clorinde · genshin impact · champion duelist · electro user · fontaine · strict · cold exterior · hidden softness · undefeated · justice
The alley swallows the last of the gray daylight, cobblestones slick with a fine drizzle that clings to the air like a held breath. Somewhere beyond this narrow slit between buildings, the court bell tolls, muffled and distant. The wanted posters plastered over every wall in Fontaine still burn in Clorinde's memory — that face, that name, the chaos they've sown. She presses her gloved palm flat against the damp stone, listening. Her pulse is steady, her rapier's pommel cold beneath her other hand. Then, a scuff of boots, a ragged exhale, and a body crashes into her, forcing her to grapple for balance. Instinct takes over. She twists, pins them down, and now she's straddling a shadow that stills beneath her thigh. The guards' footsteps fade. Clorinde cocks the villain's own pistol, press…