#;; honkai chatter

[smolcinnamonchipmunk]

[ardensregias]

i think aventurine prefers to be the little spoon instead of the big spoon—he's touchstarved and lonely, so having your arms curled around him and your nose buried in his hair just. melts him into puddles, and if he's feeling particularly insecure and tired, the gesture might even broke him into tears.

edit: ++ he loves it when you let him lay his head on your chest too. it makes him feel safe knowing that you're right there, beside him, keeping him company, and showering him with love—knowing that someone actually loves him wholeheartedly without expectations.

[venusandsaturnsrings]

boothill thinks it’s fun to play around with his synesthesia beacon. turn it to a million different pitches or inflects just to see what irritates you most. sometimes, he’ll even do his best to recreate the voices of your boss and coworkers to watch you jolt out of your skin. to him, it’s hilarious and a worthwhile endeavour.

but your favourite is when he keeps it closest to his voice. when he tunes it just right to sound like himself after he’s done messing around. you like it when he’s himself as he hums and sings along to different songs, his favourites to sing being ‘Tiffany Blews’ mindlessly, ‘Before He Cheats’ when he feels like being annoying, and ‘Something About You’ while he’s playing with your hair (you introduced him to bedroom pop one night to break his whole only country and rock mindset and it surprisingly grew on him).

he’ll wrap his arms around your waist and perch his head on your shoulder as he twirls a couple strands, “she looks just like a dream, the prettiest girl i’ve ever seen,” with his sweet southern accent and smile. it’s almost enough for you to forget that he’s a wanted man and stole the last piece of bread that morning… maybe next time, boothill.

[feroluce]

For reasons to be expanded upon at a later date (because I love the little bits about Boothill and possible paranoia/betrayal canon gives us so very dearly HNGH) I think Boothill like... He won't let himself fall into disrepair or anything of course, but he reeeeeeeeeeally does not like letting other people poke around at his body. It's a necessary evil to him. He does whatever maintenance and repairs he can himself. He started out with a massive knowledge deficit, simply because he didn't really have any exposure to that kind of technology until he left Aeragan-Epharshal, but he's taught himself a lot since then, he worked really hard at it!

Anyway, the point being, Boothill generally isn't super trusting of people.

But I think he would come to make an exception for Himeko, since he trusts Dan Heng a lot, and Himeko is one of Dan Heng's once-in-a-lifetime dearly beloved companions.

Himeko is so unflappable, I don't think she would even bat an eye about anything he throws at her, either. Like she enters the Parlor Car one morning (she's always the first one up) and Boothill is already there, waiting for her.

"Mornin', Madam Navigator."

"Good morning, Mr. Boothill."

And despite the fact that he blatantly broke into the Express (Pom-Pom is NOT happy about this JDKSAJDSKL), Boothill tips his hat, greets her politely, and is nothing but respectful when he says he has a favor to ask of her. Except it won't stay a favor long, of course- he has every intention of paying it back.

Himeko never agrees to things blindly, but she does bring up that all the knowledge Boothill contributed during the Charmony Festival was essential to preventing the universe from being pulled into Ena's Dream. And they were able to hold onto the Jade Abacus because Boothill used Tiernan's burial relic to summon the Galaxy Rangers instead. The Astral Express owes him a debt of gratitude, and besides, he's a friend of Dan Heng's. Of course she'll try to help him.

Boothill fidgets a bit, quickly brushes off the thanks, and tells Himeko he's having a problem with error codes. He keeps getting the same one, seemingly at random times, but the darn thing has no obvious cause. Dan Heng mentioned Himeko had been the one to rebuild the Astral Express. He knows it ain't the same, but it's not like he's askin' for any major repairs or nothin'. He was wonderin' if she could just take a look, maybe offer him some insight, since she seems to be somethin' of a mechanical wonder.

So Himeko walks him back to a another car, where she goes to tinker with machines without them crowding her bedroom. It's all neatly laid out and organized, and it only takes a second for Himeko to locate some specific device with a long cord. Instead of plugging it in herself, she holds the end of it out to him, like an offer rather than a demand, and Boothill visibly relaxes a bit. He still eyes it just a little warily for a second, but he accepts and plugs it into the port on his side.

Himeko pulls up the list of all recent errors, and they really are all the same. Boothill has had multiple temperature alarms over the past couple of weeks since the Charmony Festival, and they know it's not the environment, because Penacony is mostly dreamscape and kept mild year-round. The long-forgotten natural deserts are too far away.

Boothill is staring from the corner of his one good eye, so Himeko turns the hologram to let him see what she's doing easier. They don't appear to be false alarms. His internal temperature spikes and then slowly lowers again, high enough that if it lasted it would eventually cause damage.

One option is for her to start rooting through personal data, figuring out what he was doing at the time of each code, and tracing cause and correlation.

