#So this has been in the works for a week weeks at minimum

[zeyris-daydreams]

About the fox and the rabbit 🛡️ [2]

Yandere Tighnari x reader. Last part. In which the bunny finds hope, or in which the hope is seized and crushed.

Tamer than last. Tighnari has an accomplice.

[part 1]

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Adjusting to your new situation shouldn't be difficult for you. You had a roof over your head; a warm bed and food. Tighnari never failed to provide you with entertainment or reading material, were you to ask for it.

But who would willingly cave in and plead for the bare minimum like so? After all, to do so was to admit defeat, and show you were used to your current situation.

Well, that would be exactly why you bothered with asking in the first place. Prey are of weak mind, and weak willed people cave in. That's the nature of this world, whether you'd like to believe otherwise didn't truly matter.

Tighnari was the superior one in this dynamic, or so he'd like to say. While it hasn't been more than a few weeks, he'd perhaps assume you've adjusted to your predicament splendidly. And, while he noticed your occasional longing gazes to the window, his resolve didn't falter. Aside from sometimes, where you truly looked beaten down by your situation.

But that wasn't very often, as the guilt was always overridden. Either but a sense of pride or deep desire, one so sickly he'd rather believe it's animalism, rather than his true self. Perhaps with your escape attempts decreasing, Tighnari himself began to trust you.

He wasn't always mean, and he wasn't always nice either. After settling you down in that little place of his, you found he's grown.. attached. The man still terrified you however. Being prey under the care of a predator, that was hardly the fate anyone could've ever asked for.

And in a sense, you've never asked for it either. That didn't stop the fox from smothering you with unwanted affections, whether it was using you as a personal toy to hug at night, or as a private warmer for colder days. Tighnari could be nice. Or play nice, at least, when you played nice yourself. In the end, the fox had no doubt about it, you'd cave in eventually.

A prey can only take so much, and by the time you went a while without trying to be disobedient, he assumed you'd grown used to it. That, perhaps now willingly, you'd stay in place like asked.

Then again he couldn't be more wrong. Prey is prey, and while prey caves in, its intelligence never goes higher than the intelligence of a petulant brat. That's what he'd - ignoring all your expertise - would say, upon noticing you gone.

It was a fairly cold day, as cold as it could get in Sumeru. Which didn't say much. Still, it was fairly early that he came back home to you, only to find your books long abandoned and the doors unlocked. The blankets were scattered from your bed, and he analyzed the inside of the home like a crime scene.

The soft materials were thrown off the mattress, laying on the floor. And he could only assume it was done in haste. Presumably you got to your attempt right when he left the place, the rush visible in everything thrown down. The reading material you've received the night prior seemed to be untouched, on the nightstand where he left it.

Gritting his teeth together, he looked over to the doors again. He couldn't be sure when exactly you've bolted out. And perhaps that was entirely your plan, if you left when he was gone, he'd hardly know where you could've gone to. And that only served to stirr paranoia within him.

The outside was dangerous for a fragile, idiotic thing you were. Even when you attempted to work under him previously, you weren't the most precise person. Forever clumsy and nervous. In a sense, he felt scared. Not because of you gone, but because of what could happen to you.

As he walked back and forth the place his eyes never lingered on a single thing. Instead, he already imagined the worst scenarios. Perhaps you've tripped on something. What if something bit you? Worse, what if someone saw you and decided you're too sweet to walk around like this?

He's always been paranoid, and while he realised your natural inferiority, he was also swept off his feet by you. Unfortunately that standing didn't give you power over this dynamic, as he was worried that you'd get hurt. Similarly to an owner of a pet worrying for its well being.

Then, there was also an off chance you've already gone further.

Have you told somebody already? Did you run for it, exposing him? Maybe you've blatantly lied about how much of a horrible person he is, for giving you a purpose appropriate to your being.

He sat himself down at the edge of the bed, fingers shaking as he thought. Tighnari knew that calming himself down would be the priority, and that's what he tried to do. After all, had you exposed him, he'd be aware of it by now.

He vaguely remembered someone passing him the message from Cyno to meet today. But first, he wanted to check on you. Given your clear disappearance, he'd have to contact him anyway. And so, after much internal turmoil, he finally stood, heading out once more.

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Your plan was over before you've even known it. Everything was perfect, the time, the place. You could've sworn that by the time you crossed the border, it would've been too late for him to retrieve you.

That's why, once he was gone, you broke out and ran for it. If you were fast enough, you'd get far enough away. And that's what you tried to do, leaving the forest and heading down the single path available.

Tighnari kept you inside for the most part, tucked away like a pearl inside a clam. Hoarded even, and so the lack of movement caused you to become fatigued easily. General lack of physical activity only made you prone to exhaustion, and so while walking, you had to take necessary breaks. It was only due to those breaks that it took you longer than usual to get anywhere. Perhaps if you informed one of the eremites in corps of thirty? Or a matra.

