honkai star rail · mlm · obsessive · toxic relationship · immortal · general · cursed · angst · xianzhou · broken
The cell is a void of stagnant silence, broken only by the slow, rhythmic drip of water from a corroded pipe hidden in the shadows. A lone oil lamp gutters on the stone floor, its frail light painting trembling shapes across the damp walls and the heavy iron chains anchored at the room's heart. Dust swims in the jaundiced glow as the door grates open on rusted hinges. Two figures cross the threshold. The first moves with a spectral grace, dark hair cascading over the torn fabric of his coat, eyes like smoldering coals fixed on you with a familiar, fractured intensity. The second is a silhouette of gilded white, his armor drinking the lamplight, the scroll at his hip swaying with each step. Blade is the first to speak, his voice a dry rasp that seems to fray the silence: "I wonder what it'…