#Okay but genuinely how cool would it be to have a Death Note mod with Shinigami eyes where you can hover over your Sim

[sysig]

Light would be the type of Sims player to make his Sim take the Criminal career and then actively make their home life a living hell

[apompkwrites]

reader impact || first meeting

series masterlist characters: xiao, albedo genre: fluff summary: a game has been released entitled genshin impact, consisting of otherworldly abilities relying on the basic elements of nature. the game follows the story of an interdimensional traveling twin in search of their other half. along this journey, they meet different characters that live in this world. including you. notes: have i read a few genshin impact x game character reader stories and impulsively decided to make one too? maybe. you can't prove anything. i don't know if this will be a series but we'll see :D

xiao's playthrough -

xiao, named as alatus on his streaming platform, has made himself known as a gaming streamer with an awkward personality and blunt words.

he's the type of streamer who wouldn't have a set type of game and would, instead, play whatever his viewers recommended.

valorant? sure, he'll try it out.

hitman? why not?

animal crossing? it's a complete 180 from the other games, but sure.

when one of his viewers recommended genshin impact, he was quick to say yes and search for the game.

once the game finishes downloading, he quickly begins the game.

once the opening cutscene passes, he compliments the overall aesthetic of the game, pointing out the smaller details such as the footprints made by his character and the sound their clothes make when they move.

as always, his expressions are quite monotone to a point where it seems nothing draws his attention towards the game.

one of his mods, however, knows xiao well enough to where he knows which character he would like.

they convince xiao that the game is worth sticking with towards the second half of chapter 1, act 1.

he doesn't understand but he trusts his mods so he promises to continue.

it takes a few hours, especially because of the grinding, but a few streams later he's finally made it.

after fighting a one-sided argument with cloud retainer, he immediately begins his trek to the wangshu inn. and yes, trek, he enjoys walking/gliding through the world of teyvat rather than fast traveling everywhere.

he walks up the stairs to the top floor of the inn, resting his hands in his lap as the cutscene begins.

"to the blind, everything may not be as it appears..."

xiao is normally stoic during games, even ones with scenes made to fluster the player and catch them off guard.

but not this time.

once xiao's character is faced with yours, he just stops. his chat is spamming messages, asking if he's okay and if he's actually emoting for once.

he just stares at your character for a good five minutes.

and trust me, at least half of his viewers clipped that.

"... who are they?"

that was his only question after those minutes of silence. never before had he been attached to a character within the first few minutes of meeting them. his mind is racing and all he can think about is how amazing your character design is and how nice your voice is and how cool your character is and--

oh right, he's streaming right now...

anyway, the more your conversation goes on, the more he loves your character.

you're just so sassy and snappy but he loves you either way.

once you turn away with your back towards the camera, he just stares.

he stares at the intricate tattoo on your exposed arm and the mask hanging off of your belt.

and then you're gone.

his face drops so quickly and his viewers are very quick to point it out. he grimaces once paimon starts talking and he's very tempted to just speed through her dialogue.

he just wants to see you again.

once he hears from verr goldet that you've never smiled (at least around her), he immediately turns to the camera and says, "we better make them smile in this game."

once he finds out about your favorite food, he's already asking his viewers if he's able to get the recipe for it.

the next time he gets to talk to you, his face just lights up once he sees your character standing on the balcony.

however, once his characters tell you about rex lapis's death, his heart sinks when he hears how sad your voice becomes, even if your tone is still as harsh as before.

he gets all sad again when the quest ends and he has to wait to unlock the next archon quest.

he ends the game there and decides to spend the last few minutes talking to his viewers.

"i'll stream genshin again soon."

his viewers all know it's only because he met you.

albedo's playthrough -

albedo often does art streams and the occasional science-y stream.

if he does games, he mainly uses them to admire the art/mechanics of the gameplay.

genshin impact was one of those games he decided to play on his own solely because of the beautiful scenary.

