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deathmetalunicorn1 · 1 year ago

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Can you do platonic Lu Bu, Kojiro, Jack, Raiden and Nikola with a little sister reader who is like Qiqi from genshin impact

Before little sister reader dead, she was a sunshine and cheerful. But after her death, she became forgetful and emotionaless.

Here's Qiqi's lore

https://genshin-impact.fandom.com/wiki/Qiqi/Lore

And things you didn't know about Qiqi

https://gamerant.com/genshin-impact-qiqi-facts-trivia/

Still new to this franchise so please be patient with me. I did a bit of research on Qiqi so I hope I do this request justice.

-Lu Bu- To your big brother, you were his most important person, the only person he would willingly die for, not that he would ever tell anyone that. He remembered when you were alive by his side, you would cling to him, call him brother, and just brighten up not only his day but Chen Gong’s day who adored you. When he found out you were killed while he was fighting, someone else coming up and killing you in cold blooded revenge, he was furious and went on a one-man killing spree. After he died, he found you also in Valhalla, but you weren’t Y/N- you were a shell, a husk of your former, sunshine self. He never said anything, but Chen Gong could see the pain in his lord’s eyes when he would look down at you, holding you on his lap, wishing for the real you to return. You still called him brother, which he did love, but until everything was the same, there would always be pain in Lu Bu’s heart.

-Kojiro- Was the best big brother to you, always willing to give you piggy-back rides, doting on you, and he beamed when you asked him to train you himself. You were both beings of sunshine, smiling brightly. When you died in a terrible accident, Kojiro’s smile waned, he felt like he couldn’t live without his precious sister, and so he trained, trained to become stronger, so others wouldn’t lose their own loved ones. When Kojiro arrived in Valhalla, he was stunned to see you there waiting for him, you weren’t smiling, you looked almost emotionless, like you were missing your emotions. However, you brought back his smile when you held up your arms, “Big brother.” He hugged you so tightly, so happy to have you back in his life. You remained by your brother’s side, supporting him silently as he trained throughout the years. He did his best to always smile, smiling for the both of you, and when you managed to give him a shade of a smile, after so many years, he was elated, throwing you up into the air in glee.

-Jack- Your true self was locked deep within you, he could see your emotions wanting to break out, wanting to be free, but they couldn’t. You were like an emotionless living doll, barely speaking, and only to your big brother, calling him such. You were still as affectionate as you were when you were both alive, cupping his cheeks, sitting on his lap, and always being with him. Jack could see that you were trying, and it did warm his heart and he would always praise you and hold you close. Jack never forgave himself when you were killed after he failed to protect you, he became distraught, spiraling into madness, unable to cope with the loss of the only person that truly, honestly, loved him. When he saw you in Valhalla, waiting for him, he gave you a promise that the two of you would never be apart again.

-Raiden- You loved and adored your massive big brother more than anything, you were his number one fan, coming to all of his matches and cheering him on, looking adorable amongst all the other rikishi. Raiden was the same, he loved you so much and loved to spoil you, only because you would spoil him in return. If he got you mochi, you would hold one of them up, feeding him, which made his heart so warm. To lose you to a fever of all things, the one thing he couldn’t easily protect you against, made Raiden lose hope, he felt so helpless. In Valhalla, he was stunned to see you waiting there for him, holding your arms up to him, “Brother.” He hugged you so tightly many around worried that you were going to pop. Raiden knew that you were still Y/N, despite being void and emotionless, he knew that one day, if he was strong enough, he would bring back his biggest cheerleader, he just had to be patient, and smother you with love.

-Nikola- Despite all his knowledge, all his science and research, he couldn’t do anything to save you after you came down with a deadly fever. He could only see your bright smiling face, chasing after your much older brother, calling him big brother. Even though you couldn’t understand his science, you would stare at him with wonder and awe in your eyes ae he explained everything he could do in great detail. He thought it was cute that you tried to understand, finding your attempts to sound smart adorable, but he would always hype you up. When he found you in Valhalla, he picked you up, spinning you around with so much joy that he was in tears. It was only then when he saw your blank eyes and no smile on your lips, you were like a little doll. Nikola researched everything he could, trying to figure out a way to bring your smile back, with you sitting on his lap just like normal, holding his free hand. Nikola realized his research was not in vain when you finally spoke after a long while, “Explain it to me, big brother.” His research was momentarily forgotten as he swept you up, dancing around his lab in glee before, going into detail about everything, just like old times.

#record of ragnarok #ror x reader #ror lu bu #ror kojiro sasaki #ror jack the ripper #ror raiden #ror nikola tesla

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omeumi · 2 years ago

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sum: literally just pulling sleepy baizhu to bed. (gn! reader.) a/n: this is my first tumblr post of my writing!! i offer scraps of my husband. its 2am - this isnt proofread.

> work doesn't always truly end for Baizhu. living in the workplace, and seldom turning away a patient no matter the hour, the line thins and blurs.

> it's you that has to pull him away from the desk at the end of the day, Changsheng having already slithered tiredly away at some point or another. and he's tired himself. so, so tired when you wrap your arms around him, and he just leans against you. yawns like a housecat, unable to fight against the warm, sweet comfort you bring him.

> "I'll only be a moment longer," he tries, but that's not gonna work.

> "a moment longer until you're collapsed over your desk," you say, caressing the side of his face, his smooth, smooth skin. the both of you are completely ready for bed, it's just a matter—a battle—of getting there. "please?"

> there's nothing left to do—nothing from your usual, clockwork schedule. Qiqi is tucked into bed, the blankets have been warmed, all doors and windows locked. the pharmacy out front is ready to be opened in the morning, which is only so many hours from now.

> finally he nods, rubbing his eyes from behind his glasses. Baizhu stands and you intertwine your fingers with his for emphasis, dragging him along to your shared bedroom. in the very dim light, you swear you see him smile—perhaps just barely, but still there. soft and sleepy and everything you love.

> you tumble into bed together and it just feels right. the bamboo blinds closed, cicadas chirping outside in the dark, humid air. bedsheets tossed around as Baizhu finally folds the legs of his glasses for the night. put away on the nightstand, set neatly over worn-down books of poetry and haikus. you can't help but kiss him—so gently—as you watch him unwind.

> "look at you," you coo, looking at him. his hair half-braided and eyes half-closed. Baizhu lets out an amused little sigh, averting his golden gaze, but by that time, you're already untying his hair. threading your fingers through it, loosening the braid until it's simply waved and he's...

> "just as pretty as the day we met." you kiss his nape to punctuate it, lips lingering a second too long, and he can't help but chuckle softly—for it's hard to believe, and he's sensitive right there. and sensitive in his drowsy heart that you tug the strings of, too.

> so you lay down together, tangled. smelling of soap and herbs and relieved stress—melting away syrupy and slowly. all until Baizhu at last begins to snore softly at your side, a sweet sound you wish you could bottle and keep forever. Your hushed breathing blends with the cicada's buzzing and the blowing of the warm wind outside. all is like some painting: hazy and sweet and viridescent. sleepy.

#genshin #genshin impact #genshin headcanons #baizhu headcanons #baizhu x reader #baizhu x you #baizhu #genshin x reader #genshin x male reader #genshin x gender neutral reader #baizhu x gender neutral reader #omelette drabbles

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lostsunlight · 1 year ago

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CHAPTER 11 - TOUCH THE DEPTHS

childe x reader, wc: 4k, masterlist, Ao3

cw: nsfw, violence, murder

Two men stood overlooking the calm harbour, the sun rose ever so slowly over the horizon. The Sea of Clouds reflecting the orange light, gold shining off the edges of the waves. Only dawn could make such a threatening abyss such as the sea look so tempting. Only gods knew what lay beneath the glimmering surface.

“How did you know?” Childe asked, leaning on the railing

“About what?” Zhongli replied

“Don’t play coy, you told her about my plans. How did you know about her, about anything to do with what the Fatui are doing in Liyue?”

“Age comes with wisdom Childe, all you need to do is look closely enough and you’ll find the invisible cracks that hide in the stone”

Childe hung his head and sighed “You are always so vague”

“The swing of a sword cannot cut the mist from the sky” Zhongli said, eyes somewhere else. With that he promptly turned his heel and left. Leaving Childe to ponder his words woven with things Childe was sure he was yet to understand. Once again he had gotten no answers out of him, only leaving him with infinitely more questions.

Childe sucked in a breath of the cold morning air and stood up straight. Today was the day, he could feel it, everything had finally fallen into place. It was now or never, the chance to seize his glory in the name of the Tsaritsa was finally upon him. How good it would feel to have a source of divine power in his own hands, one more pillar falling at The Tsaritsa’s feet. How good it would feel to prove himself worthy.

There was nothing left to it, with the letters from his family in Y/N’s hands and the comfort that his soldiers wouldn’t have to see him so weakened after the potential battle, he began his true task.

✧

Something was happening, the air had shifted, it seemed heavier somehow. Childe had disappeared earlier leaving you with nothing but a word of warning and a small bag of letters addressed to him.

You paced back and forth trying to come up with a plan. He had said he would find you after he had finished his mission, that the moment the clouds drew over the sky you needed to run as far as you possibly could from Liyue Harbour.

From the broken bits of conversation you had overheard from Childe and Ekaterina it sounded like he was headed to the Golden House, and if he didn’t get what he needed, then he would 'pull out the last stop'.

That could only mean one thing, he would summon that wretched sea beast, unpinning the spears that had kept it locked beneath the weight of the seas. Zhongli’s words come back to haunt you again. You had never forgotten his title as Harbinger despite how hard you had tried to forget. There was nothing you could do to stop him.

