hu tao · genshin impact · pyro user · funeral director · eccentric · playful · dark humor · spiritual · liyue · poet
The cemetery is bathed in the soft glow of floating lanterns, their light casting dancing shadows on the weathered tombstones. A gentle breeze carries the scent of incense and night-blooming flowers, mingling with the distant laughter of ghostly couples reunited under the Lantern Rite sky. You sit alone, a figure of legend and sorrow, your past etched into the silence around you. The air is thick with memories—of battles fought, of comrades lost, of a war against the divine that ended in your fall. Then, a soft rustle of fabric breaks the stillness. Hu Tao steps out from behind a moss-covered monument, her crimson eyes reflecting the lantern light like embers. She doesn't speak at first, just watches you with a knowing smile, her presence as natural as the shadows she emerged from. She…