowers and a horde of geo hatchlings. Like hell you're coming down the tree.

Why the fuck are they coming closer?! Oh wait shit, they want the fucking boar. Don't look up. Dontlookup. Dontlookup. Oh fuck. As if on cue, one of the whopper flowers noticed you. "Oh hell no."

"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME!" You clung desperately to the tree as it started to shake. The whopperflowers were literally burning the tree down and the wretched geo hatchlings were pummelling at the tree.

To your horror, the relentless attacks finally made the tree give out as it fell down, crushing you under it. Immediately, you screamed in pain. "What the hell did I do to y'all?"

Something that you didn't notice was that their attacks stopped the moment you fell to the ground. Suddenly, a shriek interrupted the silence. You whipped your head around, just to see the cryo whopperflower absolutely obliterating the pyro whopperflower. I thought the pyro whopperflowers were the strongest. You looked to your left after hearing screeches and it was chaos. 

The hatchlings were killing each other, you saw one of them tearing the other's scale and pulling its eyeballs out brutally. A few minutes ago, they were cooperating to destroy the tree and now they're committing amicicide.

"Holy shit." Although you usually refrain from swearing, this scene made you quite disgusted. They're literally tearing limbs and organs down. You attempted to get the branches off you. "How is a tiny thin tree so bloody heavy?" You sighed, throwing your head up. Holy- "WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?"

 Above you, inches away from your forehead was the cryo whopperflower. Seeing that it made no move to attack you, you decided to do the dumbest thing in your life. 

You cleared your voice and decided to ask in the babiest, honey covered words that disgusted you that such a sickenly sweet voice could come out of you. "Whopperflower dearie, will you pretty please help me to lift this tree?"

Why the fuck did I just say that. You closed your eyes in dread. I dug my own grave, Yvonne would literally laugh her ass off if she was here.

"Krrr. Krrr." Huh? You hesitantly opened your eyes and to your surprise, the whopperflower was subdividing the tree and it looked quite happy. You stood up slowly, noticing how something slimy stuck onto your shoe. That whopperflower -. 

Under your shoe was a dead geo hatchling with icicles imbedded so deep into his impenetrable skin that its scales were cracked and on the verge of peeling, and a few meters away were more geo hatchlings stacked up on each other, some disfigured, some with their organs spilling out and some with their bodies frozen or charred. Next to it was a pyro whopperflower, unlike the others, it was still alive.

It slowly hopped to it's feet- roots weakly. "Krr." The cryo whopperflower's eyes narrowed, shooting icicles towards it. The pyro whopperflower ignored it's half frozen petals and continued to nudge forward until it finally reached you.

"Uh, hi." The cryo whopperflower blocked your view as it growled menacingly at it.

"Yo chill. It's not trying to attack me." You seemed to finally accept the actions of the weird whopperflower as it slowly snuggled into your arms. To your amazement, the whopperflower began to heal almost immediately after touching your arms, only leaving a few minor injuries.OMG.IT'S SO CUTE AND WARM. Oh wait, it's still injured. 

You glanced at the cryo whopperflower. "Help me take out the bandage in my bag please." Begrudgingly, the creature fumbled with the zippers and took out the white bandages, slowly wrapping it around the head of the whopperflower.

Suddenly, both whopperflowers got into a defensive stance as they blocked your view once again.

"How interesting."

A girl slowly approached you. "They seem pretty protective don't you think so?" She giving me HSR vibes.

She grinned, her smile not matching her youthful face and lifeless eyes. "Sorry for not introducing myself. Let's start from the beginning. Hello, my name is Skirk."

You gently nudged the whopperflowers away. "Nice to meet you, my name's Y/N."

The name was weirdly familiar and you were pretty sure you've seen her before. "So you saw everything?" You asked, bending down and tearing a jagged scale from the ground. The girl giggled at your horrible choice of weapon. A sword materialized in her hand as she played with it. "You mean... The scene where you're clinging on the tree for dear life and screaming incoherent, inappropriate words? And then falling down from the tree?" She snickered, walking closer and leaning down to your face, watching your ears turn pink. "Then yes, I saw all of that."

She began to shoo the whopperflowers away. "I'm not going to kill some random stranger. So let me talk with her." Skirk then reached out to pull your body up to a standing position. Damn, she's taller than me. "You don't seem to look like someone from Liyue."

You inspected your clothes. Uh-huh, a hoodie and a skirt. To them, I'm wearing stuff even weirder than the traveler. "I'm an adventurer." She probably knows I'm already lying but I've got two whopperflowers that killed a horde of geo hatchlings.

"I'm just an apprentice that's in Liyue in search of some geohatchlings and I was about to take these until the cryo whopperflower killed all of them." She sighed, "You wouldn't mind if I took these would you? Don't fret, I'll exchange something in return." So basically, I'm getting something for free. "Do you have any uh, weapons?" You bit your lip. Yes, you couldn't fight anything to save your life but having a weapon was still better then fighting with absolutely nothing.

Skirk looked taken aback. "You don't know how to fight?" She asked incredously. "Yeah? Is it not normal." She blinked, "Everyone is taught to fight, some people even start from as young as four!" So, I'm weaker than a toddler. Damn. "I- You know what, I'll give you a catalyst completely free of charge since you absolutely have zero fighting skills. Now pick something else before I make up my mind."

Sugarmommy vibes.

In the end, you got a catalyst, an electro crystal and a bag that had infinite capacity.

Skirk left a few minutes ago to go aboard a ship to snezhnaya, saying something about meeting her apprentice. So now you were all alone with two very worried whopperflowers. 

"Krrrrr. Krr." The two of them circled around you, lifting your arms to see if Skirk had harmed you. I wanna keep them so bad. "I have to leave anytime soon man." They deflated almost immediately, their petals drooping down. I'm feeling so bad now. Please don't do this to me man. 

You cleared your throat. "Okay, listen up. I don't know when I'll come back and where. It could be hundreds of years or tomorrow but if you see me, ya'll can have my hairbands so tie them around your petal or something and I'll know that it's you ok? I'm pretty sure you guys respawn every now and then so it'll be ok." They perked up and began to tie their petals with your smiley face hairbands. Why they look so cute with it.