You walked onto the balcony and kept your eyes on the sky. On the ground The Millelith seemed more tense than usual, whispering to each other and throwing suspicious glances at anyone who looked vaguely Fatui. The Fatui in return were congregating in the shadowy corners, nervous looks hidden by their masks.

Something in the blue of the ocean had shifted. The ships had stopped in their courses, the wind had died. The further the sun travelled in the sky the higher the tensions rose. All it took was one missive. You saw the messenger, one of Ningguang’s personal assistants, bolting down the stairs to the General. She opened the letter and gave a short nod, the messenger flits away as if she was never there.

Minutes later the Fatui agents that normally crowded the lantern-lit streets below began to leave hurriedly. The winds always picks up before the first rain hits the ground. Overhead what you could only assume were the Adepti made their way across the sky towards the Jade Chamber floating proudly.

You hoped Qiqi and Baizhu had also seen the growing tensions and gotten themselves to a safe place.

You had escaped one storm in Mondstadt only to end up trapped in another, how cruel fate can be. You bit the inside of your cheek until you could feel the metallic taste of blood. You needed to do something, and quickly. You wondered what Marianne would do in your position, would she root herself or fly away?

There was a chance that the Millelith knew you were affiliated with the Fatui. There was a chance the Knights had come to aid Liyue.

The paranoia bloomed in your chest, you tried to suck air in but it was too saturated with salt water. Surveying the streets below again the glints of silver armour drew you in. A flash of navy hair. You turned your heel and slammed the balcony doors behind you. Your back hit the wall and you slid down gasping for breath.

The panic drew in, rotting your insides, lodging itself into every hidden corner of your body.

You drew your catalyst from subspace clutching it tight with shaky hands against your chest. You could fight, not very well but enough to get away. The thought gave you some comfort but you could still feel the eyes of not only The Order but also The Millelith scorching into your back.

Even the walls in Liyue have ears

Childe said he would find you but you just knew that he wouldn't leave The Golden House unscathed. You don’t know exactly what he has up his sleeve but it couldn’t be good. Childe becomes Tartaglia.

The first drop of water ricochets on the ground.

Quickly setting your mind to it you grabbed the bag of letters Childe had left you with and you rushed out of the apartment. You navigate your way across Liyue Harbours red lacquered walkways to the ground. The Millelith now crowded every part of the city, weapons at the ready. Children being dragged along by a parent to the safety of their homes. Shopkeeps hurriedly packing up their stores for the day.

If you ran you could reach the Golden House in an hour. The clouds gathered, the light of the sun slowly fading away. The storm hits the shore.

✧

Your lungs burnt for air and you came to a stop in front of the sealed doors, gleaming in all its opulence. You could already hear the fierce sounds of battle, you pushed your way past the doors only to find the floor had caved in, you stumbled back up onto the stairs. Piles of mora clattered downwards like a waterfall. On the opposite end The Exuvia lay, bronze coils lying lifelessly as a golden shield protected the deceased god. His eyes half lidded and absent, despite being dead he still held enough power to make you want to bask in reverence.

The smell hit you before you laid eyes on it. A great abyssal creature fought with glee, electro singing every bit of the arena below. You tried not to gag the smell of decay and rot infesting the shining glory of the Golden House. You coughed to keep it all down.

It flew across the arena unleashing an unrelenting barrage of attacks, a cape made of stars floating behind it. A giant dead eye sat in the centre of its face.

Aether stood unperturbed returning each strike with trained precision, Geo and Anemo infusing every attack. Paimon shouting at the beast, you couldn't make much out aside from the words didn’t and gnosis .

The beast roared with blind fury. Everything blurred. Your fingers tightened on the legs of a stair, you felt lightheaded the sound below becoming a singular roar. You felt your throat close, bile building up. Acid singed the back of your throat, ears ringing.

You tried to get up but your body collapsed back down, through sheer force of will you kept the vomit down and with your arms shaking and got up and crawled to the edge.

Now was not the time to give into fear. Now was not the time to run.

Everything atom in your body urged you to leave this place but you rooted yourself, perched above the spectacle below. You blinked away the tears and bit your tongue.

Now, seeing the dance through new eyes. The beast held a two bladed spear that quickly transformed into a bow and back. Its attacks were quick and precise, aiming to kill.

It flashed across the area once again, floating for a second. A vortex of water formed, circling around its eye, a moment later a giant whale made of pure hydro burst out of the floor. Its call echoing off the chambers walls in a beautifully haunting sound. One that would burn itself into your memory. It arched slowly turning before it crashed to the floor sending a veritable tsunami of water Aethers way.

You, now a spectator to this gladiatorial waltz, perched above the jagged floor, with nothing that you could do to help. You leaned over the edge to get a better birds-eye view. Water splashed onto your face but you felt no inclination to wipe it off.

Aether was knocked back, you held your breath as he steadied himself and charged again. Weaving in and out of the abomination's attacks, sprinting across the battlefield with the power of Anemo, slowly whittling the thing down to its bones.

That thing was without a doubt Tartaglia, the spear, the bow, Monoceros Caeli. But how did Tartaglia become that abyssal creature? What did he do to himself to transform into that?

Aether let out a piercing cry that shot through your body as he slashed Tartaglia right across the chest. To your surprise he didn't let out any sound, he just fell to the ground clutching the wound.

After a second he pushed himself back up by one arm, panting from exhaustion. Abyssal waste melted off him soaking into the solid ground beneath him. The scent lingers.

“Hah, well then... time to cool off. It seems the burden of the Foul Legacy Transformation was too great for my body.”

He heaved out with what looked like great difficulty. He scrunches his brow and grits drawing himself up to one knee.

“I lacked the opportunity to think this through... And now that I consider the matter more carefully” he takes another breath in.

“You never had any chance of beating me to the Gnosis. You had no connection to the Gnosis, no matter where it had been taken.”

“That's right! We tried to tell you we didn't take it!” Paimon yells in frustration

“Your show of ability today far surpasses that of Signora's initial assessment of you in Mondstadt. Tell me, how could that be?” He seemed singularly focused on Aether, there was a slight edge to his voice, a growing annoyance

Aether stood above the defeated Harbinger with his sword still brandished “Because I'm gradually restoring my former powers”

“You already know the answer, don't you? I can see it in your eyes. But if that is a secret you wish to keep, I guess I'll just have to curb my curiosity.” Tartaglia draws himself back up to his full height again, the front of his grey suit slowly staining with blood.

“The battle has already left me satisfied. Anyone who strives as I do to grow stronger shall be called a friend, even if our friendship can only be shown in battle against one another.”

“Pretty sure that's not the normal way to make friends.” Aether said, disdain seeping into his voice

Tartaglia’s tone shifted into that of a more dangerous one, the hint of an edge becoming a blade.

“Unfortunately, I must bring this amiable conversation to an end. My quest still beckons. Given the Gnosis wasn't taken by anyone, then we must look once again to the beginning.”

He glances towards the great dragon “Perhaps it was never in the Exuvia to begin with. In fact, it might be that the Exuvia was just a diversion of sorts.”

“So you mean that… Rex Lapis still lives?”

Your eyes widened and you slapped a hand over your mouth to cover the gasp. You had seen him careen out of the sky. Tartaglia glanced upwards to see your figure lurking above, he gives no indication that he knows you're there.

“Yes, it appears so. Interesting to say the least. It seems that the guardian deity of the capital of commerce is also well-versed in the little manoeuvres beyond the boundaries of contracts. As such, we must now look to our backup plan.”

No, he said he didn’t want to do that. Your fingers tightened on the ledge. Childe continued as he began to pace around as it he wasn’t bleeding out.

“I had hoped it would never come to this, for the weak will be swept away in the process. The truth is, the world belongs to those who pursue strength.” He gave another quick glance in your direction before focusing on Aether again.

“I seldom willingly involve myself with the weak. Unfortunately, we cannot be picky about our methods as Fatui Harbingers. Children must all learn to eat their vegetables sometime.”

“So, what are you planning to do?” Paimon asked. You knew what he was about to say, you wished he wouldn't, the fool, so blinded by his devotion.

“I will awaken the god that lies dormant beneath Guyun Stone Forest.” Childe announced, walking towards the centre so the light fell directly over him.

“Osial, Overlord of the Vortex, who was defeated by Morax the Geo Archon in the Archon War, and who has remained pinned beneath the waves by the Geo Archon's stone spears ever since.”

He moves his mask from being perched on his head to over his face. In the stark light he was not just the man you had gotten to know, he had been armoured into a beast. The 11th Harbinger.

The third face of this man.

“If such an ancient god were to be unleashed upon Liyue Harbour, defenceless without the protection of its deity…”

He cocked his head, the words he had told you before, you couldn't tell what he was thinking anymore.

“Do you think the cunning Rex Lapis would just stand aloof and watch the ensuing destruction?”

Childe summons a number of Sigils which begin to circle him like a vortex, becoming a golden blur. You were now leaning so far over the edge you could fall over if you moved anymore.

“With the power of so many Sigils of Permission concentrated in one place, along with that which was bestowed upon me as a Harbinger by our Tsaritsa... Breaking the subduing might of the Geo Archon's spears for a time should be no obstacle.” He gleefully says

The light rain transformed into a storm, bullets of rain falling through the broken glass of the ceiling soaking everyone.

“Using the powers of ancient gods in such a situation fails to interest me and is largely against my principles. But knowing that such an action will not only force the Geo Archon to show its hand, but you as well... That makes matters a little more intriguing.”

You try not to snicker. At least he's consistent. It became increasingly clear that you would need to question him after this is over.

“Let's see, will the nation that has lost its deity be swallowed up by an ancient malice once more? If you wish to drown together with the people of Liyue, You're free to stay and enjoy the show!”

