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[S'MORES] - A classic treat, easily made in the bonfires that crop up as the sun begins to set, and perfect for sharing.

The night was winding down, and Fu Hua sat before a fire, a stick before the pit. As heat slowly enraptured the gooey marshmallow, she would hum. She was at peace. That was, until a familiar figure would drift closer out of the shadows.

"Who's there?" She called out, her tone rather sweet. "I'm just making some s'mores and uh, I've got more than enough to share, if you'd like to join me!" Despite all that had come before, that nerve in meeting someone new still managed to find itself tickling the end of each sentence. A soft sigh at the hesitation, before her eyes widened. The realization of who was approaching hit harder than any foe she'd ever faced.

"Aponia..." she whispered, her stick lowering closer to the bonfire. The golden goodness would burn over, blackened and charred like the wood fueling the flame. The state of her snack isn't on her mind, however. Her old friend is.

(Realizing that Fu Hua would probably have a breakdown at seeing any of the flame-chasers but like don't worry about it yk)

𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄'𝐒 𝐀 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇! ╱ ghsolstice prompts.

SIMULATIONS HAD NOT THE NECESSITIES OF HUMAN LIMITS, & thus, the drawl of shuddering wind across dark skies had not summoned forth the thought of retreating back home to unceremoniously end the night. or maybe, instead, the simple thought of having somewhere to retreat was the catalyst of discipline's aimless wandering. sand crushed beneath platformed sandals, moonlight caught between clasped hands, aponia walked & walked & walked until the shore was behind her wake——— hooded eyes glazed over with the barest flicker of fatigue ; THE FOREVER EMOTION TRAPPED BETWEEN THE BINARIES OF HER RIBCAGE, an immortal ghost of her humanity.

at least, in this, the mortal delight of watching setting suns & waking moons would be enjoyed, without the ignorance of pretending how numbers made up the sky & codes reflected the light cast upon her. that, as wispy as the breeze, followed the memory of companionship, a———

shy blue eyes blinked away the exhaustion, napping up at the direction of a stranger's voice. how far had she walked, aimless yet inevitably into the radius of another, more fortunate soul? lips pursed into the beginnings of a frown, TOO QUAINT TO MIMIC THE TRUTH OF A SCOWL, one she, herself, seemed incapable of creating. the greeting though was welcoming enough, & truth to the offer, it had been years since she had the luxury of a smore. ( what exactly that was, she seemed forgetful, but the smell of charring sugar shed a possible light on the sweet's making. )

❛ ah, you are too kind. i apologize for interrupting your peace. ❜ wandering feet set themselves forward to a destination, that beneath the brushes of foliage & into the clearing lit only by a pit of carefully tamed fire. pursed lips became that of a smile, gentle & appreciative, before her gaze finally reached the lady perched beside the flames. ❛ if you will allow me, then i will join you. i. . . ❜

FAMILIARITY GRASPED HER THROAT, & STRANGLED FORTH ANY UTTERANCE OF FURTHER EXPLANATIONS. the feeling was so sudden, so impossibly swift, discipline nearly split apart the fragment she stood as, a shock so utterly disobedient, her expression fell with an uncomfortable ease.

in contrast to herself, fu hua sat casually before her, though evidently not absent of a similar surprise as the disbelief that refused to release her. AGAINST ALL ODDS, FU HUA EXISTED. it was simply a strange oddity that she existed in front of discipline, of all ghosts.

her name fell softly from fu hua's lips, though she had yet to tear herself from the disbelief ; CONFUSED EYES MET THOSE OF A VIBRANT COLOR, so unlike the gaze she remembered, yet belonging to the memory as no other would. quiet, aponia uttered, ❛ fu hua. ❜ & said nothing else, simply to digest the name in full. discipline turned taut, then, once all was consumed. she straightened what had relaxed, pressed together lips that fell open, & changed all besides the tenderness of her gaze.

❛ . . . you are different. ❜ came, first, the obvious. second, followed the trail of her feet, guiding her forward until she stood closer, further into the light. in little time, such sternness softened. ❛ i am surprised, but cannot be anymore. you are a force of the untouchable, fu hua. ❜

( HAVE YOU MISSED ME AS I HAVE MISSED YOU? WHAT HAS BECOME OF YOU NOW, & DOES IT BEAR RESEMBLANCE TO THE REBIRTH OF MYSELF? WHAT HAS CHANGED BETWEEN US, OR HAS ANYTHING AT ALL?