"Now come and watch the sunset with me."

Chapter 3 - Text Buddies

(very short chapter)

Approximately 13 minutes ago, you decided to do the Fontaine Archon quest since you completely forgot about it until you remembered that Skirk seemed to have her debut somewhere in there.

Picture your shocked face when you saw the way that Skirk casually yeeted Childe into some random portal.

Considering that she mentioned that Childe's her apprentice, she went to Snezhnaya to visit Childe, and considering that she looked like she was in her early teens when you met her, it's definitely been at least 3-4 years after she met you that she's met the traveler.

I take it back. She could've killed me the second she met me and stole the hatchlings. She wouldn't even need to trade the inventory bag and the catalyst. You checked the catalyst on the web and it was the "Lost Prayer To The Sacred Winds", it was a goddamned 5-star weapon. You were confused at why Skirk would even give you such a precious weapon but you decided that she just thought that you were interesting.

The moment that you touched the catalyst, your phone lit up and opened Genshin. As a firm nonbeliever of ghosts and spirits, you decided it had to be a "you" problem. Seeing that the phone automatically got into the inventory icon, you finally saw your catalyst and electro-crystal in a new category that wasn't named yet.

Purely out of curiosity, you placed the catalyst into the bag that Skirk gave you, and the catalyst's equipped tag disappeared. Oh wait, does that mean that I get to level it up? You immediately leveled it up to lv90. Oh hell no, I'm in the character menu. Right above your team was you, however, it was just a blank circle with your name on it. Clicking into it led to your stats, talents, artifacts, etc.

To your relief, your face wasn't on the screen but when you read the stats, you decided that you were truly weaker than a lv5 slime. Okay, Name: Y/N, Max HP: 1000. Okay, better than the traveler, Attack...20?! What?! Defence: 72. Not bad but Idk why I need that. EM: 0, Stamina.. WHAT?! 31?!

You threw a pillow across the room, "WHAT THE HELL? HOW IS THE TRAVELER STRONGER AT LVL1 ?! AND I'M AT LVL 3?!" Something that Genshin has gladly bestowed on you was that your starting point was at lvl 3 whilst everyone else was at lvl 1 but you were still weaker than everyone who's at lvl 1.

"STAMINA 20? I MIGHT DIE FROM LOW STAMINA BY CLIMBING A ROCK OR SMTH?"

"Ooooooh." Holy moly, 1608 attack and 33.1% Crit Rate. Damn. Ilysm Skirk

Ding. 3 Unread messages.

You raised a brow, lol, who uses that app anymore, only old ass people use it, like Zhongli would use it if he had a phone.

The sky has darkened and the bustling city slowly lit up with billboards decorating the skyline. You stretched in front of the brightness, the darkness of your room disappearing as the humongous screens started changing. Mihoyo, that billboard advertisement is expensive asf and you decided to put hsr and not Get Shit Impact?

Ding. 102 Unread messages. Wtf.

                                                                                                                                                                                Yo.

You finally picked up your phone.

                                                                                                                                                                       Srry bt dat.

Can you please speak English?

???

I don't understand what you're saying.

Oh I said "Sorry about that"

Lol, sorry.

Anyways, is there anything that you need me for?

From your description, it says "Teyvat here I come"

Oh, that was last year when me and my friends still used this app.

It's quite outdated now, I just update my description whenever I feel like it.

Can you tell me about Teyvat?

I don't understand the things online.

... wtf, this guy is creepy, theyve got no pfp and they don't understand text T-T, Pls don't be my mom...Act cool, act cool

Hm?

You want to start Genshin?

Genshin?

Bro's asking abt Genshin without knowing what it is, did bro just get his/her phone?

Genshin Impact?

Teyvat is the world that exists in the game??

Game?

My bafflement jeeeeez

Yea, Genshin.

Teyvat has 7 nations.

They have like 2 mcs (maincharacters) and the player chooses them and boom, their sibling disappears and they need to find them so they just travel around Teyvat whilst helping random people for no reason

Poor Lumine has traveled half of the world and the gods won't tell her shit. Just leave Aether and his abyss shit and go marry someone or smth. Bro's a prince and you're a traveler, he's living his life in the abyss.

Main characters...

Oh wait, is this some old person who just downloaded this app to find people chat? Oh wait shit, my bad, lemme channel my nonexistent inner angel.

Oh, sorry, I should've explained more clearly. :)

You see, the two main characters are called Lumine and Aether, they're travelers who go in and out of worlds, but they were trapped in Teyvat because of the Heavenly Principles.

If you're like me and choose Lumine, Aether will become the Abyss prince and wake up a few hundred years earlier than Lumine and go around the world. Then after Lumine wakes up, she fishes out Paimon and begins her journey around Teyvat searching for her brother who she found quickly enough but for some reason Aether wants her to find him after she visits every nation.

That...

Is a nice plot.

You know a lot.

I may have started it just a year ago but I know a lot of lore :D

Thank you.

?

For chatting with me, nobody answered me and only you replied

OMG. I feel bad for this old person,

:D my pleasure XD

I think you need to sleep now.

Good night.

You too!!! Good luck with the game XD

Chapter 4 - Lockdown

The rain poured and the sirens blared, the rain outside had already flooded the first floor of the dormitory.

"I know my luck sucks like hell but come on, we literally just came." Moniqa scowled as she lifted the satin curtains. "They even locked the gates, what, after two days are the winter holidays, they expect us to stay in here?" The strawberry-haired girl tossed her phone onto her bed. "I literally only came here to take my stuff back." Yeleris rolled her eyes, "I don't even have stuff here, like literally. I went to the mall and met Y/N and I brought her back to our dorms since it's cold as fuck out there," she flopped onto your bed sighing, "none of us even live here, it's just registered because of projects."

You peered through the window, the water had almost completely flooded the university and two floors beneath you, you could see several students blocking the doors with sandbags.