Tartaglia raises his arm and transforms himself into a pure trail of hydro and ascends spiralling out of the broken ceiling, the sigils following behind him, leaving a trail of light to follow.

You watched the man leave, an unfamiliar feeling filled the whole of you, not rage, not fear, not confusion but a mix of all three. You just knew it was time to fill your end of the contract, no man would come out of this unscathed. Especially one as reckless as Tartaglia.

Gritting your teeth you leaned back and stood up, no longer caring for the two beings below.

You knew how to do it in theory, the final form of elemental mastery. There was no other way to get out of here quick enough to still be able to track him down. You took advantage of the storm soaking you and flexed your fingers gathering the water falling from the sky around you, becoming one with it.

A sensation of nothingness followed by one of harmony. You pushed yourself against the force of the storm into the sky only to see the multi headed beast. Its belly was glowing as its heads unleashed an uncanny call into the atmosphere, almost like it was calling Rex Lapis himself to try and tie it down underneath the waves again.

You couldn't quite see what was going on but the shock of seeing Osial unleashed, seeing him taunt an Archon was enough for you to crash into the ground below.

Pain speared through your shoulder, you let out a strangled scream as you clutched it. You could see the blood seep through the mud. You sat there numb for a few seconds, head resting on a wall as you sucked in air through gritted teeth, tears mixing with the rain. Adrenaline surged through your body numbing the pain for a few minutes, giving you just enough clarity to act.

You ripped off a part of your skirt off and tore it in two. Taking advantage of the rain you cleaned the mud off, allowing yourself to gasp at the pain. With the other piece you applied pressure and tied it around your shoulder. Not the best but it’ll have to do. You rolled it, at least it wasn't completely broken.

Orienting yourself you looked towards the east only to see writhing beasts and the cries of people. You had somehow landed on the Jade Chamber. How was a question for another time.

Scrambling up you looked around. Infront were the Qixing and the Adepti firing shots out of ballista. Aether, Ningguang and two unfamiliar women held the invading Fatui at bay. Elemental energy overwhelmed the air making the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

He must have ordered them to intercept the attack and hold The Qixing and Adepti out for long enough for Rex Lapis to miraculously appear. You doubted he would show himself. You didn't know what was going on or what a gnosis was but Rex Lapis looked about ready to rot when you saw him.

Looking frantically below for Tartaglia you spotted a sheen of gold just outside the Harbour. You narrowed your eyes and hoped it was the right person. Gathering your remaining courage, you looked downwards. Only one way. You gathered the storm once again and jumped.

You were hurtling towards the ground in pure elemental form, the rush of fear and pure thrill mixed in your chest. Within a few seconds you had hit the ground. You rain through the soaked grass ignoring the pain.

You stopped in your tracks as Osial stilled, three of its heads converging to form a beam of light into the sky gathering its power.

Out of the corner of your eye you see Tartaglia making his way towards the city, sigils still circling around him. Through the sheets of rain you could almost see a limp.

“Tartaglia!” you called out as you ran towards him. He stopped, his eyes widening at the sight of you.

“H-How! you were in the Golden house, you should be far away and somewhere safe”

You reached him, hooking his arm across your shoulders to help him walk. You grunted from the pain shooting through your shoulder at light speed. He still stunk of the abyss.

“Doesn't matter, we signed a contract and now it's time I helped you”

“You should hate me”

“That's to talk about later, right now we need to get you out of here” you moved, wanting to get to somewhere where there was relative safety.

He fell to the ground taking you down with him. Not a moment later a great flash of light took you by surprise. Childe grabbed the back of your head and pushed you down to the ground with him just as a shockwave winds the both of you.

Osail had fallen along with the Jade Chamber.

You lay on the ground with him for a few moments, panting as the rain stopped, sun shining through the dense cover of clouds. The sigils disappeared around him.

You narrowed your eyes and sat up to lean over Childe who was sprawled flat on his back, the both of you soaked to the bone.

“Care to explain what the fuck I just saw” part of you wanted to kick him in the ribs and leave after the stunt he just pulled.

“Which part of it?” he grunts back

“All of it” your clutch your shoulder again

Childe sighed and sat up on his elbows. His eyes had smears of purple and blue beneath him, his pale skin seemed white now.

“The beast that you saw is a result of abyssal corruption. I fell into the abyss when I was fourteen for three months and met my Master, Skirk. She moulded me into who I am today. Before that I was just a kid, albeit a little shy, but after that… there was a battle-lust growing inside of the that couldn't be quenched”

Childe glanced away from you and coughed. He lay back down on his back, clearly too exhausted to continue sitting up.

“That form - Foul Legacy, it takes a lot out of me, which is why I wanted you here so my troops didn’t have to see me like this. I’m their leader and I will not let them lay eyes on me when I’m so weak” He spat the last word out like it rotted in his mouth.

“So you did this for what? Your ego? Your pride?” You sharply question him

“No, I did it to keep the Fatui strong, if it was for my ego you wouldn't be here now would you?”

“And what about all the electro you were using? And while I’m at it what on Teyvat is a gnosis”

Childe unhooks his vision from his belt and flips it to reveal a purple gem with the Fatui insignia inlaid.

“A delusion, it mimics the power of a vision without Celestia's blessing”

He pressed his lips together in a thin line. “A gnosis… its an Archons connection to Celestia, it acts like an amplifier to their existing powers”

You picked up the delusion from his palm, it somehow felt deeply unsettling and yet so right to hold such a small instrument of blasphemy against the creators of the world. You felt a smile tug at the edge of your lips

Every part of you was conflicted about Childe, you couldn't look at him without disgust. He tried to eliminate a whole city to get what he wanted. Yet you also wanted to follow him. Join in his aspiration for power in the face of immovable gods. But if you did that would mean sacrificing your freedom, the one thing that had gotten you tangled with him in the first place.

“Y/N, you should hate me for what I did”

“I-I do and I don't. You tried to drown a whole city and yet…”

“Then why do you stick by me”

“...because much like you, I want to have power. I don't know what that means or what that looks like but if it means being with you then so be it.”

“You want to shackle yourself to the Tsaritsa too?” He asked, a glint of hope sparked in his normally emotionless eyes.

“I don't know. All I know is that the gods have turned their back on their people. First the corruption in Mondstadt and now Rex Lapis failing to save his people…”

“Hah… were finally seeing eye to eye”

“Let's get you healed” You sighed, relenting to him. “Do you think you can make it to the Harbour? There's a way point a few hundred metres from here”

He coughed again, small black flecks in his phlegm. He saw your evident shock “Just abyssal remnants, it happens every time.”

You stood, helping him up with you. The two of you limped to the waypoint, the storm finally beginning to calm.

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cosmichorrorsarestillnicerthanme · 2 years ago

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Triad: Part 1 (Ninguang X Beidou X Reader)

Alternative Title: Ninguang uses her godly Rizz to get you and Beidou to work together, a saga

(Yes I'm alive, I’m just having trouble getting through my asks, and I just needed something else to do, sue me.)

Warnings: Language, Fighting, Implied Sexual Content (Not Really Though)

Word Count: 1,535

Time to Write: Three Hours

Ningguang, Tinquan of Liyue, owner of a Geo Vision and a woman with a will thirty times stronger than any iron, a tongue as sharp as any blade, and an eye for business and numbers only surpassed by that of Rex Lapis.

She was currently pacing a hole through the floor of the Jade Chamber outside a locked room while her closest friends and confidants stiffly watched her, unsure of what to do in this current situation.

Could she really call Kequing, Ganyu, Yelan, Baixiao, Baiwen, and Baishi her closest friends and confidants when they were all under her employ? That’s a question for another time, a less uncertain time.

After all, you never wrote up what to do in the case of your being so severely injured to the point that you were unable to stand by Ningguang’s side.

-=-=-=-=--==-=-=-=-=-=-=-

The first time Ningguang and you met, she was a little less than twelve years old, and she was about to get her face punched in by another group of kids who were also trying to sell their food at the market to make a little mora.

As the largest of them, and the one Ningguang assumed to be their leader pulled back her fist to throw the first punch Ningguang braced herself to be sent flying but before the largest one threw the punch a voice called out “HEY BEIDOU!!! THINK FAST!!!” as a fist slammed into the side of the largest one’s face sending her flying instead.

“YOU!!!” The largest one, apparently named Beidou shouted in a mix of furious rage and ecstatic joy as she spat out a tooth.

“ME!!!” you responded with a toothy grin as your own group of kids quickly showed up behind you.

“It seems those two are going back at it again huh?” one of the older men running a stall asked while shaking his head with a smile.

“What’s the score again, something like 30 wins to each of them and 24 draws?” another man asked.

“Yup, the score is even right now, doubt it’ll stay that way though!” another laughed.

“What do you say to the usual stakes Beidou? The loser has to buy the other dinner.” You asked as you cracked your neck.

“Heh, why not!” Beidou laughed as she shook off the punch and cracked her knuckles.

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You and Beidou wailed on each other for a good thirty minutes, in the end it came out as another draw.

However what made this all the more interesting to Ningguang aside from what seemed to be the pre-teen equivalant of a friendly gang war was that You, Beidou, and her all had something in common, the fact that each of you had the potential to obtain one of the worlds most treasured artifacts, a Vision, Ningguang didn’t know what made her think this, call it women's intuition, a business hunch, or whatever else you wanted to, but she knew that you, Beidou, and her were special, and if she get your groups to work together, well the mora practically minted itself.

Now if only she could get You and Beidou to stop beating the Celestia out of each other every time you were in the same room.

But for that Ningguang would need a little group of her own.

Luckily she had some strings she could pull to get one on short notice.

