#I wasn't a big fan of the Inazuma one

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The more shit hoyoverse does as a company the more....odd certain plot lines feel. I can't explain exactly WHY they feel weirder but just....hear me out.

Mondstat has a whole plot of being run by a dictator and then freed. Awesome cool the faults in having a nation run by a dictator are acknowledged. I'm chill with that one.

Liyue is of course suspiciously free of any fantasy racism or bad leadership plots. The worst we get is the political tension that came from the whole Qixing vs Adepti things but that's just political.

Inazuma is a mess. We went from Mondstat acknowledging dictatorships are bad to "well see it's actually sorta okay because" with the whole plot of Inazuma. Like the lack of resolution or fault given to Raiden is like.....okay so are dictators bad or not?

Sumeru was.....uhm. I don't like fantasy racism and boy howdy that was.....a lot. I mean there was basically a slur towards the desert people("desert dwellers") and just that whole Eremite thing was...yea. Like it was just very poorly handled in my opinion? Yea that wasn't the point of the archon quests but every moment spent with desert characters was uncomfortable and I'm a big fan of the desert cast and desert in general.

Fontaine I have words. I truly love Fontaine. It's right below Sumeru for nations I love. But uh I really didn't like melusine lore for a few reasons. The one who died for melusine to be respected becauses people were untrustworthy? Like why did she have to DIE???? The way Sigewinne is more humanoid because it was still a bit of the remaining bigotry when all she wanted to do was help heal someone? Like okay sure she's our race changing queen I suppose.....

Essentially my thoughts on this whole thing. And that's JUST genshin.

Let's get into star rail now because I play star rail hella and I have thoughts.

Belobog had the weird underworld vs overworld shit. The whole "the underworld people are poor and violent" thing was so ??? So that was...fun.

No real racism in the Xianzhou plot(I wonder why once again :/). Just way too much politics but idrc it's still my fave area. Well actually low-key I'm wary abt the whole borisin and foxian thing 2.4 established because I'd like it to not...yknow.

Penacony was uhm. Okay so it's America. Uh there was the cn dub racial slur towards Aventurine ofc. I was low-key uncomfortable with his whole backstory. Like yes he's Romani inspired not black but just...I was mildly discomforted by it?

Those are direct quotes from me after playing the patch with his backstory because uh YEA NO I DIDN'T LIKE IT. I think I started skipping because I was like.....actively trembling and tearing up? It was a little bit too well written and I kinda hated it. Like I get it but seriously dude of all regions to introduce someone with a slavery backstory you chose the America inspired one? America based on the Twenties? Really? Yes he's not a brotha but christ alive I was so very not fine with it at all. I like Aventurine but boy howdy.

I feel like Penacony is not the region to keep introducing characters like this. I don't understand the indigenous Boothill thing because the reasoning behind it I always see is "his planet was bombed" which happened to........a lot of planets. Like the Halovian's original home? Aventurine's? Topaz's? Like idk but idrc to get into the finer details of race casting a cyborg with shark teeth and a cowboy hat right now. Either way if it's true or not it's WEIRD. ITS REALLY FUCKING WEIRD.

I'm sick of fantasy racism plots from hoyoverse. I'm just so sick of them. Like you can't be ACTIVELY racist while making plots going "racism bad and here's why" once every few months. PICK A FUCKING SIDE. You don't get to whitewash and participate in cultural appropriation when it suits your needs then go write your seventh story about why it's not okay to discriminate. It's so fucking exhausting.

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Hello my dear friend, I cordially come to ask for an Ask. As you can imagine from my requests I'm not a big fan of the famous Yae Miko, so I wanted a M!Reader that has a problem with Yae Miko and doesn't hide it, when she arrives he leaves, when she tries to talk he just ignores her. And the explanation for this would be why she provoked him (We all know that she has a certain hobby of teasing others) in a horrible situation (Like the death of a loved one or the end of a relationship) and he took it to heart . And he always looked like a normal person with no vision, but when Yae was teasing a younger person (Above 18 of course) she witnessed the sword art of M!Reader who is currently the best swordsman in the world, and that he would attack to kill because the person she was teasing was his younger brother, and he would hate for her to break his heart with her teasing. And would he keep attacking and tearing everything in two on the way, electricity? redirected, outside interference? Just balancing combat, raiden shogun itself? Two swords and pray you don't get hit by either blade. And he completely dominates the fight, pressing Yae to a point where she really thought it would be her end, but the Brother of M!Reader stopped him explaining that he knew about Yae's provocations but he wasn't taking it seriously, narrowly saving his life. from Yokai. And the M!Reader wouldn't care if Sara or Raiden had gotten in the way, he would just hold his brother's hand and walk away as if nothing had happened, what would be the reaction of both Yae and the ''Powers'' of inazuma with such an event? And I got a little carried away, sorry

The Shrine Incident Imagines

A/N: Hello! Cordially it indeed was. So extensive, in fact, that I decided to try out a new format - this time more true to its core idea - imagines! First time doing the real thing, so I hope everyone likes it.

CW: Male!Reader.

Miko would be surprised to say the least. 

Yes, she indeed knew that annoying the army's second in command, just after his unit suffered heavy losses in the war, wasn't right. But she never expected to face actual consequences for her actions. She never did. The most Sara usually did was huff, flap her wings a bunch and leave when Miko amused herself at the Tengu's expense. 

And to think a human could have a worse temper than a Tengu… 

Miko never expected him to have a Vision. Unlike many others, he chose to hide it instead of showcasing it to the world, as a surprise element, Miko thought. And she suffered quite the shock one day indeed. 

She was just minding her own business, or rather making others uncomfortable and miserable for fun. A young soldier came to the shrine to pray. As he was leaving, Miko did her thing - caught his attention and marveled at his shy and uncomfortable reactions when she got too close and personal, both physically and in conversation. And then… 

Leave the boy alone, the man said. She looked at him with a mocking smile. Or what? 

He approached closer, standing barely a few inches away. He repeated his order. Leave. Him. Alone. 

Miko then huffed, annoyed at his rough tone. Ordering Kitsune, are we? You are either bold, or just not that gifted in the mind. 

What Miko didn't expect was him drawing his blade. He repeated the words one more time, but Miko summoned her weapon in response. Before she could give him a scolding speech, he already moved towards her. She summoned her shield, but it was shattered with a Pyro-infused strike, throwing her back. She quickly got to her feet, shaking the shock of the resistance she has not experienced from a mortal in hundreds of years. 

She moved on to attack, but the resonance between their visions made anything she threw at him next to useless. Even worse, he seemed to have a great deal of experience in using his vision in combat, as would be expected from a warrior of such high standing. Miko had to push down her pride and call for the shrine guards to help. 

The Kitsune expected them to be cut to pieces, but instead, the general stunned and disabled them without lethal blows. A strike with the flat side of the sword to the head was enough to knock down many guards, coupled with vicious kicks and punches. A few minutes were enough to turn a group of trained professionals into a mumbling mess on the floor, clutching their hurt heads and broken limbs. Miko growled in frustration - those humans were useless… 

Just as she was about to call Sara, a new face appeared on the mountain top. A younger man, dressed in uniform as well. Quite similar to the general, who was now holding Miko against a wall in his iron grasp. He stretched out his arm at the general. "Y/N! Don't hurt her!"

Y/N eased his grasp, letting Miko get a few gasps of air in. 

"I'm sure she didn't know!" 

"Know about what exactly?" Miko responded. 

Y/N turned at her, and practically growled out the words. "That man has lost his parents in the war, and came here to pray for their souls. And you, Yokai, have the nerve to strike at him in such a grim situation?"

Miko looked down, and for the first time in a hundred years, felt ashamed of herself. 

"Forgive me, general. I didn't know."

"You should ask him for forgiveness, Miko." Y/N dropped her to the ground, and left with his brother. 

Sara arrived shortly after the incident, and was understandably angry at Y/N. She was going to call him into court, until she learned all the details. The Tengu gladly crumpled up and discarded the file. She whipped up a new sheet of paper, and began writing a call for payment to the Guuji. It was her fault, and so it should be her wallet that covers the medical bills. 

The story was… honestly amusing to Ei. She had known Miko for quite a long time, and the moments when she got her due were always fun to hear about, even if the Archon didn't admit it openly. 

Both women, however, agreed on keeping a closer watch on Y/N. It was fine, as long as the small disagreement remained a one-off event. 

Thanks for reading!

[card-queen]

Writer Interview game

Tagged by @dithorba over here!

