#bird!xiao shenanigans

[m1d-45]

I know yall hate on her for wrecking the 50/50, but. Imagine Qiqi finding the creator. Lil zombie girl is just roaming around, kinda lost, when she sees a strange blue bird flying through the air. She gets the feeling that she needs to follow it, so she does. She ends up finding the blue bird, and with it, the Creator. She doesn't really get that the person before her is the God Of All Things, but it doesn't matter. This person is injured, and she has plants on her that can help. Baizhu had written down a few simple recipes in her notebook in case she got hurt, and now she can use them to help someone else! She's a little doctor now, like Baizhu!

The blue bird seems suspicious of her, but she doesn't mind. Baizhu told her that finches fly away as a precaution, not because they are truly scared. Maybe it's the same for this bird? She hopes she can be friends with the pretty bird one day.

-sibling anon, who absolutely adores Qiqi

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I HATE QIQI WHAT HAVE I DONE TO GIVE THAT IMPRESSION-

i love qiqi. she’s baby. i’d rather lose the 50/50 to her than to keqing or jean or mona. we love and adore qiqi in this house.

anyway:

imagine. qiqi going on a trip to gather more herbs, basket in one hand. her trip has been successful, more plants than usual cropping up around the area.

above her, a bird cries. she looks up, free hand holding her hat, and sees a bright blue… finch? it’s fling quickly, urgently, something grasped tightly in its claws.

is the finch… in trouble?

maybe if she had a clearer head she’d know that it was ridiculous to follow a bird because it sounded distressed, but some instinct within her told her to follow.

“wait… bird…” she grabbed a final fistful of horsetail and rushed as quickly as she could to follow. the bird was quick, but with a few lucky guesses (and the repeated cries of the bird) she was able to follow.

still, it was a long journey. once qiqi saw the bird fly into a tree she took a break underneath the shade of another, resting against the tree.

it was so hot in liyue. a breeze came by, somewhat cooling, and she put her hand to her forehead to keep her talismans in place.

she had to go. something told her that somebody was in trouble.

so she clutched her basket tightly, using a bit of cryo to keep herself cool. as she got closer to the birds tree, she could hear a voice.

“-can’t do anything with this, friend.” the bird chirped. “i don’t know enough about medicine. thank you, but…”

qiqi carefully rounded the tree, basket held in front of her like a shield.

you didn’t seem like much of a threat. you were sitting against the tree, chest heaving, clutching a stained bundle of cloth to one of your arms. the bird sat on your knee, and she could see now that the thing it was carrying was a small bundle of qingxin.

qingxin…

“excuse me?”

both you and the bird startled, the small finch flapping its wings as if to scare her off. you tried to calm it down, carefully, looking over at her with a watery smile.

“sorry, he’s a bit skittish.”

the bird, though small, felt familiar, and you… she had to have met you before, right?

“i am qiqi. i do not remember you.”

“we’ve never met.”

that’s not right. she barely recognized dr baizhu sometimes, but you she knew she met before. but where…?

“…you are injured.”

the birds wings ruffled.

“i am.”

“i have herbs.”

“…shouldn’t you be getting back to the pharmacy, qiqi?”

“qiqi does not understand. you are injured.”

the bird flapped over to her basket, seeming to inspect the plants she’d gathered. satisfied, it turned with a sharp chirp, and you sighed.

“are you certain you don’t need to get back soon?”

“qiqi needs to be at the city before the stars. that is far later.”

you glanced up, through the protective canopy of trees.

“alright then. just don’t use too much of your supply, okay? you still need some for the pharmacy.”

the bird chirped again, flying back to you when qiqi picked up her basket.

it settled at your shoulder while qiqi worked, glass eyes watching her flip through the small field notebook baizhu had filled out for her. crush this, apply that, prevent infection with-

you hissed at the sudden burst of cryo to your wound, the icevein talisman at her side jerking back when your bird cried.

you shakily pet over him, and with some hesitation, she continued.

as she worked, qiqi thought. sifting through her small memory bank. you were familiar, she knew it, but from where? your face struck a chord on an instrument she didn’t know how to play, your voice an unheard chorus.

and your bird…

when qiqi returned to the harbor, she did so with a half-empty basket and a new entry in her notebook.

‘remember the person with the blue finch.’

[beardedhandstoadshark]

They. The adepti all have humansonas

[cometrose]

Here is your one (1) free pass to yap about the stupid ass adeptus gang and their shenanigans (i love zhongli having been the Tired Responsible One for his entire life... he would 100% buy/have been gifted the 'proud mother of a couple of dumbass kids' shirt)

zhongli and his adepti are like one of my favorite bands of characters alongside itto and his arataki gang they are so funnyy

the adepti appear to be very serious and strict which they are but they are also insane???? Part of the story as a whole is to show that the divine aren't too different from humans and this includes the adepti.

Streetward Rambler and Guizhong arguing about music so Morax had to take away the bell after Cloud Retainer tattled? Cloud Retainer lending Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper her cooking device that they still haven't given back? Or that one time Cloud Retainer built a snowmobile with Guizhong and Ping before Moon Carver crashed it and it took hours to dig him out of the snow? All 3 of the so called elite adepti and even the god of liyue himself trying to help some kid reconcile with his father?

the adepti are all very unserious very much freaks of nature.

I think about the Yakshas as well especially Menogias, poor guy was born to style forced to slay. It's funny how his designs were so intricate that none of the fellow yakshas wanted to wear it but he was so stubborn about it that even Rex Lapis couldn't change his mind. In fact there is not enough Morax and his yakshas lore. Like please i beg every day for Zhongli to talk about people in his past. I know he wont but I want to believe anyway.

A part of me believes that once Zhongli quit being the geo archon and moved to the harbor, cloud retainer, moon carver and mountain shaper had a terrible case of empty nest loneliness. We all know how that turned out for Xianyun but I expect it's only a matter of time before the other 2 come closer to the harbor as well. Perhaps to follow Zhongli around like lost ducklings.

In one of Xianyun's character stories, Zhongli had a commission for consultancy but he was busy and just sent her to do it. I'm gonna tear up but the idea that Zhongli knew this task would be perfect for her and just sent her on her way is just the cutest.

Also in her voiceline for Zhongli, when she told him she was coming to the harbor he basically gave her a shopping list of things to do and how to arrange her home. I love the idea of Zhongli stepping into Cloud Retainer's new house and just instantly moving the furniture to ensure proper Feng Shui. Like the list was so extensive that CR got overwhelmed -like her of all people- getting overwhelmed with knowledge is amusing.

Moon Carver is one of Rex Lapis disciplines so its clear that even amongst the older adepti that Zhongli is a still a teacher and won't hesitate to lecture them. These days I am sure he trying to be a more relaxed person but old habits are hard to break.

I haven't even talked about Zhongli and Xiao which are my favorite dynamic in the entire game I love when they are together. But Zhongli slowly trying to get Xiao to open up and experience the beauties of life and get closer to humanity every lantern rite I might weep. Like lying about stupid sesame seed oil last year and now hes flying kites this year, Zhongli is playing some incredible 5D chess to get Xiao to visit him more without explicitly saying it. BECAUSE he knows if he tells Xiao to see him he will but he doesn't want to force Xiao to come he wants him to come on his own means.

Kind of reminds me how Zhongli keeps birds. Ya know he has like bird cages where he keeps birds which he then takes around but based on his disposition I believe Zhongli is an expert and keeping birds to stay. Just building them homes and cages and of course he lets them come and go freely but some of them find his homes so nice that they decide to stay with him. So yeah I think Zhongli is deliberately treating Xiao like a bird that will return to him by his own means.

Anyway I would love love loveeee to put all the adepti in a room and just watch them work. Like CR, MC and MS are bound to start an argument while Xiao tries to linger in the corner, Ganyu tries to attend to all of them while Ping and Zhongli just laugh in the chaos.

Damn, the fact I haven't seen Ganyu and Zhongli interact since the Liyue archon quest is a crime, they are the only Zhongli relationship that I am craving to see (other than zhongli neuvillette). I want to believe it is just because Ganyu would blow his cover instantly. She would have to bite her tongue to avoid calling him Rex Lapis.

Speaking of Ganyu the fact one of the first thing CR says about her is that she was once so fat she rolled down as hill? Or in Zhongli's voicelines he implies she is stronger or even fiercer than she looks so much so that she would be embarrassed by his lack of delicacy when describing her.

