also mayhaps some plots with virion? 🥺
THE LAST ROSE OF ROSEANNE. andromeda and virion talk about the doomed future, the fate of the dukedom, and their relationship in those doomed days.
IF THERE WERE A PLACE LOWER THAN THIS, IT WOULD SURELY BE HELL. set during the doomed timeline, virion gets a horrifying front row seat to the internal downfall of the dukedom, the deaths of the heads of house glaes, and andromeda stepping up to protect him as their duty as a retainer until virion’s death.
plots pls!
@gottgenug​
2 notes
·
View notes
NOTES : i want to thank @nefezh​​ & @denphelia​ for literally doing all the heavy lifting for me.​ i owe them my life.
Starmap Hourglass
QUALITY : 5 star
SUB STAT: CRIT DMG%.
ABILITY ( Graceful Rose ) : Increases Shield Strength by 29%. Scoring hits on opponents increases ATK by 4% for 8s. Max 5 stacks. Can only occur once every 0.3s. While protected by a shield, this ATK increase effect is increased by 100%.
APPEARANCE : a catalyst that is an hourglass with a star-map as the center, that spins when it attacks and with small floating star shaped bits that orbit it, that are revealed to be glass upon closer inspection.
part of the weapon animation, instead of impact effects little splash effects rather than impact effects 2 give the effect that it's cutting ppl rather than just hitting them.
when the atks miss u can hear small shatter-y effects like glass hitting the ground, and depending on the region, it can change in volume and type of sound.
mondstadt : slightly muffled, but sounds like furin / japanese glass windchimes.
liyue : loud, more crunchy- more like a glass being thrown against a hard rock surface and then scattering.
inazuma : it sounds like glass rattling / buzzing. with a sharp breaking noise, similar this video : cw ( bright flashing lights and loud electrical noises / glass breaking. )
sumeru : very muffled, far more distant sounding in the rainforest, kinda like ur hearing fulgurite wind chimes- and in the desert, it’s similar to liyue, albeit with less reverb .
LORE : this was a weapon specifically commissioned for a future coming of age ceremony, when aina nakamura-glaes realized she wouldn’t be able to watch her beloved daughter become an adult.
of course, that kind of forethought had raised several eyebrows, within the family, from acquaintances and the nakamura-glaes’ social circle at large : andromeda- who was merely ten at the time, had yet to receive that most coveted blessing of the gods : a vision , nor would they gain such a power for another seven years.
yet, aina remained steadfastly, foolishly, confidant the gods would, indeed smile upon her child.
when asked about it, alpin nakamura-glaes, simply shrugged and would say : visions tend run in families, don’t they ? it’s not unheard of- before promptly changing the subject.
it’s a shame, aina never saw the fully blossomed fruit of her labor. but she created the blueprints for it herself, drawing from her memories of traveling the world with her infant daughter, and newlywed husband, the sights and sounds they had seen together.
the from the stars that glittered and danced in the night sky, to the ticking clocks that whittled down her remaining days. the ornate hourglass, a memento mori : remember, you will die. a macabre gift- specifically for a child, but aina and alpin were of the macabre sort of souls.
( andromeda would find the whole thing funny. she was her mother’s child. ) the glass stars that danced around it, a show of their family’s power and influence, the expensive and fragile glass that many coveted, used as a decoration for a child who had not yet inherited such powers.
to anyone who was not herself, aina would’ve said that she had no regrets at the end of her life. the regrets she took with her to the grave were that she could not see her daughter blossom into the beautiful adult they would become, and that her soulmate and she would not grow grey and wrinkled together on the shore of her homeland.
andromeda was gifted this weapon before they had left for inazuma, in a small yet ornate wooden chest- nestled in deep blue silk-velvet. for andromeda- the fact it still existed was a miracle. the last reminder of her mother, a thing that had not yet tainted by the venomous hatred of her stepmother ; the knowledge that yes, aina had prayed that her beloved daughter would be smiled upon by the gods- and that prayer had been answered, regardless of the journey it took to get there.
4 notes
·
View notes