"My housekeeper said that only our area is raining." Moniqa's eyes narrowed, "quite weird wouldn't you say? This rain is quite- sudden, wouldn't you say Miss President?"

Your brows furrowed a bit, " Yea, I checked the school group chat, everybody's talking about the weird weather." You turned around, noticing Yeleris in the corner, staring emotionlessly at her laptop. "You're that annoyed? Princessssy?" Moniqa snickered, noticing her expression.

Yeleris stared at Moniqa blandly through her luscious eyelashes. "We're in a lockdown."

Silence. "WHATTTTTTT THEEEE FUUUU- " Yeleris thwacked her head with her laptop. That laptop is hella expensive, its case is limited edition and she bonked Moniqa with that?!

"Hey," you scrolled through your phone, noticing how everything was loading slower and slower. "Is it just me or does the WiFi suck and mobile data ain't doing what it's supposed to be doing?"

Moniqa gazed quietly at you, "I know who might be able to tell us some stuff." 

You hurriedly followed her out of the building, hissing as the ankle-length water splattered against your bare thighs. It was freezing cold, the three of you waddled into a nearby dorm building, it was one of the newly renovated ones that had stairs to it and didn't have any sandbags around.

"Who the hell are you- oh, it's Moniqa." you raised you brows at the man that towered over you. "Oh, hello Miss President." you scowled, being the president of several clubs are pretty nice but having everyone call you that even your friends could be a little annoying. 

"Is Lorelei here or did she go back home?" He rolled his eyes at the question, "She was planning to leave but the rain got a tad to bit large and she didn't want her eXpeNsive sHoes wet, but yeah, she's in her room, 109 I believe, one floor up."

Thud. Thud. Thud. "Lorelei, it's Moniqa." "..." "Lorelei?" "..." "I'll buy you boba." "...ugh...coming."

A short strawberry-blonde girl greeted you by the door. "You guys are lucky that my roommates aren't here. Get in before I change my mind," She tossed Moniqa a small booklet. 

"No snacks?" Lorelei squinted at her, "that's only for new customers."

She turned to you, "Oh, you're new, there's some snacks on your right." You smiled lightly at the short girl, not because of her kindness but because she has that one type of candy you love that the school doesn't sell. 

"Ahem, since you're a new customer, I will gladly give you an introduction to my services," she tossed a small bottle of peach juice to you, "I am Lorelei Stirling, sophomore, I basically give people info that they want on people on campus, test results or rankings of everyone, not the normal ones that the school gives you of course, and a ton of other stuff, in or outside school. Ummm, that's pretty much it, I'm the head of my dorm and pretty much everyone in this building helps me in gathering info, so we're like an association that tells you everything the school doesn't tell you and some news outside of school that the public doesn't know."

She smiled sweetly at you, "Of course, things come at a price but for you, Miss President, I'll give you a discount. If you want any info in school, the price range will be $10-250, and outside of school will be $10-400. Anything special? The price will be decided by me. Now how does that sound?"

"WhAt? You told me it was $20-600 for in-school and up to 800 outside?" Moniqa snarled. Lorelei rolled her eyes, "First of all, your cousin pissed me off when I was in freshman and you're loaded which means you don't really care about the price of stuff. And anyways, the quality of my info never changes. If I hated you, I would've given you double the price. You'd like that?"

She turned back to you, smiling, "My phone number is on the bottom of your drink, you can call me when you need my services. But considering that you guys literally waddle here like ducks meant that something went wrong with the wi-fi and the data at the same time right? So please tell me what you want before it reaches the point where you have to swim back to your dorm room." 

-...-...- Unknown's pov Somebody's gotten it. It's someone in y/s, the after-effects are growing, I need to find the host. Many things have already been infected with RH-o1, the amount of things that have been leaked will soon make Earth change drastically.

I need to find the diary, quickly, #%^*><\$&%* It has all the leaks, it materialized the moment this world was tainted.

I've been trapped here. We all belong on different paths, one is reality, one is $&@/"-, hopefully, I'll survive, I asked $&":$!(& to help me change how the time flows.

I've just gotten here but every minute feels like decades. My sister is out there somewhere, perhaps the paper that she took gave her a better fate than mine. We don't belong here, before I die, I will send her out. I swore to &&"-).

The sheer amount of rules in this place is driving me insane, if only I was like &&"-), she's insane but her type of insanity doesn't affect her logic and abilities. Why did I have to get the hardest one? Why me?

Chapter 5 - Fish blasting

"Are you sure that she can fix the Wifi?"

Yeleris nodded, eyes glued onto her book.

Moniqa giggled, "Lorelei may be annoying and bratty but she does have the skills that made her the head of her lil association in her sophomore year, my friend told me that two years ago, there was also an association like that one but it was taken down quickly because they dug a bit too deep and the high ranked members were all kicked out of the school. I'm pretty sure one of the high-ranking members who wasn't kicked out was her older sister. I heard that she had some blackmail on the school and she threatened to leak them if they kicked her out."

Ding.

All eyes swiveled onto the pile of devices that were charging in the corner.

Ding,dingdingidndinidgndingd- "SHE DID IT!"Moniqa lunged towards her phone, "FINALLY, I WAS DYING FROM BOREDOM-" Thwack. Yeleris towered over her, "Can you shut up."

You typed a few letters down,

.-.-.-.

Totallynotlazy

Is this Lorelei

Loreleisnotgrumpy

???? Who you?

Totallynotlazy

Y/N, you gave me your number in your room.

Loreleisnotgrumpy

? I wasn't there tho? Do you mean my twin Lorelie?

Loreleisnotgrumpy has added you as your friend

Totallynotlazy's name has been changed to Y/N

Loreliesnotgrumpy's name has been changed to Lorelei

Y/N

Can you give me some info on the rain?

It's not normal, in fact, it's kinda acidic?

Lorelei

WhAt?

I mean sureee but I need some time since, yk it literally just rained. Btw, I'll give you the price after I get the info because I'm actually nice and Lorelie told me to give u a discount so just wait for my messages.

Btw, how'd you know it's acidic?