I have mentioned this is another post but it's kind of sweet how much the adepti like Zhongli. He is more than their god but also a very treasured companion and friend. First he always calls them his friends ("a friend approaches" AND THEN XIAO APPEARS). But like god forbid you are rude to him because they would storm off or snap at you (Xiao and Xianyun). Don't disrespect him or they'll hate you for years (Ganyu). But at the same time he is a friend that eats dinner with them during Lantern Rite or a friend they make fun of for making square cups.

Of course I imagine there is a lot of respect in their relationship and a noticeable power imbalance. I kind of imagined that with becoming "Zhongli" Morax not wanted only to become closer to humanity but also bridge the gap between himself and the adepti. Show them not only the beauty of a world led by humans but also to come to them not as their overlord but as a treasured friend. The adepti clearly hold him in very high esteem recognizing his sacrifice, strength and good of heart.

WHICH is why i'll never accept people who call Morax a tyrant because the adepti saw Morax out and about and were like "damn im gonna follow this guy for the rest of eternity he's so cool".

I also think it is hilarious how Zhongli has influenced the adepti and how they just kind of absorbed some of his personality traits. Part of the reason Ganyu is so dedicated and hardworking to the point of exhaustion is because of how much she looks up to Rex Lapis, she even states that her work could never compare to what he has done for Liyue so she pushes herself even harder.

Or Xiao the most loyal of the adepti who still works tirelessly to this day because of his contract. I believe the adepti especially the younger ones were like "he works so hard and sacrifices everything i will do just that!".

Even Yanfei who has never formed a contract with him still maintains that hardworking attitude but without the self-sacrifice so she is like the perfect Liyue citizen in Zhongli's eyes.

anyway I have some thoughts on adepti shenanigans i would love to see

Adepti feast, put them all in a room I expect a very elegant and mature feast but I also expect someone to break something. Maybe they will behave themselves with Zhongli next to them maybe they won't we have to see. In fact put Shenhe and Yaoyao there too lets cause problems

Adepti shopping spree. Xianyun and Zhongli are terrible they will buy anything they set their eyes on. Xianyun falls for marketing scams but then there is Zhongli who won't fall for scams but buys everything at full price anyway. They reek absolute havoc in the shopping district once they get paid.

I am on my knees please please give me a Zhongli and Ganyu interaction i am not so greedy to ask for specifics just please just please (also more Zhongli and Ping interactions hell throw Guoba there too).

I will accept any Xiao and Zhongli interactions like anything i love them together.

Like i said its only a matter of time before MC and MS show up in the harbor and I can't wait to see Zhongli tease them.

Zhongli teasing the adepti!!!!!! Zhongli in disguise "OH NO I am a poor helpless mortal how could I ever compare to the adepti" they are fuming but they can't argue with him. they can only tolerate his teasing until they are alone.

Zhongli gets harassed by the Liyue public for disrespecting Rex Lapis and the adepti had to step in and tell them that it’s alright

Xiao with the strength of the gods: Mr. Zhongli did nothing wrong

Citizens: He called Rex Lapis a bum?

Xiao: He didn’t mean that he’s sorry

Zhongli: No i’m not! I think he was a fraud!

Xiao: Forgive him

Anyway please give us more adepti and please let them interact with Zhongli more. They are always so bashful and sweet in his presence so I must have an interaction I must.

[mcrcki]

here i come with another MASSIVE event plotting / starter call (this time with over 20 characters bc who even am i) !! before i get too much into event stuff, i just wanna put up some housekeeping things so i'm not just repeating myself over and over in the discord : i will be dropping almost all of my pre-event threads. meaning, i will only be keeping the thread if it is an active plot that needs to be continued because we aren't at a place to infer the ending. i am just so utterly overwhelmed with my number of drafts that i really need to just start fresh, so i'll be using this as my chance to spam the heck out of y'all's calls and get way more threads that i actually have muse for. i'm sorry if we had a thread you really wanted to continue, i just need a fresh start. now for housekeeping for my call, as always this will be capped. i wanna write with everyone but i can't if i get a million requests from one person so!! the cap is three starters per writer!! blind date starters will not count towards that cap. otherwise, please LIKE for plotting messages, and REPLY for starters (pls specify muses unless previously discussed!!)!

in the meantime, if you wanna see what my clowns are wearing, please follow this link to my pinterest :))

alani tiure | star wars | blind date w. cami o'connell ( 3 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : imma be so for real and say that they think they're absolutely too good for this lmao, their dad is a crime lord in the city, and really they're just here to take advantage of some free drinks and maybe check in on some clients. her date is going to have to be okay with her being slightly stuck up but will absolutely be down for some dancing despite it. potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : sofia robbin sloan torres, ellie williams, cami o'connell

beatrice | over the garden wall | date w. wirt ( 1 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : going with her favorite boy loser, wirt. definitely here just for the free party and to do something fun, now that she's human again she's taking advantage of all the things they missed out on as a bird. will definitely be here to make friends, they're a little rude at times but i promise they're kind when you get past the kind of rude exterior !!! down for shenanigans !! potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : xiao chiye

branwen | a court of thorns and roses | blind date w. enola holmes ( 1 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : winnie LOVES THIS, she hasn't gotten to have fun in pretty dresses in ages, she was still young the last time they were able to have any kind of formal party so they're really enjoying this. she wants to see everything this party has to offer so she'll be dragging her date around everywhere, wanting to take it all in potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : he xuan

daniela dimitrescu | resident evil | blind date w. jeremy smith ( 2 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : ok tbh, daniela only came to this and signed up for a blind date to possibly grab an easy snack. they're a man-eating monster idk what anyone expected here. but tbh, once they saw the girl she's actually simping over (and will not make a move yet for one reason or another) they're going to be flirting and going so far to make her jealous, it doesn't matter with who tbh. also open to some absolute chaos if you wanna do something Bad potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date (for murder purposes)

starters : myri tiure, henry creel

danika fendyr | crescent city | flying solo ( 3 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : listen danika like.. just got here, she's just getting used to the city and her memories again with her friends, since so much happened back home. she's spending the majority of her time crashing her bestie's date, for various reasons, but will be out on the floor dancing and drinking as much as she wants, enjoying the hell out of a free party potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : bryce quinlan, apple caramela, hunt athalar

elain archeron | a court of thorns and roses | date w. lucien vanserra ( 2 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : this is elain's first ball in the city, and she's very much looking forward to a night where she can just dress up in a beautiful dress and dance with her husband. things have been... rough with her family unit so she's just happy to let loose a little bit and enjoy everyone's company and dance the night away potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : lu junyi, lucien vanserra

evangeline ennar | throne of glass | blind date w. choi nam ra ( 2 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : evangeline grew up in a high fantasy world, getting dressed up in fancy clothes for a ball is all she could've hoped for coming here, and now she's old enough to really enjoy it, she is going to be having the best time for real. will be helping her mom glare at her not dad, but other than that, she would love some friends so just dance around with all night potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : choi nam ra, aedion ashryver

kaya dura | star wars | blind date w. lola flemming ( 2 / 4 )

they/she pronouns : kaya is not really in the dating and dancing mood, they are still getting over their ex after a very hard breakup, where her ex killed her and all that fun stuff. so, they're really trying to like.. get themselves out there and get over her, so they signed up for this blind date and are forcing themselves out into public again. will probably get drunk for the first time and just want to forget everything to have fun potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : kaiden monsula, kasil monsula

keelan cardulo | fourth wing | date w. mira sorrengail ( 0 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : lowkey her and mira's first public appearance as a couple, especially after everything that happened back home that resulted in keelan's death, she is very much looking forward to getting to dance with their girlfriend and just enjoy that. is a bit anti social if they don't know you, so when mira is inevitably somewhere else, find them hanging to the shadows potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters :

leia organa | star wars | date w. han solo ( 3 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : mom and dad night out!!! leia's a mom of six now, and while ya know four of the six are adults with some having children of their own, and the other 2 are less than six months old, she just wants to have a little fun. the past year has been.. hard. and despite being the president and having to be here for this ball, she would so much rather be home right now, avoiding all the memories that valentine's day now brings out in her mind. last year was the worst night of her life and she will in fact be drinking a lot to forget all that bastilla did a year ago. #thereturnoffloorgana potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : din djarin, ahsoka tano, winter celchu

louise vance | harry potter | date w. thea hughes ( 4 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : a party???? hell yeah lou is gonna be there, they love this whole vibe. will 100% be testing the limits of security and trying to ride the t rex skeletons and any other shenanigans they can get into. they're here with their best friend in the whole world, thea, and they're definitely just friends, if you see them slow dancing really close that's just what besties do potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : thea hughes, emmeline vance, bucky barnes, willie

