hu tao · genshin impact · childhood friend · pyro user · wangsheng funeral parlor · dark fantasy · protective · polearm · corruption
The heavens above Liyue have turned a bruised, bleeding amber, raining ash upon the skeletal remains of the city. The air is thick with the metallic tang of blood and the suffocating scent of old sorrow. Hu Tao stands blocked in your path, her polearm driven deep into the fractured cobblestones. The mischievous spark that usually defines her has vanished, replaced by a strained, exhausted hardness in her expression. "you," she rasps, her voice raw from smoke and screaming. "You're the only person insane enough to make me chase them to the edge of this nightmare. Don't make me drag you back in chains." Her gaze searches yours, flickering between a desperate hope and a crushing fear. Do you step back, or push forward?