Y/N

Me, Yeleris, and Moniqa had to go to your dorm because of the Wifi not working to ask you to get it fixed but as you said your twin was there and she fixed it for us.

Lorelei

Huh, Yeleris and Moniqa? They only came to me once and I never told them my dorm number and Anthony wouldn't tell random people my dorm number. Ig that your roommates had deals with my twinny rather than me.

Y/N

Prob. Anyways, when we got back, our skin was red and some bits were bleeding and I tested the PH.

Lorelei

Hmmm. I'll get you some info by the end of this week, I'll give Lorelie your number. Don't tell random people about Lorelie though, she's a bit bratty and hates a lot of people, and she likes acting like me. She'd get angry if people knew that she was pretending to be me

Y/N

Ok, tysm

Lorelei

Have fun XD

.-.-.-.

The lovely violet sky was soon covered in a sheen of eerie red, after effects of the blood rain. The WiFi had stopped multiple times in the last few hours, only recovering due to the twin's perseverance of fixing the WiFi for the enormous amount of money they were given by hundreds of people.

The power outs were so frequent that the night became very dark, only a few gleams from torches and phones, and soon you drifted into a deep sleep, unaware of your surroundings.

Patter. Patter. A silhouette was outlined by the faint moonlight. "Y/N...The time isn't right yet. You weren't supposed to have visions yet. Why did I have to be the only one in the dorm that's reincarnated? The apocalypse is in a year but since you've gotten your powers so early, does that mean that the timeline has been messed up? Lorelie wasn't supposed to be there too. Has she reincarnated? Perhaps transmigration? A time traveler?" The girl muttered.

"The rain, it's supposed to be acidic in a few days, the acidity is also stronger. What's happened? The future is changing. Butterfly effects, if I can come back, others can come back too. My sister is still finding the records of the apocalypse, we would all die without the records..." The figure opened your phone, "Genshin...maybe the world of Teyvat has something to do with all of this as you were in Teyvat for a year or two, but- who's this?"

-.-.-.

"Y/N WAKE UP." Moniqa shrieked as she woke you up. I finally wasn't in Teyvat, Moniqa scared the shit out of mee. "What?"You stretched happily, "Bro! It's raining fucking blood!" WHAT THE FUCKKKKKKKKKKKK You rushed to open the window. You cautiously placed a small cup outside the window. "Hey." Yeleris beckoned the two of you to the TV. '

"It's global." "No shit, Sherlock." You took the cup out and closed the window once again. "The rain here seems a lot darker than the TV." You turned to Moniqa, "Moni, you have a lot of small seedlings you got from the gardening club right? Add some of the rainwater in one, I want to see something."

~time skip~ (2days)

"Pretty sister! Pretty sister! Are you ok?" You rubbed your bleary eyes. The loli smiled down at you, "Pretty sister, are you ok? Klee was soooo worried about you." she smiled innocently at you, cherry pink eyes glinting under the morning rays.

"Hello Klee, I'm fine." You sat up, "Sweetie, where are we?" The girl laughed, clapping her hands together, "Is pretty sister a visitor? This is Cider Lake!" She grabbed your hand and pulled you towards the water.

She's unbelievably strong... "Since pretty sister is a visitor, Klee will show you around Mondstadt and we can go fish blasting with Dodoco!!!"

"Klee?" You poked her weakly, "Is something wrong pretty sister?" You pointed behind you, "You sure you want to do it in front of the city?"

You've woken up after you and Klee blasted the majority of the fish population of Mondstadt. At first, it was only Cider Lake, but she soon decided that it wasn't enough and she started putting bombs all over the nation, one on some poor lad's roof in Springvale, one besides the anemo hyptostatis, one near the statue of seven and a lot of other places that you couldn't remember. It was only until a knight of Favonius saw Klee putting bombs in a merchant's stall did you leave.  You did not want to be brought to Jean, so you hid on top of a tree as Klee was dragged away. She made a heart in the end which quite literally melted your heart and soul into a puddle.

The next few days passed like a flow, the rain never stopped but day by day, the water had slowly turned back to it's usual colour, in fact, the small samples of rainwater collected before slowly turned transparent just like the rain.

It wasn't until eight days later did you notice something was too eerie with the rain.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Teyvat Chapters 1-10:

https://www.tumblr.com/life-is-unreal/757207106530213888/stranger-danger-genshin-impact-x-reader-teyvat?source=share

[aroacenezhaanddainsleif]

Do you have any Vedrfolnir thoughts and/or headcanons? Especially about his relationship with Dainsleif? I find your takes really interesting so I'm curious about what you think.

ohoho thank you >:D

(come off anon i want to see who's enjoying my rambles /j)

and honestly, that's kind of up in the air until we get more about him (pushes all the random minor khaenri'ah npc ocs i've made with limited information behind me)

but so far my opinion is. negative. bitch sounds like a catholic preacher, and all the Sinners immediately get negative -500 points from me for just letting Khaenri'ah die. i don't care about your quest for self-enlightment, buddy!

but i do have my own thoughts as to how khaenri'ah-era dain was!!! a lot like he is now, with the same dry humor and ability to be stern about his duty, but a lot more light-hearted. i think his tendency to say randomly depressing/cryptic shit still existed then but was just more subdued. dain said weird shit and halfdan and the rest of the knights looked at him like "???"

as for vedrfolnir... well, like i said, he sounds way too preachery for my tastes, but he does intrigue me. he seems to predict the traveler's expected rise to godhood at the end of genshin, and it's possible he predicted his own brother's tragedy ("dain, what is that strand of blond hair to you? someone you must kill? or the object of your penitence?") him and dain being complete opposites in how much they care for people in general is just (chef's kiss)...

if i had to have headcanons about him... i think vedrfolnir would be a weaver/fiber artist bc i love fate weaving/sewing metaphors! he could make tapestries and hang out with the royal tailors and whatnot (totally not giving my "reincarnated khaenri'ahn royal tailor" oc reasons to have beef with him).

