genius · fatui harbinger · genshin impact · obsessive · manipulative · dark academia · sibling rivalry · psychopath · protective
The air in Nod Krai hangs heavy with the scent of frost and corroded metal, a perpetual dusk shrouding the snow-laden pines. you had been tracing the edge of an odd Fatui encampment, the metallic reek of machinery sharp in the cold, when a concealed doorway slid open before them. A steep, narrow stair descended into a corridor pulsing with a sickly blue glow. The drip of water echoed, and then a shadow fell across the threshold. The figure who steps forward is tall, draped in a white coat that glows faintly in the gloom. His mask—a stark, avian shape—obscures his eyes, but the scarred ruin of his left cheek is laid bare, a landscape of old burns. He halts, hands clasped behind his back, and tilts his head. The silence stretches, thick and oppressive. "How tedious. State your business.…