When did you start writing? - I can't really remember a time when I wasn't reading, writing or drawing. I remember a bit step for me was writing out the introduction for my Inazuma Eleven fan team. I had fun putting together the team's origin and making sure everyone got a spot. But I as for writing in earnest and wanting to/believing I could make something of it, that was only in the last few years after lots and lots of reading & studying.

Are there different themes or genres you enjoy reading than what you write? - I love spy fiction and horror that plays mind games. I like stories about messed up people that figure things out in the end. Most of all, I think, I like the heroes that persevere through it all and despite everything, the best part of them is still in tact.

Is there a writer you want to emulate or get compared to often? - I don't think so. I don't think anyone compares my writing or style to anyone else and I don't want to be like anyone else. I really just want to be me the whole way through.

Can you tell me a bit about your writing space? - Noise-cancelling headphones and access to my playlists of hand-picked tracked, mainly from video games, that put me in the zone to write that kind of scene. I've got folders for scenes of wonder, anguish, tension, action, battles, etc. It helps me be in the moment and they're usually from games that captured that moment so well, so it helps!

What’s your most effective way to muster up a muse? - Reading/watching bad things. Even video essays on things I don't like. Something about being really annoyed when you're reading something that goes off a cliff or seeing the faults of a project being laid out really gets my mind going. The worst feeling something can give me is apathy.

Are there any recurring themes in your writing? Do they surprise you? - Let's see... I kinda noticed a pattern of messed up siblings who are vehemently opposed but totally in-sync, to the confusion of everyone else. There is often a theme of twisted love, where it skews into obsession, overprotection or other stuff that is no longer love. Different (plausible) perspectives to events that shape peoples' views. It's all a bit vague but I'm sure some big-brain out there could spot a whole bunch of thematic similarities in what I do!

What is your reason for writing? - Because no one else is doing what I want to see!!! I want MY brand of fantasy, MY style of mystery and I'm not getting it anywhere else so I might as well!

What do you feel is your greatest strength as a writer? - My reliance on analysis. That sounds weird but hear me out! I am not smart, not by a long shot and I am not an analytical person at all!

BUT... I have learned to take things apart and understand the inner workings of them. A character who experiences X would behave in Y way and so to get more oomph out of their scenes, we sprinkle in some Z or pair them up with A. Because I break things down to such a ridiculous degree, I can better write their dialogue, understand motivations, plot out twists and schemes, and time it all just right!

I am also... terminally obsessed with making timelines for my events. Be it year-by-year or hour-by-hour. I will NOT be caught unawares by time paradoxes!!!

How do you feel about your own writing? - Some days, I feel good and some days I feel bad. Whenever I feel bad, I end up reading what I've written and then I feel good again! I cater to my own wants as a reader, which makes me doubt if there's widespread appeal at times but... I'm not making it with widespread appeal in mind. That kind of thinking makes paint-by-numbers, safe, approved by committee stuff that I don't care for. I'm carving my own path that does interest me, and maybe it interests some others too. By make no mistake: I like my writing because I am my own #1 fan.

Time to find some victims... Tagging @noisette-tornade, @vellatra, @reneethegreatandpowerful, @albicantknight, @merwetketet aaand anyone else that sees this and writes. Honestly, if you see this and don't join in, I will hunt you for sport. Be brave!

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He was still convinced that his idea was better, but he supposed he saw the benefit of something more permanent as opposed to a short, fleeting life. Shinobu and her big, beautiful brain — it was because of her that Yoimiya was pulled aside during her birthday festivities and handed over a box the size of her head rather than a wire bug cage.

“Look, I'm — I'm not great at giving gifts 'cause I usually dunno what people like. I mean, aside from my boys. I've been makin' loads of friends lately, but. . . none of 'em have been like you. Every day I'm learnin' something new about you, and it's making me like you more and more.”

Awkwardly, Itto stood a little straighter and scratched at the wild mane of hair on his head. “I told myself I wasn't going to get all ramble-y. Ahh, just open it already! C'mon, it's good! No, it's amazing! I promise!”

The box was only marginally bigger than the gift itself, but that was because the gift was wider than it was tall. Sitting at the bottom was a gorgeously painted and polished onikabuto carved from various woods across not only Inazuma, but all of Teyvat.

“Isn't it the sickest thing you've ever seen?!” He was getting excited just looking at it. His boyish glee got the better of him, and he pulled the onikabuto from its box. He was careful as he set it in his large palm, the wood warm under the light of a slowly dozing sun. “Look, the wings can open! You can set the legs how you want too, so it can sit wherever you want, however you want.”

He pried the wings open, the thicker and ordinary shell portion giving away to allow brightly colored, vibrantly painted thinner pieces to fan out. “I didn't carve all of this 'cause it would have taken me for-ever, but I painted this part. It's supposed to look like the sky when your fireworks are going off, but I'm not the best at painting.”

It wasn't terrible. If she squinted, she might see that there was meant to be a black sky behind the slathered on mess of yellows, oranges red and whites.

“I wanted to get you a real beetle, but Shinobu said this will last longer.” He huffed proudly through his nose and held the elaborate piece for her to take. “Happy Birthday, babe!! I hope you're ready to par-tay!!”

It wasn't of her own volition that her birthday was known -- whilst never turning down attention, it was kind of hard to dispute that whenever you worked in the firework business, one of the loudest, brightest things imaginable! -- it wasn't something Yoimiya made a note of, usually. Projects needed finishing, festivals were being planned, and she had kids to hang out with! They, most often, were the ones that remembered the day, greeting her with a smile, a confection, and a you didn't remember it was your birthday?!

Likewise... it was the first time she and the Oni had been close enough to celebrate one another's birthday. One or the other was usually off, skipping 'round someplace, their own methods of trouble catching up with them before their candles could be blown out, and it was only whenever a shout (likely heard across the entirety of Inazuma, no, Teyvat!) rang out that Yoimiya had turned, met by a head of hair she knew only one had, met by a smile that only he had. With how bright he shined, how could Yoimiya have noticed, quite possibly, the world's biggest gift?!

(She did notice, of course... after Itto called attention to it. Can't blame a girl for being in awe, can you?)

“Oooooh! -- but, Itto, I thought you were saving your Mora?” tick, tick, tick... “Whaaat?! You were saving it for this?! I thought you'd lost a bet or something! Or, well, probably three bets, going by the size of this—” clank, Yoimiya shifted the box around in her hands, just so: not enough to damage any delicates, but enough to gauge what could be lurking inside. “Woahhh, it sounds heavy! And-and feels heavy!”

Pop! went the lid, and brought into Itto's careful hands...

“Whoaaa...” jaw slack, Yoimiya watched attentively, spying every colorful twinkle, watching how the sun danced off of every swipe of beautifully blended paint. “Itto, you didn't - you - you would - AAH!”

Shaking with excitement, she took a leap, making up for their distance and swinging her arms 'round his neck! Careful of potentially knocking free her gift (how was that hers?! she thought of one, five, ten different places she could place it, all for visitors, the world to see!), she breathed in the scent of a soft, woodsy fragrance, the smell of freshly trimmed grass, and hot concrete; all compiled to create the smell of home. Nudging her legs to lock 'round his waist - while she had no doubt Itto could carry ten Yoimiyas', the weight being off-balance would proobably make it hard? - she peppered loud, loving smooches 'cross his jawline, his cheeks, kissing along every red streak, happiness washing over her in waves.

“Itto, seriously, you didn't have to do all of this - and I knoww, I knoww, 'you're my girl! I'd do it anyway!' but, but - I just,” eye-level, she placed one more kiss, right at his lips. “Thank you. Seriously! This is so, so, so cool, I dunno' how the whole world hasn't heard about it yet! Guess we'll have to start at telling everyone at this party, huh?”

Nose-to-nose, Yoimiya hoped her smile was felt, as well as seen. For Itto to know how truly, truly happy he had made her, gift or no gift.

“I love you, you big, stubborn oni. Aaand ~ I love this! A whole, whole, super lot! We have to show the kids first, they're going to go crazy!!”

@xamassed, for Yoimiya's birthday (6/21). ♥

[cashewally-sarcastic]

I'd love to I'm a big fan of women

Alrighty!

So our lovely woman, Ms. Ei/Raiden Shogun, archon of electro (lightning) and eternity!

This is her appearance :) (she's pretty i want an excuse to show the tcg card design)

So! Backstory! Ei (who also has the name Beelzebub) is actually a twin! She has a twin sister named Makoto, who was also the original archon of Inazuma and the god of eternity (though there's a bit of difference there and it's actually interesting tbh)

(This is Makoto)

Ei was her shadow, basically Makoto was the public face and Ei was the fighter behind the scenes since they were identical twins. They also both had 3 other friends (a tengu, an oni, and a kitsune) and were pretty chill!