Instead, Himeko reads out the timestamps, and asks Boothill if he minds sharing what was happening around him when it occured.

Two weeks ago: He and Dan Heng went to explore Dreamflux Reef and found a bar- nice place, good atmosphere. Woman runnin’ it was a doll. Boothill left fer not even two minutes to get them drinks (Dan Heng knows like nothin’ about liquor, Madam Navigator, can you believe this guy) and when he came back, someone had already stolen his seat and was hittin’ on Dan Heng! Dan Heng didn't even care, just shooed ‘em off. Boothill laughed and said not to let him get in his way if he wanted to meet someone. Dan Heng looked at him like he'd grown a second head. Why would he want to leave with someone else, when he came here to be with Boothill?

Twelve days ago: While laying low- er, just rustlin’ up some grub- in the Moment of Blue, Boothill passed Dan Heng with March and Caelus playin’ on the beach, buildin’ sandcastles and the like. When he passed by again almost two hours later, they were still out there, with Dan Heng pullin’ March through the water on her inner tube and Caelus hangin’ off the back of it. He swam so fast! You'd think he was part water snake or somethin’. He looked happier ‘n a cat in a sunbeam… He has a nice smile, doesn't he?

Eleven days ago: Boothill was killin’ time in Dreamflux Reef when he turned the corner down a shady alley and saw Dan Heng, surrounded by three men demandin’ “protection money.” None of ‘em stood a chance, they were all on the ground before Boothill even blinked! So cool! Boothill wants to see that spear of his closeup- Anyway, Dan Heng stepped on one of ‘em on his way out, hahaha! Boothill stepped on the same guy a second time as he hurried to catch up.

Eight days ago: Here on the Express, actually. Boothill had mentioned bein’ curious about the archives, and Dan Heng personally invited him.

(“I remember that day, I saw you in the hall.” “Was there any problem with the heating that day?” “No, none. I don't think the temperature has anything to do with these error codes. I have a different theory, keep going.” “If ya say so.”)

Boothill was fascinated by an entry on aeons, and from a single question he asked about Lan, the two of ‘em ended up talkin’ fer hours. About aeons and Paths and Emanators, Acheron and Self-Annihilators, the Sea of Nihility, Tiernan, the Nameless and the Galaxy Rangers, their burial relics and their customs. Dan Heng finally just started writin’ and editin’ the entries in real time, with Boothill pointin’ things out and tellin’ him what to add in. They were at it so late that Boothill ended up sleepin' on a couch in one of the cars.

He'd figured there had to be something to make Dan Heng chatty- he'd caught just a glimpse of it that first night they met, sittin’ at the bar in the Reverie together. He'll have to ask about the archives more often, if it gets him all revved up like that.

One week ago: After that night of energetic discussion, Dan Heng was apparently hyped up, because after he'd downed some of Himeko's coffee (“You had some too, right? What did you think of it?” “It was great, even better'n chewin’ bullets!” "Thank you! That was my newest brew, I can't wait for everyone else to try it.") he actually asked Boothill to go hunting with him. Boothill asked who their target was, and was surprised when Dan Heng pulled out photos that looked like they were from March's camera, of all things, instead of a bounty or wanted poster.

And as he sat there, studying these pictures, Dan Heng explained that he wanted to hunt down these specific memory zone memes to record them into the archives. Planets with so much memoria are a rarity, especially with the Stellaron's activity thrown into the mix, which has surely affected the local “wildlife.” He might not get another opportunity like this for a long time. And Boothill had talked last night about his extensive expertise in tracking and hunting, so he should have plenty to offer here, Dan Heng would like to learn from his experience and see how he does things!

And oh, Madam Navigator, by the time Dan Heng was done speakin', his eyes were practically sparklin'! Just lit up like the sun! Boothill could scarcely believe it! The two of them couldn't even wait another day, they set out that very morning. It had been a long, long while since Boothill had tracked someone- er, somethin’- without the intent to capture or kill. It was…actually really nice. Nostalgic, but in a good way. It might even have been his favorite day on Penacony…so…far…

Boothill trails off as a couple of realizations crash into him. All the temperature alarms he's spoken about thus far- they've all happened in the company of Dan Heng. And now that he's thinking about it, he's pretty sure even the ones he hasn't yet talked about were with him, too. Dan Heng has been responsible for all of his error codes, every. single. one.

The screen in front of Himeko suddenly refreshes to the top of the list, displaying a new notification for the current time. Alert! Core temperature above normal range.

Himeko's knowing smile is sly as a snake.

Wwwwwelp, would ya look at the time, Boothill has some errands to meet, people to run, y’know how it is, he should really get goin'-

“Oh, Mr. Boothill? About that favor.” And Boothill jolts to a stop in the doorway because fudge, he can't just leave without hearing her out. He'd given his word. He has no problem running out on someone he thinks deserves it, but Himeko really had been kind to him to try and help him out. Her voice is just as knowing as her smile, Boothill can't turn around to look at her, or else he knows he won't be able to disguise the sound of his cooling fans kicking on.

