#( you run a humble bookstore. he shows up after disappearing for three years to harass you for a discount on this obscure & rare novel )
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creature is his default state of being.
#𝟎𝟎𝟓 : 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘴. ◟ status .◝#𝟎𝟎𝟗 : 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯. ◟ crack .◝#( he would probably argue otherwise but you heard it here first. he is a little creacher. a silly little guy. big cryptid energies. )#( i used to have a headcanon that he was literally effectively a cryptid )#( i need to find where i wrote it & rewrite it but basically -- )#( he would get into the habit of returning to certain towns / locations / etc every few years & it would deeply unnerve people )#( like yes there are a lot of funky immortals scuttling around teyvat but then you just have this guy. ordinary guy but he never ages. )#( you run a humble bookstore. he shows up after disappearing for three years to harass you for a discount on this obscure & rare novel )#( it has been thirty years. he was your father's customer. perhaps his father's father's customer. )#( he has never aged. you don't even know his name. he has no visible vision but his eyes crackle and flash like lightning. )#( he swings wildly between speaking like a lazy 20-something and an archaic & deeply cynical poet. )#( his smiles are plastic and don't reach his eyes )#( but the one time you saw him speaking softly to your neighbor's kid after they scraped their knee -- )#( you swore he seemed like a totally different person. )#( ... you run a humble bookstore. he shows up after disappearing for five years to harass you for a discount on this obscure novel..... )#( he tries to avoid visiting the same place too often now but tl;dr there definitely was a point when he didn't think to be so careful. )
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