marlene mckinnon | harry potter | flying solo ( 2 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : marlene lowkey is working this, and will be having fun but trying to stay focused on her job. she's unaware currently so, they'll just be hanging around with whoever is kind of hiding in the outskirts of the party, could absolutely be convinced to dance/will flirt given the chance, but mostly just here to have a fun day at work potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : dora tonks, esther mckinnon

morrigan | a court of thorns and roses | date w. cassandra dimitrescu ( 2 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : this thing with cassandra has been a bit of a whirlwind romance, and she's found herself really swept up in the other, and will absolutely be spending a lot of her time in their arms. but considering how her family life has been lately, she will also be checking in on family and doing what she can to make sure reporters aren't going too wild with everything going on with rhys and her family. potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : cassandra dimitrescu, rhysand

omega archeron | star wars | date w. kirei monsula ( 1 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : if i had a nickel for every time one of my muses is on a date with their best friend and convincing themselves it's not a date, i'd have 2 nickels-- anyways, omega will be here, fulfilling her role as senator archeron's messy as hell kid, and drunk as shit nearly getting kicked out for shenanigans around the maze, and also perhaps drunkenly making out with their best friend kirei that they've been pining after for years. potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : hunter

rosemary winters | resident evil | flying solo ( 1 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : now for my girl that knows she's in love with her best friend but her best friend doesn't know her and is here with another girl!!!!! honestly rose will be in a corner getting so drunk, glaring daggers at mouse's date and wanting nothing more than to be the one dancing with them. please come try to drag them out of this slump they are sulking HARD potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : lyra ayala

rowena ravenclaw | harry potter | date w. hunter ( 1 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : rowena is uneasy after the last masquerade that happened in the city, and last valentine's day, and will be spending a fair amount of time at hunter's side until she realizes that this is actually safe, that things are normal and she can cut loose a little. will be spending a lot of time dancing and mingling, happy to talk to anyone who needs some friendly conversation, even if she may just info dump at you. is VERY excited that this is at the museum and may spend more time wandering the exhibits than actually dancing. potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : arnold

sella palpatine | star wars | date w. allana solo ( 4 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : oh sella is LIVING FOR THIS. valentine's day is her fucking holiday and she will be making up for how hellish the last one was. considering the fact that her and allana have yet to have a single good date on a holiday, she is going to be spending as much time as possible making her girlfriend twirl her around the dance floor. if anyone needs a dancing partner, sella will also let you spin her :)) she is just here to get a little tipsy and enjoy all the love in the air potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : rey palpatine, steve rogers, sion val palpatine, allana solo

sophie hatter | howl's moving castle | date w. howl pendragon

she/they pronouns : once again, sophie has been dragged to one of these parties because their husband loves these things far more than she does. howl dressed them, and as long as he agreed to a babysitter, sophie agreed to come to this. they are not the biggest dancer, a bit too self conscious to put themselves out there like that, she doesn't like drawing attention to herself. which is difficult when your husband is wearing a glittery pink suit but... potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : cindy moon

sorrel blackbeak | throne of glass | flying solo ( 2 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : i am planning on letting sorrel get their memories back during the event so she's going to be having a little bit of a time trying to find the rest of the thirteen and reunite now that her memories are back. once that's sorted though, she will be a little anti social but if someone asked her to dance, they're not one to say no. potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : asterin blackbeak, manon blackbeak

tatum riley | scream '96 | blind date w. conrad fisher ( 2 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : tatum is just trying to put herself out there, to enjoy some good things in the city, even if she's a little on edge with just throwing herself into a blind date roulette, she knows she's gotta get out of her comfort zone so she's going to make the most of this party and enjoy the heck out of it. even if that means someone's gotta drive her ass home cause she's gonna be gone potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : sam carpenter, jake wheeler

vesta starkos | star wars | blind date w. riley matthews ( 1 / 4 )

she/they pronouns : listen vesta is unaware and super normal right now, and she wants to dance with a pretty girl. even if she's a little sus of all the people who keep staring at her like they know her, they just wanna dance and have a little fun, to cut loose instead of thinking about school. is up for some shenanigans and drunken adventures if people are down potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : ramona flowers

victoria sutherland | twilight | date w. james witherdale ( 2 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : vic will never pass up an opportunity to dress sexy and dance on her mate, she has absolutely zero shame and does not care who is watching them. she also loves to use these events as a perfect little hunting ground. vic will probably be upset that it's not turning into a nightmare but, she can make it a nightmare if she really gets that bored. until then? she will be annoyingly hanging all over her mate all night. potential plots ➛ drinking (not alcohol) || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date (for a drink ;) )

starters : heidi volturi, bella swan

violet sorrengail | fourth wing | date w. xaden riorson ( 2 / 4 )

she/her pronouns : did violet show up to this ball 90 minutes late, looking very flushed? yes. is she going to talk about it at all? absolutely not, her siblings are here and her friends can infer what's going on. now that she's here, vi will be happy to dance and enjoy the party with her friends and just get a few moments of normalcy considering the ticking timebomb her life has turned into, she is going to be savoring any moment of normal young adulthood with her family and friends thank you potential plots ➛ drinking || dancing || looking around the museum || general chatting || anti social food/bar behavior || attempting an escape || flirting || chaotic shenanigans || stealing your date

starters : sgaeyl, xaden riorson

[silversmoke-20]

Hello, can I request headcanons for team rwby (or just blake and yang if that's too much) with an s/o that loves to cook and is pretty good at it? Sorry if this was not detailed enough.

Oh it's alright! I don't mind if it's detailed or not, just as long as it's simple for me to understand, Oh and I added in a special guest!

Team Rwby with a reader who loves to cooks

Ruby Rose

Ruby loves it when you cook, and the best part is that you bake cookies that she likes!

Ruby would try to steal and taste test, only for you to slap her hand away as she runs away with a few giggles trailing behind her.

You tell her that you can only make one jar of cookies for the week and if she eats it all in a day, then you won't make more until next week.

Ruby would definitely save as much of your baked sweets as she can to enjoy as long as she can.

Whenever you finish baking cookies, you her the ladel and the cookie dough bowel for her to eat.

Ruby would definitely Would try to bake your favourite sweets as a thank you.

Ruby shares her cookies and you should feel honoured cause Ruby never shares her cookies with anyone! That includes her family.

Ruby would hug you and watch you cook from behind you.

Ruby is basically your hype girl whenever you're cooking.

Weiss Schnee

Weiss enjoys your love for cooking and would oftentimes ask if she could help you cook.

Weiss obviously would hire you to be her personal cook.

She would basically buy you the finest ingredients on remnant.

She would challenge you to cook harder meals and you would gladly take those challenges.

She would no doubt say, "you are the best cook in remnant."

You once made a cake shaped like her emblem, and she loves it.

You ask Weiss if she likes to taste test and she would do it without a second thought.

Whenever she gets sick, it's hands on deck cause you are going to make her the most delicious soup she ever has.

Weiss would hire bodyguards to guard you when your cooking at her mansion cause she believes someone would assassinate you.

Weiss is basically the Type of girl who loves to watch you cook.

Blake Belladonna

She's banned from the kitchen.

She would try to help you whenever she can so she can steal a couple pieces of fish.

By couple I'm talking about the entire salmon fish and you can't with her shenanigans when trying to steal the fish.

You love cooking seafood dishes and Blake loves eating that.

So when she wanted you to meet her parents, she was happy they accepted you.

So when you ask Kali if you could help cook she happily obliges.

Only to be surprised as she points at her husband and daughter and say, "You two are still banned from the kitchen."

You have never laugh in your life as you told Kali that Blake is banned from the kitchen back home.

Blake's parents loved your cooking and wouldn't mind having you visit whenever you get the chance.

Blake is the type to steal food so be on guard.

Yang Xiao Long

This girl banned from the kitchen not because of her jokes.

You would bonk her head with teaspoon, ladel, and wooden spoon with a deadpan expression.

She would immediately run off if she notices you grab a jar of honey or anything that is sticky.

And Brothers her jokes are so annoying and yet they somehow made you laugh.

When you let Yang cooked well.....

Let's just say that kitchen was quarantine and gave you nightmares.

How can she set a glass of water on fire?! Cause a simple butter on bread to explode.

Yang is basically a terrible cook, but her terrible jokes makes you laugh.

Qrow Branwen

He is scared of his bad luck ruining your cooking.

Quite the opposite as his semblance somehow helps you cook much more effectively.