[ . . . ] discipline remained silent of all inquiries, scripted only to the very moment it existed within. )

careful gaze flitted to the empty log beside her. an offer, a boundary, ❛ may i sit with you, still? ❜

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[PAPER KITES] The sky's the limit... or so you'd think. No matter how far he strides away from the woman beside him, it seems his Pers-shaped paper kite was magnetized towards the woman's kite - either that, or the wind was playing some silly kite matchmaking game. Well, Freminet was not a willing participant in this kite dating series, that's for sure. It'd be funny to anybody else, but it seemed like a potential conversation icebreaker to Freminet, who would much rather be left alone... if only their kites would just. Stop. Trying to collide.

"S-sorry..." He muttered so quietly it was practically inaudible, clearing his throat afterwards as if he hadn't said anything at all.

𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄'𝐒 𝐀 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 ! ╱ ghsolstice prompts.

INEVITABLY, attempts to satiate minor curiosities were to be possessed by the possibility of mishaps ; always the unlucky wing, she betted fruitlessly on. at first, the collision of kites was merely a fault of her own, for stepping too far a distance somehow compelled the paper to catch wind & carelessly glide on a tilt, right towards the boy's kite. it was unfortunate, of course, & aponia made quick to apologize in kind, even if her words were small, soft - spoken beneath the tide of the ocean.

humorlessly & against the wish of both hands, hers & the boy's, their kites remained together, driven apart by a partition of air for only a span of seconds, before drifting back towards one another. AN ARTFULLY IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY OF ATTRACTION, the invisible hand guiding two souls together, despite any ill attempts to pry them apart.

however, THIS WAS NOT THE PLAY OF ROMANCE REGARDED AS APPROPRIATE, & neither was such persistence anything but exasperatingly disappointing.

shy blue eyes flit over to the boy, lips thin & pursed into a feelingless line. NERVOUS, he was, surely, for his apology was near inaudible, completely nonexistent if it was not for aponia's greatened sense of hearing. this would not do. a discomfort unto the child was, as thus, a disservice of herself.

( & a blatant mistake for them both, as she would do well to be left alone. completely. SHE HAD NOT THE NECESSITY FOR COMPANIONSHIP, NOT AFTER THE ENTIRETY OF AN ERA WITHOUT IT. )

but kites were new to her, & an attempt at retracting its line further into the roll of string within her grasp worked for only a moment. the kite descended slowly, before suddenly tilting to the side & twisting itself among the string of the boy's own kite.

A PITIFUL HAPPENSTANCE. discipline's unmoving expression faltered then, paired softly with the lull of her apology, a gentle tilt of her head to acknowledge both the boy & her mistake, ❛ i'm sorry, i must have tugged its line wrong. the fault is wholly mine, i promise. ❜ & she stood silent, DISOBEDIENT KITE GUIDED ASTRAY BY HER HAND STILL, before glancing down at the loose strings in her fist.

those very strings were offered to the boy without either thrill or hesitation. ❛ they are unlikely to continue winding together if under one guiding hand. here, be that hand. i have no use for the kite if my efforts to fly it are in vain. ❜

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It has been more years than Elysia can count since last they stood beneath the same sky. A real sky, one with stars and a moon, not a phony thing made up of countless ones and zeroes.

A real sky, in a real world. If she were to reach forward now she would certainly feel the real warmth of the other's skin, not one diluted by distant static as she had grown so accustomed to.

Or perhaps there would be static still, she does not care. Aponia's very being wore their past upon it like a scar. It could mar her face, split her into a thousand fragmented pieces, carve her into a mere husk of herself. Elysia would cradle and cherish each and every one, if only it meant that they could be near once more.

As they are now, as they are ( and as she knows ) because her hands have moved despite her instruction, because she is reaching to for Aponia's own.

Because, when they touch, it is not a thousand sensations from memory programmed to pitter across her nerves. It is real. Real enough. Elysia cannot swallow her smile.