But then shit happened. Ei's friends started dying all around her. The tengu was a general who died in a fight against a serpent god, the oni got corrupted by the abyss and Ei herself had to fight her, and the kitsune died during the cataclysm 500 years ago after fighting to her last.

And to top it all off, Ei's twin sister (Makoto) was summoned to Khanri'ah, which is the epicenter of the whole disaster. Makoto was NOT the fighter, Ei was, and Makoto died. Ei got there too late and her sister died in her arms. Ei, in her grief, saved Makoto's consciousness in her dying moments (it's quite beautiful there). A giant sakura tree appeared in the place her consciousness was saved, and it absorbed all the filth/abyss in Inazuma at the time. Then, as the NEW archon, Ei was grieving and wasn't ready to be in charge emotionally.

So she made a puppet, giving up her physical form so she could not erode and could be eternal (there was also a fucked up first attempt who is TECHNICALLY her son he has a whole thing this will get too long.), and then closed herself off from the world.

Cut to game story!

When Traveler (MC) gets to inazuma, the entire nation is locked down. No elemental powers allowed, no one leaves, no one comes in, everything is eternal because Ei doesn't want change. (Skip main story rebellion fighting stuff, the puppet executes a woman on screen, etc.), Her friend/familiar/??? named Yae Miko barges into Ei's isolation and tells her that she can't keep doing this, and Ei does agree. After some time, Ei then has to confront her old self after a bit of self reflection and growth, along with understanding her dead sister's views on eternity. She has to fight the puppet she made in her grief, which was programmed to never let things change in Inazuma, which Ei now doesn't want anymore.

Then, with some time shenanigans (god of time), Ei plants the sakura tree that appeared in the past, giving her past self time to grieve basically, and saying goodbye to Makoto for the last time.

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Living in the Fray: Chapter Eleven

'Good morning Chase fans and welcome to day two of the Convict Chase with me Terry St. Vincent and Naoko Harada Walker! Thanks to Paul for covering the night shift and letting us get some rest so we can be with you for what we hope is another exciting day!'

Terry St. Vincent was an alarmingly happy and cheerful man today especially as he was fronting the Chase show for a change and wasn't in the shadow of Paul Adams. Naoko even got more screen time too which she relished in. Out of the three hosts, Naoko was an actual journalist and hosted many informative documentaries over the years as well as the New Edo ten o'clock news three nights a week. She enjoyed doing something different once in a while to give herself a break from the seriousness and the Chase was the perfect occasion to do so.

'We're coming up for the first twenty four hour mark, meaning we will have thirty hours, twenty three minutes and fifty seven seconds left of this years Chase. If you haven't been watching, here's a recap of the Chase so far.'

Naoko led the way in to a round up segment showing key moments that had happened. Krieger's first kill mere seconds after the Chase had begun, Daisuke Akiyama's disqualification by killing one of his contracts and not one of the cons, followed by Frank's harbour front shooting and then finishing off with Krieger's second kill of convict Andrea Toles by beheading her with her sword, Inazuma.

'So Captain Krieger is currently in the lead with two kills followed by Frank Da Costa with one. Freddie Wilson is yet to get on the scoreboard and Daisuke Akiyama has been disqualified.'

Michael had the right idea and cooked breakfast for everyone as and when they arrived on the Osiris instead of making everything beforehand. They weren't too late though which wasn't that bad. Instead of preparing the weird greasy breakfasts he was made to make at the café place he worked at before he joined the crew he made a wide array of easy dishes. Eggs benedict with fresh muffins from the bakery up the road, lean bacon and homemade hollandaise sauce, fluffy blueberry pancakes, BLT sandwiches on malted toasted bread and even some options for the body building Justin; of scrambled eggs and avocado on whole-wheat toast and protein pancakes made with bananas. Justin was impressed with Michael's cooking and made it clear that he was quite possibly his most favourite person in the galaxy as he knew what to make and make it well.

'Favourite person in the galaxy next to my wife and kids I should say. She'd kill me, if I didn't say that.' Justin cringed a little bit as he corrected himself.

The crew watched the Chase coverage on a small holoscreen mounted in the ships galley as they ate their breakfast. Funnily enough they were watching the Chase Hunters having breakfast. Freddie was in a typical American diner tucking in to what was essentially desert for breakfast; waffles and pancakes. Frank was in some very fancy French Bistro having coffee from a cafetiere with some very intricate pastries and a selection of fresh fruit and yoghurt.

Krieger however was in fact like she had planned, sat in the West End Breakfast Emporium. The English greasy spoon café owned by Ernie and Cindy Carter from good old London, was big enough to hold a fairly small proportion of the British residents of New Edo and coincidentally was the only place on the whole planet that knew what a full English breakfast was. So it got a lot of business; not only from its British regulars but from people who had heard from said Brits that a full English breakfast was the best thing for curing a hangover. And New Edo was the spiritual home of hangovers.

'What can I get you Cas? The usual?' Cindy asked as she wandered up to the table Krieger was just about to sit down at.

'Better make it a large pot of coffee Cindy I got a long day today ahead of me.' She smiled extra hard at Cindy as she saw she was wearing a Team Krieger badge on her apron.

'Sure thing. ERNIE! KRIEGER'S USUAL!' She screamed in the direction of the kitchen at her husband as she walked back behind the counter to fix a pot of coffee for Krieger. Ernie had briefly popped his head out but soon went back in as his wife was advancing.

Krieger's usual wasn't exactly a full English breakfast but it was what she could handle. She went for the standard breakfast but with a few things taken away and a few additions. She never had black pudding or baked beans but supplemented their removal with extra fried mushrooms and an extra hash brown. So on the serving platter sized plate that was eventually presented to her were two fried eggs, three rashers of back bacon, a few plum tomatoes, three hash browns, two pork sausages and a mound of fried button mushrooms with a side of buttered white bread and a huge pot of coffee to wash it all down.

The coffee was the first thing to go. Krieger downed it with an ample amount of milk and sugar that she dumped in to her mug. Cindy graciously brought her out another pot knowing that she would want another. Krieger delved in to her breakfast; shovelling everything in her mouth looking like she barely chewed anything on its way down. Ernie always cooked breakfasts to perfection and this was exactly what she needed right now. She ate everything that was on her plate, mopping up the residual yolky egg with the last piece of bread. Saving Cindy a trip back to her table, Krieger picked up her plate and took it up to the serving counter.

'As always, perfect breakfast.' Krieger said as she handed over her plate to Cindy. Ernie had finally come out of the kitchen in the back, wiping his hands on a blue and white striped tea towel. Krieger noticed Ernie was also wearing a Team Krieger badge on his apron. She approved. Krieger then placed her finger on the scanner on the counter to pay for her breakfast as Ernie began talking.

'Think you're gonna get another today?' Ernie asked while his wife tended to the plate Krieger had given her.

'I hope so, it's up in the air though there's only two cons left and three hunters.'

'Well we're cheering for you anyway Krieger.'

She grinned.

'How much you put down on me winning this year?'

'Five thousand creds.' Ernie chuckled.

'Well I'll do my best and make sure you score big. I better dash, I'll be winning fuck all if I don't get hunting.'

'Stay safe sweetheart.' Cindy called over as Krieger turned to leave. She smiled and waved as she made her way through the door, instantly getting on neural comms to Ronson as her feet hit the pavement.

'Morning babes, you got owt for me?'

'Nothing yet. New Edo's barely woken up and had its first ciggy yet I bet everybody's still hungover from last night, or they're at work already.'

Krieger sighed. She hated slow Chases. It meant a lot of waiting around for nothing to happen and the only time you'd ever really find a con was if you got lucky on your search or if they made the mistake of being pinged on one of the many CCTV cameras dotted around.

'Right.' Krieger squinted her eyes and pinched the bridge of her nose as if it would help her think better. 'Um, lets try some profiling see if that gets us anywhere. Get me some info on the cons we have left send it to my ocular.'

'Okay... two secs... There.'

Krieger's left eye HUD lit up with photos of one of the cons and some text showing some statistics; height, ages, weight and so on.

'Okay so this is Jax. Real name unknown but it was changed by deed poll years ago. Six foot two, two hundred and five pounds of what seems to be pure muscle, mixed race black and white. Associated with the Outer World Liberation Front as a mere foot soldier. That's all I got on him, seems like the OWLF are pretty good at getting rid of or fabricating information.'

