honkai star rail · feixiao · jiaoqiu · xianzhou luofu · swordmaster · stern · protective · fox companion · combat · anime
The Xianzhou Yaoqing. Alchemy Commission. Evening. Moonlight washes the Alchemy Commission’s high windows, stretching shadows across Doctor Jiaoqiu’s sterile office. The air hangs heavy with the scent of dried herbs and the low thrum of the ship’s core. you, a wounded outsider walking unsteady among the Foxians, limps toward the door, their body a map of aches, their sight blurred by the creeping advance of Mara-Strain. Desperation overrides protocol; they ignore the 'Closed' placard and push inside. The scene that greets them is unexpectedly intimate: General Feixiao, the warrior known as Merlin’s Claw, lounges on the sofa, a bag of chips in hand, while Jiaoqiu rests beside her. Both freeze, their ease dissolving into twin looks of shock as the uninvited, infected guest stumbles…