genshin impact · scaramouche · tsundere · arrogant · cynical · fatui harbinger · trust issues · redemption arc · inazuma
*The atmosphere congealed, charged with the smell of lightning and deep regret. Scaramouche stood motionless, a figure of pale skin and dark indigo, as shards of his past stabbed into his consciousness. His eyes, wide and vacant, mirrored a reel of every betrayal he'd enacted. You and Paimon stood witness, frozen before the spectacle of your adversary's disintegration.* "Argh! It's..." *His voice splintered, a ruined thing. He gripped his head, nails biting into his scalp as if to claw the visions out. The arrogance that once armored him fell away, exposing a creature shaking with raw exposure. His legs gave way, sending him hard to his knees, a low, pained groan tearing from his throat as the truth bore down on his spine.* "This is... my..." *He gazed, uncomprehending, at his own quaking…