"After all this time, you are still so resilient." Aponia who walked along fate's tightrope, who knew and saw it as one might themself. Aponia who bore the weight of a thousand lifetimes on her soft shoulders. "It is as though we last saw each other only yesterday, and yet I feel like I have missed you for an eternity."

THIS FRAGMENT OF APONIA'S SIMULATION IS NO MORE REAL THAN THE THINNING STRING TETHERED TO BOTH IT & the elysian realm, of which is merely a shattered dream she cannot keep herself from cutting her fingers upon, determined to gather each fractured glass——— memories, of herself, of those who long passed, of those forgotten & not missed——— until a meager attempt at recollection can be absolved.

but, hopefully, THERE IS A TRIUMPH IN THE BLEAK SPREAD OF DARKNESS ABOVE THEM ; the forever knowledge that, at least here, in teyvat, there comes an existence where they are human, together, before they are the binaries that once made up their bodies & blood.

ELYSIA IS HERE, an observation & confession all at once. ELYSIA IS HERE, & even if aponia is not, there remains comfort in the revelation, as painful as it may be.

& the silent yet looming question nearly becomes suffocating. ( WILL SHE TAKE ME AS I AM? WILL HER GAZE PRY THROUGH MY VERY BEING & SEE FIRST A TRAGEDY? WILL I BE ACCEPTED, AGAIN, FOR WHAT I HAVE BECOME & WILL REMAIN? ) disicpline releases a shuddering exhale, hands suddenly frigid from where they are clasped at her stomach ; incredulous, she becomes, for temperature is merely a trait no simulation possesses. not as she is now, not half the prophet elysia once knew.

though aponia does not flinch at the fingers cupping hers, she cannot stifle the surprise that arches her brows, nor the parting of thin, pursed lips. THERE IS WARMTH, a heat blatant enough to drag her gaze down to where she & elysia's fingers interlock, where this simple body of hers refuses the temptation of glitching & snapping at the seams. tangible, she is programmed to be, but the truth of such touch is incompatible, entirely lost to her.

shy blue eyes rise to meet a tender, wholly human smile, given despite all she is, all she has become. ( FATE NEVER SPOKE OF A REUNION, NOT ONE OF THIS CAPACITY. for once, the heavens left her blind before its greatest martyr. )

❛ i must be. ❜ is all aponia has the strength to utter, at first, too wound up by this strange tightening of code within her to produce much else besides another, strangled exhale. her head bows, then, NOT SO MUCH IN REVERENCE AS IT IS BELIEF. ❛ for your paradise to remain, i must achieve a greater immortality. & i must succeed. ❜

& she has, if the softness of elysia's musings offer any answer. for the first time in a wayward while, aponia allows herself a smile, even if small. her thumb rubs that of whatever skin of elysia's hand is in reach.

softly, discipline whispers, ❛ an eternity is a humble length of time to describe how long you have been missed. but i am gladdened that it, at least, is mutual. ❜ by her, all of her, each fragment of aponia's comatose body & each crackling glitch splitting apart the weakened realm. humanity is no longer lost, yet the weight of loss remains upon burdened shoulders. SHE CONFESSES WILLINGLY, then, ❛ the elysian realm is quieter now, near dissonant. . . much has changed, & despite my greatest efforts, all had been in vain. ❜

aponia should confide in her, ask of all elysia has witnessed in this new world, & all she has come to learn. question what memories have become hers, wholly. maybe inquire about the humans that live here, too, but not a word of such thoughts leave her lips.

instead, WARMTH ARTICULATES ITSELF AS SUCH, ❛ have you had the delight of prying apart the sand with your bare feet yet? it is. . . softer than i would have thought. . . a blessing of an opportunity to have acted upon, i say. ❜ unspoken comes the cheer : IT IS REAL! WE STAND AMONGST THE REAL, THE TANGIBLE, ONCE MORE!

[omnipicureans]

Life's a Beach ! ✰ Solstice 2024

reblog and send - all interactions count for 1 Shiny Flotsam!

[WATER BALLOONS] - Perfectly good weapons for even the weakest of arms to throw!

[SAND CASTLE] - Build your own, or destroy someone else's. To each their own.

[BURY] - All this sand and all these shovels, why not put them to good use?

[COCONUT] - A classic refreshment, served with two straws. Or you can crack open your own, if you really want to.