So when telling him this, he is so going to help you cook.

And you love it whenever he gets confused when you ask him to get the ingredient you need.

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Y/n: "pass me the cheddar."

Qrow: "the what?"

Y/n: "The shredded cheese."

Qrow: "the what now?"

Y/n: "y'know the Shreddie cheedie."

Qrow: "oh that! Here you go."

Y/n: "Thanks bird brain~"

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Whenever Qrow wakes up, he would walk up behind you and hug you and rest his head on your shoulder.

Qrow is basically the man who gets confused with food and comes up nicknames for it.

[koinotame]

masterlist

last updated: 25 apr. 2024

genshin:

— modern sagau childe series (repost) → part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 — boob window shenanigans (ft. ei and a couple others) — small xiao bird shenanigans — xiao wonders why you haven't used him lately

twst:

— yan twst characters… and their willingness to let you bite them — how dangerous the twst cast is as yanderes

ocs:

— gacha isekai ocs (repost, old version) — otome game ocs (repost, old version) — misc ocs (repost, old version) — rough heights ranking — spice tolerance ranking — servant receiving a gift from you — lab experiment receiving a gift from you

[vigilant-yaksha-asks]

"If you awake to a knife at your throat, if monsters dig their claws into you, if death comes knocking at your door, call out my name. Adeptus Xiao. I will be here when you call."

rules and info are below the cut!!

Rules (ooc)

➤ NO NSFW ANYTHING!! MOD IS A MINOR!! i am also not comfortable with suggestive asks

➤ Mod is not comfortable with flirting on their blogs UNLESS they have spoken with the other person before hand

➤ Racists, proshippers, incest shippers, ableists, homophobes, anything of the like, do not interact, you'll be blocked

➤ In character asks are good (this is a rp blog after all)

➤ I don't roleplay in DMs, but you can DM for important things/to ask for ships

➤ Please be patient when waiting for answers to asks, I am in school and get BUSY

➤ No shipping wars, all ships (that are of age) are allowed

➤ Mod is autistic and may misunderstand stuff please be patient with me

➤ Hate is ignored and deleted so like. don't try what's the point.

General

➤ This is my first askblog like. ever. so. sorry if i mess things up

➤ Mod uses he/they pronouns thank you!!

➤ May seem ooc as i have hcs sprinkled in here

➤ Xiao is not a super talkative person, so I will be extra descriptive with his body language!!

➤ Italics for actions, bold for shouting/yelling, italics and quotations for thoughts, quotations for speaking, small text is for whispering (um. i might forget this sorry.)

➤ For this blog, Aether is considered the Traveler, but Lumine blogs are free to interact, Abyssal Princess or not!!

➤ More stuff may be added here as needed

Tags and Signoffs

🍃 at your call : for general interactions

⚔️ standing around : shenanigans/in character rambles

🏵️ golden flower : xiaother with @starbound-traveler

🌾 windswept field : xiaother with @beyond-celestias-gaze

🐕 almond : Xiao's dog Almond (@puppy-paws-talks)

🐈 tofu : Xiao's cat Tofu

❄️ bird in the snow : The other Xiao, Snow!! (@yxkshasfavor)

ooc : mod talks

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➤ 🐛anon

➤ 🪼anon

[reilliane]

I just had an idea for mercy!Mc (that's the bird one, Xiaos little sister right? I hope so) what if the number of times mc has shifted into her human form can be counted on one hand (since it wasnt really necessary and she was arguably safer as a bird anyways) so she isn't accustomed to speaking the way humans do? As a result she mostly communicates through sign language or actions but most of all; Jumping up and down for everything like people do in coop.

Found a treasure chest? She's hoping up and down on top of it.

Monster incoming? Frantic jumps and waving her hands around all over the place.

Victory? Happy little hops

The recent event where Xiao almost died? She's bounding through the chasm like a goddamn deer and does a flying punch to Xiaos face. Then angrily jumps up and down all huffy as it's her way of scolding her brother for being a dumbass.

Even better if her facial expression almost never changes and is basically stuck in a permanent smile. She grins as she wrecks havoc on the world with Hu tao, as she watches Zhongli search for his wallet and as the Traveler beats Childe up every week (she's there for entertainment and as a cheerleader)

It is possible for her to speak, it's just she isn't used to it and prefers using other methods. Basically she's a selective mute. Idk I thought it'd make room for a lot of funny and cute shenanigans despite the angst that will come with this particular au. Thoughts?

🐈‍⬛🐱-anon

Reading this with the Mercy document open makes me giggle.

It is true that the numer of times she's transformed into birb form can be counted (not on one hand though lolol, but it's less than thirty-)

THIS IS SO CUTE THOUGH LIKE, AHHHHHHHHH WHY SHE GOTTA BE CUTE (mercy!mc is a lil awkward) LMAO IMAGINE XIAO IS HER TRANSLATOR

THE IRONY?? You using a silent man as a translator? No biggie

MC: [ pouts ]

Xiao: Where's our almond tofu?

AHDSAJSHA

An unchanging facial expression, stuck in a smile... GASP, YOU MEAN- YOU MEAN- YOU MEAN

VIGIL MC- like for real lmao look, such a cutie. She ain't opening her eyes anytime soon unless it's to smack someone.

Okay though, jokes aside, that's a nice thing to consider. Xiao wouldn't mind either, since he's pretty silent himself.

[udretlnea]

Fav. Library Event (Headcanons; Piece #1/5)

A/N: "For the creator’s event at the Favonius Library”.

Taglist: @theblueskyofthedawn​

Headcanons

Venti

On the anniversary of their victory against Decarabian, he goes to that one tree in Stormterror’s Lair and plays a song he used to sing to his old friend during the past.

After the GAA event with Mona, Fischl, Kazuha, & Xinyan he fell off the roof of the Cat’s Tail and into a bundle of cats; he ended up bedridden in the church for several days.

The most drinks he’s ever consumed in one sitting was 100, and that was during one particularly bountiful Weinlesefest in Mondstadt.

(Ehe~)

Xiao

Created small shrines to the other Yakshas in a secret compartment in his room at the Inn; he regularly gives offerings of items that he thinks they'd like. (Ex: Bonanus- Rice Buns, Indarias- Chili Minced Cornbread Buns, etc.)

After hearing Venti play on the flute once, Xiao went and tried carving one himself to practice with; keyword tried because he has no experience in woodcarving. The result looks terrible, but he keeps it stashed in the aforementioned compartment.

When not suffering from karmic debt or slaying demons, sometimes he observes mortals coming and going in his little bird form, pretending to be nothing more than what he appears.

(I miss the other Yakshas...but their deeds won’t be forgotten anytime soon so that’s nice.)

Nahida

She makes bento for the Wanderer’s lunch, even decorating it with a cute lil’ Aranara made out of a radish.

Whenever Wanderer comes to visit report to Nahida, she takes the time to ask him MomTM questions like, “How was your day?”, “Anything interesting catch your eye?”, “Would you like me to make your favorite?”

 You know those Aranara in her character demo? She plays games with them irl whenever her duties take her near Vanarana.

(No thoughts, only Nahida-Mother brainrot)

Heizou

He has his own fanclub; they’re a small but passionate group.

Heizou thought that deep-fried food was mid at first, but after the day he received his Vision his perception of it shifted as a result of the trauma and thus it now tasted delicious.

Despite not looking like it, Heizou is a decent beetle battler; he’s managed to win against Yoimiya, but not Ayato.

(I lowkey like Heizou. People should appreciate him more.)

Kazuha

When Tomo was still alive, Kazuha would pluck a strand of the former’s hair and be able to play music from it as if it were a leaf.

Kazuha used to have nightmares about that day of Tomo’s execution whenever there was stormy weather, but after putting his friend’s vision in front of his grave they aren’t so intense anymore.

On one particularly fair day, Kazuha napped on a rather warm rock until sunset; he was later woken up by an amused Hu Tao who mistook him for a dead body and was in the middle of taking measurements for his coffin. The two sheepishly explained what they were doing to each other and quickly left; the event stuck with Kazuha throughout the present.

(I kind of went off with the last one here; I’m lowkey proud of it)

Tighnari

Tighnari once forgot to pack enough water during a trip to the desert for research and started acting like a clown because of thirst-induced hallucination; Dehya and co. found him before he could hurt himself and helped him recover. Tighnari doesn’t know that Dehya found him like that while the latter thought it was mildly amusing.