'You don't think he could be one of their suicide bombers?

'Possibly, they tend to leave that up to the brainwashed underlings. They usually get them to assassinate difficult to reach targets without any regards to the consequences.'

'And is Jax one of them? You got his arrest record?' Krieger questioned. Knowing what some of the OLWF minions were like from previous attacks; if Jax was a disposable soldier then he was most likely going after somebody important or he was planning on bombing somewhere or a whole bunch of people during his time out of jail. Krieger was thinking the latter. The mission was never quite over for them and prison wouldn't stop them from finishing it.

'Ookay.' Ronson started. 'He was arrested a few times back on Earth when he was a member of an Animal Rights Group. Cut to the new galaxy and he's only had two arrests, one for punching a police officer during a supposedly peaceful protest and the second arrest is what landed him in prison. Bombed the trade docks on Moralis. They caught him shortly after about to set a bomb off on the Boston Swing Bridge from the mainland to the dock island.'

'He's not coming out any time soon. You get any breakfast yet?' Krieger asked.

'In a mo, they're replenishing to buffet table soon. Erik can't half put it away.'

Krieger smiled a little imagining Erik towering over the buffet table loading up on whatever he could fit on a plate. She brought herself back round to the real world and lit a cigarette as she walked through the streets. New Edo was wide awake by now and people were going about their business as normal. Of course a bunch of the pubs were already teaming with people watching the Chase on their holoscreens with a cheeky morning pint.

'So what about the last guy, Clements?'

'Sending info now.'

Krieger received the information again on her left eye HUD with more blurb about Clement and a few more pictures that cycled through on a slideshow. They were only shown a few photos of each con before the Chase started. Either way, none of them were good photos.

'Jesus Christ he looks like he fuck a warm muffin.'

Krieger could hear Ronson choking slightly at the comment she made. She could hear him giggle a bit then heard him drinking something, followed by a small cough as if he were trying to compose himself.

'Never mind fucking warm muffins, this sick bastard had a penchant for drunk women and little girls.'

'Oh this guys getting torn to pieces. I'd even let the others do it so long as he suffers.'

'Well nobody has seen him at all. I've had a look at some of his psyche reports and this guy is evil. Nine counts of rape on adult women, five of which were murdered and four counts of sexual abuse on minors; one he molested and raped on and off over 3 years and two of which he also killed. The last one committed suicide several years later when she was only thirteen.'

'He has a compulsion by the sound of it. How long has he been locked up for?'

'Three years and seven months.'

'And he's on the nonce wing?'

'Yep, far away from Gen Pop.'

Krieger's skin was crawling just thinking about this awful excuse for a human being. She figured Ronson was lousy at the thought of this guy too.

'So he's been in all that time, away from everybody else. Yeah he's either gonna keep his head down or he's out to get his jollies one last time before he gets slotted.'

'That's what I think he'd do.' Ronson sighed deeply.

'Ugh I hate when they send pedos for the Chase. I mean this is a fucked up planet but we have barely any of those sick fucks.' Krieger shook her head.

'Even New Edo resident pedos don't last five minutes when they get outed, the locals go after them.'

'Well one of us better get to him before they do. It's still a competition.'

'You better get cracking then. Last proper full day and night to search for these arseholes.'

Krieger could hear a slight sense of urgency in Ronson's voice, meaning he wanted her to wrap this up as soon as possible and get those final kills in. She knew damn well he had a shopping list with expensive things on it waiting to be checked off during a spree and the Chase win money Krieger would give him would pay for it all. He had the money to begin with but he never wanted to dip in to that. Krieger thought it was funny but to be honest, she was exactly the same. The pair of them came from backgrounds that never allowed treating themselves or excessive spending thanks to a disposable income. But now after amassing a huge amount of money they learned how to budget for their treats and daily living expenses; spend money coming to you, not what you already have saved. Krieger knew Ronson was eying up some designer clothing and a brand new kitchen for his apartment. Bespoke as well.

The crew of the Osiris were now busy milling about the ship after the fabulous breakfast Michael had prepared. While they were all enjoying the Chase so far, they were looking forward to the trades holiday that came directly after. The trades holiday happened every year directly after the Chase; three days of all factories on New Edo closing to allow all their staff time for rest and to allow deep cleaning crews and engineers to come in and make everything ship shape and Bristol fashion. But of course with this being New Edo, it meant that those three days would be spent drunk. The crew of the Osiris however like a lot of the people off during this time would spend most of the holiday down at the beach. Sometimes without Krieger if she had been seriously injured during the Chase and had to spend time in a tank of MediGel down at the local clinic. She tried to make sure that didn't happen though, she'd rather spend time with her crew at the beach than stark bollock naked in a tank of some mad perfluorocarbon-esq goop that felt and smelt like wallpaper paste.

'I don't think the boss is gonna get the next one.' Jess spoke up.

'I don't think she will either.' Faye added.

The other's looked at them both, wondering if this sudden outburst was some kind of psychic twin moment. Jess was already placing a bet on who she thought was get the next kill. Faye was doing the same on another betting site. Michael was wondering if they were all in on it, as if Krieger was not getting certain kills on purpose to benefit the crew who were betting on her. He thought against it, she did seem pretty pissed off when she didn't get to Frank's kill on time to steal it from him.

Michael then thought he'd stick a bet on his Boss to win. He had a few hundred credits going spare saved over from his last pay check so he decided to stick a hundred credits down on Krieger to win overall. He'd get a pretty decent return on that bet if she won so he'd have a bit more to stick in his savings pot.

The crew watched their Boss on screen as she walked through the streets of New Edo, stopping occasionally to chat to a few people and sign a few autographs. Eventually the cameras following her were lead to Hideki's bar. The footage then cut from Krieger to Freddie and Frank who were both still having an elongated breakfast. Freddie could be seen from outside Joe's Twenty Four Hour Diner which did an awesome burger and amazing fried chicken but served anything that could be considered dessert as breakfast. Frank however was doing the usual of sitting outside one of the nicer bistros enjoying a leisurely breakfast of pastries, fruit and coffee. And of course it being Frank, several good looking women were sat at his table flirting away with him.

Daytime was usually slow on the Chase. Most of the programme during the daytime and afternoon was filled with segments about greatest kills or spectacular fails from previous years; Krieger appearing many times in both and sometimes with Frank as their competition with each other sometimes came to a head. Frank and Krieger were kill stealers, especially with each other. Frank's most remembered steal from Krieger was when he got some of his big American Football/Rugby playing sports mates to literally tackle and carry her away from her target she was just about to shoot. Krieger's most remembered steal was when Frank was about to shoot his target, but she threw an egg and cress sandwich at his head and it smacked him straight in the face; the egg concoction clung to his face and slid down right on to his designer suede jacket. Frank lost his shit. Krieger lost her sandwich.

'What's the Boss doing at Hideki's' Michael asked his crew mates bar Zach who were all back in the rec room of the Osiris, watching the Chase day two on the big holoscreen. 'They got information for her?'

'Yep.' Devin answered. 'She has a bit of a network who relay info to the guys at Hideki's and Bab's at her bar.'

'Hunters are only allowed to communicate with their handlers via the neuromod, but they are allowed to collect info by other means.' Tony added as he sipped at a hot mug of coffee.

It dawned on Michael that he knew bugger all about the Chase. In fact he knew bugger all about what was going on in the rest of the galaxy. If it wasn't for his workmates he'd still be in the dark about everything.

'She's probably having a mid-morning pint too.' Tony chuckled.

Krieger was absolutely going to have a mid-morning pint. Hideki's bar was quite busy for this early time in the morning but it was also quiet due to some specific customers. There were a small group of Voxon males sat around one of the big tables, all looking at a pitcher of beer with empty glasses in front of them.

'Oh shit.' Krieger said over neurocomms to Ronson as she walked in to the bar. 'There's a bunch of Voxon in Hideki's.'

'Ooof, good luck with that.' Ronson replied.

Krieger sailed past the group and leant on the bar, looking up at Hideki who had been wiping down the counters with a pleading look in her eyes saying "pint now, I beg of you!" He complied instantly without saying a word.

'Oh! Look! That's Captain Cassandra Krieger of the Osiris! Hello Captain. Please come and join us in the drinking of alcoholic beverages.'

Hideki slid the fresh pint over to Krieger with a touch of a grin on his face at what one of the Voxon group who recognised her.