[WATERSLIDE] - The rules say one at a time, but who is really enforcing that?

[FRISBEE] - Nothing like a classic game on the sand, just don't lose your disc to the sea...

[PAPER KITES] - What better use of the ocean breeze? There are plenty of materials to make your own.

[SHELL NECKLACE] - No better a gift or souvenir than one strung together by your very own hands!

[SUNSCREEN] - Can't reach that spot on your back? Ask a friend!

[HAT] - A great option to keep cool in the blistering sun, just don't let go of it for too long.

[NOODLES] - What are these foam things? They sure look great for smacking someone with.

[ICE CREAM] - What's summer without ice cream stands at every corner? Careful, these treats melt fast!

[FISHIES] - They come in scales of every color you can imagine, and they're not afraid of you at all. Wonderful to admire, or to eat.

[PHOTOBOOTH] - All kinds of silly accessories have been laid out on a table, with a kamera and tripod set up to document all sorts of sea-side memories.

[LIFEGUARD] - Someone has to be there to dive in and save the less skilled swimmers! And it looks like your skills are quite urgently needed.

[S'MORES] - A classic treat, easily made in the bonfires that crop up as the sun begins to set, and perfect for sharing.

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: ̗̀ ʚїɞ / 𝐆𝐍𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐇𝐘𝐌𝐍'𝐒 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐏𝐋𝐎𝐓𝐒 .

neither by free will nor true purpose, APONIA HAS BEEN TRANSPORTED TO THESE ISLANDS ENTIRELY BY ACCIDENT; or at least, she has no memory of traveling here. confused, but certainly dressed for the occasion because of her realm's simulation, she's hardly resistant to the opportunity set before her, and will happily take this chance to enjoy being human again, even if briefly.

many will find her simply lounging on a beach chair with her eyes closed, helping children with their every adventurous endeavor ( she's incredibly weak to them ), or floating above the sea to peer within it ( strange behavior, but she's unsure about venturing beneath the waves ) .

alongside the ask meme, i'll be choosing a few prompts from the june commission board to volunteer aponia for, though i'm easily tempted by other prompts if those catch your attention instead. to start off, the thread cap will likely be kept at three unless the interaction is from an ask spilling over. please heed the interaction notes on this blog's pinned post for any curiosities as to mentions of her eccentric "impressions".

if any of these interest you, or you simply want to interact with aponia, then i'd prefer a dm on discord as i'm in the server, or a comment on this post.

COMMISSION BOARD.

GHOST STORIES :: aponia is anything but a stranger to the art of storytelling, even if her larger audiences were once the children under her care and not others near her age. even still, tales of horror can't be that hard over dulling drinks and the right atmosphere. because of her eerily calm composure, attempts to scare each other may even become a game of tallies; whoever's story manages to startle the other into physically reacting wins. bring your best stories, though, since she's a hard nut to crack.

LONELY MOUNTAINTOP CATHEDRAL :: as a lady of the cloth, she'd be interested wholly in the building itself and whatever mysteries of lore may be hidden within it, not the climb. plus, aponia wouldn't subject herself to climbing, since she can fly / hover, so the interaction would likely occur immediately at the top, with a reference to her pity - watching your muse climb the mountain if they can't traverse like she can.

SHIP WRECKAGE :: despite being entirely interested in the depths of the sea and the various remnants of wreckage around the beach, aponia is less enthusiastic about diving below the surface to sate these curiosities. we can form this thread differently because of this. whether aponia sees / senses your muse in danger while exploring a wreckage and decides to lend a hand, or it's the opposite, and the second she's getting comfortable underwater, something goes amiss and your muse is pulled into the adventure abruptly! whichever cheeses us more.

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# OMNIPURICEANS ━━━ private, roleplay blog for APONIA of HONKAI IMPACT 3RD; interpreted & loved by BARELY ( any pronouns & eighteen ); affiliated with GNOSTIC HYMNS.

NAVIGATION.

i. lawbook ━━━ includes mun information, blog rules, shipping availability, art credit, writing specifics, & more! ii. portrait ━━━ includes muse information, lore, support system, headcanons, & more! iii. abilities ━━━ necessary talents / stats page, as of the affiliated group's rule. iv. interview ━━━ the interview of the muse, better read on desktop instead of mobile. v. pinned post ━━━ notes on both the character's portrayal and interaction information, found below the cut of this post with the explained tags.