(and the opportunity to draw more characters).

he's definitely the player that cares about elemental reactions above all else. pretty much every character he uses is built for elemental damage instead of physical.

most of his genshin streams are him walking around teyvat and pointing out the scenary.

he was definitely excited for the dragonspine event because that meant a better view of teyvat!

what he wasn't prepared for, however, was the reveal of a new character: you.

he isn't too into looking at the updates for genshin on his own, so he didn't find out about who you were until his stream asked about it.

he decided to react to the newest updates live since his chat seemed excited to hear his input.

once he pulled up the latest update details, he spent a few minutes talking about the new subzero mechanic.

but once he scrolled down to the characters... OH BOY

he's able to keep his composure but he definitely spends longer talking about you.

he almost gasped when he saw you were the chief alchemist of mondstadt.

combine that with the fact that you rely on elemental damage instead of physical...

your honor, he's fallen hard.

he'll put a countdown on stream to when your character and event drops, even on his non-genshin streams.

speaking of those streams, on the week just before your event, his streams will all be based around you and the information he's seen on you.

his art streams will consist of you and how he thinks your attacks will work just based on the description (he purposely avoided all pictures of your attacks for this stream).

his science-y streams would probably be based on your element.

once your event drops, that's the only thing he'll stream until it's over.

your assistant used to be his favorite character to play as but they just never clicked. it's not like he hates your assistant, it's just he didn't immediately fall in love with them.

his party definitely has your assistant in it, though.

he would have normally taken his time to look around dragonspine and admire the new scenery, but he couldn't help but speed through it until he finally gets to see you onscreen.

once the cutscene officially introduces you in front of a canvas, he's internally panicking.

you like art too?! and science?! how perfect can you be?!?!?!

he will genuinely feel bad when he scares the hilichurls because he knows that that's what you were sketching.

"who are you? why did you alarm them?"

NOW HE FEELS EVEN WORSE

even when you tell him you've finished sketching, he wants to make it up to you :((

if he were able to, he would've lured more hilichurls to let you sketch more.

some people in his chat would probably spam him to skip your dialogue because it's so wordy, but that's the exact reason why he listens to it all.

he likes listening to your character ramble on, especially because you have a soothing voice.

anytime your character does their idle animation where you give life to something, he will always let it play. even if your dialogue is finished before the animation, he would not progress until it's completed.

once your character asks for help, he would immediately agree before you finished your sentence.

man just wants to spend more time with you.

he likes staring at the tattoo on your neck whenever the camera is close to you. he just thinks it's really pretty on you.

once your other nonplayable assistant begins talking, he'll skip through the dialogue. he doesn't care if it goes more in depth into this world's alchemy, he just wants to hear it from you.

"hmm, looks like the potion's ready. i'll try a little first."

"please don't..."

he doesn't want you to try it just in case it hurts you :(

anytime he is allowed to walk freely with you around, he'd definitely put his traveler character next to you for a few minutes and just let you two stare at each other.

someone asks him why he spends a few minutes doodling on his desk when you talk.

he shows them the notebook that he had been writing notes in. it's filled with little doodles of you and some more information you give on the world of alchemy.

for future streams the involve you, he'd set up another camera to show the notes and doodles he's making about you.

sometimes he'll spend a few minutes on a single section where the camera is focused on you just to recreate the picture in the notebook.

he absolutely loves whoever planned out the camera angles because of how cute you look in every one of them.

he definitely gets a bad vibe from rosaria when she hints at the fact that you may be using alchemy against him.

he will defend you and alchemy to his grave!

that one scene where you create a flower in front of you is one he will always treasure.

he makes sure someone clipped that moment just so he can draw that, make it a print, and put it on his wall.

since most of his viewers most likely consist of artists, he will encourage them to draw you and send him fanart. he will put them all on a wall and dedicate every picture that goes there to you.

"if i one day lose control... destroy mondstadt... as well as everything around it..."

"huh?"

"will you be there to stop me?"

"wait... no."

if people were only listening to that portion, they would still be able to hear the pout on his face.

he'll end the game there but change his stream into an impromptu art stream.

he will only be drawing you in nice situations to distract himself from the fact that there is something going on with you.

"hm? what do you mean something's wrong with (name)? i have no idea what you're talking about."

poor boy's in denial...

[magicrobins]

Answer all the shepard asks for Duncan >:3

Questions 6+ under the cut!