'Here's your alcoholic beverage Captain.' He said through his grin. Krieger picked up the glass and gave Hideki a look consisting of annoyance with a touch of venom. Time to be nice in the face of perfection.

[eimoonie]

NEW GENSHIN IMPACT OC (Original Character)

Chichiro

Information-:

Chichiro is a half cat half human whose job is to dance! She's from fontaine. Red haired girl with Shrine Maiden like colour palette Outfit. She has a big community of people whos is a fans of hers, She gets angry easily giving off an tsundere vibes. Once you known her for long, she'll acts very nice to people.

Backstory -:

Her mom was once a dancer who willingly to dance til death, Young Chichiro promise to her mother that she'll becomes exactly like her mom when she grown up. A lot of lessons was took, Chichiro practices hard to be number one like her mother. She promise her mom that she'll make a new generation. Some people praise her for her hard work, Some people was even inspired by her, Some even get too jealous. Her mother was proud to grow such beautiful child. That until her father comes home from adventuring at Inazuma, with the smell of alcohol and dirty looks. At such young ages, she quietly cries as her's parents argues. The arguing stop and her dad had enough, threatens her Mother if she doesn't get out from this house, he will stab her. Chichiro's mother got away with out even bring her. Locks her door and runs away from the window is what Chichiro did.

She sleep at a forest that was nearby her house until a guy found her, he takes her home and puts her down near a fireplace. When it was morning, she wokes up to her mother talking with the guy who bring her here. "Mom don't have time to explain but from now on, you'll live with this guy."

She left and the guy told Chichiro to get dressed in more of a comfortable outfit. Chichiro wears a dress that was kind of from Inazuma. As she grows up, Chichiro becomes a amazing dancer with the help of her father figure. "Chichiro, I brought some fabric from Inazuma. This might help make your outfit more beautiful." "thank you, Mr Alexis." Surprisely Alexis was the guy's name, his family was from Inazuma. His job was to make beautiful dresses for Chichiro, they worked together to create a new generation. Soon Chichiro makes public shows and earning money day by day. After a few days at the present time, Chichiro overheard some people talking, saying that her mother has passed away. The reason she passed away? Her own husband killed her while she was sleeping, Chichiro soon ran to the place where she know that her father will be there. There was no one which mean her father has already been arrested. She lives her days at her locked room, crying and mourning her mother loss with some anger on her dad, Alexis leave her food in front of her room. Few days has passed and Alexis was concerned about Chichiro. This day was the day when she came out of her room, earning moneys outside. Someone offers a job to Chichiro while she was performing. It was a job to perform at stage. The person said the stage wasn't really big, it was to entertain people.

Accepting the job, and finally Chichiro has a stage where she can perform freely.

I promised my mother, My father was a jerk, Mr Alexis is really nice, My Manager is sweet.

(She was mostly based of Nilou and Diona)

[moni-harmonia]

I can’t believe Sumeru is just about a week away. While it’s true that I look at some leaks I’m mainly interested in knowing what the future banners are gonna be so that I can save primogems when I need to. I haven’t actually seen the Sumeru trailers because I want to explore and discover everything about it myself.

I did read some interesting info, like Tighnari being added to the standard in the 3.1 update. That’s great but I’m wondering if that means beginners will be able to acquire Dendro materials at the beginning of the game. Imagine if you start playing during 3.0 and you get Tighnari and/or Collei, or any Dendro character after that, how are you supposed to level them up or get them Dendro artifacts if you can’t get to Sumeru? There has to be some way right? We’ll see I guess.

There’s also the fact that 3.0, 3.1 and 3.2 will be a week shorter. I’m happy about this because it means we’re gonna get back into the intended schedule after 2.7 got delayed. I understand some people may have wanted those 3 extra weeks to save more primogems, but I’m more interested in getting the characters I want ASAP lol

[satorugojooo]

Night strolls

Ayato x reader

Warnings: none, just fluff <3

A/n: did yall see Ayato? I'm actually about to pass out because of how he looks AND HIS VOICE OH MY GOD 😳💗

"Good evening my lady." Ayato said with a soft voice as he glanced at you.

"Greetings Ayato, enjoying the evening?" you said with your fan at your lips and he smiled.

"Now even more because of you." he told you and you blushed.

"Ah yes indeed, how have you been lately?" you said as you started to walk next to him. He just chuckled and looked down at you.

"Do you really wish to know?" he said and you looked at him.

"You are a dear friend of mine Ayato, of course I wish to know, plus, your sister would worry if she wouldn't know how you are, you need to open up a little." you said and he gave a defeated sign.

"Fine fine, I surrender myself to your mighty judgement!" he said and you laughed.

"How can such a serious head of the Yashiro Comission and head of the Kamisato clan be so playful sometimes?" you asked and he just smiled.

"I must admit that this is just the effect you have upon me my lady." he said and looked down at you once again.

"Still the same charmer I see." you said with a small grin and he got closer to you.

"Only for you my dear." he said and you tried not to die there from how flustered you got. Right now you were at the bridge from Inazuma city, near the water and that small shrine for the kitsune. As you looked at the sky, you sighted.

"Ah its such a beautiful night, I wish we could stay like this, no clan affairs, no etiquette lessons or way to act before everyone, here we can be ourselves." you said.

"Indeed very beautiful." he said and you looked at him only to see that he wasn't looking at the sky, oh no, quite the opposite, he was looking at you with such an adoration.

"Ayato-" you tried to say but he held your hands so you would look at him.

"Look, I know that maybe you think it would be complicated for us to start something, after all we both rule over clan's with big duties, but, believe me, we can make it trough together." he said and looked at you in the eyes.

"But... What about the others? If we get together, they will expect us to marry, have heirs, and our whole relationship will be public..." you said and he took your cheek in his hand.

"You don't have to do all that if you don't feel like it, we are the own rulers of our lives, so why care about what the others think?" he said and you looked at his blue orbs. They were charming, just like his sister's eyes.

"I- alright, if you really think it could work, I'm willing to give it a chance." you said and he smiled at you slowly approaching you. When you were at centimeters away from his face, he connected your lips with his, kissing you sweetly. You felt as if this was the right thing to happen, a lot of thoughts invaded your head and all you could think of was him, the one you loved soo much.

When you broke, he looked at you and caressed your cheeks with his fingers.

"What about you come and have dinner with me and my sister? I'm sure she would enjoy your company as much as I do." he said and you chuckled.

"How could I refuse to see Ayaka and Thoma, I missed them so much, but I missed you even more." you added and he smirked.

"I didn't expect anything else my dear, after all I'm your soul mate." he said and you rolled your eyes.

"As you say "lord" Kamisato. "you said and he grabbed your waist pushing you into him.

"You will get to see me as lord Kamisato too one day, dear, just wait and see." he said and grinned as you blushed hard.

And with that, you both headed to the Kamisato Estate.

Hope you enjoyed! :D

Requests are opened, just text me or request me stuff, I write about genshin characters, bsd, jjk, mha and aot characters tho <333

And don't forget, Ayato wanters will be Ayato havers, hopefully me included 🤣

[demonslayedher]

Thunder Bro Bentou & Language Nerdery

You know how long I've been waiting for peaches to come back into season? Besides that, this is unagi season. I can find unagi year-round, but since it's expensive, I've never bothered buying a big kabayaki slab of eel. I made my bentou and then sat down to eat the leftovers and found I wasn't enjoying the texture as much as other times I've had eel, and I wondered... is this even cooked? A friendly reminder that the "Kimetsu Kitchen" section of my blog is not instructional, but it is a place were I make stupid mistakes so you don't have to. I learned right away that eel must be cooked or it will kill you with toxins in its blood, so there was a moment of Zenitsu-style panic. What I also learned is that although kabayaki unagi is precooked, it is not meant to be eaten as-is like the unagi on sushi, you are absolutely supposed to heat it up, especially by grilling it. I have regrets on the bentou.