PORTRAYAL & INTERACTION NOTES.

within the crux of the elysian realm's chapters, APONIA is said to have committed suicide by sacrificing herself wholly to merge with the realm; hence, her later death when the elysian realm is destroyed in the final battle. since her simulation, too, has been deleted by the herrscher of corruption, aponia is hardly more than a remnant of what she once was. now, the issue of context.

in the theory of her giving the whole of herself to augment the elysian realm, i am taking the liberty of implying that being brought back by elysia to fight in the final battle with the other flamechasers allowed a fragment of her real body to exist outside the augmentation. thus, this aponia is ONLY HER SIMULATION, boosted by the quarter fragment of her real body; hence, the recreation of a more fragile, unstable elysian realm ( as she cannot exist without or outside of it, because of how wholly she sacrificed herself into its being ) .

to bind the flexibility of this, in the hopes of benefiting her place in gnostic hymns, meager lines of aponia’s code have been scattered across worlds to supplement a larger foundation of the elysian realm’s stability. with this, DIVISIONS OF APONIA'S SIMULATION ARE ALLOWED TO APPEAR OUTSIDE OF THE REALM, though they are weaker than the original and are bound to only remember the memories they make within that specific world, not including whatever memories they may already hold. ( for example, if your muse makes friends with the aponia in teyvat and travels to jarilo - vi, the aponia of that world will not recognize them, nor remember being their friend. )

in a similar light, aponia's DISCIPLINE and HEAVEN'S EYE are very significant to her character and thus, are usually difficult to avoid the usage or discussions of, even if done subtly. here's two quick(?) explanations of each;

aponia cannot control her HEAVEN'S EYE, as the threads of fate are always visible to her from where they sprout on people's foreheads. she describes these threads as silk, which break off once out of her peripheral; a limit she doesn't have when seeing the future in glimpses. of course, i will not assume anything of your muse in these cases, since i'd like to play around with that power narratively in more introspective threads. otherwise, it will be up to us whether or not it's fair to imply that she'll become somewhat aware of both your muses' past and distant future upon their first or second meeting.

however, with her DISCIPLINE, that power is more interactive. by default, even without it, aponia is a convincing soul, usually hardly refused; paired with discipline, she is never refuted nor refused, even if the person is aware of what's being done to them. as you can tell, this is beyond godmoding at its core. so, this boundary will only be crossed to make a thread or interaction crazier. to utilize discipline, all aponia must say is please, though i will italicize and adorn the word with brackets so it's clear when she does and doesn't compel it. similarly, discipline isn't simply mind control; it's the process of introducing an order unto another, the manner in which they abide by it depends on their wish. don't worry, it's complicated and can be further discussed later.

CONTENT WARNINGS for this blog, as introduced in the interview, are discussions, mentions, and examples of, but not limited to, child death, mass murder, canon - typical violence, suicide, misunderstood & heavy survivor’s guilt, dehumanization of self, heavy existential - questioning concepts, abstract & concrete religious themes, and morally skewed ideations & thoughts of a religious "prophet".

TAGS EXPLAINED.

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐇 ・ / in character . ( all posts that are "in character", hence the tag )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐒𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐘 - 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐄 . 𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐃 ・ / out of character . ( all posts that are "out of character", ex. shitposts, maintenance, meta, etc )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐄𝐍𝐕𝐘 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐍'𝐒 𝐎𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐏𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 ・ / gallery . ( reblogged art, including possible art by the mun, of the muse )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐓𝐎 𝐄𝐗𝐈𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓 ; 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐄𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐒𝐈𝐍 ・ / headcanons . ( posts centered around a muse's headcanons, meta, etc )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐆𝐈𝐅𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐃𝐎𝐑𝐍𝐄𝐃 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐆𝐎𝐃'𝐒 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 ・ / prompts . ( all reblogged posts with prompts, ask memes, sentence starters and the likes )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐒𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐌𝐀𝐍 𝐋𝐔𝐗𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐒 𝐎𝐅 𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐄𝐑𝐀 ・ / inbox . ( all posts that are replies to an ask, excluding threads made from certain asks )

: ̗̀ ʚїɞ :: ❝ 𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 ・ / thread name . ( the threads tag )