i'd imagine maybe part of dain's role as guard captain was trying to catch up to him- whether dain admired or had a positive relationship with his brother is to be seen. i'd imagine they either came from a noble family or were two orphan/nothing kids who rose to fame. i also can't see vedr being much older than dain, for some reason? like 4 years at max.

at the end of it, i don't really have any specific thoughts about dainsleif and vedrfolnir, but i DO have so many thoughts about how they juxtapose dain's relationship with the twins...

like. just the inherent loss and tragedy of it all!!! but also dain's hope that the twins' story can be better, because he doesn't know how to give up on hope or resilience despite all he says otherwise. he cares about them so much despite all his heartbreak, and he wants a better story for them...

i'm not going to be cruel and call vedr heartless without knowing much about him now (and he did help chlothar), but pitting him against "love and grief constantly exude from him" dainsleif, it does seem like dain got more of the compassion out of the two of them. but maybe this is vedr's fucked up way of helping people? like cough cough. hsr sunday

tldr: vedrfolnir seems very interesting to me but i think he doesn't deserve his brother

[dragonats]

Imagine Khaenri'ahns being like "you are our Princess now, we should assign you a guard" and Lumine going "I'm very experienced and strong, I don't need to be guarded by yall" and then Dainsleif just casually coming out of the crowd cocky as shit being like "if I beat you in a duel, you will acknowledge you could use some protection in this world and will make me your guard" and Lumine went "deal, you random little human mortal. You will never defeat me though-" cut to her ass losing and having this fuckass emoji plastered as her expression for the next 3 days

[starkkawajiri]

genshin × marvel au update huzzah

(i didn't forget it exists, it's been rotting my brain ever since i first thought of it, i was just very busy💔💔)

made some very small changes to strange because he wasn't serving as much as i imagined he would

• tony got his vision in natlan, in case you were wondering what vision frame that is (fanmade since natlan isnt out yet hashtag impatient)

• strange is from sumeru but he got his electro vision in mondstadt ((which is why his vision has the mondstadt frame))

• chavez is from a different world like the traveler and aloy, so she has an ultra silly vision frame

genshin strangemoji as a bonus

thor will come home soon also, wip for now (will add the super awesome khaenri'ah star pupils, i just forgot at the time)

also semi-decided on a spiderman design, the sketch is on paper for now though

other things worth noting

○ Name changes:

-> Sufian Vaid Shuruq/Strange

-> Vanda Maximoff

-> Klea

-> Antonio Stark

-> Petyr

-> Haoyu Wong

• Petyr (spidermaaan) is an Anemo Vision Bearer from Mondstadt, he moved to Inazuma to fight against the Vision Hunt Decree

• Loki and Thor are Khaenri'ahn (Loki is also half qilin)

• Wong and Strange are both Sorcerer Supreme (sharing title and role) ((why have one when you can have two))

¤ most people from Liyue and Mondstadt only recognize Wong as Sorcerer Supreme, Inazuma has not seen the light of day so they don't know much about what a sorcerer supreme even is, and Fontaine recognizes both Strange and Wong

¤ strange travels a lot and handles things in. his own intriguing way, not very liked for that

• if i had a nickel for each doctor in sumeru that got expelled from akademiya i'd have two nickels

• if you cant tell where tonio is from, good (hes from natlan) ((his design making him seem fontainian was intentional))

• out of all these people, im afraid only america likes the traveler and paimon

• vanda stays winning and has no negative side effects from her use of the pyro delusion (for now)

¤ scarlet witch of dragonspine (no way, dragonspine mention)

thanks for read like and subscribe

[that-foul-legacy-lover]

Extremely odd idea but like

reader who like keeps calm most of the time and yk doesn’t really raise their voice much

but they unintentionally switch to latin when theyre like super pissed off

and the first time in happens with human childe… he wasn’t expecting it ofc. got surprised, then got used to it

but i’d like to imagine FL and Childe whilst share important memories, dont like know EVERYTHING the other does and they do have like similar thinking processes and personalities but some differences that makes them a little different from one another(its ok we love them both)

Foul legacy when he first saw this happen though was after the events of the 4.0 archon quest. When he woke up(lets pretend he woke up as FL transformed bcs his body thought he was in danger when he got knocked out mid transformation) he heard yelling. particularly the reader yelling. more elaborately the reader yelling in latin of all languages.

The guards who only know english and frencb are dumbfounded and reader is so pissed off theyre rampaging with their words in latin, not capable of even thinking to language switch back from hor fucking furious they are that the guards hurt and locked up their precious moth

wait this is perfect actually since Khaenri'ahn languange is (i'm pretty sure) based on Latin, and Khaenri'ah has connections to the Abyss!!

normally the prison guards would be stricter with who was allowed into which cell- but you're stubborn and absolutely furious with them, shouting words they don't understand, looking like you're about to straight up maim one of them. Foul Legacy watches in awe as you berate the guards in Latin, catching a few words here and there, words that he's seen carved in stone and on walls deep beneath a lightless sea. finally the guards relent, possibly out of fear, and let you into the cell

immediately your angry demeanor falls away as you rush over, wrapping your arms around Legacy as he chitters in relief, nuzzling his head into the crook of your neck. you whisper soothingly to him- a stark contrast from your yelling a few minutes ago- as you caress his plated cheek with a hand. your words are still peppered with Latin, phrases that are completely new to Foul Legacy, but he knows they must be good from how sweetly you say them. there's one you say often- "amica mea"- and you murmur it with a shine in your eye as you place a kiss on his forehead, Legacy's claws wrapped around your hands like they're made of glass. the guards simply watch, dumbfounded and astonished upon seeing the Abyssal creature that was just viciously growling at them melt in the hands of a mere mortal

later Ajax asks you what "amica mea" means, a vague memory tugging at his mind, and with warm cheeks you tell him that it means "my love"

[thegnomelord]

I've got some questions about your cyberpunk reader sagau idea like—

What exactly does Reader's body mods allow? Like, how do they enhance the body? Why abilities do they grant to reader? What limitations are there and do they limit Reader's in ways an organic body wouldn't

Before and during the hunt for Reader, how do they maintain their artificial components? Do any of them break beyond repair forcing reader to leave them behind?