It did give you better survival chances. In the end that's what you did, and although exhausted from the long walk, you stood in Padris Dhyai. You chose this place instead of Sumeru city due to it being situated further, as you hoped that the fox would assume you've chosen Sumeru city instead.

Upon settling near a fountain, you realised the exhaustion. To get here in a short amount of time you attempted to walk fast, running on occasion. You weren't prepared for such a journey either, and so, despite thoughts running through your mind the entire time, you could only focus on the ache on the bottom of your feet.

For the moment you finally, truly breathed. You could only focus on the physical sensation of your strained muscles, but also on the area around. The growing and vibrant plants, the clean cobble laid down on pathways. Despite your rush, you felt a sense of appreciation.

A sense of… happiness, at finally seeing the outside.

You wished you could've broken out earlier. Perhaps you wished your run wasn't this exhausting, but it only made sense. With you being weakened, you wouldn't be insane enough to journey just to get to Padris Dhyai, meaning he'd be less likely to look for you there. And that's exactly what you did.

As you looked around the architecture of the place a weird sense of dread washed over you, but you passed it off as merely fear of being caught. And so you continued, noticing some men from the corps of thirty. And as you walked to approach them, you've noticed them speaking to one of the mahamatra you vaguely remember seeing before.

He was turned with his back to you, wearing a strange garment and barefoot, and you merely stood. As he finished speaking you noticed him facing you, brow raised in expectation.

The other men only glanced before making their way somewhere else. It was strange, mechanical almost. As if the mahamatra felt your presence.

Your fingers twitched, your voice hoarse from the journey. “I… need help.”

For a moment his expression shifted, from neutrality to recognition. But it was moments, and he moved his white hair from his face as though to see you better. “Did something happen?”

At that point you felt too shaken and anxious. The more you spoke the more you felt like you'd be pounced on and dragged back inside. It was a terrible feeling of impending doom, as if you've picked the wrong dialogue.

“Yes I- I've been held.. held captive and I only manage to escape-” you cleared your throat. “I need to get out of here please I-”

Before you could get more panicked about the matter you felt his hand on your shoulder. “You are safe now.” He began, and yet you knew you weren't so sure. Nothing about this made you comforted. “You seem awfully fragile. Let's go somewhere to talk, it will be better than here.”

All you managed was a nod, a shaky one at that, and you looked to the ground. The man led you along the spiral stairs, and while staring down at your steps you noticed the flowers blooming on the side of the path. So vibrant and free.

The mahamatra introduced himself as Cyno, and as he walked you to a plant glass house nearby he briefly elaborated on what he was doing here. Perhaps you would've listened more attentively, were it not for you focusing on the glass house itself.

It had benches inside, the ground on it evenly split to house plants and alike. Many flowers you've recognised and seen before, having known their medical properties. Other ones you weren't sure of anymore. You couldn't revise your knowledge for a few weeks now.

His speech was all a means of comforting you, that's for sure. Once he sat you down he allowed you to speak properly, his eyes never leaving yours. As strange as this individual looked, he seemed safe enough.

And so everything poured out of you like water rolling from stones struck by lightning. And before you knew you cried. You explained, sighed, wiped your tears, confessed.

Then again with all the words you spoke the mahamatra seemed just as calm as before. Perhaps his job already desensitized him to such displays, and he could only offer an occasional nod. That, or an additional question, to make you feel heard.

“And this… Tighnari person you speak of. Do you have any details I could go by?”

Appearance and otherwise you explained as best as you could. Midway through your conversation you've noticed Cyno leave the glass house briefly. He spared you a look before talking with another person - you assumed it was merely him arranging something for you, and you felt even a slither of hope. That is until you've seen the man write down what Cyno spoke of. Whatever it was, you didn't comprehend the words from such a distance.

The tingling sense of dread didn't leave once he came back and sat next to you once more. He offered to take you to Sumeru city for more comfort in filing a report, but you only shook your head.

A part of you felt strange. Happy, yet unrested. “No, no. I believe.. I believe it's easier if we do it in a discreet way I- he told- he said before that even if I run he knows.. he knows people.”

There was a tightness in your throat as you spoke, and you placed your hand on your neck. Cyno simply nodded in understanding, but offered no comment on your ideas.

While discussing your next move you've noticed he generally was a quiet person. For the most part he allowed you to speak and plan, but he didn't offer input of his own. To your questioning of what's better, he merely offered a shrug.

“Do.. do you think I should go for- Fontaine or.. liyue maybe. It's closer..?”

But Cyno could only question such a choice. “But how will that help? I'd assume it's best to take care of the issue at its root.”

