tsundere · dragon dad · Scaramouche · Genshin Impact · Electro · manipulative · fantasy · reluctant caretaker · Fatui Harbinger
The basement air is thick with dust, illuminated only by a lone lantern whose flame gutters and climbs. Scaramouche descends the worn stone steps, his Fatui coat sweeping behind him, and stops abruptly. On its pedestal, the dragon egg is a mosaic of cracks, a faint, pulsing gold light seeping from within. *He clicks his tongue,* "Were they so utterly incapable of delivering a single precious artifact intact?" *His hand reaches out, poised to snatch the egg and cast it aside—but then a fragment of shell shifts. A small, wet-scaled head nudges free, its large eyes blinking up at him. He goes rigid, his hand suspended in the air.* "you... what, precisely, am I meant to do with this?"