Also the Reader having body mods for conquest is a great explanation for why it takes so fucking long for them to bleed. They're too fucking invincible to bleed unless they get done in real hard.

What do people like Dainsleif or Dottore's think of reader and their body mods? I mean the body mods were compared to Khaenri'ah's machinery and Dottore is Dottore.

Is anyone against hunting down Reader? If so, for what reasons?

These are some good questions but I haven't thought all of them through, but so far:

1. When writing the first idea, I imagined the reader being a bit like militech version of Adam Smasher, with bits of my own V from cyberpunk 2077 mixed in i.e. 60-70% of the body being converted to metal with only the head and chest organ area mostly fleshy. So the reader would be durable AF, capable of shrugging off a couple of blows from the archons assuming they didn't use elemental powers, incredible strength and speed, increased jump height and other combat mods like mantis blades or rocket launchers.

2. As for limitations; cyberpsychosis would be the main problem because of just how many mods they have. From a more physical side — blending in is damn near impossible, and all that cyberware is heavy, so it's going to be a challenge not waking up half of teyvat when going for a walk and swimming would also be difficult/our of the question as you'd just sink to the bottom.

Also, the electro element would be quite dangerous, as any attack would act like an EMP blast which could short-circuit important life-preserving systems.

2.5. currently I'm also headcannoning that the combat cybermods require A Lot of energy, and if you don't have that, the body will forcefully shut down for like 72h to generate energy, regardless of where you are...

3. I haven't thought about mods breaking, but I think the reader might be able to MacGyver old Khaenri'ahn tech to replace broken/lost pieces, though it wouldn't be a perfect match — like wearing boots two sizes too small. Before the hunt the reader really wouldn't need to do that, as their tech is durable as all hell and would have only needed cleaning once in a while.

4. Dottore, as a scholar, would be incredibly intrigued. He didn't believe in the divine, though he acknowledged their existence, but the reader would be something else... Like the pinnacle of human evolution, the seamless blending of flesh and steel would entrance him past the point of obsession. He may have enough self-control not to try and disassemble the reader, but be prepared for days worth of ceaseless questions, and his experiments would only grow more gruesome and brutal if you do not put a stop to it.

As for Dainslief... He would be conflicted. The reader's body would remind him too much of the horrors Khaenri'ah and it's leader inflicted on others, and of the war machines still wreaking havoc across Teyvat. But the reader bearing similarities to said machines, which once protected his home, protected him, would also make him feel...comfort? Idk how to describe it, but it's like the feeling of knowing someone is looking out for you, even when you have lost everything.

5. As for who's against the hunt; Barbados comes to mind because he too is an impostor and would be a hypocrite if he felt otherwise, though he keeps such thoughts to himself.

Nahida because she is connected to Teyvat so deeply that it's feelings would mingle with her own, and she couldn't shake the wrongness she feels when near the Impostor.

Alhaitham too, but his is more logical deduction; why would a creator try to fit into the standards made by their creations? It's utterly foolish to base their belief off an imagined appearance when it is your actions they should see.

Also the harbingers and the Tsaritsa, but those I'd say are pretty obvious as they seek to destroy Celestia, and a betrayed creator seems like the perfect rallying call.

______

This was reallyong and it's all up for change if I actually end up writing this, but this is just by thoughts rn lol.

[kaeyachi]

Ok I watched the Caribert quest with a fresher mind (yes it takes weeks to refresh my mind), and now I have additional thoughts from my scrambled egg brain:

- The Caribert is Kaeya theory was honestly a genuinely good idea for a moment due to curious text lines... I only doubt it due to different voice actors for Kaeya's father and Clothar Alberich. For the most part, a solid theory if we can ignore the voice actor tidbit. Otherwise, I think he is from Clothar's legitimate line or Clothar has a brother or two (based on who he was inspired by)

- the Khaenri'ahn library honestly feels like the Library of Alexandria at this point. This is the same library that apparently had the information Clothar needed to try and cure Caribert. Also, in the beginning of the quest, Kaeya mentions a book he read in his youth that mentioned where Khaenri'ah (or one of the entry points anyway) is located which I guess is probably not found within the Ragnvindr collection because he mentioned himself that he had just been taken in. Imagine the centuries of information they must have had to become the most advanced nation of their time (and even now). With Khaenri'ah gone, 90% of that library's information is probably destroyed. That definitely set back the entirety of Teyvat lmao

- I think I mentioned in a previous post how curious it is that people of Teyvat don't know that Khaenri'ahns (non-full blooded ones anyway) were turned into hilichurls. When was the Caribert quest set though? Because the forest rangers there didn't know about it at all, and if transforming into hilichurls was a slow process, the lack of information these people have is weird... unless everyone who transformed only transformed during the war in Khaenri'ah, which is why Clothar was telling Caribert "no more red skies, no more war"

- speaking of those forest rangers... the way they talk about hilichurls left a bad taste in my mouth. I have the feeling that the Knights of Favonius also have several knights talk like that....... and Kaeya has to hear that regularly...he has been for nearly a decade.......

- For the abyss twin to be called the Prince/Princess of Khaenri'ah, they must have been taken in by Alberich clan right? I wanted to say King Irmin took them in, but then I wondered why they didnt become the king/queen themselves and instead got the Alberich clan to be regents. The Alberich clan was far larger than I think it was (its probably a very large family for sure if Clothar can say that it's impossible for our twin to know everyone even though Clothar is an Alberich himself). Our twin never became the king/queen so our twin being adopted by the Alberichs sound more likely (Kaeya calling our twin uncle/aunt, could yall imagine? Or even brother/sister... Kaeya calling them gramps/grandma HAHAHA)

- Even within the abyss order, they can't call our twin the king/queen. Dainsleif mentioned there's an order to these things, and since an Alberich was the founder... by heir right, should there be no other Alberich, that would really mean that Kaeya is their next king. Yikes, I'd get drunk daily too if i were him.

I think I have a theory forming within my brain regarding the crystal the hilichurls were worshipping... but thats for next time.