If you'd known better, you could've assumed he means your predicament. But that was the furthest of what Cyno meant. “Then- then do you think I'm better off having forces involved in the matter?”

“Well, what do you think?”

For a moment you could've sworn it felt as though Cyno was not paying attention. But he was. He was listening to every detail of your story.

“I'm.. I don't know I've.. I've thought about it for so long.” And so you remained visibly troubled, looking at the flowers in the glass house. You've been occupied far too long to focus on the things around you. It's been only a few hours.

With a sigh you looked at Cyno, but only for a moment. “I had.. plenty of ideas. Like.. I don't know…I could… I could tell everyone- he- he did a horrible thing and I need.. I need people to know he's-” You felt your feelings get the better of you, before Cyno cleared his throat.

“Calm down. It's alright, speak clearly. We need to come to some understanding on how we will deal with it.” he began, but you weren't sure. Like so he slowly coaxed you to open up about all of your ideas to escape.

You slowly explained what things you could do to remain free. How you wished to expose the fox for who he truly was, how you wanted to warn others. And how, most importantly, you wished to flee and be safe.

Yet every time you spoke you had second thoughts. While you had no reasons for concern now, you definitely did once he went back to nodding. Listening, but not offering any input, no further ideas or his own thoughts.

You stared at your hands for a moment, before playing with the edges of your sleeves. Tighnari had enough decency to keep you clothed, but you didn't think of it that way. “Could we… get him convicted?

After brief silence you finally looked at Cyno, and he seemed lost in thought. “If we do get proof.” The statement meant nothing by itself. And yet, you've felt an underlying threat of it.

It wasn't long before you ran out of things to say, and you were met with silence. Cyno was deep in his mind however. And as the quietness progressed you found your fingers restless, before you noticed Cyno’s gaze be cast towards the glass house entrance.

There he stood, seemingly out of breath, ears dropped. He seemed annoyed, now that you thought about it. Tighnari was leaned against the frame of the entrance, and he frowned upon seeing you. Still, as quickly as he saw you, he looked towards Cyno.

Brief silence followed. No one spoke, and then finally..

“Thanks for holding her here. I don't know how much longer that could've taken.”

And perhaps the sense of dread you've felt before wasn't placed there by a mistake. The mahamatra spared you a brief glance, before nodding, standing. In the moment you wished for nothing more than to merge with the floor, and your throat went dry.

All words you could've spoken were gone, if there were words you could've said to begin with. “You're lucky I've been there, then. She said she'd prefer to tell everyone what happened”

Cyno's words carried some disdain, and as the fox straightened, the mahamatra only walked to him. Tighnari raised his brow. “Did she now?”

Perhaps that's why Cyno was so attentive. Then, it made sense. You slowly stood, while you wished to remain frozen in place, you couldn't. If you did, your plans would've failed once more. And so you tried to run for it, your feet trampling flowers beneath.

You aimed for the other entrance to the glass house, but a hand firmly grabbed your arm, tugging you back. “Not so fast.”

It was all that it took to make defeat settle in your bones, deeply, fully. Perhaps you wouldn't get away. Not now, not ever.

“Just what to do with you to really teach you your place, hm?”

[thundertide]

Mini blog update: I’ve updated Kagota’s about page! This is the first of a muse list-wide update project I’m slowly working on in the background, with the aim to make them look neater, explain things more clearly, and look like less of a clustery mess. For the time being, other muses and any new ones that’re added will have the original way I had the pages set up (i.e. like Lumine’s and Aceline’s) because i already had them in progress before starting this project, but going forward, I’ll be working on updating them all, one by one, to match how I have Kagota’s set up now.

Changes of note:

There’s now a combat/constellation section! OCs like Kagota will see far more information in this section than canons because they don’t have anything to run off in game; this means she not only has a constellation breakdown, but actual attacks listed as well as a general fighting style, hopefully to make any fight threads that might happen in the future a little easier to work out, as well as sort out and trim down the other sections (misc, abilities, etc) a little. All OC based constellation artwork is made my @yoroiis and I will eternally love and thank her <3

Heraldic Tempest has been added to Kagota’s info. After doing a lot of talking and sorting things out with @yoroiis​, I’ve decided to add Kagota’s own abyssal abilities, Heraldic Tempest, to her info, especially given it’s started to make itself seen in her threads and explains why Kagota has memory and attitude issues until after the Sumeru arc. Whether or not Tempest is her own being within her or simply another aspect of Kagota is yet to be seen, and will be expanded on as we learn more of the abyss in canon. Tempest also has her own tag to reflect this.

I’ve added Starchasm Nyx/Veliona/”Seele” as the FC for when Tempest is making herself known. Additionally, Seele herself is now Kagota’s primary FC, specifically the Star Rail version of her with the HI3 version a younger Kagota; however, because there’s a lack of media to make icons from at the moment, her other two FCs in Ishtar and Rin Tohsaka will be seen more than Seele herself until I can find a means to make more.