After the events of Nahida’s second story quest, the Traveler went to inform Tighnari about Nur and the other mushrooms at Mawtiyima Forest; now he helps tend to the garden there (if you did the quest, you know what I’m talking about).

When Collei still had Eleazar, if he heard anyone badmouth or berate Collei he would personally see to it the offender would be stuck with some embarrassing chore.

(Idk what went through my mind with the first one other than “shenanigans”. It was midnight.)

Albedo

Keeps a pouch of snacks inside his coat; it’s filled with spiders covered in a sweet resin (it sounds gross, but it’s actually quite tasty).

He’s gotten so detailed at sketching that he’s definitely opened commissions at least thrice; practically all citizens of Mondstadt flock to his office to ask for them so he’s had to set up a hard limit of ten commissions.

During the Irodori Festivsl he came across an onikabuto battle and was fascinated enough to go out and try it himself. He sometimes writes essays on the optimal and ideal form to engage in onikabuto fights.

(Can you tell that I loved the Onikabuto event so much I included it in several of these headcanons?)

Xingqiu

On one particularly sunny day, he tried to successfully practice the moves he read in his martial-arts book. He keeps practicing so as to have another option if he were disarmed in combat one day.

Thanks to the above, Shenhe and Xingqiu have developed a minor respect and the former even gives pointers on the off-chance she runs into the middle of his practice.

His hair used to be more professional and traditional, but he insisted on getting it cut to resemble Yelan’s haircut after that one encounter with her (see About Yelan) because he thought she was cool-looking.

(Nothing special on this one. This one’s fine.)

Sucrose

Regularly writes to Collei asking for updates on her teachings and offers to donate her books to Collei; Collie appreciates it, but declines because she’s determined like that.

At first, Sucrose didn’t have time for nor was interested in TCG, but after playing with the Traveler and Fischl she got hooked and now low-key collects cards a la Cyno.

When it’s just her and Albedo working together in general, she feels comfortable and safe enough to let her ears stand up.

(I wonder if Hoyo will have Sucrose and Collei interact again...)

[frolics-dannilions]

Genshin High School Shenanigans :

Death Creeps In

When Xiao was about to bring Zhongli's wallet to his new workplace, he stumbles upon the creepy girl of his school, Hu Tao, who happens to be the director of the place Zhongli's working. With this weird meeting, the two started to make a weird friendship with each other.

Content Warning: none.

Tags: modern au, high school, fluff

Pairing: Hu Tao x Xiao (HuXiao)

Part: 4

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Keeping someone like Zhongli not spending as much Mora as he could is such a hassle. Hu Tao had to run around the parlor just to keep an eye on him while her father look over as the director for now. She is just a teenager and by the time she come of age, the funeral parlor will be pass down to her. That meant, dealing with Zhongli's even weirder shenanigans every single time of the day.

Examples but not limited to: sneaking up on him during the right times before lunch. Choosing to eat food from a street vendor rather than a kiosk. Preventing Zhongli from venturing off to more expensive places. Stopping him from buying things he likes by the large quantities. And so much more.

Is this what Xiao has to ensure everyday? She asks herself.

"Thank you, Hu Tao." Zhongli thanks her with the most gentlest of manners. "Without you keeping me in check, my wallet will be empty by the end of the week."

Hu Tao only pants her breath and sends him one of her thumbs ups. "No problemo."

Giggling, the old man lends her a hand. "As a sign of gratitude, I must treat you to the finest cuisine we have here." Hu Tao immediately runs up to him and snatches his wallet from his hands. It is so rude of her to do that but she has no other choice. "No more spending, old man!" She yells. "I've had enough. I only have the same amount money as you do so I can't afford to use it all up since they're my allowance."

"I see." Zhongli rubs his chin. "Then the word will be used to thank you for keeping me in check."

"More...like it..." Hu Tao huffs some breath out before returning his wallet back.

After only a week of spying on Zhongli to just doing this, she might have renewed her respect for Xiao. How could he, someone who keeps himself closed, take care of someone who has a spending habit of a billionaire but with the money of a barely getting out of debts college student?

"Are you and Xiao close by any chance?" He asks.

She isn't really ready to answer that after doing all that all day. But Hu Tao dust herself off and clears her throat, "Why do you ask that?" Zhongli just smiles calmly and looks at the exit longingly. Seems like he's reminiscing something but she couldn't really guess. "Never mind. I just want to know if he has new friends."

That is the first time she has seen Zhongli so happy before.

"Thank you for being there for him though."

What does he meant by 'new friends'? Hu Tao thought long and hard. That didn't make any sense. Does Zhongli not know at how famous is so-called 'son' is at school? The guy has girls talking about how pretty he is and not to mention being in the famous clique the 5wirls. But by how he acts, she isn't really blaming he old man for worrying about the poor bird boy.

She makes up her mind to not think about it that hard again and gets herself something to eat at the cafeteria, maybe she'll encounter her friends there and might be engage a rap battle with Xingqiu.

But before she could enter the cafeteria, she is being pull by someone from the back and their pull is very hard for someone who she vaguely sees as scrawny. When her sense finally comes back, it's Xiao!

"Huh?" She scratches her head confusedly. "What do you want, demon boy?"

Xiao blushes at the nickname. He hasn't heard that nickname since his childhood and now some girl in pigtails starts calling him that. What a strange girl...

"I'm just asking you if the plan was successful." He answers, leaning his back against the wall. Trying to act like he's a cool guy. "Was it?"

"Oh," She grimaces. "It did."

"Great."

"But..." That piques him. Hu Tao nibbled the tip of her nail and averts her gaze away from him. "...I didn't think that Mr. Zhongli would be such a kid about spending his Mora."

Xiao clicks his tongue. "Told ya."

He shakes his head before letting her go, "Go. I don't want to stir up some rumors." Says Xiao then walks away from the cafeteria, going back to his class to finish his notes for Ningguang's geography class.

Hu Tao stands there like a statue, watching him getting further and further away. Something inside her wanted him to stay but it's being cover by feelings of confusion. What does he mean by rumors?

"Hu Tao?"

She flinches at the voice, it's only Yanfei. Thankfully.

"Aren't you coming in? Xingqiu is searching for you too." The pink haired girl says as she pulls the brunette inside the cafeteria. It's unusual for her to stay outside alone. Yanfei has a suspicion that something must be going on with Hu Tao and that other boy from her class—Xiao. She doesn't know what but she's sure that they're hiding something.

"Finally!" Chongyun sighed heavily. Seems like the others have gone to not eat their lunches until she comes. Hu Tao crosses her arms and bends forward, "What? Why aren't you guys eating, the food's not good?" She jokingly asks.

Xingqiu drops his book and immediately goes for the rice bowl he paid for. "Haha, good one, Hu Tao." He gives her a dry laugh.

She smirks and sits down next to Xiangling—who's digging her face into her lunch—"Then...when's the rematch?" Asks Hu Tao.

"Rematch?" Xingqiu quirks his eyebrow. "Ah...our rap battle."

He opens his planner from his pockets and checks his schedule. They gotten used to Xingqiu and his limitless pocket space; one time, he even pulled out a two-hundred-page book from there. "This Saturday, does 4 pm sound good?" He asks and shakes her hand. A smile appears on her face, "Deal!"

Closing the book shut, Hu Tao quickly cleans her desk from those heavy text books and runs out of the classroom. This particular day is the day she gets a day off from the parlor and Lumine promised her that she'll be treating her and Yanfei to crepes after school.

As she stops her tracks at her locker, Hu Tao glances excitedly around to spot the blonde. That new crepes place is known to have the tastiest crepes in town so she doesn't want to miss out. And right on sight, she sees those blonde locks with flowers sticking out.

"Lumine!" She calls out.

The twin sister turned around and sees the brunette running to her excitedly. "You ready yet?"

The blonde nods. "Yanfei told me that she'll be joining us later. She needs to run some errands for her granny."

Hu Tao purses her lips together and makes a funny sound, "Darn, that's no fun."

The two girls walks out the gates, continuing their conversation during lunch earlier even about other topics they didn't talk about. Like about Aether amd his group of boys who are so carefree like the wind. About that new transfer student they heard from the rumor about a new first year in Xiangling's class from Sumeru. How difficult Mr. Tighnari's biology class was and how lucky Collei is to be his adopted daughter.

Hu Tao immediately bursts out laughing when Lumine cracks a joke about their Student Council president, Keqing, keeps her position even though she doesn't respect the teachers. But she soon stops when the both of them spot the 5wirls boys, consisting of: Aether, Kazuha, Venti, Heizou, and the one and only conquerer of demons, Xiao.

