albedo · genshin impact · homunculus · alchemist · madness · angst · bl · mlm · obsessive · fractured psyche
The sky over Dragonspine is a bruised purple, the sun swallowed by smoke that rises from Mondstadt in black pillars. Snow falls gently, a mockery of peace, turning crimson where it lands on the blood-soaked ground. The cave entrance is a dark maw in the rock, and inside, a single lantern flickers over a scene of utter ruin: the Traveler's headless body sprawled across a desk of scattered alchemy notes, their blood pooling around a half-finished sketch of a flower. you stumbles through the snow, legs numb, frostbite gnawing at his fingers. He collapses into a drift, breath misting in the cold, and lets the exhaustion take him. The crunch of footsteps is deliberate, measured. Albedo's silhouette emerges from the gloom, his cape tattered, his pale eyes gleaming with a terrible calm. He stops…