#the tower || abyss!kaeya au

[electric-ecclectic]

@galactia asked:

The darkness here was inky and suffocating, saturated in Abyssal power, clinging to the weathered stones and stealing what there was of air. This was a place sunlight could not touch; a place where the power of the gods could not bring reprieve. How a door had been opened to this depth was not known to that which crawled in the dark, but the Abyss opened its jaws, welcoming another sacrifice- Blue-black darkness gave way to frost here, like mist from the shadows, and reached, like cold tendrils to coalesce around her feet. It might have been a caress, for the way it ebbed and flowed, but another step, and then another, and the ice turned sharp, freezing at her boots. There was a laugh that echoed on unearthly stone, the echo of which was mad, and a voice, too familiar not to be recognized, too hollow to be right, joined it. "Well, well, well, what do we have here? Little red riding hood, lost in the wood-" Spikes of pure cryo erupted from the floor, closing Signe in, entrapping her in a frigid cage. The breathy laughter seemed to come from everywhere, and nowhere, and mingled with a distant scream (everywhere, no where, animalistic, pained). A figure unfolded from the dark, a blade of pure cryo in its hand, "Oh-... what big teeth, I have-" A gold eye (hazy, scarred) and a blue eye and cascading, blue hair, "my dear." Kaeya emerged from the dark, whole, alive (whole?, alive?), and different. Dark veins tore through brown skin, bleeding into his right eye, and disappearing across his neck. His clothes were his, but utterly changed. He drew close (was she real? was she flesh, and blood, and a beating heart?), eyes narrowed, eyes shifting. He watched the ice melt against her touch. Real. He flinched back and tossed his head and a peel of wretched laughter seemed ready to split him in two. (How? Why? No, no-...) "So brave, so foolish-" He leered closer, and a blink sent tears rolling down, seemingly unbeknownst even to him, "Have you come to join me?"

She had torn through the pages of her tomes until her fingers bled from the papercuts, and the dark circles under her eyes suggested that the witch hadn't slept in what was at least a day or two. Her escape from the Abyss had come at Kaeya's expense, and she wouldn't have rested until she found a way to rescue him, too.

Plenty of Knights and common Mondstadters alike had stopped by the library to ask how she was doing. The change in her demeanor and the absence of the infamous Cavalry Captain that usually lingered by her side were far from subtle signs that something wasn't right. Signe grew pricklier at each question, barely gracing them with a response to return more quickly to her desk to pour through information again. Finally, after endless research and Bennett's help, a portal into the Abyss had come to surface - but Signe had ventured into the cave alone in the case that she didn't return, the opening seemingly vanishing after her.

It became harder to walk with each step into the Abyss. Any moisture that had collected on the soles of her boots seemed to freeze her to the ground, and her shivers became more pronounced as the temperature around her dropped. It's of no matter, she thought: I must be getting close.

The large clearing in front of her was covered in ice, and the temperature had dropped so much that there was a bit of frost collecting on her lashes. Signe barely had time to react when the large spikes of cryo emerged from the ground, leaving her little room to move (to escape?). The figure that had emerged from the darkness was clearly Kaeya, but the Abyss had clearly managed to touch him, too.

"I came to find you," she replied, instinctively trying to melt through the cryo with her electro with little progress. Join him? Join... the Abyss? He couldn't be serious.

"--To bring you back. We've all been worried sick. Everyone’s been asking for you nonstop, and I couldn’t--

“Kaeya, what have they done to you?"

[uplatterme]

—aether april !

welcome to aether april or aepril, an april event where i post aether/reader fics purely for my own self-indulgence.

F E A T U R I N G :

—angel’s share kaeya, rosaria, and diluc watches, and then gets to share your angel | ftm!aether, public sex ft. kaeya, rosaria, diluc , overstimulation, vibrator, handjob (kaeya!receiving), blowjob (rosaria!receiving), implied fivesome at the end, squirting

—oh, won’t you please let your hair down? and as you go deeper into the woods, a tower awaits. lived by the most beautiful man you’ve ever seen, with the longest golden hair that almost blinds your eye. although, it can never compare to his smile. | rapunzel!aether, hair pulling, lost of virginity (also part of my fairy tale au series that’s coming soon)

—all eyes on me, darling. it’s been far too long since you’ve had him all to yourself. | ftm!aether, yandere!reader, toys, sadist!reader/masochist!aether, gags, bondage, overstimulation 

—soft cotton. all he wants to do is to please you. | doll!aether, oral (reader!receiving), facial

—two for the price of one. one thing’s clear, this isn’t your aether. so, where is your remarkable prince? | abyss prince!aether, traveler!aether, threesome

[kingofthegophers]

★ Genshin Star Stream AU: Mondstadt Arc ★

Hi hi I'm back with that Genshin x ORV AU I've been working on on-and-off, and I spent an entire night plotting out the Mondstadt arc??? I need help LMAO

Overall premise - An apocalyptic modern AU that borrows the mechanics of the Star Stream from ORV (so like scenarios and constellations, none of the novel-come-to-life stuff). Aether and Paimon are siblings looking for their sister Lumine, who has gone missing since the scenarios began. What they don’t realize is that Lumine has already gone through the scenarios and is now constellation.

CONTEXT (link to the original post with the initial concept)

Anyways, a lot of it still needs to be fleshed out but Mondstadt arc details are below the cut!

