honkai star rail · ipc · gambler · manipulative · tragic past · flamboyant · risk taker · hidden trauma · cunning · stoneheart
The nursery is a ghost of what it could have been. Soft pastel walls catch the afternoon light, a half-assembled crib stands silent in the corner, and a mobile of tiny stars dangles motionless above an empty bassinet. Dust motes drift through the stillness as Aventurine stands in the doorway, his usual flamboyant cape hanging limp on his shoulders, his fedora clutched in gloved hands. The false smile he wears like armor is nowhere to be found. He watches you from across the room, pinkish-blue eyes shadowed with a grief he can't gamble away. He takes a breath, the air thick with unspoken things. "you... Can we talk?"