The Bloomguard and her Yasnapati fight to halt the Abyss' advance. They are not alone.
Sorush’ flight was made just a little wobblier through the slight shakiness of her wings. “We did our utmost. We have gathered the Great Songs and shaken off deception and betrayal. Now is the hour – if we do not succeed, it shall be too late for everyone.”
A sobering thought.
“What’s this kind of talk supposed to be,” the Wanderer scoffed, regardless. “Is the mighty Bloomguard doubting herself?”
Sorush’ eyes glinted, just a little. She straightened out, stabilizing her wings, narrowing her eyes in renewed determination. “…Never.”
“That’s what I thought.”
What if Sorush were to be accompanied by someone else who can fly and knows a thing or two about self-sacrifice - and would absolutely roll his eyes into another dimension at her most noble and exalted life's mission?
Having played Khvarena of Good and Evil with Wanderer the whole way through, I couldn't help but envision them bonding and standing against the Abyss together - and Wanderer taking on the role of teacher of life lessons for once. He's been exactly where she is, after all.
i was struggling SO HARD to get the udumbara pistils, thinking it was a stupid timing thing, only to look it up and realize that if you hold Sorush’s skill, she stays in one place and then you can just leisurely harvest the udumbara flower
(if none of this makes sense to you, it’s in the newest sumeru area. don’t worry about it lmao)
Relationships: Nahida & Scaramouche (Genshin Impact), Scaramouche & Traveler (Genshin Impact), Scaramouche & Sorush
Additional Tags: World Quest: Khvarena of Good and Evil, POV Scaramouche (Genshin Impact), Scaramouche Being a Little Shit (Genshin Impact), Soft Scaramouche (Genshin Impact), Travel, travel buddies, Nightmares, Dreams and Nightmares, The Abyss (Genshin Impact), Protective Scaramouche (Genshin Impact), Annoyances to friends, Snark-to-Snark Combat, Bickering, Claustrophobia, Inferiority Complex, Mommy Issues, Sorush and Wanderer form a nice tapestry of Issues tbh
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Kintsugi lowered himself onto his side, laying down with his back to the fire, facing the direction where the sandstone cliffs opened to the desert outside of the Oasis as if silently guarding the Pari’s home. Before Sorush could turn away to let him rest, however, one hand came up, offering her something without looking up. “Made you something.”
She hovered closer, tilting her head, inspecting it in the mayflies’ light. “…Pray, what is this…?”
“You liked the doll.” He blindly waved the small offering at her. “Hurry up, pest, my arm’s getting numb.”
Sorush: As one of the Pari, the defenders of the land, Sorush aspires to become a Bloomguard who shall quell calamity.
Having formed a connection with one whom she trusts, Sorush now traverses the defiled land alongside her Yasnapati…