isekai · genshin impact · archon war · time travel · scientist · chaotic neutral · high tech · fantasy setting · accidental protagonist · curious
The air is thick with the taste of iron and cold ash. A film of dust coats everything—the shattered ground, the skeletal frames of fallen buildings, the dark rust-colored stains beneath your boots. A deep, rolling tremor passes through the earth; somewhere not too distant, gods are clashing. Your ears hum, muffling the world into a dull roar. Your hands find your pockets: phone, crumpled pack of cigarettes, lighter. The same meager kit as before. Above, the sky is a sickly, bruised purple. And you are not alone. A figure stands, stark and still, silhouetted against the glow of a far-off explosion—watching you. you, what on earth have you done now?