Something I wanted to make sure to incorporate in the bentou was rice, as rice has a lot of cultural ties to lightning. It's thought that lightning is the animating principle, or what gives life to rice plants (稲, whereas rice itself is 米), thereby making lighting a hallowed element of rice cultivation, and by extension a holy phenomenon in a culture that circles around rice cultivation. This is why the Second Form of Thunder Breath is called "Rice Spirit." As an attack name, it's Inadama, written as 稲魂, but as Kaigaku's surname in Kimetsu Academy, it's 稲玉. While this Breath is named for thunder, "kaminari" (雷), there's a lot of ways to refer to lightning/thunder, like other ways of reading the basic character 雷 like "ikazuchi" or writing "ikazuchi" in the more rare "霆" or referring to violent, blasting thunder in rarer terms like "Hekireki" 霹靂 (yes, as in "Thunderclap and Flash"). There's a whole long list of most basic compound kanji words to fit a bunch of difference nuances of thunder and lightning, included kanji that are typically only used in those words and you're just doubling up on the "thunder" meaning to really get the thundering point across. This is getting really, really archaic, but you know how the Thunder Pillar is called "Nari-bashira" (Roaring Pillar, 鳴柱)? Thunder also used to be called "Narukami" (鳴神). "Nari" and "naru" are the same "roaring" verb, and you might have noticed this is like word "kaminari" but in a different order. You could think of both words with the same meaning: "roar of the gods" or "roaring god." And, if the holiness of lightning hasn't been blasted into your head hard enough yet, the word for god (神) itself also used to be the word used for thunder, just that, on its own. It's not just a major force of nature and a pretty show and big sound, it is a divine force to be reckoned with.

Let's bring this back to rice. One of the more common words, which is more in reference to the blast of electricity itself instead of only the sound it makes, is "inazuma" 稲妻, one of at least a couple words for lightning/thunder which includes the character for rice plants. It's very amusing that it's "rice plant" and "wife" but even more amusing if you're a fan of the Thunder Bros:

Inadama: 稲玉 Agatsuma: 我妻 Like how Jigorou (by the way, "goro" is the sound thunder makes) wanted the two of them to serve as a Pillar together to complete each other in the areas they lack, their names are also like one whole split into two pieces. And while I'm at this, let's get into their first names, even though that's taking us further from the rice topic: Kaigaku: 獪岳 "crafty" & "peak/mountain" Zenitsu: 善逸 "virtue" & "flee"

Okay, like, rude. Did the same cynical monk with a bad sense of humor pick up both orphans and name them? "You're a sly and crafty one, I can tell. The very peak of craftiness. And you? When you see the virtuous thing to do, you're going to turn around and flee from doing that." I've played with Zenitsu's name a bit more in this One-Shot fic, but something that I find interesting about Kaigaku's name is that, like Himejima's, it contains a geological reference which isn't very commonly used. We certainly see Kaigaku live up to his name in his brief appearances, he's got his sights on lofty goals and will do whatever sly things he needs to do to get there. In their final exchange with one another, he and Zenitsu make a lot of references to "善悪" (zen'aku), what's "right and wrong." More deeply, what's virtuous and good, and what is evil. It's in being directly contrasted to his lightning counterpart Kaigaku that Zenitsu stops fleeing and lives up to the good in his name. And, when it came down to it, Kaigaku was the one who twice chose cowardly actions to save himself. Anyway, rice. The rice in this bentou happens to be from the Izumo region, home to a bunch of Shinto culture (including many legends surrounding a rice harvest goddess, Inata-hime) and a strong magatama culture, though Kaigaku's is the more standard shape with a pointed end instead of the knobby Izumo shape. I only note these details because I'm an Izumo region nerd, not because I think Kaigaku is from there. That said, magatama are said to help bring forth and focus one's spiritual power, so like, there you go, that's a meaning behind his motif. I got the blue color on the rice by using butterfly pea flower tea, cool, huh? As for the greens, that's a vegetable called "kaiware." I just picked it out because it says "kai" and "ware" sounds like the verb for splitting something apart. Sometimes my thoughts are simple puns.

[chocoenvy]

You play the lyre for them

I'VE WANTED THIS FOR A LONG TIME BUT I CAN WRITE SO HERE YOU GO SELF INDULGENT BLURB OF WHOLESOMENESS <3

Warnings: Cult-ish behavior. Wholesomeness. Zhongli's part contains spoilers for the liyue archon quest. Ei's part contains minor spoilers for the inazuma archon quest.

Idk what this formatting is called but i wrote little scenes for multiple characters here they are in order: Venti, Zhongli, Ei, and Jean

Venti is absolutely estatic when you pull out the lyre you had gotten from the windblume festival. Lucky for you, you still have access to all of the items in your inventory so you pull it from thin air in front of him.

"Sorry if it's bad I'm not used to actually playing it." You smile sheepishly.

He waves it off, "Anything you play will be amazing!"

Your fingers hover for a bit, trying to think of a song to play. Nothing too hard, something easy. Strangely, when you had the song in mind and you remembered how you played it on your device, your fingers simply moved on their own. Strumming the lyre in a simple pattern, playing a song from your world. You hummed along to it, with a big grin on your face.

Venti almost has tears in his eyes. It's simple but you're so happy. You're so happy playing the instrument he is known for that he loves so much! The wind calmed down and was silent as your melody filled a corner of Mondstat. When you had finished the small tune you giggled.

"It's so nice to play that song, it's been a while since I've heard it."

Venti nearly tackled you to the ground in a hug. Tears were in the corners of his eyes,

"Your grace you have no idea how happy it makes me to hear you play! I'd give anything to listen to it all day!" Venti, with his head burried in your shoulder, was already coming up with a song to sing in favor of his god. One you would hopefully play with the same grin you had on today.

Zhongli, while not the biggest fan of the lyre, was still exictedly waiting for what you would play. As your "bodyguard" or "guardian" he was by your side almost 24/7. So eventually he was going to hear you play or practice.

When you pulled out the lyre from your inventory, Zhongli immediately perked up. He said nothing as you mindlessly strummed a random pattern.

Then a thought struck you. What if... no, that'd hurt him. Would he even recognize it though? It's in the game's soundtrack I don't think they'd be able to recognize it... Well, I might as well try?

Uncertaintly, with Zhongli's feelings in mind, you strummed what you remembered of the song. You didn't want to stir up any feelings in him, but honestly you were stirring up your own feelings. With the tune and Zhongli sitting right in front of you, and knowing what happened to her, you had tears pricking the back of your eyes.

Zhongli sat still, his eyebrows furrowed together. He wasn't sure why or how, but the melody was stirring memories from when he was Rex Lapis. When he was the untstoppable god in the archon war, and when he lost... her. He assumed it was your godly powers stirring up these emotions in him. Or perhaps it was a test? To prove his loyalty to you by bringing up memories of someone he cared so much about?

He barely breathed as you finished up the song. You tentatively and worridly glanced at him. He was motionless, as his eyes met yours, there wasn't a glint of emotions you could see in his eyes.

He smiled, "That was a lovely song your grace. May I ask, where you heard it from. It sounds familiar."

There it was, the smallest crack in his voice. He recognized it. He knew who it was connected to.

Zhongli nearly jumped a foot in the air when you laughed, tears almost falling down your face.

"It's hard to explain but it's called Lover's Oath, or, as many people like to call it where I come from, Guizhong's Lullaby." A tear fell down your face.

Zhongli never felt more exposed or connected to someone. You truly were his god, he realized. There was no way you weren't. You were crying at Guizhong's death. Just as he did, just as he should. But he couldn't shake how her name sounded on someone else's lips- your lips. It was like a wall between the past and present broke. She was still rememebered. By the god they both revered so much. The god she loved, remembers and cried for her passing.

And Zhongli, too, cried that day. For the friend he lost, and the hole in both of your hearts where you loved Guizhong.

Ei was definetely not one for music, but when you pulled out the lyre after a stressful day she couldn't help but stop what she was doing and listen.

Your melody was beautiful, she concluded, nothing complicated, but soothing all the same.

It when you started singing that her heart was taken away. The lyrics struck her right in her heart and made her weak at her knees (thank god you? she was sitting down). It wasn't a song she knew, but every word you sang she committed to memory. So that she may return the favor and perhaps sing you something if you were feeling unwell. Although singing was far from her specialty, she'd do anything for you.

"Did you like it?" You asked, grinning eagerly.

"I loved it," Ei smiled softly, "Please, if you'd like to, sing for me more?"

Jean was refusing to take a break from her duties as acting grand master. It was comendable how much she worked, but it was just insane. You were tempted to use your godly "powers" to force her take a break (use your puppy dog eyes and beg until she sighed and finally did it). But you decided for a different route this time.

You brought out the lyre and played like a toddler that barely knows how to use their fingers. Jean couldn't exactly kick you out of her office, well, she could but Zhongli would give her hell for it. So you had free reign to annoy her with your god-awful music as much as you wanted.

When you finished your piss poor execution of your song, with the chords and notes all wrong. Jean held her head in her hand, no doubt a headache forming.

She smiled, "That was amazing your grace, I'm glad you're enjoying Mondstat's culture enough to partake in it."