1. How easy is it to earn your Shepard’s trust?

Duncan: “Depends on the person, mostly. I admit it was harder for Miranda and Jacob to earn my trust than Kaidan and Ashley, since they were from Cerberus. Honestly in war, you can’t really afford not to trust your allies, but you also can’t afford to trust them blindly. Trust them enough, but be prepared to step in and do something yourself if need be.”

2. What are they flaws? Do they like talking about them and/or do they acknowledge them and try work on them?

Duncan: “I don’t think anyone likes talking about their flaws, but you need to acknowledge them, if you ever want to grow as a person. I used to be pretty defensive mixed with a hot temper, but when I get really pissed - well, let’s just say my biotics react to that. So I’ve had to work on controlling myself, my emotions - not just anger - in order to control my biotics.”

Because of this, though, Duncan started bottling his emotions up, which can cause him to have a breakdown when it all becomes more than he can handle, which can trigger his biotics soooo he’s still working on it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

3. What memory do they like to remember?

Duncan: “I have a few, mostly of my family. I remember my parents trying to teach my older brother to cook because he was moving out soon and, well, that boy couldn’t even microwave food correctly. They let him cook the meals for a week, but three days in, we all had food poisoning and Abe and his parents brought us some nice, actually well made food to eat.”

4. What memory/actions do they hate to be reminded of?

Duncan: “Well I mean dying’s not a fun memory… Neither is what happened to my colony on Mindoir or my unit on Akuze…”

5. What was your Shepard’s dream job before they became a soldier?

Duncan: “Oh jeez, that was… Well shit that was before what happened to my colony. After that, I just wanted to be a soldier. Before? Shit, I wanted to be a musician. And not like the crappy music we have now, but like the artists from the past. God, now that’s music.”

6. From what culture does your Shepard come? Do they have any traditions? If they’re Earthborn and/or don’t know much about their background: From what city/planet does your Shepard come? Did they create any traditions based on the city they grew up in?

Note: Duncan’s background is colonist. 

Okay so like… He’s from a colony on Mindoir and I’m lame af and haven’t thought much past that. :’) Sorryyyyy

7. Did they want to be a part of the N7 program?

Duncan: “I had to think about it initially. I wasn’t sure if I was really worthy of it and I didn’t want to risk letting people down, letting myself down. I talked it over with my best friend, Abe, a lot. He was also invited to be a part of the N7 program. Eventually we decided to join together and [smirks] I never let him live it down that though we started out the same, I’ve come to outrank his ass.”

8. What embarrasses them?

Duncan: “Hm not much anymore. You learn to just let it go. When I was a kid, though, I’d get embarrassed all the time when I accidentally used my biotics. One time made cereal explode in my face. My brother laughed so hard, he fell out of his chair. I was mortified and refused to come out of my room for three hours. I was… eleven at the time, I think.”

9. What are their hobbies and which hobby is their favorite?

Duncan: [shrugs] “I don’t really do much for fun. If my friends or Steve want to go do something, I’ll go with them, but… I like collecting music from the past and old video games. I used to want to learn how to play these old instruments but… Well Alliance training came first. Honestly I… don’t know what I do for fun anymore. I’m not sure if I even do anything that could be considered a hobby? I collect model starships now… That’s about it.”

10. What animal(s) do they like the most?

Duncan: “My hamster.”

11. What is their favorite drink or cocktail?

Duncan: “Anything strong enough to make me forget my issues! …That - That was a joke. [clears throat]”

12. Are they more of a coffee person or tea person? Maybe both?

Duncan: “I honestly don’t know if I could function without coffee.”

13. What is their favorite kind of weather?

Duncan: “I like the winter, when it snows. [smirks] Though the summer is pretty nice with how it gets all the men shirtless.”

14. What’s your Shepard’s favorite weapon?

Duncan: “My sniper rifle.”

15. Which armor does your Shepard like?

Duncan: “I just wear my N7 armor. Used to wear it with a hint of red, but now I wear it all black.”

16. What songs does your Shepard sing in the shower?

Duncan: “Depends, am I alone? [grins] I think Steve likes it when I sing him a love song, no matter where we are. Though I admittedly did that once during a mission and he eventually snapped at me to focus on the bullets flying toward me.”

