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it was only days after their contract had been made that kinich asked the question.

"why did you choose that form?" the cave is silent, almost, aside from the crackling flames they're using for light. if not for such quiet, ajaw probably wouldn't have been able to even hear the question, the younger kinich's voice so timid.

"huh?" ajaw pauses, turns from where he's busily munching on a quenepa berry.

kinich isn't eating, knees to his chest as he stares at the ground. he's too damn thin; his body will be of no use to ajaw if it's going to be so weak. "i know you can't go back to your real form, but why this?" he draws aimless shapes in the dirt with his finger. "a human form would be more convenient, wouldn't it?"

"stop with the questions," ajaw grumbles, taking another bite. kinich obeys.

a minute later, ajaw breaks the silence again. "it's more convenient. uses less phlogiston." he sighs. "to think the great k'uhul ajaw has been reduced to this..."

kinich says nothing for a moment. "so, you could change forms if you want?" he finally looks up. "what does your human form look like?"

ajaw scoffs at that. "ha! like i'd show you. maybe one day, if you're not dead yet."

that day came one rainy night when kinich was stuck in bed, burning with a fever, and it was much easier to care for him with real hands. though maybe care isn't accurate, because ajaw doesn't care about kinich's wellbeing. he just doesn't want his future body to be so frail.

similar situations remain the only times kinich has seen ajaw's human form. he never says anything, but ajaw can always feel him staring. it doesn't come as a huge surprise when kinich, one day, specifically asks for ajaw's human body.

ajaw sprawls out on kinich's bed, closing his eyes with a sigh. this form feels more comfortable than his usual one, but at the cost of more of his strength. he flexes his fingers, runs them through his messy blond hair. kinich sits on the edge of the bed, watching silently. then, suddenly, he reaches out.

"what the hell are you doing?!" ajaw jumps away, sitting up, rubbing his arm where kinich had just touched. kinich's hand is frozen in the air, and he blinks.

"your skin feels real."

"huh?" ajaw rolls his eyes. "of course it does. what were you expecting?"

kinich crawls closer, reaching his hand out again, but this time, ajaw lets him. "more...synthetic?" he runs his fingers along the green marking's on ajaw's skin, up the insides of his arms until ajaw slaps him away.

"cut that out," he demands, not liking the oddly tingling feeling that follows kinich's touch.

but when has kinich ever listened to him?

ajaw discovered long ago the unfortunate reality; that with a human body comes human weakness. his sharp fangs have pierced the inside of his lip a few too many times. human bodies are so damn fragile. this, though? it's new. it's uncomfortably foreign, and suddenly he understands why kinich never lets ajaw touch his neck.

"agh! what the fuck!" he tries to escape from the hands squeezing the sides of his waist, but kinich has always been faster.

"if only you could stay in this form all the time," kinich muses to himself, making quick work of turning ajaw into a shrieking, laughing wreck. "this seems effective at reigning you in."

"k-kihinich!" ajaw screeches, head tossed back, electric shocks shooting up his body. "stohohop this ahat ohohonce!"

but, as usual, kinich doesn't listen.

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I headcanon that Kinich's contract with Ajaw gave him certain dragon traits.

And while he does a very good job of hidding most of them, sometimes slight mannerisms slip out.. or some people notice that Kinich never takes off his gloves or that some of Kinich's teeth look slightly more... sharp.

Naturally, Kinich finds these new "quirks" annoying while Ajaw is endlessly amused by it.

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kinich getting possessed somehow and ajaw panicking getting SO pissed off that somebody DARES to take the body he was promised and goes specifically out of his way to save "drag kinich's sorry ass out of that situation" and realizing he got attached kind of doesnt want him dead is tolerating kinich a little more

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something about Kinich and Ajaw's relationship is so interesting imo,

On one hand there is no way Ajaw is actually a Sovereign be is probably at best a dragon prince like Scylla. But he's old, so he should know better than to enter a contract or have any kind of relationship with a human, bc if you do you would doom yourself to knowing what 'love' and 'grief' means. Time and time again, you see this happen with the different dragons from other regions (Neuvilette, Azhdaha, Dvalin, Kapatcir) (Apep is an exception ig?).

If he doesn't actually know that hoooo boy he's going to be in a world of emotions when he realizes. BUT, if he does know, then why would he take that pact? Why would you walk blindly into that path of pain? Was he lying when he said he wanted to feel the sun's warmth?