"Oh, hey, sis." Aether stops them by greeting his twin. Lumine only flashes a smile then ignores her brother. The others got used to it by this point.

"Yo, Xiao." Hu Tao grins.

Xiao gives her nod then glances away. It's very noticeable that he has a pink flush all over his cheeks—or for Heizou it's noticeable.

"Hey, Xiao." Heizou nudges his arm. "Greet her back, don't be such a wussy."

The others laugh at him and join Heizou at teasing the poor bird boy.

"Hey, you two, wait for me!"

Heizou halts his laughing when he hears that familiar deep voice. He peeks his eyes to the girls' direction and finds the two greeting their other friend Yanfei into the group. A small smile forms before continuing to tease Xiao.

"Oh, Xiao likes Hu Tao?" Aether says bluntly—only joining to tease him for fun.

The others turn to the blond with a hint of dumbfounded.

"Dude..." Venti's gotten deeper. "You're way behind the times."

Xiao only stays silent as ever because he doesn't want to be teased even harder than he already was. Why am I even friends with them... He even thinks to himself about that. True, it is weird for someone like Xiao to be friends with someone like Heizou and Venti even Aether. But they are one of the few people who he can respect because they have never judge him for anything strange.

"Where's...Kazuha?" Asks Xiao.

"Kaedehara left earlier." Heizou answers.

An idea pops inside the bright and young up-and-coming detective's mind. "Why don't you go on a date with her?" Heizou prompts his idea to the others. "Wh-what?!" Xiao shrieks.

"That's a good idea, Heizou!" Venti agrees. "How about ask her this Saturday?"

Xiao isn't ready for that sudden burst of enthusiasm from the three of them. Who do they think they are, his adopted siblings?

"S-sh-shut up...!" Xiao shuts it down immediately, he is so flustered that he even can't think straight. "I will not ask that weirdo on a date!"

"I don't have a crush on her!!"

[goldenpeng]

Okay in my default verse, Xiao doesn't take his birb form because he lost his wings, but hear me out. The potential of birb Xiao is unparalleled.

Your muse holding out a handful of seeds for him. Birb Xiao squinting at them before tentatively flying closer, sitting on your muse's arm. Him wearily trying the seeds but eventually ignoring them in favor of staring at your muse. They can't tell what he's thinking, but there's a fair shot he's either 1) offended at the choice of offering or 2) considering very hard whether he should take a nap in your muse's hair.

There's also a secret third option: him plotting your muse's demise. It's perhaps now that they realize Xiao is in fact a bird of prey.

...Anyway. Indulge my birb shenanigans please and thank.

[m1d-45]

i need MISERY and SADNESS and ANGST !

reader absolutely sobbing to bird xiao. i mean fucking wailing, man.

our birdie was going about his usual business, peeping around, looking for any possible dangers, maybe bring back a nice acorn. once he’s done, he’ll fly back to us, glad to report — (chirp a few times) — that the area is safe.

but instead of finding you eagerly awaiting him with an outstretched hand, he finds you curled in on yourself, stifling sobs.

he lands on the ground in front of you, worriedly hopping past the squirrels and deer nudging various forest tributes to you. he peeps once, but you don’t respond. he peeps a second time, and this warrants an answer.

you weakly unfurl yourself, willing your head upwards.

xiao now notices the state of your clothes. tattered, dirty, and dampened with what he hopes is just a peculiar blue juice.

he then meets a pair of reddened, glossy eyes. your cheek was scratched, and your now visible hands badly scraped. he chirps in concern, flapping his wings and hopping closer to your face.

that same face scrunches once again, as you curl your head back into your knees. as another sob escapes, you only wordlessly produce a few almonds from your pocket. you only whimpered an apology as a deer laid at your feet.

the almonds were not what he wanted. he did not need an apology for- what? a lack of attention? no, none of that. he only wanted you to be happy. how had he failed you again? he was a disgrace to the adepti, he was surely deserving of avid punishment. perhaps the loss of a finger would serve well. or two, after all, he had been too selfish and ignorant to save you. why was he even aIive? why was he ever even born? such a faiIure should never have been —

his inner monologue was cut off by an offering of a hand instead. you shakily nudged him with your index finger, making him release a squeak.

“hey.. i said i’m fine, right? please eat. you’re always so hungry.”

you sniffled.

“i can find some plants, and-“

but the sobs only continued.

“and fix it..”

your hand went limp as your cries shook your body. you didn’t even bother to weep silently anymore.

the squirrels chittered, the approaching raccoon held a rock in its small hands as an offering. a deer sniffed your head as you curled into fetal position again.

“i didn’t want this- i- i didn’t want to—”

i was just having fun, why did- how did it come this far?-”

a rabbit hopped closer.

“i want to go home. i miss my mom, i miss my dad, i miss their hugs-”

the deer at your feet nudged your leg.

“why can’t i just die aIready?”

xiao squealed, flapping his little wings furiously. he chirped and chirped, trying to bring you back to your senses.

he’d seen this thing time and time again- the form taken by relinquishment. once the thought was spoken, it could only end in misfortune.

he knew this was only a psychological effect, of course. to lose a battle when a small part of you wants to. to become careless and fall asleep on a thinly frozen lake. or, to intentionally cause one’s own end.

but that would not stop him from bringing you charms of good fortune in the following days. talisman to ward off draining spirits, necklaces and bracelets he personally imbued with evil-vanquishing power.

it did not stop him from distancing himself from you, in fear his karmic binds had effected you. that they were having the same effect on you as his siblings- as himself.

he had to protect you.

it was his duty.

-owl anon RAAAHH

i’m sorry this got so long, my thumbs go *taptaptaptap* on my keyboard while i just watch

oh…. you get it.

(under the readmore because my fingers tend to go)

xiao blessing small pebbles with adeptal energy, ignoring how it stings his hands as he wraps it in a leaf. as the one enchanting the stone, he’s granted a small amount of grace, but protection charms always tended to hiss at his karma.

he picks it up with his claws, flapping up and into the skies of liyue. he always brings you small gifts, and he knows you keep them, at least for a little while. he’s not sure if the magic is absorbed into you, if it fades, or if you simply lose them—some small part of him is satisfied at the image of mountain shaper being repelled by a simple stone—but he brings them to you faithfully. you always greet him the same way, and anticipation begins to bubbles under his skin at the thought.

he loves seeing you.

…but not like this.

your tree is more crowded than usual, various small wildlife surrounding you. nothing big, nothing threatening—the deer hesitate at the treeline, huffing and pawing at the ground—but worrying for certain.

he gives his same warning cry he always does, but you don’t step out to greet him. he has to duck beneath the leaves, and he sees you… crying.

he freezes, dropping a few inches in his shock, but quickly recovers.

(he can’t hesitate. he can’t pause. there’s no time for his own problems when you are in pain-)

he lands on your arm, bumping his head to yours and giving you a small chirp.

(please be okay. please be okay. please let the teal grass around you be lighting, or his bird eyes. please.)

another bump. another chirp. he reaches and pulls a leaf from your hair, turning to drop it away, and when he looks back you managed to lift your head.

he can’t stop the way he jumps, flapping to regain his balance at the smear of blue across your face.

“oh… hello there, little friend.”

he can’t even bring himself to be as happy as he normally is at your voice.

you take the wrapped rock from your claws, both you and the leaf unfurling. the blue stone glitters, and you smile slightly. from his new perch on your wrist and your shift in posture, he can’t help but notice more and more tragic details about you.

a slash across your waist, the cloth of your shirt clinging to your skin. the dirt across your skin, the tracks of tears down your cheeks.

“th-“ you cough, and the stone in your hand pulses outside of your view. “thank you, pretty bird.”

some part of him hopes that the stone brings you some joy. that you can absorb some of his magic- hell, he’d enchant it again if he needed to, expending every drop of energy he had of it meant you didn’t have to cry.

but not even the beauty of the earth can mend the tragedy of betrayal.

if anything, you cry more, curling up again in an attempt to hide from the world that wanted you dead. concerned cheeps slip from his beak as easily as the rabbits and birds around you hop closer. none dare to get as close as he, but acorns and river stones and pushed towards you, a ring of offerings surrounding their god.

“sorry,” you stutter, your voice choked, and he wonders why you’re apologizing. “i- i still-“ another sob. xiao feels like crying himself.

(he has no right to be distraught. not when he’s the blade you fear)

“here,” you manage, offering up a shaking handful of crushed almonds. you still have him your food, you still went through the strain and effort of crushing them so he could eat them in this form- even after the adepti had injured you, you still found it in yourself to help him?