[fatuismooches]

oh! may i ask about how musically inclined you think the harbingers are? we all know that columbina loves singing, but what about the others (especially scara, because of his codename and all the kabuki references in his lore)?

First, I LOVE your pfp, so cute 🥺 For Scara, I do think he's musically inclined! The sword dance he performed must have been quite beautiful and rhythmic. Not to mention I believe Niwa, Katsuragi and the others taught him many things, such as how humans had fun which included singing and dancing, making music out of the simplest things! I hc that he sometimes hums the songs they taught him unconsciously. Edit: After further research I found out people believe he can play an instrument called the shamisen and I 100% approve.

Childe I see as the kind of guy to be able to just be able to make a good beat. Like, clapping, stomping, hitting surfaces in a rhythmic manner lol. He likes to do with a crowd and stuff, to liven up the event or whatever because he's a fun guy you know? And I just found out he can canonically dance too soo... 😍And I personally see Columbina as being able to play the harp as well as sing. It just feels so elegant and just what she'd do. (Definitely not me imagining her wings spreading out as she plays.)

As for Dottore... hmm. It may be possible. But maybe not for the Prime or Omega. Since he has so many clones he sends them out all over the place for missions and such. And since they all have very different experiences they may have picked up on some musicalness for the sake of the mission. I don't know what though, I can't see much here 😭 La Signora I'm saying yes since I'm biased lol. She is from Mondstadt which I feel is quite a musical nation. She can sing but I think when she does it's super melancholic, sad, and low. As for instruments, maybe the lyre...? Hc that she played it with her lover before he left her.

I don't think Sandrone would feel the need for learning anything related to music. She has robots ready to play her songs, dance for her amusement, and play any kind of instrument possible. Never took the time to learn herself and doesn't really care. Again, same for Pantalone. He has people he can pay for all of that... he's too busy for that himself lol. But i hc he has a pretty singing voice... it's quite beautiful and smooth but he never uses it (because why would he??)

Arlecchino... once again she doesn't see the need for it so she doesn't really know much. Though she is able to hum a few good tunes for when the children can't sleep. Pulcinella I see as the musical arts enjoyer. He can't do much himself but he 100% knows a bunch of history and cool facts about anything related to it.

And good old Capitano can't do anything either. He'd break the instrument by accident, can't dance, and would never sing no matter what. He'd prefer to watch the Fatui soldiers instead. Pierro isn't the best, but also isn't the worst. He knew how to play some ancient Khaenri'ahn instruments and tunes, but well... the instruments are long gone now, and humming the tunes makes him sad.

This went on along than I expected it to. 🚶‍♀️

Though I was listening to the Harbinger's boss themes and I just remembered... I hc them as the ones singing in their own theme lol

[twilightichor]

𝐂𝐗𝐂𝐕𝐈𝐈𝐈. The notion that Khaenri'ahns have been taking after some of the dragon customs (if the aeonblight drake and ruin drakes weren't enough as is, already suggesting that their conception wasn't on pure imagination alone) is back with full strength if we consider that, in reality, the dragons prior to the Primordial One's arrival in Teyvat were the first to create automatons like that. Just like in Khaenri'ah, these machines were used for tasks such as building cities under the harshest of conditions, investigation matters and fighting.

[pearlywritings]

How do you headcanon Kaeya's parents?

I personally go the disney atlantis esque route with them because well...*points at Kaeya, points at his ancestor Chlothar*

I personally think Kaeya's mom could have been a haravatat researcher, maybe a linguist, translating forbidden documents because of her unatural curiosity but getting arrested for it later on because it is a sin, luckily, before her arrest, she met an interesting man from a lost civilization, who had Abyssal Powers.

I think the fact that his father left him behind makes him lackluster enough, Kaeya doesn’t strike me as someone who used to be heavily abused, but maybe his father will turn worse in case mihoyo didn't kill him off before or something.

Frankly speaking I've never thought of Kaeya's parents. As much as I am trying to keep up with lore I am not that good at the deepest part of it AT ALL. Especially when it comes to Khaenri'ah. So building headcannons for some parts of its story/consequences of what happened is hard to me. Like, I can do it about the character we already have, but in a sense of them and only them, not including family - ancestors, siblings, whatever.

But I like the idea about Atlantis! (I REALLY like that disney work). And I think it could work! But for that Kaeya's dad must be a pure-blood Khaenri'ahn. Still not a fan of immortal x mortal, however in this particular situation, since we talk about parents I don't have anything against. Giving his mom occupation at the Akademiya is so sexy and Haravatat is even better (I am a linguist myself, so I am biased lmao). But just imagine her learning and studying stuff about Khaenri'ah through Kaeya's dad hehe

As for is any of the parents are alive and what they were/are like... Literally no idea. But his dad did one best thing he probably could - gave the Ragnvindr family another son. Because if not for him, we would've never learnt of Crepus being compassionate, we would've never had ragbros, we would've never known Kaeya the way he is - and in my opinion he is one of the most captivating and interesting characters in Genshin.

But if I ever met his dad... I would've beaten him up a bit first, and only then demand answers.

[siilverwiitch]

Chapter 5: I swore I wouldn't

Fandom: 原神 | Genshin Impact

Characters: Kaeya, Venti, Diluc & Crepus

Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Stars and Wind Series

Words: 1,124

AO3 Link

Prev | Next

Stroking Kaeya's hair as he slept, Venti let the rhythm of his gentle touch calm his own turbulent thoughts. The weight of Kaeya's fears and uncertainties about his heritage lingered heavily in Venti's heart. He imagined the terror Kaeya must have felt, dreading Venti's reaction upon learning the truth.

To a Khaenri'ahn child like Kaeya, an Archon was more than just a divine figure; they were often portrayed as distant, powerful entities with inscrutable motives and immense responsibilities that transcended mortal understanding.

Since finding Kaeya, Venti had been wrestling internally with the dilemma of whether to reveal the truth and, if so, how and when. It was a burden he carried because he believed Kaeya deserved to know his own history, no matter the potential consequences. One day.