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One week later Beidou and her group were staring down you and yours as Ningguang stood between you with the group she had managed to pull together on short notice Kequing who she had blackmail on where the majority of her allowance was going (So many Rex Lapis plushies), Yelan, who owed her for getting her out of more than a few tight spots, Baixiao, Baiwen, and Baishi, who were the cousins of your right hand man, Qiqi in case things got violent and little Hu Tao who always followed Qiqi around.

“Now then, I have a business proposition for each of you.” Ningguang said with ease that was most definitely not practiced in the mirror.

“Who the hell are you!” Beidou shouted, causing you to sigh.

“She’s that girl you were harassing last week, y’know the one that you called p-” you said before Beidou interrupted you.

“I KNOW WHO SHE IS I WAS JUST TRYING TO BE UH WHAT’S THE WORD, IT BEGINS WITH AN “I” Beidou shouted as she tried to find the word she was looking for.

“Intimidating?” Ningguang offered.

“YEAH INTIMIDATING!!! THAT’S IT!!! THANKS UH NINGUANG WAS IT? IMMA JUST CALL YOU NING!!!” Beidou shouted.

“Hey, Beidou, think you can turn off the caps lock? You’re giving me a headache!” You exclaimed as you tapped your foot on the ground.

“I’LL GIVE YA A HEADACHE WITH MY FIST JACKASS!!!!” Beidou shouted.

Ningguang let out a long suffering sigh, this was going to be much harder than she thought it would be wouldn’t it.

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“So, let me get this straight, you want me and my group, your group and Beidou’s group to work together, correct?” you asked Ningguang as you took a bite out of the powdered sugar rolls provided by Little Hu Tao.

“Yes, with my brains, Beidou’s manpower, and your brawn and skill, we’d be able to achieve our respective goals around 70 to 100 times faster if my rough estimates were correct.” Nigguang stated as she held Qiqi in her lap.

“Hmm I’ll admit it’s as good a deal as me and them will probably ever get, but what’s the catch? This is one of those deals that sound too good to be true y’know.” Beidou asked while taking a piece of cooked fish from one of the bowls with her chopsticks.

“You two have to play nice in public, that means no more fighting in the market.” Ningguang told the two.

“But anywhere else is fine?” you asked.

“Within reason of course, as long as it’s outside the purview of the public eye you could beat each other to bloody pulps for all I care.” Ningguang said with a shrug.

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From there the three of you skyrocketed in the market of Liyue, Ningguang’s brains allowed the operations the three of you used to run individually to explode in size and quality.

Beidou’s manpower and charisma made sure that there were plenty of people that could work on the operations day and night if needed.

And finally your muscle made sure that anyone who tried to cross the triad the three of you made didn’t do so without consequence.

By the time each of you were eighteen the amount of mora between each of you individually would’ve been enough to fund a voyage around the world thrice over.

Eventually Ningguang told the three of you that she was preparing to enter into the next stage of her goal, the politics of Liyue.

It was on this night that Ninguang received her Vision.

Coincidentally it was also on this night that Beidou managed to smuggle some Sake from Inazuma and talked (Read: Forced) Ningguang into trying it.

This led to quite the night filled with you chewing out Beidou and chasing a drunk Nigguang all over Liyue at night.

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“Beidou I swear to the Archons that if Boss Lady got into some sort of trouble that not even Rex Lapis himself will be able to help your ass!” you cursed to your friend as you pushed your way through the nightlife crowds of Liyue.

“Hey how was I supposed to know she was lightweight!” Beidou defended herself.

“WE ARE UNDER DRINKING AGE FOR ARCHONS SAKES!!! YOU WOULD ASSUME THAT ON PRINCIPAL!!!” You shouted.

“HEYY GUYSH WHERSE YALL BEEN!!!” a voice shouted to you through the crowds.

“Oh thank the gods!” You exclaimed as you spotted Ninguang through the crowd before noticing the new addition on her thigh.

“Beidou you better start fucking running as soon as we get her back to her home.” You told Beidou through gritted teeth.

Why- Oh, oh shit. Well if you don’t kill me she will. I’m not sure which one would be better.” Beidou stated as every single drop of blood drained from her face when she saw the new tattoo on Ningguang’s thigh.

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“Oh Archons my head!” Ningguang groaned as she opened her eyes and tried to grab her head.

Keyword tried as there was a weight on each of her arms keeping her from lifting them.

When Ningguang turned her head to see what was holding her down, Ningguang turned blood red.

On her left was the sleeping Beidou in not but her underwear with a dopey smile as she used Ningguang’s rather large chest as a pillow.

On her right was you, looking completely mortified at the current events even in your sleep while Ningguang’s arm was wrapped around your neck, holding you in place with only the destroyed remains of your clothes on your body.

“Oh Archons, please don’t tell me that I somehow managed to seduce them while I was drunk! I wanted to be sober for that!” Ningguang whispered under her breath, her eye’s wide in shock.

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selfaware-bungou-stray-dogs · 1 year ago

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Hi! I'm back! Thanks for clarifying my question :D.

So I read through your Q&As about SAGAU x BSD, and I had another question: how exactly do you decide if a character hunts the Reader or not? Like, most Imposter!AU fics let the Archons (except Nahida) hunt Reader down. Your post about Neuvillette makes me wonder if the same happens to other naturally-attuned characters like Kazuha or Venti (He is literally a wind spirit). Please take no offense in this ask. I'm just confused about most Imposter!AU world-building :C.

Have a nice day!

Hello! You are welcome to ask as many questions, as you want, I will be happy to answer them.

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How do I decide, what characters hunts Reader?

I just think about GI Character, and if it will be 'understandable', why they are chasing after Reader on Fake Creator's orders.

Fake Creator, in this crossover, are a villain with good reputation. They aren't a tyrant, they are a good ruler. They don't give people any reason to fear them or start a coop.

And Fake Creator have power and respect.

Even Fontaine, right now, the only nation, that is somewhat against Fake Creator, won't say a word against them.

Archons were 'raised' to love and worship Creator. Archons have 'raised' their nations to love Creator.

But, some people, can't follow Fake Creator blindly.

They either have a feeling, that Fake Creator are a fake (Alice, Albedo, Nahida, Aranaras, Alhaitham, Kaveh, Melusines, Wanderer...), understand, that Reader are innocent and don't try to commit a crime (Jeht, Fischl, Bennett, Razor, Yoimiya...) or outright horrified of Fake's orders (Diona, Barbara, Yaoyao, Baizhu, Qiqi, Itto and his gang, Navia and Spina di Rosula...). Furina hates Fake Creator.

Fake Creator still have many supporters.

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About Kazuha and Venti.

First, a little bit of lore.

As I mentioned here, Fake Creator stole powers from previous reincarnations' belongings, artifacts and bones. And it affected the powers, they absorbed.

Any powers, that were absorbed from belongings, artifacts, clothes and other similar things are 'pure'. It feels like it always belonged to Fake Creator. People will feel warm and calm near it. It's the power of First Creator. The way it meant to be. And, if Reader spent more time in Teyvat, their powers would fell the same way.

The powers, that were absorbed from bones and remains of previous reincarnations' are 'tainted'. It makes people feel uneasy, cautious and nervous.

Tainted Powers are still First Creator's powers, they can be used to create. But, even looking at them makes people horrified.

Yet, people can get used to them.

There is also one difference between two kinds of powers. A very important one.

Pure Powers are limited and can't be 'refiled'.

Tainted Powers are like glue. They will never truly be gone. They will stick with a person forever.

Fake Creator have enough pure power to mask tainted power. But, not enough to mask it forever.

Besides, Fake Creator must use their powers daily, to make people believe in them.

Fake Creator knew, that they would lose some followers, if they lose all of their pure powers.

So, they recreate a 'frog and boiling water' scenario.

Fake Creator, after destroying Celestia, slowly use more and more tainted powers. Making everyone getting used to them.

So, Venti and Kazuha slowly stopped seeing Creator's powers as something bad. They get used to tainted powers too much. When they saw Reader for the first time and felt echoes of pure powers from them, Kazuha and Venti froze in place. They don't understand, what it was.

Their belief in Creator crumbled.

Kazuha start thinking about his encounter with Reader. And Kazuha realized, how horrible and horrifying Fake Creator's presence felt. Now Kazuha became Reader's supporter.

Venti came to the same conclusion.

But, he is an Archon. And Fake Creator have Mondstadt people near them.

Fake Creator can call Venti a traitor and lock him. Or Fake Creator can get rid of Mondstadt.

Venti had to obey. He felt terrible, when Reader were captured. After Reader disappeared, Venti felt happiness. Yet, he prayed every day to be punished for his crimes.

Venti mopped around, until Mitchell gave him a piece of her mind and make him help in BSD Cast's revenge.

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pretending genshin is a canon game in twst, who do u think idia (or lilia, and maybe cater bc u cant tell me he doesn't play mobile games) would main? and do u think there'd be any characters he hates either based off their element, personality, or just their lore 💀

Omg omg I have been wanting to talk about this sort of concept recently, so thank you for the ask aaaaaa!!! Let's pretend that everyone in NRC is playing the hit mobile game Genshin Impact (so I can write about who everyone mains hehe)!!!!

Riddle mains one of the starter characters, whether Traveler, Kaeya, Amber, or Lisa because he rarely pulls, so as a result he's built the main four. But I think he'd save for Cyno reruns because Cyno administers justice in accordance with the law and Riddle's pleased to see a character so dedicated to upholding order and justice. He might also like Raiden Shogun because she's a tyrannical strict leader like him and somehow he relates, but then he learns she abandoned her creation and Scaramouche's mommy issues hit a little too close to home for him, so he's not sure if he likes her all that much anymore. He also likes Yanfei because of her ties to the law as well!