You were at a loss for words. One: She complimented you purposefully trying to be bad. Two: She deadass lied to you. Looked you in the eyes and lied about that being amazing. Three: Why was she so sweet?! Thank you for enjoying Mondstat's culture?! Babe! With how bad you played it was more of an insult!

"Jean," You sighed, "I was- you-... Take a break, please. You need it, especially if you think that's good." You nearly collapsed at how insufferably polite Jean was.

"Your grace-"

"Nope! Too late, come on!" You grabbed her hand and pratically dragged her away from her desk, "When was the last time you ate?"

[catsaystuff]

Update on the inazuma eleven go galaxy watch. the fact that they managed to win the qualifiers with that team is incredibly funny to me . like love all of them but wow does all the other teams suck.

Anyway doesn't really matter that we won because turns out all this time we've been playing against ALIENS because some big bad ones are trying to take over the galaxy and whoever wins gets to live. awesome. good to know. hope we don't die 👍

AND OKAY I DON'T WANNA SOUND LIKE A NERD BUT THE TRAIN IS SO FUCKING COOL. LOOK AT IT.

though I have to admit. it annoys me a lot the fact that JP is there. like. I really didn't want him there. each day I like him less and less. sorry to all JP fans out there .

On a different topic, I really really like the idea of totems!!! I think they're really cool and I can't wait to see what animal has each person (I did NOT expect trina to have a fox but go off ig)

Zack was a hilarious addition though. they really went "fuck Zanark was too popular we have to add him" "you won't believe the idea I just had"

totally normal guy here.

little detail!!! HOW DID NO ONE NOTICE VIKTOR WAS KIDNAPPED . WHY IS HE SO CHILL ABOUT IT TOO. LIKE WHO R U

If I were him I'd be OFFENDED no one realized it wasn't me. like my brother in Christ you didn't even try.

I'm probably forgetting something I wanted to talk about but who cares. let's end up with a tier list as of right after the Sand people / Viktor gets kidnapped and before the what I think is Falco's backstory.

Maybe the real treasure were the galaxies we doomed to destruction along the way

[fanfiction-funtime]

Spritefather and Selene Interaction

A fan drabble for @clouds-rambles, I hope I characterized Selene right

Without much prompting it's a tad hard to write like this, but I hope it works.

Also I hope you don't mind me mentioning Cael amnesia anon.

(Selene was hanging out with Cael when Venti makes trouble, bringing the night to a close)

(Selene pov)

Yet again, I had to drag Cael's boyfriend out of the bar. This time because he thought someone was insulting his father and punched them, but he was just talking about some mythological person called 'Spritefather'.

I haven't thought about that story in a long time, not since I was a kid. Something about him being able to "use all elements" or something and how he "taught Barbados about freedom", maybe I'll ask Lisa about it.

"Excuse me madam, my father needs to speak to that man you're carrying. Please, hand him to me." I heard a voice from behind me say, the accent was a thick Schneznayan one.

I turned around to meet the person, a woman in an outfit that wouldn't look out of place in a family portrait of old Schneznayan nobility, they also held a vision.

A cryo vision.

I three Venti into a hay pile and summoned my spear, "your a pretty bad liar, LA SIGNORA!"

"No wait! You've got it all w-" I jabbed at her with my spear, using conduct to increase it's power, "I said wait!-"

"I don't bargain with people who hurt my friends!" Hehe, that was a cool line, nice one Selene.

"W-WHAT!? HOW DARE YOU INSINUATE THAT I WOULD HURT MY OWN BROTHER!" The woman gasped and pointed behind me.

I looked back and saw an abyss mage sneaking away with Venti.

"HEY! THAT'S MY BROTHER/BEST FRIEND'S BOYFRIEND!"

The mage noticed and bolted away. We chased it all the way to star conch cliff, where it threw Venti over the edge.

"Haha! Do your worst human! I have already completed my mission! Now without your precious archon, mondstadt will-!"

A tornado of water sprouted up from the sea, then froze in place. From the newly formed spiral of ice rose a cloaked man, and around him were 6 wisps of every element but cryo.

The mage turned around, and were it not for the dendro tendril crushing it's windpipe they would have screamed in horror.

"First you threaten to kill my son," the cloaked man stepped off the spire, the air polarizing itself with electro to form a step, "then you kidnap him while my daughter is trying to retrieve him," another step, this time the air simply pushes him up to form a step, "and now you have followed through on that threat. It tried to," the man took one last, powerful step, to which a geo platform met his feet and lifted him to the hanging abyss mage, "how truly foolish must you be."

He man then lit the tendril on fire, burning the mage like a furby in a campfire.

The man lowered himself down, Venti in his arms, and said, "I'm sorry Barbados, I should have gone to get you myself. Viktoria, what happened?"

Then he noticed me.

"EEEEP!" He shouted as he dropped Venti with a thud.

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(3rd person limited, Spritefather pov)

'Oh celestia, a person! No no, keep it together. You love interacting with humans in a controlled manner. This is just as controlled, just...a suprise.' Spritefather thought.

"By Barbados' hairy nostrils! You're the Spritefather!" The human Selene shouted.

Spritefather straightened himself out and cleared his throat, "y-yes, I am. But I am not 'the' Spritefather, I'm just Spritefather. Saying 'the Spritefather' is like calling you 'the Selene'. But now isn't the time for such trivial bickerings," Spritefather gave a gentlemanly bow, "thank you for attempting to rescue my eldest child, and for taking him home everytime he indulges a bit to much on vices."

Viktoria facepalmed, "dad! They aren't supposed to know that!"

"Well why not? They're friends with him, and best friends with his boyfriend. Which by the way I STILL need to meet-" he noticed Selene was seeming kind if pale, "you ok?"

*thud*

"Oh dear."

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(3rd person omniscient pov)

(There's no good point to explain this, but they're in a serenitea pot)

Selene woke up in a very confused state, and on a cloaked woman's lap.

"Please do not be alarmed, neither me nor my daughter did anything to you." The woman said.

Selene, in response, punched the woman and scrambled away, "who the abyss are you!?"

"Well I'm not particularly loved by celestia but I'd hardly say I'm abyssal.."

"Father, people here are not as accustomed to the divine as Liyue or Inazuma." The woman from before, who Selene thought was La Signora, said as she approached them with some tea.

"Wait, fa-no, no. Don't do that Selene, it's rude."

The cloaked woman shook her hands to dismiss Selene's concern, "it's fine, however I thank you for your accepting nature. Though it is to be excepted given your personal identity."

"How do you know me?"

"Heh, have you forgotten already? Though I suppose the change in form is not common among you humans. And nonexistent in the way me and the wisps can do."

The woman got up and started twirling, then surrounded themself in elemental power, and when it cleared stood the cloaked man Selene saw in her dream...

*wait*

"That wasn't a dream...holy shit that wasn't a dream! You're the Spritefather-I mean-you're Spritefather! Your real!"

"Indeed I am. I would think everyone in mondstadt believes I'm real, but atleast that leaves less for that misconception."

"What misconception?"

"Ask Barbados, shouldn't be too hard since you two are close."

"Barba-wait Venti is actually Barbados!?

"Oh dear I'm making this worse."

The still unnamed woman sighed and shook her head, "how about we focus on why my dad decided to be a woman? Surely that would be a far more easy thing to understand."

"It's because she likes women, and I don't blame her. World cold and hard, titty warm and soft."

"Dad who taught you that!?"

"You do realize I can hear the lives of all in my home yes?"

"I guess I'm at fault." Selene laughed.

"I will have my revenge upon you for this." The woman responded.

Spritefather chuckled, "oh? And how about you get your revenge over a date. Anastasia."

"F-FATHER!"

"What? She's single, friends to someone who can teach her proper tea ceremonies, and uh....they have....hmmm..." Spritefather was trying to think if what he could say to convince his daughter, "look I just want to see grand kids!"

"FATHER"

"K-KIDS!?"

"Look I'm pushing fifty million! If one of you doesn't get me kids in the next ten million years I'm going to grow grey hair!"

Anastasia starts forming an ice throwing knife, "REBEL'S-"

"Papa, what happen?" Came a childish voice.

Selene gasped, they were looking at probably the cutest thing EVER!

"Oh my ARCHONS! IS THAT A PYROSPRITE!?"

"Yes that's my child Flameo-"

Selene, already having picked up the the baby, "they're so CUTE!"

They hugged the little flame close to their face and nuzzled them, to which Flameo quickly responded to with their own.

"Smell like..." they thought for a moment, "big Bro Bardos!" They flew around Selene excitedly, "friend!"

