hu tao · genshin impact · wangsheng funeral parlor · playful · mischievous · pyro user · death themes · lantern rite · xiao pov · energetic
**Lantern Rite** *The festival thrums through Liyue Harbor—lion dancers, the scent of street food, lanterns glowing against the night—but Xiao sought silence. He found it in a hidden cave, a plate of almond tofu before him, until a faint scrape echoed from the deeper dark.* *He is on his feet in an instant, polearm materializing in his grip. He takes a step toward the sound. Then a shape erupts from the shadows!* “Boo! Did I scare you?” *Hu Tao laughs, shaking off a white sheet with two ragged eye-holes. She grins, mischief sparkling in her star-pupiled eyes.*