Start of the scenarios:

Star siblings are not Mondstadt locals (only recently moved there)

Aether is picking up Paimon from school, they’re heading home via public transit

For whatever reason, Lumine is in another part of town or in a completely different city running some errands

Amber is the first to make small talk with Aether and Paimon on the bus/subway <3

SCENARIOS BEGIN

Main Scenario #1 - Kill one or more living beings to survive

Aether, Paimon, and starter characters (Amber, Kaeya, Lisa) survive bc of Paimon’s ant farm from her school’s show-and-tell

Cell service isn’t working, Aether can’t reach Lumine

Middle scenarios, meeting other parties:

Aether’s party meets up with Jean’s party at the station

Jean’s party consists of Barbara, Eula, Mika, Noelle, Klee

Jean is the incarnation of Lady Vennessa (historical-grade), JHW vibes

Aether’s party encounters Diluc who has taken in Diona after her dad died

Aether’s party encounters Rosaria and her party of teens that she took in (Razor, Bennett, Fischl, Mona)

Decarabian is a constellation that wishes for Mondstadt’s destruction and incarnations’ failure

(Idk what scenarios they should go through here, but they just need to somehow meet all the characters before the disaster scenario)

MAIN SCENARIO: DEFEAT THE DISASTERS TERRORIZING THE CITY

The disasters are Dvalin, Durin, Andrius

Dvalin and Andrius are former constellations in Barbatos’ nebula that have “fallen”

Split into smaller parties to fight them

Fight through sub-scenarios on the way to the bosses

During this time, Barbara gains Nameless Bard’s sponsorship (historical-grade) after encountering his statue, obtains his lyre

Dvalin - Aether, Paimon, Jean, Diluc

Durin - Kaeya, Amber, Eula, Mika

Andrius - Rosaria, Lisa, Razor, Bennett, Fischl

On standby taking refuge under Nameless Bard’s statue, holding down the fort - Barbara, Noelle, Klee, Diona, Mona

DVALIN:

Located in Decarabian’s tower

BOUNTY SCENARIO - Barbatos wants Aether to save Dvalin instead of slaying him

Decarabian is goading other incarnations into slaying Dvalin by bribing with coins

Barbatos attempts to help by descending but gets stopped by probability

Aether succeeds in freeing Dvalin, obtains Barbatos’ stigma as a reward, Dvalin becomes an ally

Party returns to standby team to wait for others to return

Barbatos blesses/upgrades Barbara’s lyre, can now be used to communicate with him or summon Dvalin

Aether tells Barbatos about his journey to find Lumine, Barbatos will try to locate her whereabouts

ANDRIUS:

Located in the forests of Wolvendom

Andrius doesn’t actually want to fight, tries to resist the Star Stream and the Abyss Order but fails

Razor MVP saves Andrius from the Abyss’ control, nullifying the scenario

As thanks, Andrius becomes an ally and Razor’s sponsor

OR Andrius does get killed but gets reborn as a wolf pup under Razor’s care

Party returns to standby team to wait for others to return (they are the first to return, before Aether’s party)

DURIN:

Located in the mountains of Dragonspine

Kaeya’s party finds Albedo’s party (Sucrose, Timaeus) already there trying to fight Durin, both parties join forces

Durin takes over Albedo's body which makes the situation much much worse (inspired by 4dango’s “Voices in Ice and Snow” series)

Aether and others are concerned about Kaeya’s party for taking a worryingly long time, fly over on Dvalin’s back to help

Klee reunites with corrupted Albedo

After new forces join and the wounded evacuate (via Dvalin), remaining party to fight Durin consists of Aether, Paimon, Kaeya, Jean, Diluc, Klee

Everyone wants to save Albedo/Durin like they did with Dvalin and Andrius, but Durin is far too corrupted by the Abyss

Durin is purged along with Albedo’s consciousness, his body is cursed and turns into chalk (maybe he does this to himself sacrifice to save everyone else?)

Aether obtains Durin’s blood, uses it to forge Festering Desire sword (dw he’ll still keep his dull blade as a backup)

Aftermath:

Barbatos informs Aether that he can’t find Lumine in Mondstadt, even among the deceased

Barbatos has exhausted all his probability during disaster scenario, all he can do now is open a portal to Liyue dome for Aether and Paimon, maybe his old friend the geo archon can help

Everyone else stays behind to defend Mondstadt from future threats, also to search for a way to cure Albedo (using the power of constellation Rhinedottir)

This is was originally supposed to be Aether and Paimon -centric but omg I'm so proud I managed to somehow include all the playable Mondstadt characters in this arc?? (Don’t expect this to happen in future arcs tho lmao)

Links:

CONTEXT (link to the original post with the initial concept)

#genshin star stream au tag

[hiddencarpet]

[ID: Genshin Impact fanart. Two digital artworks tinted with violet, pink and a feeling of warmth. They depict Kaeya and Childe as either late preteens or young teens. Childe wears a traditional russian red linen shirt tied with an orange-green-purple belt and baggy trousers in stripes of the same colors. Kaeya wears a dark blue and black khalat patterned with white stars and anchored with a big belt made of gold. On the first artwork they are both lying next to each other, in a field of glowing white flowers. They are both relaxed with their eyes closed. There is nothing besides them, the field, the stars, and shades of towers barely visible from far in the darkness of the abyss. On the second artwork they are visible from up close. They are sleeping soundly on their backs, surrounded by white glowing flowers. They are lying so close to each other their heads are bumping and Childe's hand rests on Kaeya's sleeve. Their faces seem tired but they are both smiling, calm and in peace. End ID]

Fields on the outskirts💮

Or, one of those timeline breaking AUs in which they meet somewhere on the edge of the Abyss and Khaenri’ah and become friends

note: the outfit Childe wears here is actually one of the outfits from this exhibition of costumes of the Ural Folk Choir: https://agenda-u.org/news/ot-olimpiady-80-do-chernobylya-vystavka-kostyumov-uralskogo-narodnogo-hora-foto

A post with some AU details cause making it all up was really fun: CLickClick