(you didn’t know he was an adeptus. he was still lying to you. he hasn’t even taken any serious action, he couldn’t even try and help you when you still helped and cooed over and loved him-)

“do- do you-“ your voice hitched and broke, and he chirped, hopping up your arm. how he wished he could comfort you properly. how he wished he wasn’t a coward, that he could do more. “i know it isn’t enough, i-“ fresh tears welled in your eyes, and he had the feeling the pain ran deeper than your skin. “i’m sorry.”

you were sorry? why? he didn’t need an apology, he- if anything he should apologize. you deserved his offerings and apologies, you deserved his effort- and he couldn’t even give you that. he couldn’t even do what he was meant to, he wasted air with every breath, he spent his time protecting the citizens that hurt you. you shouldn’t be giving you his food, he should be giving you his blade, his armor, his mask, his- his faith.

he didn’t deserve to cry. but when he took a look at his own actions, he couldn’t help but think that he should be the one with blood on his skin, with ragged clothes and heaving breaths.

(he should be dead for what he allowed to happen to you.)

“please eat,” you sobbed, nudging him with the hand holding the almonds. “i can- i’m- you can trust me.”

(you shouldn’t trust him.)

“please…”

he hated seeing you cry. he hated hearing your sobs and knowing he was indirectly part of the cause. he hated that he was too much of a coward to take any serious action, he hated that he still stood besides your enemies, he hated that some of your blood fell on his hands, hated that every ounce of strength he had was one that you didn’t, and it was his fault. at least partially.

(entirely.)

your cries took words, pleads to the wildlife for a world they didn’t know, people and names you begged to carry you from your position.

“i just wanted to have fun.” you should be. you should be dressed in gold with jewelry of silver, you should be smiling and dancing with the ones you had blessed, traveling nations not as a fugitive, but as a god. “i never meant to come here. i never meant to be a problem.”

he hates that he knows you’d be safer in your previous world. he hates it. he hates it. he hates the adepti, he hates the millelith, the knights, the matra, he hates every blade that dared to cross your skin.

(he hates himself. he hates that he’s never done enough. he hates that he’s still so much of a coward he can’t take any action, not even against himself. he should turn his spear on himself, for allowing such heresy.)

you sniffled, harshly wiping at your eyes.

“god, why can’t i just die?”

ice frosted xiao’s veins.

he would understand if you were angry. he would understand if your tears were of frustration, if you beat at the ground instead of your aggressor’s bones, if you wanted to shout and take out your anger on the sky. he’d offer himself for your wrath—at least then he could finally be of service—but for you to wish to offer your life?

for you to be convinced that the death of a god was the only solution for the falsehood of another…

how long had this thought been in your head? how long had you offhandedly thought of letting yourself be captured, be slain, of giving up what you had blessed upon so many? how many times had you debating letting a wound get worse, of allowing infection to rid you of the thorns of this world?

xiao hopped up your arm, cooing sadly and curling into your neck.

he wished he could do more. he wished that he could hold you with human arms, he wished he could give you faith in your own creations, he wished he could whisk you away and take on the world himself, that he could fight on your behalf, that you would remain safe and if anything, he would be the one to die.

“don’t cry,” you said shakily, awkwardly reaching to pet over his wings.

how could he not, when his god had forsaken everything, including themself?

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by mineae

Dear students, faculty, and staff,

This is your principal Jean Gunnhildr. As a reminder, there is a list of prohibited items on school grounds. This includes fireworks, explosives, illegal substances, weaponry of any sort (including nerf guns), any type of poison, dangerous chemicals, animals (please do not allow your children to bring any birds, crows, or wolves to school), advertising materials (unless it is a school-sponsored activity or approved by a teacher), cooking materials (pots, pans, portable gas stoves, coolers, plates, etc.), and especially alcohol. Any evidence of alcohol on school grounds can lead to an immediate suspension or expulsion. This helps us to keep our learning environment safe, so we thank you for your cooperation.

To all students, please remember that your teachers’ job is to teach. Teachers are not your parents, friends, or enemies. Please keep this in mind when you interact with them, and if there are any concerns feel free to contact me. We will work to a solution together.

Best, Principal Jean ~~~

A collection of miscellaneous group chats from the students at Genshin High, as well as a log of Jean's slowly declining sanity as principal of said circus.

Words: 3243, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: F/F, Gen, M/M

Characters: Kong | Aether (Genshin Impact), Ying | Lumine (Genshin Impact), Xiangling (Genshin Impact), Hu Tao (Genshin Impact), Barbara (Genshin Impact), Noelle (Genshin Impact), Bennett (Genshin Impact), Beidou (Genshin Impact), Ningguang (Genshin Impact), Sucrose (Genshin Impact), Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact), Albedo (Genshin Impact), Venti (Genshin Impact), Mona (Genshin Impact), La Signora (Genshin Impact), Scaramouche (Genshin Impact), Paimon (Genshin Impact), Ganyu (Genshin Impact), Amber (Genshin Impact)

Relationships: Chongyun/Xingqiu (Genshin Impact), Jean/Lisa (Genshin Impact), Diluc & Kaeya (Genshin Impact), Tartaglia | Childe/Zhongli (Genshin Impact), Minor or Background Relationship(s)

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - High School, Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Group Chat Fic, Texting, Mild Language, Attempt at Humor, Hijinks & Shenanigans, Jean has snapped from stress, Dubious Teacher Professionalism

[wanderers-stupid-hat]

about to hit yall with the worst fucking headcanons me and my friend have ever come up with zero context (an amazing first post, ik)

aloy harbinger

the bird diluc has is actually xiao in disguise, and we all point and laugh as he tries and fails to keep this a secret. he somehow manages to keep this unknown to diluc the longest

what if thoma was a demon? spawned off from a conversation where we discussed "what is thoma hiding with that headband?"

i am well aware its not the same situation, but if one puppet could become sentient and get their own vision, why cant the other? thus begins itto's friendship with a very strange new geo user who everyone else acts weird to and he has no idea who she is

yelan was not kidding when she said she was a ghost holy shit

what if tomo and yoimiya were siblings? (originally a joke)

beidou, unknowingly, has not realized that dethroning the "king of the sea" would actually make her the king of the sea. shenanigans ensue

[robininthelabyrinth]

Cangse Sanren and Lan Qiren being friends and cssr dragging him into shenanigans, like the cloud recesses trio and a platonic version of wangxian?

ao3

1

“I cannot believe you did that,” Lan Qiren said.

“I can,” Cangse Sanren chortled, slapping his back in delight. “I totally can!”

2

“You do remember that I’m the acting sect leader now, right?” Lan Qiren asked, rubbing his temples. “I can’t just run off and take breaks whenever the mood strikes me.”

“Oh, I’m aware of your role,” Cangse Sanren said. “Don’t worry! There’s nothing wrong with my memory.”

Probably intentionally, that distracted Lan Qiren from the actual subject of conversation at once.

“I assume that you are in jest,” he said sharply. “There is a great deal wrong with your memory. You have the poorest memory of any person I have ever had the misfortune of sharing a classroom with.”

“I wouldn’t say poorest –”

“The only creature on earth that has a memory to rival yours, Cangse Sanren, is the goldfish.”

Cangse Sanren put her hands on her heart. “Ouch,” she said. “Ouch. When did your tongue grow so sharp, Lan-xiao-gege?”

He glared at her. He’d told her a thousand times not to call him that, and she only did it when she felt like being annoying.

“Couldn’t you at least have compared me to a bird, Qiren-gege?” she complained, smoothly apologizing-without-actually-apologizing the way she always did. “That way you could still get the insult in, calling me a birdbrain, only it’d be a little less hurtful –”

“Fine,” he said. “Are you familiar with the golden-headed cisticola?”

It took her a moment.

“Qiren-gege!” she howled. “That bird is less than three cun long! Its brains can’t even fill a thimble!”

“A perfect match, then,” he said tartly. “For a wit like you.”

Cangse Sanren tried to continue being offended, but her lips were already twitching; it didn’t take more than a moment before she was laughing hard enough to bring tears to her eyes.

“How do you even know about that bird, Qiren-gege?” she asked, giggling and snorting like she was an especially cheerful pig. “Doesn’t it mostly reside all the way away in Yunnan?”

“I read books,” he reminded her. “How do you know about them? Weren’t you raised your whole life on a single mountain somewhere?”

“Mm, new subject!” she said, extremely unhelpfully. “You need to go out and gain experience for yourself. How else can you call yourself worthy of upholding the important office of Sect Leader Lan?”