17. Do they like a specific music genre or do they usually listen to whatever song they like?

Duncan: “Depends more on the lyrics of the song but I genuinely like any genre.”

18. Which planet do they like the most? (besides Earth)

Duncan: “Who ever said I liked Earth all that much? Mindoir is my home.”

19. Which planet do they hate?

Duncan: “Some have been unpleasant, but I wouldn’t go so far to say I hate any… Though Tuchanka has way too many thresher maws for my liking.”

20.Can your Shepard cook?

Duncan: “Absolutely! My parents taught me. I’m a much better cook than my brother ever was. After what happened to our colony, Abe and I looked out for each other. We swapped family recipes and knowledge. We’re both pretty good cooks, actually.”

21. What is their favorite Disney movie?

Duncan: “Uh heh actually I haven’t really seen any, but I hear Mulan is kickass.”

Cue Katie making him sit through every Disney movie ever.

22. What color do they think they look best in? Do they actually look best in that color?

Duncan: “Hm I’d have to say black. Who doesn’t look cool and badass in black?”

Yes, he looks amazing in black lmao

23. What is their height and what body type does your Shepard have?

In my defense, I’m lame and suck ass at describing body types but he’s like slender/muscular not like hella beefy like the game has - I got a mod that makes him less beefy for ME3. uwu

He’s like 6′0″ tall though.

24. If you could change Shepard’s voice in-game, which voice actors would you choose for them? (if you think that Meer and/or Hale’s voice don’t fit your Shepard’s appearance)

I like the voice he has! :D

25. Who is your Shepard’s LI?

His endgame LI is Steve Cortez. In Mass Effect 1, he romanced Ashley - in his playthrough, she died in ME1 - in the dual AU, they simply drift apart between ME1 and ME2 and decide they’re better as friends (she later gets with Abe). In ME2, he romanced Samara. uwu

26. How does your Shepard like to spend time with their LI?

Duncan: “Anything Steve likes to do. I’m fine going out or just staying in by ourselves.”

27. Who is your Shepard’s best friend?

Duncan: “Hm well let’s see, out of the crew, I’d have to say I’m closest with Abe, Aaliyah, Kaidan, Jacob, Ashley, and Liara. Aside from Steve, of course.”

28. Does your Shepard like to relax? If so, what activities makes them relax?

Duncan: “I like to relax but I’m not very good at it. [shrugs] I’m almost always on edge.”

He loves cuddling with Steve, wherever they are, it relaxes him. Whether he’s holding Steve in his arms or being held in Steve’s arms. It makes him feel safe and secure.

29. How does your Shepard act like when they’re stressed? Do they hide it or do they make it obvious that they need to calm down?

It’s usually obvious to his friends, though he tries very hard to hide it. Strong emotions, including stress, make it hard for him to control his biotics in the moment.

30. How does your Shepard handle difficult situations?

Relatively well. He’s used to difficult situations. He bottles up his emotions (which isn’t healthy gdi Dunc) and deals with it. If he breaks, it’s usually later in private, though it is possible for things to become too much for him and for him to have a breakdown in front of the squad. Also difficult situations can become harder for him to handle, if there’s something involved that’s one of his triggers (such as thresher maws ‘cause of Akuze and zero g ‘cause of the beginning of ME2).

31. How do they handle jealousy?

Duncan: “It’s not fun but I can handle jealousy fine. Out of all the things that I could be upset over, it’s not at the top of that list.”

32. How do they handle guilt?

Duncan: “…Not that well, I admit. I was just a kid but I still feel guilty over the fact that I couldn’t save my family. I feel guilt over surviving Akuze. I feel guilt over Mordin and Thane’s death… Yeah, I don’t handle it well…”

33. Are they a genuinely funny person or do they prefer to annoy their squadmates with bad puns?

Duncan: “They seem to genuinely laugh when I tell a joke?”

34. Do they want to get married?

Duncan: [smiles softly] “Absolutely.”

I wrote this fic here where he proposes to Steve. :3

35. How do they feel about children?

Duncan: “They’re adorable! I’d like to have some, someday.”