The contract between the two fall apart under scrutiny, is it fair because there is no insurance that Kinich's body will be in one piece when he dies or is it fair because the possibility of Ajaw living in grief for eternity because the only person who understands him is gone

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I'M SO SORRY SAPPHIRE YOU MIGHT HATE ME FOR THIS. *Ahem and ehe* Kinich and Ajaw role swap. Kinich is a former Dragon (Prince? Who knows?) and Ajaw is the hooman who finds his sorry self sealed away. I'm sorely tempted to draw this because it's tickling my brain. *ehe again* *runs away*

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You can't just drop that and leave?!?!

*inhales*

Is Kinich a tiny pixel dragon now or does he have a human form?

Also you said FORMER, What happened to him?!

was he locked away like Ajaw? Or was he like, kidnapped and sealed or something??

Is the contract the same?

How does Ajaw get by with his personality if he was a human? What's his backstory??

Is Ajaw an adventurer, a hunter, or just a rogue of sorts?

Does Ajaw have a vision? If so, what element??

I. Love. This

Im... I'm going to need a moment to process this. Aahhhhhhh--

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narusasu is canon and it's in genshin impact

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Ajaw who consistently uses a small amount of the limited power he has access to from his sealed state in order to prevent Kinich from aging

it takes Kinich a few years to even notice. It’s not until other people around him subtly start to change. Wayna gaining a few gray hairs, Kachina getting taller, Mualani seeming more mature

and people telling Kinich he hasn’t aged a day. Ajaw usually says something snarky along the lines of how Kinich just continues to be a pesky bug who won’t die…

Ajaw knows this is counterproductive to his goal of acquiring Kinich’s body for his own use, but when Kinich finally points it out, Ajaw can only say that it’s because he wants Kinich’s body to be in the best shape when he finally dies

Ajaw isn’t stupid, he knows the body of an old man won’t be as useful to control, and if Kinich dies of old age it would be terrible for Ajaw! Not to mention having to put up with Kinich for years and years and years just waiting for him to kick the bucket and only getting a frail old body in return… so really Ajaw is just scheming (at least that’s what he argues)

Kinich didn’t care at first. What’s a few more years? Until those years start adding up, and time passes quicker, Ajaw doesn’t change—not on the outside, at least

And if Kinich outlives everyone he knows, who’s going to stop Ajaw? Kinich made the deal, and he’s hardly paid the price he agreed on, instead—he’s lost much more (and gained something else that he never asked for)

He cares now, tired of watching everyone change, watching everyone die, the only other constant is the warm sun, and Ajaw.

Ajaw who is selfish, and arrogant, and rude, even if Kinich grew to resent him for what he’s doing, what could he do? Part of the deal was allowing Ajaw his limited freedom, and Kinich never goes back on his word.

Especially when there’s a price he’s itching to pay, and one he thought Ajaw was just as eager to collect.

(Even if that has since changed as well.)

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my ver of this meme yeah

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ajaw and kinich

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ajaw receiving an anemo vision is funny until you realise he literally COULD—not because kinich is going to die but because after he dies, ajaw will finally have the freedom he longed for. His possession of Kinich's body will be how he finds his own freedom—which is basically how most anemo users get their visions.

lowk tragic duo because no matter what, kinich HAS to die. 🧍‍♀️anemo curse strikes again!!

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crack au where the contract between kinich and ajaw actually changes the constitution of kinich's body and makes it an immortal vessel, so kinich cant actually die from natural circumstances/old age and keeps avoiding death by other means so ajaw just. never takes control of his body. theyre just stuck like that until teyvat explodes idk

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ajaw has come!!!

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We live the lives of those who can no longer continue them

Just some brainrot where the contract between Kinich and Ajaw is finally fulfilled after the hunter falls in battle

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The Hydro Sovereign comes to Mondstadt

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Deadlocked together

Some doodles of an AU where Ratchet & Jak are forced to work together as partners in Dreadzone! Rambles under the cut. :)

This AU is inspired by the fact Jak is an unlockable skin in 2-player. :)

The concept behind Jak's Dreadzone armor having a less edgy design in comparison to Ratchet's would be that while Ratchet is the one with the "bad boy image" (given by Vox), Jak's given the opposite press to balance it out. Helping kittens out of trees & grannies across the street kind of deal. Drives Jak crazy to be seen as a big ole softie lol.

The two still match emblems since they are partners, so they have to work together in the arena chellanges. When playing Deadlocked 2-player, if player 1 & 2 get too far away from one another, they get a countdown before they are both killed. Same rules would apply in this AU. They're in it together whether they like it or not, and if one fails, they both fail.

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"Without Clank, Ratchet was alone in the universe."