Trey mains Jean. When he co-ops with Heartslabyul, he's usually stuck playing a healer. Not that it bothers him, mind you! He enjoys it because he can be a tease and only heal when a select few (Ace and Deuce) are within an inch of their lives lol.

Ace mains Childe, but he sucks at aiming and so he usually relies on Childe's water blades. He likes to join Deuce's world under the guise of helping when in reality he's stealing materials. He's the type who skips all of the dialogue and story.

Deuce mains Heizou and he does play for the story! He likes it a lot, and he really likes Heizou's character and how he's a detective. He is terrified of the Raiden Shogun. 100% was screaming in terror during her battle when she locks your skills because his Traveler is not the best built. >_<

Cater either mains Mona because astrology besties stick together and he loves her aesthetic or he mains Xinyan because he loves the punk-rock vibe she has, both in design but also it's her passion! I think he's also a secret Xiao main, but he doesn't tell anyone about it.

Leona mains Dehya!!!!! He does not care what anyone says about her. Radish Sprout can stick his meta talk elsewhere because Leona isn't listening! He thinks Dehya is super cool and badass. Just to prove everyone wrong, he makes sure to build his Dehya to be the utmost strongest. He doesn't pay the closest attention to the story, but he will admit there are some cutscenes that really do have him fully awake because of how cool they are. (He makes Ruggie play the story for him and do most of the exploring in his world to unlock teleports and domains.)

Ruggie mains one of the starter characters because there is no way he's spending his hard-earned money on pixels. He's entirely free to play, but when he gets to play on Leona's account he has lots of fun using all of the characters Leona has and perhaps even spending a little of Leona's Madol to wish on the banners. As a result, Leona has an unbuilt Cyno, Yae Miko, Eula, and Qiqi (he lost the 50/50 at some point).

Jack either mains Gorou, Albedo, or Noelle. I think he just really likes Geo the most, so it's his preferred element in a character. His characters are reasonably built (they're all better than Ace's builds, that's for sure). He doesn't play Genshin very often, though, so he's a little behind in the story.

Azul mains Yelan, Ayato, Dori, and Ningguang. He plays for the story and the collecting characters aspect. He's greedy, so he wants every character, but he's too prideful to whale. So he saves hoards primogems and uses them when he really wants a character or constellations. Somehow he's yet to lose a 50/50, much to Idia's annoyance.

Jade mains Kokomi. Yes, her crit rate and crit damage are absolutely insane. Yes, his Kokomi solos with wild damage. Yes, it's scary that Jade mains a healer who he's made into a DPS and never puts the jellyfish down when he plays with Azul and Floyd until the very last minute (though mostly he lets them die so he can smile innocently and say, "Oops. I must have missed the button.") He was really disappointed when Kokomi didn't turn out to be a merciless, villainous scheming tactician. In his heart, she is. :(

Floyd mains Wanderer, but it's only because he likes flying around like a little mosquito all the time. He does not care about the lore. He does not care about the story. He does not care about Wanderer's past. He is skipping the dialogue because he only wants to fight enemies and bosses. :/ he likes joining Azul and Jade's worlds at the most inconvenient times just to fly around as Wanderer while they're stuck in a cutscene LOL.

Kalim mains Nilou, Yoimiya, Itto, and Venti! He likes these characters because they all have such lovely, fun energy. He loves the story (he cried during some parts) and he loves every character and their designs and lore! He is a whale because he's weak to the pretty characters with their interesting stories, but he hasn't had time to properly build all of them. Kalim builds his characters based off of what he feels is right. Idia took one look at his account and died when he saw the builds. T_T

Jamil mains Sara or Zhongli! I think he might also be a secret Yae Miko main, but he doesn't tell everyone what characters he has or how strong they are. He rarely co-ops, instead choosing to stick to himself and enjoy the game in peace, but Kalim's always requesting to join his world and he can't possibly turn him down. T_T begrudgingly, Jamil lets him in, but his ego is boosted considerably when he's the one carrying Kalim during co-op. Genshin is one of the few games where Jamil actually beats Kalim in terms of character strengths and builds and he is very proud of that.

Vil mains Yelan, Eula, and Rosaria because he likes their fashion styles (Yelan's fur coat is the moment). He's a casual player, so he's not very far in the story and he returns to it if and when the motivation to play strikes him. Still, he will admit it's a very beautiful game.

Rook mains all bow characters, but his favorite is Tighnari. He loves to say he's playing both an animal of prey and a predator when he's out killing enemies with Tighnari in the open world or if he's just shooting down birds from the sky. Even in a game, his aim is precise and perfect. It's actually a little scary...

Epel mains Razor, Diluc, and Heizou. He loves punching things with Heizou. It's a lot of fun, and there's something about Heizou that gives him a confidence boost. Maybe it's because Heizou is short and cute-looking like him, yet here he is beating people up with his fists. Epel has a lot of fun with that type of play style!

Idia has every character. Do not try to talk to him about builds because his are by far the best and strongest. He has his favorite five stars at c6, which includes Keqing, Xiao, Ganyu, Kazuha, Shenhe, Raiden Shogun, and Zhongli. He's on a mission to collect all of the Archons and all of the Harbingers. He is so invested in the story and lore, but he didn't like how Inazuma was written. He mourned for days when Signora was killed because he was looking forward to her being playable. :( he does not understand the hype around Scaramouche; yes, he is a hater like that. </3 but he will admit Scaramouche's boss theme and the boss design itself goes unbelievably hard. A certified banger.

Ortho mains Sucrose! He likes that she's interested in a field of science much like his brother. Ortho likes all of the characters who are connected to science in some way (like Albedo and Tighnari). He also finds Wanderer's backstory really interesting and, on some level, relatable (at least in terms of not being fully human).

Malleus mains Shenhe because he relates to her being misunderstood (and lonely) and he also finds her backstory to be very riveting. He is also drawn to Zhongli because of how wise he is. Malleus could listen to Zhongli drone on and on about Liyue history because he finds it really captivating! His builds aren't the best, though, and he's not very good at fighting, but he loves the storyline.

Lilia mains Hu Tao. He loves her lore and also her design. He finds all of her morbid jokes incredibly fun, and he loves the contrast between upbeat personality with the funeral director job. The Inazuma arc reminded him of his days as a war general. He was very disappointed when Kokomi accepted help from that "anonymous benefactor." Tsk, tsk. Now look what that has cost you. >_<

Sebek mains whoever Lord Malleus mains because he trusts his lord's discerning eye when it comes to choosing characters. He won't admit it to anyone, but he is actually highly invested in the plot. Sebek will wither away before he tells anyone, though. He's only playing because Malleus is (or so he continues to say, but he does enjoy the game when he plays it on occasion).

Silver mains Ganyu. He relates to her tendency to doze off, for he is guilty of the same thing. He can't play Genshin for too long because he usually falls asleep while playing, so it can get difficult to sit through Archon quests. But he does his best because Lilia recommended the game and he wants to understand it a little more.

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hi pwism , can you tell me what in a person would attract qiqi ( can be anything , physical , personality , etc ) , and what seemingly innocuous thing would be a deal-breaker ?

slightly depends on which AU we are talking about, but for the sake of simplicity, I will talk about the base universe.

Qiyana doesn't really have space to feel attraction in Ixtal. not because no one piques her interest, but because her only focus is her political schemes and the quiet mutiny she plots from the shadows. those drain too much of her attention, so it is easy for her to ignore or even not realize when she is being courted by a Yun Tal peer of hers or even a servant.

so an almost crucial part is for this person to be an outsider. someone she does not know, because those she does have a pre-conceived notion of her. the unreachable, cold princess. an outsider might find her cocky, or unpleasant, or arrogant, but they won't have the added context of Ixtali society, what her title means, and her political goals. it is a blank slate for them. which might seem controversial, as Qiyana yearns for everyone to know of the future Empress Qiyana, Yun above the Yun, but a part of her craves for people to see beyond the mask.

because that is all she wears, every day of her life. a mask of confidence. she knows she is powerful and intelligent, enough that she easily navigates through the political intricacies of the council with her charm, but a deep insecurity festers inside her gut. of not being enough. she has lost who she used to be before her obsession spread through her like a disease, and internally, as deep down as one can reach, she wants to find that woman again.

she wants someone who will look at her differently. someone who won't have fear or contempt in their eyes, but a challenge. Qiyana wants someone who is not afraid of pushing her buttons because the lack of context makes it so they truly don't know the height of her status or how quickly their words would land them in jail back in Ixaocan.

she yearns for a partner who will push her out of that comfortable cage she locked herself into. that makes her seek not what she wants but what she wants. someone who will take her hand and give her a forceful tug out of Ixtal. it's no wonder most of the characters I find interest in shipping her with are outsiders (Yasuo, Draven, Hwei, Ahri, etc). at least three of these would find amusement in riling her up, unafraid of how hurtful her bite might be.

but she also needs understanding. someone who knows when they're pushing too far. someone who realizes when she's hurting, because no one else has noticed the signs before. someone who won't find it ugly or offputting when she has a moment of weakness and finally cries all those tears she buried deep inside her chest. she is damaged goods, and she can't be fixed, but she can be loved by a tender heart and patient hands.

Qiyana is hard to love. she will insult and bite and push back in fear, in anger, in disbelief. she will feel betrayed by the smallest acts that bubble her jealousy up her throat. she just wants someone who can put up with her flaws. someone who doesn't force her to hide them behind a confident grin and a giggle hidden behind a perfectly manicured hand.

Qiyana wants someone to see her ugliness, her brutality, her vulnerability, and not leave despite how grotesque she was made to be.

