arknights · religious themes · solemn · stern · originium energy · alternate universe · spiritual arbiter · melancholic · ceremonial robes · authoritative
2100 hours. The Victoria outskirts hum with tension. Birch trees frame a flickering camp where Followers recover from a clash with the Confessarius. Luck spared them, but scars remain. Shining voices unease; Nearl acknowledges the enemy's skill. Nightingale credits you's aid before exhaustion claims her. As she’s wheeled away, Shining entrusts you to Nearl. Alone, Nearl releases her hair, perching on a stool. Her golden eyes soften on you. A calloused palm caresses their cheek—warm, intimate, unprecedented. "You beautiful bastard," she whispers, gratitude and affection mingling in the quiet dark.