“Don't make Dan Heng wait too long, ok~?”

“Y-Yes, ma'am.”

[cruel-hiraeth]

why’s svarog kinda……………………..

[lone-trailblazer]

Pulling on IL Dan Heng's horns while you fuck him and just watching his eyes roll back so far into his skull with the lewdest fucking moan you'll ever hear

[bonni]

getting into hsr again just in time to remember that they're running rappa this month

[stave-writes]

Intro Post!

Hiya there! I'm Stave, and I will occasionally be posting multi-fandom imagines/drabbles. I am a student so do give me a little slack please '^^

Feel free to pop any messages, thoughts or requests in the askbox! I'll respond as soon as I can :)!!

Masterlist - DNI + Rules

Fandoms I'm In (Not all will be written for):

Hoyoverse Games such as Honkai Star Rail and Genshin Impact

Delicious In Dungeon / Dungeon Meshi

Stardew Valley

Project Sekai + Vocaloid

Alien Stage + Other Vivinos Projects (e.g Pink B*tch Club)

Epithet Erased / Anime Campaign

Portal 1 & 2

Webtoons including Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint

Hermitcraft

Starkid Musicals

Black Butler

[amethy-archives]

im not gonna lie, she reminds me of dottore's design a little bit

im catching up on my HSR quests too fyi ;3;

[hyakin-thos]

FOR ANYONE CURIOUS ABOUT "SAMPO'S MESSAGE"

Couldn't find much information about it, so I figured I'd make a little explanation. Spoilers under the cut, in case anyone wants to figure it out for themselves!

First: Pick up the "Mini Neutron Bomb". You can find it in a pile of boxes in the upper-left portion of the Central Starskiff Haven.

Second: Wait for a message from Jing Yuan. I'm not entirely sure what triggers the message. Mine triggered while I was wandering around the Alchemy Commission, probably less than a half hour after picking up the bomb. Regardless, Jing Yuan will tell you to take it Qingzu, in the Seat of Divine Foresight, or to get rid of it yourself.

Optional: There's some extra dialogue if you take the bomb to a starskiff on a dock on the left-hand side of the Alchemy Commission. It's not really worth it, IMO, but check it if you want!

Third: Follow Jing Yuan's instructions and speak to Qingzu, and the rest will play out. The message isn't a collectable readable, but it will unlock a hidden achievement.

[smolcinnamonchipmunk]

Oh my fucking god dude

Me: What are you talking about, it hasn't been that lo-

Ah

[ardensregias]

okay but big spoon aventurine? him just staring at your back—unaware of the admiration pouring from his eyes (and the tears, because he can't believe that he got so lucky to have you).

his fingers combing your hair to soothe you, making sure that no bad dreams come to haunt you—if they do, he'll hold you tightly no matter how hard you're thrashing and kicking, he would even try to whispers a few words to reassure you (even if he's not good at it—for you, he'll try) until you calm down.

[finisnihil]

Playing Minecraft Murder Mystery with my friends is so funny because Orm and I have played it together for years, so they know my tells instantly. Twig and Doc don't though, so I'll be silently picking off people and when they finally figure it out Orm will be squirreled away somewhere like, "Y'all are cooked, good luck" and watch me slaughter them in cold blood.

[prime-adeptus]

2.3 livestream codes

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[cruel-hiraeth]

i wont himb

[lone-trailblazer]

Them with a non-binary s/o

Caelus ->

imo he also has enby tendencies, so he 100% gets you and supports you

tries his best to accommodate your preferred way of addressing and anything else important

"look how great my partner looks today~" he makes sure you know he loves you just how you are

gets very defensive when someone doesn't respect you; and vice versa

Jing Yuan ->

is comfortably cis, but open-mindedly listens to your explanation of your identity

accepted you straight away without question and made sure to always respect your wishes

takes a bit to get used to the new vocabulary adjustments, but he tries his best for you

always asks how you feel today and if there's anything he should know about in concerns of pronouns

does not allow anyone to misgender or ridicule your way of identification

Dan Heng ->

he already figured out that you're non-binary from superficial factors and therefore had no issue to address you to your liking

is very open to you explaining your thought processes and how it works so he can get a better grasp of your situation

at the same time, he also realizes that he's comfortable with neutral pronouns as well

enby couple 2.0 <3

Gepard ->

is super confused about it all and requires lots of explanation; his lack of knowledge due to him always being deployed at the front lines

but nevertheless, he listens intently and carefully and does his best to adjust to the changes of addressing someone (especially his partner)

sometimes, he slips up but apologizes immediately and corrects himself; he's trying his best at this new thing :(

over all, he adapts very well, though, and even teaches some of his higher ranking guards about being non-binary and how to address them