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GENSHIN IMPACT ♡ will write. alhaitham, albedo, amber, arataki itto, beidou, candace, cyno, dehya, diluc, eula, faruzan, ganyu, gorou, hu tao, kaedehara kazuha, kaeya, kamisato ayato & ayaka, keqing, kujou sara, kuki shinobu, layla, lisa, mika, mona, nilou, ningguang, noelle, raiden shogun / ei, rosaria, kokomi, shenhe, shikanoin heizou, sucrose, tartaglia, thoma, tighnari, traveler (aether/lumine), venti, scaramouche/wanderer, xiangling, xiao, xinyan, yae miko, yanfei, yelan, yoimiya, yunjin, zhongli, baizhu, dainsleif, kaveh, pantalone, arlecchino, columbina, signora, capitano, pierro, il dottore, etc. ⤷ ill write nsfw/sfw/fluff/crack/angst/romantic/etc. for the characters listed above ♡ will write. qiqi, yaoyao, klee, diona, dori, nahida, sayu ⤷ ill write sfw/fluff/platonic intereaction only/etc. for the characters listed above ♡ will write. bennett, fischl, razor, xingqiu, chongyun, barbara ⤷ ill write sfw/fluff/platonic/romantic inteareaction/etc. for characters listed above

BUNGOU STRAY DOGS ♡ will write. dazai osamu, chuuya, akutagawa, tecchou, ranpo, fukuzawa, kunikida, fyodor, (i dont remember anyone else i watched like 2 seasons) ⤷ ill write nsfw/sfw/fluff/crack/angst/romantic/etc. for the characters listed above

VALORANT Protocol ♡ will write. jett, gekko, yoru, reyna, viper, brimstone, neon, pheonix, killjoy, astra, kay/o, cypher, omen, raze, sage, skye, sova, harbor, chamber, fade ⤷ ill write nsfw/sfw/fluff/crack/angst/romantic/etc. for the characters listed above (no im not gonna write for breach sorry lmao)

Hunter x Hunter ♡ will write. kurapika, chrollo, feitan, hisoka, illumi, phinks, nobunaga, machi, uvogin, shalnark, kite, mereum, mr wing, most adult characters are fine with me ⤷ ill write nsfw/sfw/fluff/crack/angst/romantic/etc. for the characters listed above ♡ will write. leorio, gon, killua ⤷ ill write sfw/fluff/platonic/romantic inteareaction/etc. for characters listed above

Saiki K ♡ will write. saiki, toritsuka, kaido, hairo, kuboyasu ⤷ ill write nsfw/sfw/fluff/crack/angst/romantic/etc. for the characters listed above ♡ will write. teruhashi, nendo, etc. ⤷ ill write sfw/fluff/platonic/romantic inteareaction/etc. for characters listed above

Honkai: Star Rail ♡ will write. dan heng, march 7th, seele, bronya, sampo, welt, himeko, gepard, tingyun, natasha, sushang, jing yuan, blade, luocha, caelus, serval, stelle, yukong, pela, etc. ⤷ ill write nsfw/sfw/fluff/crack/angst/romantic/etc. for the characters listed above ♡ will write. herta, arlan, qingque, fu xuan, yanqing ⤷ ill write sfw/fluff/platonic/romantic intereaction/etc. for characters listed above ♡ will write. bailu, hook, clara ⤷ ill write sfw/fluff/platonic intereaction only/etc. for the characters listed above

(specifically wont write for svarog, sorry!)

Blue Lock

♡ will write. isagi yoichi, meguru bachira, hyoma chigiri, seishiro nagi, asahi naruhaya, ikki niko, jyubei aryu, michael kaiser, noel noa, rensuke kunigami, reo mikage, rin itoshi, sae itoshi, ryusei shido, wataru kuon, zantetsu tsurugi, gagamaru ⤷ ill write nsfw/sfw/fluff/crack/angst/romantic/etc. for the characters listed above

#guide ⁺ ﹒ ◌ ₊#byf/dni ⁺ ﹒ ◌ ₊

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lyneylover · 2 years ago

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Fandoms we take orders for!

1. Genshin = Strawberry Cheesecake

2. Bungou stray dogs = Chocolate Truffles

3. Twisted wonderland = Brownies

4. Obey me = Bluemoon Ice Cream

5. Demon slayer = Chocolate Chip Cookies

6. Blue lock = Macaroons

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⁠★Fandom orders coming soon☆

1. Record of Ragnarok = Doughnuts

2. Honkai impact star rail = Coffee Jelly

3. Honkai impact 3rd = Crêpes

4. Black butler = Lemon Squares

5. Horimiya = Strawberry Danish

6. Diabolik Lovers = BlueBerry Pie

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Sides/Toppings for your order?

No sides/toppings at all = No Au

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Strawberry cheesecake sides(Genshin Au's):

Side: strawberry milk!(5wirl/6reeze Au):

Side: Dango Milk(Sagau Au):

Side: Japanese Milk Buns(Imposter Au):

Topping: Toasted Caramelized Nuts(Modern Au):

Topping: Caramel Drizzle(Royalty Au):

Yan!personal magician lyney brainrot

Topping: Fresh Blueberries(Replaced Au):

Nothing(No Au):

How yandere heizou, kazuha, and tighnari kidnap fem!reader

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Chocolate Truffles sides(Bungou Stray Dogs Au's):

Side: Chocolate Milk(College Au):

Side: White Moscato(Modern Au):

Topping: White Chocolate Drizzle(Replaced Au):

Nothing(No Au):

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Brownies sides(Twisted Wonderland Au's):

Topping: Sprinkles(Twisted earth Au):

Topping: Mini Marshmallows(Modern Au):

Topping: Caramel Drizzle(Royal Au):

Toppings: PB W/ Chocolate Chips(Replaced Au):

Nothing(No Au):

𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟𓆝 𓆟 𓆞 𓆝 𓆟

Blue moon Ice Cream sides(Obey Me Au's):

Topping: Chocolate Sprinkles(Replaced Au):

Nothing(No Au):

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Chocolate Chip Cookie sides(Demon Slayer Au's):

Side: Milk(Band Au):

Topping: Extra Chocolate(Time Traveler Au):

Side: Ice Cream(Highschool/College Au):

Side: Fruit Smoothie(Modern Au):

Topping: M&Ms(Replaced Au):

Nothing(No Au):

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Macaroons sides(Blue lock Au's)

Side: Vanilla Milkshake(Pro Footballer Au):

Topping: Chocolate Drizzle W/ Cinnamon(Royal Au):

Side: Fresh Raspberries(Replaced Au):

Nothing(No Au):

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I write only platonic for: Klee, Qiqi, Diona, Yaoyao, Sayu, Kyoka, Kenji, Q, Nezuko, Kotetsu, Daki, Grim, Ortho, Cheka, Luke! Every other character you can order anything you'd like for!

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Topics for orders๑

You can order a topic and tell me what's it about and I'll write for it and put random characters from fandoms i write for or Characters from he fandom you chose from up here and I'll put characters that I think it'd match under it

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Fluff = Extra Sweet Sugar Cubes W/....

Angst = Sour Sweet Tarts W/....

Nsfw = Extra Sweet Bag of Chocolates W/....

Yandere = Beautiful Red Rose W/....

Dubcon = Romantic Letter W/....

Noncon(coming soon) = Chilling Letter W/....

Somnophilia = Cotton Candy W/....

Hardcore Smut = Rich Milk Chocolate W/....

Order request (Ex: Extra Sweet Bag of Chocolates W/ Strawberry Cheesecake and a side of Strawberry Milk for _ or Beautiful Red Rose W/ a Romantic Letter, brownie and a topping of Caramel Drizzle for _ you can also tell me what you want the thing you picked to be about exactly like for fluff cuddling or how they deal with their s/o period or for nsfw what kinks are in it and more)

#masterlist #Bakery Orders #suki talks #Akanes finished bakery orders #kanes random shit #bakery creations(drabbles)#genshin impact #genshin #blue lock #bllk #disney twst #twst x reader #bungou stray dogs #demon slayer #obey me #black butler #horimiya

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pennysperfectpolls · 1 year ago

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Adoption poll preliminary match 12

Kakashi Hatake (Naruto)

Qiqi (genshin impact)

Venus (solarballs)

Bernadetta von Varley (Fire Emblem)

Only two will move on

Propaganda under the cut

Kakashi Hatake (Naruto) Propaganda

He joined the lower ranks of the Ninja-Military at like five and then Dudes Father killed himself, he does not have a mother, when he was like six because he was bullied to death by the entire village for refusing to heed a rule that would have made him sacrifice a teammate of his.

After that he lived alone in the house where his Father killed himself and got like an obsession with not breaking the rules and they just let the kid keep running around in the Ninja-Military and a teammate of his "killed" right after he went "maybe sacrificing people for missions isn't good" pushing him out of the way of a bunch of rocks and then he got his dead teammates Red Ninja Eye transplated into his skull.

His other teammate killed herself by impaling herself in his hand in order to protect the village because she had a creature implanted into her that was supposed to come out and destroy everything, kinda like a living bomb.

I think this all happened before he was approximately thirteen.

And you know, there's only one more thing you can do now, as his teacher who's the highest governmental authority in the village and also dies by the way decided. Put him into the super secret (everyone knows about them) assassin murder furry corps. Where he spent like a decade before being spontaniously kicked out to go from professional government Killer to Teacher of possibly the most fucked group of children known to men, two third of which are tied to people from his past.

He's like twenty-seven and just another Orphan in Orphan Town. There is no one in your way, custody is ripe for the taking.

I'll be honest, I haven't seen Naruto, but I do know a good part of the Lore through other means. The guy reminds me of a rescue dog.