Spritefather sighed, "Oh dear, now the rest will be coming out. And I just got them to sleep aswell."

It wasn't long before Selene was surrounded by six Sprites.

The Electrosprite landed on her vision and started vibrating happily.

The Geosprite asked, "are you strong!? I think I could be you!"

"Oh I'm sure you could." Selene said to appease the little Sprite as she chuckled chuckled.

The Anemosprite and Pyrosprite flew around her head like children.

The Hydrosprite was inspecting her clothes, "how utterly bourgeois, has my Brother and father been teaching you how to dress? Honestly, the people of mondstadt should learn from the reconnaissance captain of the knights. Now there's a woman who knows how to dress."

"Oh you mean Eula?"

"You know her?"

"Oh yeah, she's invites me to tea every now and then."

"SHE...invites....YOU...out for TEA!?-"

Anastasia puts her hand over the Hydrosprite and tries to hold her back

"Sorry about that," the woman replied, "kids and their crushes."

(Agua, muffled: I'M SIXTEENTH HUNDRED YEARS OLD!)

"Ha-haaa...."

Selene couldn't respond to that as they felt a prick in her spine, causing them to yelp.

A Dendrodsprite slinkied up her back and put it's head on her shoulder, "just sampling...never seen blood like yours...so intertwined with the...divine....yet so distan-"

Spritefather picked up his child, "please forgive Leafy, they're in their...adventurous stage. And their adventure is to learn things. Often things that involve pins and needles."

This was going to be a looong night

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The next day, Vanessa's tree

Selene yawns and falls on the statue, Venti doing the same. The difference between them is one is hungover and waiting for his boyfriend to take him home after the fifth assassination attempt this week, the other has to deal with the consequences of being loved by children and being there to try and stop the most recent assassination

"Holy shit....this hang over....I thought Decrabain's hailstorms were bad..."

"You shouldn't try watching after Leafy.....but I think half the pains are from Agua's jealousy bites......"

"You think that's bad?.....you should have seen them when they realized Cael and I....were dating....."

"...archons I hope I was never like that as a kid...."

"Oh cherry up you two!" Spritefather said, a bit too loud for the two, "it's a new day and-"

Venti hit his father with a clump of grass using anemo

"YOUNG MAN!-

"Ohheythere'sCaelgottagobye!" The archon said as he ran off.

Spritefather sighed, "he's always like that, running from responsibilities. But he always means up when it counts, so I can only say I'm proud of the man he's become," he thought for a moment, "except for when he turns into a woman for whatever reason, then I'm proud of the woman she's become...you know, after being around single form life for so long stuff like that feels so strange. I mean you humans are born with one form and cant naturally change it. But if you feel it's wrong you'll go through so much trouble just to get close to what us shape changers can get. While to humans it is inspiring purely because of the person's determination to take the form they so deserve, that they were truly meant to have. But for me it's so much more! The human spirit and will is oh so inspiring, but the amount humans go through! So much money, so much time, and in many places simply enduring life! Why even I couldn't get the...uh...transphobia is it?...out of Inazuma!Terribly sorry human language changes so much. Oh and on language! To think that I was there when the first cave man was trying to mimic the grunts of the gods, only to make something so much superior to them to the point that the gods copied THEM! And speaking of copies have you ever heard of the time Dainsleif-" he paused as he saw Selene's bored face, "sorry. One little thing and I start ranting and rave...no, it's info dumping. And I should thank you humans for making that term, and all the other wonder words you've made, and the medical advances. They've helped me understand myself....ah but look at me, rambling on again. You know what? For entertaining my kids the whole night, and listening to an old man's ramblings, I'll give you a boon. Anything you want, if I can get it you shall have it."

Selene thought for a moment. She thought about asking him to bring back her father, but they knew he couldn't raise the dead. She even thought...of her mother, to see her again, but they knew that it wouldn't help. A selfish part of her even wanted someway to reignite her's and Rosaria's relationship, after all that part of her life was, but she knew it would be wrong and that they both agree they just didn't work.

Perhaps just ask for mora? She did need some for a good night's rest, but that felt wasteful. What was one night's rest for what could be a lifetime of amazing power. But maybe it would be wrong to ask for something like power. Ah! She's got it!

"How about a spear? A really powerful one that compliments my powers perfectly! Oh! And make it look really cool!"

Spritefather blinked, then laughed, "well, that's rather simple isn't it? So amazing you humans. You expect them to make something big and/or selfish, like taking control of a country, or killing someone. Yet never once has one of my boons been used for anything bad. Even when they're selfish. Like one time I met a very selfish person who I granted a boon, and all he did with it was ask me to make sure the kids of Inazuma were never hungry. Ah, now that. That was ranting, sorry." Spritefather walked over to the statue's base and knocked three times, "hello Vanessa. It's been a while since I last called you, but I was hoping you could give me a hand? And perhaps a very sturdy branch off your tree?"

"Uhhh-"

A light shown down from the heavens and the ground shook, causing a skeletal hand to rise from the depths.

Selene would have screeched if she weren't so tired, "I'd prefer my weapon to be less...body part-sy."

"Nonsense! Everyone knows that bones make the best weapons! You know why it's called a prototype rancor?! BECAUSE NOONE WANTS TO ACCEPT THAT THE PERFECTED VERSION I, THE INVENTOR, MADE INCLUDES THE SHINBONES OF MITSCHURLS! YOU EVER SEEN A-*ahem*-sorry, rambling."

As he was ranting, a branch handed Spritefather a sturdy branch from the tree.

"Perfect, now a bit of magic and-" the two items blew up in Spritefather's face before reforming into a purple and black spear that ended in a feathery sleeve like pattern that was attached to a sharp blade that looked very much like a hand made into a spear blade. Mainly because it was.

A brilliant light shone down on the Spritefather as he floated up and presented the spear to Selene(mumbled: thanks Venessa)

"SELENE OF MONDSTADT!"

His voice became that of s god's, filled with power and compassion, booming across windrise.

"YOU HAVE SPOKEN YOUR WISH, AND BY MY HONOR AS THE ENTERNAL FATHER, I AM DUTY BOUND TO GRANT IT!"

He leans imup to Selene and whispered to her, "do you like the eternal father moniker? I thought it up myself."

"Oh yeah, 10/10, really keeping with the Inazuman background."

"Thanks."

"TAKE YOUR GRAND BLADE, AND GO FORTH TO CARVE THROWS DESTINY AND TILL YOUR OWN FUTURE!"

Selene took the spear, "uh...thanks?"

"Oh your very welcome. By the way how was that delivery? I've been working on the whole 'I am a powerful being' delivery for a few centuries."

"A bit hard to understand, but overall gets the vibe across. Maybe 8/10? Low seven probably."

"Yeah, I kind of expected that. Wonder how else I could get that effect, you know without the whole can't understand thing."

"Well, I've got teo other immortals to meet. Ones I need to question."

"Ah yes, I'm sure Cael and Barbados have much to answer for to you."

"Yes they do. I don't suppose 'see you around' would be appropriate here?"

"On a sense? It's appropriate. After all I'm your friend now aswell, and I prefer a life without isolation. So...see you round?"

"Sure, see you around."

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Admittedly didn't know how to end this. I like it but I'm a tad worried I made it to focused on my character and didn't give Selene enough attention.

Regardless I hope you enjoyed it cloud! I really tried to get Selene right. And sorry it took so long, sleep kept getting messed up, and then covid shot+forgetting to hydrate kicked my ass.

(Tagging: @storytravelled, @golden-wingseos, and @clouds-rambles)

[blazing-riff]

I think that's a fantastic idea for a song! I'm sure whatever you write will be amazing! There's value in anything that comes from the heart, and I know your fans see that value in all the music you make ^-^

Inazuma really is so gorgeous! Speaking of contrast, it's interesting how different the islands can be, yanno? Watatsumi island looks like a whole other world compared to Seirai island, for example.

Oh thank you hon!

Actually, I wasn't able to explore the other Inazuma islands all that much. Kujou Sara's accommodations only covered Narukami Island. Though I did manage to get a spot on some tour that covered food and shelter, buy when I showed up, turns out I was the only one there.

The tour guide was this guy called Xavier. Gotta say he's quite eccentric... and a little shady. Could barely spend half a day on each island.

I did manage to see the contrast though! Watatsumi and Seirai stood out the most compared to the others. Seirai Island seemed to embody the name "Electro Nation" and Watatsumi felt like a part of Fontaine with the big... lake? in the middle.