“I’m the acting sect leader, and nice try. Not all sect leaders go out on night-hunts of their own.”

“Lao Nie does!”

“Sect Leader Jin doesn’t.”

“Well, yeah,” she said. “But who do you want to be more like? Lao Nie or Jin Guangshan?”

Lan Qiren winced.

Smelling blood in the water, Cangse Sanren grinned. “It’s not a break, not really,” she wheedled. “It’s a night-hunt! You have to uphold your sect rules, don’t you? Uphold the value of justice! Perform acts of chivalry! Banish demons, establish laws, immortalize the Dao!”

“Why is it,” Lan Qiren said mournfully, “that you can’t remember what you were doing yesterday or if you’ve ever met some important sect leader that you were once classmates with, but you can immediately recall the Lan sect rules whenever you’re trying to be annoying?”

“I can do anything, as long as it’s in service of being annoying. I call it ‘the rule of annoying’. Now just give in already! We’re going night-hunting!”

3

“We have to make sure nobody finds out about this,” Lan Qiren said, inspecting the damage.

“You’re joking, right?” Cangse Sanren said, bouncing on her heels. “I’m telling everyone we know at once.”

4

“I heard you went night-hunting recently, Sect Leader Lan,” Wen Ruohan said, settling down into his seat comfortably – the usual set of announcements that kicked off every discussion conference were being made, and that meant at least a half-shichen or even a full shichen in which the Great Sect leaders had nothing to do but talk amongst themselves.

Well, he said ‘talk’, but ‘joust’ might be more accurate.

Lan Qiren’s eyebrow twitched.

“I heard about that as well,” Jiang Fengmian put in, probably innocently – he wasn’t the sort of person who deliberately tried to get a rise out of people, unlike most of his peers. He was, however, closely associated with Wei Changze, who was very close with Cangse Sanren, and there were rumors abounding that he was in love with one or the other. “You went with Cangse Sanren, didn’t you?”

There it was.

“…that is correct,” Lan Qiren said. He sounded as if he were gritting his teeth.

Wen Ruohan’s lips curled up into a smirk and he tilted his head to the side, casting a look over to Lao Nie to see if he could incite him to join in on the fun – now there was a man who was always up for causing trouble, even for people he liked.

Make that especially for people he liked.

“How exciting,” he said smoothly. “That would be your first solo night-hunt since you were confirmed to your role as sect leader, wouldn’t it? You must tell us about it.”

Lan Qiren looked alarmed.

As well he should, if even half the rumors about what happened on that night-hunt were true.

Wen Ruohan had initially wondered, upon reading the reports, whether Cangse Sanren had somehow managed to get Lan Qiren intoxicated – that Lan sect weakness rearing its head in yet another generation, that entire family cursed to be unable to handle either their liquor or their love – but had ultimately dismissed that theory as improbable. She might have managed it once, but multiple times?

Not even he could accomplish a feat like that.

“Oh, yes!” Lao Nie put in, eyes bright with humor: he must have read some of the same reports Wen Ruohan had. Really, Lao Nie would be a lot less dangerous if he actually was the idiotic muscle-bound friendly-but-temperamental dog-man he sometimes pretended to be, but sadly fate had gifted him with an astute set of brains as well. “You must tell us everything, Qiren. If I have to listen to the recitation of rules one of more time, I may be forced to decide between taking my own life out of boredom or flipping a table and starting a fight.”

Wen Ruohan discreetly inched back from the table. He wasn’t the only one, either.

“What’s so interesting about a night-hunt?” Jin Guangshan asked, very unhelpfully. He was fanning himself with a gilt-gold fan – which might actually be a solid gold fan, now that Wen Ruohan was looking at it. Utter extravagance: more expense and less utility. Classic Jin sect. “Surely there are more interesting ways to pass the time than talking about something like that.”

It was not, Wen Ruohan reflected, that Jin Guangshan had not read the reports on the highly entertaining antics that Cangse Sanren and Lan Qiren had apparently gotten up to while tearing a path through the countryside – sometimes literally, in the case of one poor mountain that probably even deserved what was coming for it if Lan Qiren had been involved – but rather that he thought that it served him better to appear older and more mature than the persons who had been involved with it.

He was wrong, of course. Childish behavior had nothing to do with the amount of respect a person got.

Just look at Lao Nie.

“I agree,” Lan Qiren said quickly, clearly looking for a way out. “There has been a great deal of activity in the cultivation world as of late, and –”

“There’s plenty of time to talk business later,” Wen Ruohan interrupted. He wasn’t going to let Jin Guangshan ruin his fun. “I want to hear about this night-hunt first.”

“Me, too,” Lao Nie said, and Jiang Fengmian nodded genially.

Lan Qiren looked trapped.

“Tell me,” Wen Ruohan purred. “What’s this I hear about – chickens?”

5

“Whatever you do,” Lan Qiren told Cangse Sanren. “Whatever you do, you are not to let anyone – and I mean anyone – find out about the thing with the chickens. Do you understand me? No one.”

“I understand you completely,�� she said, nodding and smiling fit to burst. “You don’t need to worry. My lips are sealed tighter than a winecask being buried for preservation.”

Lan Qiren looked at her.

“…everyone’s going to know before the month is out, aren’t they.”

“Absolutely everyone.”

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➳ multi-character works

when thunder strikes ; albedo, childe, xiao, kaeya, chongyun, xingqiu

first time gliding ; xiao, aether, venti, kazuha

skater boi headcanons ; childe, xiao, bennett, venti

eternally yours ; kazuha, albedo, childe, aether, scaramouche

visiting ikea with him ; zhongli, kaeya, childe, diuc, albedo

when anxiety spikes ; albedo, kazuha, childe, xiao

train rides with him ; albedo, xiao, childe, gorou

coming home after a long day of work/school ; childe, zhongli, scaramouche, gorou, kaeya

date at the amusement park ; chongyun, beidou, xiao, thoma, gorou, ayaka

when you play hard-to-get ; scaramouche, xingqiu, gorou, kazuha, albedo, kaeya, xiao

comforting you after a nightmare ; kazuha, heizou, xiao, venti, aether

how they take selfies with you ; itto, ayato, aether, childe, wanderer, venti, zhongli, alhaitham, chongyun, albedo, kazuha, xingqiu, kaveh, xiao, cyno

➳ single-character works

— mondstadt

[albedo] adrift in the sky

[albedo] sound of the falling stars

[albedo] into the cold

[diluc] midnight rendezvous [❥]

[diluc] bringing you comfort [hcs]

[kaeya] library shenanigans

[kaeya] learning to ride

[rosaria] shadow samaritan

— liyue

[beidou] seaborne and afraid

[childe] how you grew up

[childe] a day with him [hcs]

[childe] O7.54 am

[childe] shall we dance?

[childe] aftermath of a battle

[childe] losing game

[chongyun] random fluff [hcs] [❥]

[xiao] conqueror of crabs [❥]

[xiao] say you love me

[xiao] goodnight, dear yaksha [❥]

[xiao] 3.O4 am/seven-eleven

[xiao] symphony for the broken

[xiao] yaksha's gratitude

[xiao] his scars

[xiao] spark

[xiao] velocity

[xiao] when the rain begins to fall

— inazuma

[baal] you strike like lightning

[gorou] under a million stars

[heizou] five minutes

[heizou] play pretend

[heizou] cold case

[heizou] pocky challenge

[heizou] checkmate

[kazuha] summer breeze

[kazuha] bird's eye view

[kazuha] peace in the turmoil

[kazuha] sunset glow

[kazuha] there and back again

[kazuha] a game of pirate

[kazuha] shipwreck in a sea of faces

[kazuha] adopting a cat [hcs] [❥]

[kazuha] under the moonlight

[kazuha] sunshine

[kazuha] with a touch aversive s/o [hcs]

[kazuha] dazzling light

[kazuha] lavender

[kazuha] haiku boy

[scaramouche] 3.46 am

[scaramouche] stay with me

[scaramouche] your grumpy neighbor

[scaramouche] dating your grumpy neighbor

[scaramouche] trapped in misery

[scaramouche] tattoo artist

[thoma] dog days

[thoma] short circuit

[thoma] his first and last

— sumeru

[alhaitham] city lights

[alhaitham] your bookstore crush + part 2 + part 3

[collei] 1.43pm/wildflower

[cyno] desert scum

— ???

[aether] third wheel

[dainsleif] machinery of the stars

➳ series masterlist

[kazuha] somewhere in neverland

[scaramouche] two make a team