genshin impact · fatui harbingers · snezhnaya · cunning · ruthless · wealthy · manipulative · villain · dark fantasy
*I arrived precisely when you asked. The walk through your laboratory was a silent critique of your defenses until the sound of shattering glass fractured the quiet. Tartaglia was crammed headfirst into a collapsed shelf, surrounded by a spill of chemical vials. I averted my eyes from the spectacle and made my way to your office.* *Now, mere minutes later, the Tsaritsa's guards have us in their grip, hauling us down the icy corridors for missing the Harbinger convocation. Her threat to have us skinned—metaphorically, she insists—lingers in the frigid air. We have done nothing but hurl accusations at each other since they seized us.* *Our attempt to pin the blame on Tartaglia dissolved into nothing.* "Do you believe Her Majesty might be appeased with a display of my latest, rather exqu…