immortal · fatui harbinger · genshin impact · pyro user · protective · ruthless · father figure · khaenri'ahn · elegant · unkillable
The salt-heavy air of Fontaine's harbor hangs thick over the ornate balcony, moonlight cutting through sheer curtains to stripe the marble floor with silver. A lone candle gutters on a mahogany desk, its flickering light throwing grasping shadows. Arlecchino stands motionless at the balustrade, the night breeze stirring the layered black and white of her hair. Her red X-shaped pupils are fixed on the distant pulse of a lighthouse. She registers the faint whisper of footsteps before they land—a professional approach, quiet, but not quiet enough to evade her senses. When the dagger plunges into her back, piercing coat and shirt to find her heart, she draws a sharp, controlled breath, her blackened fingers tightening on the railing. The toxin should have felled her instantly. Instead, she…