As Kaeya slept peacefully, his fingers still clutching Venti's sleeve as if afraid he might disappear, Venti reflected on how long it might have been since Kaeya had felt any semblance of security. The uncertainty of whether those around him would stay must have haunted him deeply, leaving him to grasp onto the fleeting comfort that Venti provided, even in his dreams.

A memory of an old friend flashed vividly in Venti's mind, eliciting a bittersweet smile. This friend had been the only other mortal to whom Venti had truly opened his heart. In many ways, Kaeya reminded him of that friend — determined, resilient, and brave. Venti knew in his heart that just like his old companion, Kaeya possessed the strength and spirit to overcome any challenge life threw at him.

A soft chuckle escaped Venti's lips, a mixture of fondness and melancholy. "And I swore I would never grow attached to another mortal."

Kaeya stirred in his sleep, his head shifting to find a more comfortable position against Venti's chest. Venti's hand hesitated for a moment above him before he resumed the soothing motion through Kaeya's hair, a gesture that seemed to provide both of them with solace.

"I will protect you, Kaeya," Venti whispered, his voice barely audible in the quiet room. "I will never let any harm come to you, ever."

The next morning, sunlight filtered through the windows of their cosy home in Mondstadt as Venti busied himself with preparing breakfast. Glancing over at Kaeya, who was absorbed in colouring a picture at the table, Venti decided it was time to broach a topic that had been on his mind.

"So you're eleven," Venti remarked casually, trying to gauge Kaeya's reaction.

"Yeah, I told you that already," Kaeya replied, not looking up from his artwork of vibrant hues.

"I know, but if you're eleven, you have to turn twelve at some point," Venti continued, attempting to steer the conversation towards Kaeya's upcoming birthday, albeit indirectly.

"I will turn twelve when I turn twelve," Kaeya quipped, a mischievous glint dancing in his starry eyes that Venti couldn't help but find endearing.

"Okay, I'll ask you directly then."

"Okay, ask me," Kaeya replied, now openly curious.

"Do you know what date your birthday is?"

"November 30th," Kaeya answered promptly, his focus still on the intricate details of his drawing.

"November 30th, so you're a Sagittarius."

"’Spose so," Kaeya shrugged nonchalantly, his concentration unwavering as he carefully shaded the scene before him.

"That's tomorrow."

"Yep."

"Have you ever had a birthday celebration?" Venti inquired gently, his expression a mix of curiosity and concern.

He wondered what sort of childhood Kaeya had experienced over the past eleven years. Kaeya paused, contemplating the question with a hint of melancholy.

"Am I supposed to have one?"

"Yes, Kaeya. Children celebrate getting a year older," Venti explained patiently, sensing the weight behind Kaeya's words. He wanted to tread carefully, giving Kaeya the space to share whatever he felt comfortable revealing about his past.

"Oh…" Sadness flickers briefly across Kaeya's features. "I never had much, and I guess I never really thought much about it."

"Did your parents or caretaker ever do anything?" Venti probed delicately, offering Kaeya the opportunity to share more about his upbringing, particularly his father, whom Kaeya had mentioned before.

"My father told me when I was old enough," Kaeya began, his voice taking on a deeper, more authoritative tone as he mimicked his father's words. "Kaeya, you were born on a cold night in November, on the 30th day precisely." He returned to his usual voice. "So, assuming he wasn't lying, I was born then."

Kaeya returned to his drawing, which Venti now recognized as a crude yet heartfelt sketch depicting himself and another figure with fiery red hair. Diluc, Venti realised with a pang of understanding.

"I hope you like surprises," Venti said softly, a warmth spreading through his heart as he began mentally planning how to make Kaeya's twelfth birthday a memorable occasion. He resolved to ensure that Kaeya felt cherished and celebrated, a sentiment he deserved more than anyone.

Venti continued to watch Kaeya engrossed in his artwork. He couldn't shake off the conversation they'd just had about Kaeya's upcoming birthday. The boy's nonchalant responses masked a deeper complexity that tugged at Venti's heartstrings.

As he cooked, Venti pondered how to make Kaeya's twelfth birthday special. It wasn't just about marking another year; it was about giving Kaeya something he may have never experienced—a celebration of his existence, of being cherished and loved.

"Kaeya," Venti called gently, setting a plate of freshly prepared breakfast in front of the boy. "I've been thinking about tomorrow."

Kaeya looked up, his curious eyes meeting Venti's. "Yeah?"

"Birthdays are special. They're a day to celebrate you, your life, and everything you mean to those around you," Venti explained, choosing his words carefully. "I want to make tomorrow memorable for you. Would you like that?"

Kaeya blinked, surprised by Venti's earnestness. "But I've never really celebrated my birthday before."

"Well, there's a first time for everything," Venti replied with a warm smile. "You know," Venti said thoughtfully, "there's a lot to celebrate about you, Kaeya."

Kaeya glanced at him, a hint of uncertainty flickering in his eyes. "Like what?"

"Like your bravery," Venti replied softly. "You've faced challenges that would make others falter, yet here you are, strong and determined."

"I don't feel brave," Kaeya admitted quietly, his gaze fixed on the cobbled path ahead.

"Bravery isn't about never feeling fear," Venti explained, his voice gentle yet firm. "It's about facing those fears and pushing forward, even when it's hard."

Kaeya mulled over Venti's words, his thoughts drifting back to the burdens he carried—the uncertainty of his heritage, the weight of expectations, and the fear of rejection. Yet, with Venti beside him, those fears seemed less daunting, as if the wind itself whispered reassurances of acceptance and understanding. Maybe having a birthday celebration wouldn’t be so bad…

[chaoswithstars]

I'm just saying I got sold a very specific sort of character who looked at the Anemo Archon in the eyes and spoke to him in Hillichurlian, the language of the turned Khaenri'ahns (that, like him, are of mixed blood), saying either "I love you" or "I will triumph over you" and plays people like trumpets

And I just can't imagine that character not knowing what he was getting into when he, years after he last talked to him properly, played Diluc easily in his Story Quest. Kaeya knows that man like the back of his hand