Qiqi (genshin impact) Propaganda

My girl tragically died trapped in a cave due to a demon battle, dying with sad thoughts so sad it gave her a Cryo vision. The Adepti felt bad so they revived her, but she came back as a murderous zombie so they had to seal her in amber for a long time. When she finally came out, she was peaceful but has a terrible memory and must follow commands now. In order to break her out of a command that makes her “stuck”, she has to be hugged and told that she’s loved… and when her main guardian tries it, it doesn’t work. And poor Qiqi has become the poster girl of “losing the 50/50” within the fandom, there’s even a whole lamenting song about “I pulled a Qiqi”. Well maybe I *want* a C6 Qiqi and am frustrated I keep pulling Keqing and Tighnari!

Venus (solarballs) Propaganda

Cute lil grumpy planet that has a gruff voice n hates being called by his namez meaning!!

Bernadetta von Varley (Fire Emblem) Propaganda

My Beautiful Bernie Bear! She needs to be swaddled in the comfiest blankets and gifted all the stuffed animals and insectivorous plants in the world. Her dad was super abusive beating her friends and tying her to chairs and her mom hired someone to kidnap her to send her to the officers academy. There she’s basically a child soldier but at least she’s away from her parents and gets a real found family.

She has so much anxiety and is constantly paranoid of everything so she spends most of the game locked in her room. She only comes out on specific occasions and in the one route where she feels comfortable.

She’s often the first person I talk to each in game month and she’s such a joy. She’s so creative and kind and ah! I want to adopt her so bad!

Also one of the ways people use her in game is to keep her at as low health as possible and that’s so mean and I need to protect her.

#tournament poll #adoption poll #kakashi hatake #naruto #qiqi #genshin impact #solarballs #bernadetta von varley #fire emblem #fire emblem three houses

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mania-sama · 1 year ago

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rule #7 - angel tango

Rule #7 - Angel Tango - Fish in a Birdcage

➼ information ❧ Genshin Impact ❧ Pairings: Aether/Xiao, Xiao & Xiao's Previous Master ❧ Additional Characters: Qiqi, Zhongli ❧ Tags: mind control, protective! aether, hurt/comfort, angst, blood and gore, canon-typical violence, psychological torture, whump ❧ Summary: Gods can never truly die. They can be sealed and buried, but they will eventually lick their wounds and dig their way out of their graves. Xiao’s previous master is one such god, and she does not forget easily. ❧ Word Count: 3,667 ❧ Cross-posted from Archive of Our Own ❧ Original post date: 6 October 2023

➼ whumptober 2023 ❧ Day 6: Forced to Hurt Someone Else ❧ Previous Day ❧ Next Day ❧ Masterlist

It happens when he’s fighting a band of miasmic monsters all doused in a wine-colored glow that only Xiao can see. They give off the scent of rotting flesh and vulture vomit, and their bodies writhe in unnatural power. The gods of old are dead, but they are not gone. Their karma stains the cursed and damned.

“Alatus,” a disembodied voice whispers. Xiao freezes for long enough to nearly get scraped by the axe of an aggressive mitachurl. His spear strikes true in the monster’s heart, and he watches as its cursed body falls limply to the ground.

“Alatus.” This time, Xiao feels it as claws scratching his brain, stretching and scarring the organ like its putty. He plants his spear into the ground in an attempt to keep himself standing. “Alatus.” It punctures his lungs and he forgets how to breathe. He watches the lone hilichurl still remaining. The creature stands still, almost regarding him like it still has a complex consciousness, not the primitive ones they are left with.

On the fourth call of his true name, her voice takes hold. He crumbles to the ground, clutching and ripping his hair if only to get to the organ that hides inside. If he has to, he’ll manually force her out. He’ll rip her sickening words straight from his brain. He’ll—

“Stop, Alatus. You know better.”

His arms drop limply to his side. Against his will. He stares at the ground, hunched over as though ready to vomit. The hilichurl stands entirely still.

It waits for orders, just as Xiao does. His master gives him one. “Get rid of it. It’s done its duty, and now it is worthless.”

The Primordial Jade Winged-Spear has never felt this unbalanced in his hands. He cuts off the hilichurl’s head in one hard swing and watches it fall uselessly to the ground. The decapitated body collapses into the pile of gore waiting on the ground, landing on the other end of where its head rolls. Any expression it was making when it realized its face was hidden by its painted mask.

Xiao doesn’t know what he looks like under his master’s control. He’d never seen his face before he met Rex Lapis. “You never will again, Alatus.”

Even his thoughts no longer belong to him. Without thinking , he spins the spear towards his own chest. He poises it, and he spares only a moment to thank Rex Lapis for the life of freedom he was given. His contract ended a year ago; he has no reservations about ending what is already dead. Quick as lightning, he plunges the spear into his heart.

The tip only manages to pierce his thin layer of clothing before his arms lock into his place. He tries to shake her free, tries to get his arms to drive it in, or move at all according to his own will. They don’t. They quiver and hold fast to the force controlling them. Fire burns through his veins as he fights her for dominance, and it ends with a piercing wail of a thousand monsters’ screams that shatters his eardrums.

“That makes me very angry,” she drawls. Her voice is spiders crawling up his spine and into his eye sockets, ears, and mouth. It invades his senses, and all he can smell is the sickly pungent odor of her karma. “You have forgotten yourself. That god has stepped down from his pedestal… there is no one left to save you this time."

Xiao knows someone, but he schools his thoughts and emotions so he does not reveal their identity. She laughs in his mind; it’s a cruel, grating sound. “Oh, you think I don’t know about him? That will be the first person’s dreams you will devour. I promise it will taste just as sweet as it always has.”

—

Xiao doesn’t want to do this.

He waits on a grassy plateau that overlooks the glittering night lights of Liyue Harbor. One arm rests on his pulled-up knee, and the other supports the leaning weight of his upper body. He’s never been one to admire the dwellings of the average human; the only one that’s ever served any purpose to him is the Wangshu Inn. He takes residence there these days. More often than not, he finds himself resting on the rooftop, tracing the constellations of the stars and letting his breathing even out.

Xiao wants to say that he regrets that leisure time, but he doesn’t. He’s come to enjoy the moments in between the fights, the days where he does nothing but relax. The hour he spends talking with Aether about his day and conversations that are supposed to mean nothing yet are worth a thousand suns to Xiao.

Happiness doesn’t belong to a yaksha. He supposes that this is why his master has chosen now to release her karma unto him and take away the first human that changed Xiao’s life to revolve around more than just Rex Lapis and Liyue. It’s the fate that is bound to befall a yaksha. Xiao had nearly forgotten his own destiny.

So he sits and he waits as the city flickers and lives through the dead of night. Aether said that Liyue was always alive, and now Xiao can see why he phrased it like that. The yaksha likes seeing the world through Aether’s eyes. It seems much brighter that way. No matter what he does, though, he can’t put a positive spin on this situation.

He feels Aether’s presence before he hears him. The Traveler emanates an aura that can’t be replicated. He smells of flowers that bloom even in the harshest of winters. His hair and eyes glow just as bright in the sun as they do under the stars. It's as though he’s a star himself— a guiding light that brings even the worst of the damns to an eternal oasis.

“Xiao?” Aether calls when he makes it to the top of the plateau, light as the wind yet tinged with an edge of anxiety. “I left Paimon behind. I figured you would want to talk alone.”

Under his master’s orders, Xiao painstakingly wrote and sent a letter asking Aether to meet him when the moon reached the height of its ascent. It rests there now, and Xiao can’t help but feel it's mocking him in some way. Perhaps it's the permanent glow it emits, making it only a cheap ripoff of the embodiment of shine standing behind him.

Xiao won’t be able to look at the moon again when all of this is over. If he does, he may just be tempted to rip it straight from the night sky and crush it beneath his spear.

He pushes himself off the ground before his master forces him. He wants to savor these last remaining moments of his own free will. Turning around, he faces his sun, moon, and stars. The edges of Aether’s lips point down as he frowns back at him.

“You don’t look so good. How about we go back to Wangshu Inn?” Aether says gently, walking towards him with his arms down by his side. Unguarded and unreserved. Xiao nearly flitches with the intensity of the Traveler’s trust. “What’s happened?”

He’s close to Xiao, now. So close that the yaksha can hear Aether’s heartbeat if he strains. The organ beats to a unique tempo, rising and falling with the Traveler’s breaths. It reminds Xiao that not even his own heart belongs to him. If she so wished, his heart would stop with a single unspoken command.

When Aether touches Xiao’s face with a calloused and gentle hand, Xiao grasps his forearm and plants his thumb directly over the pulse point. He feels the thump of life that echoes through Aether and tries to convey the message that he cannot say out loud. He presses down hard enough for Aether’s wrist to flex involuntarily.

Run.

Aether gets the message. Xiao knows this because his amber eyes blow wide and his pulse nearly doubles in intensity. His hair blows in the night wind, and he looks just as he had the day they met. But like he had all those years ago, Aether does not flee. His feet shift, knees bend, and his free hand flexes to grip the hilt of his blade.

Sparks of gold light up the night as their weapons meet. They scrape in an awful screech, refined metal on refined metal. The parry is enough to send Xiao stumbling, but not enough to stop his attack. His body wastes no time in lunging for the next blow, and a volcano erupts under his skin from his fight to regain control. She says nothing directly to him; now that she wields his name, her unspoken influence is enough to redirect the blood flowing in his veins.

Aether blocks each blow with practiced precision. His face is not one of surprise or betrayal but of anger. His nose scrunches and eyebrows pull, and his eyes gleam with unrestrained ire. It makes Xiao mentally rear back, and the fire in his veins eases a little as she moves his body without backlash. He wonders if Aether has been waiting for this, waiting for the day he can his blade through the neck of a yaksha.

Is their relationship so brittle? Was it ashes to begin with?