With the combat points moved into their own section, I’ve fleshed out the misc, interests, and abilities tabs a bit more - And also given her bio a total rewrite to reflect the new info decided on! There are also mentions of her children post-Sumeru arc, as this ties in to Tempest and the previously mentioned attitude and memory issues.

The next up for this update is Cettra, so I’ll be making a note like this once I’ve got her rehauled page completed! <3

~Pom

[deoidesign]

I can't wait for this to come back!!! >>> when is this coming back?

[lucabyte]

your art is amazing!! so happy you got into isat because i discovered your cool oc art!!

hope you have a wonderful day :D

hfbbhhhhhbuhhhhuhuhhbbbbb . cries and gives you a little kiss on the head. thamk youuuuuu

if you wanna see the secret art (silly doodles i dont post on tumblr n stuff) i upload literally all of my oc stuff no matter how unpolished on toyhouse.... it also has profiles for (most) of my guys if you wanna know what's up with them :'3

and thanks to isat finally making me have that lightbulb moment on how to thumbnail and format comics i'm super jazzed to get back to an oc zine of mine i was working on.... ill be able to do the comics better now yaay

[mspeevee]

picrew update

but i guess i may not have even posted about this WIP here

I wanted to add at least 5 of each item slot before releasing it and might release a heavy WIP and then have continual updates whenever I add more to it when I am in my Picrew Mood

ofc i want 30 of each hair slot, mouth slot, and nose slot first though~ never feels right releasing a picrew w only a few hairstyles available personally

[sabraeal]

1000 Followers Update!

Due to some super fun chronic health shenanigans, the posting for the 1000 Followers Celebration is being postponed a month! Posting will start on 2/2 with to all the ghost still standing in this room, and continue as previously planned from there. Thank you guys for bearing with me-- I struggled with the idea of even postponing for a week, but it became very clear on Monday that I would not be able to catch up with the schedule unless I took an extended break to recover. Can't wait to show you guys what I've got up my sleeve!

[damndude69]

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[secondplayercanada]

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[jinkis]

i hate everything

[laptoparmageddon]

Still haven't been paid by IHSS. You know, the people I've been working for since September. Guess I'll never afford anything ever again and just die.

[orcelito]

ive got an exam in a bit over an hour and im cramming for it bc i spent all of yesterday thinking about trigun instead of studying. whatup

[gaiaxygang]

im not smart enough to be an asian doctor what i can do however is go into healthcare but only the sectors that make about the same as a part time retail worker with worst working hours known to man and zero career progression

[lightblueminecraftorchid]

*rattling the bars of my cage and screaming*

I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF MY HEALTH I JUST DONT KNOW HOW TO ASK FOR HELP IN A WAY THAT WILL LET ME BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

[exopelagic]

I am baking cake at midnight and it is going to kill me <3

[tidepoolalgae]

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[acorviart]

everyone should attempt an artisan craft at some point in their life because it would cut down the number of comments questioning why handmade goods like ceramics or textile craft or woodworking are so expensive

and this is an unrealistic expectation, but I think the attempt should include seeing through to the end at least one "finished" item, no matter how clumsy or lumpy your first attempts might be. like to me, there's a huge difference in perspective between attempting to learn how to crochet or throw a pot for a few days, acknowledging that it's harder than it looks and giving up, versus committing to finishing that scarf or clay pot you started and working on it for weeks while you painstakingly learn from your mistakes and grow attached to your project while also simultaneously hating it.

once you finish the latter, your perspective changes from "why does this crocheted blanket cost $200" to "holy shit I can't believe they're charging $200 for this crocheted blanket instead of $2000" because you may have known crocheting is hard, you may have easily agreed with the idea that "handmade goods take time and effort" even before attempting a craft, but now you know firsthand the absolute time sink it takes to make things. like yeah dude, that one item took you 2 months to make and probably wasn't even an ultra complex item if it was the first thing you made, now imagine attaching an hourly wage to that time to calculate the cost (and this is ignoring every nuance of the artistic element and master crafters being able to work faster/charge higher because of their years and years of experience)

anyway this rant has been motivated by a comment I saw on someone else's ceramic post asking why a mug was $60 and they understand it's handmade but $60 just seems overpriced, and bro do you know how long ceramics take to make. that mug probably took at minimum 3 weeks between how long it takes to throw the mug, dry partially, trim the mug, dry fully, bisque fire, wait a day for the kiln to cool, sand and paint and glaze, glaze fire, wait a day for the kiln to cool, take product photography of the mug, write description and list the mug online for sale, im not even including the skill needed to complete all these steps without the mug literally exploding or collapsing while also making it an appealing piece of art, aaaaaaaaaaaaa