For some reason, his master doesn’t answer. Not to goad him in his misplaced trust, nor to convince him that he’s still murdering his closest companion. She’s quiet and unnerving in his mind.

On the fifth parry, one that doesn’t even look like Aether is trying , Xiao feels his body burst with a pain he hasn’t felt in hundreds of years. He hasn’t needed to — he promised himself the day Rex Lapis saved him that he would never change forms again. He sealed away the illuminated beast and it sat preserved and stagnant on his arm for two thousand years. His back rips , and he lets out a scream as the skin parts and makes way for golden wings. Nails grow and sharpen, and trailing feathers drift behind him in the wind.

Aether pauses to marvel at his mixed form, a bastardized version of both his beast and yaksha form. His wings are as unnatural to him as they must look to Aether, yet his master controls them with a precision that indicates she never forgot. The hesitation from the Traveler is enough for Xiao to get his spear to cut deep into Aether’s left side. Before his sword can feasibly do any damage to Xiao, his wings drag him high in the air for a plunge attack.

It is an unfair fight.

The Anemo powers he’s been granted mix with his illuminated beast and Adeptus strength and create a beast far more powerful than the animal his master had once controlled thousands of years ago. Aether is a more than capable elemental wielder; Xiao thinks that Aether has a fair chance of besting him in a normal fight. But this is nothing close to normal. Xiao is fighting at his best, more than maximum strength and power, and Aether…

Aether isn’t fighting back.

He only defends the oncoming blows and attacks to keep himself on the plateau. While anger seeps out of his body in red waves and plunges the air in the heavy smell of tar and burning charcoal, he does not direct the anger into hurting Xiao. His energy is kept solely on keeping himself alive and protecting Xiao. Xiao doesn’t need protection. He needs his master to be sealed back to the grave she dug herself up from, and Aether can’t do that here. Aether needs to stick his blade through Xiao’s temple.

But he won’t, and even the smallest child knows that the best defense is a good offense. He has no offense. His defense can and will fail.

It does.

It starts with smaller knicks and scratches from the tip and edges of his spear and claws. The wound in his side bleeds ferociously, but it doesn’t seem to slow Aether down. But as time wore on and Xiao’s body could not feel tired, — the artificial adrenaline from his beating heart keeps him going and going and going — Aether begins to fade. His emerald-green spear gets deep jabs at his calf, his chest, and his arms. With each new wound, Aether stumbles and leaves himself open for another one.

Xiao tries to pull away. He fights with every bit of strength he has and sets his blood ablaze in the process. Sweat and blood drip from his face in a putrid mixture to join the crimson-stained grass on the plateau. All of the structures Aether made using the power he fused with, Geo, crumble suddenly. Aether hunches over, one arm protecting a gushing wound on his weapon arm. He can’t raise it, Xiao realizes with abject horror. I cut a tendon.

Just as Xiao’s wings fold in to prepare for the killing strike, a shriek pierces through his eardrums like the claws of an eagle. He stumbles and his arms curl into his head to stop the agonizing noise. Aether looks at him with worry, and Xiao wants nothing more than to shake him and ask why. Why do you look at me like I’ve never hurt you? I will kill you. Don’t spare me any of your concern! I don’t deserve it!

The blade Aether wields disappears in a flash of gold. He collapses onto his back with a thud, and the air knocks out of his already heaving chest. His hand still tries to staunch his torn tendon. With a wound like that, Aether won’t survive for much longer regardless if Xiao continues the fight or not.

She speaks to him in a shrill and panicked tone, yet with the same force and control as ever. “Kill him, Alatus!”

Xiao straightens and moves to stand over Aether. His amber eyes gleam and reflect the stars of the night sky. The moon is the teeth of his exposing smile. It looks painful, the way the skin pulls and stretches over his facial wounds. Aether is the blazing sun — he gazes upon Xiao as though he is someone worth dying for. Xiao hesitates.

In the dead of night, when the only sound that can still be heard is the panting of a dying man, a flute begins to play. Aether’s voice is strained and softer than the heart beating slowly in his chest. “How does it feel to be a dead god?”

His master’s rooted claws vanish from Xiao’s body the moment his spear pierces Aether’s stomach. He cannot stop its descent, and he hears a squelch when the metal cuts through flesh and organs.

It was meant for the heart that faintly beats every five seconds, the organ that signifies the life that remains.

Xiao doesn’t let the spear dissipate. It keeps more blood from leaving Aether’s body, but the sheer amount that is outside rather than in out indicates that it doesn’t really matter. On every inch of exposed skin, strings of blood mar the once-smooth surface. His face would be unrecognizable — blood has already clotted and set deep into the pale color of his skin, and the thick liquid spills from his mouth in heaps that should be circulating inside his body, keeping his heart and his limps functioning — if he were anyone else.

But he is Aether. He is the sun, moon, and stars, and even in death, he glows with untainted purity. Xiao could recognize him a thousand years in the future, and he could pick out his bones in a sea of decayed skeletons. He could find him in the dark with nothing but his ears to hear the tempo of his heart. Deaf and blind, he could follow the scent of flowers blooming in a frost-bitten wasteland and feel Aether underneath his calloused fingers.

Xiao falls to his knees and presses his forehead to Aether’s. Yakshas cannot heal. All they do is murder and build up karmic debt that is enough to bring illness to the average human. Aether has never been affected by Xiao’s karma, and foolishly, he thinks that somehow it may heal him.

The flute’s melody floats through the wind as tangible notes, and it smells of windwheel asters and cider. It pours over Xiao, allowing him to seal the illuminated beast into a teal mark on his arm. His back lightens with the release of his wings, and he no longer has to worry about his nails digging into Aether’s tender neck and cheeks.

Aether’s breathing is mere gasps of air, a desperate and vain attempt to hang on to life leaving him with every exhale. The song rises in pitch, and Xiao can see faint blue notes settle on Aether’s lips and skin. He faintly recognizes the song that is playing.

The Anemo Archon can reach his people in any corner of Teyvat if only the wind brushes through their hair.

Amber eyes settle onto Xiao’s. He had been staring into a far away distance, no longer comprehending the pain of his wounds, the flesh and tendon hanging in pale strips outside of his body rather than in. His smile is pathetic and weak, a mere imitation of what it once was before Xiao plunged a spear through his stomach. His mouth moves to say something, but all that comes out is a cough spewing blood down his chin.

“Save your energy,” Xiao manages in a raspy voice. The tune in which the flute plays is different than the one from all those years. It has a healing property to it, but only one that can prolong the inevitable. Perhaps it is buying time for Xiao to find a proper healer, but he can’t imagine there is any Vision-wielder who can heal the severity of these wounds. “Stay alive,” he prays more than he says. It’s a futile wish.

That is until he feels a tug on the fabric hanging from his arm, and he turns to see a little girl no older than the age of seven as the culprit.

“Excuse me, sir,” she says monotonously with a finger pointing at the body on the ground. “I need to heal him.”

Xiao tilts his gaze up and finds the Geo Archon holding Qiqi’s other hand. Rex Lapis smiles and says: “I would not let him die. It would be the equivalent of killing your light.”

As Xiao stares at his Archon, he feels overwhelmed by the pouring of foreign emotions into his chest. It constricts his lungs, and he chokes. He pries himself off Aether reluctantly, letting the small zombie begin her work, and faces Morax. “You knew?”

“Her presence has been growing for a long time, but I could not conceal her before she let herself be known,” he explains, resting a hand on the side of Xiao’s hide like he did two thousand years ago. “I apologize that it could not be resolved sooner. She is not an easy god to kill twice. As for the Anemo Archon,” Rex Lapis continues, predicting the question on the yaksha’s tongue, “I informed both him and Aether of the course of action she would take to exact her revenge. It should not come as a surprise to you that they are loathe to see you in pain.”

Rex Lapis says it with such certainty that it rocks Xiao’s world to the side. He does not find affection from him strange, but to know that so many people care deeply about his well-being — three, at least — is too much for him to bear. He doesn’t know what to do with the insect crawling in his stomach and pinching his heart.

Then, fabric rustles and Rex Lapis pulls Xiao into a delicate hug. It’s a gentle thing; something rare, few and far between. Xiao does not usually like the close contact. He buries his head in his Archon’s chest and grips his coat with his bloodied hands. His appreciation is not said out loud; there are no words in any scripture to properly convey how he feels. He knows Rex Lapis does not discount his gratitude any less.

“It will be a few days before he wakes up,” Qiqi declares. Xiao lets go of his god to face the little healer. “I had to revive him. Please… exercise care in his… transportation.”

Xiao nods and makes his way back over to Aether. The ground is churned to mud underneath his feet from blood and sweat, and Aether is covered in the same grime he was before. The only difference is that now he sleeps soundly, his chest emitting an awful rattling sound with a healing talisman displayed on top of it. It’s cold to the touch and radiates the powerful scent of herbs and ice.

Aether is alive.

As asked, Xiao carefully picks Aether up. He’s heavy, but he shall weigh nothing in Xiao's arms if it means he will stay alive. He dissipates them both in the wind and materializes them inside Bubu Pharmacy. Baizhu is waiting for them in a clean, empty bed prepared for a critical patient.

They do not say anything to each other, and Xiao is grateful for it. He will not entertain a conversation. The yaksha sets the Traveler down on the bed. He doesn’t like the Bubu Pharmacy – it’s the opposite of everything he is used to. It repels his karmic debt and settles the writhing souls in an unnatural way. He stays for just long enough to press his lips to Aether’s temple, then rides the wind to keep vigilance on the rooftop of the Northland Bank. He will not stray far from Aether until he has woken up and can fend for himself.

Until then, he waits and watches the moon clamber down the sky, and the stars slowly fade to make way for the rising sun over Liyue Harbor.

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